HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 69-2002-. RESOLUTION NO. 69-2002
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE SAN MATEO
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IMPOSE ADDITIONAL
CHARGES FOR FUNDING THE EXPANDED SCOPE OF WORK
FOR THE 2002-03 COUNTYWIDE NATIONAL POLLUTION
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) GENERAL
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency, under amendments to
the 1987 Federal Clean Water Act, imposed regulations that mandate local
governments to control and reduce the amount of stormwater pollutant runoff into
receiving waters; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of California Porter-Cologne Water
Quality Act, the State Water Resources Control Board has delegated authority to
its regional boards to invoke permitting requirements upon counties and cities;
and
WHEREAS, in July 1991, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality
Control Board notified San Mateo County of the requirement to submit a NPDES
Permit Application by November 30, 1992; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the NPDES Permit Process, San Mateo
County in conjunction with all incorporated cities in San Mateo County has
prepared a San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan which has a
General Program as a fundamental component of the Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan
was submitted to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
and the Management Plan was approved by the Board and made part of the
NPDES Waste Discharge Permit CA 0029921, issued September 13, 1993 and
remaining in effect through June 30, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan
and NPDES Waste Discharge Permit CA 0029921 required that San Mateo
County submit a renewal application by March 31, 1998, including a Stormwater
Management Plan for 1998-2003; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County NPDES Technical Advisory
Committee prepared the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management Plan
for 1998-2003; and
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco accepted, adopted and
committed to implement the San Mateo Countywide Stormwater Management
Plan for 1998-2003, and the renewal application and the Plan were submitted to
the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board on March 18, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control
Board, after Public Hearing, approved the Renewed NPDES Permit effective July
21, 1999 and which expires July 20, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
has imposed additional requirements on the NPDES General Program beyond
those required in the current Renewed NPDES Permit; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Flood Control District Act, as
amended by the State Legislature in 1992 (Assembly Bill 2635), authorized the
San Mateo County Flood Control District ("District") to impose charges to fund
storm drainage programs such as the NPDES Program; and
WHEREAS, in 1995, the District adopted a basic NPDES charge to fund
the Countywide General Program; and
WHEREAS, to meet the expanded requirements of the NPDES General
Program, the District adopted and imposed additional annual charges that, when
added to the previously adopted Basic Charges, would be necessary to fund the
Program; and
WHEREAS, District has requested all cities to indicate, by resolution,
whether they wish to have District collect the additional charges on behalf of the
City to fund a portion of the $1,295,348 Budget for FY 2002-2003 at the
following rates: Single Family Resident: $2.4842/APN; Miscellaneous,
Agriculture, Vacant and Condominium: $1.2421/APN; all other land uses a base
rate of $2.4842/APN for the first 11,000 square feet plus $0.2240 per 1,000
additional square feet of parcel area; and
WHEREAS, the charges are in the nature of a sewer service charge in that
they are intended to fund a federally mandated program; the purpose of which is
to create waste treatment management planning processes to reduce the amount of
pollutants in discharges from property into municipal storm sewer systems which,
in turn, discharge into the waters of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco has held a hearing upon the
proposal to fund the Countywide NPDES General Program through the San Mateo
County Flood Control District; The City Council makes the below resolve
following that hearing.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council of the City of
South San Francisco that
1. Resolution No. 46-2002 is hereby superceded.
The City of South San Francisco approves the expanded Scope of Work
imposed on the NPDES General Program and respectfully requests the San
Mateo County Board of Supervisors, acting as the governing board of the San
Mateo County Flood Control District, to impose those additional charges on
behalf of the City necessary to fund the County-wide NPDES General
Program; and
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The City of South San Francisco requests that all properties within the
territorial limits of said city be charged the additional annual charges in
accordance with said additional charges stated above; and
4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and to the NPDES Coordinator of
C/CAG.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the
City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of July
2002 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Joseph A. Fernekes, Raymond L. Green and Karyl Matsumoto,
Mayor Pro Tem Pedro Gonzalez
None.
None.
Mayor Eugene R. Mullin
ATTEST:
ty Clerk
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