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RESOLUTION NO. ______________________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT
APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER
MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM ; AUTHORIZING THE
BWP GENERAL MANAGER, AS DESIGNEE OF THE CITY
MANAGER, TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT ; AND
ADOPTION OF THE 2017 UPDATED GREATER LOS
ANGELES COUNTY REGION INTEGRATED REGIONAL
WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
1. The California Department of Water Resources Financial Assistance Branch (DWR) is soliciting applications for their Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Grant Program for Proposition 1 Round 2 Implementation Grants.
2. The City of Burbank Department of Water and Power (BWP) has the authority to construct, operate, and maintain the water distribution system and is responsible for providing reliable, affordable, and sustainable water and electric services;
3. The grant application requires the adoption of an authorizing resolution designating a representative to sign and file a financial assistance application and all necessary documents related to a financing agreement with the DWR; and
4. The City, if selected, will enter into an agreement with the DWR to carry out a project to update the City’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).
5. The County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), and other agencies in the Greater Los Angeles County (GLAC) area have long recognized the importance of regional collaboration and integration of single- purpose efforts and now regularly work across jurisdictional boundaries to implement regional projects and programs that address multiple water resource management issues, including local and imported water supplies, sanitation and recycled water, stormwater management, groundwater management, water use efficiency, habitat and open space management, and many others
6. The State of California Department of Water Resources created the Integrated Regional Water Management Program to encourage integrated regional strategies for managing water resources and to provide funding for both planning and implementation of projects that support management of water supply, water quality, environmental interests, drought protection, flood protection, and reduction of dependence on imported water, and many others.
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7. The IRWM Program requires that a Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) be formed to establish an IRWM Region.
8. DWR recognizes the GLAC IRWM as an official IRWM Region.
9. The RWMG for the GLAC IRWM is responsible for the preparation and adoption of an IRWM Plan.
10. DWR and State Legislators have established Program Guidelines for the IRWM Program.
11. The RWMG for the GLAC IRWM has amended the 2014 Updated GLAC IRWM Plan to address the provisions of the 2016 IRWM Guidelines.
12. Adopting the 2017 Updated GLAC IRWM Plan will enable participants in the GLAC IRWM to apply for future grant funding under various grant programs, including Proposition 1 grant rounds.
13. The 2016 IRWM Guidelines require the governing bodies of member agencies of the RWMGs, the RWMG representatives of the governing bodies, as well as proponents of projects included in IRWM grant funding proposals to adopt an updated IRWM Plan.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RESOLVES:
1. Proposal be made to the DWR to obtain a Round 2 Integrated Regional Water Management Implementation Grant pursuant to the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Water Code § 79700 et seq.), and to enter into an agreement to receive a grant for the update of the City’s AMI.
2. The General Manager of BWP, as designee of the City Manager, is hereby authorized and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such proposal and application, and execute, for and on behalf of the City, the grant agreement with the DWR to update the City’s AMI.
2. The General Manager of BWP, as designee of the City Manager, is authorized to provide the assurances, certifications, and commitment required for the financial assistance application, including executing all documents in furtherance thereof with the State of California, Department of Water Resources and any amendments or changes thereto.
3. The City is capable of providing the matching funding and/or in-kind contributions specified in the grant application funding plan.
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4. The City Council has reviewed and supports the application to be submitted to the DWR.
5. The City will use reasonable efforts to work with the DWR to meet established deadlines for entering into a grant or cooperative agreement, and
6. The General Manager of BWP, as designee of the City Manager, is designated to represent the City in carrying out the City’s responsibilities under the grant agreement, including certifying disbursement requests on behalf of the City and compliance with applicable state and federal laws.
7. The City Council hereby adopts the 2017 Updated GLAC IRWM Plan.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ____ day of August, 2022.
Jess A. Talamantes
Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Office of the City Attorney
Attest:
By:
Joseph H. McDougall
Zizette Mullins, MMC, City Clerk City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
CITY OF BURBANK ) ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Zizette Mullins, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the ___ day of August, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Zizette Mullins, MMC, City Clerk