RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION OF CITY OF COMMERCE APPROVING THE FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE LOS ANGELES GATEWAY REGION INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY WHEREAS, CITY OF COMMERCE (the “Agency”) is a “local agency,” as defined in the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act, California Water Code Section 10530, et seq. (“IRWMPA”); and WHEREAS, the Agency is a permittees under the “Waste Discharge Requirements and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Discharges within the Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties,” NPDES Permit No. CAS004004 (“MS4 Permit”), as amended from time to time by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.
WHEREAS, the Agency is a “public agency,” as defined in the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, California Government Code Section 6500, et seq., and is authorized to enter into an agreement to exercise powers common to the member public agencies.
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Authority (“GWMA”) was established to operate as a “regional water management group,” as defined in and authorized by the IRWMPA, in order to (a) implement a regional water resources management plan that will protect and enhance regional water supplies, and to otherwise further the purposes of the IRWMPA, with respect to the Gateway Region and (b) perform other regional responsibilities for water development and management.
WHEREAS, through the GWMA, participating agencies also cooperate with each other to implement certain portions of the Watershed Management Programs and Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Programs, as those programs are described in the MS4 Permit, and to perform such other responsibilities for water quality.
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2025, the GWMA Board adopted, by a super-majority vote, a proposed amendment to the GWMA’s Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Agreement”) to, among other things, update the purposes of the GWMA relating to the MS4 Permit and to make other changes intended to modernize the governance of the GWMA.
WHEREAS, the proposed Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement will take effect upon adoption by a super-majority of the legislative bodies of the GWMA’s members.
WHEREAS, the Agency’s legislative body desires to continue participating in the GWMA and to adopt the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY DETERMINE, FIND AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
The City Council hereby approves the “Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the “Fifth Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Regional Water Management Authority,” attached hereto as Exhibit “A” to this Resolution.
The City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney, and to execute this Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
The Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall forward a copy of it to the GWMA.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of July 2025. ____________________________________
ATTEST:
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