TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Raul Saenz, Utilities Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Status Report on the Projects of the Enhanced Watershed Management Program (Public Works Director Olmos).
RECEIVE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review and receive report.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal impact associated with this action. However, future construction of the identified projects could have a significant fiscal impact.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In compliance with the latest National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit (Permit), the City of Manhattan Beach as a Co-Permittee is required to comply with a number of requirements. The largest of these requirements is for the City to develop and implement an Enhanced Watershed Management Program. Since this effort involves watersheds extending beyond the City of Manhattan Beach City limits, the EWMP is being prepared by a multi-agency team composed of the cities of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, and Manhattan Beach (Beach Cities).
The most significant component of the EWMP is the development of a list of projects that would achieve the desired pollutant reduction levels as required by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board). This report lists the projects that would need to be constructed in order to meet the Permit pollutant load reduction objectives and deadlines. These projects primarily involve infiltrating a large amount of dry and wet weather runoff (Table 1).
The Beach Cities do not have sufficient funds to implement the listed projects. Since a funding plan is not required as a Permit requirement, the development of the EWMP and submittal by June 28, 2015 will keep the Beach Cities in compliance with the Permit. However, fun...
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