HomeMy WebLinkAbout11083 - Upper Newport Bay WatershedRESOLUTION NO„ 11083
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION
• OF AN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES SEDIMENTATION
CONTROL PLAN FOR UPPER NEWPORT BAY WATERSHED
WHEREAS, Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve is a
valuable regional resource, providing habitat for three rare and
endangered bird species; and
WHEREAS, extensive sedimentation is taking place in the
Upper Newport Bay, degrading the quality of the resource; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has long been
committed to efforts to preserve the Upper Newport Bay; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33.
U.S.C. 1251, et seq, as amended) seeks to develop a cooperative
Federal, State, regional and local government program to prevent
and control sources of pollution to ground and surface waters in
order to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and
biological integrity of the nation's waters; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Action of 1972, as; amended, the Southern
California Association of Governments (herein referred to as
SCAG) has adopted an Areawide Water Treatment Management Plan for
the South Coast area with the assistance of the counties of Los
Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino, the City of Los
Angeles, the Newport- Irvine Waste - Management Planning Agency, the
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority and the Ventura Regional
County Sanitation Districts; and
WHEREAS, 208 continuing planning included development
• of an Agricultural Activities Interim Sediment Control Plan for
the Newport Bay Watershed; and
WHEREAS, an interim 208 Plan amendment dated October,
1981 was developed based on recommendations from said
Sedimentation Control Plan; and
WHEREAS, the State Water :Resources Control Board, the
designated administrator of the 208 Program in the State of
California, has approved said plan; and
WHEREAS, the application of agricultural Best
Management Practices (BMPs) is an effective method of
sedimentation control.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that the City of Newport Beach supports
the "Newport Bay Watershed: Agricultural Activities
Sedimentation Control Plan" and urges other agencies within the
watershed, consistent with their responsibilities for land use
practices within their respective boundaries, to take appropriate
action to strengthen their management control strategies for
sedimentation from agricultural activities.
ADOPTED this 9th day of November , 1981.
AT TE
City Clerk
11/09/81
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