SR-505-008 (16)
EPWM:CP:BJ:NS:/Prop40PhaseII MontanaGrant
Council Meeting: January 24, 2006 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Grant
Agreement with the State of California; to Adopt a Resolution to
Receive a Grant to Support the Montana Avenue Urban Runoff
Treatment Project; and Authorize the Appropriation of Grant Funds
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to
negotiate and execute a grant agreement with the State Water Resources
Control Board (Board) to fund an urban runoff improvement project with
Proposition 40 funds. The proposed project is comprised of the construction of a
sub-surface urban runoff treatment system at the intersection of Montana Avenue
and Ocean Avenue in the City?s Montana Avenue Watershed, adjacent to
Palisades Park. The report also requests that the Council adopt a resolution to
receive the grant award and authorize the appropriation of the grant funds.
Background
Federal, state and local regulations require the City to reduce urban runoff
pollution from storm drain discharges into the Santa Monica Bay. Recent
changes in these regulations and standards have shifted the management
strategy for urban runoff control from an end-of-pipe approach to a sustainable
watershed approach, where the entire watershed or storm drainage area is
evaluated for stormwater management opportunities. The watershed approach
is considered a best management practice (BMP) and promotes reduction of
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runoff volume and prevention of urban runoff pollution as guiding principles. The
project is intended to help restore water quality and maintain the beneficial uses
of the Santa Monica Bay. In addition, the project will assist the City in complying
with regulatory requirements imposed by the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System and Total Maximum Daily Loads mandates.
Discussion
The construction of the Montana Avenue Urban Runoff Project, with an estimated
total cost of $1.6 million, is being funded in part by the State?s Propositions 13
and 40. This grant award from Proposition 40 funds in the amount of $600,000 is
expected to cover about 37% of the construction costs. The proposed treatment
system includes the installation of a primary screening-separation treatment
device and a sanitary sewer diversion, thereby removing a variety of soluble
pollutants and preventing them from reaching the Bay during dry weather and
most storm events.
The Project will be located within the intersection of Ocean and Montana
Avenues. All structures will be underground as part of the existing storm drain
system, except for a small electrical panel located on Montana in a parkway.
A prior staff report dated May 13, 2003 accepted a first grant award from
Proposition 13 in the amount of $962,000. This is a second grant to help
complete funding for the project. It is anticipated that the remaining $38,000
project budget need will be funded from the Stormwater CIP fund. Staff will
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return in the early part of 2006 for final budget and project approval.
Budget/Financial Impact
The following budget changes are needed to record receipt of the grant award
and make it available for program use:
1) Establish a revenue budget in the amount of $600,000 at account number
20662.403940.
2) Appropriate $600,000 in capital improvement program account number
C200352.589000 (Montana BMP, Prop 40 Ph 2).
On-going maintenance costs, estimated at $5,000 per year, are anticipated to be
included in the existing operating budget of the Water Resources Division.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute a grant agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board,
adopt the attached resolution in support of installation of an urban runoff
treatment system in the City?s Montana Avenue Drainage Basin adjacent to
Palisades Park, and appropriate grant funds as identified in the above budget
changes.
Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Director, Environmental and Public Works Management
Anthony Antich, P.E., City Engineer
Gil Borboa, P.E., Water Resources Manager
Brian Johnson, Environmental Programs Manager
Neal Shapiro, Senior Administrative Analyst
Reference Contract No. 8550 (CCS)
See Adopted Resolution No. 10106 (CCS)
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