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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO APPROVED AND STAFF REPORT FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL DAT E: December 20, 2010 Stephen L. Hollister TO: Stephen Hollister, City Manager City Manager FROM: Michael Bakaldin, Public Works Director BY: Ray Busch, Assistant WPC Manager 0 SUBJECT PROJECT /PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO SIGN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE BAY AREA-WIDE TRASH CAPTURE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution to authorize the City Manager or a designated representative to sign an agreement with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to participate in the Bay Area -Wide Trash Capture Demonstration Project. Entering into the agreement for grant funding through ABAG will provide the City with funds needed to install full trash capture devices as required by the new stor permit. BACKGROUND In October 2009, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a new five -year National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit that contained additional trash load reduction requirements for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4). These requirements include the development of short -term and long-term trash load reduction plans to achieve reduction levels of 40% by 2014, 70% by 2017, and 100% by 2022 from the City's MS4. Specifically, provision C.10 of the permit requires municipalities to install and maintain a minimum number of trash capture devices by July I. 2014 to treat an area equivalent to 30% of the Retail /Wholesale Land that drains to the municipal storm sewer system. For San Leandro, this means 216 acres must be retrofitted with full trash capture devices. In October 2009, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership was awarded S5 million in federal stimulus funds, through the State Water Board, Clean Water State Revolving Fund Division (CWSRF), to support the Bay Area -wide Trash Capture Demonstration Project. The program is intended to demonstrate that trash collection can be managed, and that reductions in the volume of trash will enhance the estuary and its water quality. Municipal staff will gain experience with and share information about different types of trash capture devices. The San Francisco Estuary Partnership, in cooperation with ABAG, will administer the Demonstration Project which is comprised of the following elements: