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xN <br />City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 7, 2012 <br />Staff Report <br />File Number: 12 -196 <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Mike Bakaldin <br />Public Works Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.N. <br />TITLE: Staff Report for Resolution Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to sign <br />and file, for and on Behalf of the City of San Leandro, a California <br />Environmental Protection Agency (Cal /EPA) Grant Application to Implement <br />Electronic Reporting using the California Environmental Reporting System <br />(CERS), and Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to enter into and <br />sign, for and on Behalf of the City of San Leandro, an Agreement with <br />Cal /EPA Agreeing to Implement Electronic Reporting with CERS <br />III]Jihyi /e1 :rail 011 1N; Ks] LyiILyiIN101I7e ,II[a]06"] <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution to authorize the City Manager to <br />sign and file a grant application with the California Environmental Protection Agency <br />(Cal /EPA) for assistance in implementing electronic reporting requirements. The California <br />Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies for certain costs mandated by the <br />state. Accepting the grant funds will allow the City to purchase new equipment, new software, <br />and to implement training to fully implement CERS electronic reporting. The grant funds will <br />also allow staff adequate time to effectively address long term local funding. The proposed <br />resolution would also authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Cal /EPA <br />regarding the use and accounting of the grant funds for implementation of CERS electronic <br />reporting. <br />- Tits] life] Yell] 01 W7 <br />Assembly Bill (AB) 2286 (Feuer, PDF) was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, <br />chaptered on September 29, 2008, and went into effect January 1, 2009. The law requires all <br />regulated businesses and all regulated local government agencies, called Unified Program <br />Agencies (UPA), to use the Internet to submit required Unified Program information to the <br />State. This information is currently submitted by paper forms. The reportable information <br />includes facility data regarding hazardous material regulatory activities, chemical inventories, <br />underground and aboveground storage tanks, and hazardous waste generation. It also <br />includes UPA data such as inspections and enforcement actions. All regulated businesses <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 51112012 <br />