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CC - 2000-13 - Supporting petition to State Water Resource Control BoardRESOLUTION NO. 00 - 13 11 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 • • 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. 29)a4x'~ MAYOR Attest•_ CITY LE • 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 0 0