TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into an agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board) Proposition 1 (Prop 1) Storm Water Grant Program (SWGP), to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $3,973,140, and execute all documents necessary to implement the grant for the Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment (LB-MUST) Phase 2 Project (Project);
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $3,973,140, offset by grant reimbursement funds from the State Water Board’s Prop 1 SWGP, for the Project; and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund in the Public Works Department by $3,973,140, offset by a transfer of State Water Board’s Prop 1 SWGP grant reimbursement revenues from the Capital Grant Fund. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to adopt a Resolution to enter into an agreement to accept and expend grant funding from the State Water Board’s Prop 1 SWGP for the Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment (LB-MUST) Phase 2 Project (Project).
The State Water Board’s Prop 1 SWGP supports stormwater and dry weather runoff treatment projects that improve water quality and incorporate multiple benefits for the community. This is changing the perception of stormwater and dry weather runoff from a contaminant source to a valuable resource that can recharge groundwater aquifers, provide a recycled water source, support watershed processes, and beautify communities by creating habitat and open space. The State Water Board’s Prop 1 SWGP has accepted the City of Long Beach’s (City) grant application to assist with the construction of the LB-MUST Project, which epitomizes the vision of the grant.
LB-MUST will consist of a stormwater treatment facility and a new wetland habitat area near the Shoemaker Bridge at 901 De Forest Avenue. The goal of LB-MUST ...
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