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ADOPT: Resolution Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Sign and File, for and on Behalf of the City of San Leandro, a California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) Grant Application to Implement Electronic Reporting Using the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS); and Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Enter into and Sign, for and on Behalf of the City of San Leandro, an Agreement with Cal/EPA Agreeing to Implement Electronic Reporting with CERS (provides for $45,810 in grant)
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WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has been certified by the California Secretary for Environmental Protection as a Certified Unified Program Agency (the “San Leandro CUPA”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code, Chapter 6.11, section 25404(e)(1) & (2) and California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 27, Division 1, Subdivision 4, Chapter 1, section 15185(a), CUPAs must collect and submit Unified Program information to the State; and
WHEREAS, by January 1, 2013, all regulated businesses and Unified Program Agencies must submit Unified Program information electronically over the internet using a system called the California Environmental Reporting System (“CERS”); and
WHEREAS, to assist the affected entities with the transition to electronic reporting via CERS, the California Environmental Protection Agency (“Cal/EPA”) has established the CERS Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, the San Leandro CUPA desires to submit an application for a CERS Grant; and
WHEREAS, in the event the San Leandro CUPA is awarded a CERS Grant from Cal/EPA, the City will be required to enter into a grant agreement which governs the disbursement and use of the grant funds; and
WHEREAS, if the San Leandro CUPA is awarded a CERS Grant from Cal/EPA, the San Leandro CUPA shall use these grant funds in a manner consistent with the grant agreement, and any amendment thereto, to implement the requirements of the CERS electronic reporting system.
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