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2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS <br /> <br />RESOLUTION REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />1. RESOLUTION CALLING UPON THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE TO WORK <br />WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES IN PROVIDING ADEQUATE FUNDING <br />AND TO PRIORITIZE WATER BONDS TO ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN WATER <br />CONSERVATION, GROUND WATER RECHARGE AND REUSE OF STORMWATER AND <br />URBAN RUNOFF PROGRAMS. <br /> <br />Source: Los Angeles County Division <br />Concurrence of five or more cities/city officials: Cities of Alhambra; Cerritos; Claremont; Glendora; <br />Lakewood; La Mirada; La Verne; Norwalk; Signal Hill; Mary Ann Lutz, Mayor, city of Monrovia. <br />Referred to: Environmental Quality Policy Committee <br />Recommendations to General Resolutions Committee: Approve <br /> <br />WHEREAS, local governments play a critical role in providing water conservation, ground water <br />recharge and reuse of stormwater infrastructure, including capture and reuse of stormwater for their citizens, <br />businesses and institutions; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, local governments support the goals of the Clean Water Act to ensure safe, clean <br />water supply for all and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has encouraged local governments to <br />implement programs to capture, infiltrate and treat stormwater and urban runoff with the use of low impact <br />development ordinances, green street policies and programs to increase the local ground water supply <br />through stormwater capture and infiltration programs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, local governments also support the State’s water quality objectives, specifically <br />Section 13241of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, on the need to maximize the use of <br />reclaimed and water reuse and the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and the State Water Resources <br />Board encourage rainwater capture efforts; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the State’s actions working through the water boards, supported by substantial <br />Federal, State and local investments, have led to a dramatic decrease in water pollution from wastewater <br />treatment plants and other so-called “point sources” since 1972. However, the current threats to the State’s <br />water quality are far more difficult to solve, even as the demand for clean water increases from a growing <br />population and an economically important agricultural industry; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the State’s Little Hoover Commission found in 2009 that more than 30,000 stormwater <br />discharges are subject to permits regulating large and small cities, counties, construction sites and industry. <br />The Commission found that a diverse group of water users – the military, small and large businesses, home <br />builders and local governments and more – face enormous costs as they try to control and limit stormwater <br />pollution. The Commission concluded that the costs of stormwater clean up are enormous and that the costs <br />of stormwater pollution are greater, as beach closures impact the State’s economy and environmental <br />damage threatens to impair wildlife; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at the same time that new programs and projects to improve water quality are <br />currently being required by the U.S. EPA and the State under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination <br />System (NPDES) permits and the Total Daily Maximum Load (TMDL) programs, many local governments <br />find that they lack the basic infrastructure to capture, infiltrate and reuse stormwater and cities are facing <br />difficult economic challenges while Federal and State financial assistance has been reduced due to the <br />impacts of the recession and slow economic recovery; and <br />6