Resolution No. 2086RESOLUTION NO 2086
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CYPRESS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE
SOUTH COAST AREAWIDE WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT
PLAN APPROPRIATE 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
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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 Areawide Waste Treatment Manage-
ment 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 forwarded 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 implementa-
tion and pursuant to published United States Environomental 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 Cypress is assigned certain responsibilities in
the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Plan for the So tth Coast Area
approved by the SCAG Executive Committee on February 1, 1979
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES FIND,
DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS
1 The City of Cypress rejects the concept that street sweeping,
catch basin cleaning and litter control are cost effective
water pollution control strategies until such time as the
relation between these strategies and water pollution is
established by factual studies
2 The City of Cypress encourages SCAG, the State Water Resources
Control Board and the U S Environmental Protection Agency
to conduct the following studies
a Determine which of the surface waters of the County
are impacted by specific water pollution and to
what extent
b Determine the cost effectiveness of alternative water
pollution strategies in reducing the impact on specified
receiving waters
3 The City of Cypress intends to continue the following three programs
strictly as local options to the extent financially feasible
a Street sweeping program
b Catch basin and storm drain cleaning program
c Litter control program
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4 The City of Cypress will support water pollution control
strategies that are demonstrated to be cost effective to
the extent that funds are made available
5 This Resolution shall be sent to the Southern California
Association of Governments
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 26th day of March 1979
ATTEST*
CITY LERK THE CITTY' OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
MAYOR OF HE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 26th day of March 1979 by the following roll
call vote.
AYES 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS. Evans, Lacayo MacLain, Rowan and
Hudson
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS