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City Council Meeting: May 23, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11527 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
APPROVING THE CITY’S SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN (SSMP) UPDATE
AND CERTIFYING IT IS CONSISTENT WITH STATEWIDE GENERAL WASTE
DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS (WDRs) FOR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS
WHEREAS, on May 2, 2006, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
adopted Order No. 2006-003, the Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements
(WDRs) for Sanitary Sewer Systems; and
WHEREAS, these WDRs are the regulatory mechanism for all public agencies
that own or operate sanitary sewer collection systems greater than one mile in length
and that collect and convey untreated or partially treated wastewater to a publicly owned
treatment facility; and
WHEREAS, the Statewide General WDRs for Sanitary Sewer Systems requires
the development and implementation of a system-specific Sewer System Management
Plan (SSMP); and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2009, Council adopted the initial SSMP document;
and
WHEREAS, on August 13, 2014, and August 8, 2019, the City re-certified the
SSMP through the SWRCB’s regulatory database, California Integrated Water Quality
System (CIWQS).
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals above are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The Sewer System Management Plan Update is consistent with
Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer Systems.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution of the
City Council, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 23rd day of May 2023.
Gleam Davis, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11527 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 23rd day of May 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Zwick, Parra, Brock, Torosis, de la Torre
Mayor Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Negrete
ATTEST:
Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
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