Item 10a.
Councilmember Donovan
Agenda Item 10a: Report on Inter-Agency Committees, Board Assignments, and Meetings for Councilmember Mike Donovan
Period of report: November 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023
Date Activity
11/2 San Diego Military Advisory Group sponsored tour of Los Angeles Class attack submarine USS Alexandria.
11/4 Coronado Avenue of Heroes Ceremony.
11/7 Met with City Manager Tina Friend.
Met with Next Practice Partners Rep, consultant for Recreation Fee Study. 11/8 Coronado Middle School Take-A-Vet to School Day.
USIBWC San Diego Citizens Public Forum Meeting.
11/9 San Diego MTS Board meeting.
11/12 Safe Harbor Coronado Gratitude Event.
11/14 Met with residents Kevin and Kaleen Reilly.
Met with resident Kim Castiglione.
11/15 Met with Discover Coronado Executive Director, Todd Little. 11/20 Coronado Naval Complexes Coordinating Group meeting.
Resident meeting with Naval Base Coronado CO and staff. 11/21 Coronado MainStreet Board meeting.
Met with City Manager Tina Friend.
11/28 San Diego MTS Nominating Committee meeting.
11/29 Coronado State Library Funding Award with Assemblymember Boerner. 11/30 Coronado Historical Association Board meeting.
Councilmember Carrie Downey November Ac�vi�es Report
Item 10(a) Report
11/30/23 Par�cipated in Coronado Cays New Front Gate Ribbon Cu�ng Ceremony 11/29/23 Par�cipated in Library Ceremony accep�ng State of California Grant of $150,000 From Assemblymember Tasha Boerner for Coronado Library
11/21/23 City Council Mee�ng
11/20/23 Par�cipated in Navy Complexes Mee�ng
11/21/23 Atended Naval Base Coronado Commanding Officer mee�ng/briefing with residents 11/15-11/18/23 Represented Coronado at the Na�onal League of Ci�es (NLC) City Summit Conference to gain support for Federal Advocacy for Border Water Infrastructure funding Resolu�on*
11/17/23 Represented Coronado at NLC Military Communi�es Commitee Mee�ng 11/18/23 Represented Coronado at NLC Federal Advocacy Commitee Mee�ng to support vote to approve Coronado dra�ed Environment, Energy Natural Resources (EENR) Commitee resolu�on suppor�ng Federal Advocacy for Border Water Infrastructure funding Resolu�on
11/15/23 Represented Coronado at NLC EENR Commitee Mee�ng to urge support as dra�ed Coronado dra�ed resolu�on suppor�ng Federal Advocacy for Border Water Infrastructure funding
11/13/23 Par�cipated in Winn Room Council Subcommitee Mee�ng 11/12/23 Atended Safe Harbor Coronado 25th Anniversary Celebra�on 11/08/23 Represented City in Grand Caribe Taskforce Mee�ng 11/07/23 City Council Mee�ng
11/04/23 Par�cipated in Coronado Avenue of Heroes Ceremony *Approved Border Water Infrastructure Funding Resolu�on is atached to this report.
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Item 10a.
Councilmember Downey
1 NLC RESOLUTION 2024-14
2 3 INCREASE FUNDING FOR BORDER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 4 5 WHEREAS, international transboundary rivers on the southern border of the United States are a 6 major source of sewage, trash, chemicals, heavy metals and toxins; and 7 8 WHEREAS, transboundary flows threaten the health of 18 million residents in the United States 9 and Mexico, harm important estuarine land and water of international significance, force closure 10 of beaches, damage farmland, compromise border security, and directly affect U.S. military 11 readiness; and
12 13 WHEREAS, a significant amount of untreated sewage, sediment, hazardous chemicals and trash 14 have entered United States waters, via the Tijuana and New Rivers in southern California, the 15 Santa Cruz and San Pedro Rivers in Arizona and the Rio Grande in Texas, eventually draining 16 into coastal waterways, waterbodies and inland waters, such as the Salton Sea; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the presence of pollution on state and federal public lands is creating unsafe 19 conditions for visitors and residents—these lands are taxpayer supported and intended to be 20 managed for recreation, resource conservation and the enjoyment by the public, and 21 22 WHEREAS, the current insufficient and degrading infrastructure in the border zone poses a 23 significant risk to the public health and safety of residents and the environment on both sides of 24 the border, and places the economic stress on cities that are struggling to mitigate the negative 25 impacts of pollution; and
26 27 WHEREAS, the 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico regarding Utilization of 28 Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande allocates flows on transborder 29 rivers between Mexico and the United States, and provides that the nations, through their 30 respective sections of the International Boundary Water Commission (IBWC) shall give control 31 of sanitation in cross border flows the highest priority; and 32 33 WHEREAS, in 1993, the United States and Mexico entered into the Agreement Between the 34 Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States 35 Concerning the Establishment of a North American Development Bank which created the North 36 American Development Bank (NADB) to certify and fund environmental infrastructure projects 37 in border-area communities; and
38 39 WHEREAS, on November 30, 2018 the United States, Mexico and Canada entered into the 40 Agreement Between The United States of America, The United Mexican States, And Canada to 41 replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, and on December 10, 2019 the United States, 54 Item 10a.
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42 Mexico and Canada agreed to a protocol of amendment to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement 43 (USMCA), which became effective in the United States on January 29, 2020; and 44 45 WHEREAS, the implementing language of USMCA authorizes and allocates funding for grants 46 under the U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program (BWIP), the Trade Enforcement 47 Trust Fund and recapitalization of the NADB, including $300 million to address the problem of 48 toxic sewage flowing from the Tijuana River watershed; and 49 50 WHEREAS, the increase in commerce and traffic across the border has resulted in economic 51 benefits for both the U.S. and Mexico; and
52 53 WHEREAS, the ease of trade and commerce has resulted in increased vehicle and factory 54 emissions, which negatively impact the water quality, land quality and air quality of the areas 55 along the southern border; and
56 57 WHEREAS, border communities need modernized and innovative water infrastructure to 58 provide clean and sanitary drinking water to improve the quality of living and support the 59 expanding communities; and
60 61 WHEREAS, the adverse environmental impact will worsen existing environmental issues and 62 the strain on aging infrastructure, while also creating new environmental issues in the future; and 63 64 WHEREAS, the widespread threat to public health and safety, damage to fish and wildlife 65 resources and degradation to the environment caused by transboundary pollution in the border 66 states requires urgent action by the federal and state governments; and 67 68 WHEREAS, Congress authorized funding under the Safe Drinking Water Act and established 69 the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) program for the U.S.-Mexico Border Water 70 Infrastructure Program in 1996 to provide grants for high-priority water, wastewater, and 71 stormwater infrastructure projects within 100 kilometers of the southern border; and 72 73 WHEREAS, the EPA administers the STAG and BWIP, and coordinates with the NADB to 74 allocate BWIP grant funds to projects in the border zone; and 75 76 WHEREAS, since its inception, the BWIP has provided funding for projects in California, 77 Arizona, New Mexico and Texas that would not have been constructed without the grant 78 program; and
79 80 WHEREAS, the BWIP program was initially funded at $100 million per year, but, over the last 81 20 years, the program has been significantly reduced to $30 million in FY21,$32 million in FY22 82 and $36 million in FY23; and
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