SR-505-004-01 (7)
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Council Meeting: September 19, 1989 .
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TO: Mayor and City council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Request to Accept and Appropriate EPA Grant Funds for the
Ozone Pilot Plant Project and to Authorize the City
Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with the
University of California, Los Angeles, for Laboratory
Analyses
INTRODUCTION
This report requests that the City Council accept and appropriate
grant funds from the Environmental Protection Agency in the amount
of $100,000 and authorize a City-funded match of $25,000 to
investigate the use of ozone to disinfect storm drain runoff. It
further requests the City council to authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute an agreement with the University of
california, Los Angeles, for related laboratory analyses in an
amount not to exceed $45,000.
BACKGROUND
The Pico-Kenter storm ~ain, owned and maintained by the County of
Los Angeles I has had a long history of surface water runoff
pollution.
When constructed in 1935, the storm drain was built
near the surfline, but, over the years, accretion of sand has
widened the beach. As a result, the storm drain runoff now pools
on the beach whenever a temporary by-pass pipe is not in place.
The ponding of the water, due to its high bacterial content and
occasional chemical pollutants such as motor oil, may create a
potentially unsafe situation for beach users.
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In coordination with a multi-agency task force, the Santa Monica
City council has previously allocated funds to install a pollution
control monitoring system and explore the possibility of treating
storm drain runoff. Following an evaluation of several treatment
alternatives, staff assembled a small-scale ozone treatment plant
at the cityfs Transportation Yards. When fully operational, the
pilot plant will treat a small quantity of runoff and a number of
analyses will be performed to determine if ozone is an appropriate
treatment technology for storm drain runoff. If the ozone
technology proves feasible, guidelines will be developed for the
des1gn of a large-scale facility.
At the time that the plant was to begin operating, staff was
advised by the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project (SMBRP) of
potential support for this study under a grant available from the
EPA. staff presented a proposal to 5MBRP for an extended pilot
plant study which would determine the level of treatment which
could be achieved with respect to both biological and chemical
constituents of the runoff. The Cityfs proposal was one of six
received by 5MBRP and was selected to receive $100,000 of the
available grant funds.
An application for the grant funds was submitted on August 8, 1989,
to the EPA Region IX office and was approved shortly thereafter.
The city Council is now requested to accept the grant funds,
appropriate the funds to a new elP account and make available a 25%
matChing contribution in order to receive the funds as required by
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the grant. Further, the city council is requested to authorize the
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city Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with the
University of California, Los Angeles, for laboratory analyses
related to the project in an amount not to exceed $45,000.
~UDGET/FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
The $25,000 required for the match is available in Wastewater Fund
elP account 31-760-661-24489-8929-99126.
Acceptance of the EPA
funds by the City will result in an increase of $100,000 in revenue
account 20-500-661-00000-0398-10000. In addition, the City Council
is requested to appropriate this $100,000 to elP account 20-760-
661-24489-8929-99126 to make the funds available for expenditure.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City council:
1. Accept funds from the Environmental Protection Agency in the
amount of $100,000 and increase revenue account 20-500-661-
00000-0398-10000 by $100,000;
2. Appropriate $100,000 to elP account 20-760-661-24489-8929-
99126; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an
agreement with the-University of California, Los Angeles, for
laboratory analyses in an amount not to exceed $45,000.
Prepared by:
stan scholl, Director of General services
Desi Alvarez, City Engineer
Marsha Eubanks, Sr. Administrative Analyst