1999-174-Reapply For Reissuance Of Its Municipal Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit
RESOLUTION 1999 -174
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TO REAPPLY FOR REISSUANCE OF ITS
MUNICIPAL STORMWATER NATIONAL POLLUTANT
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under amendments to the 1987
Federal Clean Water Act, imposed regulations that mandate local governments reduce to the
maximum extent practicable that amount of pollutants in storm water discharged from municipal
storm drain conveyance :systems, .:and;
WHEREAS, under authority of California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the
State Water Resources Control Board and its Regional Boards have been delegated the authority
to adopt NPDES permits .and waste discharge requirements .for municipal stormwater discharges,
and;
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board's Water Quality
Control Plan specifically requires that all municipalities in Santa Clara County that discharge storm
water to San Francisco Bay and the .Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) have municipal
storm water NPDES permit coverage and;
WHEREAS, the .San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board .adopted an
NPDES permit (CAS029718), Order No, 95-180, on August 23,1995 for the municipalities in
Santa Clara County and the District, as described above, and;
WHEREAS,. the adopted NPDES permit.requires that the municipalities in Santa Clara
County and the District reapply for reissuance of their municipal stormwater NPDES permit by
December 21, 1999, and;
WHEREAS, the .Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program's
(SCVURPPP) Management Committee has compiled the necessary information and prepared the
application package for NPDES reissuance, .and;
WHEREAS, the permit application represents a continuation of the storm water pollution
prevention and control activities that are currently being implemented and associated costs..
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of Los Gatos that:
1, The Town of Los Gatos hereby agrees to reapply to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality
Control Board for reissuance of its municipal storm water NPDES permit; and
2. The Town of Los Gatos .commits to implement it's Urban Runoff Management Plan and the area-
wide components of the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
(SCV7RPPP) Urban Runoff Management Plan and requests that the SCVURPPP's Manager
sign and submit the NPDES Permit Application Package to the San Francisco Bay Regional
Water Quality Control Board as part of the reapplication for :NPDES permit reissuance, and
1. The Town of Los Gatos Clerlc is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to
the SCVURPPP's Manager.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos held on the 22nd day of November, 1999 by the following. vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, .Jan Hutchins, Linda Lubeck, .Joe Przynslci,
Mayor Steven Blanton
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED: /~ GC21
MA R OF THE ~ OWN OF LO GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF' T~~E TO~?~,'~T ~OF L ATOS
LOS GATOS„ cdl~LIFORNIA.