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Home My WebLink About37 - Newport Coast Watershed ProgramCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item No. 37 June 22, 2004 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: City Manager's Office Dave Kiff, Assistant City Manager 949/644 -3002 or dkiff @city.newport- beach.ca.us SUBJECT: Resolution 2004- -- Regarding a Proposition 13 Grant for the Newport Coast Watershed Program ISSUE: Should the City of Newport Beach accept a grant under the Proposition 13 Watershed Protection Program? =619 J u ► - _ ellk Adopt Resolution 2004 - allowing the City to accept a Proposition 13 grant under the Watershed Protection Program. DISCUSSION: Background: The Newport Coast Watershed area covers about 10 square miles and extends south of Corona Del Mar to Moro Canyon. Much of this watershed area was annexed by the City on January 1, 2002. Rapid development and increased public use in this area have led to watershed problems involving urban runoff, streambed instability, slope failures, erosion, invasive plants, and the loss of riparian habitat. In Spring 2003, City staff applied for a grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board under the Proposition 13 Watershed Protection Grant Program. The City was notified in February 2004 of a grant award in the amount of $1.1 million. With the City's contribution of $180,000, the total program budget is $1.28 million. The proposed Newport Coast Watershed Program provides for a comprehensive framework for watershed restoration and canyon protection systematically defined, logically developed, and professionally implemented under the auspices of the City of Newport Beach. The watershed program will foster a long -term, cooperative atmosphere among community members, property owners, jurisdictional agencies, and environmentally interested groups. Resolution Regarding a Proposition 13 Grant June 22, 2004 Page 2 The goals for the Newport Coast Watershed Program include: • Stabilizing and restoring Buck Gully and Morning Canyon, • Reducing negative impacts to the two Marine Life Refuge Areas (areas of special biological significance) by reducing unnatural dry- weather canyon flows and improving storm -flow water quality, • Identifying destabilizing or unhealthy conditions in Muddy Creek, Los Trancos and other canyons in the watershed, and • Creating educational and training opportunities for City staff, the community, and stakeholders to support a watershed restoration and maintenance program. Project Status In anticipation of receiving grant funding (expected in August 2004), we are organizing advisory committees, collecting watershed data, conducting a canyon stability assessment for Lower Buck Gully and preparing a permit for removal of Arundo in Upper Morning Canyon. Once funding is formally received, we will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for geotechnical, hydraulic, biologic and ecological studies as well as water quality monitoring in the seven canyons in the watershed. Upon completion of these tasks, a series of Capital Improvement Projects will be initiated. The completion date for the tasks in the grant is December, 2007. Staff hopes that additional grants will be obtained for continued expansion of the Newport Coast Watershed Program. Funding for the Project. Upon adoption of a resolution authorizing the City to receive the grant, the City of Newport Beach will receive $1.1 million from the California State Water Resources Control Board's Proposition 13 Watershed Protection Program. A City match of $180,000 will be met via other Cap' o rlmprovement Projects (e.g. Morning Canyon Stabilization project) and the contribut time (salaries & benefits) of staff implementing the watershed program. Environmental Review: The City Council's approval of this Agenda Item does not require environmental review. Public Notice: This agenda item may be noticed according to the Ralph M. Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the public meeting at which the City Council considers the item). Submitted by Dave I Assistant City Manager Attachment: Resolution 2004- Resolution Regarding a Proposition 13 Grant June 22, 2004 Page 3 Attachment A Resolution # 2004- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE NEWPORT COAST WATERSHED PROGRAM (Project) WHEREAS, the Newport Coast community includes extensive open space and riparian habitat impacted by development; and WHEREAS, the are offshore of the Newport Coast includes two Areas of Special Biological Significance, within which extensive non - stormwater inputs are generally prohibited; and WHEREAS, development in the Newport Coast may lead to additional water quality and slope stabilization concerns; and WHEREAS, in an effort to address these concerns before they become significant problems involving public health or safety, the City applied for and tentatively received a grant from the State Water Resources Control Board to examine the many issues surrounding the up to seven (7) Newport Coast watersheds; and WHEREAS, said procedures established by the State Water Resources Control Board require the City Council to certify by resolution the approval for the Mayor to execute a contract; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby: 1. Authorizes the Mayor to execute a contract with the State of California for a Proposition 13 grant relating to the Newport Coast Watersheds; and 2. Certifies that the City has or will have sufficient funds to operate and maintain the Project; and 3. Certifies that the City has reviewed, understands, and agrees to the General Provisions contained in the Contract Preparation Guide; and 4. Certifies that the Grantee has or will have available, prior to commencement of any work on the Project, the proportional Match; and 5. Appoints the Mayor as agent to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments, payment requests, and so on, which may be necessary for the completion of the Project. Resolution Regarding a Proposition 13 Grant June 22, 2004 Page 4 Adopted this 22nd day of June, 2004. TOD W. RIDGEWAY Mayor of Newport Beach ATTEST: LAVONNE HARKLESS, City Clerk I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution Number was duly adopted by the Newport Beach City Council following a roll call vote: Ayes Noes Absent (Clerk) -h 3 Resolution No. 2004 -59 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD FOR THE NEWPORT COAST WATERSHED PROGRAM (Project) WHEREAS, the Newport Coast community includes extensive open space and riparian habitat impacted by development; and WHEREAS, the are offshore of the Newport Coast includes two Areas of Special Biological Significance, within which extensive non - stormwater inputs are generally prohibited; and WHEREAS, development in the Newport Coast may lead to additional water quality and slope stabilization concerns; and WHEREAS, in an effort to address these concerns before they become significant problems involving public health or safety, the City applied for and tentatively received a grant from the State Water Resources Control Board to examine the many issues surrounding the up to seven (7) Newport Coast watersheds; and WHEREAS, said procedures established by the State Water Resources Control Board require the City Council to certify by resolution the approval for the Mayor to execute a contract; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby: 1. Authorizes the Mayor to execute a contract with the State of California for a Proposition 13 grant relating to the Newport Coast Watersheds; and 2. Certifies that the City has or will have sufficient funds to operate and maintain the Project; and 3. Certifies that the City has reviewed, understands, and agrees to the General Provisions contained in the Contract Preparation Guide; and 4. Certifies that the Grantee has or will have available, prior to commencement of any work on the Project, the proportional Match; and 5. Appoints the Mayor as agent to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments, payment requests, and so on, which may be necessary for the completion of the Project. Adopted this 22nd day of June, 2004. ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, 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. 2004 -59 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 22nd day of June, 2004, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan, Rosansky, Bromberg, Webb, Nichols, Mayor Ridgeway Noes: None Absent: Adams Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of June, 2004. (Seal) (: � 6 -? , , E- , �/�- City Clerk Newport Beach, California