REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Eric G. Parra, Interim City Manager
VIA: Chau Vu, Director of Public Works
PREPARED BY: Jim Merid, Environmental Services Manager
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2024-21 authorizing an application for funds for the Environmental Cleanup, Tier 1 Grant Program under the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Environmental Cleanup Program
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Statement of Issue:
Each year OCTA offers funding opportunities aimed at reducing transportation generated pollution that can impact local waterways like Huntington Harbour, Bolsa Chica Wetlands and the Pacific Ocean. This Council action requests authorization to apply for funds under the OCTA Measure M2 Environmental Cleanup Program, Tier 1 to purchase and install 60 catch basin filter baskets at various locations throughout the City.
Financial Impact:
The City is requesting up to $250,000 from OCTA to fund the purchase and installation of up to 60 catch basin filter baskets. The City will be responsible for 20% in local matching funds to be provided as a cash contribution. Funding for the project match will be allocated from the Planned Local Drainage Fund (Fund 211); and should the City be awarded the grant from OCTA, staff will return to the City Council at a future meeting with a request for appropriation of funds.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2024-21, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Authorizing an Application for Grant Funds for the Environmental Cleanup Tier 1 Grant Program Under the Orange County Transportation Authority Environmental Cleanup Program.”
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt the Resolution, and direct staff not to apply for the grant.
Analysis:
The OCTA Measure M2 Environmental Cleanup Program (ECP), Tier 1 is designed to mitigate the more visible forms of pollution, such as litter and debris that collects on the roadways and in the catch basins prior to being deposited in waterways and the ocean. The program enables eligible jurisdictions to purchase and install structural best management practices (BMP) such as screens, filters, and other “street scale” low flow diversion devices. Approximately $3 million is available during this call for projects, and these funds are meant to supplement existing water quality programs.
In an effort to comply with adopted State Trash Provisions to limit trash and debris greater than 5 mm from entering water bodies, the City is requesting Council authorization to apply for grant funding from OCTA to retrofit existing storm drain catch basins with filter baskets designed to capture trash/debris. The filter baskets will enable the City to reduce the amount of trash and debris reaching local recreational water bodies, such as Huntington Harbour and the beaches, as well as comply with the requirements in the Trash Provisions.
The City has already installed over 200 catch basin filter baskets of similar design, and the installation of these proposed devices is based on the City’s Trash Provision Compliance Plan. This plan was developed to administer and implement the City’s compliance with the State mandated Trash Provisions which requires the City to identify priority land-uses (industrial, commercial, high-density residential, and bus stops) that have been identified as “high-trash generating land-uses” and install trash removal devices downstream of these land-uses that are designed to capture trash 5mm or larger thereby preventing the trash from discharging into local waterways and the ocean.
Environmental Status:
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable - Administrative Item
For details, visit www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/strategicplan <http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/strategicplan>.
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2024-21, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Authorizing an Application for Funds for the Environmental Cleanup, Tier 1 Grant Program Under the Orange County Transportation Authority Environmental Cleanup Program;
2. PowerPoint presentation regarding Resolution No. 2024-21.