HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 99-67 RESOLUTION NO. 99-67
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SARATOGA TO REAPPLY FOR
REISSUANCE OF ITS MUNICIPAL STORMWATER NATIONAL POLLUTANT
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under amendments to the 1987
Federal Clean Water Act, imposed regulations that mandate local governments reduce to the
maximum extent practicable that amount of pollutants in storm water discharged from municipal
storm drain conveyance systems, and;
WHEREAS, under authority of California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the
State Water Resources Control Board and its Regional Boards have been delegated the authority
to adopt NPDES permits and waste discharge requirements for municipal stormwater discharges,
and;
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board's Water
Quality Control Plan specifically requires that all municipalities in Santa Clara County that
discharge storm water to San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District)
have municipal storm water NPDES permit coverage and;
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted an
NPDES permit (CAS029718), Order No. 95-180, on August 23,1995 for the municipalities in
Santa Clara County and the District, as described above, and;
WHEREAS, the adopted NPDES permit requires that the municipalities in Santa Clara
County and the District reapply for reissuance of their municipal stormwater NPDES permit by
December 21, 1999, and;
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program's
(SCVURPPP) Management Committee has compiled the necessary information and prepared the
application package for NPDES reissuance, and;
WHEREAS, the permit application represents a continuation of the storm water pollution
prevention and control activities that are currently being implemented and associated costs.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Saratoga that:
1. The City of Saratoga hereby agrees to reapply to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Quality Control Board for reissuance of its municipal storm water NPDES permit; and
2. The City of Saratoga commits to implement it's Urban Runoff Management Plan and the
area-wide components of the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
(SCVURPPP) Urban Runoff Management Plan and requests that the SCVURPPP's Manager
sign and submit the NPDES Permit Application Package to the San Francisco Bay Regional
Water Quality Control Board as part of the reapplication for NPDES permit reissuance, and
3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the SCVURPPP's
Manager.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and
adopted at a meeting of the City Council of Saratoga held on 12/1 ,1999 by the
following roll call vote:
AYES- Councilmembers Waltonsmith, Baker, Streit, Vice'Ma'yor',Mehaffey, Mayor Bogosian
NOES- None
Ad, SENT- None
AB STAIiNI- None
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Mayor
City Clerk
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