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Recommendation to receive and file a report on the Los Angeles Region Safe, Clean Water Program, a potential countywide ballot measure that may be considered by all Los Angeles County voters on November 6, 2018, and give direction to City staff on the Measure as appropriate. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On July 17, 2018, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (Board of Supervisors) considered a proposed ordinance related to the adoption of a special Parcel tax to establish the Los Angeles Region Safe, Clean Water Program (Program). The purpose of the special Parcel tax is to provide funds for programs and projects that increase stormwater and urban runoff capture, and reduce stormwater and urban runoff pollution in Los Angeles County (County). The rate of the proposed special Parcel tax is two and one-half cents per square-foot of impermeable surface. This ordinance was originally written to become effective July 1, 2019, with the parcel tax appearing on the secured tax roll in Fiscal Year 2020, if voters approve the measure by a two-thirds vote on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
Revenues generated by the Program will be invested according to State law. AB 1180 was adopted by the State Legislature in 2017, and sets forth three investment areas with Program allocations as follows:
ยท Municipal Program (40 percent) - The City of Long Beach (City) expects at least $5 million will be allocated directly to Long Beach on an annual basis through the Municipal Program.
Countywide, the Municipal Program will return 40 percent of all funds generated by each city back to that city. Eligible activities for this funding source include those that improve recreational water quality by implementing data driven programs, services and infrastructure projects consistent with Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, as well as Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) stormwater permits. A vast database of infor...
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