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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-040 RESOLUTION NO. 02-040 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, TO ENTER INTO A SPILLS, LEAKS INVESTIGATION AND CLEANUP REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA STATE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND THE ( CITY OF CARSON TO PROVIDE STREAMLINED OVERSIGHT FOR VARIOUS BROWNFIELD PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY'S REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON HEREBY RESOLVES, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Carson does hereby find, determine and declare that: A. The Redevelopment Agency has targeted more than forty Brownfields sites within the City for priority assessment, evaluation, processing, and closure to support its ongoing redevelopment goals, and the City and the Agency wish to assist in the redevelopment of Brownfields sites within the City; B. Many of the City's targeted Brownfields sites fall under the regulatory jurisdiction of the California Regional Quality Control Board- Los Angeles Region (RWQCB), and the Agency wishes to expedite the processing of targeted properties by entering into an agreement which would dedicate RWQCB staff resources to processing the City's requests, and provide that the RWQCB will retain the California Office Of i Environmental Health Hazard (OEHHA) as a risk assessment subcontractor to conduct and review evaluations based on proposed land uses. C. By letter dated, March 11, 2002, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board- Los Angeles Region (the "RWQCB") proposed an Oversight And Cost Reimbursement Agreement which will allow the RWQCB and OEHHA to accomplish these objectives and to streamline the reviews and approvals of site assessments, clean ups and closures r j and expedite the processing of targeted properties to prepare them for t redevelopment; and Section 2. The City Council of the City of Carson hereby approves the agreement with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Mayor is authorized and directed to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City Council in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption hereof. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Carson this 19th day of March, 2002. 4, ATTEST: A& Rio City Clerk t s APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney I STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF CARSON ) I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. E 02-040 was duly and regularly adopted by said Council at a regular meeting duly and regularly held on the 19`h day of March, 2002 and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Sweeney, Frank, Calas, Ontal, and Dear NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None City Clerk, City of arson„ California f (r f I