Long Beach, CA
File #: 19-1129    Version: 1 Name: PW - MOU w/Port for Long Beach Municipal Urban Storm Water Treatment (LBMUST)
Type: Contract Status: CCIS
File created: 10/24/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/12/2019 Final action: 11/12/2019
Title: Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Harbor Department, to accept and expend grant funding from the Community Infrastructure Grant Program, in the amount of $1,000,000, for a period of three years; and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department in the amount of $1,000,000, offset by grant revenue. (Districts 1,7,8,9)
Sponsors: Public Works
Attachments: 1. 111219-R-17sr.pdf
Related files: 35435_000
TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Harbor Department, to accept and expend grant funding from the Community Infrastructure Grant Program, in the amount of $1,000,000, for a period of three years; and

Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department in the amount of $1,000,000, offset by grant revenue. (Districts 1,7,8,9)

DISCUSSION
In 2009, the City of Long Beach (City) Board of Harbor Commissioners (Board) approved the Community Infrastructure Grant Program. The Grant Program provides funding for community-based projects outside the Harbor District to offset the cumulative impacts of Port of Long Beach (Port) development. In 2016, the Board expanded its Community Infrastructure Grant Program and allocated $46.6 million to community-based projects to reduce the impacts of Port operations.

In June 2018, the Port released a $3 million solicitation for community infrastructure projects with a specific focus on stormwater and water quality. Eligible projects included multi-benefit stormwater projects, stormwater infiltration and retention, stormwater capture and reuse, and conventional stormwater treatment to help reduce stormwater-related impacts and improve the water quality of San Pedro Bay. The City’s Department of Public Works applied for the Community Infrastructure Grant Program and on November 12, 2018, the Board approved the award of $1,000,000.

The $1,000,000 in grant funds was awarded for the Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment (LB-MUST) Project. The grant funding will be used for one stormwater filtration unit and installation costs. The LB-MUST facility will have two filtration units, each with a design capacity to process one million gallons per day. Filtration units will remove total suspended solids, metals, pathogens, oil and grease, turbidity, and various dissolved organic...

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