HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 07-7006 - Approve Plan and Schedule for Sewer System Management PlanRESOLUTION NO. 07-7006
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY APPROVING A
DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY’S SEWER SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT PLAN (SSMP).
WHEREAS, on May 2, 2006, the State Water Resources Control Board Order No. 2006-
003 (Sanitary Sewer Order) Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements (WDFR) for
Sanitary Sewer Systems was adopted and implemented; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Sanitary Sewer Order is to develop a regulatory
mechanism to provide a consistent statewide approach for reducing sanitary sewer overflows
(SSOs); and
WHEREAS, the Sanitary Sewer Order requires public agencies that own or operate
sanitary sewer systems comprised of more than one mile of pipes or sewer lines which convey
wastewater to a publicly owned treatment facility to apply for coverage under the Sanitary
Sewer Order, develop and implement sewer system management plans (SSMPs), and report all
SSOs to the SWRCB’s online SSO database; and
WHEREAS, the City of Downey’s (City’s) sewer collection system is comprised of
approximately 200 miles of sewer mains; and
WHEREAS, the City's application or Notice of Intent (NOI) for coverage under the
Sanitary Sewer Order was submitted to the SWRCB prior to the November 2, 2006 deadline;
andi WHEREAS, as an enrollee under the Sanitary Sewer Order, the City is required to
certify, via the online SSO database, that its final SSMP and constituent subparts/elements are
in compliance with the Sanitary Sewer Order within the timelines established for each; and
WHEREAS, the City is also required to obtain Council approval of its SSMP
Development Plan and Schedule (attached) and final SSMP (once completed) at a public
hearing prior to online certification of these items; and
WHEREAS, the City must electronically certify that its SSMP Development Plan and
Schedule is complete and compliant with the Sanitary Sewer Order by August 2, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Council has reviewed the City’s attached SSMP Development Plan and
Schedule.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Downey does hereby approve the attached
SSMP Development Plan and Schedule.
SECTION 2. The Director of Public Works of the City of Downey is hereby authorized
and directed to certify via the SWRCB’s online SSO database that the SSMP Development Plan
and Schedule is complete and in compliance with the Sanitary Sewer Order prior to the August
2, 2007 deadline, on behalf of the City of Downey.
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RESOLUTION NO. 07-7006
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SECTION 3 The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24TH day of July, g007.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of July, 2007, by the following vote,
to wit
AYES:
NOES :
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN :
5 Council Members: Bayer, Cartozian, Gafin, Guerra, Mayor Trejo
0 Council Members: None
0 Council Members: None
0 Council Members: None
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