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RESOLUTION NUMBER 4~.z
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL
RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF BEACH CLOSURES
AND WATERCOURSE CONT AMINA nON
WHEREAS, 1999 saw two major water quality actions that affected Orange County cities,
including the closure of portions of the Huntington Beach shoreline following the I
implementation of Assembly Bill 411 (Wayne, 1997) and the clean-up and
abatement order in Laguna Niguel; and
WHEREAS, both of these actions had significant economic, environmental, and political
impacts on the entire region; and
WHEREAS, still-inconclusive evidence in both Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel
indicates that contaminated urban runoff may be a major contributor to the
bacterial contamination of the shoreline and of Aliso Creek; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is a co-permittee under the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) and partner with the County of Orange and State
regulators (via Regional Boards) in the management and control of urban runoff,
and
WHEREAS, Orange County's cities, county government, and special districts have spent and
will spend significant resources to identify the biological makeup and sources of
the bacterial contamination within urban runoff; and
WHEREAS, it is critically important to the region's economy and its environmental resources
that our region develop local expertise in advanced technologies (DNA testing,
antimocrobial resistance testing, and more) that identify runoff-borne pathogens
and the sources of specific indicator bacteria so that local officials can rapidly
address water quality impainnents where and when they occur; and
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WHEREAS, the Orange County Health Care Agency's Public Health Lab and the Health Care
Agency's Environmental Management Division have proven themselves to be
respected, effective and efficient providers of water quality monitoring and
testing; and
WHEREAS, the Health Care Agency is the most appropriate public agency in Orange County
to develop advanced technologies in bacteria source identification and,
potentially, direct pathogen testing.
NOW THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach that the
City hereby recommends that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange add to the
capabilities of the Orange County Health Care Agency's Public Health Lab to allow for
advanced testing and source identification of pathogens and indicator bacteria so as to assist
cities and other local agencies in reducing and eliminating the causes of beach closures and
contaminated watercourses; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach that the City
hereby supports the appropriation of $ I .24 million in the FY 2000-0 I State Budget (via
Proposition I3 revenues) that would expand and equip a state-of-the-art water quality lab within
the County of Orange for advanced water quality testing services; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH that this Resolution be
forwarded to the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the County Executive Office as the
Board prepares its FY 2000-0 I County Budget and to Governor Gray Davis as he prepares to
review and sign the FY 2000-0 I State Budget.
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Resolution Number~,1~
PA710' APPROVED'AN' ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach on
e day of , 2000 by the fo\lowin v e:
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AYES:
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Councilmembers
ABSENT:
Councilmembers
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Ma{or
J M Yeo, City Clerk
STATE OF CALlFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California
resolution is the original copy of Resolution Numbe
Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by)he City Council 0 the
meeting thereof held on the /2.V:!' day of
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o hereby certifY that the foregoing
file in the office of the City
it of Seal Beach, at a regular
,2000,