HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-22 - Copper Study of Newport BayRESOLUTION NO. 2005-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD OR THE REGIONAL BOARD
TO PERFORM A COPPER STUDY OF NEWPORT BAY
WHEREAS, Newport Bay is an impaired water body under the Federal Clean
Water act for four categories of pollutants — sediment, nutrients, fecal Coliform, and
toxic pollutants; and
WHEREAS, as an impaired water body, the Bay is subject to the creation and
implementation of daily limits of these pollutants and plans to achieve certain water
quality goals within a time certain; and
WHEREAS, these limits and plans are called Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDL); and
WHEREAS, the Toxic Pollutants TMDL was adopted for Newport Bay in 2002
and contains limits on pollutants like pesticides and metals; and
WHEREAS, one of the metal pollutants of concern is copper (Cu), deposited in
the bay's waters by antifouling paints, brake dust, and stormwater sources; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board, as a part of implementing
the Toxic Pollutants TMDL, has directed and agreed to fund a Copper Study to examine
inputs of copper to the Bay and the transport of copper across the Bay ecosystem; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that it hereby
authorizes the City Manager or his designee to execute a grant agreement or contract
with the State Board or its Regional Board to conduct a Copper Study of up to $75,000;
and be it further
RESOLVED that the City staff is hereby authorized to assist the Board in
preparing and collecting the necessary data, conducting investigations, or entering into
contracts with entities up to $75,000 to perform sampling and /or analysis relating to this
Study.
ADOPTED this 26th day of April, 2005.
ATTEST:
LAVONNE HARKLESS
City Clerk
Mayor of Newport
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
I; LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2005 -22 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City- Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
26th day of April 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, Rosansky, Webb, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Bromberg
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 27th day of April 2005.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California