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RESOLUTION NO. 6-00
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
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 mainly 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 the Town of Los
Altos Hills that:
1. The Town of Los Altos Hills hereby agrees to reapply to the San Francisco Bay Regional
Water Quality Control Board for reissuance of its municipal storm water NPDES permit;
and
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2. The Town of Los Altos Hills commits to implement its Urban Runoff Management Plan and
its obligations with respect to the area-wide components of the Santa Clara Valley Urban
Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (SCVURPPP) Urban Runoff Management Plan,
subject to annual appropriation by Los Altos Hills City Council. The Town of Los Altos hills
also authorizes the SCVURPPP's Manager to 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of January , 2000
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Cler
SCVURPPP Reso 1-00.doc 10/27/99