HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 140-1978 RESOLUTION NO. 140-78
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO IMPLEMENT
THE WATER QUALITY PORTIONS OF THE
ABAG ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) was designated by
the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State Water Resources Control
Board (SWRCB) to prepare an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the San
Francisco Bay Area;
WHEREAS, ABAG has prepared an initial EMP that~includes water quality, air
quality, solid waste management and water supply elements;
WHEREAS, the water quality element of the EMP contains policies and actions
for surface runoff that were developed by the counties of the Bay Area, San Mateo
County and the Cities within the County have jointly prepared a final draft of
the San Mateo County Surface Runoff Management Plan, Addendum No. 1 to that Plan
and a June 1978 Progress Report which updates the plan;
WHEREAS, ABAG has received'more than 1,500 pages of public comment on the
draft EMP, and these have been considered fully by the responsible ABAG approving
bodi es;
WHEREAS, the initial EMP has been~reviewed, modified and approved by the
ABAG Environmental Management Task Force, Regional Planning Committee, Executive
Board and General Assembly;
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo and the City of South San Francisco have
reviewed the initial EMP;
WHEREAS, EMP and SWRCB policy is that significant water quality management
agencies named in the EMP must indicate their willingn~ess to implement the water
quality portions of the EMP before SWRCB and EPA can give unconditional certifica-
tion and/or approval to the initial EMP;
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WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo and the Cities of San Mateo County are
management agencies for the purpose of implementing water quality portions of the
initial EMP;
WHEREAS, flexibility in implementation of the initial EMP is implicit in
the plan so as to include good faith efforts to implement;
WHEREAS, ABAG has developed a continuing planning process so that the initial
EMP can be updated and revised on a regular basis; and
WHEREAS, although additional local expendi'tures resulting directly from the
EMP are not large relative to previous or ongoing environmental management activi-
ties, local government fiscal resources are strained by Statewide passage of
Proposition 13 on June 6, 1978;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South
San Francisco:
1. Approves and adopts the water quality portions of the initial EMP, as
well as the San Mateo County Surface Runoff Management Plan, Addendum No. 1 to
that Plan and the June 1978 Progress Report which updates the Plan;
2. Agrees to proceed with a~good faith effort to implement those water
quality actions in the initial EMP and the County Surface Runoff Management Plan
which are within thins jurisdiction's responsibility (see attachment for listing);
3. Agrees to seek'adequate legal authority if it does not now have power
to implement any portion of the water quality plan for which it has been given
implementation responsibility;
4. Stipulates that implementation of actions financed wholly or in part
by Federal and/or State funds is conditioned on the availability of those funds;
5. Reserves the right, because of the impact of Proposition.13, to post-
pone implementing any actions in the EMP involving additional local expenditures;
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6. Will seek to modify the initial EMP as appropriate during the continuing
planning process if implementation does not proceed according to the EMP's approved
schedule; and
7. Stipulates that this resolution is entered into on the condition that
the water quality portion of the initial EMP will be certified without change by
the State.
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 regu)ar
meeting held on the ~st day of November , 19 78 , by the following
vote:
AYES.:
NOES:
Councilmen Ronald G. Acosta. William A. Borba. Emanuele N. Damonte,
Terry J. Mirri; and Councilwoman Roberta Cerri Teal ia
None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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