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Resolution No. 79-5
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A RESOLUTION OG THE CITY COUNCIL
-0F THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
COMMITTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
OF THOSE ELEMENTS OE TNE SOUTH COAST AREAWIDE WASTE
TREATMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROPRIATE TO ITS JURISDICTION
WHERE/1S the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1251, et. seq., as amended) seeks to develop a cooperative Federal,
State, r~egional and loca.l 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
WNEREAS pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended, the Southern California
Association of 6overnments (herein referred to as SCAG) has prepared
an Areawide 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 tdatershed 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 4Jater 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
Sovth Coast Area proposes management agencies to be responsible for
plan implementation and pursuant to published United States Environ-
mental 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
4FHEREAS the City of Lake Elsinore is assigned certain
responsibilities in the Areawide Waste Treatment Mana9ement Plan fior
the South Coast Area, approved by the SCA6 Executive Committee on
February 1', 1979;
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' N041 THEREFORE BE IT PE~OLVED THAT it is the intent o` the
City Council o` the City of Lake Elsinore:
Section 1:
( To proceed with implementation of its responsibilities
as set forth in the 208 Areawide ldaste Treatment
Management Plan as approved by SCAG, said responsibil-
ities specifically described as follows:
a. Maintain existing street sweeping programs (prior
to Proposition 13} with consideration given to
increasing their effectiveness in reducing
wasteloads to receiving waters, to the extent
financially feasible.
b. Maintain current litter control programs, to the
extent financially feasible.
c. Maintain current catchbasin and storm drain
cleaning programs with consideration given to
increasing ,program effectiveness, to the extent
financially feasible.
' d. Emphasize reduction of runoff volume and peak
fiow rates as mitigation measures in environ-
mental impact reports (EIRs) and in conditions
for approval for new developments.
Section Z
To forward copies of this resolution to the Southern
California Assoeiation of Governments.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution.was adopted
by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore at its meeting of
Februarv 26 , 1979•
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