HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2000-55 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF LOCAL RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF
OCEAN WATER CLOSURES AND WATERCOURSE CONTAMINATION.
WHEREAS, 1999 saw two major water quality actions that affected Orange County
cities, including the closure of portions of the Huntington Beach shoreline following the
implementation of Assembly Bill 411 (Wayne, 1997) and the clean-up and abatement order in
Laguna Niguel; and
Both of these actions had significant economic, environmental, and political impacts on
the entire region; and
Still inconclusive evidence in both Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel indicates that
contaminated urban runoff may be a major contributor to the bacterial contamination of the
shoreline and of Aliso Creek; and
The City of Huntington Beach is a co-permittee under the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) and partner with the County of Orange and State regulators (via
Regional Boards)in the management and control of urban runoff, and
Orange County's cities, county government, and special districts have spent and will
spend significant resources to identify the biological makeup and sources of the bacterial
contamination within urban runoff; and
It is critically important to the region's economy and its environmental resources that our
region develop local expertise in advances technologies (DNA testing, antimicrobial resistance
testing, and more) that identify runoff-borne pathogens and the sources of specific indicator
bacteria so that local officials can rapidly address water quality impairments where and when
they occur; and
The Orange County Health Care Agency's Public Health Lab and the Health Care
Agency's Environmental Management Division have proven themselves to be respected,
effective and efficient providers of water quality monitoring and testing; and
The Health Care Agency is the most appropriate public agency in Orange County to
develop advanced technologies in bacteria source identification and, potentially, direct pathogen
testing,
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach that the City hereby recommends that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange
add to the capabilities of the Orange County Health Care Agency's Public Health Lab to allow
for advanced testing and source identification of pathogens and indicator bacteria so as to assist
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cities and other local agencies in reducing and eliminating the causes of ocean water closures and
contaminated watercourses; and
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach that this
Resolution be forwarded to the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the County Executive
Office as the Board prepares its FY 2000-01 county budget.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 19 th day of June 2000.
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City Clerk AVPPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Res. No. 2000-55
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ]
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of
the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said
City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the
members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th
day of June, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES: Julien, Sullivan, Harman, Green, Dettloff, Bauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Garofalo
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk and ex-offcio C erk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California