HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-96 - Integrated Regional Water Management GrantsRESOLUTION NO. 2008- 96
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RELATING TO APPLYING FOR INTEGRATED
REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTION GRANTS
WHEREAS, voters of the State of California passed Proposition 50 (The Water Security,
Clean Drinking Water, and Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002) in November 2002; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Newport Beach supported the passage of
Proposition 50 in 2002, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 50 includes funding for various programs and measures
designed to improve both drinking water quality and recreational water quality, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 50 includes an Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)
component that includes funding for both Planning Grants and Implementation Grants, and
WHEREAS, Newport Beach is home to two Areas of Special Biological Significance
(ASBSs), Upper and Lower Newport Bay, and other bay or coastal waters that are eligible for
funding under Proposition 50's IRWM grants programs to improve water quality, now, therefore
be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that application be made
to the California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board to
obtain an Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Grant and /or an Integrated
Regional Water Management Implementation Grant pursuant to the Water Security, Clean
Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protections Act of 2002 (Water Code Section 79560 et
seq.); and be it further
RESOLVED that the City is authorized to enter into an agreement to receive an IRWM
Planning and /or Implementation Grant for the Newport Beach Marine Life Refuge, the Irvine
Coast Marine Life Refuge, or the Upper and Lower Newport Bay; and be it further
RESOLVED that the City Manager of Newport Beach is hereby authorized and directed
to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such application, and execute a grant
agreement and any amendments thereto, with California Department of Water Resources or
State Water Resources Control Board; and be if further
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RESOLVED that Resolution No. 2005 -20 be
ADOPTED this 25" day of November, 2008.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution,
being Resolution No. 2008 -96 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City
Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 25th day of
November 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 26th day of November, 2008.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California