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Staff Report for Resolution Approving an Agreement Providing for the Implementation of the Alameda County Clean Water Program
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Agreement providing for the implementation of the Alameda County Clean Water Program. Staff further recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Leandro is a party to the Agreement to implement the Alameda County Clean Water Program. The Agreement was initially adopted in 1991 by all of the cities within the county of Alameda, Alameda County, the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and Zone 7 of the District (the Parties). The Agreement created the Alameda County Urban Runoff Clean Water Program as a method for the Parties to apply for the required municipal stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and to work collaboratively in implementing a number of the permit requirements that could be done more cost-effectively as a group.
This NPDES permit is issued by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. In October 2009, the Regional Water Board reissued the Parties’ permit as a permit covering the Parties as well as 56 other storm water dischargers throughout the San Francisco Bay Region. This permit is referred to as the Municipal Regional Permit (MRP).
The Agreement was amended in 1997, 2001, and 2003. Amendments to the agreement include changing the name from the Alameda County Urban Runoff Clean Water Program to the Alameda County Clean Water Program, and extending the term of the agreement through April 1, 2013.
Analysis
A workgroup from the Alameda County Clean Water Program reviewed the Agreement in light of the requirements in the Municipal Regional Permit. After considering the workgroup’s findings, the Program’s Management Committee is recommending that each party to the Agreement approve ...
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