TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Interim Public Works Director
Lou Vargas, Utilities Division Manager
SUBJECT:...Titlee T
Consideration of the Revised Beach Cities Enhanced Watershed Management Program (EWMP) and Reasonable Assurance Analysis (RAA) and Authorization for the City Manager to Approve Submittal of the Revised EWMP and RAA to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Interim Public Works Director Lee).
AUTHORIZE REPORT SUBMITTAL
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to approve submittal of the revised Beach Cities Enhanced Watershed Management Program to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) by the regulatory deadline of June 30, 2021.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No immediate fiscal impact associated with this action. However, future construction of the identified projects could have a fiscal impact in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and thereafter. Construction award recommendations will come back to City Council once the actual costs are known following preliminary design and engineering of these projects.
As indicated in the Enhanced Watershed Management Program, the City is required to meet the water quality standards with reasonable assurance via the projects in the plan and ultimately via monitoring at the compliance point. If funds cannot be secured to construct the projects by the compliance deadline, the City can request the Regional Water Board for a consideration of a time schedule order to obtain more time to obtain the funds and construct the projects.
BACKGROUND:
Following adoption of the 2012 Los Angeles Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit (MS4 Permit), the Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance, together with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), collectively refer...
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