HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 - IRWM Planning and Implementation GrantsCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 4
November 25, 2008
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Public Works Department
Robert Stein
949 - 644 -3322 or rstein @city.newport - beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING INTEGRATED REGIONAL
WATER MANAGEMENT (IRWM) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
GRANTS
Recommendation:
Rescind Resolution No. 2005 -20 and adopt new Resolution No. 2005 -20 with revised
wording requested by the State Water Control Board authorizing the City Manager to
execute any amendments to the existing Integrated Regional Water Management
(IRWM) Planning and Implementation Grants.
Discussion:
Resolution 2005 -20 only authorized the City Manager to execute a grant agreement. At
the request of the SWRCB, the wording in the new resolution authorizes the City
Manager to execute a grant agreement and any amendments thereto.
Environmental Review:
None required.
Pr are : � '
Robert Stein "
Assistant City Engineer
Attachments: Proposed Resolution
ubmi ed by:
Stephen G. Badum '
Public Works Director
EXHIBIT F
Grantee Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-
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
RESOLVED that Resolution No. 2005 -20 be rescinded.
ADOPTED this day of , 2008.
EDWARD D. SELICH
Mayor of Newport Beach
ATTEST:
LAVONNE HARKLESS
City Clerk
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