PREPARED BY: ITZEL GOMEZ DATE OF MEETING: 01/21/2025
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CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) ACCEPTING WORK PERFORMED BY UNITED STORM WATER, INC. FOR THE CITYWIDE TRASH CAPTURE DEVICE INSTALLATION PROJECT (0305) AS COMPLETE; (2) DIRECTING CITY ENGINEER TO FILE A NOTICE OF COMPLETION WITH THE COUNTY RECORDER; AND (3) RE-ALLOCATING PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,300 FROM THE CITYWIDE TRASH CAPTURE DEVICE INSTALLATION PROJECT (0305) TO THE LEROY HEIGHTS STORM DRAIN PROJECT (0306) AND THE MCNEIL PARK PROJECT (0501)
CEQA: The Citywide Trash Capture Device Installation Project was assessed and determined to be Categorically Exempt from environmental review under Section 15301 of the CEQA Regulations. The CEQA Notice of Exemption was filed at the Contra Costa County Clerk's Office on June 12, 2024.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Major Policy Goal: Build a Healthy Community-109 Develop Public Facilities for Active Living is an adopted policy item contained in the FY 2023-25 Adopted City Council Priority Workplan updated May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The NPDES program aims to improve water quality and creek health by reducing or eliminating polluted runoff. The City of San Pablo's NPDES Permit (No. CAS612008) was recently updated and reissued on July 1, 2022. The new permit (MRP 3.0) includes strict compliance requirements for reducing trash in creeks through the City's storm drain network, known as provision C.10.
Provision C.10.a. of the NPDES permit requires the City to implement trash load reduction control actions, including full trash capture systems, "to meet the goal of 100 percent trash reduction or no adverse impact" to the creeks by June 30, 2025. One of the planned measures involves installing additional full trash capture systems, called Connector Pipe Screen (CPS) devices, in specific storm drain inlets throug...
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