HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 041-2017RESOLUTION NO. 41-2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
APPROVING A WORKPLAN FOR DEVELOPING A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE MUNICIPAL REGIONAL
STORMWATER PERMIT
The City Council of the City of Burlingame, California does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the federal Clean Water Act created the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit program to prevent the discharge of pollutants
into local water bodies; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued the
Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES Permit (MRP) to regulate stormwater discharges from
municipal separate storm sewer systems and into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean; and
WHEREAS, the MRP is a comprehensive permit with requirements related to construction
sites, industrial sites, illegal discharges, new development, municipal operations, public outreach,
targeted pollutant reduction strategies, and water quality monitoring programs; and
WHEREAS, Provision C.3.j of the MRP requires each jurisdiction to develop a Green
Infrastructure Plan that demonstrates how each permittee will gradually shift from traditional "gray"
storm drain infrastructure—which channels polluted runoff directly into receiving waters without
treatment through pipes, tunnels, and pump stations—to a more resilient storm drain system
comprised of "green' infrastructure, which captures, stores and treats stormwater using specially
designed landscape systems; and
WHEREAS, the MRP also requires the Green Infrastructure Plan to collectively achieve
specific load reductions in mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in stormwater runoff by
2020, 2030, and 2040 per Provisions C.11 and C.12; and
WHEREAS, all permittees under the MRP are required to approve by June 30, 2017 a
workplan for developing a Green Infrastructure Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG)
is working with its member agencies, including City of Burlingame staff, to develop model green
infrastructure planning documents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame's Green Infrastructure Plan Workplan details the
tasks required to develop a Green Infrastructure Plan compliant with MRP requirements,
including aspects to be implemented by C/CAG and local agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE THAT:
The City of Burlingame is hereby authorized and directed to approve the workplan for
developing a Green Infrastructure Plan in accordance with the requirements of the San
Francisco Bay Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit by the San Francisco Regional Water
Quality Control Board. // i r
I, Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 15`h
day of May, 2017, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN, ORTIZ
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:NONE
aghan ssel-Shearer, City Clerk