TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Ramzi Awwad, Public Works Director
Gilbert Gamboa, City Engineer
Eduardo Pech, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Construction Update: 28th Street Stormwater Infiltration CIP Project. (No Budget Impact) (Public Works Director Awwad).
(Estimated Time: 45 Min.)
RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file a construction update on the 28th Street Stormwater Infiltration Project.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the status report.
BACKGROUND:
Stormwater Quality Regulations
Under the Federal Clean Water Act and California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the Los Angeles regional stormwater system permit establishes requirements that municipalities must implement to reduce pollutants in stormwater and urban runoff. These requirements include water quality monitoring and reporting, public outreach, oversight of commercial and construction programs, municipal maintenance practices, responses to illicit discharges, and implementation of projects and programs needed to meet water quality requirements for the Santa Monica Bay and the Dominguez Channel.
Manhattan Beach meets its part of the regional stormwater permit obligations through two complementary efforts. First, the City independently manages and documents stormwater system permit requirements that apply specifically to Manhattan Beach.
Second, the City participates with the cities of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Torrance, and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District in the Beach Cities Watershed Management Group (Beach Cities Group). Through this regional partnership, the agencies jointly implement the Beach Cities Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) and Watershed Management Program (WMP).
The CIMP includes receiving-water an...
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