RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY/COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC OUTREACH SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TERM JULY 1, 2007 TO JUNE 30, 2008,

IN THE AMOUNT OF $292,028

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, the Environmental Health Division (Division) manages programs that are vital in ensuring hazardous and damaging waste does not pose a threat to public health or the environment; and

 

WHEREAS, the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program (SMCWPPP) funding comes exclusively from the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), a joint powers agency, which is the administrative and policy-making authority responsible for program implementation and compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region; and

 

WHEREAS, the cities, towns and the County of San Mateo are all co-permittees under a single Phase I National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit; and

 

WHEREAS, C/CAG supports public education and outreach through the distribution of funds to organizations able to provide expertise in managing their Public Information and Participation (PI/P) Subcommittee; and

 

WHEREAS, since 1999, the C/CAG has funded the Division to manage the PI/P Subcommittee with the goal to increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of stormwater related issues; and

 

WHEREAS, the agreement with C/CAG is a one year Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented for its consideration and acceptance,

an Agreement between the County and C/CAG for the term July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 to accept available funds not to exceed $292,028 and the Board of Supervisors has examined and approved the same as to form and content and desires to enter into the same:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of the Board of Supervisors be and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto.

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