TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Shawn Igoe, Utilities Division Manager
Diane Pena, Management Analyst
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Approve a Transfer Agreement Between the City of Manhattan Beach and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Disbursement of Local Return Funds from the County's Safe, Clean Water Program, Also Known as Measure W (Public Works Director Katsouleas)
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 20-0097
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt the attached Resolution No. 20-0097 approving a transfer agreement between the City of Manhattan Beach and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (District) and authorize City Manager to execute the agreement.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
By adopting the attached transfer agreement, the City is eligible to receive approximately $410,000 in local return funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 through the District's Measure W program for various water quality, water supply, storm water and urban runoff programs and projects. In future years, a single disbursement is expected to be made annually by the end of August, once the County Auditor-Controller has finalized revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The Los Angeles County Flood Control Act was established in 1915 by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and it empowered the District to provide flood protection, water conservation, recreation, and aesthetic enhancement within its boundaries. In 2018, Chapter 16 of the District's Code was added to establish the Los Angeles Region Safe Clean Water Program and impose a special parcel tax within the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. This parcel tax, commonly referred to as Measure W, is intended to help support projects and programs that increase storm water capture and reduce storm water and urban runoff pollution wi...
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