PREPARED BY: AMANDA BOOTH DATE OF MEETING: 06/29/20
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSFER $10,000 FROM THE FY 2019/20 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUDGET (255-3510-43600) TO THE REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE BAY PROJECT (320-0904-43600) AS PART OF THE EPA MATCH REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER QUALITY ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Enhance Community Resilience - 202. Develop Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals is an adopted policy item contained in the FY 2019-21 Adopted City Council Priority Workplan, as amended May 18, 2020.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This project is statutorily exempt from CEQA under California Code of Regulation 15262. Feasibility and Planning Studies; a project involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded of an EIR or negative declaration but does require consideration of environmental factors. This section does not apply to the adoption of a plan that will have a legally binding effect on later activities. The project is a feasibility study to understand the mechanisms and documents that would needed for a market-based water quality alternative compliance system. The project includes CEQA review to understand if additional CEQA compliance is necessary.
BACKGROUND
On November 19, 2015, the State Water Board adopted the reissuance of the Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES Permit No CAS612008 (MRP 2.0). As part of this permit, the City of San Pablo is required to increase programs that improve water quality and one of these programs is the implementation of green infrastructure. Green infrastructure, in this context, is a new way of designing and building roads, parking lots and landscaping to provide water quality benefits.
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