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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION
IN THE UPPER SAN GABRIEL RIVER WATERSHED
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUNICIPAL APPLICATION
FORIRE-ISSUANCE OF WASTE DISCHARGE
REQUIREMENTS AND AN NPDES PERMIT
WHEREAS, the City o- Diamond Bar (hereinafter "City") is a co -permittee along with the
County of Los Angeles and 83 other cities in the current Los Angeles County Municipal
NPDES permit, Order No. 96 -054 -(hereinafter referred to as "permit"); and,
WHEREAS, the current permit is schedule to expire in July of 2001; and
WHEREAS, the current permit requires the City, the County, and other co -permittees to
submit an application four permit renewal by February 1, 2001; and,
WHEREAS, the City and 13 municipalities are situated in the Upper San Gabriel River sub -
watershed; and,
WHEREAS, the City and several municipalities in the Upper San Gabriel River are interested
in applying for a separate permit, in which the County would continue to be the "Principal
4- Permittee", but with limited decision-making authority; and,
WHEREAS, -the County would continue to provide the program services to the cities using
flood control assessme d funds as it now does under the existing permit; and,
WHEREAS, the City's I'ability would be no greater under a sub -watershed based permit than
what it is under the current permit; and,
WHEREAS, the advantages to the City in participating in a sub -watershed, instead of the
current comprehensive countywide permit, include (1) facilitating qualification for proposition
13 funding (a bond pr position adopted by California voters in. March of 2000); (2) enabling
permittees to focus on water quality issues and solutions specific to the Upper San Gabriel
River sub -watershed; 3) providing better regional planning; and (4) limiting the county's
ability to make decisio s affecting permit and program requirements for cities without their
approval; and,
WHEREAS, the City can still elect to participate without prejudice in the comprehensive
countywide permit if circumstances dictate.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar hereby resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. In the event that the sub -watershed based permit application is developed and
approved by the County of Los Angeles for submittal to the Regional Board, notify the County
of Los Angeles of the City's decision to authorize the County to apply for renewal of the
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waste discharge requirements and a Upper San Gabriel River Municipal NPDES permit with
the City as a co -permittee. ha
SECTION 2. Inform the County of Los Angeles of the City's desire for the County to ietain
its role as the Principal Permittee in the sub -watershed based permit.
SECTION 3. Submit a Report of Waste Discharge (i.e., the NPDES permit application)
along with other participating municipalities and the County to `the Los- Angeles Regional
Water Quality Control Board. '
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption hereof.
The foregoing resolution was passed by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar this 116th
day of January 2001.
BO HUFF, YOR
ATTEST:
LA BURGESS,TY CLERK
I, Lynda Burgess City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Diamond Bar, California, at its regular meeting held on the 16 iday of
January, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: Chang, O'Connor, MPT/Herrera,
M/Huff
NOES: COUNCILMEMSER: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: Ansari
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER: None
Lyn a Burgess, City Cleik, City of
Diamond Bar, California
2001-01
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