HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 22-76RESOLUTION N0. ,22-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD OF INTENT TO COMPLY WITH ALL STATE
AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SEWER USE
ORDINANCE AND REVENUE PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH
THE CITY 'S APPLICATION UNDER THE CLEAN WATER
GRANT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield has applied for a grant
under the Clean Water Grant Program to assist in the development
of a Wastewater Treatment Project; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to develop and implement
an appropriate revenue program to assure adequate operation and
maintenance of treatment works and necessary replacement and
expansion of treatment works together with an approvable sewer
use ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of
the City of Bakersfield, State of California, as follows:
1. That the City of Bakersfield intends to comply with
all state and federal regulations pertaining to a sewer use ordin-
ance which are required under the Clean Water Grant Program.
2. That such ordinance which will be adopted shall
comply with the following requirements:
(a) The ordinance shall prohibit connections of
inflow (prohibited substance) sources, to the sanitary sewer
system.
(b) The ordinance shall ensure that new sewers and
connections to the sewer system are properly designed and constructed.
(c) The ordinance shall regulate the volume, flow
rate, strength and nature of waste discharges to the sanitary sewers
to protect the sewerage system from damage and/or operational
difficulties and to prevent the introduction of pollutants to the
system which would pass through inadequately treated. The ordinance
shall require pretreatment for discharges to public sewers of wastes
whose characteristics exceed the defined acceptable limits. Further-
more, the ordinance' shall reference and enforce Federal pretreat-
ment requirements for certain categories of industrial users where
they are more stringent.
(d) The sewer ordinance or other legislative enact-
ment shall establish an equitable system of user charges to defray
the costs of operation, maintenance and replacement. Similarly,
the ordinance will establish a system of industrial cost recovery
which would require all industrial users to pay that .portion of an
EPA grant amount allocable to the treatment of wastes from such
users.
(e) The sewer use ordinance shall be enforceable.
3. That the City of Bakersfield as grantee under the
Clean Water Grant Program intends to implement a revenue program
which will, through user service charges and connection fees or
other approved appropriate means, recover appropriate capital costs
and costs of operation and maintenance, and fund reasonable future
expansion and improvements as needed. The revenue program to be
implemented by the City shall comply with guidelines established by
the State Water Resources Control Board and EPA regulations and
encompass and reflect the principle that future expansion and
improvements will include reasonable replacement or preservation
of the functional value of all capital facilities including grant-
funded facilities. The revenue program shall assure that industrial
waste contributors repay costs properly allocable to the industrial
function. Allocation of costs shall be on the basis of volume and
character of the user's wastes. The City of Bakersfield shall use
revenues accruing to it for wastewater facilities in accordance
with the guidelines. It is intended that the revenue program will
result in local self-suffiCiency and permit continuation of the
clean water effort initiated by the grant program. The revenue
program to be implemented shall satisfy the requirements of Federal
law and regulations.
4. That the City Clerk is directed to transmit certified
copies of this resolution to the following:
State Water Resources Control Board
Division of Water Quality
P. O. Box 100
Sacramento, CA 95801
State Water Resources Control Board
Central Valley Regional Office
3374 East Shields Avenue
Fresno, CA 93723
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 5th day of April, 1976, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BARTON, BLEECKER, CHRISTENSEN, MEDDERS, ROGERS, SGEALES, STRONG
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