HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6756RESOLUTION NO. 6756
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AZUSA COMMITTING TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE
ELEMENTS OF THE SOUTH COAST AREAWIDE
WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROP-
RIATE TO ITS JURISDICTION.
WHEREAS, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1251, et. seq., as amended) seeks to develop a cooperative Federal
State, regional and local government program to prevent and control
sources of pollution to ground and surface waters in order to
restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological
integrity of the Nation's waters; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of 1972, as amended, the Southern California Association
of Governments (herein referred to as SCAG) has prepared an Area -
wide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South Coast area with
the assistance of the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside
and San Bernardino, the City of Los Angeles, the Newport -Irvine
Waste -Management Planning Agency, the Santa Ana Watershed Project
Authority and the Ventura Regional County Sanitation District; and
WHEREAS, the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the
South Coast area will be adopted by SCAG on April 5, 1979, and forwar-
ded to the State Water Resources Control Board for certification and
thereafter will be forwarded to the Federal Environmental Protection
Agency in compliance with Section 208 (b) (3) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the
South Coast Area proposes management agencies to be responsible for
plan implementation and pursuant to published United States Environ-
menatal Protection Agency guidelines (42 Fed. Reg. 44777 (1977)) must
indicate each management agency's willingness to proceed to carry
out its responsibilities as identified in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa is assigned certain responsibili-
ties in the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the South
Coast Area, approved by the SCAG Executive Committee on February 1,
1979;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that it is the intent of the
City Council of the City of Azusa:
Section 1:
To proceed with implementation of its responsi-
bilities as set forth in the 208 Areawide Waste
Treatment Management Plan as approved by SCAG
said responsibilities specifically described as
follows:
a. Maintain existing street sweeping programs (Prior
to Proposition 13) with consideration given to
increasing their effectiveness in reducing waste -
loads to receiving waters, to the extent finan-
cially feasible.
b. Maintain current litter control programs, to the
extent financiallyfeasible.
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c. Maintain current catchbasin and storm drain
cleaning programs with consideration given to
increasing program effectiveness, to the extent
financially feasible.
Section 2:
To forward copies of this resolution to the Southern
California Association of Governments.
Adopted and approved this 20th day of February, 1979.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa on February,
20th. 1979, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Moses, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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