REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 02/21/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Finance Department
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR COUNTY SERVICE AREA 152 TO BE LEVIED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO LEVY AND COLLECT THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS TO FUND THE COSTS OF THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT PROGRAM
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider adopting a Resolution setting the Benefit Assessment Unit Rate for Fiscal Year 2025 for County Service Area 152, which includes all properties within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Corona. Revenues from this assessment fund the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program, which is designed to protect the City's local creeks and waterways from contamination. The annual assessment is proposed to remain the same as the prior fiscal year at $10 per benefit assessment unit.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-005, regarding County Service Area 152 and setting the Benefit Assessment Unit Rate for Fiscal Year 2025 for the City of Corona to fund the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Amendments to the Federal Clean Water Act ("CWA"), enacted by Congress in 1987, established environmental programs, including the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") Permit program, to protect the Nation's waters. The CWA also directs the Environmental Protection Agency to develop, implement, and enforce regulations consistent with this law. For the State of California, these federal responsibilities were given to the State's nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards to regulate at the local levels.
The CWA prohibits any entity from discharging rain and other water runoff into the Nation's creeks, rivers, and other wa...
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