PREPARED BY: AMANDA BOOTH DATE OF MEETING: 06/05/23
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR TRASH REDUCTION AND NPDES COMPLIANCE SERVICES WITH BROWN & CALDWELL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $102,154; AND (2) REALLOCATING TO THE TRASH REDUCTION PLAN PROJECT (0907) $94,033 IN SALARY SAVINGS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 NPDES DIVISION SALARY OPERATING BUDGET AND $8,121 FROM NPDES FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Item 202: Develop and Implement Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals is an adopted policy item under the FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
As a result of the 1987 amendments to the Federal Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was given the authority to regulate stormwater discharges from municipal storm drains under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. The objective of the NPDES program is to improve water quality and creek health through the reduction and/or elimination of polluted runoff. The City of San Pablo's NPDES Permit (No. CAS612008) was updated and reissued on July 1, 2022. This new permit (MRP 3.0) has strict compliance requirements for trash reduction to creeks through the City's storm drain network, known as provision C.10.
To comply with these new requirements, the City released a Request for Proposals (RFP) on March 23, 2023, to assist the City in updating the City's C.10 Trash Load Reduction Compliance Plan to ensure full compliance with the C.10 requirements. This includes:
* submitting an updated Trash Reduction Plan with the 2023 Annual Report; and
* developing a schedule of implementation to meet with 100% reduction or "no trash to the creeks"...
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