HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06201995 - 1.9 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF CONTRA COSTA CI _�OIi'NTY
FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: JUNE 20, 1995
SUBJECT: DESIGNATING CONTRA COSTA COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. Recommended Action:
ADOPT resolution naming the Public Works Director or his designee as the Contra Costa County
representative to the NPDES Management Committee.
II. Financial Impact:
None to General Fund. NPDES activities are funded by a Stormwater Utility Assessment.
III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background:
Contra Costa County works with the Flood Control District and seventeen County municipalities to
perform activities required under a joint National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The
nineteen jurisdictions received their permit from the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Boards. Planning and guidance on joint activities is performed by a Management
Committee which consists of one voting representative from each of the nineteen jurisdictions. The
attached resolution names the Public Works Director or his designee as the representative from the
Flood Control District to the Management Committee.
IV. Consequences of Negative Action:
Contra Costa County would have no one to represent its interests on NPDES policy and financial
questions.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON a 0� �q95 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
I hereby certify that this b a trig and cor►eot copy of
an action taken and entered on the rninutes of the
Board of Supervisors On U0 data shown.
ATTESTED:
PHIL BA HELOFL Clerk f the Board
Of and C0Y^a Admlnl uVr r
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) By
AYES: NOES: 'Deputy
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
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Orig. Div: Public Works(FCE)
Contact: L. Bulkeley, 313-2238
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Resolution on June 20, 1995 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None RESOLUTION NO.95/264
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPROVING PARTICIPATION IN STORM WATER GROUP
ACTIVITIES AND COSTS DESIGNATING COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM(NPDES)MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County; as the Governing Body of Contra Costa
County, RESOLVES THAT;
WHEREAS,on November 16, 1990,the Federal Environmental Protection Agency adopted
NPDES Permit Application regulations for storm water discharges as required by the Federal Clean
Water Act; and
WHEREAS, said regulations require the submittal of permit applications and the
implementation of programs to minimize or eliminate pollutants from entering storm waters; and
WHEREAS,the State of California's San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board
has mandated that Contra Costa County, seventeen (17) of its incorporated cities and the Contra
Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District be covered by one area wide municipal
permit; and
WHEREAS,all nineteen municipalities have participated in permit application activities and
have received NPDES Municipal permits from the San Francisco Bay and Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Boards; and
WHEREAS,a joint effort between the Cities, County, and Flood Control District in a joint
area wide municipal NPDES permit will minimize the cost of the program to all parties; and
WHEREAS,it is the intent of the joint effort between the Cities, County, and Flood Control
District not to dictate land use and zoning; and the success of the permit process is dependent upon
the cooperation of each participating entity.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, this Board of Supervisors shall participate in
the implementation of an Area wide Joint Municipal NPDES permit agreeing to share in the storm
water utility area and group costs, and to provide appropriate staff support and provide detailed
information necessary to implement the permit.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Public Works Director or his designee is designated
as the Contra Costa County representatives to the NPDES Management Committee.
I hereby eertify that this b a true and
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Orig.Dept.:Public Works(FC) ATTESTED:
Contact: L.Bulkeley,313-2238 PHIL BA4 ELOR,Clerk Of the Board
cc: County Administrator of Supervisors and COUnty Administrator
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RESOLUTION NO. 95/264