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Council Meetmg May 27, 1997 Santa Monica, Callforma
To Mayor and City COLlncl1
From City Staff
Subject Recommendation to Authonze the City Manager to Execute an Amendment
to Extend PrOject Deadline of a Grant wIth the State Water Resources
Control Board to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Catch BasIn Retrofits for
Reducing Pollutants from Entenng the Santa Monica Bay
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council authonze the City Manager to execute an
amendment of Standard Agreement No 5-061-140-0 with the State Water Resources
Control Board to extend the completion deadline of the grant funded project to evaluate the
effectiveness of catch basin retrofits for reducmg pollutants from entenng the Santa MOnica
Bay
Background
The State Water Resources Control Board awarded the City a $100,000 grant to study the
different types of catch baSin retroflts/mserts available and determine which catch baSinS
are more effective In capturing which pollutants under what kmd of conditions, e 9 ,
different land uses and levels of runoff The catch baSin retrofitS/inserts Will be tested In
UCLA's laboratory and a prototype catch baSin Insert Will be deSigned Funding permitting,
the prototype catch baSin modification or Insert may be Installed In one of Santa MOnica's
catch baSinS The City got 15 other Cities, agencies, and pnvate firm (Che;ron) t6PE:
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the project wIth contrrbutlons totalmg $161,000 The CIty of Santa Monrca IS the lead
agency of the project and englneenng staff act as the project manager The anginal
agreement provided that the final report would be Issued In March, 1997 The proposed
amendment would extend the deadline for the report to March, 1998
Three unanticipated events delayed the project First. obtamlng consensus on the scope
of work by the 15 consortium members with the selected consultant, Woodward-Clyde
Consultants, proved difficult The reVISion and addition of tasks consumed several
months Second, one key member of the consortium withdrew A concerted effort was
made to replace the resulting funding loss Ultimately, consortium members Increased
their contrrbutlons and Chevron Jomed the consortium Fmally, further delay occurred
because of the lack of ram since February of th IS year One early project task requires the
comparrson of pollutants from representative local urban runoff sampling sites with
publrshed fIndings of pollutants found In representatIve common land use In other parts of
the country ThiS task Will be postponed until the first fail/Winter storm The new project
deadline IS not expected to change
The State Water Resources Control Board has approved the time extension but reqUires
consent from the Santa MOnica City CounCil
Budget/Fmanclallmpact
There are no budget or fmanclallmpacts associated With the recommendation contained
In thiS staff report
RecommendatIon
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute an
amendment to Standard Agreement No 5-061-140-0 with the State Water Resources
Control Board to extend the catch basin project completion deadline to March 31, 1998
Prepared by Craig Perkins, Director, Environmental and Public Work
Management
Tony Antlch. P E , City EngIneer
Ruta SklrlUS, Sr AdministratIve Analyst
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