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RESOLUTION NO. 5222 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA COMMITTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE SOUTH COAST
AREAWIDE WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROPRIATE
TO ITS JURISDICTION
WHEREASs the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251,
et. seq., as amended) seeks to develop a cooperative Federals State, regional
and local government program to prevent and control sources of pollution
to ground and surface waters in order to restore and maintain the chemlcal,
physical and biological integrity of the Nation's waters; and
WHEREASs pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of 1972, as amended, the Southern California Association of
Governments (herein referred to as SCAG) has prepared an Areawide Waste
Treatment Management Plan for the South Coast area with the assistance of
the Counties of Los Angeles, Oranges Riverside and San Bernardino, the City
of Los Angeles, the Newport-Irvine Waste-Management Plannlng Agency, the
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority and the Ventura Regional County
Sanitation Districts and
WHEREAS the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South
Coast area will be adopted by SCAG on April 5, 1979, and forwarded to the
State Water Resources Control Board for certification and thereafter will
be forwarded to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in compliance
with Section 208 (b) (3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972s
as amended; and
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WHEREAS the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the
South Coast Area proposes management agencies to be responsible for plan
implementation and pursuant to published United States Environmental
Protection Agency guidelines (42 Fed.Reg. 44777 (1977)) must indicate each
management agency's willingness to proceed to carry out its responsibilities
as identified in the Plan; and
WHEREAS the City of Santa Monica is assigned certain responsibilities
in the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South Coast Area~
approved by the SCAG Executive Committee on February 1, 1979;
NOW~ THEREFORE~ THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council approves proceeding with
implementation of its responsibilities as set forth in the 208 Areawide
Waste Treatment Management Plan as approved by SCAG, said responsibilities
specifically described as follows:
a. Maintain existing street sweeping programs (prior
to Proposition 13) with consideration given to
increasing their effectiveness in reducing wasteloads
to receiving waters, to the extent financially feasible.
b. Maintain current litter control programs, to the extent
financially feasible.
c. Maintain current catchbasin and storm drain cleaning
programs with consideration given to increasing program
effectiveness, to the extent financially feasible.
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SECTION 2. That the City Council authorizes the Director
of General Services to forward copies of this resolution to the Southern
California Association of Governments.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force
and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
13th
DAY
OF
March
} 1979,
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION}
No. 5222 J WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
Harch 13
J 1979 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Bambrick, Cohen, Reed, Scott, Trlves,
van den Steenhoven, Mayor Swink
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Kone
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