CC - 2000-13 - Supporting petition to State Water Resource Control BoardRESOLUTION NO. 00 - 13
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
SUPPORTING THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL'S PETITION TO THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD CONTESTING THE ACTION
TAKEN BY THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL WATER QUALITY
CONTROL BOARD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF
STANDARD URBAN STORMWATER LARWQCB ORDER NO. 96-054
WHEREAS, all cities within the County of Los Angeles (except the City of Long Beach) were
issued a Permit from the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board)
on July 15, 1996, Order No. 96-054 of the Regional Board, which serves as the City's National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit under the federal Clean Water Act,
as well as Waste Discharge Requirements for the cities under the Porter Cologne Act; and
WHEREAS, under the Permit, each Permittee was required to submit a Standard Urban
Stormwater Mitigation Plan (SUSMP) to the Executive Officer of the Regional Board for his
review and approval or disapproval; and
WHEREAS, the SUSMP was to incorporate appropriate elements of the Best Management
Practices approved by the Regional Board in April 1999, and was to apply only to discretionary
projects in specified development categories to require applicants for discretionary approval of
such projects to submit an Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan that implements, to the
maximum extent practicable, appropriate requirements and measures to minimize impacts from
stormwater run-off, and to reduce pollutants in storm water to the maximum extent practicable,
along with other requirements as specified in Order No. 96-054; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 1999, Regional Board staff proposed changes to the Permittees'
SUSMP Program, including numerical mitigation measures on the retention and/ortreatment
of stormwater runoff of.75" within a twenty-four hour storm event for nine project categories
which had not been agreed to by the Permittees; and
WHEREAS, the numerical mitigation measures and other SUSMP terms proposed by
Regional Board staff, with some modification, were approved by the Regional Board on
January 26, 20001, whereupon the Board directed its Executive Officer to approve the Regional
Board's proposed SUSMP Program with the Board's imposed modifications; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Board's mandated SUSMP Program would, in many cases,
necessitate the imposition of structural controls on non-discretionary as well as discretionary
new developments that will either prove infeasible, or so costly as to discourage further
development and/or increase costs of any services or products supplied by new developments;
and
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WHEREAS, the action taken by the Regional Board on January 26, 2000, and the action taken
by the Executive Officer pursuant to the direction of the Regional Board, are inconsistent with
the requirements of the Permit, the Clean Water Act, and state law, and will result in the
imposition of unfunded programs on our cities and citizens; and
WHEREAS, such mandated programs have not been shown to be cost effective or to reduce
pollutants to the maximum extent practicable as required by the Clean Water Act; and
WHEREAS, the City of Signal Hill is filing a Petition to the state Water Resources Control
Board challenging the action taken by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
in connection with Order No. 96-054 on January 26, 2000, and the action taken by the
Executive Officer pursuant to the Regional Board's direction on such date; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Rosemead does
hereby support the City of Signal Hill's petition to the State Water Resources Control Board,
challenging the action taken by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board in
connection with Order No. 96-054 on January 26, 2000, and the action taken by the Executive
Officer pursuant to the Regional Board's direction on such date.
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MAYOR
Attest•_
CITY LE
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
I, Nancy Valderrama, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2000-13 being:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
SUPPORTING THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL'S PETITION TO THE STATE WATER
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD CONTESTING THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF STANDARD URBAN STORMWATER
LARWQCB ORDER NO. 96-054
was duly adopted at a Regular Meeting of the Rosemead City Council on the 28th day of
February, 2000, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
CLARK, BRUESCH, IMPERIAL, VASQUEZ, TAYLOR
NOES:
NONE
ABSTAIN:
NONE
ABSENT:
NONE
CITY CLE
AGENDA:CERTIFY
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