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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 080-2002RESOLUTION NO. 80-2002 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME RECOMMENDING THAT THE SAN MATEO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO IMPOSE CHARGES FOR FUNDING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE 2002/03 COUNTYWIDE NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) GENERAL PROGRAM RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame: WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency, under amendments to the 1987 Federal Clean Water Act, imposed regulations that mandate local governments to control and reduce the amount of stormwater pollutant runoff into receiving waters; and WHEREAS, under the authority of California Porter -Cologne Water Quality Act, the State Water Resources Control Board has delegated authority to its regional boards to invoke permitting requirements upon counties and cities; and WHEREAS, in July 1991, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board notified San Mateo County of the requirement to submit an NPDES Permit Application by November 30, 1992; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the NPDES Permit Process, San Mateo County in conjunction with all incorporated cities in San Mateo County has prepared a San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan which has a General Program as a fundamental component of the Management Plan; and WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan was submitted to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board and the Management Plan was approved by the Board and made part of the NPDES Waste Discharge Permit CA 0029921, issued September 13, 1993 and remaining in effect through June 30, 1998; and WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Storrawater Management Plan and NPDES Waste Discharge Permit CA 0029921 required that San Mateo County submit a renewal application by March 31, 1998, including a Stormwater Management Plan for 1998 through 2003; and WHEREAS, the San Mateo County NPDES Technical Advisory Committee prepared the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan for 1998-2003; and WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame accepted, adopted and committed to implement the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan for 1998-2003 and the renewal Basic NPDES Fees application and Plan was submitted to the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board on March 18, 1998; and WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, after Public Hearing, approved the Renewed NPDES Permit effective July 21, 1999 and which expires July 20, 2004; and WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has imposed additional requirements on the NPDES General Program beyond those required in the current Renewed NPDES Permit; and WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Flood Control District Act, as amended by the State Legislature in 1992 (Assembly Bill 2635), authorized the San Mateo County Flood Control District ("District") to impose charges to fund storm drainage programs such as the NPDES Program; and WHEREAS, in 1995, District adopted, by ordinance, charges ('Basic Charges") to fund the County -wide General Program at the following rates: Single Family Resident: $3.44/APN; Miscellaneous, Agriculture, Vacant and Condominium: $1.72/APN; all other land uses a base rate of $3.44/APN for the first 11,000 square feet plus $0.3127 per 1,000 additional square feet of parcel area; and WHEREAS, District has requested all cities to indicate, by resolution, whether they wish to have District collect the Basic Charges on behalf of the City to fund a portion of the $1,295,348 Budget for FY 2002-2003; and WHEREAS, the charges are in the nature of a sewer service charge in that they are intended to fund a federally mandated program the purpose of which is to create waste treatment management planning processes to reduce the amount of pollutants in discharges from property into municipal storm sewer systems which, in turn, discharge into the waters of the United States, and to reduce the need to expand the existing sanitary sewer facilities in the City; and WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public meeting, the City of Burlingame has considered the proposal to fund the County -wide NPDES General Program through the San Mateo County Flood Control District and considered all written and oral evidence presented on the matter, NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AND ORDERED: 1. The City of Burlingame approves the expanded Scope of Work imposed on the NPDES General Program and respectfully requests the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, acting as the governing board of the San Mateo County Flood Control District, to impose the charges on behalf of the City necessary to fund the County -wide NPDES General Program. Basic NPDES Fees 2. The City of Burlingame requests that all properties within the territorial limits of the City of Burlingame be charged the annual charges in accordance with the charges stated above. 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and to the NPDES Coordinator of C/CAG. MAYOR I, ANN T. MUSSO, 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 Istday of JulY, 2002, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'NAHONY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE Basic NPDES Fees