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RESOLUTION for Appropriation of Water Pollution Control Plant Enterprise Fund Balance Reserve in the Amount of $420,000 for the Purpose of Procuring and Installing a Residential Recycled Water Fill Station in 2015-16 at the Water Pollution Control Plant
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WHEREAS, the City operates and maintains the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP), which treats an average of five million gallons per day of municipal and industrial wastewater; and
WHEREAS, the Governor’s Executive Order issued in 2014 because of the drought prioritized the funding and construction of water recycling projects; and
WHEREAS, a number of wastewater treatment facilities in the Bay Area have implemented stations at which residents can acquire up to 300 gallons of recycled water at a time for the purpose of landscape maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the City’s General Plan policies encourage the increased use of recycled water for non-potable purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. That this project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000, “CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA guidelines 15301; and
2. That for fiscal year 2015-16 an appropriation of funds be made from the WPCP Fund balance reserve in the amount of $420,000 to account 593-51-002-5240; and
3. That the expenditure of these funds to procure and install components for a tertiary treatment system at the WPCP is authorized.