Attachment B
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA
ADOPTING THE UPDATED SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN (SSMP)
AND AUTHORIZING THE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL TO CERTIFY
AND SUBMIT THE SSMP TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD.
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2022, the California State Water Resources Control Board ("SWRCB") promulgated a waste discharge requirement ("WDR") permit, known as SWRCB Order No. WQ 2022-0103-DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements General Order for Sanitary Sewer Systems ("Order") that updated General WDRs for sanitary sewer systems. This permit requires local public sewer collection system agencies, referred to as "Enrollees", to develop a Sewer System Management Plan ("SSMP"), which must be self-audited at least every three (3) years and updated or revised and re-certified every six (6) years from the original adoption date by the Enrollee's governing board; and
WHEREAS, all federal and state agencies, municipalities, counties, districts, and other public entities that own or operate sanitary sewer systems greater than one mile in length that collect and/or convey untreated or partially treated wastewater to a publicly- owned treatment facility in the State of California, which includes the City of Pasadena (the "City"), are required to comply with the terms of the Order pursuant to California Water Code Section 13263; and
WHEREAS, the City's updated SSMP, completed April 2025, must be approved by the City Council, and submitted to and certified by the SWRCB, and be made available on the City's website;
WHEREAS, the Order requires, and SSMP does, designate a qualified Legally Responsible Official to be responsible for and have authority over the City's sewer system, who must catalog, certify, and upload subsequent and interim updates to the SSMP between re-certifications;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pasadena that the Sewer System Management Plan, in the form presented to the City Council, is hereby adopted, and that the City Engineer, as the Legally Responsible 4 !
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Official, or authorized designee, is hereby authorized and directed to certify and submit said Plan to the SWRCB and to make it available on the City's website. The City Council also delegates necessary authority to the Legally Responsible Official to perform the responsibilities of the Legally Responsible Official including the ability to certify and upload subsequent and interim updates to the SSMP as may be legally required by the Order.
Adopted at themeeting of the City Council on the_day of , 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
MARK JOMSKY, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Caroline Monroy
Assistant City At1E6rney
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