Agenda — Solvang City Council, February 26, 2024 (part 1 of 2)

AGENDA

SOLVANG CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024
5:15 PM SPECIAL MEETING; AND
6:30 PM REGULAR MEETING
City Council: 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, Ca 93463
Mark Infanti, Mayor Virtual & in Council Chamber
David Brown Mayor pro tem, District 3
Elizabeth Orona District 4
Robert Clarke at-large
Claudia Orona at-large
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5:15 PM SPECIAL MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

1. Special Meeting – SB 1439/Levine Act Training 4
AGENDA AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS – Available for viewing 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m. at City Hall, 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, and on the City’s website https://www.cityofsolvang.com/agendacenter. Additional writings distributed to a majority of the City Council after the posting of the agenda will be made available at City Hall and on the City’s website.

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Virtual speakers will follow.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE - Pursuant to Government Code Section 84308, any party to a City proceeding must disclose on the record any campaign contributions made to a member of the City Council [or commission] in excess of $250 in the past 12 months. This disclosure requirement includes contributions by the party’s agent and aggregated contributions from persons or entities related to the party. Please make the disclosure as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of the proceeding.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - If, as a participant of this meeting, you need special assistance the City will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact the City Clerk at either (805) 688-5575 x206 or [email protected]. 72- hours’ notice is requested 1 6:30 PM REGULAR MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS: None PRESENTATIONS: None
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS – NON- AGENDA AND CONSENT ITEMS
This section is intended to provide members of the public with the opportunity to address the Council on items not on the Agenda and on Consent. This section is limited to 30 minutes. Each speaker will be afforded three minutes and may speak only once. State law does not allow the Council to discuss or act on issues not on the agenda, except to briefly respond or ask Staff to follow up on such items. 27

2. CITY MANAGER REPORT AND ADVANCE CALENDAR
Informational Report 30

3. COUNCIL COMMENTS, REQUESTS, GC SECTION 53232.3(d) (aka AB 1234) and GC SECTION 84308 (aka SB 1439) REPORT OUT
Reports of meetings attended, contributions made or received, and Comments and requests from City Council Members.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
Consent is designed for routine; administrative city matters and is approved by roll call vote with one motion.

These items are discussed only at the request of council members. Members of the public were afforded an opportunity to speak on Consent items during the Public Communications portion of this agenda. a. Approve Order of Agenda as Presented
b. Approve City Council Minutes: February 12, 2024 31
c. Receive & File Sheriff’s Report 37
d. Approve January 2024 Investment Report 40
e. Approve Quarterly Finance Report 41
f. Receive and file Tourism Marketing Report 50
g. Receive and file Stormwater report 64

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Discussion and Possible Action to Provide Direction Regarding Enforcement of Delinquent Water and Sewer Utility Bills 225
2 b. Discussion and possible action to approve Mid-year budget adjustments FY 2023-24 228 c. Award a contract to Cannon Corporation for for Design Services and to Provide Construction Management Services for the HCA Middle Well Reliability Project in the amount not to exceed $325,067 plus a 10% contingency of $32,506.70 for a total not to exceed amount of $357,573.70 for the term February 22, 2024 – December 31, 2025, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City; and
Authorize the necessary Budget Adjustments 260

7. COUNCIL CLOSING COMMENTS

8. ADJOURNMENT

AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Annamarie Porter, City Clerk for the City of Solvang, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing revised notice was posted at the City of Solvang City Hall bulletin board at 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, CA and on the City of Solvang website not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, per Government Code 54954.2.

Dated this 23rd day of February 2024
3 CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM 1
Meeting Date: February 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Special Meeting – SB 1439/Levine Act Training
PREPARED BY: Randy Murphy, City Manager
Chelsea O’Sullivan, City Attorney
DISCUSSION:

Government Code Section 84308 generally requires certain officials to disclose any contributions over $250 received from parties or participants (or their agents) in a proceeding for a license, permit or other entitlement for use in the twelve (12) months prior to rendering a decision in that proceeding; prohibits certain officials from taking part in an entitlement for use proceeding if the official has received a contribution exceeding $250 from a party or participant in the proceeding, or their agents, in the twelve (12) months prior to rendering a decision in that proceeding unless the contribution was properly disclosed and returned; and prohibits certain officials from accepting, soliciting, or directing a contribution exceeding $250 from a party or participant, or their agents, in the twelve (12) months following a final decision in such a proceeding.

Prior to 2023, these requirements applied to local appointed officials but not local elected officials. SB 1439 (Levine Act), which took effect on January 1, 2023, expanded the scope of Section 84308 to apply to local elected officials as well. Determining when the Section 84308 requirements are triggered is a very fact specific inquiry. The FPPC has released guidance on the application of these provisions to elected officials.

Since we are in an election year, staff is providing this training to help local elected officials, and those interested in becoming a candidate for elected office, understand these provisions and the FPPC guidance.

ALTERNATIVES:

None
FISCAL IMPACT:

None

ATTACHMENTS
A. PowerPoint presentation
4 BLUE FOLDER ITEM
Blue folder items are additional back up material to administrative reports and/or public comments received after the printing and distribution of the agenda packet for receive and file.

City Council Meeting
February 26, 2024
Item 1
Special Meeting – SB 1439/Levine Act Training.

PowerPoint Presentation
5 California’s New Campaign Contribution Regulations:

What Local Governments Need to Know
Craig Steele
February 26, 2024 City of Solvang
6 Senate Bill 1439
The Law, Its Impact, and Our Recommendations
• What officials are impacted?• What are parties and participants?• How should candidates adjust their campaign fundraising?• When is a proceeding considered “pending” before an agency for purposes of the 12-month fundraising ban and disclosure and recusalrequirements? • What constitutes “willful and knowing” receipt of a contribution for purposes of the recusal requirement?
• How can appointed or elected officials cure violations?• Does this law impact PAC and independent expenditure fundraising? 7 Government Code Section 84308
(Levine Act of 1982)
• Anti-corruption law intended to curb pay-to-play schemes• The law “closes the loophole” that previously allowed directly elected politicians, and not appointed officials, to take action on matters that affectedcontributors when the elected received donations for a political campaign 8 Legislative Changes
Former Government Code Section 84308 (applies to contributions made and proceedings participated in prior to Jan. 1, 2023) • Only impacted appointed, non-elected
local or state agency officers
• Fundraising ban for post-proceeding
contributions over $250 was limited to 3months after the final decision Amended Government Code Section 84308 (new prohibitions and requirements are effective as of Jan. 1, 2023) • Broadened fundraising prohibitions and recusal
requirements to include local elected officers
• Fundraising ban for post-proceeding
contributions over $250 was extended to 12months after the final decision 9 Government Code Section 84308 Now:
(Summary)
• While a proceeding is pending, and for 12 months after a final decision, an officer may not accept, solicit or direct a contribution of more than $250 from a party, participant with afinancial interest, or participant’s agent. • Prior to participating in a decision, an officer who received a contribution of more than $250 in the previous 12 months from a party, participant, or agent must disclose and recuse. • Officers have the opportunity to cure some violations within a specified time frame. There are ways to lawfully participate.
• A party to a proceeding who made a contribution of more than $250 to an officer in the previous 12 months must disclose that contribution on the record of the proceeding. • Parties, participants, and agents may not make contributions of more than $250 to officers in the 12 months following the date of an agency decision. 10 Who is impacted by this law?
• State or local agency “officers”
• Any elected or appointed officers,
alternates, and candidates for electiveoffice
• Examples: Members of city councils,
county and special district boards,appointed boards
• Courts and judicial branch and governor’s
cabinet members are excepted
11 Disclosure and Recusal Requirements
• An officer cannot make, participate in making, or attempt to use their official position to influence the decision if they“willfully or knowingly” received a contribution from the party or a participant with a financial interest
• An officer who received contributions of more than $250 from a party or “participant” (who the officer knows has afinancial interest) in the 12 months prior to rendering adecision must:
(1) disclose the fact on the record and(2) recuse.
12 What is the “willful and knowing” receipt
of a disqualifying contribution?
• Actual knowledge• Aware of facts establishing other reasons to know of contribution (someone has informed officer, party or participant previously made 2 ormore $250+ contributions, personal solicitation, personal acceptance) • Party to a proceeding before the agency involving the license, permit, or use entitlement discloses the contribution made on behalf of himself or his agent within the preceding 12 months as required pursuant toGovernment Code 84308(e) • Not actual knowledge: Contribution reporting alone
13 Fundraising Ban
• An officer cannot “accept, solicit, or direct” a contribution over $250 from any party, participant, or their agent (if the officer “knows or has reason toknow” that the participant has a financial interest), while a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other use entitlement is pending and for 12 months following the final decision
• What kind of contracts, licenses, and permits? Any business, professional, trade, franchise, and land use matters
• Any exclusions? Competitively bid, labor (collective bargaining agreements), and personal employment contracts (only involving agency employees, not independent contractors). 14 When is a proceeding “pending”?
A proceeding has commenced and is pending when:For an officer:• When decision is before officer’s consideration as an item on a public meeting agenda; or
• Officer knows, or has reason to know, the proceeding is before the agency’s jurisdiction for its decision and it is reasonably foreseeable that decision will come before the officer
For a party, participant, or agent:
• When decision is before the agency’s jurisdiction for a decision 15 What is a “participant” with a financial
interest in a proceeding?
• A “participant” lobbies, testifies in person, or otherwise communicates with an officer or employee of the agency for the purpose of influencing the decision-making and has a financial interest in a decision • If an officer is aware that the individual has a financial interest in a decision, the officer is required to disclose contributions of more than $250 in the past 12 months and recuse themselves • The officer must have actual knowledge of the “participant’s” financial interest or the “participant” reveals facts during the proceeding that make that person’s financial interest apparent (giving the officer a“reason to know” about the financial interest):
• Property interest within 500 feet of the real property at issue in the proceeding.• Economic interest in a business entity that may see a significant increase or decrease in customers as a result of the proceeding.
• A business relationship with the applicant that may result in additional services provided to the applicant. • Not an economic interest in the general vicinity of a business entity or real property at issue in the proceeding. 16 Regulatory Changes
• FPPC has issued the Kendrick Opinion clarifying that SB 1439 did not apply retroactively to proceedings participated in or contributionsaccepted in 2022
• Newly amended Regulations 18438.1- 18438.6, 18438.8 (6/15/2023); newly adopted Regulations 18438 and 18438.7 (repealed former version on 6/15/2013) • Regulations available on FPPC website
17 Example
• On April 1, 2023, Councilmember Watson received a $500 campaign contribution from NCK, a developer who has previously had development applications before the City of Beverly City Council and has donated to his campaign several times over the years in amounts over $250. The Presidentof NCK delivered the most recent check in person at a fundraising event. On April 10, 2023,Councilmembers received a local online newsletter featuring an article about NCK’s future development plans within the City and an announcement for a community courtesy meeting togather feedback from residents about a project. • On April 17, 2023, the posted City Council agenda for the April 20, 2023 meeting shows an item to consider a land use application from NCK for a large multi-family housing project in the City.

If Councilmember Watson participates in making the governmental decision in which NCK is a party, would that violate Government Code Section 84308? 18 Can officers cure a violation?
• Did the officer receive the contribution prior to knowing or having reason to know the proceeding involving the party commenced?
 Yes
• Did the officer receive the contribution from a participant prior to knowing or having reason to know of the participant’s financial interest in the matter?  Yes
• Solution: Return the excess portion of the contribution within 30 days from the time he knows or should have known about the contribution and proceeding, allowinghim to participate, and do not solicit or accept a contribution for at least 12 monthsafter the decision. • Government Code Section 84308(d)(1); Regulation 18438.7 19 How should Councilmember Watson proceed?
• Option 1: Disclose the contribution and recuse himself from the proceeding• Option 2: Participate in the public proceeding prior to returning the contribution provided that the following conditions are met:• 1. Councilmember Watson has known about the public proceeding for fewer than 30 days (here, arguably only 3 days)
• 2. Councilmember Watson must disclose the disqualifying contribution on the record of the proceeding before taking part in any further discussion or decision
• 3. Councilmember Watson must confirm that he will return the amount within 30 days from the time he knew or should have known about both the contribution and the proceeding • 4. Councilmember Watson must finally return the contribution or excess portion of the contribution within 30 days of April 17, 2023
Note: In an abundance of caution, Councilmember Watson should consider returning the contribution sooner since he may have had reason to know that the proceeding was before the agency’s jurisdiction and it may have been reasonably foreseeable that the decision would come before the officer earlier on April 10 when the article about the project was circulated, or even earlier since this repeat donor had previously applied before this agency. 20 Can officers cure a post-proceeding violation?
• Did the officer knowingly and willfully accept, solicit, or direct the contribution during the 12 months after the date of a final decision ina proceeding?  No
• If an officer unknowingly accepts, solicits, or directs a disqualifying contribution during the 12 months post-proceeding, the officer maycure violation by returning excess portion within 14 days of accepting,soliciting, or directing contribution (whichever is latest). • Government Code Section 84308(d)(2)
21 Example 2 - Participants
During the proceeding on the NCK application, public speakers disclose the following:
• Mr. Gershon reminds Councilmember Watson that he has voted for Councilmember Watson at every election, hosted a fundraiser at his home for the Councilmember in 2022 and personally donated $1,000 to Councilmember Watson’s campaign at that event. Although Gershon lives elsewhere in the City, he thinks the project will ruin the character of the neighborhood in which it would be located, and expects Councilmember Watson to prioritize the views of thepeople who elected him, and vote to deny the project. • Ms. Richards is the owner of an ice cream shop located just across the street from the proposed new development.

She speaks in favor of the project because it will increase customers for her shop. After Gershon’s testimony, she feels the need to remind Councilmember Watson that she attended his fundraiser on April 1, 2023 and contributed $300, which was a large amount for her, because she feels so strongly about this project. • A lawyer for the property owner speaks in favor of the project. Councilmember Watson knows that the lawyer’s client is one of the top donors to the “Keep Beverly Growing” PAC, which supports Councilmember Watson and two other members of the City Council majority. The landowner has contributed $10,000 to the PAC this year alone.

How do these disclosures affect Councilmember Watson under Government Code Section 84308? 22 Key Considerations
 Elected or appointed agency officers – Direct contributions to city council candidates are covered under the new provisions, but political action committee donations are not.  Donation Date – The amended provisions will not apply to any donations made before 1/1/2023.  Donation amount – Officers must only return an amount in excess of $250 if the contribution was prohibited.  License, permit, or use entitlement – A land use permit is covered by this law.  Decision date – Within 12 months after the contributions, which would trigger recusal requirement based on Ms. Richards’ contribution.
 Party or participant – Gershon does not appear to have a financial interest in the decision; Richards’ business is across the street and she likely qualifies as a “participant;” the lawyer is an “agent” but contributions to thePAC do not create a conflict under Section 84308. 23 How can local officials return contributions
from participants in a timely manner?
• An individual who lobbies in person to a local officer directly, testifies in person before the agency, or otherwise acts to influence the agency members for purposes of influencing a decision in the proceeding is a participant if she also has a financial interest.
• However, unlike parties to a proceeding, participants are typically not required to disclose their contributions to agency members. In addition, it might be difficult to identify a potential financial interest if the speaker does not volunteer sufficient facts about her economic interests.
• Takeaway: An officer who has willfully or knowingly received a contribution from a participant (Regulation 18438.7(b)), and knows or has a reason to know that the participant has a financial interest in the proceeding violates Government CodeSection 84308 when he participates in the proceeding. • Pre-Decision Violation: The period to cure the violation begins within 30 days after he learns about the contribution and the participant’s financial interest in the proceeding.
• Post-Decision Violation: Within 14 days of accepting the contribution only if the officer did not knowingly and willfully accept the prohibited contribution.
24 Future of SB 1439 / Recommendations
• Family Business Association of California v. FPPC – A state court has upheld the constitutionality of the law; ruling does not have precedential value; appellate courts have not yet determined this issue • Attorney General has confirmed that new provisions will only apply to contributions made after January 1, 2023 Recommendations:• Campaign committees should carefully monitor contributions and consider limiting contributions to $250 or less annually for purposes of both the fundraising ban and the recusal requirement• Committees should also ensure that multiple small donations from a repeat donor do not amount to over $250 within a 12-month period • Public agency staff should consider whether it is practical to compile lists of donors above $250• Make sure to publicly disclose and return excess portion of prohibited contributions in a timely manner (consider whether your contributions have been “knowingly” received or whether you have sufficient information to establish knowledge of a participant’s financial interest) 25 Thank you! [email protected]
26 Chief of Court

RECEIVED
FEB ? 6 2024

CITY OF SOLVANG
Court of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe
Mayor of Solvang Mark Infanti
Dear Mark Infanti
Amalienborg Palace
9th February 2024
On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe I would like to thank you for the kind congratulations and good wishes which you so kindly expressed 'ori the occasion of Her Majesty's abdication from the throne.

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe is deeply grateful for the warmth and respect shown to Her Majesty throughout the 52 years of reign.

Kongehuset • Amalienborg • DK-1256 K0benhavn K
+45 33 40 10 10 • www.kongehuset.dk
27 From:

To:

Subject:

Date:

Annamarie Porter
Annamarie Porter
Fw: Human Service Grant
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:01:38 PM
From: Robert Clarke <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1:00 PM
To: Annamarie Porter <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: Human Service Grant
Verbatim
From: Hank Homburg >
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 8:18 AM
To: Mark lnfanti <[email protected]>; Elizabeth Orona <[email protected]>; Claudia Orona <[email protected]>; David Brown <[email protected]>; Robert Clarke <[email protected]>; Randy Murphy <[email protected]>
Subject: Human Service Grant
Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. Allow sender I Block sender As you are aware, Solvang is a small town within Santa Barbara County made up of roughly 6500 residents with a dependency on tourism. That said, as an incorporated jurisdiction, we face the challenge of providing the residents with the basic needs that a city requires to operate in a fiscally sound manner.

Those basic needs are Public Safety, Public Works, Water/Waste Management, Parks and Recreation as well as supporting the City employees and the CalPers liabilities. All these are dependent upon a finite amount of taxpayer funds. This is why you were elected. This is why we have a City Manager that you are to work with ... It is a daunting task to distribute the taxpayer funds to operate the City every year as well as what will be the future liabilities; CalPers, Increasing cost of Sheriff's contract, Fire Department contract, Waste Water Treatment Plant, Deteriorating water distribution system, Crumbling local neighborhood streets, Highway 246 projects,Parks and Recreation costs (Pickleball courts), Looming costs of the Senior Center, as just a few examples ...

Please ask yourself, naming each of the above mentioned liabilities, if our jurisdiction is in the position of using our taxpayer funds to augment Social Services already in place at the Federal, State and County level with a program named, "Human Services Grant..." 28 If organizations such as Churches continue to take on food distribution post COVID /Pandemic to those in town and out of town, that is on them to procure and raise private funds to support such an activity. It is NOT within the City of Solvang's responsibility or is it legitimate to use OUR taxpayer funds to augment these activities.

Again, the City, with only 6500 residents, is NOT a social welfare provider. You, as Councilmembers were elected and seated to RUN THE CITY. We do not have slush funds to provide or fund a program named the "Human Services Grant". which is nothing more that the distribution of our taxpayer funds going towards "feel good" funding that we cannont sustain.

Respectfully Submitted,
Hank Homburg
Solvang, CA
29 Meeting Date Agenda Item Agenda Dept
9-Mar City Council Goal Setting Session Discussion City Manager 11-Mar SB1 RMRA project List Public Hearing Public Works Measure A 5-Year Local Program of Projects Public Hearing Public Works Riverwell Update Closed Session Administration
Recreation Coordinator Job Description Consent Parks & Rec Award Fredensborg Canyon Multi Purpose Design Discussion Public Works 25-Mar Housing General Plan Annual Report Public Hearing Planning Solvang Mesa LLMD Annual Assessment Public Hearing Public Works Waste Water Department Presentation Utilities
8-Apr Solvang Mesa LLMD Annual Assessment Public Hearing Public Works Fair Housing Month Proclamation Proclamation Mayor
Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation Proclamation Mayor
Sexual Assault Awareness Proclamation Proclamation Mayor 22-Apr Donate Life Proclamation Proclamation Mayor
10-Jun General Municipal Election Resolutions Discussion City Clerk Future Meetings TOT Measure Discussion City Manager
Short Term Vacation Rental update Discussion
RAPT Contract Operator re-negotiation Discussion Public Works City Logo Discussion Parks & Rec
Outdoor dining ordinance Public Hearing Planning
Approve Auditing Services Agreement Discussion Administration On-street Parking Restrictions Policy Direction Discussion Public Works Administration / HR Policies update Discussion Administration Active Transportation Plan Discussion Public Works
Solvang Sidewalk Repair Project Award Consent Public Works Modify City Code Title 9, Chapter 3, 9-3D-3 Water
Conservation
Public Hearing Utilities
RFQ Interim Financing WWTP Administration Discussion Administration Meeting Date Agenda Item Agenda Action
Agenda Item Agenda Action
January Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Discussion Administration January (odd
years)
Brown Act Training City Attorney
January Fee Schedule Review Discussion Administration
February (even
years)
Budget to Actual Discussion Administration
February Measure A 5-Year Local Program of Projects Public Hearing Public Works February Mid-Year Budget Adjustments Administration
February (even
years)
Council Budget Goal Setting Public Workshop City Manager March Housing General Plan Annual Report Public Hearing Planning March SB1 RMRA project List Public Hearing Public Works March Investment Policy Annual Review Discussion Administration March Solvang Mesa LLMD Annual Assessment Public Hearing Public Works March FTA 5311 Grant Agreement Consent Approve
March TDA Grant Funding Consent Approve
May Preliminary Budget Discussion Administration
May Grant Funding Applications review Discussion Administration Oct/Jan/April/July Quarterly Financial Reports Discussion Administration June Two-Year Financial Plan Development or Supplemental Budget adoption
Discussion Administration
June Capital Improvement Program Discussion Public Works June/July Amend Appropriation Limit Public Hearing Adopt November Stormwater Management Program Annual Report Consent Public Works December AB 1600 Report Discussion Approve
December Appointment of Mayor pro tem Discussion City Clerk December Council selection of representatives to Committees and Agencies
Discussion City Clerk
December (even
years)
Appointment to Boards, Commissions, Committees Discussion City Clerk Council Requested Agenda Items
Annual Reports

CITY COUNCIL ADVANCE CALENDAR
30 Special Closed Session – 6:00 PM
Regular Meeting - 6:30 PM
6:00 PM SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Infanti called the Special Closed Session meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, California.

ROLL CALL

Present: Mayor Mark Infanti, Mayor pro tem David Brown, Councilmembers Robert Clarke, Claudia Staff:

Orona, Elizabeth Orona
City Manager Randy Murphy, City Attorney Chelsea O’Sullivan, City Clerk Annamarie Porter, Planning Manager Rafael Castillo, Public Works Director Rodger Olds

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor pro tem Brown led in the Pledge of Allegiance.

1. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ONLY
There were no public comments.

2. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION – 6:02 p.m.

City Attorney O’Sullivan read title to the item to be considered under Closed Session. a. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR – pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8
PROPERTY:

APN 139-192-024
425 First St, Solvang, CA 93463
AGENCY NEGOTIATOR:

Randy Murphy, City Manager
NEGOTIATING PARTY:

Jameson Elias Holding Ltd
UNDER NEGOTIATION:

Both price and terms
City Attorney O’Sullivan announced there were no reportable items under Closed Session.

MINUTES

SOLVANG CITY COUNCIL
Monday, February 12, 2024
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 6:31 p.m.
31 6:30 PM REGULAR MEETING

CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Infanti called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, California.

ROLL CALL

Present: Mayor Mark Infanti, Mayor pro tem David Brown, Councilmembers Robert Clarke, Claudia Orona, Elizabeth Orona
Staff: City Manager Randy Murphy, City Attorney Chelsea O’Sullivan, City Clerk Annamarie Porter, Planning Manager Rafael Castillo, Public Works Director Rodger Olds, Parks and Recreation Director Jenny McClurg, Administrative Services Director Wendy Berry

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Clarke led in the Pledge of Allegiance.

PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS AND CEREMONIAL ITEMS - None

PRESENTATIONS
a. Water Department Presentation
Water Division Supervisor Mike Mathews narrated a PowerPoint presentation with details of the Water Division operations.

1. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS – NON-AGENDA AND CONSENT ITEMS C.J. Jackson
Al Cortese
There were no other public communications.

2. CITY MANAGER REPORT AND ADVANCE CALENDAR
Planning Manager Castillo announced that the City’s Housing Element was certified by the State Department of Housing and Urban Development.

City Manager Murphy discussed Human Services grant process; upcoming cleanup event at Lot 4; formation of a new Tourism and Marketing Advisory Committee (TMAC); noted the State of California declared a disaster for Santa Barbara County and reminded everyone about an RFP for Park Host.

3. COUNCIL COMMENTS, REQUESTS, GC SECTION 53232.3(d) (aka AB 1234) and GC SECTION 84308 (aka SB 1439) REPORT OUT
Councilmember Claudia Orona reported attending the Point in Time Count; Mayor pro tem Brown reported attending the Space Force Award Ceremony for Vandenberg’s Launch Division.

Councilmember Elizabeth Orona reported attending the Sigma Grant Funding Award Ceremony and the Candidate Forum, as a resident.
32 Mayor Infant reported that he and Councilmember Claudia Orona attended the GPAC meeting; discussed a meeting with the City Manager and Palm Court regarding affordable housing and noted that he attended the Candidates Forum at St. Mark’s.

City Manager Murphy announced the availability of Narcan to the general public through the Sherriff’s Department.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
a. Approve Order of Agenda as Presented
b. Approve City Council Minutes: January 22, 2024
c. Approve January 2024 expense report
d. Adopt Resolution No. 24-1240 Appointing Chelsea O’Sullivan as City Attorney and approving amendment to the legal services agreement with Richards, Watson & Gershon e. Approve Amendment 5 to the Agreement with Rafael Ruiz for custodial services for modified scope of janitorial services for the additional amount not to exceed $3,448 for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,385,194 for the existing term to December 31, 2023, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City; and
Approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $3,448
f. Adopt Resolution No. 24-1241 Adopting the Santa Ynez Valley Transit (SYVT) 2024 ADA Paratransit Plan
Motion by Councilmember Clarke, to approve Consent Items, seconded by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona and carried 5-0.

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Discussion and direction to staff regarding City priorities on State Route 246, Mission Drive
Public Works Director Olds narrated a PowerPoint presentation.

Discussion followed regarding ensuring projects get constructed to Caltrans standards, the timing for construction of the Alamo Pintado Bridge, traffic signal synchronization, left turn signal at 246 & 5th, right turn only lane and scrambled sidewalks.

Mayor Infanti Invited public comments.

Aria-Vue Daugherty
There were no other public comments on this item.

Councilmember Elizabeth Orona asked about hiring crossing guards during peak pedestrian hours and reported that those living south of State Route 246 have no options for pick up from Santa Ynez Valley Transit.

Mayor pro tem Brown suggested waiting on the Alamo Pintado project until the bridge is completed. 33 Councilmember Claudia Orona spoke about a cross walk on 4th Place and Mission Drive noting it is an area with several alcohol-related establishments and there is decreased visibility of pedestrians at night.

Councilmember Clarke added that pedestrians along Alisal, by the post office are nearly invisible if they are wearing dark clothing.

Councilmember Elizabeth spoke about prioritizing feedback to Caltrans on pedestrians, synchronizing signals and anything that would accelerate/enable pedestrian crossings and encouraging better through-traffic, and recommended de-prioritizing Skitt Mesa until further development.

Mayor Infanti spoke about prioritizing a “right turn only” sign and crosswalk signals to ensure pedestrian safety.
b. Discussion and possible action to Approve an Option for Pickleball Courts in Hans Christian Andersen Park
Parks and Recreation Director McClurg presented details of the staff report.

Discussion followed regarding securing the portable nets at night, resurfacing the tennis courts, options for Council’s consideration, the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, the wishes of the tennis cohort and the existing conditions of the courts.

Mayor Infanti invited public comments on this item.

David Gay
There were no other public comments.

Motion by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona, to approve Option 3 for temporary pickleball courts seconded by Councilmember Claudia Orona and carried 4-1, with Councilmember Clarke, opposed. c. Discussion and possible direction to Staff regarding Residences as a primary use in the TRC Zone & Historical property designations
Planning Manager Castillo narrated a PowerPoint presentation.

Discussion followed regarding estimated costs for conditional use permits under the musical entertainment zone, properties identified for potential historic significance, encouraging more mixed use, implications for parking and recognizing that the business community is the key to success in the TRC Zone.

Mayor Infanti invited public comments.

Dennis Beebe
Aria-Vue Daugherty
There were no other public comments.

Mayor pro tem Brown felt primary residential should not be allowed in the TRC, spoke in support of eliminating red tape in terms of historical property designations and commented on the musical entertainment zone.

Councilmember Elizabeth Orona mentioned the possibility of hiring a consultant to help with the work; spoke about having a good European model for the City.
34 Mayor Infanti agreed with the recommendations except changing the designation of the TRC.

Motion by Mayor pro tem Brown, to continue the meeting past 9:30 p.m., seconded by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona and carried 4-1, with Councilmember Clarke, opposed. d. Discussion and possible action to approve the Agreement with Carollo Engineers for the Source Water Improvement Study services in the amount not to exceed $175,550 for the term February 12, 2024 – June 30, 2025, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City and authorize a budget amendment
City Manager Murphy presented details of the report; addressed a time schedule compliance plan and discussed the Source Water Improvement Study.

There were no public comments on this item.

Motion by Mayor pro tem Brown, to approve the agreement with Carollo Engineers for the Source Water Improvement Study services in the amount not to exceed $175,550 for the term February 12, 2024 – June 30, 2025, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City and authorize a budget amendment, seconded by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona and carried 5-0. e. Discussion and possible direction to Staff regarding the Emergency Generator Projects for City Hall and Vet’s Hall
Public Works Director Olds narrated a PowerPoint presentation with an update of the Emergency Generator Projects for City Hall and Vet’s Hall.

Discussion followed regarding funding, the number of times the City has had a need for emergency power and duration of the need, function at a 50% level, the need for a generator for the well, pursuing all options for funding and having staff continue investigating options including solar.

Mayor Infanti invited public comments.

Dennis Beebe
There were no other public comments.
f. Approve Amendment No. 6 to the Agreement with GSI Water Solutions for participation in and assistance with the administrative hearing regarding the City’s Petition for Change before the State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearing Office in the amount of $19,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $330,700, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City
Authorize a Budget Amendment in the Amount of $19,000
City Attorney O’Sullivan presented details of the report.

There were no public comments on this item.

Motion by Councilmember Elizabeth Orona, to approve Amendment No. 6 to the Agreement with GSI Water Solutions for participation in and assistance with the administrative hearing regarding the City’s Petition for Change before the State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearing Office in an amount of $19,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $330,700; authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City and authorize a Budget Amendment in the Amount of $19,000, seconded by Mayor pro tem Brown and carried 5-0.
35 7. COUNCIL CLOSING COMMENTS - None

8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:09 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:

Annamarie Porter, City Clerk
36 City of Solvang Recap
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD CRIMINAL HOMICIDE 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD FORCIBLE RAPE 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FORCIBLE RAPE 2023 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
FORCIBLE RAPE 2022 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
FORCIBLE RAPE 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD ROBBERY 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBBERY 2023 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ROBBERY 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBBERY 2021 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD ALL ASSAULTS 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL ASSAULTS 2023 4 1 5 2 10 2 3 0 1 2 3 2 35 35
ALL ASSAULTS 2022 1 1 4 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 4 3 28 28
ALL ASSAULTS 2021 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 4 2 3 2 0 26 26
BURGLARY Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD BURGLARY TOTAL 2024 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
BURGLARY TOTAL 2023 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 5
BURGLARY TOTAL 2022 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 13 13
BURGLARY TOTAL 2021 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7
RESIDENTIAL 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RESIDENTIAL 2023 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
RESIDENTIAL 2022 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
RESIDENTIAL 2021 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
COMMERCIAL 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COMMERCIAL 2023 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2
COMMERCIAL 2022 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 8
COMMERCIAL 2021 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
INSTITUTIONAL 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INSTITUTIONAL 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INSTITUTIONAL 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INSTITUTIONAL 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL OTHERS 2024 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL OTHERS 2023 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL OTHERS 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
ALL OTHERS 2021 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
THEFTS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD THEFTS 2024 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
THEFTS 2023 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 2 0 3 1 3 34 34
THEFTS 2022 2 2 10 5 0 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 41 41
THEFTS 2021 3 6 7 10 6 5 6 7 2 8 1 3 64 64
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37 City of Solvang Recap
PROPERTY VALUE Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD STOLEN 2024 $ 13,714 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 13,714 $ 13,714 STOLEN 2023 $ 100 $ 98 $ 5,300 $ 7,155 $ 28,838 $ 16 $ 13,852 $ 12,982 $ 2,864 $ 1,135 $ 15,980 $ 766 $ 89,086 $ 89,086 STOLEN 2022 $ 16,990 $ 3,761 $ 8,685 $ 54,742 $ 12,470 $ 1,200 $ 14,442 $ 22,580 $ 42,087 $ 21,155 $ 11,538 $ 7,777 $ 217,427 $ 217,427 STOLEN 2021 $ 1,174 $ 567 $ 7,070 $ 20,853 $ 69,420 $ 36,364 $ 42,701 $ 14,990 $ 650 $ 7,994 $ 4,105 $ 319 $ 206,207 $ 206,207 RECOVERED 2024 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - RECOVERED 2023 $ - $ 87 $ 150 $ - $ 1,300 $ 11 $ - $ 9,000 $ - $ 280 $ - $ - $ 10,828 $ 10,828 RECOVERED 2022 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 6,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 6,000 $ 6,000 RECOVERED 2021 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 5,000 $ - $ 220 $ - $ 1,152 $ - $ 9 $ 6,381 $ 6,381 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD VEHICLE THEFT 2024 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
VEHICLE THEFT 2023 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
VEHICLE THEFT 2022 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 6
VEHICLE THEFT 2021 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 5
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD VEHICLES RECOVERED 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VEHICLES RECOVERED 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
VEHICLES RECOVERED 2022 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
VEHICLES RECOVERED 2021 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
TRAFFIC COLLISIONS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD ACCIDENTS 2024 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
ACCIDENTS 2023 2 1 5 1 3 2 3 5 2 4 7 3 38 38
ACCIDENTS 2022 2 1 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 1 4 1 29 29
ACCIDENTS 2021 1 2 2 5 3 4 1 3 2 7 2 2 34 34
INJURY COLLISIONS 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INJURY COLLISIONS 2023 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 4
INJURY COLLISIONS 2022 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
INJURY COLLISIONS 2021 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 5
PERSONS INJURED 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONS INJURED 2023 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 4
PERSONS INJURED 2022 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
PERSONS INJURED 2021 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 5
FATAL COLLISONS 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FATAL COLLISONS 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FATAL COLLISONS 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRAFFIC DEATHS 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRAFFIC DEATHS 2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRAFFIC DEATHS 2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRAFFIC DEATHS 2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD CITATIONS 2024 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
CITATIONS 2023 7 4 8 6 5 1 12 2 4 5 5 6 65 65
CITATIONS 2022 0 2 2 9 5 11 1 10 3 6 6 6 61 61
CITATIONS 2021 4 2 12 3 5 0 27 11 12 16 15 6 113 113
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38 City of Solvang Recap
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD DUI ARRESTS 2024 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
DUI ARRESTS 2023 4 0 1 1 3 1 8 2 2 2 4 2 30 30
DUI ARRESTS 2022 1 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 4 0 2 2 24 24
DUI ARRESTS 2021 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 22 22
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD TOWED VEHICLES 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOWED VEHICLES 2023 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOWED VEHICLES 2022 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
TOWED VEHICLES 2021 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 7 7
ARRESTS Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD FELONY 2024 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
FELONY 2023 2 2 2 2 7 2 3 0 0 3 1 2 26 26
FELONY 2022 2 4 4 2 5 0 1 3 1 5 3 2 32 32
FELONY 2021 1 4 4 3 6 0 6 6 3 4 8 1 46 46
MISDEMEANOR 2024 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
MISDEMEANOR 2023 13 8 6 6 14 8 18 5 7 13 7 7 112 112
MISDEMEANOR 2022 9 11 7 9 11 8 6 5 9 5 8 9 97 97
MISDEMEANOR 2021 13 7 7 15 14 13 18 16 13 5 18 5 144 144 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD CALLS FOR SERVICE 2024 313 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 313 313 CALLS FOR SERVICE 2023 280 294 338 358 398 333 428 334 282 350 302 373 4,070 4,070 CALLS FOR SERVICE 2022 332 309 353 351 419 437 388 393 404 413 391 356 4,546 4,546 CALLS FOR SERVICE 2021 290 337 395 400 401 430 553 452 413 433 428 353 4,885 4,885 REPORTS TAKEN 2024 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 25
REPORTS TAKEN 2023 45 34 41 32 58 32 42 33 29 39 34 29 448 448 REPORTS TAKEN 2022 40 41 47 47 56 37 37 44 46 31 50 32 508 508 REPORTS TAKEN 2021 45 39 41 57 55 45 47 60 46 51 56 27 569 569 Transient/Homeless Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD CALLS FOR SERVICE 2024 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
REPORTS TAKEN 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
ARRESTS MADE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
CALLS FOR SERVICE 2023 11 8 4 3 17 12 16 4 6 11 7 12 111 111 REPORTS TAKEN 3 3 0 2 13 2 6 0 3 7 3 3 45 45
ARRESTS MADE 0 3 0 1 9 1 4 0 2 4 3 2 29 29
Detective Tracking Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals YTD 2024 New Cases Forwarded to
Investigations 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
2024 Cases Suspended 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Cases Assigned 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Cases Closed by Arrest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024 Cases Closed by Other 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 2024 Submitted for Complaint 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024 Current Active Cases 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 New Cases Forwarded to
Investigations 8 20 9 10 14 11 9 10 10 11 8 6 126 126
2023 Cases Suspended 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Cases Assigned 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4
2023 Cases Closed by Arrest 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 2023 Cases Closed by Other 11 22 10 0 13 10 8 9 9 9 7 6 114 114 2023 Submitted for Complaint 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 13 2023 Current Active Cases 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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CITY OF SOLVANG INVESTMENTS
JANUARY 2024
FUND

FUND BALANCE
GENERAL FUND $ 17,320,508.91
GOVERNMENTAL IMPACT FEES $ 1,596,735.63
TRAFFIC SAFETY $ 5,922.40
GAS TAX FUND $ 183,975.11
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION $ 443,233.02
MEASURE A $ 1,226,651.64
SKYTT MESA LLMD $ 472,001.73
MEASURE U $ 1,599,033.02
CAPITAL PROJECTS $ (245,225.35)
WATER FUND $ 7,021,303.68
WASTEWATER $ 2,559,923.66
TRANSIT FUND $ 1,481,031.18
EQUIPMENT/VEHICLE POOL $ 1,270,179.67
GENERAL FIXED ASSET GROUP 0.00
TOTALS $ 34,985,537.36
LAIF BALANCE $ 13,230,266.60
CHECKING ACCOUNTS $ 21,755,270.76
TOTALS $ 34,985,537.36
%OF
TOTAL

49.51%

4.56%

0.02%

0.53%

1.27%

3.51%

1.35%

4.57%
-0.70%

20.07%

7.32%

4.23%

3.63%

0.00%
100%
Interest
Rate

4.012%
** All City investments for the month are in compliance with California Government Code, Section 53646(b)(1).
** Current investments meet expenditure requirements for the next six months.

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Solvang Activity Report
January 2024
Prepared by TJA Advertising
Social Recap:
- Focusing on securing the rights to captivating pictures of Solvang to use on our website, email blast, and social media- Using Crowdriff to source high-quality UGC - Ran social media ads to support current marketing campaigns, always leading back to lodging specials when applicable
- Continue to post inspiring travel content and build community with our audiences Email Newsletter: Things to do on a rainy day in Solvang Sends: 20,667
Opens: 8,297
Open rate: 45%
Clicks: 349
50 January 2024 Social Spend: Meta Ad Lodging Specials
• Reach: 322,108
• Impressions: 595,231
• Link clicks: 8,862
• CPC: $0.19
Localhood Assets:

Total story views: 1,948
Interaction rate: 65.8%
Story CTR: 4.77%
Completion rate: 53.6%
Top Localhood Stories:
51 Localhood Photos:
279 assets have been secured in Crowdriff and can be used on Localhood stories, website galleries, and social media
New galleries have been made for the home page, fall, and holidays in Solvang.

Pinterest:

Impressions: 4,650
Engagements: 218
Audience: 2,980
Top Pins for January
52 Google Analytics 4 for solvangusa.com - Tracking Started 1-26-2023 - New webiste live on October 4, 2023 2023 - 2024 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Sessions 78,079 65,530 70,041 38,910 134,356 181,749 76,396 645,061 Users 58,736 50,453 56,180 30,399 99,711 131,785 57,510 484,774 Pageviews 165,006 141,000 151,518 77,228 247,183 333,156 141,632 1,256,723 Pages/Visit 2.81 2.79 2.70 2.54 2.48 3 2.46
Avg time on site 1:07 1:14 1:07 0:52 0:57 1:00 0:51
Traffic Acquisition Sources
Organic Search 57,071 35,544 50,178 18,865 85,623 114,945 49,261 411,487 Direct 14,740 13,080 13,861 9,850 21,926 32,245 15,665 121,367 Referral 4,761 5,653 4,307 4,529 7,472 8,505 3,210 38,437 Organic Social 412 433 527 293 13,628 17,488 689 33,470 Unassigned 226 191 2,154 6,097 842 2,100 6,244 17,854
Email 2 0 4 4 691 265 21 987
Paid Search 0 1 0 1 3,688 6,489 93 10,272
Cross Network 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Display 0 0 0 0 106 134 0 240
Organic Shopping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Organic Video 3 2 1 3 1 2 0 12
Total 77,215 54,904 71,032 39,642 3,795 182,173 75,183 0 0 0 0 0 503,944 Top Page Views
Home Page 32,754 26,595 24,865 22,752 39,183 51,494 28,448 226,091 /things-to-do/ 18,729 16,706 17,191 8,005 24,135 29,758 15,178 129,702 /where-to-stay/ 9,565 9,320 9,744 4,649 14,986 14,052 7,758 70,074 /lodging-deals-packages/ 2,102 10,567 10,989 9,552 33,210 /things-to-do/top-10 9,743 7,908 7,802 1,436 7,564 12,387 13,217 60,057 /dining/ 7,522 6,353 6,002 4,698 11,418 17,254 8,898 62,145 /solvang-events/ 6,185 5,510 8,597 5,227 10,558 19,342 6,283 61,702 /things-to-do/shopping/ 3,347 2,714 2,336 2,191 4,918 7,127 3,421 26,054 /wine-country/ 921 2,391 2,817 2,171 8,300
/things-to-do/danish-days/ 2,480 3,635 10,568 313 889 1,061 976 19,922 /things-to-do/itineraries/ 1,775 1,698 1,766 1,079 3,291 4,287 2,205 16,101 /things-to-do/solvang-julefest/ 2,283 4,740 6,851 8,752 74,478 86,000 6,381 189,485 Total 94,383 85,179 95,722 62,125 204,378 256,568 104,488 0 0 0 0 0 902,843 53 Google Analytics for solvangusa.com
FY 22/23 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Sessions 68,687 62,630 66,888 67,147 104,864 125,406 63,374 53,164 59,980 61,286 58,586 64,346 856,358 Compare 23/24 to 22/23 9,392 2,900 3,153 -28,237 29,492 56,343 13,022 86,065 % difference 13.67% 4.63% 4.71% -42.05% 28.12% 44.93% 20.55% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 15.40% Mobile Devices Overview Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Desktop 16,357 15,676 15,343 8,045 22,694 26,637 15,129 119,881 Tablet 985 979 1,109 699 1,573 2,093 1,112 8,550
Mobile 41,316 33,978 39,767 21,809 74,896 102,204 41,237 355,207 Smart TV 5 2 2 0 1 4 1 15
Total: 58,663 50,635 56,221 30,553 99,164 130,938 57,479 0 0 0 0 0 483,653 % of Visitors on Mobiles 70.43% 67.10% 70.73% 71.38% 75.53% 78.06% 71.74% 73.44% 2023/2024 Search Source Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Google 53,818 42,949 46,271 17,250 80,363 109,923 46,382 396,956 Yahoo 1,242 935 855 318 1,577 1,798 863 7,588
Bing 1,469 1,440 1,412 536 2,209 2,580 1,579 11,225
Totals 56,529 45,324 48,538 18,104 84,149 114,301 48,824 0 0 0 0 0 415,769 2022/2023 Search Source Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Google 50,862 45,654 46,553 46,344 62,516 74,636 39,113 34,008 41,400 41,668 40,372 50,908 574,034 Yahoo 1,066 1,054 1,078 1,216 1,548 1,610 1,002 1,005 1,151 1,172 1,287 1,276 14,465 Bing 1,201 997 887 923 1,309 1,503 807 714 888 933 947 979 12,088 Totals 53,129 47,705 48,518 48,483 65,373 77,749 40,922 35,727 43,439 43,773 42,606 53,163 600,587 Compare 3,400 -2,381 20 -30,379 18,776 36,552 7,902 33,890 % Difference 6.40% -4.99% 0.04% -62.66% 28.72% 47.01% 19.31% 8.87% 54 Solvang Lodging Referrals - New webiste live on October 4, 2023 FY 2023/2024 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort 488 485 442 105 352 338 198 0 0 0 0 0 2,408 Atterdag Inn 225 262 259 74 211 193 135 0 0 0 0 0 1,359 Hadsten House Inn 219 272 278 208 796 676 361 0 0 0 0 0 2,810 Hamlet Inn 111 116 104 82 299 272 135 0 0 0 0 0 1,119
Hotel Corque 211 229 265 57 215 202 142 0 0 0 0 0 1,321 King Frederik Inn 189 188 183 216 718 747 355 0 0 0 0 0 2,596 Kronborg Inn At Wine Country Manor 126 178 160 103 309 355 186 0 0 0 0 0 1,417 Mirabelle Inn 347 394 397 121 382 327 184 0 0 0 0 0 2,152 New Haven Inn 47 84 88 64 160 128 90 0 0 0 0 0 661
Royal Copenhagen Inn 262 317 316 98 333 364 232 0 0 0 0 0 1,922 Solvang Inn & Cottages 125 148 145 99 282 271 164 0 0 0 0 0 1,234 Svendsgaard’s Danish Lodge 114 150 121 63 169 183 107 0 0 0 0 0 907 The Landsby 230 231 251 132 450 446 195 0 0 0 0 0 1,935 The M Solvang 190 210 189 70 198 162 95 0 0 0 0 0 1,114 Thw Winston 0 0 0 0 196 230 83 0 0 0 0 0 509
The Vinland Hotel And Lounge 42 67 53 74 226 188 80 0 0 0 0 0 730 Viking Inn 166 81 86 81 327 323 147 0 0 0 0 0 1,211
Wine Valley Inn & Cottages 113 150 163 158 559 473 244 0 0 0 0 0 1,860 Totals 3,205 3,562 3,500 1,805 6,182 5,878 3,133 0 0 0 0 0 27,265 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals
FY 2022/2023 2,951 2,468 2,585 2,907 5,477 5,326 2,895 2,441 2,660 2,148 2,435 2,621 37,214 Compare 254 1,094 915 -1,102 705 552 238 2,656
% Difference 8.61% 44.33% 35.40% -37.91% 12.87% 10.36% 8.22% 10.79% Referral Sources Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Website 952 2,939 2,734 1819 8,444
Specials 163 622 617 370 1,772
Reservations 690 2,621 2,527 944 6,782
Totals 1,805 6,182 5,878 3,133 16,998
55 Other Referral Sources Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Totals Flying Flags 109 130 139 58 87 103 17500000 801
Chumash Resort 179 58 55 90 229 228 14300000 982
Totals 288 188 194 148 316 331 31800000 1,783
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solvangusa
Instagram
1,216

TOTAL POSTS
45,155

FOLLOWERS
559

FOLLOWING
Profile Growth & Discovery
See how @solvangusa performed over 90 days in the reporting period. 3,010 + 7%

NEW FOLLOWERS
940,581

IMPRESSIONS
33,896

PROFILE VIEWS
1,270

WEBSITE CLICKS
Audience Demographics
Understand who @solvangusa's followers are and when they’re online.

TOP COUNTRIES
United States 92%
Mexico 2.0%
Brazil 0.58%
Denmark 0.51%
United Kingdom 0.51%

AUDIENCE BY AGE
13-17 0.37%
18-24 2.9%
25-34 25%
35-44 39%
45-54 21%
55-64 7.9%
65+ 3.6%
Performance Report
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AUDIENCE BY GENDER
Female 67% Male 18% Prefer Not To
Say 15%
TIMEZONE: AMERICA/LOS_ANGELES (PST)

FOLLOWERS ONLINE
12AM 3AM 6AM 9AM 12PM
23K
3PM 6PM 9PM
Engagement: Industry Comparison
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11%

AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
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0.31%

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Post Summary
See how @solvangusa's posts performed in the reporting period. 6,115

AVERAGE REACH
678

AVERAGE LIKES
6 AVERAGE COMMENTS
Posts with the highest engagement from the last 30 posts in the 90-day reporting period:

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Most Active Day
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REACH 2.8K
LIKES 456
REACH 6.7K
LIKES 892
REACH 3.8K
LIKES 509
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LIKES 685
Story Summary
See how @solvangusa's stories performed in the reporting period. 766.5

AVERAGE IMPRESSIONS
764.5

AVERAGE REACH
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Average number of replies to stories published in the reporting period 62 Solvang Visitor Center Report for January 2024
Prepared by Susan Lee, Managing Member Solvang Hygge Huset LLC In January 2024 the Solvang Visitor Center began the new year with a strong Visitor Count total of 7,059.

Although this visitor count number may seem low after the numbers we saw in December, the chart below shows a significant jump in total numbers for the Visitor Center this January versus the last 2 years.

This year, in January, the Solvang Visitor Center assisted 1,446 more guests than in 2023 and 1,757 more guests than in 2022. We do consider this a significant increase in total guests this January.

The highest visitor count day in January 2024 was on New Year’s Day, Monday January 1st, with a total of 513 visitors. The highest visitor count day in January 2023 was on Saturday January 7th with a total of 416 visitors.

All visitor count numbers for The Visitors Center have had an upward trend in January 2024.

The Solvang Hygge Huset Visitor Center Team Members continue to serve the City of Solvang and its guests through multiple avenues including: assisting locals and guests directly at the visitor center location, by answering email inquiries and phone inquiries, listening to complaints and/or suggestions, assisting with Solvang events, and by engaging with City officials and the Solvang marketing and media teams. We look forward to another successful year in The Great City of Solvang, California! 5,302 5613 7059 2022 2023 2024

JANUARY VISITOR CENTER COUNT
63 CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM 4.g
Meeting Date: February 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Receive and File the FY 2022-2023 Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) Annual Report
PREPARED BY: Rodger A. Olds, Director of Public Works/City Engineer DISCUSSION:

The Federal Clean Water Act requires the City of Solvang (City) to operate under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) municipal stormwater permit for the discharge of stormwater to surface waters from the City’s storm drain system. On February 5, 2013, the NPDES Phase II Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) General Permit (Order No. 2013-001-DWQ) was adopted by State Water Regional Control Board (SWRCB). The 5-year Phase II Small MS4 General Permit (Stormwater Permit) became effective July 1, 2013 and remains in effect until the next Stormwater Permit becomes effective. The SWRCB is expected to issue a new Stormwater Permit in the Summer 2024 for public comment with its target effective date for proposed permit adoption December 2024 or January 2025.

In order to comply with the Stormwater Permit’s annual reporting requirements, the City of Buellton and City of Solvang entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as Co-Permittees on November 25, 2013, which designates the City of Buellton as the Lead Agency for submitting the joint Annual Report for the previous reporting year (July 1st – June 30th) via the SWRCB’s Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) database. On October 13, 2023, the joint Annual Report which includes the Phase II Small MS4 Annual Report and a Central Coast Post-Construction Storm Water Management Requirements (PCR) Annual Report was submitted to the SWRCB via the SMARTS database for reporting year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).

The submittal of the report keeps the City in compliance with the Stormwater Permit. The full annual report and supporting documentation is included as Attachment A to this report. Furthermore, the annual report, along with past annual reports, is available to the public on the City website.

ALTERNATIVES:

City Council could request an additional presentation from Staff at a future meeting.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

ATTACHMENTS:

A – Submitted Annual Report October 13, 2023.
64 WDID No:

Permittee Information
Buellton Phase II Small MS4 Annual - Report 2022-2023 [email protected] City of Buellton 93427 REPORTING PERIOD:07/01/2022 - 06/30/2023 Gilbert Wolfe CA 3 42M2000150 PO Box 1819 Attachment A 65 Phase II Small MS4 Annual - Report - 2022-2023
Questions & Answers
Q No. Text DropDown Answer CheckBoxAnswer DescriptiveAnswer Date Answer Number Answer null GENERAL
1 Per Section E.1., did you continue to
implement your previously approved storm
water management plan? If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation in the comments
section. (Years 1-10) (Please note: This
question is for renewal permittees only. If you
are a new permittee, please select 'NA')
Yes
2 If you relied on another entity (co-permittee or
SIE) to implement one or more of the permit
requirements did the co-permittee or SIE meet
the permit requirements that were
implemented on your behalf? (Years 1-10) If
'Yes', please attach a copy of the agreement
that you have with the other entity if it is newthis year or if the agreement has changed or been updated since the last time it was
uploaded. If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
null PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
3 Reviewed and/or revised any relevant
ordinances or other regulatory mechanisms, or
adopted any new ordinances or regulatory
mechanisms to obtain adequate legal authority
as specified by Section E.6.a.(ii)(a-j)? (Year 2)
If 'No', please provide a brief explanation in the
comments section.

N/A
4 Certified legal authority, as specified by section
E.6.b.? (Year 2) If 'Yes", attach required
statement signed by an authorized signatory
certifying adequate legal authority to comply
with all Order requirements. (E.6.b.(ii)(a-e)).
(Year 2) If "No", please provide a brief
explanation.

N/A
5 Developed and began implementation of
Enforcement Response Plan as specified by
Section E.6.c.(ii)(a-f)? (Year 3); OR
Implemented the Enforcement Response Plan
as specified in Section E.6.c.(ii)(a-f)? (Years 4-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
null EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
6 Selected one or more of the Public Education
and Outreach options? (E.7.a) (Year 1) If yes,
which option was selected to comply with
section E.7.? Provide answer in comments
section. (Year 1) For countywide/regional
collaborative option selection, upload required
attachment: agreement confirming
collaboration with other MS4s. (Year 1)
N/A
66 7 Developed and began implementation of storm
water public education and outreach program
as specified by section E.7.a.(ii)(a - m)? (Year
2); OR Continued implementation of storm
water public education and outreach program
as specified by section E.7.a.(ii)(a - m)? (Years
3-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
8 Developed and began implementation of a
public education strategy that established
education tasks based on water quality
problems, target audiences and anticipated
task effectiveness? (E.7.a.(ii)a) (Year 2); OR
Continued implementation of a public
education strategy that established education
tasks based on water quality problems, target
audiences and anticipated task effectiveness?
(Years 3-5) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation. THIS QUESTION IS

REDUNDANT WITH THE QUESTIONS

DIRECTLY ABOVE AND HAS BEEN
REMOVED. YOU HAVE NO NEED TO

ANSWER THIS QUESTION
N/A
9 Developed and implemented a training
program for all staff who, as part of their
normal job responsibilities, may be notified of,
come into contact with, or otherwise observe
an illicit discharge or illegal connection to the
storm drain system, as specified by section
E.7.b.1.(ii)(a-g)) (Year 3); OR Continued to
implement the training program for all
appropriate staff? (Years 4-10) If 'NA', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
10 Provided construction outreach and education
training for staff implementing construction site
storm water runoff control program, as
specified by section E.7.b.2.a(ii)(a-c)? (Years
2-10) If 'NA', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
11 Developed and distributed educational
materials to construction site operators, as
specified by section E.7.b.2(b)(ii)(a-d), (Year
3); OR Continued to distribute educational
materials? (Years 4-10) If 'NA', please provide
a brief explanation.

Yes
12 Updated existing storm water website, as
necessary, to include information on
appropriate selection, installation,
implementation and maintenance of BMPs?
(E.7.b.2.(b)(ii)(d)) (Years 3-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
13 Trained employees on how to incorporate
pollution prevention/good housekeeping
techniques into Permittee operations, as
specified by section E.7.b.3.(ii)(a-d)? (Years 2-
10) If 'NA', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
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PARTICIPATION PROGRAM
67 14 Involved the public in the development and
implementation of activities related to the
program, as specified by section E.8.(ii)(a-e)?
(Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
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ELIMINATION
15 Created and/or maintained outfall map? (E.9.a)
(Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
16 Included in the outfall map, location of all
outfalls that are operated by the Permittee
within the urbanized area, drainage areas, and
land use(s) contributing to those outfalls that
are operated by the Permittee, and that
discharge within the Permittee's jurisdiction to
a receiving water? (E.9.a(ii)(a)) (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
17 Included in the outfall map, the location (and
name, where known to the Permittee) of all
water bodies receiving direct discharges from
those outfall pipes? (E.9.a(ii)(b)) (Year 2) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
18 Included in the outfall map, priority areas, as
specified in E.9.a.(ii)(c )(1-8)? (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
19 Included in the outfall map, field sampling
stations? (E.9.a(ii)(d)) (Year 2) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

N/A
20 Included in the outfall map, the permit
boundary? (E.9.a(ii)(e)) (Year 2) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

N/A
21 Maintained inventory of all
industrial/commercial facilities/sources within
the Permittee's jurisdiction (regardless of
ownership) that could discharge storm water
pollutants to the MS4? (E.9.b) (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
22 Included in the inventory, the facility name,
address, nature of business/activity, physical
location of storm drain receiving discharge,
name of receiving water and if the
facility/source is tributary to a Clean Water Act
Section 303(d) listed water body segment or
water body segment subject to a TMDL?
(E.9.b(ii)(a)) (Year 2) If 'No', please provide a
brief explanation.

N/A
68 23 Included in the inventory: vehicle salvage
yards, metal and other recycled materials
collection facilities, waste transfer facilities,
vehicle mechanical repair, maintenance or
cleaning; building trade central facilities or
yards; corporation yards; landscape nurseries
and greenhouses; building material retailers
and storage; plastic manufacturers; other
facilities designated by the Permittee or
Regional Water Board to have reasonable
potential to contribute to pollution of storm
water runoff? (E.9.b(ii)(b)) (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
24 Determined if facilities that are required to be
covered under the Statewide Industrial
General Permit (IGP) have done so and
notified Regional Water Board of any nonfilers? (E.9.b(ii)(c)) (Year 2) Attached copies of the notification of non-filers to the Regional
Water Board (E.9.b(ii)(c)) (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
25 Updated the inventory annually? (E.9.b(ii)(d))
(Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
26 Developed and implemented procedures to
proactively identify illicit discharges originating
from priority areas identified in Section
E.9.a.(ii)(c ), at least once over the length of
the permit term. OR, established a selfcertification program where Permittees require reports from authorized parties demonstrating
the prevention and elimination of illicit
discharges at their facilities in priority areas at
least once over the length of the permit term?
(E.9.b(ii)(e)) (Year 2) OR Implemented the
procedures established per E.9.b.(ii).(e).?
(Years 3-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
27 Conducted field sampling of any outfalls that
were flowing or ponding when it had been
more than 72 hours after the last rain event
(i.e., were suspected of illicit discharges)
during outfall inventory mapping (under section
E.9.a.)? (E.9.c.) (Year 2) If 'No', please provide
a brief explanation.

N/A
28 Conducted monitoring for the parameters listed
in Table 1, or for parameters selected by
Permittee based on local knowledge of
pollutants of concern in priority areas?
(E.9.c(ii)(a)) (Years 2-10) If tailored parameter
action levels, attach justification and
modifications to parameters If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes The Cities of Solvang and Buellton do not add
Fluoride to their water system; therefore, the
outfall samples collected are not sampled for
this indicator parameter.

The Tailored Parameter
Justification/Modifications Buellton and
Solvang Transmittal (Email Dated 10/6/17) -
IDDE Sampling Chlorine was uploaded as an
attachment to the Phase II Small MS4 Annual
Report - Traditional 2016 - 2017 Annual
submittal as requested by the CCRWQCB. Per
CCRWQCB, no additional upload is
necessary.
69 29 Verified that indicator parameter action levels
in Table 2, or tailored parameter action levels
were not exceeded? (E.9.c.(ii)(b)) (Years 2-10)
If tailored parameter action levels, attach
justification and modifications to parameter
action levels. If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes Yes - Buellton.

Yes - Solvang. The City of Solvang does not
add Fluoride to their water system; therefore,
the outfall samples collected are not sampled
for this indicator parameter.

Per CCRWQCB, no additional upload is
necessary.
30 Conducted follow-up investigations per Section
E.9.d. if the action level concentrations were
exceeded? (E.9.c(ii)(c )) (Years 2-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

NA NA - Buellton. Based on previous discussions
with the Central Coast Regional Water Quality
Control Board, City of Buellton did not conduct
any additional follow-up investigations. The
local geology can contribute to the
exceedances of specific conductivity and are
most likely background levels.

NA - Solvang. The City of Solvang did not
have any action level concentrations
exceedances which required follow-up
investigations.
31 Developed written procedures for conducting
investigations into the source of all suspected
illicit discharges? (E.9.d.ii(a-e)) (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
32 Investigated within 24 hours, non-storm water
discharges suspected of being sanitary
sewage and/or significantly contaminated?
(E.9.d.(ii)(a)) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes Yes - Buellton.

NA - Solvang. The City of Solvang did not
have any non-stormwater discharges
suspected of being sanitary sewage and/or
significantly contaminated.
33 Prioritized investigations of suspected sanitary
sewage and/or significantly contaminated
discharges over investigations of non-storm
water discharges suspected of being cooling
water, wash water, or natural flows?
(E.9.d.(ii)(b)) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes Yes - Buellton.

NA - Solvang. The City of Solvang did not
have any non-stormwater discharges
suspected of being sanitary sewage and/or
significantly contaminated.
34 Reported immediately the occurrence of any
flows believed to be an immediate threat to
human health or the environment to local
Health Department? (E.9.d.(ii)(c)) (Years 2-10)
If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes Yes - Buellton.

NA - Solvang. The City of Solvang did not
have any flows believed to be an immediate
threat to human health or the environment
requiring notification to local Health
Department.
35 Determined and documented through
investigations the source of all non-storm
water discharges? (E.9.d.(ii)(d)) (Years 2-10) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
36 Implemented corrective actions to eliminate
illicit discharges as specified in section
E.9.d.(ii)(e)? (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
70 37 Developed and began implementing a spill
response plan? (E.9.e) (Year 1); OR
Continued to implement a spill response plan
(Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
null CONSTRUCTION SITE STORM WATER

RUNOFF CONTROL PROGRAM
38 Developed an enforceable construction site
storm water runoff control ordinance for all
projects that disturb less than one acre of soil?
(E.10) (Year 2) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

N/A
39 Created, maintained, and continuously
updated an inventory of all projects subject to
local construction site storm water runoff
control ordinance according to the minimum
requirements listed in section E.10.a(ii)(a-h) ?
(E.10.a) (Years 1-10) If 'No', please provide a
brief explanation.

Yes
40 Developed procedures that include the
minimum requirements listed in section
E.10.b(ii)(a-e) to review and approve
construction plan documents? (i.e., erosion
and sediment control plans). (E.10.b) (Year 1)
If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
41 Used legal authority to implement procedures
for inspecting public and private construction
projects and conducted enforcement as
necessary? (E.10.c). (Years 2-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
42 Conducted inspections, at a minimum, at
priority construction sites prior to land
disturbance, during active construction and
following active construction? (E.10.c.(ii))
(Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
43 Included in inspection, an assessment of
compliance with the Permittee's construction
site storm water control ordinance and other
applicable ordinances? (E.10.c.(ii)) (Years 2-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
44 Active site inspections included inspections of
BMP maintenance, BMP effectiveness and
verification of no pollutant of concern
discharge? (E.10.c.(ii)) (Years 2-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
45 Based inspection prioritization criteria on
project threat to water quality (includes soil
erosion potential, site slope, project size and
type, sensitivity of receiving water bodies,
proximity to receiving water bodies, non-storm
water discharges, projects more than one acre
that are not subject to the CGP and past
record of non-compliance)? (E.10.c.(ii)) (Years
2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
null POLLUTION PREVENTION/GOOD

HOUSEKEEPING FOR PERMITTEE

OPERATIONS PROGRAM
71 46 Developed and maintained an inventory of
Permittee-owned or operated facilities within
your jurisdiction that are a threat to water
quality, as specified in E.11.a(ii). (Years 2-10)
If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
47 Developed and submitted a map that identifies
the location of inventoried Permitteeowned/operated facilities, storm drainage system corresponding to the each of the
facilities and the receiving water, facility name
and management including contact
information? (E.11.b) (Year 2) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

N/A
48 Conducted annual inspections of and
assessed the pollutant discharge potential for
all Permittee-owned facilities to identify
Hotspots, as specified in section E.11.c? (Year
3); If 'No', please provide a brief explanation
N/A
49 Developed and implemented SWPPPs for
hotspots as specified in section E.11.d.(ii)(ac))? (Year 4) Continued to implement SWPPPs for hotspots? (Years 5-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

NA NA - Buellton. The City of Buellton conducted
quarterly inspections at the WWTP; however,
per hotspot rating criteria, the facility is no
longer a hotspot and does not have a Hotspot
SWPPP.

NA - Solvang. The City of Solvang had
previously conducted a Hotspot Site
Investigation on each City owned or operated
facility and did not find a "Severe" or
"Confirmed" Hotspots during the facility
assessments that would require the
development and implementation of a SWPPP.
50 Conducted quarterly visual inspection of
hotspots and hotspot discharge locations?
(E.11.e.(ii)(a and c)) (Years 5-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

NA NA - Buellton. The City of Buellton conducted
quarterly inspections at the WWTP; however,
per hotspot rating criteria, the facility is no
longer a hotspot and does not have a Hotspot
SWPPP.

NA - Solvang. The City of Solvang had
previously conducted a Hotspot Site
Investigation on each City owned or operated
facility did not find a "Severe" or "Confirmed"
Hotspots identified during the facility
assessments that would require quarterly
visual inspections of hotspots and hotspot
discharge locations.
51 Conducted annual comprehensive hotspot
inspection? (E.11.e(ii)(b)) (Years 5-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

Yes Yes - Buellton. A comprehensive hotspot
inspection is performed quarterly at the
WWTP; however, per hotspot rating criteria,
the facility is no longer a hotspot and does not
have a Hotspot SWPPP.

Yes - Solvang.
52 Inspected each inventoried facility that is not a
hotspot once during permit term? (E.11.e(ii)(d))
(Years 5-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
72 53 Implemented procedures to assess and
prioritize maintenance of storm drain system
infrastructure and assigned a high priority to
each catch basin meeting any of the criteria
listed in section E.11.f(ii)(1-8)? (Year 2) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
54 Began maintenance of storm drain systems
according to the procedures and priorities
developed according to section E.11.g.(ii)(ae)? (Year 3) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation. THIS QUESTION IS

REDUNDANT WITH THE QUESTIONS

DIRECTLY BELOW AND HAS BEEN
REMOVED. YOU HAVE NO NEED TO

ANSWER THIS QUESTION
N/A
55 Developed and implemented a strategy to
inspect storm drain systems, based on the
priorities assigned in section E.11.f.(ii).
(E.11.g.(ii)(a)). (Year 3); OR Continued to
implement the strategy to inspect storm drain
systems? (Years 4-10) If 'No', please provide a
brief explanation.

Yes
56 Developed and implemented a schedule to
clean high priority catch basins and other
systems? (E.11.g.(ii)(b)) (Year 3); OR
Continued to implement a schedule to clean
high priority catch basins? (Years 4-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
57 Ensured that each catch basin in high foot
traffic areas includes a legible storm water
awareness message? (E.11.g.(ii)(c)) (Years 3-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
58 Reviewed and maintained high priority facilities
and removed trash and debris from high
priority areas prior to the rainy season?
(E.11.g.(ii)(d)). (Years 3-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

No Yes - Buellton.

No - Solvang. The City of Solvang was not
able to remove trash and debris from all of the
high priority facilities that were identified due to
staffing constraints as result of reduced
manpower, internal reorganization, staffing
level reductions and limited availability of
properly trained staff that was confined staff
training or could operate the vactor truck. The
City was able to clean high priority areas that
did not require vactor truck or confined space
entry restrictions.
59 Developed and maintained a procedure to
dewater and dispose of materials extracted
from catch basins that ensures that water
removed during the catch basin cleaning
process and waste material will not reenter the
MS4? (E.11.g.(ii)(e)). (Year 3) Continued to
implement a procedure to dewater and dispose
of materials extracted from catch basins?
(Years 4-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes Yes - Buellton.

N/A - Solvang. The City did not have any
materials extracted from the catch basin that
required dewatering.
73 60 Developed program to assess O&M activities
for potential to discharge pollutants and
inspected all O&M BMPs quarterly as specified
in section E.11.h.(ii)(a-d)? (Year 3) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation. THIS

QUESTION IS REDUNDANT WITH THE

QUESTIONS DIRECTLY BELOW AND HAS
BEEN REMOVED. YOU HAVE NO NEED TO

ANSWER THIS QUESTION
N/A
61 Developed and implemented a program that
includes activities listed in section
E.11.h.ii(a)(1-8) to assess operations and
maintenance activities and subsequently
developed applicable BMPs? (E.11.h(ii)(a))
(Year 3); OR Continued to implement a
program to assess O&M activities? (Years 4-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
62 Identified all materials that could be discharged
from each of these O&M activities, and which
materials contain pollutants? (E.11.h(ii)(b))
(Years 3-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
63 Developed and identified a set of BMPs that,
when applied during Permittee O&M activities,
will reduce pollutants in storm water and nonstorm water discharges? (E.11.h(ii)(c)) (Year 3); OR Continued to implement identified
BMPs for O&M activities? (Years 4-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
64 Evaluated all BMPs implemented during O&M
activities quarterly? (E.11.h(ii)(d)) (Years 3-10)
If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

No Yes - Buellton.

No - Solvang. The O&M activities assessment
program was implemented during Year 10.

O&M activities assessment inspection forms
were not received for each quarter from each
Division which may have resulted from inactivity during the quarter. 65 Developed and implemented a process for
incorporating water quality and habitat
enhancement into new and rehabilitated flood
management projects? (E.11.i) (Year 3); OR
Continued to implement the process for
incorporating water quality enhancement into
flood management projects? (Years 4-10) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

NA NA - Buellton.

NA - Solvang.
66 Implemented a landscape design and
maintenance program to reduce the amount of
water, pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers
used by Permittee? (E.11.j) (Years 2-10) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
67 Evaluated pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers
used and application activities performed and
identified pollution prevention and source
control opportunities? (E.11.j(ii)(a)) (Year 2) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
68 Implemented practices that reduced the
discharge of pesticides, herbicides and
fertilizers as specified in section E.11.j(ii)(b)(1-
4))? (Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

Yes
74 69 Implemented educational activities for
municipal applicators and distributors?
(E.11.j(ii)(b)(1)) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
70 Implemented landscape management
measures that rely on non-chemical solutions,
including the measures specified in section
E.11.j.(ii)(b)(2)(a-i)? (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
71 Collected and properly disposed of unused
pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers?
(E.11.j(ii)(b)(3))(Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
72 Minimized irrigation runoff by using an
evapotranspiration-based irrigation schedule
and rain sensors? (E.11.j(ii)(b)(4)), (Years 2-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

Yes
73 Recorded the types and amounts of pesticides,
herbicides and fertilizers used in the permit
area? (E.11.j(ii)(c )) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

Yes
null POST CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
74 Regulated development to comply with
sections E.12.b. through E.12.l of permit?
(E.12.a) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a
brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
75 Required implementation of site design
measures for all projects that create and/or
replace 2,500- 5,000 square feet of impervious
surface (including single family homes, that are
not part of a larger plan of development)?
(E.12.b) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please provide a
brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
76 Implemented standards, including measures
for site design, source control, runoff reduction,
storm water treatment and baseline
hydromodification management, on projects
that create and/or replace more than 5,000
square feet of impervious surface (Regulated
Projects)? (E.12.c) (Years 2-10) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation.

N/A These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
77 Required Regulated Projects to implement
source control measures? (E.12.d) (Years 2-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
75 78 Required Regulated Projects to implement LID
standards designed to reduce runoff, treat
storm water, and provide baseline
hydromodification management to the extent
feasible, to meet the Numeric Sizing Criteria
for Storm Water Retention and Treatment
under section E.12.e(ii)c? (Years 2-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
79 Developed and implemented hydromodification
management procedures for Regulated
Projects that created and/or replaced one acre
or more of impervious surface as specified by
section E.12.f? (Year 3); OR Continued to
implement hydromodification management
procedures for Regulated Projects? (Years 4-
10) If 'No', please provide a brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
81 Implemented an O&M verification program for
storm water treatment and baseline
hydromodification structural controls measures
on all Regulated Projects, as specified by
section E.12.h.(ii)(a-e)? (Years 2-10) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
82 Inventoried and assessed the maintenance
condition of structural post-construction BMPs
within your jurisdiction? (E.12.i) (Years 3-10) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
83 Developed and maintained a plan to inventory,
map and determine the relative maintenance
condition of structural post-construction BMPs
as specified by section E.12.i(ii)(a-d)? (Year 3);
OR Continued to implement plan to inventory,
map and assessment of maintenance
condition of post-construction BMPs? (Years
4-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation.

NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
84 Conducted an analysis of the landscape code
to correct gaps and impediments impacting
effective implementation of post-construction
standards? (E.12.j(ii)(a)) (Year 1) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
85 Completed any changes to the landscape code
to effectively administer post-construction
requirements? (E.12.j(ii)(b)) (Years 2-10) If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

No The Cities of Solvang and Buellton did not find
any impediments with administering the post
construction requirements during the Municipal
Landscape Gap Analysis but the Cities is
considering future opportunities to improve that
were identified during the analysis and/or
adopt a new ordinance to align with the
Department of Water Resource's Model Water
Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO).
76 86 Implemented post-construction storm water
management requirements based on a
watershed-process approach as specified by
section E.12.k? (Years 1-10)
NA These requirements are superseded by the
Central Coast adopted Post-Construction
Requirements (PCRs). The Cities shall comply
with the adopted and approved Stormwater
Management Requirements for Development
Projects in the Central Coast Region dated
July 12, 2013.
87 Proposed alternative post-construction
requirements that achieved multiple-benefits
as specified by section E.12.l? (Years 1-10)
No The Cities of Solvang and Buellton did not
submit a proposal to the Regional Water Board
or the Executive Officer to obtain approval for
alternative post-construction measures for
multiple-benefit projects.
null WATER QUALITY MONITORING
88 Indicate which water quality monitoring
approach applies to your jurisdiction. Check all
that apply.
303(d) Monitoring
89 If you selected TMDL Monitoring or 303(d)
Monitoring, did you consult with your Regional
Water Board within Year 1 of the permit to
determine monitoring study design and
implementation schedule? (Year 1) If 'No',
please provide a brief explanation.

N/A
90 Indicate if you are or will be conducting water
quality monitoring individually or as part of a
regional program. (Years 1 and 2) If regional
program, list the name of the program in the
text box below. If a Permittee has a population
less than 50,000 AND is not required to
conduct ASBS, TMDL or 303(d) Monitoring
(Sections E.13.(a)-(c)), then enter N/A
91 Provide a status update regarding the
development (including consultation with
Regional Boards, if applicable), submittal
and/or approval of the monitoring study design
and implementation schedule. (Year 1)
92 Upload the Monitoring Study Design and any
available results for the monitoring option that
applies to your jurisdiction. (Year 2)
93 Provide a summary of the implementation of
the water quality monitoring program and
related results. (Year 3-10) Upload the
Monitoring Study Results if monitoring was
completed in the current reporting year.

Refer to attached 303(d) Monitoring Program
Results.
null PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENT
94 Developed and implemented a Program
Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement
Plan (PEAIP) that includes the minimum
requirements listed in section E.14.a(ii)(a-f))?
(Year 2) Continued to implement the PEAIP?
(Years 3-10) If 'No', please provide a brief
explanation. If 'Yes', upload required PEAIP as
attachment if changes have been made to the
PEAIP since being uploaded for previous
annual reports.

Yes
77 95 Provide a description of implementation of the
Program Effectiveness Assessment and
Improvement Plan, a summary of data
obtained through effectiveness assessment
measures and the short and long-term
progress of the storm water program and an
analysis of the data as described in section
E.14.a(iii) of the permit. Select "Upload as an
attachment" to attach a
description/summary/analysis or "No
attachment" to explain why an attachment was
not included. (Years 3-10) {required}
Upload as an
attachment
Refer to attached PEAIP Annual Summary
Reports.
96 Identified and summarized BMP and/or
program modification identified in priority
program areas that will be made in next permit
term? (E.14.b.(ii)(a-d)) (Year 5) If 'No', please
provide a brief explanation. If 'yes', upload
required PEAIP as attachment. {required if
'Yes'}
N/A
null TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
97 Attached TMDL implementation status report
that includes the information listed in section
E.15.d(i-iv)? (Years 1-10) {required if 'Yes'} If
'No', please provide a brief explanation.

NA Although the Santa Ynez River is a
303(d)impaired water body, it was not
identified within "Phase II Permit Traditional
Small MS4 Attachment G-Region Specific
Requirements" that outlines Regional Water
Board Approved TMDLs.
null ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
98 Optional: If you have any additional
information, reports or attachments that you
would like to provide to describe your storm
water program please use the text box and/or
the upload attachment button below. (Years 1-
10)
Refer to attached 2022-2023 CASQA OWOW
Annual Summary Report (August 2023) and
2023 OWOW Santa Barbara Report.
78 Phase II Small MS4 Annual - Report - 2022-2023

CERTIFICATION
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualilfied personnel properly gathered andevaluated the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is to the best ofmy knowledge and belief true, accurate and complete. I am aware that threre are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.

Name: Rose Hess Title: Director of Public Works Date: 10/13/2023 79 Phase II Small MS4 Annual - Report - 2022-2023

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment Title Description Date Uploaded Attachment Type Attachment Hash Doc Part No/Total Parts 2022-2023 303(d) MonitoringProgram Results
2022-2023 303(d) MonitoringProgram Results
2023-09-08 09:21:38.0 Supporting Documentation 8eca7886c0f7ccf6c84188c069515 4bede479662c58046fa476832c7b11e9
1/1
2022-2023 PEAIP AnnualSummary-Buellton
2022-2023 PEAIP AnnualSummary-Buellton
2023-10-13 09:33:30.0 Supporting Documentation 84bb366db1a4ceeb1b6dbfe338ed 736cc73feb16e9cab70a447741ff3a632c4
1/1
2022-2023 PEAIP AnnualSummary-Solvang
2022-2023 PEAIP AnnualSummary-Solvang
2023-10-04 10:50:54.0 Supporting Documentation ce6750d167908f6136da48c8caa8 4f4a83fcfa4b8117bd36c3c510de8a2cf2
1/1
2022-2023 CASQA OWOWAnnual Summary Report
2022-2023 CASQA OWOWAnnual Summary Report
2023-09-08 09:27:53.0 Supporting Documentation 6037601a5345ce4f37f5751933775 b659cb040295d1edcbb24b38f64bbbc6f49
1/1
2023 OWOW Santa BarbaraReport
2023 OWOW Santa BarbaraReport
2023-10-06 12:08:24.0 Supporting Documentation baaa541dddf25897df4e98b99440 1f5d833b993b9a6f37e886229ebb26c858
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80 County of Santa Barbara Public Works Department
Project Clean Water
123 E. Anapamu Street, Suite 27, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 568-3440 FAX (805) 568-3434
www.sbprojectcleanwater.org
SCOTT D. MCGOLPIN WALTER RUBALCAVA
Director Deputy Director
Memorandum
Date: June 30, 2023
To: 303(d) Monitoring Partner Agencies:

Erin Maker, Carpinteria
Melissa Nelson, Goleta
Mary Zepeda, MNS for Solvang
Rose Hess, City of Buellton
From: Cathleen Garnand, Project Clean Water Manager, County of Santa Barbara Subject: Transmittal of 303(d) Monitoring Program Results, 2022-2023 The following summary and supporting documents describe implementation of the eighth year of the 303(d) Monitoring Program.

Background
In accordance with the NPDES California Phase II General Municipal MS4 Permit (Permit) Section E.13.c 303(d) Monitoring requirements, the County of Santa Barbara Project Clean Water (County), along with the Cities of Carpinteria, Goleta, Solvang, and Buellton (Partner Agencies), implemented the 303(d) Storm Water Monitoring Program, which was approved by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board in their letter dated March 4, 2016. This program provides information used to meet Permit Section E.14.a. Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan requirements by applying the results of the wet weather monitoring from representative urban land use sites to the pollutant Load, Prioritization, Reduction (LPR) Model. The first three years of sampling data were analyzed and summarized in the Urban Stormwater Monitoring Report (Geosyntec, Sept 2018).

Recommendations from the report that were implemented this 2022-2023 sampling year include:
• Continue monitoring to create a sufficiently robust dataset in order to determine whether mean concentration values used in the LPR Model should be replaced. • Discontinue pesticides that were not detected in the first three years of the program: carbamates and urea pesticides, diuron and degradates, and neonicotinoids. • Discontinue toxicity because there was no statistically significant correlation found between toxicity and the measured constituents that would cause toxicity (e.g., pesticides, metals, and nutrient detections); without correlation, the data do not provide substantial insight into the characterization of storm water discharges or otherwise inform management decisions. 81 2022-2023 303(d) Monitoring Program Results

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Monitoring activities are conducting per the following documents:
• Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015-2018 (Geosyntec 2016) • 303(d) Storm Water Sampling, Field Sampling Protocol (County 2020) • 303(d) Sampling Details (County 2020)
Three monitoring events per year are targeted for each reference land use site.

Summary
During the reporting period of Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023, five wet weather events were monitored.

Table 1 summarizes the event information.

Table 1. Sample Date, Event Total Rainfall, Location, and Reference Land Use Sample Date Event Total
Rainfall (inches) Sample Location Reference Land Use
11/8/22 2.81 Buellton Industrial
11/8/22 1.30 Solvang Residential
11/8/22 0.92 Goleta Commercial
11/8/22 0.92 Goleta Industrial
1/9/23 6.04 Buellton Industrial
1/9/23 6.84 Solvang Residential
2/24/23 4.63 Buellton Industrial
2/24/23 3.61 Goleta Commercial
2/24/23 3.61 Goleta Industrial
2/24/23 3.37 Carpinteria Urban Agriculture
3/14/23 3.23 Goleta Commercial
3/14/23 3.23 Goleta Industrial
3/21/23 1.53 Carpinteria Urban Agriculture
The Sampling Log provided in Attachment 1 describes the storm events tracked throughout the year. The monitoring results are provided in Attachment 2. Note, numeric thresholds or standards do not exist for many of the parameters analyzed and those that do have comparative benchmark, criteria, or Central Coast Basin Plan objectives, are provided in Attachment 3, along with the sources. Results where values exceeded a benchmark, criteria, or Central Coast Basin Plan objective are discussed below.

Total Aluminum (1,000 micrograms per liter [ug/L])
Buellton Industrial (1,500 ug/L)
Goleta Commercial (1,200 ug/L)
Goleta Industrial (1,600 ug/L, 1,700 ug/L)
Solvang Residential (1,800 ug/L)
Natural sources of aluminum may include soil and geologic erosion. Possible anthropogenic sources of aluminum are galvanized metal surfaces (roofing, gutters, fences, etc.), automotive parts, and aluminum foil.
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Dissolved Copper (10 ug/L)
Goleta Commercial (12 ug/L in November 2022 and February 2023) Goleta Industrial (14 ug/L)
Natural sources of copper may include soil and geologic erosion. Anthropogenic sources may include pesticides and herbicides, brake pads, vehicle parts, roofing, and metal plating.

Cyfluthrin (12.5 nanograms per liter [ng/L])
Goleta Commercial (33 ng/L)
Cyfluthrin is contained in pyrethroid insecticides. Sources may include pest-control products used by homeowners, and farm and commercial applicators.

L-Cyhalothrin (3.5 ng/L)
Carpinteria Urban Agriculture (5.3 ng/L)
L-Cyhalothrin is contained in pyrethroid insecticides. Sources may include pest-control products used by homeowners and commercial farm operators.

Malathion (100 ng/L)
Goleta Commercial (320 ng/L)
Malathion is an organophosphate insecticide. Sources may include homeowners, and farm and commercial applicators for vector control and fruit fly eradication programs.

Total Nitrogen (0.38 milligrams per liter [mg/L])
Buellton Industrial (1.3 mg/L, 0.98 mg/L)
Carpinteria Urban Agriculture (5.5 mg/L, 6 mg/L)
Goleta Commercial (1.8 mg/L, 2.3 mg/L)
Goleta Industrial (2.7 mg/L, 1.2 mg/L, 0.4 mg/L)
Solvang Residential (1.3 mg/L)
Natural sources of nitrogen may include atmospheric deposition, plant decomposition, wild animal waste, etc. Anthropogenic sources may include fertilizers used for landscaping, improper management of pet and yard wastes, and to a lesser degree, human waste (i.e., outdoor toileting).

Permethrin (10.6 ng/L)
Buellton Industrial (300 ng/L)
Solvang Residential (840 ng/L)
Permethrin is a pyrethroid insecticide. Sources may include products used for public vector control programs, food and feed crops, ornamental vegetation, livestock and pets, structures and buildings, repellant-treated clothing, and human application (i.e., control of lice and mites). Permethrin may also be used in places where food is handled, such as restaurants.

Dissolved Phosphorus (0.02188 mg/L)
Buellton Industrial (0.14 mg/L, 0.14 mg/L, 0.057 mg/L)
Carpinteria Urban Agriculture (3.1 mg/L, 2.5 mg/L)
Goleta Commercial (0.16 mg/L, 0.19 mg/L)
Goleta Industrial (0.71 mg/L, 0.14 mg/L, 0.098 mg/L)
Solvang Residential (0.23 mg/L, 0.066 mg/L)
Natural sources of phosphorus may include atmospheric deposition, plant decomposition, and weathering of rock, wild animal waste, etc. Anthropogenic sources may include fertilizers in landscaping runoff, improper management of pet and yard wastes, and to a lesser degree, human waste (i.e., outdoor toileting).
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Dissolved Zinc (4 ug/L)
Buellton Industrial (59 ug/L, 30 ug/L)
Carpinteria Urban Agriculture (110 ug/L, 84 ug/L)
Goleta Commercial (60 ug/L, 79 ug/L, 22 ug/L)
Goleta Industrial (93 ug/L, 59 ug/L, 19 ug/L))
Solvang Residential (17 ug/L)
Natural sources of zinc may include soil and geologic erosion. Anthropogenic sources may include fertilizers, wood preservative, plating and metal work, paints containing corrosion inhibitor, atmospheric deposition from fossil fuel combustion, industrial processes, and galvanized metal surfaces (roofing, gutters, fences, etc.).

Table 2 contains summary statistics for each parameter that exceeded a benchmark during the reporting year by land use. Please note that the analytes listed here include those that only exceeded the benchmark in one sample and many of them were still below the benchmark value on a median basis during the reporting year.

Table 2. Summary Statistics for 2022-2023 Parameters that Exceeded a Benchmark Analyte Units Land use N Min Max Median
Total
Aluminum ug/L
Commercial 3 210 1200 1000
Industrial 6 420 1700 1115
Single Family
Residential 2 630 1800 1215
Dissolved
Copper ug/L Commercial 3 2.8 12 12
Industrial 6 1.6 14 3.5
Cyfluthrin ng/L Commercial 3 ND 33 3.35*
L-Cyhalothrin ng/L Agriculture 2 ND 5.3 4.1*
Malathion ng/L Commercial 3 ND 320 1.05*
Total Nitrogen mg/L
Agriculture 2 5.5 6 5.75
Commercial 3 0.26 2.3 1.8
Industrial 6 0.26 2.7 1.09
Single Family
Residential 2 0.3 1.3 0.8
Permethrin ng/L
Industrial 6 ND 300 3.5*
Single Family
Residential 2 ND 840 421.8*
Dissolved
Phosphorus mg/L
Agriculture 2 2.5 3.1 2.8
Commercial 3 ND 0.19 5.1*
Industrial 6 0.057 0.71 0.14
Single Family
Residential 2 0.066 0.23 0.148
Dissolved
Zinc ug/L
Agriculture 2 84 110 97
Commercial 3 22 79 60
Industrial 6 ND 93 44.5*
Single Family
Residential 2 ND 17 8.9*
Notes:
mg/L milligrams per liter
N Number of storm events monitored for land use type during the reporting year ND Not detected at the Reporting Limit
ug/L micrograms per liter
* For non-detect, half of the method detection limit was used to calculate the median. 84 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
Attachment 1 – Sampling Log for 2022-2023
Rainfall data sources and distance to sampling locations are as follows:
• Carpinteria: Santa Barbara County Flood Control District Official Daily Rainfall Record Station 208, Carpinteria Fire Station, within 0.75 miles of Carpinteria urban agriculture and residential monitoring locations.
• Goleta: Santa Barbara County Flood Control District Daily Rainfall Record Station 440 Goleta Fire Station, within 1.1 miles of Goleta commercial and 2 miles of Goleta industrial monitoring locations.
• Buellton: Santa Barbara County Flood Control District Official Daily Rainfall Record Station 233 Buellton Fire Station #31, within 0.50 mile of the Buellton industrial monitoring location. • Solvang: Santa Barbara County Flood Control District Official Daily Rainfall Record Station 393 Solvang PW Water, within 1.3 miles of the Solvang residential monitoring location.

Rainfall amounts listed below are per storm, not rainfall day (as of 8:00 AM for previous 24 hours). The rainfall increment graphs are from the County of Santa Barbara’s Real-time Rainfall, River-Stream, and Reservoir Data website: https://rain.cosbpw.net/.

November 8, 2022 Monitoring Event
• Monday, November 7, 2022:
o Rain forecast to fall overnight into Tuesday, November 8, 2022. o The County coordinated with the Partner Agencies to staff the monitoring event. o Personnel scheduled to sample at each location. Buellton Industrial: Bridget Elliott and Elizabeth Elliott. Goleta Commercial: Kipp Vilker, Goleta Industrial: Andrea Dransfield.

Solvang Residential: Mary Zepeda and Taylor Gullikson.
• Tuesday, November 8, 2022:
o Sample collection began at the Goleta Industrial location at 8:00 AM, at the Solvang Residential location at 8:15 AM, at the Buellton Industrial location at 10:05 AM, and at the Goleta Commercial location at 11:15 AM.
• Rainfall totals for this storm event:
o Buellton 2.81”
o Goleta 0.92”
o Solvang 1.30”
85 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
December 2, 2022 False Start:
• Monday, November 28, 2022:
o Rain forecast to fall overnight Thursday, December 1, 2022 into Friday, December 2, 2022.
o The County coordinated with the Partner Agencies to staff the monitoring event. o Andrea Dransfield and Dan Rowell with the City of Goleta responded with tentative availability.
• Tuesday, November 29, 2022:
o Forecast indicating optimal time for sampling to be the morning of Friday, December 2, 2022.
o Staff available for Carpinteria, Goleta, and Buellton sites. • Wednesday, November 30, 2022
o Forecast holding for sampling Friday morning.
o County instructed Partner Agencies to plan for Friday morning, but not to sample until confirmation Thursday evening.
• Thursday, December 1, 2022
o County canceled sampling event due to a combination of factors including the lab and courier coordination as well as the latest forecast, which was less rain, shorter duration, and still on schedule to arrive overnight while petering out in the morning. • Rainfall totals for this storm event:
o Buellton: 1.48”
o Carpinteria: 1.05”
o Goleta: 1.26”
86 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
December 28, 2022 False Start:
• Tuesday, December 20, 2022:
o Preliminary email sent to determine availability of sample staff during the following week (December 26-30, 2022).
o County offices closed during the week, but County staff were available to sample. • Monday, December 26, 2022:
o Sampling event cancelled due to lack of staff and limited lab/courier availability during holidays.
• Wednesday, December 28, 2022:
o Rainfall totals for this storm event were:
▪ Buellton: 0.51”
▪ Solvang: 1.44”
▪ Goleta: 1.07”
▪ Carpinteria: 0.75”
87 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
January 9, 2023 Monitoring Event
• Friday, January 6, 2023:
o Rain forecast to fall Sunday night into Monday, January 9, 2023. o County representatives coordinated with the Partner Agencies to staff the monitoring event.
88 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
o Personnel scheduled to sample at each location. Buellton Industrial: Bridget Elliott.

Goleta Commercial: Kipp Vilker. Goleta Industrial: Andrea Dransfield. Solvang Residential: Mary Zepeda and Taylor Gullikson.
• Monday, January 9, 2023:
o Sample collection began at the Buellton Industrial location at 6:47 AM and at the Solvang Residential location at 9:07 AM.
o Sampling was infeasible at the Carpinteria and Goleta locations due to flooding and other storm impacts.
• Rainfall totals for this storm event:
o Buellton 6.04”
o Solvang 6.84”
o Goleta 4.78”
o Carpinteria 4.18”
89 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
February 24, 2023 Monitoring Event:
• Monday, February 20, 2023:
o Rain forecast to fall starting Thursday, February 23, through Friday, February 24, 2023. o County representatives coordinated with the Partner Agencies to staff the monitoring event.
o Personnel scheduled to sample at each location. Buellton Industrial: Bridget Elliott.

Carpinteria Agriculture: Adam Goodrich and Erin Maker. Goleta Commercial: Kipp Vilker.

Goleta Industrial: Andrea Dransfield. Solvang samplers were unavailable to sample this event.
• Wednesday, February 22, 2023:
o The forecast was delayed slightly and sample staff agreed to sample Friday morning. • Friday, February 24, 2023:
o Sample collection began at the Goleta Industrial location at 8:00 AM, at the Goleta Commercial location at 8:30 AM, and at the Buellton Industrial and Carpinteria Agricultural locations at 8:40 AM.
• The storm event rainfall totals were:
o Buellton: 4.63”
o Goleta: 3.61”
o Carpinteria: 3.37”
90 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
March 14, 2023 Monitoring Event:
• Tuesday, March 7, 2023:
o Rain forecast to fall starting Monday, March 6, through Tuesday, March 7, 2023. o County representatives coordinated with the Partner Agencies to staff the monitoring event.
o Personnel scheduled to sample at each location. Carpinteria Agriculture: Adam Goodrich.

Goleta Commercial: Kipp Vilker. Goleta Industrial: Andrea Dransfield. Solvang Residential: Taylor Gullikson. (Sampling in Buellton had been completed for the year, no monitoring was required for this event).
o The forecast was monitored through the week to determine the best time for sampling. • Tuesday, March 14, 2023:
o Solvang and Goleta samplers cancelled sampling due to safety concerns. o Adam Goodrich (SB County) collected samples at Goleta Industrial at 11:28 AM and at Goleta Commercial at 1:45 PM.
• The storm event rainfall totals were:
o Solvang: 1.03”
o Goleta: 3.23”
o Carpinteria: 2.75”
91 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
March 21, 2023 Monitoring Event:
• Monday, March 20, 2023:
o Rain forecast to fall starting Tuesday, March 21, 2023. o County representatives coordinated with the Partner Agencies to staff the monitoring event.
o Personnel scheduled to sample at each location. Carpinteria Agriculture: Adam Goodrich.

Solvang samplers were unavailable to sample this event. (Sampling in Buellton and both Goleta sites completed for the year and therefore, no monitoring was required for this event.)
• Tuesday, March 21, 2023:
o Adam Goodrich collected samples at Carpinteria Agricultural at 10:00 AM. • The storm event rainfall total was:
o Carpinteria: 1.53”
92 Attachment 1- Sampling Log
93 Attachment 2 –Lab Results
Attachment 2 – Lab Results for 2022-2023
94 Attachment 2 - Lab Results
Analyte
08 Nov 2022
Buellton
Industrial
08 Nov 2022
Goleta
Commercial
08 Nov 2022
Goleta
Industrial
08 Nov 2022
Solvang
Residential
09 Jan 2023
Buellton
Industrial
09 Jan 2023
Solvang
Residential
24 Feb 2023
Buellton
Industrial
24 Feb 2023
Carpinteria
Agricultural
24 Feb 2023
Goleta
Commercial
24 Feb 2023
Goleta
Industrial
14 Mar 2023
Goleta
Commercial
14 Mar 2023
Goleta
Industrial
21 Mar 2023
Carpinteria
Agricultural
Reported
Results Units
Water Quality
Guidance
Water Quality
Guidance Units
1,3-Dimethyl-2-nitrobenzene [surr] 555 705 542 479 316 364 272 84 429 313 237 278 420 % NA NAAllethrin ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 1.05 ug/lAluminum, Dissolved 23 24 48 29 36 24 20 32 35 44 ND ND 23 ug/l NA NAAluminum, Total 1500 1200 1600 630 420 1800 730 880 1000 1700 210 680 190 ug/l 1000 ug/lAmmonia as N 0.1 0.18 0.11 0.12 ND ND ND ND 0.31 0.18 ND ND ND mg/l NA NAAzinphos methyl (Guthion) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.08 ug/lBifenthrin ND ND ND ND 3.4 ND 2.8 ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 800 ug/lBolstar ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NACadmium, Dissolved ND ND 0.22 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ug/l 1.8 ug/lCadmium, Total 0.25 0.21 0.31 ND ND ND ND ND ND 0.29 ND ND ND ug/l 1.8 ug/lCalcium, Total 8.85 9.05 21.8 12.4 5.36 4.12 5.73 10.7 10.7 12 3.32 4.12 18.5 mg/l NA NAChlorpyrifos ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.05 ug/lCopper, Dissolved 4.2 12 14 4.1 2.8 0.95 1.6 8.2 12 6.9 2.8 2.3 8.2 ug/l 10 ug/lCopper, Total 14 26 24 6.1 4.2 3.9 5 12 20 14 5.9 6.2 9.6 ug/l NA NACoumaphos ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.037 ug/lCyfluthrin ND 33 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 12.5 ng/lCypermethrin ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 210 ng/lDemeton-o ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NADemeton-s ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NADesulfinylfipronil 23 ND ND ND 2.6 ND 4.3 ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 100 ug/lDiazinon ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 105 ng/lDichloran ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NADichlorvos ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.035 ug/lDimethoate ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 21.5 ug/lDisulfoton ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 1.95 ug/lEthoprop ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 22 ug/lEthyl parathion ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NAFenpropathrin (Danitol) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.265 ug/lFensulfothion ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NAFenthion ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 2.6 ug/lFipronil 35 ND ND ND 33 ND 6.1 ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.11 ug/lFipronil sulfide ND ND ND ND 2.7 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NAFipronil sulfone 23 ND ND ND 36 7.8 9.8 ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.36 ug/lHardness as CaCO3, Total 30.2 28.8 70.8 38.3 17.9 14.4 19.1 41.4 34.1 38.5 8.3 13.1 74.2 mg/l hard,
<100=soft mg/l CaCO3
Iron, Dissolved 69 35 72 32 42 30 28 79 49 50 ND 21 67 ug/l 5000 ug/l 95 Attachment 2 - Lab Results
Analyte
08 Nov 2022
Buellton
Industrial
08 Nov 2022
Goleta
Commercial
08 Nov 2022
Goleta
Industrial
08 Nov 2022
Solvang
Residential
09 Jan 2023
Buellton
Industrial
09 Jan 2023
Solvang
Residential
24 Feb 2023
Buellton
Industrial
24 Feb 2023
Carpinteria
Agricultural
24 Feb 2023
Goleta
Commercial
24 Feb 2023
Goleta
Industrial
14 Mar 2023
Goleta
Commercial
14 Mar 2023
Goleta
Industrial
21 Mar 2023
Carpinteria
Agricultural
Reported
Results Units
Water Quality
Guidance
Water Quality
Guidance Units
Iron, Total 2400 1800 2000 920 570 1300 1100 1200 1500 1900 340 860 310 ug/l NA NA L-Cyhalothrin ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 5.3 ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 3.5 ng/lLead, Dissolved ND 0.51 0.95 ND ND 0.38 ND 0.24 0.34 0.46 ND ND ND ug/l 50 ug/lLead, Total 2.8 7.6 7.8 0.77 0.55 1.4 1.2 2.1 4.9 9.6 1.9 3.8 0.69 ug/l NA NAMagnesium, Total 1.96 1.5 4 1.79 1.09 0.994 1.16 3.56 1.76 2.09 ND 0.684 6.78 mg/l NA NA Malathion ND 320 13 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.1 ug/l Merphos ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NA Methyl parathion ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.485 ug/lMevinphos ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NA Naled ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.07 ug/lNitrate as N ND 0.25 0.5 0.39 ND ND 0.57 4.6 ND ND ND ND 5.3 mg/l NA NANitrite as N ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ug/l NA NA Nitrogen, Total 1.3 1.8 2.7 1.3 0.26 0.3 0.98 5.5 2.3 1.2 0.26 0.4 6 mg/l 0.38 mg/lNO2+NO3 as N 200 270 570 410 ND ND 600 4700 ND ND ND ND 5400 ug/l NA NAo-Phosphate as P 0.24 0.18 0.79 0.27 0.12 0.054 0.064 3.2 0.21 0.18 0.038 0.084 2.7 mg/l NA NA o-Phosphate as P, dissolved 240 180 780 270 120 54 68 3100 210 180 38 84 2700 mg/l NA NA Pendimethalin ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 140 ug/lPermethrin ND ND ND 840 300 ND ND 6.6 ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 10.6 ng/lPerylene-d12 [surr] 103 135 139 147 155 139 115 56 94.5 70.8 135 136 155 % NA NAPhorate ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.3 ug/lPhosphorus, Dissolved 0.14 0.16 0.71 0.23 0.14 0.066 0.057 3.1 0.19 0.14 ND 0.098 2.5 mg/l 0.02188 mg/lPhosphorus, Total 0.41 0.34 0.89 0.33 0.17 0.12 0.15 3.2 0.38 0.3 0.094 0.17 2.6 mg/l NA NAPrallethrin ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 3.1 ug/lRonnel ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NA Stirophos ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NA Sumithrin (Phenothrin) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 2.2 ug/lTefluthrin ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l 0.035 ug/lTKN 1.3 1.5 2.1 0.93 0.26 0.3 0.38 0.83 2.3 1.2 0.26 0.4 0.65 mg/l NA NATokuthion (Prothiofos) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NA Total Suspended Solids 82 56 26 34 12 45 27 27 32 42 18 57 6 mg/l NA NA Trichloronate ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ng/l NA NA 1330 1440 1650 1390 560 553 510 100 537 648 455 357 592 % NA NA 153 183 314 202 239 223 158 68 158 274 212 592 167 % NA NA Zinc, Dissolved 59 60 93 ND ND 17 30 110 79 59 22 19 84 ug/l 4 ug/l Zinc, Total 160 160 190 27 12 51 78 130 140 140 40 59 98 ug/l NA NATriphenyl phosphate [surr] 96 Attachment 3 –Water Quality Benchmarks and Thresholds Attachment 3 - Water Quality Benchmarks and Thresholds
97 Attachment 3 –Water Quality Benchmarks and Thresholds 98 Attachment 3 –Water Quality Benchmarks and Thresholds 99 City of Buellton
Stormwater Program Effectiveness
Assessment and Improvement Plan
Annual Summary 2022-2023
October 4, 2023

PRESENTED TO PREPARED FOR
Central Coast Regional Water Quality
Control Board
895 Aerovista Place, Suite 100
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
City of Buellton
Public Works Department
107 West Highway 246
Buellton, CA 93427

PREPARED BY
Tetra Tech
3201 Airpark Drive, Suite 108
Santa Maria, CA 93455
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 4

2.0 PROGRAM ASSESSMENT METHODS .............................................................................................. 6

3.0 PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSEMENT FINDINGS ...................................................................14

3.1 Nutrients ...................................................................................................................................................... 14

3.1.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)................................................................. 14

3.1.2 Public Involvement and Participation (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)............................................ 16

3.1.3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4) ........................................... 17

3.1.4 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Levels 2-4) ................................ 18

3.1.5 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5) ....................................................................... 19

3.2 Total Suspended Solids............................................................................................................................... 20

3.2.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)................................................................. 20

3.2.2 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4) ........................................... 21

3.2.3 Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)............................... 21

3.2.4 Post-Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)...................... 21

3.2.5 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3) ............................. 21

3.2.6 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5) ....................................................................... 22

4.0 PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS SUMMARY ........................................................................................22

5.0 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................23 TABLES
Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Table 2. PEIEP Table 6, Sedimentation/Siltation (Total Suspended Solids) Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element ................................................................................................ 13 101

ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS
Acronyms/Abbreviations Definition
BMP Best management practice
CASQA California Stormwater Quality Association
Central Coast Water Board Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board CTPL Close the Poop Loop
CBSM Community-based social marketing
E&SCP Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
FOG Fats, oils, and grease
IDDE Illicit discharge detection and elimination
IWD Industrial waste discharge
LPRM Land use-based prioritization and reduction model
MEP Maximum extent practical
MS4 Municipal separate storm sewer system
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
PCR Post-construction requirement
PEAIP Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan POC Pollutant of concern
SOP Standard operating procedure
SWCP Storm Water Control Plan
SWMP Storm Water Management Plan
SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
SYVBG Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
WDR Waste Discharge Requirement
WPCP Water Pollution Control Plan
WQO Water Quality Order
WWTP Wastewater treatment plant
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) Annual Summary evaluates the effectiveness of best management practices (BMPs) implemented in the 2022-2023 reporting year (Year 10) by the City of Buellton (City) to meet the requirements of its Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP) Guidance Document (approved in 2014 and modified in reporting Year 5, 2019) and the Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit, Water Quality Order 2013-0001-DWQ, amended by Order 2015-0133-EXEC, 2016- 0069-EXEC, 2017-XXXX-DWQ, 2018-0001-EXEC, and 2018-0007-EXEC (Small MS4 Permit). The Small SM4 Permit requires the City to implement its Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP, City of Buellton 2016), which describes how the City will track short- and long-term effectiveness of the Stormwater Program. The PEAIP defines the approach the City will use to adaptively manage the Program to improve its ability to reduce the identified high- and medium-priority pollutants of concern (POCs)—nutrients and sedimentation/siltation (total suspended solids)—thereby achieving the maximum extent practicable (MEP) standard and protecting water quality.

Per the Small MS4 Permit, the PEAIP was developed using the most recent California Stormwater Quality Association’s (CASQA’s) effectiveness assessment guidance, which is the Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) Framework (2015). It discusses six Outcome Levels that categorize BMP actions.

The City’s Stormwater Program BMPs primarily fall into Outcome Level 2, Barriers and Bridges to Action, and Outcome Level 3, Target Audience Actions, and to some extent, Outcome Level 4, Source Contributions, and Outcome Level 5, Urban Runoff and MS4 Contributions. The City documented within the PEAIP management questions for high- and medium-priority POCs and conducted a source assessment for each POC. The data collected was then used to improve the Stormwater Program. Target audiences for each source of high- and medium-priority POC and prioritized BMP for POC were determined based on:
• Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) proposed by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Coast Water Board);
• 2010 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies;
• Central Coast Water Board’s consultation handout Solvang–Buellton Urban Water Quality Profile (2014); • Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program’s Ambient Water Quality Data; • SWMP Guidance Document’s List of POCs;
• Proposed Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015-2018 (County of Santa Barbara et al 2015, revised 2016); and
• Professional judgment and knowledge of local and regional water quality issues and common urban pollutants.

The prioritized BMPs reflect Stormwater Program activities to change behaviors of target audiences and result in POC reduction. The prioritized BMPs, listed in Figure 8 of the PEAIP, Prioritized BMPs Identified for Target Audiences (see Figure 1), are being implemented as part of Stormwater Program. Applicable data was collected and analyzed for each BMP at the close of Permit Year 10 (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023) in order to assess program effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement. This report summarizes implementation of the City’s Stormwater Program for Year 10 and its effectiveness pursuant to the PEAIP (City of Buellton 2016).

As stated in the PEAIP, stormwater programs are inherently complex due to the variety of possible pollutant sources (e.g., construction, industrial, commercial, residential, new development, etc.), limited ability to directly control the behaviors of target audiences, extensive geographic coverage of the programs, comingling of flows within the drainage system, and the potential impacts to water quality from non-municipal stormwater sources (e.g., wind-blown materials, groundwater seepage, aerial deposition, etc.). Additionally, the ability to determine whether target audiences have been reached; are understanding and retaining information provided by the Program; and are changing behavior, is very difficult to measure. Therefore, the PEAIP is focused on the Stormwater Program’s impact, rather than the strict implementation of the Program to allow the City to gauge whether the Program is achieving the intended outcomes and reaching the target audiences and identify necessary modifications to the Program to make it more effective. 103
General
• Maintain City website with target audience brochures/handbooks/ manual/guides and weblink to Santa Barbara Project Clean Water Construction
• Conduct Inspections and Enforcement Activities (as needed) Municipal Staff
• Attend training for erosion/sediment control BMPs
• Coordinate Bi-Monthly Street Sweeping Activities
• Implement Storm Drain Assessment, Prioritization and
Maintenance Activities SOP
Level 1
Identification of Stormwater
Program Activities
What BMPs Should be Prioritized?
Level 2
Barriers & Bridges
To Action
What Factors are influencing
Target Audience Behaviors?
Level 3
Target Audience
Actions
What are the Target
Audiences for these Sources?
Level 5
Urban Runoff and
MS4 Contributions
Is Urban Runoff a Significant
Source of the Highest
Priority POCs?
Level 6
Receiving Water
Conditions
What are the High- and
Medium-Priority
POCs that Will be the
Focus of the PEAIP?
CASQA Outcome Level
General
• Implement Education and Outreach Program Strategy
• Maintain City website with target audience brochures and weblink to Santa Barbara Project Clean Water, Our Water Our World, and Water Wise
• Distribute target audience brochures during city attended/ sponsored events and inspections
• Publish Topic Related Newspaper Articles, Water Bill Inserts and Chamber of Commerce Stormwater Tip of the Month
• Target Audience Mailers (To be Determined)
Horse/Livestock/Pet Owners
• Implementation of pilot program on Pet Waste Campaign (Dogs) • Target Audience Mailers (To be Determined)
• Attitude
• Cost and Effort
• Habit
• Lack of Knowledge
• Poverty
• Values
• Business Owners
• Home Owners
• HOA’s
• Horse/Livestock/Pet
Owners
• Landscape Contractors
• Urban Outdoorsman
(Homeless Person)
Nutrients
• Urban Runoff/
Stormwater Runoff
• Fertilizer Application
• Manure from horses/
livestock and domestic
animals
• Natural Sources
• Atmospheric Deposition
• Attitude/Values
• Cost and Effort
• Habit
• Lack of Knowledge
• Values
• Construction Site Owners,
Operators, Contractors
• Landscape Contractors
• Property Managers
• Municipal Staff
Sedimentation/
Siltation
(Total Suspended
Solids)
• Urban Runoff/
Stormwater Runoff
• Stabilized, Undeveloped
Land
• Instream/Soil Erosion
Level 4
Source Contributions
What are the
Primary Urban Sources
of the POCs?
Landscape:
• Fertilizer Applications
• Over-Irrigation
Improper Management:
• Green Waste
• Horse/Livestock Manure
• Pet Waste
• Trash Receptacles
• Washwater
• Construction Site
Activities
• Road Maintenance
Activities
• Increased runoff duration
and velocity due to
impervious areas
Implementation
Sources and Impacts Target Audiences
Figure 1. PEIAP Prioritized BMPs Identified for Target Audiences 104

2.0 PROGRAM ASSESSMENT METHODS
As stated above, the City BMPs are largely intended to achieve Outcome Level 2, Barriers and Bridges to Action, and Outcome Level 3, Target Audience Actions. Per the PEAIP, Outcome Level 3 focuses on identifying target audiences associated with the primary sources of high- and medium priority POCs, as well as the behavioral patterns of these target audiences, with the goal of assessing behavior change over time. Outcome Level 2 focuses on identifying the factors that influence target audience behaviors and using these factors to bring awareness of the need to reduce pollutant-generating activities and implement prioritized BMPs. Level 2 Outcomes are often used to gauge progress in, or to refine approaches for, achieving Level 3 Outcomes. Target audiences are the individuals and populations that a stormwater program is directed to and may include, but are not limited to, municipal employees, contractors, and the general public. Since source reductions can only be achieved by the people responsible for pollutant loadings, a successful program will be one that is able to induce positive behavioral changes in the target audiences.

The City also focuses BMPs to achieve Urban Runoff and MS4 Contributions (i.e., CASQA Outcome Level 5) and associated Source Contributions (i.e., CASQA Outcome Level 4) for high- and medium-priority POCs. Level 5 Outcomes provide a direct measure of the City’s contributions to downstream receiving waters; thus, it is a good gauge of stormwater program effectiveness over time. It can also be used to inform a better understanding of source contributions pursuant to Outcome Level 4. However, due to the temporal and spatial variability of water quality data, a significant amount of data is needed to establish linkages between pollutants in MS4 discharges and the conditions within the receiving waters. Additionally, the City population is small, approximately 5,000 people, and the City’s urbanized footprint comprises a very small proportion of the watershed; therefore, MS4 discharges would comprise an equally small proportion of runoff compared to contributions to the receiving waters from other land uses (i.e., natural areas, agriculture, etc.). The City participates in a regional 303(d) water quality monitoring program with partner MS4s, including the County of Santa Barbara. The goal of the monitoring program is to “characterize pollutant concentrations and loads from representative MS4 discharge locations within the County” and subsequently refine the pollutant loading information within the land use-based prioritization and reduction model (LPRM). Over time, the calibrated and refined LPRM will be used by the City to assess the impact of BMPs on subwatersheds; compare pollutant loading between subwatersheds; and better tailor future BMPs by focusing on areas of potentially higher pollutant load.

This PEAIP is organized by high-and medium-priority POCs—nutrients and sedimentation/siltation—and the assessment was conducted according to the management questions, data collection, and data assessment methods outlined within Table 5 and 6 of the PEAIP (see Tables 1 and 2). The data assessment for each POC consisted primarily of a qualitative assessment and/or uses of descriptive statistics. Data collection methods included internal tracking by the City, review of external data sources, interviews/surveys, and site investigations/inspections.
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Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Education and Outreach [Outcome Level 2-3]
Has the City developed
education and outreach
materials with
information regarding
proper use and
disposal of fertilizers?
Yes
Descriptive Statistics
Number of education and
outreach materials
containing information
regarding proper use and
disposal of fertilizers.
1 relevant brochure is present on
the SWMP website (Landscaper's
Guide to BMPs), Household
Hazardous Waste Disposal Days
are advertised on City social media,
and links to Marborg waste
disposal resources are included in
seasonal articles.

Internal Tracking by
Stormwater Program
City SWMP File Views/Hits
(English and/or Spanish)
The City's Stormwater
Management webpage had
156 page views during the
reporting year.

Are education and
outreach materials
available at City
designated facilities,
City sponsored events
or on the City website?
Yes
Number of education and
outreach events
participated in and
estimated of number of
education and outreach
materials distributed at
City designated facilities,
City’s sponsored events
Stormwater Display Booth
or through City website
The City distributed 27 flyers and
brochures at 3 outreach events
during the reporting year. 219
brochures were taken from City
during the reporting year.

Brochure Distribution at
City designated facilities,
City sponsored events or
through City website
Copies of brochures, social
media posts, and articles are
retained for City records.

Does the City have a
targeted pet
waste/livestock
educational program?
Yes
Number of target
audience mailers to
residents with registered
pets, livestock owners,
etc.

The City distributed 57 dog poop
bag dispensers to dog owners via
the Santa Ynez Humane
Society/and outreach events.

Number of Visitors to the
City’s sponsored events
Stormwater Display Booth
Over 168 people visited the
Stormwater Display Booth
during the reporting year's
outreach events.
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Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element (Continued) Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Education and Outreach [Outcome Level 2-3]
Are education and
outreach materials
provided during Fats,
Oil and Grease (FOG)
and/or Industrial
Wastewater Discharge
(IWD) Inspections?
Yes
Number of education and
outreach materials
provided during FOG
and/or IWD Inspections
Educational surveys were
conducted at 48 FOG and 40 IWD
inspections during the reporting
year.

Review of External Data
Sources
Brochure Distribution
during FOG and/or IWD
Program Inspection
Brochures are distributed
during FOG and IWD
Inspections.

Public Involvement and Participation [Outcome Level 2-3] Has the City developed
opportunities for citizen
participation at City’s
sponsored events
Stormwater Display
Booth?
Yes
Qualitative Assessment
Confirmation of
Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Interested
Parties Sign-Up List at
City’s sponsored events
Stormwater Booth
The Interested Parties Sign-up List
was provided to the public at all
outreach events during the
reporting year.

Interviews/Surveys
Internal Tracking by
Stormwater Program
Number of Visitors and
Stormwater Quizzes
Completed via City’s
sponsored events
Stormwater Display Booth
35 Stormwater quizzes were
completed at outreach events
during the reporting year.

Ability to use a QR code to
populate the quiz on a
personal phone led to
additional quizzes completed
than in the past.

Has the City developed
opportunities for citizen
participation on-line
through the City’s
Stormwater Webpage
or Survey Monkey?
Yes
Descriptive Statistics
Number of Visitors and
Stormwater Quizzes
Completed via City’s
sponsored events
Stormwater Booth
35 Stormwater quizzes were
completed at outreach events
during the reporting year.

Number of online Storm
Water Management
Program Surveys
completed and interested
parties’ sign-up inquiry via
the City’s Stormwater
Webpage or Survey
Monkey
No stormwater surveys were
completed via the City
Stormwater Website this year.

The restaurant survey was
translated into Spanish to
make the survey available to a
wider audience.
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Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element (Continued) Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination [Outcome Level 4] Has the City developed
IDDE procedures? Yes Confirmation of ongoing City Staff IDDE Training 28 City staff participated in the
IDDE training during the reporting
year.

Site Investigations/
Inspections
City IDDE Site
Investigations and/or
Inspections with direct
observation of an IDDE
100% of reported incidents
were investigated. Three
incidents were determined to
have resulted in an illicit
discharge during the reporting
year. All were rectified, per the
Spill Response Plan and
Enforcement Response Plan.

Are FOG and IWD
Program participants
operating in a manner
that prevents nutrients
from leaving the site?
Yes
Descriptive Statistics
Number of FOG and/or
IWD Inspection Reports
48 FOG and 40 IWD inspections
were conducted during the
reporting year.

FOG and/or IWD
Inspection Report
Stormwater Questionnaires
Stormwater Questionnaires
were completed at 48 FOG
and 40 IWD inspections
during the reporting year.
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Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element (Continued) Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination [Outcome Level 4] Are green waste and
pet waste collection
programs in place?
Yes
Qualitative Assessment
Confirmation of local
waste hauler (green
waste) and Christmas
Treecycle Program
Programs were in place and
promoted on City social media
during the reporting year.

Yes
Confirmation of City Mutt
Mitt Stations Biweekly
Maintenance Program
Mutt Mitt Stations were regularly
maintained during the reporting
year.

Mutt Mitt Station Biweekly
Maintenance
Mutt Mitt Stations were
regularly maintained during
the reporting year.

Does City have legal
authority to address
non-storm water
discharges?
Yes
Confirmation of
established City Municipal
Code and Certification of
Legal Authority
Municipal Code and Certification of
Legal Authority have been
established.

Review of External Data
Sources
FOG and/or IWD Inspection
Reports and/or Violations
48 FOG and 40 IWD
inspections were conducted
during the reporting year and
inspection reports, as well as
an annual report were
prepared.

Descriptive Statistics
Number of IDDE
investigations and/or
Inspections and follow up
at facilities with
deficiencies
6 IDDE investigations were
conducted during the reporting
year.

Review of External Data
Sources
FOG and/or IWD
Inspection Reports and/or
Violations
48 FOG and 40 IWD
inspections were conducted
during the reporting year.
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Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element (Continued) Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping [Outcome Level 2-4] Is the City effectively
implementing BMPs (e.g., Mutt
Mitt Stations) that target
nutrient reduction in
waterways?
Yes
Qualitative
Assessment
Monitoring of
frequented areas
for abandoned pet
waste
Stormwater Management Program
staff monitor an area frequented by
dog walkers in which the City
installed CBSM posters on a regular
basis.

Internal Tracking by
Stormwater Program
Mutt Mitt Stations
Trash cans are available at all
but one Mutt Mitt station and
filled pet waste bags have
been observed in the trash
cans.

Are FOG and/or IWD Program
participants implementing
Pollutant Prevention and Good
Housekeeping practices?
Yes
Qualitative
Assessment
Confirmation of
ongoing City Staff
Training
28 City staff participated in
Pollution Prevention and Good
Housekeeping training during the
reporting year.

Interviews/Surveying
Review of External Data
Sources
FOG and/or IWD Inspection
Reports
48 FOG and 40 IWD
inspections were conducted
during the reporting year.

Are FOG and/or IWD Program
participants aware of the City's
SWMP requirements?
Yes
Descriptive
Statistics
Number of FOG
and/or IWD
Inspection
Reports
48 FOG and 40 IWD inspections
were conducted during the
reporting year.

FOG and/or IWD
Inspection Report
Stormwater Questionnaires
Stormwater Questionnaires
were completed at 48 FOG
and 40 IWD inspections
during the reporting year.

Are FOG and/or IWD Program
participants aware of SWMP
requirements for their business
activity?
Yes
Do the FOG and IWD Program
participants believe they are in
compliance with the City’s SW
Program?
Yes
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Table 1. PEIAP Table 5, Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element (Continued) Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Water Quality Monitoring [Outcome Level 5]
Is the urban discharge a
significant source of nutrients
to receiving water?
No1
Comparing
modeled data to
established
targets
303(d) Group Monitoring uses targets
established in EPA Criteria.

Monitoring and sampling
results
Sample results are
maintained for the City's
records.

Use local data
acquired through
regional 303(d)
Monitoring
Program
Data is still being collected to
calibrate the pollutant load model;
however, the Amendment to the
Water Quality Control Plan for the
Central Coastal Basin to Establish
Total Maximum Daily Loads for
Nitrogen Compounds in the Santa
Ynez River Basin, Santa Barbara
County, California, “Based on
available information, it is generally
expected MS4 entities (…City of
Buellton) are currently achieving
proposed nitrogen compounds waste
load allocations. As such, at this time
compliance with existing or future
MS4 permits are expected to show
continued attainment of waste load
allocations for this source category.”
Pollutant load model
results
Data is being collected to
calibrate the model relative to
historic baseline.
1 Per the Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central Coastal Basin to Establish Total Maximum Daily Loads for Nitrogen Compounds in the Santa Ynez River Basin, Santa Barbara County, California, “Based on available information, it is generally expected MS4 entities (County of Santa Barbara, City of Lompoc, City of Solvang, City of Buellton) are currently achieving proposed nitrogen compounds waste load allocations. As such, at this time compliance with existing or future MS4 permits are expected to show continued attainment of waste load allocations for this source category. 111
Table 2. PEIAP Table 6, Sedimentation/Siltation (Total Suspended Solids) Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element
Management Questions 2022-2023
Response
Data Assessment
Methods Analytics Data Collection Methods Analytics
Education and Outreach [Outcome Level 2-3]
Are City Grading Inspectors
trained to review and inspect
erosion and sediment control
measures?
Yes
Qualitative
Assessment
Confirmation of
ongoing City Grading
Staff Training
9 City staff participated in
Construction Stormwater training
during the reporting year.

Internal Tracking by
Stormwater Program
·Internal Tracking by City
Engineering Department
and/or Division Training
Training results are
maintained for the City's
records.

Are there educational
opportunities at Countysponsored events?Yes
Are construction contractors
informed of proper erosion and
sediment control measures?
Yes
Number of outreach
events participated
in and outreach
materials distributed
to construction
contractors
On an as-needed basis during
development inquiries and site
inspections.

Number of connections to
construction contractors
through grading permits
and inspections
There were 5 active
construction project and 7
pending projects within the
City during this reporting year.

The City maintained contact
through site inspections and
email communications and
provided education.
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3.0 PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSEMENT FINDINGS

3.1 NUTRIENTS

3.1.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3) The City’s Education and Outreach Strategy has been designed to reach a large audience within the community.

The program’s goal is to inform the local community of the impacts of stormwater pollution on the water quality and ecology of local water bodies and the steps the public can take to reduce pollutants in stormwater, as well as how they can become involved in restoration activities. The strategy involves: (1) implementing the regional community-based social marketing (CBSM) campaign, Close the Poop Loop (CTPL) targeted at increasing the cleanup and disposal of pet waste to reduce the amount of nutrients, bacteria, and pathogen loading to stormwater; (2) conducting surveys or quizzes to assess knowledge of applicable stormwater issues and solutions; (3) providing informative materials (i.e., printed brochures and flyers, posters in heavily trafficked areas, utility bill inserts, City website and social media pages, and community involvement emails) to target audiences to increase awareness of relevant stormwater issues and BMPs; (4) utilizing public input in developing outreach through event participation; (5) providing water efficient/pesticide and fertilizer application/stormwater brochures within each City office as well as website; (6) promoting reporting illicit discharges and connections; (8) providing stormwater pollution prevention educational material to school children; and (9) outreach encouraging reduction of discharges from organized car washes, mobile cleaning, and pressure washing activities.

3.1.1.1 Print Media
Brochures and flyers were made available to the public in displays at the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (SYVBG), Windmill Nursery, Farm Supply, City Hall, and the City Planning Department. The brochures that were stocked at the SYVBG included A Gardener’s Guide to Clean Water (16 copies taken), How to be Water Wise in your Garden (15 copies taken), The Ocean Begins on Your Street (in English [13 copies taken] and Spanish [11 copies taken]), and the Recognizing and Reporting Stormwater Pollution pocket guide (22 copies taken).

Additionally, a variety of stormwater posters were displayed in the garden’s kiosk throughout the year. The City has educational information available in stormwater brochure displays at City Hall and the City Planning department. These brochures include A Gardener’s Guide to Clean Water, How to be Water Wise in your Garden, Preventing Soil Erosion on Your Property, A Homeowner’s Guide to BMPs, The Ocean Begins on your Street (in English and Spanish), and the Recognizing and Reporting Stormwater Pollution pocket guide.

3.1.1.2 Our Water, Our World Campaign
The materials made available at Windmill Nursery and Farm Supply promote the Our Water, Our World campaign. The campaign uses a point-of-purchase strategy to encourage stores to carry less-toxic products, and to educate staff and customers on how to select and use eco-friendly pesticide products. The program provides current information on products and Integrated Pest Management techniques through training of store staff, fact sheets, and “Eco-Friendly Effective” shelf tags denoting the products in each store that present a reduced risk of stormwater pollution. The reduction of pesticide use and the increased use of less-toxic products around the home can lead to a reduction of pollutants in run-off and local waterways, as well as a healthier environment for the public. The campaign uses fact sheets about eco-friendly pest control for: ants (in English and Spanish), aphids, cockroaches, fleas, mosquitoes, rats and mice (in English and Spanish), snails and slugs, spiders, and yellowjackets, as well as facts sheets about less toxic products for healthy gardens, lawns, pesticides (in English and Spanish), roses, and weeds. The displays at these locations also include lists of household hazardous waste disposal facilities in Santa Barbara County. No fact sheets were taken at Farm supply or Windmill Nursery.

In Year 11, the City will continue to implement the OWOW Campaign with work with OWOW Partner stores to encourage them to take a more active role in identifying Eco-Friendly Products at the time of purchase; and to engage the City when Eco-Friendly Products Shelf-Talkers are needed for new products or to replace 113
damaged/missing Shelf-Talkers. In addition, Santa Barbara County’s OWOW Partner Stores will be visited by Plant Harmony and will receive training during the site visit.

Plant Harmony will also evaluate the location and needs of the OWOW materials, print Shelf-Talkers as needed and install a laminated QR Code Poster on the display rack. The new QR Code Poster was created to allow for digital access to the fact sheets for pesticides and will be able to track which fact sheets that were viewed in the OWOW partner stores throughout California on a monthly basis.

3.1.1.3 Stormwater Management Website
The City posts educational materials tailored to the POCs (nutrients and sediment) on its Stormwater Management website, including brochures such as the Santa Barbara County Creek Care Guide, Project Clean Water’s Creekside Concerns: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?, and Our Water Our World’s Use and Disposal of Pesticides fact sheet. The City also provides weblinks on its website to additional resources including the Project Clean Water, Our Water Our World, LessisMore.org, and WaterWiseSB.org. The City’s Stormwater Management webpage had consistent public interaction, with a total of 156 views throughout the reporting year.

Two online surveys (one for residents and one for restaurants) are available on the City’s stormwater webpage, which consist of questions designed to assess the respondents’ knowledge of the Stormwater Program. Despite Stormwater Management webpage traffic and the City’s promotion of the survey during community events and restaurant inspections, survey response has been very low:

The restaurant survey was translated to Spanish and a weblink to the survey was added to the physical outreach materials given out during the IWD inspections.

3.1.1.4 Outreach During FOG and IWD Inspections
The City continued to provide in-person as-needed training at FOG and IWD facilities and distribute education and outreach materials related to nutrient pollution during Fats, Oil, and Grease and Industrial Waste Discharge inspections (Guide for Kitchen BMPs, Restaurant’s Guide to BMPs; Beverage Manufacturing and Stormwater Automotive Guide to BMPs, and Mobile Cleaner’s Guide to BMPs).

3.1.1.5 Stormwater Hotline
During the 2022-2023 reporting year, the City continued to promote the use of its Stormwater Hotline on its website and printed materials including the Recognizing and Reporting Stormwater Pollution pocket guide. The City also promotes its Stormwater hotline within the articles and tips distributed through its Direct Mail-Media Campaign. Although the hotline, as well as a stormwater email account, are readily available to the public, the City received only one stormwater comment (via the online survey) in Year 10. 0 1
2 3
4 5
6 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Online Survey Response by Program Year
Number of Responses
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3.1.1.6 Children’s Education
During Year 10, the City coordinated with partner municipalities to conduct live assemblies on water science, called “Shows that Teach”. The City coordinated the performance at Oak Valley Elementary School. An assembly was conducted at the school on March 1, 2023. Oak Valley students from kindergarten through fifth grade attended the presentation. The assemblies were hosted at elementary schools throughout the County and received positive feedback from teachers and principals at multiple schools. At the Open Streets event (see Section 3.1.2), several children recalled the assembly when asked where they have received information about stormwater from the City.

3.1.2 Public Involvement and Participation (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3) During the 2022-2023 reporting year, the City’s Stormwater Management Program staff participated in several events, which is a highly effective way to have direct contact with the public, engage in stormwater discussions, answer questions, and assess public knowledge about the Program. After each event, staff meet to discuss the outcome and additional ideas to attract more of the public to the booth and provide stormwater information. • On July 30, 2022, Buellton Stormwater Management Program personnel hosted a booth at the annual Buellton BBQ Bonanza. Approximately 1,000 people attended the event. The booth displayed educational materials and provided promotional giveaways, the stormwater quiz, and the interested parties list.

Community members who visited the booth were able to engage with the Stormwater Program staff and take a quiz to assess their knowledge of stormwater issues and the local Management Program.

Educational brochures, dog waste bag dispensers and treats, reusable tote bags, and other items were available for the public to take.

Figure 2. Member of the Public Taking Stormwater Quiz at Buellton BBQ • On August 24, 2022, Solvang Stormwater Management Program representatives, on behalf of the Cities of Solvang and Buellton, staffed a table at the Solvang State of the City event. Approximately 13 people engaged staff at the booth. They discussed common stormwater problems, priority pollutants, and relevant stormwater BMPs with the attendees. The table featured an educational display board, brochures, the stormwater quiz, and the interested parties list. 115
• The California Coastal Commission’s 2022 Coastal Cleanup Day was on September 17, 2022. The Cities encouraged community involvement in Coastal Cleanup Month for the entire month of September and promoted Coastal Cleanup Day on their social media channels. • On May 21, 2023, Stormwater Management Program representatives staffed a booth at Santa Ynez Valley Open Streets. Approximately 55 people engaged staff at the booth, which included the same educational displays, brochures containing stormwater pollution prevention information, and give-aways as the Buellton BBQ. Community members who visited the booth were able to take the stormwater quiz. • Stormwater Management Program representatives of Buellton and Solvang in coordination with Wilding Museum of Art and Nature, and the Cities’ Chambers of Commerce coordinated with Oak Valley Elementary and Jonata Middle School to hold a Water Conservation Poster Contest. Students from grades K-8 were encouraged to participate in the contest to demonstrate how they conserve water at home. 11 entries were received, all of which received gift bags. Winners received gift certificates and the grand prize winner received a gift card and a family membership to the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature. A contest reception was held on May 26, 2023, at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, with approximately 40 people in attendance. General stormwater outreach materials were made available at the event.

Figure 3. Poster Contest Reception

3.1.3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4)

3.1.3.1 Legal Authority
The City implements its Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) Program under Buellton Municipal Code Title 15 Stormwater Chapter 15.01 Stormwater Management and Discharge Control, as revised by Ordinance 20- 08 (Ordinance) and the City’s Stormwater Program Management Certification Statement, which provides the City full legal authority to implement and enforce the Small MS4 Permit requirements. The City adhered to the Ordinance, which was amended in 2021, during Year 10 and no further updates were made to the Ordinance. 116

3.1.3.2 IDDE Procedures
Enforcement Response Plan (ERP) (City of Buellton, 2016 updated 2021) and Spill Response Plan (SRP) (City of Buellton 2016, updated 2021) provide guidance to City staff and contractors responding to a complaint or notice of a spill, illegal discharge, or illicit connection. Applicable City staff and contractors were provided IDDE staff and pollution prevention and good housekeeping for municipal operations training (28 total trainees). The training is designed to maintain stormwater general awareness of staff and contractors and encourage the reporting of possible illicit discharges or illegal connections. The test of understanding conducted after the training displayed high levels of knowledge retention, with the average test score among trainees being 91%.

3.1.3.3 IDDE Detection, Elimination, and Reporting
During Year 10, four potential illicit discharges or illegal connections were reported and were investigated by City staff and/or its contractors. Three of the five investigated incidents were determined to have resulted in an illicit discharge.
• On January 19, 2023, discharge from a storm pipe to Zaca Creek was observed by City wastewater staff during a field assessment and chlorine odor was detected. The discharge was sampled and tested positive for chlorine. City staff obtained a contractor to investigate, which consisted of video recording of the line. The point of discharge was found to be from a hotel. The City issued a Cease and Desist letter January 20, 2023. The hotel manager stated that the equipment causing the discharge was managed by a third party, whom the hotel manager immediately contacted. The third party rerouted the equipment and piping and fully ceased the discharge by January 27, 2023. • At 8:00 AM on October 6, 2022, a sanitary sewer overflow occurred from a lift station located at 73 Industrial Way.
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• Staff responded to follow-up and verify the discharges were ceased in all cases. Incident reports were completed for the confirmed discharges. Photographs and incident details (location, timeline, description of discharge, written response, etc.) were retained within the City’s records.

One incident occurred at 11:59 PM on September 15, 2022. The spill consisted of winery wash water on 140 Industrial Way, but it did not discharge to the storm drain.

The other incident occurred on October 7, 2022. The spill consisted of traces of pomace from a winery on Industrial Way.

3.1.4 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Levels 2-4)

3.1.4.1 FOG and IWD Inspections
The City’s contractor conducted 48 FOG and 40 IWD inspections during the reporting year. The City contractors initiated an annual survey during their FOG and IWD inspections beginning Year 2 (11 FOG questionnaires) and have continued inspections in Year 3 (27 FOG and 11 IWD questionnaires), Year 4 (65 FOG and 22 IWD questionnaires), Year 5 (40 FOG and 26 IWD questionnaires), Year 6 (88 FOG and 40 IWD inspections forms, Year 7 (63 FOG and 44 IWD questionnaires), Year 8 (71 FOG and 44 IWD questionnaires), Year 9 (43 FOG and 39 IWD questionnaires), and year 10 (48 FOG and 40 IWD questionnaires). The questionnaires asked the respondents: (1) Are you familiar with the City of Buellton's Storm Water Program?; (2) Are you aware of the storm water requirements for your type of business activity?; and (3) Do you believe your business is in compliance with the City's Storm Water Program? The inspection forms completed during FOG and IWD inspections showed 100% of businesses were familiar with the City’s Stormwater Management Program, aware of their business activities impact to stormwater, and believe their business complied with the City’s Stormwater Management Program. The City Stormwater Program Coordinator reviewed all FOG and IWD inspection reports for non-stormwater discharges.
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No respondents competed the City’s online Restaurant Survey (available on the Stormwater Management website); however, only no respondents completed the survey during the reporting year. Therefore, a link to the survey was added to the materials distributed to facility staff during FOG inspections and the survey was translated to Spanish on the Stormwater Management website.

3.1.4.2 Target Audience-Specific BMP Guides
The City collaborated with the Cities of Solvang, Carpinteria, Goleta, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and the County of Santa Barbara on updates to all the BMP guides including:
• Updating the safe medicine disposal information in the Animal Care and Handling Facilities Guide to BMPs, Pet Owners Guide to BMPs, Homeowners Guide to BMPs, and Multi-Unit Residential Dwellings Guide to BMPs.
• Revising the post-construction BMP information and the addition of a new BMP in the Construction Industry’s Guide to BMPs.
• Updating the requirements for hosting color runs in the Special Events Guide.

3.1.4.3 Green Waste Management Campaign
The City continues to contract with a local waste hauler (MarBorg) for management of green waste. The City also coordinates and promotes the annual Christmas Treecycle Program through the Chamber of Commerce ENewsletter, Buellton Buzz (Water Bill Insert) and both the City and MarBorg websites. This program allows residents to drop off their trees until the second week in January for mulching and reuse within the community.

3.1.4.4 Pet Waste Management Campaign
The City maintains 14 Mutt Mitt stations within the City (five at River View Park, three at Oak Valley Park, four at PAWS Dog Park, one on Via Corona (on the school fence), and one at Neighborhood Village Park. Four Mutt Mitt stations are maintained by the Buellton Veterinary Clinic (one on the north and one on the south side of Highway 246, near the intersection with Sycamore Drive; and one on the north and one on the south side of Highway 246, near the intersection with Valley Dairy Road). The Mutt Mitt Program’s efforts have helped reduce the amount of pet waste discarded at these locations.

The City continues to promote the CTPL pet waste management campaign on the City’s website and through its direct mailers/media campaign via articles in the bimonthly Buellton Buzz water bill insert. The City also distributed CTPL outreach materials like doggy bag dispensers at community events to promote the proper cleanup and disposal of pet waste amongst residents. The City also advertised the CTPL campaign via CTPL posters along Via Corona at Oak Valley Elementary, which has heavy dog-walker traffic. Mutt Mitt stations are available at this location, as well as at the adjacent Oak Pak that also has trash cans for disposing of waste.

Despite these conveniences, dog waste is often left along the strip of grass between the school and Via Corona.

The City targeted this area for a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of additional CTPL promotion. In 2021, ten 30-inch signs displaying the various CTPL dogs were installed at intervals along the fence line at Via Corona with the goal of bringing awareness and changing behavior (i.e., reducing the amount of pet waste left in this area). The area was inspected and photographed before the signs were installed. Upon installation, landscapers cleaned all pet waste from the area. The estimated quantity of abandoned pet waste is monitored and recorded at monthly intervals to evaluate the effectiveness of the posters.

3.1.5 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5)
The City participates in a regional water quality monitoring program with the Cities of Solvang, Carpinteria, Goleta and Unincorporated Santa Barbara County, which is described in the draft Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015–2018 for the NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit Sections E.13.c 303(d) Monitoring and E.14.a Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (County of Santa Barbara et al 2015, revised 2016) and its Quality Assurance Project Plan for Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015-2018 (County of Santa Barbara et al 2015, revised 2016) that was submitted to the Central Coast Water Board on December 29, 2014.

The goal of the monitoring program is to characterize pollutant concentrations and loads from discharge locations 118
specific to land use within the represented MS4s to collect sufficient data to inform, update, or calibrate the land use-based pollutant load (LBPL) model. The plans were revised to address comments from the Regional Board and resubmitted on October 13, 2015 through the SMARTS Database. On March 4, 2016, Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water received Central Coast Water Board Executive Officer approval for the revised Urban Stormwater Monitoring Plan and the Quality Assurance Project Plan (County of Santa Barbara et al 2015, revised 2016). Monitoring was initiated during Year 3 and results were reported as part of the Year 3 and subsequent Annual Reports.

Early results of the USWMP provided for a locally informed land use-based prioritization and reduction model (LPRM) that was used to calculate wet weather loads in the County, prioritize catchments for BMP placement, and evaluate the performance of existing and future BMPs. The Plan continues to be used to inform the model by providing site-specific land use pollutant concentration data. As described within the USWMP, the monitoring outfalls were selected based on their drainage areas consisting of a more or less homogenous land use category.

The first year of wet weather urban runoff was initiated in Year 3. During Year 3, four storms were monitored at a total of 6 sites representing different land use types, with one location in Buellton (representing industrial land use). Stormwater runoff was analyzed from eight to ten storms. The data was used to revise the event mean concentrations of the model to reflect local runoff concentrations in the modeling results, which were reported in the regional 303(d) Monitoring Program Results FY 2015-2016.

The Central Coast Water Board issued Technical Report Order 13267 on June 13, 2016 that required the submission of the following reports to document progress on key activities relating to completing spatially-based stormwater volume and pollutant loading estimates, as follows. • Report #1: Catchment delineation and relevant attributes that support catchment-scale stormwater volume and pollutant loading analysis, which was due August 12, 2016; • Report #2: BMP inventory for all centralized and decentralized BMPs within the City; stormwater volume and pollutant loading unmitigated condition and catchment ranking unmitigated condition for all catchments within the City, which was due June 30, 2017; • Report #3: BMP assessment for all BMPs using an effective approach for assessing structural BMP performance, estimate stormwater volume and pollutant load reduction based on the intended BMP function and current BMP condition based on the BMPs ability to function relative to intended design, which was due June 30, 2018 and revised October 15, 2018; and • Report #4: Stormwater Program Modifications Fifth Year Report, which was due October 15, 2018.

On November 10, 2016, the Central Coast Water Board provided comments on how to refine the model approach to meet specific requirement listed in Technical Report Order 13267. The Central Coast Water Board approved the revised LPRM on July 18, 2017, which included the ability to determine the percent capture of the BMPs implemented based on the standard design attributes. The BMPs inventoried, along with the results of the BMP field assessment results, were uploaded to the LPRM and the new modeling results were reported in response to Technical Report Order 13267, Report #3. The City will also continue to conduct annual condition assessment observations for each BMP inventoried in accordance with the Attachment B - BMP Condition Assessment Guidance to the LPR Model Technical Report (Geosyntec 2018). The City submitted the required Technical Order Reports #1 through 4.

The City continues to participate in the regional water quality monitoring program. During Year 2022-2023, the City deployed to sample on November 8, 2022, January 9, 2023, and February 24, 2023, with partner monitoring agencies and successfully collected samples per the monitoring program protocol.

3.2 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

3.2.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3) The City continues to maintain the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Stormwater and the Construction Industry poster and the Prevent Soil Erosion on Your Property brochure on its Stormwater Management webpage. Applicable City staff and contractors were provided with Construction Stormwater Training (9 trainees). 119
The training is designed to provide information to assist in identifying and recommending effective erosion and sediment control BMPs during construction inspections. The test of understanding conducted after the training displayed high levels of knowledge retention, with the average score among the 9 trainees being *92%.

3.2.2 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4) The implementation of the City’s IDDE Program is described in Section 3.1.3.

3.2.3 Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3) During Year 10, the City had five projects in active construction. The City reviewed one Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), three Erosion and Sediment Control Plans (E&SCPs), and three Stormwater Control Plans (SWCPs)/. The City conducted monthly inspections at active construction sites during the reporting year.

This appears to be a very effective BMP, as the inspector meets with on-site construction staff to provide training and follows the EPR protocol for BMP deficiencies, which has resulted in rapid corrections. The City will continue to monitor the long-term erosion and sediment control measures at each of these construction sites.

In Year 10, there were no site investigations associated with sedimentation/siltation related discharges from construction sites.

3.2.4 Post-Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)
No completed construction withing the MS4 area in year 10. Four construction projects were in the Engineering project plan check phase. Three projects were in the grading phase. The City reviewed the SWCPs that were required to be submitted by these projects to comply with the Central Coast Post-Construction Requirement (PCR) measures.

3.2.5 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Levels 2 & 3)

3.2.5.1 Street Sweeping
During Year 10, the City’s street sweeping contractor continued to conduct bimonthly street sweeping when possible (sweeping was not conducted during rainfall). A total of 33.5 miles of the City’s streets (residential and arterial roads, but not private roads), alleyways, and parking lots were swept. This composes nearly all the streets of the 1.58-square mile city. Sweeping the streets regularly is an effective method by which the City prevents sediment and other pollutants from the entering the storm drain conveyance system.

3.2.5.2 Storm Drain Assessment and Cleaning
The City also continued to implement its Storm Drain System Assessment, Prioritization, and Maintenance Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). In Year 10, the City contracted cleaning of the storm drain system catch basins, drop inlets, area drains, and sidewalk drains. The contractor cleaned 214 of the City’s 220 storm drains and removed an estimated total of 4,045 gallons of organic material (432 five-gallon buckets), sediment (299 fivegallon buckets), and trash (78 five-gallon buckets). This is a 17% increase from the estimated total in Year 9; however the year yielded high rainfall totals and extreme weather; therefore, additional sedimentation to the MS4 would be expected. This also appears to be a very effective BMPs, as it is a direct means of pollutant removal from the MS4.

3.2.5.3 Hotspot Inspections
The City’s only stormwater pollution “hotspot” is the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), which was inspected quarterly during Year 10. During the inspections, WWTP staff were instructed on pollution prevention and good 120
housekeeping measures when deficiencies were identified. All observations are recorded in a Hotspot Site Investigation form with a supplemental photographic log for City records.

3.2.6 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5)
The City’s water quality monitoring program is described in Section 3.1.5.

4.0 PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS SUMMARY
The City has identified the successful strategies used during the past reporting year, as well as the challenges faced, and will use this information to adapt its program with the continued goal of reducing/eliminating the impact of local stormwater quality on downstream receiving water bodies.

During 2022-2023 (Year 10), as public health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic loosened, the City was able to return to many of its customary BMPs (i.e., public events, in-person meetings, etc.) while continuing to utilize beneficial alternative methods that were adapted during the height of the pandemic. Instead of the educational assembly that the City has provided to local schools in the past, the City coordinated with partner municipalities to obtain virtual assembly videos on water science, called “Shows that Teach”. The City coordinated distribution to Oak Valley Elementary School, which has 355 students, and the videos were incorporated into class curriculum. The videos were used at elementary schools throughout the County and received positive feedback from teachers and principals at multiple schools.

The biggest challenge the Stormwater Program faced during the reporting year was implementing its Public Involvement and Participation BMPs. The City focused on providing the public with stormwater educational opportunities through its website; electronic and hard-copy newsletters through the Buellton Chamber of Commerce and in utility bill inserts (i.e., the Buellton Buzz newsletter); social media posts; and through brochures and flyers in essential public areas like the SYVBG. The City continued the CBSM campaign, CTPL, by maintaining and filling pet waste bag stations throughout the City and educating the public through articles in local newsletters. The City implemented a new facet of the campaign during the reporting year by installing large CTPL posters along a high pet-traffic area to encourage the pet owners to pick up their pet’s waste. The City received positive feedback from the public after the posters were installed. The City will continue to monitor the area for pet waste loading, compare to pre-signage loads, and assess the effectiveness of this BMP. 121

5.0 REFERENCES
California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA)
2015 Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) Framework (April). Available online at: Guidance Documents | CASQA – California Stormwater Quality Association.

Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
2014 Solvang–Buellton Urban Water Quality Profile (April 24). 2016 Technical Report Order 13267 (June 13).

City of Buellton
2015, updated 2017 Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015–2018 for the NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit Sections E.13.c 303(d) Monitoring and E.14.a Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan.
2015, updated 2017 Quality Assurance Project Plan for Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015- 2018.
2016 Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan. 2016, updated 2021 Enforcement Response Plan.
2016, updated 2021 Spill Response Plan.
2020 Buellton Municipal Code Title 15 Stormwater Chapter 15.01 Stormwater Management and Discharge Control, as revised by Ordinance 20-08.

County of Santa Barbara, City of Goleta, City of Carpinteria, City of Buellton, and City of Solvang 2015, revised 2016 Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015–2018 for the NPDES Phase II Small MS4 General Permit Sections E.13.c 303(d) Monitoring and E.14.a Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan.
2015, revised 2016 Quality Assurance Project Plan for Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan 2015- 2018.

Geosyntec Consultants
2018 Pollutant Load, Prioritization, and Reduction (LPR) Model, Attachment B – BMP Condition Assessment Guidance for the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, and Solvang, and the County of Santa Barbara.

State Water Resources Control Board
2013 Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit, Water Quality Order 2013-0001- DWQ, amended by Order 2015-0133-EXEC, 2016-0069-EXEC, 2017-XXXX-DWQ, 2018-0001-EXEC, and 2018-0007-EXEC
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City of Solvang
Storm Water Management Program
Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) Annual Summary 2022-2023
October 2, 2023
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.............................................................................. 3 DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................... 4

1.0 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 5

2.0 DATA ASSESSMENT/COLLECTION METHODS...................................................... 6

3.0 DATA ASSESSMENT/COLLECTION – DATA SUMMARY....................................... 6

3.1 NUTRIENTS................................................................................................................ 6

3.1.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3) ........................................................ 6

3.1.2 Public Involvement and Participation (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3) ...................................11

3.1.3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4)...............................12

3.1.4 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Level 2-4).....................12

3.1.5 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5) ........................................................13

3.2 SEDIMENTATION / SILTATION (Total Suspended Solids)................................... 15

3.2.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3) ......................................................15

3.2.2 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4)...............................17

3.2.3 Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (Outcome Level 2-3)....................................17

3.2.4 Post-Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3) ..............18

3.2.5 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3).....................18

3.2.6 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5) ........................................................19

4.0 SHORT- AND LONG-TERM PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS................................... 21 APPENDIX A - Table 5. Nutrients Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element .............................................................................................22 APPENDIX B - Table 6. Sedimentation/Siltation (Total Suspended Solids) Questions, Data Assessment Methods, and Data Collection Methods, by Program Element..........................23 125

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
BMPs Best Management Practices
CASQA California Stormwater Quality Association
CBSM Community Based Social Marketing
CCAMP Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program
CCRWQCB Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board COB City of Buellton
COS City of Solvang
E&SCP Erosion & Sediment Control Plan
EMCs Event Mean Concentrations
FOG Fats, Oil and Grease
LPRM Load Prioritization and Reduction Model
MEP Maximum Extent Practicable
MS4 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
OWOW Our Water Our World
PEAIP Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan POCs Pollutants of Concern
QAPP Quality Assurance Plan
SMARTS Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System SMC Solvang Municipal Code
SRP Spill Response Plan
SWCP Stormwater Control Plan
SWMP Stormwater Management Plan
SWPPP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
TOM Tip of Month
USWMP Urban Stormwater Monitoring Plan
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DEFINITIONS
Pollutant of Concern A pollutant that is reasonably expected to be present in urban runoff may reasonably be expected to affect the designated uses of the receiving water. Urban runoff pollutants of concern may include sediments, non-sediment solids, nutrients, pathogens, oxygendemanding substances, petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, floatables, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), trash, and/or pesticides and herbicides.

Program Element Program Elements are distinct components of a stormwater program that focus on reducing pollutants from a particular activity or pollutant source/target audience. The Program Elements for the Phase II municipal stormwater program include the following:
• Program Management
• Education and Outreach
• Public Involvement and Participation
• Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
• Construction
• Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping
• Post Construction
• Water Quality Monitoring
Target Audience A “Target Audience” consists of the people (individuals and populations) that are expected to gain knowledge or engage in the behaviors that a stormwater program is intended to elicit. BMPs and other controls are implemented by many types of third parties, so the term “target audience” is broadly defined and virtually any group of people could be a target audience, including municipal staff members, the general public, elected and appointed officials, other government agencies, etc.

Source Anything with the potential to generate pollutants prior to their introduction to the MS4. A typical program broadly addresses the following source categories: residential areas, construction and development sites, commercial and industrial sources, and municipal operations. Sources may alternatively be defined by the populations associated with areas, facilities, or activities, e.g., residents, dogwalkers, mobile car washers, or restaurant employees.

Stormwater (“Storm
Water”)
Any surface flow or storm drainpipe flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from precipitation.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The City of Solvang (COS) and the City of Buellton (COB) prepared and submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board a multi-agency PEAIP for Year 2 on October 13, 2015, through the Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) Database. COB and COS subsequently submitted a revision dated February 19, 2016, to be uploaded with Year 3 Annual Report. This report summarizes implementation of the PEAIP for Year 10 of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System’s (NPDES) Phase II Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) General Permit, for calendar year July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

The purpose of the PEAIP is to track the short- and long-term effectiveness of the stormwater program, the specific measures that will be used to assess the effectiveness of the prioritized best management practices (BMPs), the groups of BMPs, and/or the stormwater program as a whole. The purpose of the PEAIP is also to provide a description of how the COB and COS will use the information obtained through the PEAIP to improve the stormwater program. The PEAIP outlines the approach that the COB and COS will use to adaptively manage its stormwater program to improve its effectiveness at reducing the identified high- and medium-priority Pollutants of Concern (POCs), thereby achieving the maximum extent practicable (MEP) standard, and protecting water quality. The PEAIP is focused on the impact that the stormwater program is having rather than the strict implementation of the program. By focusing the Effectiveness Assessment on this manner, the COB and COS will increase their ability to understand if its stormwater program is achieving the intended outcomes and can identify necessary modifications to the program to make it more effective.

The PEAIP for Year 3-10 focused primarily on the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) Outcome Levels for Target Audiences (Outcome Levels 2-3), and the Sources and Impacts (Outcome Level 4-5). The COB and COS developed management questions for highpriority POCs (Nutrients) and the medium-priority POCs (Sedimentation/Siltation and Total Suspended Solids), and then conducted a data collection assessment of each of these POCs.

The data collected will be utilized by both the COB and COS to improve their respective stormwater program and protect water quality.

In order to determine the specific target audiences and the appropriate prioritized BMPs, the COB and COS reviewed the following: a) proposed TMDLs by the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB), b) 2010 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies, c) CCRWQCB April 24th, 2014 Consultation Handout “Solvang – Buellton Urban Water Quality Profile”, d) Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program’s (CCAMP) Ambient Water Quality Data, e) COB and COS Storm Water Management Plan’s (SWMP) Guidance Document’s List of POCs, and f) proposed regional Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan. Best professional judgment, knowledge of local and/or regional water quality issues and common urban pollutants were also factors in the identification of POCs.

Target audiences for each source of high- and medium-priority POCs have been identified and the COB and COS have actively taken steps, during each permit year, to identify and bridge communication and action barriers through the selection and implementation of prioritized BMPs.

The prioritized BMPs reflect stormwater program activities that are intended to change behaviors of target audiences and result in pollutant source mitigation. The prioritized BMPs, 128
listed below in Figure 8 Prioritized BMP Identified for Target Audiences within COB and COS PEAIP, are being implemented as part of the Cities stormwater program, and where applicable, corresponding data was collected and analyzed at the close of Permit Year 10 in order to assess program effectiveness and identify opportunities for program improvement.

Although the PEAIP was developed as a multi-agency plan between the COB and the COS, each City will prepare and submit an individual PEAIP Annual Summary moving forward beginning in Year 8.

Below is the PEAIP Annual Summary for Year 10:

2.0 DATA ASSESSMENT/COLLECTION METHODS
For the PEAIP, the COS focused its data assessment for Nutrients and Sedimentation/Siltation (Total Suspended Solids) using the Management Questions, Data Assessment and Data Collection Methods outlined within Table 5 and 6 of the COB and COS PEAIP (Appendix A and B). The data assessment for each POC consisted primarily of a qualitative assessment and/or a descriptive statistic methodology and the data collection methods included internal tracking by stormwater program, review of external data sources, interviews/surveys, site investigations/inspections; and monitoring and sampling as described below within COB and COS PEAIP.

3.0 DATA ASSESSMENT/COLLECTION – DATA SUMMARY

3.1 NUTRIENTS

3.1.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3)

3.1.1.1 Brochure Distribution
During Year 10, the number of education and outreach materials distributed through stormwater brochure displays at the City facilities (City Hall, Planning Department and Parks and Recreation) related to Nutrients include:

BMP Guides: 3 Homeowners Guide to BMPs, 107 Special Events Guide to BMPs Brochures: 8 Gardener’s Guide to Clean Water; 7 Recognizing and Reporting Stormwater Pollution; 3 The Ocean Begins on Your Street (3 English and 0 Spanish).

In addition, the number of education and outreach materials distributed at the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (SYVBG) Information Kiosk related to Nutrients include:

Brochures: 14 Gardener’s Guide to Clean Water; 23 Recognizing and Reporting Stormwater Pollution; 24 Making the Connection (13 English and 11 Spanish).

The COS continues to maintain stormwater bookmarks at City facilities (City Hall and Planning Department) that contain 10 tips of “What you can do” to prevent stormwater pollution.

Additionally, the COS continued to distribute stormwater bookmarks at our local libraries:
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Solvang School: 100 Stormwater Bookmarks
Solvang Public Library: 100 Stormwater Bookmarks

3.1.1.2 Website File Views/Hits
Note: On January 1, 2022, the City’s website platform was changed from Civic Plus to Google Analytics.

With this change, the City has been unable to recreate a new Website Hits/Download Report that disseminates the information in a format that provides the differentiation for the number of hits or downloads of each of the BMP guides, brochures and posters Nutrient related outreach materials received during the reporting year. The City is actively working to recapture this capability through working with the City’s IT/website contractor and through staff training.

During Year 10, the COS’s website maintained the following Nutrient related outreach materials:

BMP Guides: Landscaper’s Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish); Restaurant’s Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish); Special Events Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish); MultiUnit Residential Dwellings Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish), Mobile Pet Groomer & Stylist Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish), Mobile Cleaners Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish)
Brochures: Gardener’s Guide to Clean Water (English and Spanish); Homeowner’s Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish); The Ocean Begins on Your Street (English and Spanish) and Gardeners Use and Disposal Pesticide Fact Sheet.

Posters: Cleaning Up Posters (English and Spanish).

In Year 11, the COS continues to maintain Nutrient related BMP Guides, Brochures, and Posters on the City’s Stormwater Management’s webpage as well as additional resources links to the Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water, Our Water Our World (OWOW), Less is More and Santa Barbara County Water Wise website.

3.1.1.3 Event Participation
During Year 10, the COS participated in 3 education and outreach events (Buellton BBQ Bonanza, State of the City, Santa Ynez Valley Open Streets) and sponsored a Stormwater Display Booth at each event. The number of education and outreach materials distributed at these events related to Nutrients include:

BMP Guides: 0 Homeowner’s Guide to BMPs
Brochures: 0 Gardener’s Guide to Clean Water; 0 Make the Connection, Our Water Our World Brochure-Pests Bugging You; 4 Recognizing and Reporting Stormwater Pollution; 3 The Ocean Begins On Your Street (English).

Giveaways: 20 COB & COS Stormwater Reusable Grocery Bags, 3 COB & COS Reusable Book Bags, 11 COB & COS Stormwater Bookmarks, 10 County of Santa Barbara Project Clean Water Stickers (Kids), 2 County of Santa Barbara Team H20 Kids Activity Book, 42 CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal.
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The COS also supported a Coastal Cleanup Day (September 18, 2023) via Explore Ecology and the County of Santa Barbara’s Resources Recovery & Waste Management Division that focused on local cleanup at various locations within Santa Barbara County. In Year 11, the COS will continue to support the next Costal Cleanup Day in 2024.

The number of visitors to the City’s sponsored event’s Stormwater Display Booth were as follows: Buellton BBQ Bonanza (approximately 100 Visitors), State of the City (13 Visitors), and Santa Ynez Valley Open Streets (55 Visitors).

3.1.1.4 Target Audience

3.1.1.4.1 Landscapers
The COS continues to annually distribute the Landscaper’s Guide to BMPs to City approved Landscape Contractors as well as distribute the guide to other local landscapers when identified in-person or via direct mail/email. Additionally, the Santa Barbara County Water Agency continues to disseminate the Landscaper’s Guide to BMPs digitally to all students attending the Green Gardener class offered on-line via Santa Barbara City College and/or Allan Hancock Community College.

3.1.1.4.2 Pet and Animal (Horse/Livestock) Owners
The COS collaborated with the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and the County of Santa Barbara on a new Pet Owner’s Guide to BMPs that included topics such as minimizing toxic chemical use, wastewater, and waste management; and on a new Animal Care and Handling Facilities Guide to BMPs that included topics such as animal pens/structures/enclosures, bedding, composting, grazing and pasture, minimizing toxic chemical use, waste water and waste management. On April 21, 2022, both BMP Guides were finalized and posted to the City’s website in both English and Spanish. Both COS and COS are working with the Santa Barbara County Animal Services to distribute the BMP Guides on behalf of the City’s and Partner City’s to Pet and Animal (Horse/Livestock) Owners.

Due to staffing changes within the Santa Barbara County Animal Services, the BMP Guides were not distributed during Year 9 or 10. During Year 10, the COB and COS began coordinating with Partner Agencies to update all of the BMP Guides. Upon reissuance of the BMP Guides in Year 11, the COB will re-engage Santa Barbara County Animal Services to distribute the BMP Guides on behalf of the COB and COS and Partner Cities to Pet and Animal (Horse/Livestock) Owners.

3.1.1.5 Direct Mailers/Media Campaign

3.1.1.5.1 Articles
During Year 10, the COB and COS did not submit stormwater pollution prevention articles for publication within the Santa Ynez Valley News; but rather developed a Stormwater Social Media Series as alternative education and outreach approach as described within Section 3.1.1.5.4.

3.1.1.5.2 Direct Mailers
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into the Water Bill as an additional stormwater education and outreach measure that will reach all residents and business owners within the community. The Stormwater TOM contains nutrient related Tips as specified within Section 3.1.1.5.3.

During Year 10, the COS also focused on revising the Pet Owner and Animal Care & Handling Facilities Guide to BMPs that will be distributed via the Santa Barbara Animal Services as noted in Section 3.1.1.4.2.

3.1.1.5.3 Tip of the Month
The COS Stormwater and Water Conservation webpages contain Tip of the Month (TOM) that is published annually and can be downloaded. The Stormwater and Water Conservation TOM are also available at the stormwater display at City Hall.

The following nutrient related Stormwater TOM as published in the month of May and October:

May: Have a pest problem in your home or garden? When searching for pesticides consider using less-toxic products to help reduce pesticide pollution in your community. Visit the Our Water Our World (OWOW) website or a local participating business in Solvang (Valley Hardware) or in Buellton (Farm Supply and Windmill Nursery) to learn more about less-toxic products to use on specific garden pests.

October: Did you know animal owners can help reduce bacteria and nutrient levels in our local waterways by promptly picking up pet waste and properly managing animal waste? Visit your City’s Stormwater Management webpage (Buellton or Solvang) to learn about best management practices for pet owners and animal care & handling facilities.

The COS also worked with the Solvang Chamber of Commerce to publish the Stormwater and Water Conservation TOM within their E-Newsletter at least one time per month. Buellton Chamber of Commerce continues to publish the Stormwater and/or Water Conservation TOM within their monthly E-Newsletters.

3.1.1.5.4 Social Media
During Year 10, the COB and COS created a Stormwater Social Media Series as an alternative outreach approach to the publication of stormwater pollution prevention articles within the Santa Ynez Valley News.

On February 9, 2023, the COS began posting the following Stormwater Social Media Series on the City’s Facebook Page. The series is designed to give the reader a basic understanding of stormwater, where it flows, how it becomes polluted and what are sources of stormwater pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers from landscaping and agriculture, and what impacts does urban development have on stormwater. The series also provides an update on our local water way including where it drains to, how its monitored and current impacts and what the city does to prevent stormwater pollution as required by state law.

3.1.1.5.4 Billboard
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3.1.1.6 Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM) Campaign

3.1.1.6.1 Our Water Our World (OWOW) Campaign
During Year 10, the COS continued implementing the Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM) OWOW Campaign and maintained the display racks within Valley Hardware which provide customers with fact sheets on specific pests. The campaign uses a point-of-purchase strategy to encourage stores to carry less-toxic products, and to educate staff and customers on how to choose and use eco-friendly pesticide products. The program provides current information on products and Integrated Pest Management techniques through training of store staff, and a series of fact sheets for the general public. The reduction of pesticide uses and the use of less-toxic products around the home can lead to a reduction of pollutants in run-off and local waterways as well as a healthier environment for the public.

On November 11, 2022, COS expanded its education and outreach materials by purchasing 4 new Fact Sheets (Bed Bugs-English and Spanish; Moles, Voles and Gophers; and PesticidesSpanish) that were added to the OWOW Display Rack.

The number of education and outreach materials distributed at the Valley Hardware included:

Brochure: 9 Less Toxic Products, 12 Ten (10) Most Wanted, 3 HHW Facilities SBC, Fact Sheets: 34 Ants (30 English and 4 Spanish), 18 Aphids, 4 Bed Bugs (4 English and 0 Spanish)3 Cockroaches, 16 Flees, 25 Healthy Gardens, 10 Lawn, 6 Moles, Voles & Gophers, 13 Mosquitos,5 Pesticides (4 English and 1 Spanish), 19 Rats & Mice (17 English and 2 Spanish), 17 Roses, 8 Snails & Slugs, 6 Spiders, 14 Weeds, 5 Yellowjackets In addition, the COS continued to implement the CBSM OWOW Campaign with work with OWOW Partner stores to encourage them to take a more active role in identifying EcoFriendly Products at the time of purchase; and to engage the City when Eco-Friendly Products Shelf-Talkers are needed for new products or to replace damaged/missing ShelfTalkers.

On March 31, 2023, Valley Hardware was visited by Plant Harmony, who provided OWOW retailer training to six (6) staff as part of an OWOW Partner Agency Contract. During the training staff were educated on stormwater runoff, where local Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facilities are located, their role in reducing problem pesticide usage, the principals of Integrated Pesticide Management, how to read a pesticide label, the less toxic pesticides their store sells, proper usage of these pesticides, current pesticide problems and less toxic solutions for these problems for their customers. These trainings also provide suggested alternatives to their customers to manage their gardens sustainably with the intent to reduce the toxic pesticides and fertilizers threat so easily can get into the waterways.

3.1.1.6.2 Pet Waste Campaign
The COS continues to promote the CTPL Pet Waste Campaign on the City’s Stormwater Management webpage and through distribution of CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal and Stormwater Bookmarks at designated events and City Hall as well as through BMP Guides (Mobile Pet Groomer & Stylist, Pet Owners) and CTPL Postcards. The City will continue to promote the CTPL campaign through information that is posted at the SYVBG 133
Information Kiosk Display Board and at the Solvang Public Library’s Stormwater Display Board; and offer free CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal at designated events and City Hall.

During Year 10, the City distributed 148 CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal at City Hall; and 29 CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal were distributed at the Buellton BBQ Bonanza. In addition, the COB provided 60 CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal to the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society. The COS continued to distribute CTPL Postcards at City Hall which provides information on The Truth About Dog Poop through Year 10.

In Year 11, the City’s Stormwater Management Webpage will be updated to include The Truth About Dog Poop information from on the back of the postcard as the closethepooploop.com link will no longer be supported; and the distribution of the postcard will discontinue due to the closethepooploop.com reference. The City will be reordering the CTPL Bag Dispensers for Pet Waste Disposal for continued distribution at designated events and City Hall.

3.1.1.7 IDDE Training
There were 24 City Staff (6 new and 17 existing), 6 Contract Staff that were provided IDDE Training. All new City Staff and Interns were provided with a Quiz following the initial training. All existing City Staff were provided with a Quiz that was used to access trained staff’s knowledge in the identification of an illicit discharge, proper reporting and response to the illicit discharge or illegal connection.

Based on the completed quizzes from 6 New City Staff and the annual assessment from 17 Existing City Staff and 6 Contract Staff demonstrates general awareness by the average percentage correct for New City Staff 97%, Existing City Staff 86%, Contract Staff 98%. As a result, 10 of the 12 spills and/or illicit discharges reported were from City Staff; and 1 from an external agency and 1 from public notification.

3.1.2 Public Involvement and Participation (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3)

3.1.2.1 Program Survey
During Year 10, the City continued to maintain an on-line Stormwater Management Program survey to assess the public’s knowledge on their Stormwater Management Program (SWMP).

Based on the lack of participation in the on-line survey received [Year 2 (10 Responses), Year 3 (6 Responses), Year 4 (2 Responses), Year 5 (0 Responses), Year 6 (0 Response), Year 7 0 Response), Year 8 (0 Responses) ,Year 9 (1 Response), and Year 10 (0)], the COS will continue to implement the alternative approach of promoting the on-line survey through direct interactions at an event and will continue to engage the residents and business through direct mailers to take the on-line survey.

Although the COS’s stormwater website on-line survey results showed a decline for Year 4-10, the City altered its approach of promoting the on-line survey through direct interactions at an event that resulted in an increase total participation for Year 4 (22 Responses), Year 5 (11 Responses) and Year 6 (14 Responses) , Year 7 (10 Responses COB and 10 Responses COS) Year 8 (No Events due to COVID-19 Outbreak) ,Year 9 (16 Responses) and Year 10 (13). In Year 11, the COS will continue to promote taking the stormwater survey on the City’s website and through direct mailers or by other means suitable to the target audience, 134

3.1.2.2 Event Participation
The public did participate and visit the stormwater display booth at the Buellton BBQ Bonanza, COS State of the City and the Santa Ynez Valley Open Streets. The number of visitors and surveys completed were as follows: Buellton BBQ Bonanza (100 Visitors, 12 Surveys), State of the City (13 Visitors, 1 Surveys/Quiz) and Santa Ynez Valley Open Streets (55 Visitors, 20 Surveys).

3.1.2.3 Interested Parties Sign-up
The COS did have 6 interested Parties Sign-up at the State of the City. The COS did not have any interested Parties Sign-up via the City’s Stormwater Management webpage. The COS will continue to promote and encourage the public sign-up on-line and at events.

3.1.3 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4)

3.1.3.1 Legal Authority
The COS continued to implement its IDDE Program through SMC Title 14 Stormwater Management also known as the Stormwater Management Ordinance and the COS Stormwater Program Management Certification Statement which provides the COS full legal authority to implement and enforce each of the NPDES Phase II MS4 General Permit requirements.

3.1.3.2 IDDE Procedures
The COS continues to implement a Spill Response Plan which provides guidance to City Staff responding to a complaint or notice of a spill, illicit discharge, or illegal connection; and investigating to locate and identify the source of a non-stormwater discharge.

3.1.3.3 IDDE Site Investigations/Inspections/Enforcement There were 7 out of 12 site investigations/complaints associated with potential or confirmed Nutrient related discharges during Year 9. As a result of these 7 nutrient related investigations/complaints, the COS issued 4 verbal warnings, 5 stormwater outreach), 4 written notices with both incidents were resolved/closed through the IDDE Program. The COS will continue to conduct stormwater education and outreach efforts whenever possible through direct integrations or through direct mail/media campaign.

3.1.4 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Level 2-4)

3.1.4.1 Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Inspections
The COS’s FOG Program continues to be managed by the Wastewater (WW) Division. The WW Division provides FOG control material to new FSE and existing businesses experiencing FOG problems, surveys are not part of their education and outreach program.

The COS has a low incident of FOG related SSO in the City’s commercial services areas. From a collection system perspective, the FOG-control program is achieving FOG-control’s number 135
one goal of preventing main line blockage and spills. While additional data collection related to FOG-control is not discouraged it is also not a top priority for the collection system staff.

In Year 11, the COS will also continue to promote the on-line Solvang Restaurant Survey via the City’s website despite having a lack of participation and will promote the survey through the City’s Water Bill Insert. The COS will also be sending a copy of the updated Restaurant’s Guide to BMPs via a direct mailer to all Restaurants at the time of issuance and/or prior to the end of reporting year.

3.1.4.2 Green Waste Management
The COS continues to contract with a local waste hauler for management of green waste and coordinates/promotes green waste recycling in the community through the waste hauler.

3.1.4.3 Pet Waste Management
The COS continues to maintain 14 Mutt Mitt Stations at the following locations to help eliminate pet waste from entering our local waterways: 4 Hans Christian Andersen Park, 3 Sunny Fields Park, 2 Solvang Park, 1 Veterans Memorial Building, 2 Skytt Mesa residential area, 1 Parking Lot 4 and 1 Creekside residential area (open space). The COS Mutt Mitt Program purchased approximately 42,000 bags during Year 9 for the Bi-weekly Maintenance and refilling the Mutt Mitt Stations.

3.1.4.4 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping Training The COS continues to provide Biennial Training as described within the Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Level 2-4) Section to ensure City Staff are incorporating pollution prevention/good housekeeping techniques into Permittee Operations.

During Year 10, the Maintenance Staff attended pollution prevention and good housekeeping training on June 29, 2023, with an additional refresher training scheduled on July 12, 2023, and July 20, 2023, for staff who could not make the original training date.

All 13 Existing City Staff completed a 5 Question Quiz for each BMP Video (Housekeeping, How to Protect Storm Drains, Erosion & Sediment Control, How to Install Fiber Rolls) shown as part of the Biennial Training. Based on the completed quizzes from 13 Existing City Staff the annual assessment demonstrates a general understanding of Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping BMPs by the 96% average percentage correct.

During the training, the Staff reviewed the City’s Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Activities Assessment Procedure and took part in an exercise to complete an O&M Activities Assessment Inspection Form.

3.1.5 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5)
The COS continues to participate in the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department's regional water quality monitoring program. The draft Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan (titled Receiving Water Monitoring Plan) FY 2015-2018 was submitted to Region 3 Water Board on December 29, 2014. This plan included a regional monitoring approach for Cities of Buellton, 136
Solvang, Carpinteria, Goleta and the County of Santa Barbara. The Quality Assurance Project Plan along with the updated Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan, revised to address comments from the CCRWQCB was submitted on October 13, 2015, through the SMARTS Database. On March 4, 2016, Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water received Executive Officer Approval for the revised Urban Stormwater Monitoring Plan (USWMP) and the Quality Assurance Plan (QAPP). Monitoring was initiated during Year 3 and results were reported as part of the Year 3 and subsequent Annual Reports.

The results of the USWMP provided a land use-based pollutant load prioritization and reduction model (LPRM) that was used to calculate wet weather loads produced in the monitoring area, prioritize catchments for BMP placement, and evaluate the performance of existing and future BMPs. The monitoring data collected in Year 3 through the activities described in this Plan was used to inform the model, by providing site-specific land use pollutant concentration data. As described within the USWMP, the monitoring outfalls will be selected based on their drainage areas consisting of a more or less homogenous land use category. The first year of wet weather urban runoff was initiated in Year 3.

During Year 3, four storms were monitored at a total of 6 sites representing different land use types. Stormwater run-off was analyzed from 8 to 10 storms and the data was used to revise the event mean concentrations (EMCs) of the model to reflect local runoff concentrations in the modeling results that were reported in the regional 303(d) Monitoring Program FY 2015-2016.

The CCRWQCB issued Technical Report Order 13267 on June 13, 2016, that requires the submission of the following reports that document progress on key activities relating to completing spatially based stormwater volume and pollutant loading estimates:

Report #1: Catchment Delineation and Relevant Attributes that support catchment scale stormwater volume and pollutant loading analysis (Due Date: August 12, 2016).

Report #2: BMP Inventory for all Centralized and Decentralized BMPs within the City; Stormwater Volume and Pollutant Loading-Unmitigated Condition and Catchment RankingUnmitigated Condition for all catchments within the City (Due Date June 30, 2017).

Report #3: BMP Assessment for all BMPs using an effective approach for assessing structural BMP performance, estimate stormwater volume and pollutant load reduction based on the intended BMP function and current BMP condition based on the BMPs ability to function relative to intended design (Due Date: June 30, 2018; Revised Due Date:

October 15, 2018); and
Report #4: Stormwater Program Modifications Fifth Year Report (Due Date: October 15, 2018).

On November 10, 2016, the CCRWQCB provided comments on how to refine the model approach to meet specific requirements listed in Technical Report Order 13267. The CCRWQCB approved the revised LPRM on July 18, 2017, which included the ability to determine the percent capture of the BMPs implemented based on the standard design attributes. The BMPs inventoried along with the results of the BMP Field Assessment will be uploaded to the LPRM and the new modeling results will be reported in the Technical Report Order 13267 Report #3.
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The COS submitted the required Technical Order Reports #1-4 and continues to participate in the regional water quality monitoring program. The Cities will also continue to conduct annual Condition Assessment Observations for each BMP Inventoried in accordance with the Attachment B - BMP Condition Assessment Guidance to the LPR Model Technical Report.

Although water quality monitoring has continued since 2016, the COS sent a Notification Letter to the Central Coast RWQCB on February 4, 2021, regarding the need for temporary adjustment to their Stormwater Program due to COVID-19 directives and related to safety incident involving a sampler. The COS and partner agencies considered these concerns along with the risk involved throughout the sampling procedure to make the decision to postpone any further sampling under the 303(d) sampling program until next season. In lieu of sampling that would have been conducted during Year 8, the COS committed the equivalent amount of funds approximately $1,166* to cleanup/abatement of sediment accumulation impacting Outfall 20 and

21. Following the submittal of the notification letter, the COS allocated additional funds to cleanup/abatement of sediment accumulation impacting Outfall 19.

Note: * = Correction. The cost of Sampling 3 Events is approximately $2,300/year (total~7,000 split amongst partners with County taking 2 portions). The Amount of Equivalent Funds for COS to allocate toward cleanup/abatement is $1,166/year.

Although contracts were executed on May 6, 2021, at a cost of $3,900 for Outfall 20 and 21; and $3,700 for Outfall 19 for a total of $7,600 which exceeded original allocated funds, the work was scheduled in July due to the additional budgetary constraints. The cleanup/abatement work for Outfall 19 was completed by July 16, 2021, with the removal of 1 cubic yard of sediment; and has a tentative date of October 30, 2021, date for needed repair of outfall pipe.

During Year 9, the cleanup/abatement work for Outfall 20 and 21 was completed on August 25, 2021, with the estimated removal of 5 cubic yards of sediment. The Outfall 19 pipe repair was completed on November 19, 2021. In addition, the COS was able to conduct sampling at the low residential site location during the October 25, 2021, rain event. Based on review of 3 years’ worth of data, it was determined that the low density residential site in Solvang would not need to be sampled as part of the 303(d) sampling program during the December 13, 2021, storm event due to having sufficient data for this land use type. As a member of the regional monitoring program, COS will be working with the Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water and monitoring partners to determine a new multi-family or high density residential sampling location in order to develop a fuller data set for the LPR model in Year 10.

During Year 10, the Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water did identify a new high density residential location for sampling as part of the 303(d) sampling program; and subsequently sampled from the location during the reporting year.

3.2 SEDIMENTATION / SILTATION (Total Suspended Solids)

3.2.1 Education and Outreach (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3)

3.2.1.1 Brochure Distribution
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interactions with applicants visiting the Planning Department Counter related to Sediment include:

BMP Guides: 17 Construction Industry’s Guide to BMPs
Brochures: 3 Prevent Soil Erosion on Your Property – A Homeowner’s Guide to Erosion Control.

The COS will continue to distribute educational materials to construction site operators during initial interactions in the field.

3.2.1.2 Website File Views/Hits
Note: On January 1, 2022, the City’s website platform was changed from Civic Plus to Google Analytics.

With this change, the City has been unable to recreate a new Website Hits/Download Report that disseminates the information in a format that provides the differentiation for the number of hits or downloads of each of the BMP guides, brochures and posters Sediment related outreach materials received during the reporting year. The City is actively working to recapture this capability through working with the City’s IT/website contractor and through staff training.

During Year 10, the COS’s website maintained the following Sediment related outreach materials:

BMP Guides: Construction Industry’s Guide to BMPs (English and Spanish) Brochures: Prevent Soil Erosion on Your Property – A Homeowner’s Guide to Erosion Control
Posters: EPA’s Stormwater and the Construction Industry Poster.

In Year 11, the COS will continue to maintain weblinks to additional resources on the City’s Stormwater Management website to the Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water and California Stormwater Quality Association.

3.2.1.3 Construction Outreach
During Year 10, the COS to maintain connections to construction contractors through monthly inspections that are designed to ensure BMPs have been maintained, evaluate the effectiveness of the BMPs installed and to verify that pollutants have not discharged into a receiving water body.

In addition, the City continued to forward Free Training Opportunities to 44 Project Developers, Designers, Engineers, Architects, and/or Landscape Architects that are known to work within the City of Solvang. The free virtual training opportunities included:
(1) April 27, 2023 – Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Program, PostConstruction Stormwater Training (2) May 18, 2023 – Monterey Regional Stormwater Management Program, How to Maintain Bioretention Facilities
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(3) June 6, 2023 - San Luis Obispo, Draft Post-Construction Stormwater Guide Review In Year 11, the COS continues to forward training/workshop information to construction site operators when opportunities become available. In addition, the COS will also be sending a copy of the updated Construction Industry’s Guide to BMPs via email to all Construction Site Superintendent/Representative, Property Owner/Legally Responsible Person, Project Engineer of Record, Qualified SWPPP Developer. Qualified SWPPP Practitioner for construction projects active by the time of issuance.

3.2.1.4 Permittee Staff Training
There was 2 Contract Staff was provided Permittee Staff Training which covered topics such as:
construction stormwater awareness, stormwater outreach materials (Construction Industry’s Guide to BMP and Stormwater and the Construction Industry Poster), Construction Site Inventory and PCR Tracking Log, Erosion and Sediment Control Review Plan Checklist, Stormwater Control Plan Review Checklist, Construction Site Stormwater Compliance Inspection Checklist, the Post-Construction Resolution and the Santa Barbara County Stormwater Technical Guide. Based on the completed quizzes from 2 Contract Staff who conduct Plan Review, the Staff demonstrated an understanding of the training topic via a 95% average percentage correct. The 1 Contract Staff conducting inspections demonstrated an understanding of erosion and sediment control via a score of 100%.

3.2.2 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (CASQA Outcome Level 4)

3.2.2.1 Legal Authority
The COS continued to implement its IDDE Program through SMC Title 14 Stormwater Management also known as the Stormwater Management Ordinance and the COS Stormwater Program Management Certification Statement which provides the COS full legal authority to implement and enforce each of the NPDES Phase II MS4 General Permit requirements.

3.2.2.2 IDDE Procedures
The COS continues to implement a Spill Response Plan which provides guidance to City Staff responding to a complaint or notice of a spill, illicit discharge, or illegal connection; and investigating to locate and identify the source of a non-stormwater discharge.

3.2.3.3 IDDE Site Investigations/Inspections/Enforcement During Year 10, there were 4 site investigations associated with sediment related discharges (2- Construction; 1 Residential; 1 Unknown Responsible Party that discharged soil onto Alamo Pintado a& Mission which was cleaned up by Caltrans). As part of the Stormwater Management Program, the COS continues to work with construction contractors, residents, and businesses to resolve any corrective actions and/or discrepancies found during the inspection and through receipt of a notification or complaint.

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3.2.3.1 Permit Issuance/Plan Approvals
During Year 10, the COS issued 0 new construction site grading permit for a project that required an E&SCP and a Stormwater Control Plan (SWCP) but not a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). In total, the COS approved 1 Erosion & Sediment Control Plan and 1 Stormwater Control Plan As Built.

3.2.3.2 Construction Site Inspections/Enforcement
The COS inspected 4 construction sites monthly during Active Construction. Two (2) of the 4 construction sites transitioned from an active construction inspection to a following active construction inspection and will continue to be inspected monthly until such time, the project is deemed closed. The project status of the 5 construction sites are as follows: On-Hold (PendingNo Soil Disturbance)-1, Active Construction-2, and Closed-2. In total, the COS conducted 0 Prior to Land Disturbance (during rainy season) Inspections, 28 Active Construction Inspections, 6 Following Active Construction Inspection.

In Year 11, the COS will continue to monitor the erosion and sediment control measures at each construction site and continue to work with construction contractors to resolve any corrective actions and/or discrepancies found during the inspection. The City also continue to send NOAA Hourly Weather updates when rainfall estimates are 0.5 inches or greater to encourage inspection of the construction sites and install/repair/replace erosion and sediment control BMPs or other temporary BMPs as needed to secure the site prior to rain.

3.2.4 Post-Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3) During Year 10, all 4 construction sites received discretionary/ministerial approval after March 6, 2014. All 4 construction projects were required to develop a SWCP to comply with PCR Measures. All 4 construction sites have or will be implementing LID measures.

3.2.5 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping (CASQA Outcome Level 2-3)

3.2.5.1 Street Sweeping
During Year 10, the COS Street Sweeping Maintenance Contractor continued to conduct Street Sweeping Activities on all municipal streets (residential and arterial city streets) bi-monthly, downtown village area once per month, alleys downtown every month, and Hans Christian Andersen Park and Sunny Fields Park quarterly. By conducting street sweeping activities on a regular basis, the COS minimizes sediment and other pollutants from entering the storm drain conveyance system.

3.2.5.2 Storm Drain Assessing & Prioritizing Maintenance Activities The COS continued the implementation of the Storm Drain System Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Assessing & Prioritizing Maintenance Activities to comply with all required program elements of the NPDES Phase II MS4 General Permit. The COS has over 360 drainage structures (including approximately 209 catch basins, 10 drop inlets, 29 inlets, 22 outfalls, 1 detention basin, etc.) that are routinely inspected and managed by City staff. It is cost prohibitive to inspect every linear foot of the City’s large storm drain system on a short-term schedule. For this reason, the City uses a planning approach to focus inspection of catch basin, 141
inlet, drain structures deemed high priority for inspection based on the geographical location within a priority land use area. The City used the GIS database to develop the method for prioritizing and assessing the inventory and will continue with the assessment method as outlined within the Storm Drain System SOP.

During Year 10, the COS was able to perform storm drain inspections of the high priority catch basins but was not able to remove trash and debris from all of the high priority facilities that were identified due to staffing constraints as result of reduced manpower, internal reorganization, staffing level reductions and limited availability of staff with confined space training or that could operate the vactor truck. The City was able to clean high priority areas that did not require vactor trucks or confined space entry restrictions. In total, the COS inspected 84 of 86 catch basin, inlet and drainage structures deemed high priority within the priority land use area. Two (2) of these structures were not inspected due to structure access issues (lid would not open) and required further evaluation by City Staff.

Since the inspections were completed, the COS re-evaluated all priority land use areas to confirm all catch basin, inlet, and drainage structures within those areas. This evaluation provided the City the opportunity to modify its GIS database to assign an attribute to all catch basins that meet the criteria of High Priority. This attribute designation has allowed the city to redefine its inventory to identify high priority structures that require annual inspection and maintenance (if needed).

Through a re-evaluation, it was determined that the COS has 80 high priority catch basins located within the designated priority land use areas. Following this determination, the COS incorporated an inventory of high priority catch basins within the Storm Drain System SOP. In addition, the COS also replaced the High Priority Infrastructure Map within the Storm Drain System SOP with a series of Storm Drain Maintenance Atlas Maps which identify each of the locations of the high priority catch basins. The Storm Drain System SOP modifications will assist City Staff with assessing and prioritization of inspections and maintenance activities.

In Year 11, the City will be inspecting all high priority structures and will conduct and/or coordinate maintenance activities as needed. Public Works Staff has now received the requisite confined space training necessary to complete the maintenance and cleaning.

3.2.5.3 Hotspot Inspections
The COS does not have any “Confirmed” or “Severe” Hotspot” that required quarterly inspections. During Year 10, the COS performed annual inspections on 2 locations that are deemed “Potential” Hotspots – (1) Municipal Annex Building/Maintenance Shop; and (2) Corporate Yard. All observations from facility assessments were recorded on Hotspot Site Investigation Forms that were completed in accordance with the Center for Watershed Protection’s Restoration Manual Series guide on Urban Subwatershed and Site Reconnaissance: A User’s Manual. Observations included any potential and observed pollution sources from vehicle operations, outdoor materials, waste management, and physical plant (including building maintenance, parking lots, downspouts, onsite construction activities), turf/landscaping areas and storm water infrastructure at these facilities.

3.2.6 Water Quality Monitoring (CASQA Outcome Level 5)
The COS continues to participate in the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department's regional water quality monitoring program. The draft Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan (titled 142
Receiving Water Monitoring Plan) FY 2015-2018 was submitted to Region 3 Water Board on December 29, 2014. This plan included a regional monitoring approach for Cities of Buellton, Solvang, Carpinteria, Goleta and the County of Santa Barbara. The Quality Assurance Project Plan along with the updated Urban Storm Water Monitoring Plan, revised to address comments from the CCRWQCB was submitted on October 13, 2015, through the SMARTS Database. On March 4, 2016, Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water received Executive Officer Approval for the revised Urban Stormwater Monitoring Plan (USWMP) and the Quality Assurance Plan (QAPP). Monitoring was initiated during Year 3 and results were reported as part of the Year 3 and subsequent Annual Reports.

The results of the USWMP provided a land use-based prioritization and reduction (LPRM) model that was used to calculate wet weather loads produced in the monitoring area, prioritize catchments for BMP placement, and evaluate the performance of existing and future BMPs. The Plan was used to inform the model, by providing site-specific land use pollutant concentration data. As described within the USWMP, the monitoring outfalls were selected based on their drainage areas consisting of a more or less homogenous land use category. The first year of wet weather urban runoff was initiated in Year 3.

Report #1: Catchment Delineation and Relevant Attributes that support catchment scale stormwater volume and pollutant loading analysis (Due Date: August 12, 2016); Report #2: BMP Inventory for all Centralized and Decentralized BMPs within the City; Stormwater Volume and Pollutant Loading-Unmitigated Condition and Catchment Ranking-Unmitigated Condition for all catchments within the City (Due Date June 30, 2017); Report #3: BMP Assessment for all BMPs using an effective approach for assessing structural BMP performance, estimate stormwater volume and pollutant load reduction based on the intended BMP function and current BMP condition based on the BMPs ability to function relative to intended design (Due Date: June 30, 2018; Revised Due Date: October 15, 2018); and Report #4: Stormwater Program Modifications Fifth Year Report (Due Date: October 15, 2018).

The COS submitted the required Technical Order Reports #1-4 and continues to participate in the regional water quality monitoring program. The Cities will also continue to conduct annual Condition Assessment Observations for each BMP Inventoried in accordance with the Attachment B - BMP Condition Assessment Guidance to the LPR Model Technical Report. 143
Although water quality monitoring has continued since 2016, the COS sent a Notification Letter to the Central Coast RWQCB on February 4, 2021, regarding the need for temporary adjustment to their Stormwater Program due to COVID-19 directives and related to safety incident involving a sampler. The COS and partner agencies considered these concerns along with the risk involved throughout the sampling procedure to make the decision to postpone any further sampling under the 303(d) sampling program until next season. In lieu of sampling that would have been conducted during Year 8, the COS committed the equivalent amount of funds approximately $1,166* to cleanup/abatement of sediment accumulation impacting Outfall 20 and

21. Following the submittal of the notification letter, the COS allocated additional funds to cleanup/abatement of sediment accumulation impacting Outfall 19.

In Year 10, the Santa Barbara County Project Clean Water did identify a new high density residential location for sampling as part of the 303(d) sampling program; and subsequently sampled from the location during the reporting year.

4.0 SHORT- AND LONG-TERM PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
During Year 10, the COS was determined to maintain its two short term goals: (1) Comply with the NPDES Phase II MS4 General Permit requirements and to fully implement the SOPs developed during this permit term to minimize the identified high- and medium-priority POCs from entering the Storm Drain System; and (2) Continue its education and outreach efforts and to collect and track program data that will be used to modify and improve the City’s Storm Water Management Program.

The COS maintains its long-term goal of the effectiveness assessment program to reduce pollutants from the MS4 to the maximum extent practicable. By applying BMPs that are effective in reducing or eliminating the discharge of pollutants to the waters of the U.S. Through the emphasis of pollutant reduction and source control BMPs prevent pollutants from entering storm water run-off. The COS recognizes that this is a dynamic process and may require changes over time as we gain experience and as new science and technologies become available. 144
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Preface
The California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) is a nonprofit corporation that advances sustainable stormwater management protective of California water resources. With approximately 2,000 members, CASQA’s membership is comprised of a diverse range of stormwater quality management organizations and individuals, including cities, counties, special districts, federal agencies, state agencies, ports, universities and school districts, wastewater agencies, water suppliers, industries, and consulting firms throughout the state. Collectively, CASQA represents over 36 million people in California.

This report provides CASQA’s members with focused information on its efforts to raise awareness about the connection between pesticide use and water quality through the Our Water, Our World program (OWOW). The goal of Our Water, Our World is to support a statewide integrated pest management (IPM) outreach program that provides direct to consumer information on less-toxic IPM practices.

By focusing on true source control and public outreach, OWOW advances Principles 1 and 3 of CASQA’s Vision for Sustainable Stormwater Management.
1 Acknowledgements
Our Water, Our World is funded by CASQA, the organizations implementing the OWOW program (see Table 1 in Section 2 of this report) and is sponsored by the Bay Area Clean Water Association (BACWA). This report was prepared by CASQA with support from Suzanne Bontempo.

Disclaimer
Neither CASQA, Suzanne Bontempo, any contributors, nor the authors make any warranty, expressed or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for any third party’s use of this report or the consequences of use of any information, product, or process described in this report. Mention of trade names or commercial products, organization, or suppliers does not constitute an actual or implied endorsement or recommendation for or against use, or warranty of products.

Copyright@ 2023 California Stormwater Quality Association All rights reserved. CASQA member organizations who have subscribed to Our Water, Our World may include this report in their annual reports, provided credit is provided to CASQA. Short sections of text, not to exceed three paragraphs, may be quoted without written permission provided that full attribution is given to the source. 1 https://www.casqa.org/sites/default/files/downloads/final_-_vision_for_sustainable_stormwater_management_-_10-07-2020.pdf 148
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Table of Contents
Preface ...............................................................................................................................................................2 Acknowledgements .....................................................................................................................................................2 Disclaimer ...............................................................................................................................................................2 Table of Contents.........................................................................................................................................................3 Section 1. Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................4 Section 2. Program Elements ....................................................................................................................................4

2.1 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Advocates ................................................................................................4

2.2 Educational Materials........................................................................................................................................4

2.3 Trade Shows.....................................................................................................................................................5 Section 3: Partnerships ..............................................................................................................................................5 Section 4. Annual Program Implementation...........................................................................................................10

4.1 IPM Advocates................................................................................................................................................10

4.2 Educational Outreach Materials......................................................................................................................10

4.3 Vendor Outreach.............................................................................................................................................12

4.4 Training and Outreach for Retailers and Consumers......................................................................................12 Section 5. Program Development............................................................................................................................14

5.1 Updates in Progress .......................................................................................................................................14

5.2 Future Considerations.....................................................................................................................................14 Appendix A – Example Outreach Materials ..............................................................................................................A Appendix B – 2023 Product Lists ..............................................................................................................................B Appendix C – The Home Depot Support Letter........................................................................................................C 149
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Section 1. Introduction
Our Water, Our World (OWOW) is an award-winning partnership between municipal agencies and garden centers and hardware stores that sell pest control products. Initiated in 1998, the program focuses on less-toxic, eco-friendly products and techniques as many common pesticides are harmful to sensitive species and ecosystems when they reach local creeks, bays, and the ocean.

OWOW started as a pilot project in 1998, in just a handful of stores, initiated by the Central Contra Costa County Sanitation District, the City of Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant, and the Marin Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program. The program quickly grew and was administered by the former Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association from 1999 – 2021. During that time, over 130 agencies in 16 counties implemented the program, working in approximately 239 stores. Starting in January 2022, the program was transferred to CASQA, with the goal of providing statewide access to this important and successful outreach program.

From a stormwater management perspective, OWOW is an excellent opportunity and cost-efficient way to educate the public and reduce toxicity in waterways from current use pesticides. Several municipalities utilize OWOW to meet permit requirements, including the San Francisco Bay Area Municipal Regional Permit2, the Central Valley Region-wide MS43, and the Phase II – Small MS4 General Permit4.

This report provides a summary of the OWOW program activities implemented between July 2022 and June 2023.

Section 2. Program Elements
The OWOW program consists of several elements, which are integral to its effectiveness.

2.1 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) ADVOCATES
IPM Advocates are individuals who have been trained on how to engage with retailers and the public. They provide local implementation of the program on behalf of participating agencies. Local implementation generally consists of coordinating with participating retailers to provide in-store displays, shelf tags, in-store presentations and training, and advice to customers about pest management methods that are healthier for people and the environment.

Additionally, IPM Advocates receive annual continuing education and training.

2.2 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
In the store, consumers are directed to less-toxic products and techniques through:
• Fact sheet displays near pest products to educate the public on a wide range of pest management topics. • Shelf tags to guide customers to less-toxic products. • Display posters with QR codes linking directly to the OWOW website and fact sheets. 2 Municipal Regional NPDES Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements General Permit for Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4), California Regional Water Quality Control Board – San Francisco Bay Region, 2022.

Water Quality (WQ) Order R2-2022-0018-DWQ, NPDES NO. CAS612008, CA. 3 Municipal Regional NPDES Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements General Permit for Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4), California Regional Water Quality Control Board – Central Valley, 2016. Water Quality (WQ) Order R5-2016-0040-DWQ, NPDES NO. CAS0085324, CA.
4 NPDES Permit for Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from Small MS4, California State Resources Control Board, 2013. WQ Order 2013-0001-DWQ, NPDES No. CAS000004, CA.
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On the OWOW website, consumers can view the following:
• All 18 fact sheets.
• Stores participating in the OWOW program.
• Lists of less-toxic products and active ingredients.

2.3 TRADE SHOWS
OWOW representatives provide exhibits annually at trade shows to educate store buyers on less-toxic products.

Participation in these events helps ensure stores carry less-toxic products.

Section 3: Partnerships
The program is administered by CASQA, implemented by local cities and counties, with IPM Advocates and University of California Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM) serving as collaborative partners, as shown in Figure 1.

CASQA manages and provides the central services necessary to operate and maintain Our Water, Our World, including the development of the in-store education materials (e.g., less-toxic product lists, label files, and active ingredient lists), creation and updates of outreach materials, operation and updates to the OWOW website, vendor (i.e., retail partners and pesticide distributors) outreach, preparation of an annual report, fulfillment of outreach materials orders, and program management and development.

IPM Advocates are trained individuals that support local implementation of the OWOW program. They provide retail stores, nurseries, hardware stores, and garden centers direct to consumer information on integrated pest management tools, products, and practices. IPM Advocates are the link between the municipalities and the retailers where they reach consumers. Suzanne Bontempo was contracted by CASQA to coordinate the IPM Advocates to keep continuity within the program, hold regular meetings to communicate updates on new pests and new pest management techniques, and maintain the outreach material. The active IPM Advocates include Suzanne Bontempo, Debi Tidd, Julie Barbour, Lorenzo Levinger, Charlotte Canner, Maris Sidenstacker, and Lisa Ratusz.

The UC IPM Program provides research and expertise on IPM practices promoted throughout the state and maintains a website of less-toxic IPM for nearly 1000 home, garden, landscape, and turf pests. Karey WindbielRojas, Staff Director for Urban and Community IPM, UC IPM Program has been involved with the IPM Advocate program since its inception and continues to assist with advocate training, technical resources on pest management practices, and as a liaison with UC resources.

Municipal agencies subscribe to OWOW through CASQA and implement the OWOW program in their local retail stores by contracting with IPM Advocates, using municipal staff or other contractors. Implementation may occur by a single agency at stores within their jurisdiction or organized at a regional scale, where agencies combine resources to implement the OWOW program at select stores used by multiple jurisdictions. In addition, municipal agencies conduct outreach to inform residents about the OWOW program. Table 1 provides the list of agencies implementing OWOW as of June 30, 2023. Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) continue to support the OWOW program as a sponsor.
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Figure 1. OWOW Program Roles and Responsibilities
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Table 1. Agencies Implementing OWOW
Bay Area
Alameda County
Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation
District
Alameda County Public Works Agency
City of Alameda
City of Albany
City of American Canyon
City of Antioch
City of Belmont
City of Belvedere
City of Berkeley
City of Brentwood
City of Brisbane
City of Burlingame
City of Calistoga
City of Campbell
City of Clayton
City of Cloverdale
City of Concord
City of Cotati
City of Cupertino
City of Daly City
City of Dublin
City of East Palo Alto
City of El Cerrito
City of Emeryville
City of Foster City
City of Fremont
City of Half Moon Bay
City of Hayward
City of Healdsburg
City of Hercules
City of Lafayette
City of Larkspur
City of Livermore
City of Los Altos
City of Martinez
City of Menlo Park
City of Mill Valley
City of Millbrae
City of Milpitas
City of Monte Sereno
City of Mountain View
City of Napa
City of Newark
City of Novato
City of Oakland
City of Oakley
City of Orinda
City of Pacifica
City of Palo Alto
City of Piedmont
City of Pinole
City of Pittsburg
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Bay Area (Con’t)
City of Pleasant Hill
City of Pleasanton
City of Redwood City
City of Richmond
City of Rohnert Park
City of San Bruno
City of San Carlos
City of San Jose
City of San Leandro
City of San Mateo
City of San Pablo
City of San Rafael
City of San Ramon
City of Santa Clara
City of Santa Rosa
City of Saratoga
City of Sausalito
City of Sebastopol
City of South San Francisco
City of St. Helena
City of Sunnyvale
City of Ukiah
City of Walnut Creek
Contra Costa Clean Water Program
Contra Costa County
County of Alameda
County of Marin
County of Napa
County of San Mateo
County of Santa Clara
Marin Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Program
Mendocino County
Napa Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Program
San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention
Program
Sonoma County
Sonoma County Water Agency
Town of Atherton
Town of Colma
Town of Corte Madera
Town of Danville
Town of Fairfax
Town of Hillsborough
Town of Los Altos Hills
Town of Portola Valley
Town of Ross
Town of San Anselmo
Town of Tiburon
Town of Windsor
Town of Woodside
Town of Yountville
Union City
Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District
Valley Water (Santa Clara Valley Water District)
Zone 7 Water Agency
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Central Valley
Butte County
City of Ceres
City of Davis
City of Dixon
City of Escalon
City of Lathrop
City of Lincoln
City of Lodi
City of Manteca
City of Newman
City of Patterson
City of Ripon
City of Riverbank
City of Roseville
City of Sacramento
City of Stockton
City of Tracy
City of Turlock
City of West Sacramento
City of Woodland
City of Yuba City
County of Sacramento
County of San Joaquin
El Dorado County
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
Mountain House Community Service District
San Joaquin County
Stanislaus County
Yuba City
Central Coast
City Buellton
City of Carmel-by-the Sea
City of Carpinteria
City of Del Rey Oaks
City of Goleta
City of Monterey
City of Pacific Grove
City of Sand City
City of Santa Maria
City of Seaside
City of Solvang
County of Monterey
Santa Barbara County
Southern California
City of Santa Clarita
Sponsor
Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA)
Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership
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Section 4. Annual Program Implementation
The following OWOW outreach services were conducted between July 2022 and June 2023.

4.1 IPM ADVOCATES
After training by the University of California IPM Program, IPM Advocates are contracted by local municipalities and then assigned to stores, where they pass on their knowledge to staff and hold educational events for customers. Excellent relationships between the IPM Advocates and store management and staff are key to the successful promotion of lesstoxic, eco-friendly projects.

IPM Coordination
Ms. Bontempo held regular IPM Advocate coordination meetings to communicate updates on new pests and new pest management techniques.

4.2 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH MATERIALS
Educational materials include fact sheets for specific pests, gardening and pesticide applications, shelf tags to identify ecofriendly products in stores, and the OWOW website that makes the material accessible to the public. Examples of OWOW outreach materials are provided in Appendix A.

Fact Sheets
There are 18 OWOW fact sheets available, including four (4) available in Spanish. Starting in January 2022, posters with trackable QR codes were made available in the pesticides aisle to encourage consumers to digitally access the OWOW fact sheets. The trackable QR codes record which fact sheets are viewed by consumers in retail stores. According to the data from the QR code posters, between July 2022 and June 2023, the three most viewed fact sheets were ‘Ants,’ ‘Rats and Mice,’ and ‘Moles, Voles, and Gophers.’ Table 2 presents a summary of QR code scans for each fact sheet.

Additionally, Figure 2 shows the frequency of QR code scans per month for the reporting period.

Website
The OWOW website provides public access to the fact sheets, the less-toxic product list, and the Store Finder, which is an interactive map to search for participating stores. Updates to the Store Finder are made on a quarterly basis. During the 2022 – 2023 reporting year, 39 stores were added to the OWOW program and made available on the Store Finder.

Store-based Product Lists
The store-based product lists provide the current lists of the eco-friendly products that Home Depot and Ace Hardware stores sell each year. IPM Advocates use the store-based product lists to identify the eco-friendly products on store shelves using labels or “shelf talkers/tags.” Each year, the product lists are reviewed, and updates are made as needed in consultation with subject matter experts. Appendix B provides the product lists for 2023. 156
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Table 2. QR Code Scans by OWOW Product from July 2022 to June 2023 OWOW Product QR Code Scans
OWOW Website 145
Ants 268
Aphids 152
Bed Bugs 73
Cockroaches 161
Fleas 143
Healthy Gardens 72
Hiring a Pest Company 13
Lawns 20
Moles Voles Gophers 263
Mosquitoes 140
Pesticide Use & Disposal 24
Pesticides & Water Quality 11
Rats & Mice 213
Roses 106
Snails & Slugs 118
Spiders 89
Weeds 59
Yellowjackets 54
Spanish Fact Sheets 30
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4.3 VENDOR OUTREACH
Education of vendors and retailers on less-toxic products is a critical step to ensure stores carry less-toxic products.

Retail Partners
Ms. Bontempo led collaboration with key retail partners. During the past year, she maintained OWOW’s relationship with the Home Depot Corporate Sustainability Officer and communicated quarterly to Home Depot Corporate to keep goals aligned and to provide updates on OWOW activities in the stores. Each year OWOW receives a letter of support from the Home Depot Corporate Sustainability Officer that facilitates collaboration with local retailers (see Appendix C). Home Depot Corporate is a model retailer partner and OWOW strives to replicate this partnership with other retailers and vendors. In 2023, a successful collaboration with Outdoor Supply Hardware (OSH) led to bringing 11 of the 14 OSH stores into the OWOW program. Including these OSH stores, 39 new retailers, primarily from the Central Valley region, joined the OWOW program between July 2022 and June 2023. These additions, from counties Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Placer, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Stanislaus, demonstrate the expanding reach of the OWOW program.

Vendor Communication
Established relationships with national pesticide manufacturers and annual communication with vendors is essential to learn about new pesticide active ingredients, products, and market trends. Key vendors have reported many obstacles in 2023 as follows:
• Supply chains are still straining product supply.
• Consumers continue tend to purchase less plants and related products. • Consumer expendable cash flow is less available due to inflation and fuel cost.

Trade Show Booths
Attending trade shows provides an opportunity to meet vendors, learn about the new products coming to the California marketplace, answer questions, and provide mentorship to the retail buyers. In 2022 – 2023, OWOW representatives attended the following trade show events:
• BFG Marketplace Expo, Reno NV, October 22 – Retailer Show • Northern California Home & Landscape Expo, Sacramento CA, February 2023 – Consumer Show • NorCal Landscape Trade Show, San Mateo, CA, February 2023 – Landscape & Garden Professional Show

4.4 TRAINING AND OUTREACH FOR RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS
IPM Advocates and other OWOW service providers conduct OWOW outreach activities to educate retailers and consumers at the local level. Local OWOW implementation activities vary between agencies. Many agencies receive tailored OWOW reports from their contracted IPM Advocate with a summary of their local OWOW data (for example, the number of trainings, the number of staff trained, and/or the number of fact sheet distributed).

IPM Advocates provided OWOW services to approximately 282 participating retailers throughout California. Table 3 provides a summary of outreach activities between July 2022 and June 2023. These activities were funded by the stormwater programs of local municipalities.
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Table 3. Summary of Outreach Activities
Audience OWOW Outreach Activity
Retailers 282 retailers participated in the OWOW program 162 trainings conducted
1,034 retail staff trained
Direct to Consumer 168 public outreach events
15,532 people attended these public outreach events (In person and virtually) 2,154 scans of QR Codes for OWOW fact sheets
IPM Advocates and other OWOW service providers conducted 154 trainings and trained 960 retail store staff. The training topics include IPM and strategies for managing pest problems with less-toxic and eco-friendly products. In addition, IPM Advocates provided tips for new gardeners and how to protect gardens in the time of drought. Education has expanded to include protecting gardens during times of drought since plants are more prone to pest problems when they are (drought) stressed. IPM Advocates provided additional digital support, which included a biannual retailer e-newsletter, along with online webinars and social media posts aimed at the public.

Retailer e-Newsletter
A biannual newsletter is emailed to participating retailers at the beginning of spring and fall. This newsletter contains information on seasonal pest problems and eco-management solutions. These newsletters help store staff, including managers, stay current on pest problems that might be affecting their customers. Many of the managers print the OWOW newsletter and post it for all staff to review. Out of the 282 retailers, 161 retailers receive the e-newsletter.

IPM Educational Webinars
Webinars were developed in lieu of in-person outreach events during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. These webinars have grown in popularity and now are a regular service provided by IPM Advocates to agencies that contract with them at the local scale. Each registrant received a program outline and a ‘Helpful Gardening Resource’ page.

Outreach Barriers
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Section 5. Program Development
To support a growing demand for OWOW outreach material and IPM Advocates, there are efforts currently underway, as well as future considerations, to advance the OWOW program.

5.1 UPDATES IN PROGRESS
Fact Sheets and Pocket Guide
In 2023, four fact sheets and the pocket guide are undergoing review for technical accuracy by subject matter experts.

The fact sheets undergoing review include Ants (both English and Spanish), Yellowjackets, Pesticides and Water Quality, and Fleas. The revised fact sheets will be made available to OWOW subscribers in Fall 2023. Additional fact sheets will undergo review in 2024.

Universal Product List
The Universal Product List is an Excel spreadsheet that modifies the existing store-based products lists with added functionality for sorting products by pest, product name, brand, and active ingredient. The Universal Product List will first be made available to IPM Advocates and subscribing agencies. A future consideration is transforming the spreadsheet into a user-friendly database available on the OWOW website so consumers could have an easier time finding less-toxic products for their pest problems.

5.2 FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
Implementation and Guidance Handbook
To bring consistency to the OWOW program’s implementation, the Implementing an IPM Partnership: A How-To Manual dated March 2000, will be revised to describe current practices and responsibilities for OWOW subscribing agencies, IPM Advocates, and participating retailers. The primary goal of the Implementation and Guidance Handbook is to describe the core elements of local implementation, establish an annual reporting schedule, and provide consistency in retailer trainings, materials, displays, and communication.

IPM Advocate Training Program
To operate at a statewide scale, and in a sustainable manner, certain aspects of the existing OWOW program must be formalized and expanded. In 2022, CASQA began developing an outline for an IPM Advocate Training Program. As part of this initiative, CASQA intends to work with and potentially partner with Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).

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Figure A1. Trackable QR Code Poster in Store Aisle
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Figure A2. Ant Fact Sheet
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Figure A3. Spring e-Newsletter Page 1
OWOW Retail Newsletter Spring 2023 Edition
Spring garden pests that love cool, rainy spring weather☔ With the abundance of rains this season, we are also seeing an abundance of rainy season garden pests, such as slugs, earwigs, mushrooms, weeds, and assorted plant diseases. Here we will review management tips that you can share with your customers. 1) Slugs & Snails " -
Remind customers to remove any soggy or rotting leaves from the plant, clear the base of the plant removing any debris to ensure the crown is clear.

Though eco-friendly slug & snail baits containing iron phosphate are favorable, they will dissolve with rainy conditions. Exclude slugs & snails by placing a barrier of copper tape around plants.

Placing chunky bark mulch around slug & snail prone plants will reduce their activity as they are less likely to cross the chunky bark mulch.

After the rainy season when irrigation systems are on, avoid watering at night which favors slug & snail activity. Advise your customers to water during the sunrise hours; 4am-7am is best for the overall health of the garden.

You can read more about slug & snail management here.
2) Earwigs #-
Insecticides are typically not effective for earwig control. Make a trap! You might sell earwig traps or you can coach folks on how to make a simple trap as shown on the UCIPM website.

Though earwig baits containing iron phosphate & Spinosad are available, they will dissolve with rainy conditions. Best to wait until the rains stop before using.

After the rainy season when irrigation systems are on, avoid watering at night which favors slug & snail activity. Advise your customers to water during the sunrise hours, 4am-7am is best for the overall health of the garden.
3) Mushrooms $-
We will have more customers asking about how to remove mushrooms from their lawn or garden areas. Mushrooms often are a sign of a healthy garden environment and commonly appear in moist soils after the rain or with frequent irrigation. They are short lived and will disappear on their own.

Careful handling and proper identification are important when making decisions about removing mushrooms in the garden. You can find more information here on the UC IPM mushroom page. 4) Weeds %-
Keep weeds in check. Best management is to remove with tools or hand pull when they are young, once the soil has dried enough to walk on. Mow or trip taller weeds or use grazing animals. Take advantage of the benefits sheet mulching offers. There are many effective eco-herbicides available.

Always read the label and apply according to that label. Avoid letting weeds go to seed.

You can find eco-friendly herbicides and more about managing weeds here. 5) Plant diseases&-
There is a good chance we will see an abundance of plant diseases due to the cool, wet spring weather. Proper identification is key to pest management. The UC IPM website can help with identification. Look up the plant and then from there you will find a list of pests common to that plant.

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Appendix B – 2023 Product Lists
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2023 Home Depot Product List
Pesticide Bays
Amdro Gopher Traps
BioAdvanced Organics Houseplant Insect & Mite Control
BioAdvanced Organics Tomato, Vegetable & Fruit Insect
Control
Bird-B-Gone Stainless Steel Bird Spikes
Black Flag Handheld Bug Zapper
Black Flag Pantry Pest Trap
Black Flag Roach Motel
Bonide Cpt Jack's Copper Fungicide
Bonide Cpt Jack's Dead Weed Brew
Bonide Cpt Jack's Insecticidal Super Soap
Bonide Cpt Jack's Lawn Weed Brew
Bonide Cpt Jack's Neem Max 70%
Bonide Cpt Jack's Neem Oil
Bonide Cpt Jack's Orchard Spray
Bonide Cpt Jack's Rose Rx
Bonide Cpt Jack's Tomato & Vegetable
Bonide Mole Max
Bonide Repels All
Buggy Bands Mosquito Repellent
Buggy Beds Bed Bug Trap
Critter Ridder
Cutter Essentials Bug Control
Cutter Essentials Outdoor Fogger
Dr. Earth Pest Control Insect Killer
EcoLogic Ant & Roach Killer
EcoLogic Bed Bug Killer
EcoLogic Home Insect Control 2
EcoLogig Flying Insect Killer
First Saturday Lime Insect Repellent
Fly Swatter
Garden Safe Fungicide 3
Garden Safe Houseplant & Garden
Garden Safe Insecticidal Soap
Garden Safe Multi Garden Insect
Garden Safe Neem Oil Extract
Garden Safe Rose & Flower
Garden Safe Slug & Snail
Gopher Traps
Green Gobbler 20% Vinegar Weed Killer
Harris Diatomaceous Earth
Harris Roach Killing Powder
Harris Roach Tablets
Havahart Live Animal Trap
Hot Shot Bed Bug Killer Dust
Liquid Fence Deer & Rabbit Repellent
Monterey Nematode Control
Mosquito Dunks
Mouse Traps
Mouse X
Organiocide Bee Safe 3-in-1 Garden Spray
Ortho Bed Bug Trap
Ortho Ground Clear Weed & Grass Killer (green label)
Owl, Garden Defense
Preen Natural Weed Prevent
Raid Ant Baits III
Raid Fly Ribbon
Raid Fly Stick
Raid Fly Trap
Raid Window Fly Trap
Rat Traps
Rat X
Rescue Fly Trap
Rescue Fly Trap Refill
Rescue Outdoor Fly Trap
Rescue W-H-Y Trap
Rescue W-H-Y Trap Refills
Rescue Yellow Jacket Trap
Rescue Yellow Jacket Trap Cartridge
Rescue Yellow Jacket Trap Refill
Safer Brand Ant, Roach & Spider Killer
Safer Brand Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer
Safer Brand Home Indoor Pest Control
Safer Brand Home Multi-Insect Killer (DE)
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Safer Brand Indoor Fly Trap
Safer Brand Indoor Fly Trap Refills
Safer Brand Snake Shield
Sevin 2-in-1 Sulphur Dust
Skunk Scram Repellent Granules
Southern Ag Thuricide Bt
Terro Fruit Fly Trap
Terro Liquid Ant Bait ll
Terro Liquid Ant Killer ll
Terro Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Baits
Terro Outdoor Liquid Ant Bait Stakes
Tom Cat Attractant Gel
Tom Cat Mouse Trap
Tom Cat Rat Traps
Tom Cat Rodent Repellent
Treekote Tree Wound
Uncle Ian's Dog & Cat Repellent
Uncle Ian's Mole, Gopher, Deer, & Squirrel Repellent
Victor Electric Mouse Trap
Victor Electric Rat Trap
Victor Gopher Traps
Victor Mouse Traps
Victor Natural Rodent Repeller Packs
Victor Rat Traps
Victor Rat-A-Way Rat & Mouse Repellent
Weed Block Landscaping Fabric
Weed Control Fabric
Zevo Ant, Roach & Spider
Zevo Fly, Gnat & Fruit Fly
Zevo Flying Insect Trap
Zevo Flying Insect Trap Refills
Zevo Multi Insect
Zevo Wasp, Hornet, & Yellow Jacket
Fertilizer Bays
Alaska Fish Plant Food 5-1-1
Bonnie Harvest Select Raised Bed Plant Food
Dr Earth Lawn Food
Dr. Earth Fertilizer
Earthworm Castings
Espoma Organic Fertilizer
Espoma Organic Lime
Espoma Organic Soil Acidifier
Kellogg Organic Plus Fertilizer
Mater Magic
Miracle-Gro Fertilizer Spikes Tree & Shrub
Monterey Fish & Guano Fertilizer
Osmocote
Pennington Epson Salts
Vigoro Fruit, Nut &Citrus Fertilizer Spikes
Vigoro Tree & Shrub Fertilizer Spikes
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2023 ACE Hardware Product List
Alaska Fish Fertilizer
Amdro Kills Ants Ant Killer
Answer Kills Roaches Powder
Bed Bug Traps
BioCare Codling Moth Traps
Bird Repellent Gel
Bird Scare Tape
Bird-B-Gone Flash Tape
Bird-B-Gone Steel Bird Spikes
Black Flag Roach Motel
Black Flag Window Fly Traps
Bonide All Seasons Spray Oil
Bonide Burnout
Bonide Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew
Bonide Chipmunk, Squirrel, & Rodent Repellent
Bonide Copper Fungicide
Bonide Go Away! Rabbit, Dog, & Cat Repellent
Bonide Hot Pepper Wax Animal Repellent
Bonide Insecticidal Soap
Bonide Mole Max
Bonide Mosquito Beater
Bonide Mouse Magic
Bonide Neem Oil
Bonide Rat Magic
Bonide Repels All
Bonide Snake Stopper
Bonide Sulfur Fungicide
Bonide Tomato & Vegetable
Bonide Wilt Stop
Buggy Beds
Cloud Cover
Combat Ant Killing Bait
Combat Roach Killing Bait
Critter Ridder Sprinkler
De-Fence Deer & Rabbit Repellent
Deer Off Deer Repellent
Diatomaceous Earth
Dr. Earth Final Stop Disease Control Fungicide
Dr. Earth Final Stop Fruit Tree Insect Killer
Dr. Earth Final Stop Rose & Flower Insect Killer
Dr. Earth Final Stop Vegetable Insect Killer
Dr. Earth Final Stop Yard & Garden Insect Killer
Dr. Earth Organic Fertilizer
Drop in the Bucket Mouse Trap
E.B. Stone Organic Fertilizer
Earth's Ally Disease Control
Earth's Ally Insect Control
Earth's Ally Weed & Grass Killer
Earth's Ally Weed Killer
EcoSmart 3 in 1 Rose & Flower
EcoSmart Ant & Roach Killer
EcoSmart Flying Insect Killer
EcoSmart Garden Insect Killer
EcoSmart Home Pest Control
EcoSmart Insect Killer
EcoSmart Insect Killing Granules
EcoSmart Mosquito Fogger
EcoSmart Wasp & Hornet Killer
EcoSmart Weed & Grass Killer
Epsom Salts
Espoma Garden Lime
Espoma Organic Fertilizer
Espoma Organic Insect Soap
Espoma Soil Acidifier
Fly Paper
Fly Ribbon
Fly Stick
Fly Swatter
Fly Trap
Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Fruit Fly Trap
Giant Destroyer Garlic Repellent Clips Deer & Rabbit
Good Nature CO2 Rodent Trap
Gopher Baskets
Gopher Hawk
Gopher Scram
Gopher Traps
Harris 20% Vinegar Weed Killer
Harris Bed Bug Killer Diatomaceous Earth
Harris Boric Acid Roach Powder
Harris Diatomaceous Earth
Harris Famous Roach Tablets
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Harris Neem Oil
Harris Roach Traps
Havahart Live Animal Cage Trap
Insect Sticky Traps
Jobe's Fertilizer Spikes
Jobe's Organic Fertilizer
Jobe's Organic Fertilizer Spikes
JT Eaton Kills Bed Bugs Powder
Liquid Fence Animal Repellent
Liquid Fence Deer & Rabbit
Liquid Fence Snake Repellent
Live Catch Mouse Trap
Messina's Animal Stopper
Messina's Deer Stopper
Messina's Rodent Stopper
Messina's Squirrel Stopper
Miracle Gro Performance Organics
Mole Trap
Mole X
Monterey 70% Neem Oil
Monterey Bt
Monterey Fish & Guano
Monterey Fruit Tree Spray Plus
Monterey Garden Insect Spray
Monterey Horticultural Oil
Monterey Liqui-Cop
Monterey Neem Oil
Monterey Take Down Garden Spray
Mosquito Bits
Mosquito Dunks
Moss Out! Roofs & Walks
Mouse Traps
Mouse X
Mouse Zero
Natria Grass & Weed Control
Natria Insect, Disease, & Mite Control
Natria Insecticidal Soap
Natria Neem Oil
Natria Rose & Flower
Natria Snail & Slug Killer Bait
Nature's Care Organic Fertilizer
Neem Oil
Orange Guard
Organocide Bee Safe 3 in 1 Garden Spray
Ortho 3 in 1 Insect, Mite, & Disease
Ortho Bed Bug Traps
Ortho Deer B Gon
Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass
Ortho Home Defense Ant & Roach Killer w/
Essential Oils
Ortho Home Defense Crawling Bug Killer w/ Essential Oils Ortho Home Defense Flying Bug Killer w/ Essential Oils
Ortho Insect Killer Tree & Shrub
Osmocote
Owl Garden Defense
Pulverize Weed & Grass Killer
Pulverize Weed Killer for Lawns
Pulverize Weed, Brush & Vine Killer
Raid Ant Baits III
Raid Essentials Ant & Roach
Raid Essentials Ant, Spider, & Roach
Raid Small Roach Baits
Rat Traps
Rat X
Rat Zero
Rescue Ant Baits
Rescue Fly Trap
Rescue Fly Trap Refill
Rescue Fly TrapStik
Rescue Pantry & Birdseed Moth Traps
Rescue WHY Trap
Rescue WHY Trap Refills
Rescue Yellowjacket Trap
Rescue Yellowjacket Trap Cartridge
Rescue Yellowjacket Trap Refill
Safer 3 in 1
Safer Ant & Crawling Insect Killer
Safer Caterpillar Killer
Safer Critter Ridder Animal Repellent
Safer Critter Ridder Deer & Rabbit
Safer Diatomaceous Earth
Safer End ALL
Safer Garden Dust
Safer Garden Fungicide
Safer Houseplant Sticky Stakes
Safer Insect Killing Soap
Safer Moss & Algae Killer
Safer Neem Oil
Safer Pantry Pest Trap
Safer Rose & Flower
Safer Snake Shield
Safer Tomato & Vegetable
Safer Yellowjacket & Wasp Attractant
Safer Yellowjacket & Wasp Trap
Scarecrow
Scott's Continuous Release Fertilizer
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Scotts Moss EX
Scram for Cats
Sevin Sulfur Dust
Shake Away Rodent Repellent
Slug Trap
Sluggo
Sluggo Plus
Soil Moist
St. Gabriel Moss Killer
Stay Away Ants
Stay Away Mice
Stay Away Moths
Stay Away Spider
Tanglefoot
Terro Ant Killer Liquid
Terro Clothes Moth Alert
Terro Flea Trap
Terro Fly Magnet
Terro Fruit Fly Trap
Terro Indoor Fly Trap
Terro Liquid Ant Bait
Terro Moth Traps
Terro Multi-Purpose Insect Bait
Terro Multi-Surface Liquid Ant Bait
Terro Outdoor Liquid Ant Bait
Terro Roach Magnet
Terro Wasp & Fly Trap
Tom Cat Animal Repellent
Tom Cat Attractant Gel
Tom Cat Deer Repellent
Tom Cat Mouse Traps
Tom Cat Rat Traps
Tom Cat Rodent Repellent
Victor Black Box Gopher Trap
Victor Electronic Mouse Trap
Victor Electronic Rat Trap
Victor Fly Magnet
Victor Mole & Gopher Repellent
Victor Mole Trap
Victor Mouse Traps
Victor Mouse-A-Way Mouse Repellent
Victor Natural Rodent Repeller Packs
Victor Rat Traps
Victor Rat Zapper
Victor Rat-A-Way Rat & Mouse Repellent
Victor Tin Cat Mouse Trap
Whitney Farms Lawn Weed Killer
Whitney Farms Organic Fertilizer
Whitney Farms Weed & Grass Control
Window Fly Trap
Yard Enforcer Sprinkler
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Figure C1. 2023 The Home Depot Support Letter
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1 Our Water Our World Retail Partnership Program
IPM Outreach & Education Services
For the County of Santa Barbara and the Cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Solvang
Report prepared by Suzanne Bontempo, Plant Harmony
The Home Depot Store, Santa Maria
Garden Department Supervisor, the Store
Manager, the Assistant Store Manager for Garden
Santa Barbara Home Improvement Store
Garden Department Supervisors and a few of the
Lead Garden Associates
The Home Depot Store, Goleta
Garden Department Lead
Associate
Whispering Tree Nursery
Assistant Store Manager
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Program Overview
Overview………………………………………………………………………….3
OWOW Retail Partners………..………………………………………………..3
Program Components
Program Administration………………………………………………………….4
List of Key Retailer Contacts …………………………………………………...4
Retailer Trainings………………………………………………………………...7
Retailer Training Folders………………………………………………………...8
Program Training Assessment……………………………………………..……..10
Program Evaluation by Management and Staff……………...……………..13 Program Materials Installed
New Store Set up ………………………………………………………………...17
Shelf talker resets….…………………………...…………......…………....18
Maintaining the Program………………………………………………………..19
Closing…………………………………………………………………………………….19
Matt Buckmaster, owner of Island Seed & Feed with
team member Kathy Anne support the OWOW program
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Overview
Our Water Our World (OWOW) is a public outreach program designed to reduce the use of toxic pesticides use and to reduce pesticide pollution in urban run-off. OWOW uses a point-of-purchase approach that educates and encourages retail nurseries, hardware stores, and home improvement stores that sell pesticides, to provide less-toxic, eco-friendly products for their customers. In addition, the OWOW program provides Integrated Pest Management (IPM) educational Fact Sheets for the public. By promoting the use of less toxic products around the home and garden can lead to a reduction of pollutants in our local creeks, and local waterways, as well as a healthier environment for the public.

The OWOW program meets the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit requirements that require municipalities to have a program in place to educate the public on IPM.

County of Santa Barbara and the City partners sponsor the OWOW program retail partnership to provide IPM educational services to sixteen (16) Home Improvement Centers, Hardware Stores, and Garden Centers throughout the county. The Outdoor Supply Hardware (OSH) became the newest retailer to join the OWOW program partnership in March 2023.

Tasks completed for this contract included:
• Program introductions after the 3-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic. • Provide an OWOW training for the associates at each retailer. • Set up the program at the OSH and place shelf talker tags at retailers if needed per the approval of the City partner.

OWOW Retail Partners
This is the list of the OWOW Retail Partners as of April 2023:

Buellton

1. Farm Supply Co., 700 McMurray Road

2. Windmill Nursery, 925 W Hwy 246
Carpinteria

3. Site One Landscape Supply (All Around Landscape Supply), 4760 Carpinteria Avenue

4. Carpinteria Valley Lumber, 915 Elm Street
Goleta

5. The Home Depot Store, 6975 Marketplace Drive

6. Island Seed and Feed, 29 S. Fairview Avenue

7. Miner’s Ace, 125 N. Fairview Avenue
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8. Whispering Tree Nursery, 110 Norris Street
Santa Barbara

9. La Sumida Nursery, 165 S. Patterson Avenue

10. Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center, 415 Gutierrez Street

11. Terra Sol Garden Center, 5320 Overpass Road
Santa Maria

12. Farm Supply Co., 1029 N. Broadway

13. The Home Depot Store, 2120 S. Bradley Road

14. Outdoor Supply Hardware, 1950 S. Broadway
Santa Ynez

15. Site One Landscape Supply (All Around Landscape Supply), 3588 Madera Street Solvang

16. Valley Hardware and Garden Center, 1665 Mission Drive Program Components
Program Administration
Communications with the retail stores began in October 2022 by first contacting the upper management teams at both the OSH and the Home Depot stores when they requested that the trainings occur soon after the new products arrive to the pesticide aisle. In February I began to contact the key associate each retailer, starting with the Home Depot Store Manager, the Assistant Manager, the Garden Department Supervisor, and the Scheduler. The Home Depot Stores schedule trainings a month prior to the date.

Once a date and time was scheduled for the associate trainings at both Home Depot Stores, I then contacted each of the other retailers to schedule a date and time for their training. Scheduling a training date and time at for each retailer did involve several calls and email exchanges as to accommodate each retailer with a date and time that fit their needs.

Once a schedule was set, I provided Adam Goodrich, County of Santa Barbara with the schedule of trainings so that the City Representatives could be informed. Several City Reps then contacted me to share that they would be joining the scheduled retailer training.

I also took this time to prepare the OWOW training folders, to prepare OWOW QR Code retailer signage, to gather bilingual UC IPM pest management resources & bilingual Bay Friendly Sustainable Landscaping materials for each retailer. I also coordinated with Sean Casey to order an OWOW rack and materials for the new OSH store set up so that these materials would be ready for pick up when I arrive.

List of Key Retailer Contacts
Buellton

1. Farm Supply Co: SM - Maggie Robles, (805) 688-8101
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5 2. Windmill Nursery: Owner - Bob, [email protected] (805) 688-3993 Carpinteria

3. Site One Landscape Supply (All Around Landscape Supply): SM - Poncho Renteria, [email protected] (805) 684-3115

4. Carpinteria Valley Lumber: Owner - Marilyn Minteer,
[email protected] (805) 684-2183
Goleta

5. The Home Depot Store: ASM Cynthia Ramirez, (805) 961-4746

6. Island Seed and Feed: Owner - Matt Buckmaster, (805) 967-5262

7. Miner’s Ace: SM - Will, [email protected] (805) 679-5185 Orcutt

8. Whispering Tree Nursery: SM - Marian, (805) 937-3808 Santa Barbara

9. La Sumida Nursery: SM Nicole, [email protected] (805) 964-9944

10. Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center: OM - Tom Richards, (805) 963-7825

11. Terra Sol Garden Center: Owners - Margaret and Mike, (805) 964-7811 Santa Maria

12. Farm Supply Co.: SM Rhonda, [email protected] (805) 922-2737

13. The Home Depot Store: ASM Carlos, (805) 739-1141

14. Outdoor Supply Hardware: SM Andrew, [email protected] (805) 357-5020
Santa Ynez

15. Site One Landscape Supply (All Around Landscape Supply): SM- Felipe, [email protected] (805)693-9333
Solvang

16. Valley Hardware and Garden Center: Owner - Ben, [email protected] (805) 688-4191
During my 9 days of providing OWOW services to these retailers, I spent time at each retailer providing introductions, discussing OWOW program updates, showing each how to use several of the bilingual pest management tools by OWOW & UC IPM, and to learn what resources they would like and how the program could better support them. I made myself available to answer questions about products that the management teams had and made suggestions about eco-friendly pesticide alternatives. I also answered any pest questions that their customers had, directing all to eco-friendly solutions available for sale at that retailer.
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6 Each retailer received a copy of these publications to further assist with IPM for pest issues commonly asked about by the consumer.

Educational materials were:
• The Bay Friendly Landscaping Guidelines publication: Sustainable Practices for the Landscape Professional – 2 copies in Spanish for the Site One Landscaping Supply Company • The Bay Friendly Guide to Mulch
• Gardening for Wildlife with Native Plants, a Bay Nature Publication • QWEL – Qualified Water Efficient Landscape Training
Juan from Site One, Santa Ynez, Tina from Windmill Nursery, Buellton Ben from Valley Hardware & Garden, Solvang and Josh from Terra Sol, Goleta with additional resources for sustainable pest management 178
7 I met with several agency staff members during my scheduled store visits. Andrea Dransfield and Melissa Nelson, City of Goleta, joined the Home Depot store training. Adam Goodrich, County of Santa Barbara, joined the La Sumida Nursery training. I invited each to provide introductions and to expand on the importance of their relationship with OWOW program and the direct connection with that city and county.

Each of these representatives had favorable feedback about the OWOW training after attending.

Meeting with each of the representatives, including those I met with who were unable to attend a scheduled training, provided me with wonderful insights about the program and the challenges each had with communicating with the retailer, maintaining the program’s point of sale materials, the OWOW tools that were or weren’t available to them. These insights were tremendously valuable, valid, and greatly appreciated.

Retailer Trainings
Each retail store in the partnership received an OWOW retailer training. The OWOW trainings are designed to educate the associates about storm water runoff, where the local HHW facility is located, their role in reducing problem pesticide usage, the principles of IPM, how to read a pesticide label, the less toxic pesticides their store sells, proper usage of these pesticides, current pest problems and less toxic solutions for these problems for their customer. These trainings also provide suggested alternatives to their customers to manager their gardens sustainably with the intent to reduce the toxic pesticides and fertilizers that so easily can get into the waterways.

A total of eighty-four (84) associates received the training. Each associate received a training folder that is stocked with reference materials, pest problem solving for the common seasonal pests they are asked about, OWOW Fact Sheets, Pest Identification key, and UCIPM Pest Notes for some of the current pest problems. Pre & Post Training Surveys were provided to each attendee.

Topics covered in the trainings:

Melissa Nelson and Amanda Dransfield
joining the Home Depot Store, Goleta OWOW Training
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8 • Pesticides that are water pollutants of
concern
• OWOW Store Partnership Program
overview
• Where to dispose of HHW in Santa
Barbara County
• How less toxic products work
• The principles of IPM
• Beneficial Insect Identification
• Water Conservation
• Benefits of Mulch
• How to mix a pesticide from concentrate
• Pest highlights: ants, cockroaches,
yellowjackets, aphids, weeds, rats, mice,
citrus leaf miner, slugs & snails, whitefly, fungal diseases, and how improving the overall health of the garden with compost and organic fertilizers/reduce over fertilizing with synthetic fertilizers as they increase pest problems.
• Invasive pest awareness: Spotted Lantern Fly and Asian Citrus Psyllid • OWOW website and the UCIPM website
• Resources available in Spanish
Resources Training Folders
An OWOW training folder is provided to each trainee. Each folder includes:
• The Mac’s Field Guide Good Garden Bugs of California
• Monthly Pest Calendar
• The DPR’s ‘How to read a pesticide label’.
• How less-toxic products work.
• List of websites, books, and catalogs on a resource
sheet.
• Lose Your Lawn the Bay-Friendly Way sheet mulching
instructions.
• How to Apply Beneficial Nematodes
• ‘Ten Tips for Waterwise Gardening’
• ‘Protecting Plants During a Drought’
• Information on pest problem solving for the following pests: spider mites, lifecycle of grubs, whiteflies, spider mites, citrus leaf miner, Asian Citrus Psyllid, ‘Keep Spotted Lantern Fly Out of CA’ campaign brochure.
• A one sheet informational handout on ‘Keeping Rats & Mice Out’ • A one sheet informational handout on ‘Rats in the Garden’ • ‘10 Most Wanted Bugs for Your Garden’ brochure.

Training associates at the
Home Depot Store, Santa Maria
Providing Rhonda & Greg at the
Farm Supply Co, Santa Maria with
a training
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9 • The UCIPM Retailer Nursery & Garden Center IPM Newsletter • OWOW pocket guides
• UCIPM Quick Tips in English and in Spanish for Beneficial Predators, Leaf Eating Caterpillars, Thrips, Mealybugs, Powdery Mildew, and other assorted pest topics. • Samples of assorted OWOW Fact Sheets
Trainings conducted:

Date of
Training
Store Name Location Number
Trained
3/27/23 Outdoor Supply Hardware 1950 S Broadway, Santa Maria 6 3/28/23 The Home Depot Store 6975 Marketplace Dr, Goleta 10 3/28/23 Miner’s Ace 125 N Fairview, Goleta 7
3/29/23 Terra Sol 5320 Overpass Rd, Santa Barbara 2
3/29/23 Windmill Nursery 925 W Hwy 246, Buellton 3
3/29/23 Site One Landscape 3588 Madera St, Santa Ynez 2 3/30/23 Farm Supply Co 1920 N Broadway, Santa Maria 3
3/30/23 The Home Depot Store 2120 Bradley Rd, Santa Maria 12 3/30/23 Farm Supply Co 700 McMurray Rd, Buellton 3
3/31/23 Whispering Tree Nursery 110 Norris Street, Orcutt 2 3/31/23 Valley Hardware &
Garden Center
1655 Mission Drive, Solvang 6
4/1/23 Island Seed & Feed 29 S Fairview Dr, Goleta 5
4/3/23 La Sumida Nursery 165 S Patterson, Santa Barbara 5 4/3/23 Santa Barbara Home
Improvement
415 E Gutierrez, Santa Barbara 11
4/4/23 Carpinteria Valley Lumber 915 Elm St, Carpinteria 3 4/4/23 Site One Landscape 4760 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria 4 Providing Marilyn, owner of Carpinteria Valley Lumber and her Garden Department Assistant Managers with a training 181
10 Program Training Assessment
Summary of Store Training Pre-Training Surveys
A total of 16 trainings were conducted, 84 associates were trained, 53 pre-training surveys were returned. Here are the results of those surveys:
1) Are you familiar with the OWOW program?
a) Yes: 19%
b) No: 81%
2) When does urban runoff occur?
a) When a sprinkler is broken & excess water is running into the street: 2% b) During & after a rain event: 4%
c) From watering or irrigation overflows: 2%
d) All of the above: 92%
3) Which of these pollutants can be carried into the waterways with urban runoff? a) Motor oil & solvents:
b) Pet waste, debris & litter: 2%
c) Pesticides & synthetic fertilizers: 4%
d) Household cleaning agents: 2%
e) All of the above: 90%
f) I’m not sure: 2%
4) Storm drains, including the storm drains in parking lots & loading docks, flow directly to:
a) The sanitary sewer that goes to the wastewater treatment facility: 23% b) The nearest creek, river, bay, or ocean: 51%
c) I’m not sure: 26%
5) Are pesticides removed at the wastewater treatment facility? a) Yes: 11%
b) No: 29%
c) I’m not sure: 60%
6) What is the best way to dispose of unused household hazardous waste, including pesticides & fertilizers?
a) Bury them in the garden:
b) Dump them into the trash:
c) Pour them down the sink or flush down toilet:
d) Take them to the local HHW facility: 100%
7) Do you know where your local HHW facility is located? a) Yes, they do: 36%
b) No, they do not: 64%
8) Do your customers ask for eco-friendly solutions & less-toxic products that are safer for the environment?
a) Yes: 45%
b) No: 6%
c) Sometimes: 49%
9) What is the highly effective, science-based strategy for controlling pests in the home/garden that also helps to protect our waterways from toxic pesticide pollutants?
a) Synthetic pesticide program: 8%
b) Homemade, D.I.Y. remedies & cures: 13%
c) IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Principles: 32%
d) I’m not sure: 47%
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11 Summary of Store Training Post-Training Surveys
A total of 16 trainings were conducted, 84 associates were trained, 53 pre-training surveys were returned. Here are the results of those surveys:
1) Are you familiar with the OWOW program
a) Yes: 98%
b) No: 2%
2) When does urban runoff occur?
a) When a sprinkler is broken & excess water is running into the street:
b) During & after a rain event:
c) From watering or irrigation overflows:
d) All of the above: 100%
3) Which of these pollutants can be carried into the waterways with urban runoff?
a) Motor oil & solvents:
b) Pest waste, debris & litter:
c) Pesticides & synthetic fertilizers:
d) Household cleaning agents:
e) All of the above: 100%
4) Storm drains, including the storm drains in parking lots & loading docks, flow directly to:
a) The sanitary sewer that goes to the wastewater treatment facility:
b) The nearest creek, river, or storm basin: 100%
5) Are pesticides removed at the wastewater treatment facility? a) Yes:
b) No: 100%
c) I’m not sure:
6) What is the best way to dispose of unused household hazardous waste, including pesticides & fertilizers?
a) Bury them in the garden:
b) Dump them into the trash:
c) Pour them down the sink or flush down toilet:
d) Take them to the local HHW facility: 100%
7) Do you know where your local HHW facility is located? a) Yes, knew: 100% knew and listed location on survey.
b) No, do not know:
8) How can you identify products that are less toxic for pest management in your store?
a) The OWOW shelf labels that identify eco-friendly products: 16% b) The OWOW pest management fact sheets & QR codes: 7%
c) The OWOW website at ourwaterourworld.org: 4%
d) Talking with an OWOW IPM Advocate:
e) All of the above: 73%
9) What is the highly effective, science-based strategy for controlling pests in the home/garden that also helps to protect our waterways from toxic pesticide pollutants?
a) Synthetic pesticide program:
b) Homemade, D.I.Y. remedies & cures: 2%
c) IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Principles: 98%
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12 Training evaluation questions:

What was the most useful thing you learned today?
‘Different solutions to help remedy pest issues & learning about pesticides & water quality.’ ‘How problematic the synthetic pesticides are to the waterways & environment.’ ‘This was all very helpful!’
‘How the rodenticides work and rodent management.’
‘Learning about urban runoff and the impacts of the products we use.’ ‘All of the class was great!’
‘How boric acid works for ants & roach management.’
‘That ant bait stations for more effective than the ant spray pesticides.’ ‘Which products are effective and not harmful to the environment.’ ‘Tools for deterring pests, exclusion for pest management.’ ‘The shelf tags to identify the eco-friendly products we sell.’ ‘Learning about IPM.’
‘Learning about the different types of pest management tactics depending on the type of pest it is.’ ‘Learning about pesticides and water pollution.’
‘How Diatomaceous Earth works.’
‘Fertilizers: synthetic vs organic and how they can affect pests.’ ‘Learning more about all of the less0toxic products for pest management, as well as learning new skills.’ ‘For my own personal use.’
‘Learning about eco-friendly products and how they work.’ ‘Effective rodent management.’
‘Plant care to reduce pests.’
‘Safer pest solutions to use around children & pets.’
Providing Juan Assistant Manager & Felipe, Store
Manager at Site One, Santa Ynez
with an OWOW training
Providing Emma at Valley
Hardware, Solvang
with an OWOW training
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13 Additional comments provided by those who attended the training:
‘Very informative! 😊’
‘Great training!’
‘Thank you!’
‘Very informative, thank you!’
‘Enjoyed the class, very informative.’
‘The information was great.’
‘It was all very useful, thank you!’
‘The additional resources are helpful, thanks.’
‘Very helpful, great information.’
‘Great class, more please.’
‘The instructor explained everything very well.’
‘The take home folders are great for us!’
‘All good information.’
‘Thank you! Very helpful!’
Program Evaluation by Management and Staff
To best understand the current relevance of the OWOW program after the three-year pause, I asked each retailer owner or manager questions that provided essential feedback for program improvements.

Each owner, manager, or key associate mentioned that most of their customers are looking for ecofriendly alternatives and that they have increased their selection of eco-friendly pesticides. Site One Landscaping was the only retailer lacking an eco-friendly option. When I brought this to their attention, Providing an OWOW training to
Maggie & Wayne, the Store
Managers at Farm Supply Co,
Buellton
Providing Bob, owner of
Windmill Nursery with
an OWOW training
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14 explaining the environmental impacts of the pesticides they do sell, mangers at both stores were interested in learning about eco-friendly effective alternatives.

Several of the owner, manager, or key associate had questions about eco-friendly herbicide alternatives that were effective. I provided them with effective suggestions available to them by the distributor.

They all mentioned that more information about how the eco-friendly products work and other suggestions for effective pest management was extremely valuable. The more education they have and that their associates have, the easier it is to sell alternative pest management solutions to their customers.

Additional comments provided:
• All were appreciative to receive the pest management resources I brought, especially the materials in Spanish for the retailers who have a Spanish speaking clientele. • Store Manager Rhonda, Farm Supply Co, Santa Maria, requested that on my next visit she’d like to arrange that I provide a class to their entire staff of 20. • Bob, the owner of Windmill Nursery, Buellton is a huge supporter of the OWOW program and appreciates the digital tools that are available for him, his staff, and his customers. • Poncho, Branch Manager of Site One, Carpinteria, was so impressed with the IPM information I provided, he asked if I could provide a class to their customers on my next visit, they will provide a Spanish translator.
• Marilyn, owner of Carpinteria Valley Lumber, is a huge supporter of the OWOW program! She couldn’t say enough, wanted me to stay all day to answer all her questions, which she did have many. She asked about the impacts of several of the pesticides they sell and alternatives to those that were not eco-friendly.
• Matt, the owner of Island Seed & Feed, only brings in eco-friendly pest management solutions.

He also appreciates the OWOW program the tools that are available for them to use. • Will, manager of Miner’s Ace, is a huge supporter of the OWOW program. • Jamie, one of the managers of La Sumida Nursery asked if OWOW would be available to table at their anniversary event. Adam is following up with them about this invitation. • Mike, owner of Terra Sol Nursery asked if I’d be able to teach a class to his customers as an event on my next visit. He is also a huge fan of the OWOW program. • Maggie, manager of Farm Supply, Buellton, really appreciated all the information I provided about rodent management without rodenticides. The other mangers also liked the digital tools I shared with them for pest management support.
• The upper management team at OSH is thrilled to have the OWOW program added to their Santa Maria location.
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15 I asked several of the associates that I was able to have conversations with their feedback about the program. In addition to my individual conversations, I provided a program evaluation as a part of the trainings. A total of 16 trainings were conducted, 53 evaluations were returned. Here are the results of those evaluations.

Summary of End of Training Evaluation Form
1) You feel comfortable using the OWOW resources available in this store? a) Yes: 98%
b) No: 2%
c) left blank, did not complete:
2) You understand a less toxic solution for at least one pest problem discussed today.
a) Yes: 100%
b) No:
c) Left blank, did not complete:
3) What type of support can the OWOW IPM Advocate provide you more of? a) More print & online resources for less toxic pest management: 10% b) More information about seasonal pest problems and how to manage less toxically: 40%
c) More OWOW training & product knowledge classes: 22%
d) Left blank, did not complete: 28%
Would you like to sign up to receive emails providing information about seasonal pest updates and educational event?
22 associates agreed to sign up to receive more information throughout the year – this is 42% of those who completed the evaluation.

Adam Goodrich joining the OWOW training at
La Sumida Nursery, Santa Barbara
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16 ‘Our Store & community appreciate & love
your program! In 2019 we met Debi. She
was amazing. Now in 2023 we meet
Suzanne! Another amazing person!’
~Marilyn, Owner Carpinteria Valley
Lumber
‘I’m dedicated to best environmental practices. Our store only sells eco-friendly products.’
~Matt, Owner, Island Seed & Feed
‘The Spanish pest management
resources are really great.’
~Poncho, Branch Manager, Site
One Landscape Supply
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17 Program Materials Installed
New Store Set Up
Outdoor Supply Hardware, Santa Maria is the newest
retail partner added to the OWOW program.

The OSH upper management began in October 2019.

After several years of discussions, we finally were able to launch the OWOW program in 11 of their 14 store
locations. The OSH upper management team is thrilled
for the Santa Maria partnership and look forward adding the OWOW program in their remaining 3 locations once
program support is available.

I coordinated the program set up with Store Manager
Andrew and scheduled an OWOW training after the
program was set up for proper introductions of the
OWOW materials. An OWOW Fact Sheet rack was
installed in the pesticide aisle in direct sight of those consumers shopping in the aisle. The rack is stocked
with 17 different IPM topics, including the OWOW QR
Code Fact Sheet poster.

List of Fact Sheets stocked:
• Ants – both in English & Spanish
• Aphids
• Bed Bugs – both in English & Spanish
• Cockroaches
• Fleas
• Health Gardens
• Hiring a Pest Control Company
• Lawns
• Moles, Gophers, & Voles,
• Mosquitoes
• Use and Disposal – both in English & Spanish
• Rats & Mice – both in English & Spanish
• Roses
• Slugs & Snails
• Spiders
• Weeds
• Yellow Jackets
Several of the associates were already familiar with the OWOW program since they had worked at an OSH prior to the company closing. All were in favorable support of joining in the OWOW program partnership again. Each mentioned how helpful the materials are when working with customers in the pesticide aisle.

New OWOW Fact Sheet rack at the
OSH, Santa Maria
Andrew, Store Manager at
OSH, Santa Maria with new
OWOW QR Code signage
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18 Shelf Talker Resets
During my store visits I noticed that the shelf talkers were not in place at the first Home Depot store I visited in Goleta. I contacted Andrea to ask about this. I mentioned that I could assist with placing them as they are a crucial component of the program. She agreed to have me place the shelf talker tags at both the Home Depot store and the Miner’s Ace, Goleta. Shelf talkers were not placed at the Home Depot in Santa Maria either. I asked Sean if he’d prefer that I place them, and he did. When working at the Carpinteria Valley Lumber, Marilyn the owner requested that I adjust, replace, add the shelf talkers to the eco-friendly products. She finds them to be extremely helpful when selling products to her customers.

She also mentioned that several of her customers recognize the shelf tags and make their purchases with confidence knowing that the pesticides they are purchasing are environmentally safer.

I provided new shelf talkers tags at five retailer partners:
• Outdoor Supply Hardware, as a part of the program set up • The Home Depot Store, Goleta
• Miner’s Ace, Goleta
• The Home Depot Store, Santa Maria
• Carpinteria Valley Lumber, Carpinteria
I did see that most of the OWOW retailer partners did need shelf talker maintenance. I saw shelf tags were either not placed or placed under problem pesticides, such as pyrethroids and noenicitinoids. This information has been presented to Cathleen Garnand. A follow up proposal will be submitted to Cathleen which will outline a scope of OWOW services and support for the County of Santa Barbara and the City partners to review.

Introducing the OWOW program and providing a training at the OSH, Santa Maria
Shelf talker tags placed at the
OSH, Santa Maria
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19 Maintaining the Program
Moving forward, it will be important for the agency personnel who provide the upkeep of the OWOW program to visit each retail partner as often as monthly and in the least once each quarter to ensure that the shelf talker tags are placed appropriately reflecting the eco-friendly product it is intended for. The Home Depot Stores do require more attention and often more maintenance. It is advised that the Home Depot Stores are visited monthly to ensure the shelf talker tags are properly placed, in good condition and that the OWOW rack is in place and stocked. I have attached the letter from Home Depot Cooperate that explains that OWOW representatives are invited into the store for these purposes. If any resistance occurs, please inform me so that I can provide relief of the resistance.

Closing
Each of the OWOW program retail partners were appreciative for the reengaged program support.

Though a few were a bit hesitant at first to open up to me about their concerns and lack of attention over the years, after a brief explanation, they were open to moving forward with the partnership. All were enthusiastic about meeting me, hearing about the OWOW program updates, receiving educational materials and support with pest problems. Those with Spanish speaking clientele were very pleases to learn about the Spanish IPM tools available to them through OWOW and UCIPM.

I was pleasantly impressed with the warm welcomes I received from each business. Though the busy retail spring season had begun, each of the key contacts made time for me upon my arrival and provided me with their attention, introducing me to other key associates so that they could learn more and have their questions answered. I was happy to engage with all those interested and look forward to working with these retailers again.

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20 Training department supervisor and key
associates at Miner’s Ace, Goleta
Training assistant manager of
Whispering Tree Nursery, Orcutt
Jamie assistant manager of La
Sumida Nursery, Santa Barbara
Training associates at of
Whispering Tree Nursery, Orcutt
Training the team of associates at
the Home Depot Store, Goleta
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21 ‘Tips for mixing concentrated pesticides’ Bilingual handout stocked in OWOW literature racks and provided to the retail associates at each training
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N/A
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Only Nos. 1 and 2 0Only Nos. 1, 2, and 3 0Only Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 0 0 0 0Total 1 0 1 1 3 SECTION IV: PROJECTS SUBJECT TO POST-CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS * Only include projects once in table. For example, if a project triggers all four performance requirements, only address that project inthe, “Only Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4” row. Do not also count the project in the cells for the above three rows. 202
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4 SECTION V: SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE Add Row Delete Row
Alternative Compliance type (Select all that apply)
Names of Projects that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period and the Permittee granted Special Circumstances and/or Alternative Compliance Watershed or Regional Plan
Urban Sustainability Area
Highly Altered Channel Special
Circumstance
Intermediate Flow Control Facility
Special Circumstance
Historic Lake or Wetland Special
Circumstance
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 2
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 3
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 4
If technical infeasibility is rationale for Alternative Compliance, does Project's Stormwater Control Plan adequately demonstrate basis for infeasibility? N/A
If the Permittee did not grant any Special Circumstances and/or Alternative Compliance for Projects that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period, skip Section V.

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Names of Projects that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period and the Permittee granted Special Circumstances and/or Alternative Compliance Watershed or Regional Plan
Urban Sustainability Area
Highly Altered Channel Special
Circumstance
Intermediate Flow Control Facility
Special Circumstance
Historic Lake or Wetland Special
Circumstance
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 2
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 3
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 4
If technical infeasibility is rationale for Alternative Compliance, does Project's Stormwater Control Plan adequately demonstrate basis for infeasibility? N/A
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SECTION VII: LONG-TERM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Did the Permittee upload to SMARTS a copy (e.g., screenshot) of the structural Stormwater Control Measure Operation and Maintenance database that shows all entries from the Reporting Period (see PCRs Provision E.3)? Yes No
SMARTS upload title: "PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period] – Long-Term Operation and Maintenance"Did the Permittee upload to SMARTS information to demonstrate Performance Requirement No. 1 was applied to all applicable projects during the Reporting Period (including sample checklist)? SMARTS upload title: "PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period] – Performance Req No1 Implementation" Yes No
SECTION VI: MITIGATION PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED FOR ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE SMARTS upload title: "PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period] – Mitigation Projects" A summary description of mitigation projects constructed during the Reporting Period comparing the expected aggregate results of Alternative Compliance projects to the results that would otherwise have been achieved by meeting the numericPerformance Requirements on-site. The summary should quantitatively compare results. For example, if the AlternativeCompliance project is mitigating for a project that could not fully meet Performance Requirement No. 3 onsite, then thesummary should quantify the following: 1) onsite retention volume required by Performance Requirement No. 3, 2) volume ofrunoff actually retained on site, and 3) volume of runoff retained at the Alternative Compliance project site.  For public offsite mitigation projects, a summation of total offsite mitigation funds raised to date and a description (including location, general design concept, volume of water expected to be retained, and total estimated budget) of all pending publicoffsite mitigation projects Were there any mitigation projects constructed for Alternative Compliance during the Reporting Period? If yes, did the Permittee upload to SMARTS the below information? SECTION VIII: ADDITIONAL UPLOADS
Yes No
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Instructions: Complete form electronically. Answer questions and supply requested information for the Reporting Period only. Upload completed form to Storm Water Multiple Application and Report Tracking System (SMARTS) and name the file, “PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period]”. Also, upload requested attachments to SMARTS using specified nomenclature.

County: Santa BarbaraWDID# and Permittee Name 3 42M2000150 - City of Buellton SECTION II: REPORTING PERIOD
Reporting Period: 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023
Central Coast Post-Construction Stormwater Management Requirements (PCRs) Annual Reporting Form
August 2014 Version
Resolution No. R3-2013-0032
Due Date: By October 15, 2014 and October 15 annually thereafter, Permittees must submit this reporting form. SECTION I: GENERAL PERMITTEE INFORMATIONSECTION III: COMPLETED PROJECTS How many projects, that received occupancy completion documentation (e.g., Certificate of Occupancy) during the Reporting Period, created and/or replaced ≥ 2,500 square feet of impervious surface?
0 1
206
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Lower Bound Upper Bound
Number of Projects in each category that received occupancy completion documentation (e.g., Certificate of Occupancy) during the Reporting Period and had an approval per PCRs Provision B.1.c ≥ 2,500 square feet
<5,000 square feet Net Impervious Area (all projects except single-family homes) and <15,000 square feet Net Impervious Area (only single-family homes) 0 ≥5,000 square feet Net Impervious Area (all projects except single-family homes) and ≥15,000 square feet Net Impervious Area (only single-family homes) <15,000 square feet (all projects except single-family homes) and <15,000 square feet Net Impervious Area (only single-family homes) 0 ≥15,000 square feet (all projects except single-family homes) and ≥15,000 square feet Net Impervious Area (only single-family homes) <22,500 square feet 0
≥22,500 square feet N/A 0Total 0
Project categories based on created and/or replaced impervious surface area 2 207
Performance
Requirements*
Number of Projects subject to Performance Requirements that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period Number of Projects with structural Water Quality Treatment, Runoff Retention, and/or Peak Management controls Number of Projects where field verification of Site Design, Water Quality Treatment, Runoff Retention, and/or Peak Management controls was completed Number of Projects where field verification confirmed ALL Site Design, Water Quality Treatment, Runoff Retention, and/or Peak Management controls were implemented in accordance with PCRs Only No. 1
N/A
Only Nos. 1 and 2Only Nos. 1, 2, and 3Only Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 0 0 0 0Total 0 0 0 0 3 SECTION IV: PROJECTS SUBJECT TO POST-CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS * Only include projects once in table. For example, if a project triggers all four performance requirements, only address that project inthe, “Only Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4” row. Do not also count the project in the cells for the above three rows. 208
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4 SECTION V: SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE Add Row Delete Row
Alternative Compliance type (Select all that apply)
Names of Projects that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period and the Permittee granted Special Circumstances and/or Alternative Compliance Watershed or Regional Plan
Urban Sustainability Area
Highly Altered Channel Special
Circumstance
Intermediate Flow Control Facility
Special Circumstance
Historic Lake or Wetland Special
Circumstance
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 2
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 3
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 4
If technical infeasibility is rationale for Alternative Compliance, does Project's Stormwater Control Plan adequately demonstrate basis for infeasibility? N/A
If the Permittee did not grant any Special Circumstances and/or Alternative Compliance for Projects that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period, skip Section V.

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To add another Project, click 'Add Row' Add Row Delete Row Alternative Compliance type (Select all that apply)
Names of Projects that received completion documentation during the Reporting Period and the Permittee granted Special Circumstances and/or Alternative Compliance Watershed or Regional Plan
Urban Sustainability Area
Highly Altered Channel Special
Circumstance
Intermediate Flow Control Facility
Special Circumstance
Historic Lake or Wetland Special
Circumstance
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 2
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 3
Technical Infeasibility Performance
Requirement No. 4
If technical infeasibility is rationale for Alternative Compliance, does Project's Stormwater Control Plan adequately demonstrate basis for infeasibility? N/A
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SECTION VII: LONG-TERM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Did the Permittee upload to SMARTS a copy (e.g., screenshot) of the structural Stormwater Control Measure Operation and Maintenance database that shows all entries from the Reporting Period (see PCRs Provision E.3)? Yes No
SMARTS upload title: "PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period] – Long-Term Operation and Maintenance"Did the Permittee upload to SMARTS information to demonstrate Performance Requirement No. 1 was applied to all applicable projects during the Reporting Period (including sample checklist)? SMARTS upload title: "PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period] – Performance Req No1 Implementation" Yes No
SECTION VI: MITIGATION PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED FOR ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE SMARTS upload title: "PCRs Annual Report [insert reporting period] – Mitigation Projects" A summary description of mitigation projects constructed during the Reporting Period comparing the expected aggregate results of Alternative Compliance projects to the results that would otherwise have been achieved by meeting the numericPerformance Requirements on-site. The summary should quantitatively compare results. For example, if the AlternativeCompliance project is mitigating for a project that could not fully meet Performance Requirement No. 3 onsite, then thesummary should quantify the following: 1) onsite retention volume required by Performance Requirement No. 3, 2) volume ofrunoff actually retained on site, and 3) volume of runoff retained at the Alternative Compliance project site.  For public offsite mitigation projects, a summation of total offsite mitigation funds raised to date and a description (including location, general design concept, volume of water expected to be retained, and total estimated budget) of all pending publicoffsite mitigation projects Were there any mitigation projects constructed for Alternative Compliance during the Reporting Period? If yes, did the Permittee upload to SMARTS the below information? SECTION VIII: ADDITIONAL UPLOADS
Yes No
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CITY OF SOLVANG

POST-CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CENTRAL COAST REGION RESOLUTION NO. R3-2013-0032
Section E Operation and Maintenance for Structural SCM
Reporting Year 2022-2023
O&M Location
(physical and/or
electronic)
Construction
PCR Field
Verification
Final Project
Approval /
Occupancy O&M Plan Approval Plan/Agreement Name Phone Number The Merkantile PW 083
1980-1992 Old
Mission Road,
Solvang, CA
93463
PR4: Peak
Management
SDRR2,
SDRR4,
SDRR5, WQT1,
RR1, RR4-RR6,
RR8-RR9, PM1
(1) Bioretention Basin (SCM 34), (2) Direct Infiltration - Permeable Pavement (SCM 46, SCM 47, SCM 48, SCM 49, SCM 50, SCM 51, SCM 52) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA 1, 10 to SCM 47, DMA 2, 9, 20 to SCM 52, DMA 3, 4, 8, 19, 28, 29 to SCM 34, DMA 5, 7, 21, 22 to SCM 46, DMA 6, 23, 26, 27 to SCM 51, DMA 11, 12 to SCM 48, DMA 13, 14, 15, 16 to SCM 49, DMA 17, 18 to SCM 50); Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 9 to SCM 52, DMA 10 to SCM 47, DMA 11-12 to SCM 48, DMA 12 to SCM 48); Pervious Concrete (DMA 46 to SCM 46, DMA 52 to SCM 52); Porous Asphalt (DMA 47 to SCM 47, DMA 48 to SCM 48, DMA 49 to SCM 49, DMA 50 to SCM 50, DMA 51 to SCM 51), (3) Self-Treating Areas - Landscape Area (DMA 30, DMA 32, DMA 33, DMA 40, DMA 41, DMA 42, DMA 43, DMA 44, DMA 45), (4) Self-Retaining Areas - Landscape Area (DMA 31, DMA 34, DMA 35, DMA 36, DMA 37, DMA 38, DMA 39) DMAs Drain to Self-Retaining Area Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 24 to DMA 38, DMA 25 to DMA 39) 7/10/20 6/24/20 8/13/20 3/30/20 Refer to SWCP Joshua Richman (805) 350-1791 Private Yes 170192 Ken &
Jackie
Gruendyke N/A
1514 Kronborg
Drive Solvang,
CA 93463
PR1: Site
Design and
Runoff
Reduction SDRR2 N/A 1/4/18 1/4/18 N/A - No Building N/A - Tier 1 Project N/A - Tier 1 Project Ken & Jackie
Gruendyke (805) 688-8183 Private N/A
CIP - Pickleball
Court PW 160
Hans Christian
Anderson Park
PR1: Site
Design and
Runoff
Reduction SDRR3 N/A 4/30/21 5/10/21 N/A - No Building N/A - Tier 1 Project N/A - Tier 1 Project City of Solvang (805) 688-5575 Public N/A 1731/1735
Laurel Avenue PW 134
1731/1735
Laurel Avenue,
Solvang, CA
93463
PR2: Water
Quality
Treatment
SDRR2,
SDRR3,
SDRR4, WQT1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Subsurface Infiltration Storage Basin (SCM 1-B) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (1-RA, 1-RB, 2-RA), (2) Direct Infiltration - Subsurface Infiltration Storage Basin (SCM 2-B) DMAs Drain to SCM Concrete or Asphalt (2-DW, 3-DW), (3) Direct Infiltration - Subsurface Infiltration Storage Basin (SCM 3-B) DMAs Drain to SCM Landscape Area (2-RY), (4) Self-Retaining Areas (1-FY) - Landscape Area(s), (5) SelfRetaining Areas (1-RY) - Landscape Area DMAs Drain to SR Roof (2-RB), (6) SelfRetaining Areas (2-FY) - Landscape Area DMAs Drain to SR Roof (4-RA, 4-RB); Concrete or Asphalt (4-DW, 5-DW) (7) Self-Retaining Areas - Landscape Area (2-RY) DMAs Drain to SR Roof (3-RA, 3-RB);(8) Self-Retaining Areas (1-SR) - Landscape Area, (9) Self-Retaining Areas (2-SR) - Landscape Area, (10) Self-Retaining Areas (3- SR) - Landscape Area, (11) Self-Retaining Areas (4-SR) - Landscape Area 10/27/22 Initial 10/10/22;
Final 10/27/22
12/7/21 (1731 Laurel
Avenue); 6/9/22 (1735
Laurel Avenue) 7/12/21 MNS Electronic File Jake Rodriguez (307) 200-9242 Private 539 Alisal Road PW 114
539 Alisal Road,
Solvang, CA
93463
PR2: Water
Quality
Treatment
SDRR1,
SDRR2,
SDRR4,
SDRR5, WQT2
(1) Bioretention Basin (SCM- 1) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA1); Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 3 and DMA 4), (2) Bioretention Basin (SCM-2) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA 2), Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 5), (3) Self-Retaining Areas - Pervious Pavers (DMA 6) (4) Self-Treating Areas - Landscape Areas (DMA 7, DMA 8, DMA 9) 8/9/21 MNS Electronic File Jake Rodriguez (307) 200-9242 Private Solvang Festival
Theaterfest PW 162
420 Second
Street Solvang,
CA 93463
PR1: Site
Design and
Runoff
Reduction SDRR5 (1) Direct Infiltration - Permable Pavement 7/10/22 7/22/22 8/3/22 N/A - Tier 1 Project N/A - Tier 1 Project Solvang Festival
Theater (Executive
Director) (805) 686-1789 Private N/A
670 Alamo
Pintado Rd PW 168
670 Alamo
Pintado Road,
Solvang, CA
93463
PR4: Peak
Management
SDRR2,
SDRR3,
SDRR5, WQT1,
WQT2, RR5-
RR6, RR8-RR9,
PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Subsurface Storage Chambers-Stormtech Chambers MC-3500 (SCM 1) DMAs Drain to SCM Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 1, DMA 11), (2) Bioretention Basin (SCM- 2) DMAs Drain to SCM Concrete or Asphalt ( DMA 8), Roof (DMA 13) (3) Bioretention Basin (SCM- 3) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA 21), (4) Bioretention Basin (SCM- 4) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA 22); Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 26), (5) Bioretention Basin (SCM- 5) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA-23); Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 27), (6) Bioretention Basin (SCM-6) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA 24); Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 28) , (7) Bioretention Basin (SCM-7) DMAs Drain to SCM Roof (DMA 25); Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 29), (8) Self-Retaining Areas - Pervious Pavers (DMA 2, DMA 6, DMA 10, DMA 16, DMA 17, DMA 18, DMA 19, DMA 20); Landscape Areas (DMA 31, DMA 33) DMAs Drain to Self-Retaining Areas Concrete or Asphalt (DMA 30 Drains to DMA 31; and DMA 32 Drains to DMA 33), (9) Self-Treating Areas - Landscape Areas (DMA 5, DMA 7, DMA 9, DMA 12, DMA 14, DMA 15, DMA 34) Darkstar
Development, LLC
Erik Vasquez (805) 275-1711 Private
1546
Copenhagen
Driv -3 Vacation
Rentals
GP21-005 /
PW 175
1546
Copenhagen
Drive, Solvang,
CA 93463
PR1: Site
Design and
Runoff
Reduction
SDRR2, SDRR4
WQT2 (1) Bioretention Basin N/A - Tier 1 Project N/A - Tier 1 Project Jake Rodriguez (307) 200-9242 Private N/A Project Number
Project Name (City #)
Completion Date (MM/DD/YY)
SDRR1: Direct roof runoff into cisterns or rain barrels for reuse SDRR2: Direct roof runoff onto vegetation areas
SDRR3: Direct runoff from sidewalks, walkways and/or patios onto vegetated areas SDRR4: Direct runoff from driveways and/or uncovered parking lots, onto vegetated areas SDRR5: Construct bike lanes, driveways, uncovered parking lots, sidewalks, walkways and patios with permeable surfaces WQT1: LID Treatment System - Harvesting and Use, Infiltration and Evapotranspiration SCM w/Hydraulic Sizing Criteria (Retain Stormwater Runoff- 85 percentile 24-hour storm event based on local rainfall data) WQT2: Biofiltration Treatment System (Treat Storm Water Runoff - 0.2 inches/hour intensity or 2 X's 85 percentile hourly rainfall for the applicable area, based on historical records of hourly rainfall depth) WQT3a: Non-Retention Treatment Systems w/Hydraulic Sizing Criteria - Volume Hydraulic Design Basis (Treat Stormwater Runoff - 85 percentile 24-hour storm event, based on local rainfall data) WQT3b: Non-Retention Treatment Systems w/Hydraulic Sizing Criteria - Flow Hydraulic Design Basis (Treat Storm Water Runoff - 0.2 inches/hour intensity or 2 X's 85 percentile hourly rainfall for the applicable area, based on historical records of hourly rainfall depth) RR1: Retain 95th Percentile Rainfall Event - Optimizing Infiltration via Storage RR2: Retain 95th Percentile Rainfall Event - Optimizing Infiltration via Rainfall Harvesting RR3: Retain 95th Percentile Rainfall Event - Optimizing Infiltration via Evapotranspiration RR4: LID - Site Assessment Measures
RR5: LID - Site Design Measures
RR6: LID - Delineation of discrete Drainage Management Areas RR7: LID - Undisturbed and Natural Landscape Areas
RR8: LID: Structural Stormwater Control Measures
RR9: Hydrologic Analysis and Structural Control Measuring Sizing PM1: Post-development peak flows, discharge from the site, shall not exceed pre-project peak flows for the 2-10 year storm events. *SCM
Type
Code
Problems Identified
During Inspection
(including Vector or
Nuisance Problems)
O&M Responsible Party
SCM Type
(List Applicable
PCR Category Codes*)
Project
Address /
Location
O&M
Funding Source
O&M
Maintenance
SCM & DMA Identification and Description Verification
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CITY OF BUELLTON

POST-CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CENTRAL COAST REGION RESOLUTION NO. R3-2013-0032
Section E Operation and Maintenance for Structural SCM
Reporting Year 2022-2023
O&M Location
(physical and/or
electronic)
Construction PCR Field Verification
Final Project Approval /
Occupancy
Operations &
Maintenance (O&M)
Plan Approval Plan/Agreement Name Phone Number
Hampton Inn
14-FDP-01 /
CIBUE.140183.00
600 McMurrary
Road, Buellton, CA
93427
PR4: Peak
Management
SDRR2,SDRR3,
WQT2, RR1, RR8,
RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Retention/Detention Basin (SCM-1) DMAs Drain to SCM
Concrete or Asphalt (IMP-1-Overflow, IMP-4, IMP-6, IMP-7) Roof (Roof-1, Roof-2, Roof-3, Roof-4, Roof-5, Roof-6, Roof-7) (2) Self-Treating Areas -
Landscape Area (LS-1, LS-2, LS-3, LS-4, LS-5, LS-6, LS-7, LS-8, LS-9, LS-10, LS-11, LS-12, LS-13, LS-14, LS-15, LS-16, LS-17, LS-18, LS-19, LS-20) (3) Self-Retaining Areas -
Landscape Area (DMA SR-1, DMA SR-2, DMA SR 3, DMA SR-4, DMA SR-5) DMAs Drain to Self-Retaining Areas
Concrete or Asphalt (IMP-1 to SR1, IMP-2 to SR-1, IMP-3 to SR-4, IMP-5 to SR-3, IMP-8 to SR-1) 5/4/18
Initial 8/17/17;
Follow-up: 4/9/18,
4/25/18, 5/18/18 6/16/17 7/28/16
Plan: Hard Copy-MNS
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy -MNS
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File
James Flagg, Ocean Park
Hotel BLT LLC (805) 544-0800 Private 3/6/23 No
Tilton Engineering
14-FDP-04 /
CIBUE.150087
890 McMurray Road,
Buellton, CA 93427
PR4: Peak
Management
SDRR2, SDRR4,
WQT1, RR1, RR8,
RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Stormtech Chamber MC-3500 (Underground Storage 1 & 2) DMAs Drain to SCM
Concrete and Asphalt (Parking South, Parking North, Sidewalk South, Sidewalk North)
Crushed Aggregate (Gravel South, Gravel North, Existing Concrete) (2) Self-Retaining Areas -
Landscape Area (Landscape 12, Landscape 13, Landscape 14, Landscape 15, Landscape 16, Landscape 17)
DMAs Drain to Self-Retaining Areas
Concrete or Asphalt (Sidewalk Corner to Landscape 12, Sidewalk West to Landscape 14) 11/2/16 11/28/16 12/28/16 8/31/16
Plan: Hard Copy-MNS
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy -MNS
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File
Todd Cooper-Tilton
Engineering, Inc. (805) 688-2353 Private 10/31/17, 3/6/19, 10/17/22 No Fig Mountain
Brewery Expanison CIBU.160366
73/75 Industrail
Way, Buellton, CA
93427
PR4: Peak
Management
SSD2, WQT1, RR1,
RR4-RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Stormtech Chamber MC-4500 (SCM-1 Underground Storage) DMAs Drain to SCM
Concrete or Asphalt (P-1, P-2, P-3, TS-2, TS-3, TS-4, CONC 1, CONC 2, L-2) Landscape Area (L-4, L-5)
Roof (BLD 1 East Half, BLD West Half and BLD 2 West Half) (2) Self-Treating Area -
Landscape Area (L-1, L-3, L-6, L-7, L-8, BLD East Half) (3) Self-Retaining Area -
Crushed Aggregate (Beer 2)
Landscape Area (L-15) 9/19/18 Not yet completed Not yet completed 8/24/17 Plan: Hard CopyMNS/Terravant Engineer
Project File & Electronic
Copy -MNS Engineer
Electronic File and City of
Buellton PWD Electronic
File Jamie Dientenhofer (805) 694-2252 Private Project not completed yet Project not completed yet 270 Industrial Way
80000 / 200-155059-
17001-07
270 IndustrialWay,
Buellton, CA 93427
PR2: Water Quality
Treatment
WQT1, RR1, RR4-
RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Stormtech Chamber SC-160 (Underground Storage 1 & 2) DMAs Drain to SCM
Concrete and Asphalt (AC P-1, ACP-2, ACP-3, C-2, C-3 & C-4) (2) Self-Treating Areas -
Landscape Area (L-2 & L-3) 9/27/18 5/20/18 and 9/27/18 10/29/18 10/29/18 Plan: Hard Copy-Tetratech
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy - Teratech
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File John Peterson (805) 331-5932 Private 4/20/2020, 10/21/2022 No Buellton 5 Acre
Building (aka The
Network)
90044 / 155059-
1701-08
Industrial Way,
Buellton, CA 93427
PR4: Peak
Management
SDRR2, WQT1 RR1,
RR8, RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Existing Detention Basin (SCM-1) DMA's Drain to SCM
Concrete and Asphalt (DMA 1, DMA 5, DMA 12, DMA 27)
Roof (DMA 6, DMA 7, DMA 8, DMA 9, DMA 11)
(2) Self-Retaining
Landscaping Area (DMA 2, DMA 3, DMA 4, DMA 10, DMA 13, DMA 14, DMA 15, DMA 16, DMA 17, DMA 18, DMA 19, DMA 20, DMA 21, DMA 22, DMA 23, DMA 24, DMA 25, DMA 26, DMA 28)
Plan: Hard Copy-Tetratech
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy - Teratech
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File Gavin Moores (805) 692-2006 Private
Rio Vista Car Wash
80002 / 200-155059-
22001
390 E Highway 246,
Buellton, CA 93427
PR2: Water Quality
Treatment
SDRR2-SDRR4,
WQT2, RR4-RR9,
PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Bioretention Area
DMAs Drain to SCM
New Buidling, Replaced Buidling, New Concrete, Replaced Concrete, Replaced Asphalt, and Pervious In Progress Not yet completed Not yet completed 4/21/23 Plan: Hard Copy-Tetratech
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy - Teratech
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File Aimee and Sam Sell
(805) 693-4642
(805) 245-0916 Private Project not completed yet Project not completed yet 220 Industrial Way
90072 / 200-155059-
22003
220 Industrial Way,
Buellton, CA 93427
PR3: Runoff
Retention
WQT1, RR1, RR4-
RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Underground Retention Basin
DMA's Drain to SCM
Concrete, Roof, and AC Pavement
(2) Self-Retaining
Landscape In Progress Not yet completed Not yet completed 12/12/22 Plan: Hard Copy-Tetratech
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy - Teratech
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File Harvey Saarloos (562) 619-5460 Private Project not completed yet Project not completed yet Polo Village
90077 / 200-155059-
23004
560 McMurray Rd,
Buellton, CA 93427
PR4: Peak
Management
SDRR2, SDRR3,
WQT3b, RR1, RR4-
RR9, PM1
(1) Direct Infiltration - Underground Chambers (SCM 1, SCM 2) DMA's Drain to SCM
Hardscape and Roof (DMA 1, DMA 2, DMA 4, DMA 6, DMA 8, DMA 9, DMA 10, DMA 11, DMA 12)
(2) Self-Retaining
Landscape and Pavers (DMA 1, DMA 2, , DMA 3, DMA 5, DMA 7, DMA 8, DMA 9, DMA 10, DMA 11, DMA 12, DMA 13, DMA 14, DMA 15, DMA 16) In Progress Not yet completed Not yet completed 7/25/23 Plan: Hard Copy-Tetratech
Engineer Project File &
Electronic Copy - Teratech
Engineer Electronic File
and City of Buellton PWD
Electronic File
Buellton Polo Village
Partners LP
100 Pacifica, Suite 203
Irvine, CA 92618 Private Project not completed yet Project not completed yet *SCM
Type
Code
Project Number
(City # / MNS # /
Project Name TetraTech #)
Completion Date (MM/DD/YY)
SCM Description (Drainage Management Area [DMA] #)
SDRR1: Direct roof runoff into cisterns or rain barrels for reuse SDRR2: Direct roof runoff onto vegetation areas
SDRR3: Direct runoff from sidewalks, walkways and/or patios onto vegetated areas SDRR4: Direct runoff from driveways and/or uncovered parking lots, onto vegetated areas SDRR5: Construct bike lanes, driveways, uncovered parking lots, sidewalks, walkways and patios with permeable surfaces WQT1: LID Treatment System - Harvesting and Use, Infiltration and Evapotranspiration SCM w/Hydraulic Sizing Criteria (Retain Stormwater Runoff- 85 percentile 24-hour storm event based on local rainfall data) WQT2: Biofiltration Treatment System (Treat Storm Water Runoff - 0.2 inches/hour intensity or 2 X's 85 percentile hourly rainfall for the applicable area, based on historical records of hourly rainfall depth) WQT3a: Non-Retention Treatment Systems w/Hydraulic Sizing Criteria - Volume Hydraulic Design Basis (Treat Stormwater Runoff - 85 percentile 24-hour storm event, based on local rainfall data) WQT3b: Non-Retention Treatment Systems w/Hydraulic Sizing Criteria - Flow Hydraulic Design Basis (Treat Storm Water Runoff - 0.2 inches/hour intensity or 2 X's 85 percentile hourly rainfall for the applicable area, based on historical records of hourly rainfall depth) RR1: Retain 95th Percentile Rainfall Event - Optimizing Infiltration via Storage RR2: Retain 95th Percentile Rainfall Event - Optimizing Infiltration via Rainfall Harvesting RR3: Retain 95th Percentile Rainfall Event - Optimizing Infiltration via Evapotranspiration RR4: LID - Site Assessment Measures
RR5: LID - Site Design Measures
RR6: LID - Delineation of discrete Drainage Management Areas RR7: LID - Undisturbed and Natural Landscape Areas
RR8: LID: Structural Stormwater Control Measures
RR9: Hydrologic Analysis and Structural Control Measuring Sizing PM1: Post-development peak flows, discharge from the site, shall not exceed pre-project peak flows for the 2-10 year storm events.

Problems Identified
During Inspection
(including Vector or
Nuisance Problems)
O&M Responsible Party
SCM Type
(List Applicable
Codes*)
SCM
ID Number
Project Address /
Location
O&M
Funding Source
O&M
Maintenance Verification
Note: Strikeout Cell = Project in plan check phase
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Tier 1 Stormwater Control Plan
For Small (Tier 1) Land Development Projects
Development projects that create or replace 2,500 sf or more of impervious surface (roofs or pavement) must incorporate specific measures to reduce stormwater runoff. This Stormwater Control Plan template applies to Small Tier 1 Projects1. Please complete the following template and include with your land use permit application submittal.

It is fairly easy to accomplish the stormwater requirements for most small land development projects. However, compliance must be carefully documented. The municipal stormwater staff will review your Tier 1 Stormwater Control Plan, site plan, and associated permit submittals to confirm that the following design strategies have been incorporated:
• Limit disturbance of creeks and natural drainage features • Minimize compaction of highly permeable soils
• Limit clearing and grading of native vegetation at the site to the minimum area needed to build the project, allow access, and provide fire protection • Minimize impervious surfaces by concentrating improvements on the leastsensitive portions of the site, while leaving the remaining land in a natural undisturbed state
• Minimize stormwater runoff by implementing one or more site design measures, consistent with the checklist below.

Here are the simple step-by-step instructions for completing a Tier 1 Stormwater Control Plan for Small (Tier 1) Land Development projects:

Step 1: Project Data Form
1 Projects that create or replace 5,000 sf or more of impervious surface (not single-family), and all other projects including single-family projects that create or replace 15,000 sf or more of impervious surface, require a more comprehensive Stormwater Control Plan. Please see Santa Barbara County’s Stormwater Technical Guide for more information, including definition of “net impervious” as applicable . www.sbprojectcleanwater.org Sample 214
Complete all fields in the Project Data form. Select one or more runoff reduction measures.

Step 2: Delineate Impervious Areas and Runoff Reduction Measures
Delineate the impervious area. On an attached site plan or sketch, show the impervious area—for example, a roof, or portion of a roof, or a paved area—that will drain to your runoff reduction measure. Typically these delineations follow roof ridge lines or grade breaks. Alternatively, show the type and extent of pervious paving. An example sketch follows.

Indicate the location and type of runoff reduction measure(s) you’ve selected. On the site plan or sketch, show the reduction measure(s) selected. At least one measure is required that is designed to minimize runoff from some amount of impervious area.

Step 3: Complete Checklist and Submit Your Tier 1 Stormwater Control Plan
For each measure selected, fill out the brief checklist to verify that your design meets the minimum standards. Include the checklist with your Stormwater Control Plan.

This Stormwater Control Plan will accompany your land use application submittal and include:

1. Project Data form including the runoff reduction measures(s) selected

2. Site plan or sketch showing runoff management from impervious areas (see attached)

3. Checklist of runoff reduction measures design standards (see below) Sample 215
Tier 1 Stormwater Control Plan Project Data
[Complete all fields]
Project Name / Case File Number
Project Location
[Street Address if available, or intersection and/or
APN]
Name of Owner or Developer
Project Type and Description
[Examples: “Single Family Residence,” “Parking Lot
Addition,” “Retail and Parking”]
Total New Impervious Surface Area (square feet)
[Sum of currently pervious areas that will be covered
with new impervious surfaces]
Total Replaced Impervious Surface Area
[Sum of currently impervious areas that will be covered with new impervious surfaces.]
Total Pre-Project Impervious Surface Area
Total Post-Project Impervious Surface Area
Runoff Reduction Measure(s) Selected
(Check one or more)
 1. Disperse runoff from roofs or
pavement to vegetated area
 2. Permeable pavement
 3. Cisterns or Rain Barrels
 4. Bioretention Facility or Planter Box
Sample 216
Stormwater Control Plan Runoff Reduction Measures
Design Standards Checklist
Measure 1: Disperse runoff from roofs or pavement to vegetated areas.

This is the simplest option. Downspouts can be directed to flat or concave vegetated areas adjacent to buildings, or extended via pipes to reach vegetated areas further away. Paved areas can be designed with curb cuts, or without curbs, to direct flow into surrounding vegetation.

On the site plan, show:
 Each impervious area from which runoff will be directed, and its square footage.
 The vegetated areas that will receive runoff, and the approximate square footage of each.
 If necessary, explain in notes on the plan how runoff will be routed from impervious surfaces to vegetated areas.

Confirm the following standards are met:
 Pervious areas must be relatively flat and if graded, the surface should be slightly concave.

Tributary impervious square footage in no instance exceeds twice the square footage of the receiving pervious area. On your sketch, show rough dimensions that will confirm this criterion is met.
 Roof areas collect runoff and route it to the receiving pervious area via gutters and downspouts.  Paved areas are sloped so drainage is routed to the receiving pervious area.  Runoff is dispersed across the vegetated area (for example, with a splash block) to avoid erosion and promote infiltration.
 Vegetated area has amended soils, vegetation, and irrigation as required to maintain soil stability and permeability.
 Any area drains within the vegetated area have inlets at least 3 inches above surrounding grade.  Additional comments:

Connecting a roof leader to a
vegetated area. The head from the
eave height makes it possible to
route roof drainage some distance
away from the building.

Sample 217
Measure 2: Permeable Pavement
Permeable pavements may include pervious concrete, pervious asphalt, porous pavers, crushed aggregate, open pavers with grass or plantings (turf block), open pavers with gravel, or solid pavers with open (non-grouted) joints.

Show on your site plan:
 Location, extent and types of pervious pavements.

Confirm the following standardsare met:
 No erodible areas drain on to permeable pavement.
 Subgrade compaction is minimal.
 Reservoir base course is of open-graded crushed stone. Base depth (3" or more) is adequate to retain rainfall and support design loads (more depth may be required).  No subdrain is included or, if a subdrain is included, outlet elevation is a minimum of 3 inches above bottom of base course.
 Subgrade is level and slopes are not so steep that subgrade is prone to erosion.  Rigid edge is provided to retain granular pavements and unit pavers.  Solid unit pavers, if used, are set in sand or gravel with minimum 3/8 inch gaps between the pavers. Joints are filled with an open-graded aggregate free of fines.  Permeable concrete or porous asphalt, if used, are installed by industry-certified professionals according to the vendor’s recommendations.
 Selection and location of pavements incorporates Americans with Disabilities Act requirements (if applicable), site aesthetics, and uses.
 Additional comments:

Check with local Fire Department for applicability criteria using permeable pavement.

Sample 218
Measure 3: Cisterns or Rain Barrels
Use of cisterns or rain barrels to comply with this requirement may be subject to municipality approval. Planning and Building Permits may be required for very large systems.

Show on your site plan:
 Impervious areas tributary to each cistern or rain
barrel.
 Location of each cistern or rain barrel.

Confirm the following standards are met:
 Rain barrels are sited at or above grade on a sound and level surface at or near gutter downspouts.  Gutters tributary to rain barrels are screened with a leaf guard or maximum ½-inch to ¼-inchminimum corrosion-resistant metallic hardware fabric.  Water collected will be used for irrigation only.
 Openings are screened with a corrosion-resistant metallic fine mesh (1/16 inch or smaller) to prevent mosquito harborage.
 Lids are secured to prevent entry by children.
 Rain barrels and gutters are to be cleaned annually.
 Additional comments:

Sample

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Measure 4: Bioretention Facility or Planter Box
An above-ground planter box may be appropriate if the
development site lacks level landscaped areas for dispersion and pervious pavements are not practical. Planter boxes and bioretention facilities can treat runoff from impervious surfaces 25 times their area (sizing factor of 0.04).

Detailed design guidance for bioretention facilities is in the Stormwater Technical Guide.

Show on your site plan:
 Impervious areas tributary to the facility.
 Location and footprint of facility.

Confirm the following standards are met:
 Ponding depth is 4"-6" minimum.
 Minimum 18" depth soil mix (60%-70% sand; 30%-40% compost) with minimum long-term infiltration rate of 5"/hour.
 Surface area of soil mix is a minimum 0.04 times the tributary impervious area.  “Class 2 permeable” (Caltrans specification 68-2.02(F)(3) drainage layer 12" deep.  No filter fabric.
 Perforated pipe (PVC SDR 35 or approved equivalent) underdrain.  Connection with sufficient head to storm drain or discharge point.  Underdrain has a clean-out port consisting of a vertical, rigid, non-perforated PVC pipe, connected to the underdrain via a sweep bend, with a minimum diameter of 4" and a watertight cap.
 Overflow outlet connected to a downstream storm drain or approved discharge point.  Planter is set level.
 Emergency spillage will be safely conveyed overland.
 Plantings are suitable to the climate, exposure, and a well-drained soil.  Irrigation system, if any, controlled as a separate zone.  Additional comments:

Flow-through planter built into a hillside. Flows
from the underdrain and overflow must be
directed in accordance with local requirements.

Sample 220
Sample 221
Useful Resources
The following references may be useful for design. Designs must meet the minimum standard specifications herein.

Santa Barbara Project Clean Water Stormwater Technical Guide. Available at http://www.sbprojectcleanwater.org
Start At the Source: Design Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality.

Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association, 1999.

California Nevada Cement Association, www.cncpc.org
Specifier’s Guide for Pervious Concrete, Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association. www.crmca.org Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute
http://www.icpi.org/
Porous Pavements, by Bruce K. Ferguson. 2005. ISBN 0-8493-2670-2 Sample 222
Stormwater Control Plan Example Sketch
The example below illustrates the level of detail required. This site plan addresses two Runoff Reduction Measures: permeable paving and dispersing runoff to vegetated areas. 16’
25’
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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM 6.a
Meeting Date: February 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Discussion and Possible Action to Provide Direction Regarding Enforcement of Delinquent Water and Sewer Utility Bills PREPARED BY: Randy Murphy, City Manager
Chelsea O’Sullivan, City Attorney
DISCUSSION:

City Staff seeks direction from Council on how to approach enforcement of delinquent water and sewer utility accounts, specifically with respect to residential accounts. There are a handful of accounts at any given time that are delinquent on their City-owned utility bills. Most such accounts carry a balance in the hundreds of dollars, but current staff is aware of at least one account with a much higher balance. The same accounts tend to be cyclically or perpetually delinquent. As explained below, disconnection of service is a remedy available to the City provided certain procedures are followed. However, disconnection of water and/or sewer service is a harsh consequence that should not be imposed lightly.

Staff is seeking direction on how strictly to impose disconnection and reconnection requirements under the Code.

Consistent with state law, the Solvang Municipal Code allows for water service to be disconnected after 60 days of delinquency, provided noticing requirements are met. (SMC 9-3C-5.) Delinquent accounts are provided the option of alternative payment plans and deferred payment plans and a waiver of late fees once per calendar year. (SMC 9-3C-5.) These options are available regardless of the customer’s ability to pay. Under the City’s Code, the customer must come into compliance with the provision they violated and pay all charges, penalties and fees, including a reconnection fee and a disconnection fee before service can be reinstated. (SMC 9-3A-1, SMC 9-3-5, 9-3C-4, 9-3C-5.C, 9-3C-5.D.) State law adds additional restrictions on disconnection of residential service for non-payment under Health & Safety Code §116900 et seq. and Public Utilities Code § 10010, 10010.1. 1 The City cannot
disconnect residential service for non-payment during the pendency of an appeal of a water bill or investigation of a customer complaint or dispute, or during any period where the customer is complying with an authorized alternative payment plan. The City also cannot disconnect residential service for non-payment if all three of the following criteria are met: (1) the customer’s doctor certifies discontinuation of service is life threatening or poses a serious threat to health and safety of the resident, (2) the customer is financially unable to pay as evidenced by receipt of low-income benefits or a household income less than 200% of the poverty line, and (3) the customer is willing to enter into an alternative payment plan. (HSC §116910.) For customers meeting these three criteria, the City can only disconnect service after the customer fails to comply with the payment plan or doesn’t pay their current bill while under an alternative payment plan for 60 days or more. (HSC §116910(b)(3).) This effectively gives these residential customers 120 days to be delinquent before water can be disconnected. All other residential customers can be disconnected after 60 days of delinquency.

State law requires residential customers to be informed on how to restore residential service (HSC §116912) and sets limits on reconnection fees for residential customers 200% or more below the poverty line2 but does not otherwise set criteria for reconnection. Therefore, consistent with the SMC, 1 These provisions do not apply to disconnection of commercial customers or for reasons other than non-payment. 2 HSC § 116914 [setting reconnection fees for such customers to the lesser of $50 during normal business hours/$150 after hours or the actual cost of reconnection, to be adjusted by annually by CPI, and requiring waiver of interest charges on delinquent bills once every 12 months.]
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the City has the authority to refuse to reconnect service until all delinquent amounts are paid. However, as a policy matter that may result in harsh consequences for individual customers.

The SMC also provides that on its own motion, or on a motion by the customer, the City Council may “find that by reason of special circumstances any provision of this chapter should be suspended or modified as applied to a particular premises” for the duration of such special circumstances or part thereof. (SMC 9-2-3; SMC 9-3-5.C.) This provides some flexibility on a case-by-case basis.

An additional nuance is that water and sewer accounts are often in the name of the tenant. This can become an issue when the tenant moves out without paying their water or sewer bill and then leaves the area. To address this concern, the Code currently requires owners to accept responsibility in writing to pay for any tenant’s unpaid water and sewer charges. (SMC 9-3A-1.) Other remedies include small claims court, referral to a collections agency, or imposition of a lien on the property pursuant to SMC 9- 2E-4.D. Each have their limitations and challenges. This acceptance is required as part of an application for service. However, staff has encountered resistance from property owners who do not want to pay for their tenant’s delinquent bills. Staff is considering whether to simply require all accounts be in the name of the property owner to avoid this issue or to require tenants to provide a deposit when they set up their account. Either option would require a code amendment. Such requirements would be forward looking and apply only to new applications for service after the effective date of the ordinance.

Staff seeks the Council’s input on whether and how to address issues with delinquent tenant accounts.

It should be noted that PUC § 10009.6 prohibits a public utility from “seek[ing] to recover” delinquent residential tenant charges or penalties from the property owner or subsequent tenant. This section doesn’t apply to commercial properties. Although no court has squarely addressed this issue, arguably the City’s current code provision is distinguishable because it requires the owner to agree in writing to be responsible for the tenant’s utilities, rather than seeking to recover delinquent charges after the fact.

If the City amends the Code to require all accounts in the property owner’s name, PUC § 10009.6 would be inapplicable as it does not apply to delinquency incurred under a property owner’s account.

PUC § 10009.6 also provides that a City cannot require service to a subsequent tenant (i.e. a tenant following a delinquent tenant) be furnished on the property owner’s account unless the owner voluntarily agrees to that requirement. It also provides that service cannot be denied to a subsequent tenant in the tenant’s name based on nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. Under staff’s interpretation, it is not inconsistent with this section to require all accounts to be in a property owner’s name because the requirement would be generally applicable and not contingent on a prior tenant’s delinquency at that property. However, to date a court has not squarely addressed this issue.

Interestingly the City of Stockton opted to require all accounts to be in the name of the property owner after being sued under PUC § 10009.6 for seeking to recover a tenant incurred charge from a property owner. (City of Stockton Municipal Code 13.04.020; Cal. Apt. Assoc. v. City of Stockton (2000) 80 Cal.

App. 4th 699.) If the City opted to keep accounts in the name of the tenant, the PUC § 10009.6 allows the City to require a tenant to provide a deposit prior to establishing an account for service, provided the deposit does not exceed “twice the estimated average periodic bill or three times the estimated average monthly bill.” (PUC § 10009.6.)
ALTERNATIVES:

Provide staff additional direction.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no identified fiscal impact at this time.

ATTACHMENTS:

None
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Can the City levy or lien the property owner for amounts due the city for water?
If so the City can place a lien on the property which must be paid if transferred. In the meantime these liens can be sold to investors who want to earn the interest rate associated with the delinquent amounts. In this way investors buy the liens from the city and now they collect on the past due amounts knowing they are paid principal and interest when property is transferred or sold with a government lien.

Similar to property taxes, enforcement for fire abatement done by county, IRS or FTB to collect from an owner.
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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM 6.b
Meeting Date: February 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Discussion and possible action to Approve Mid-Year Budget Adjustments for fiscal year 2023/2024.

PREPARED BY: Wendy Berry, Administrative Service Director DISCUSSION:

As part of our fiscal management, staff reviews all budgeted line items and compares actual results against budgeted projections. A mid-year budget review provides Council an understanding of the City’s financial status halfway through the fiscal year. Attachment A is the budget to actual financial report through December 31, 2023.

Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), sales tax and property tax are the main revenue sources for the General Fund. Although TOT revenues increased from prior years, by comparison Sales Tax revenue was $21,000 less. From July through December the City received $3,716,019 in TOT revenue which is 76% of the total TOT revenue budgeted in 2023/2024. From July through November, the City received $801,544 in sales tax revenue which is 39% of the entire year of sales tax estimated revenue in 2023/2024. To date, December sales tax has not been received.

Proposed Budget Adjustments:

Staff is recommending the following budget adjustments for the 2023/2024 fiscal year.

A decrease to the General Fund of $331,496 (Tables 1 & 2), a decrease to the Water Fund of $405,343 (Table 3) and a decrease to the Wastewater Fund of $55,200 and an increase to the Measure U fund of $830,000,
General Fund Revenue Overview:

Table 1
General Fund Revenue
by Department
FY 23-24
General Fund
Budget Revenue - YTD % Received
Administration $ 9,576,800.00 $ 4,487,591.00 47%
Planning $ 341,755.00 $ 130,796.00 38%
Recreation $ 88,325.00 $ 56,912.00 64%
Tourism $ 10,000.00 $ 9,786.00 98%
Public Works $ 243,422.00 $ 37,621.00 15%
Total Revenue $ 10,260,302.00 $ 4,722,706.00 46%
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General Fund Expense Overview:

Table 2
General Fund (100) - Budget Adjustments
Administration
• Increase in interest earned.
• Increase in Professional Fees for the TOT Survey, and Agenda Software Management. • Increase in Preemployment physical exams and background checks. • Increase in legal fees for the South Coast Property Case. • Increase in bank charges and insurance.

Planning
• Increase in Leap Grant Revenue
Recreation
• Increase in Youth Program and Haunted House Revenues
• Increase in credit card fees
• Increase in youth program and special events programs Tourism
• Increase in marketing expenses
Public Works
• Increase in fuel costs
• Repair HCA Park Host Trailer
• Increase in village planter contract.
• Increase in emergency repairs Solvang Park
• Increase in janitorial contract and janitorial supplies • Emergency Repairs at Restroom #3
• Repairs and utilities Increase at 410 Second St.
• Repairs City generator
• Storm Damage
• Increase in tree light costs
• Increase in temporary staffing needs
General Fund Expenses
by Department
FY 23-24
General Fund
Budget Expenses - YTD % Expensed
Council $ 2,892,430.00 $ 2,132,581.00 74%
Special Agency $ 266,000.00 $ 156,000.00 59%
Administration $ 3,569,139.00 $ 946,520.00 27%
Planning $ 1,169,191.00 $ 414,970.00 35%
Recreation $ 470,998.00 $ 121,063.00 26%
Tourism $ 847,361.00 $ 400,712.00 47%
Public Works $ 3,406,899.00 $ 1,691,901.00 50%
Total Expense $ 12,622,018.00 $ 5,863,747.00 46%
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General Fund Budget Adjustments:

Water Fund Revenue and Expense Overview:

In Table 3 below, the City has received about 50% of its projected revenue. The operating expenses are 30% of the budgeted amount. The Acquisition for the Suspended Table A is a project that is on temporary hold and has been carried over from year to year. The actual expenditures exclude depreciation, overhead contribution and transfers out as they are calculated at year end.

Table 3
Water Fund
FY 23-24
Water Budget Water - YTD % Received
Revenues
Connection fees $ 20,000.00 $ 22,263.00 111%
Water (Meter) Sales $ 3,189,702.00 $ 1,500,215.00 47%
Consumption $ 2,330,403.00 $ 1,204,393.00 52%
Lease $ 18,000.00 $ 11,315.00 63%
Interest $ 12,000.00 $ 55,219.00 460%
Other $ 20,110.00 $ 19,034.00 95%
Total Revenue $ 5,590,215.00 $ 2,812,439.00 50%
Expenses % Expensed
Operating $ 2,241,666.00 $ 1,254,806.00 56%
State Water Payment $ 2,143,283.00 $ 1,019,711.00 48%
Acquisition of Suspended Table $ 820,000.00
Total $ 5,204,949.00 $ 2,274,517.00
Transfer Out $ 1,764,128.00
Overhead Contribution $ 303,039.00
Depreciation $ 361,000.00
Total Expense $ 7,633,116.00 $ 2,274,517.00
Fund Revenue Department Total
General Fund Interest $260,000
General Fund Recreation $18,000
General Fund Planning $20,524
Total GF Revenue $298,524
Fund Expense Department Total
General Fund Council $75,400
General Fund Administration $213,120
General Fund Recreation $9500
General Fund Tourism $42,000
General Fund Public Works $290,000
Total GF Expense $630,020
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Water Fund (500) – Budget adjustments:

Water
• Increase in interest earned
• Increasing legal expenses for River Wells
• Increase in credit card processing fees
• Increase in vehicle fuel costs and water treatment chemicals • Increase in professional services for Utility Director position • Maintenance on SPW Pumps
Wastewater Fund Revenue and Expense Overview:

In Table 4 below, the City has received 46% of the budgeted revenue and spent 15% of the budgeted expense. The actual expenditures exclude depreciation, overhead contribution and transfers out as they are calculated at year end.

Table 4
Wastewater Fund
FY 23-24
Wastewater
Budget Wastewater - YTD % Received
Revenues
Connection fees $ 14,020.00 $ 8,162.00 58%
SYCSD Reimbursement $ 452,000.00 $ 120,000.00 27%
Sewer Revenue $ 2,128,508.00 $ 1,106,027.00 52%
Interest $ 5,000.00 $ 19,917.00 398%
Fines & Penalties $ 5,000.00 $ 7,503.00 150%
Other $ 1,906.00 $ 527.00 28%
Transfer In $ 130,000.00
Total $ 2,736,434.00 $ 1,262,136.00 46%
Expenses % Expensed
Sanitary Sewer Operating $ 461,816.00 $ 153,118.00 33%
WWTP Operating $ 1,413,624.00 $ 565,311.00 40%
Total Operating $ 1,875,440.00 $ 718,429.00 38%
Overhead Contribution $ 361,770.00
Transfer Out $ 2,118,922.00
Depreciation $ 505,000.00
Total Expense $ 4,861,132.00
Fund Department Total
Enterprise – Revenue Water - Interest $85,000
Enterprise - Expense Water $490,343
Net adjustment Water $405,343
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Wastewater Fund (501) –Budget adjustments:

Wastewater
• Increase in Interest Earned
• Increase in utility billing production costs.
• Increase in professional fees for recruitment of Utility Director Position Fund Department Total
Enterprise - Revenue Wastewater $30,000
Enterprise Sewer $35,000
Enterprise Wastewater $50,200
Net adjustment Wastewater $55,200
Measure U (207) – Revenue Adjustment:
• Increase in sales tax revenue – 1st year of revenue
Fund Total
Measure U Revenue $830,000
Total Budget Adjustments By Fund
Fund Total
General Fund $331,496
Measure U $830,000
Water $405,343
Wastewater $55,200
Change to Fund Balance:

Measure U - Revenues
Measure U
Budget Revenue -YTD % Received
Sales Tax $ 1,200,000.00 $ 1,042,271.00 87%
Interest $ - $ 6,281.00
Total Revenue $ 1,200,000.00 $ 1,048,552.00 87%
General Fund Measure U Water Wastewater
100 207 500 501
Unrestricted Fund Balance as of 6/30/23 $ 10,335,782 $ 536,563 $ 7,820,534 $ 1,519,529 FY 23-24 (Adopted)
+Revenues $ 10,260,301.00 $ 1,200,000.00 $ 5,590,215.00 $ 2,736,434.00 -Expenditures $ 10,388,429.96 $ 500,000.00 $ 5,782,235.92 $ 2,816,247.70 Capital Expenses $ 1,165,000.00 $ 1,730,000.00 $ 2,010,000.00 Projected Fund Balance as of 6/30/24 $ 9,042,653.04 $ 1,236,562.87 $ 5,898,513.08 $ (570,284.70) Budget Adjustments $ (331,496.00) $ 830,000.00 $ (405,343.00) $ (55,200.00) Updated Fund Balance as of 6/30/24 $ 8,711,157.04 $ 2,066,562.87 $ 5,493,170.08 $ (625,484.70) FUND
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ALTERNATIVES:

None
FISCAL IMPACT:

It is estimated in the General Fund, the net adjustment of $331,496 will reduce the General Fund balance to $8,711,157. The Water Fund budget adjustments will have a net adjustment of $405,343 and will reduce the Water Fund balance to $5,493,170. The Wastewater net budget adjustment of $55,200 will reduce the Wastewater Fund balance to ($625,485). The Measure U fund balance will increase to $2,066,563.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Budget/Actual Report 07/01/23-12/31/2023
B. Power Point Presentation
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FY 23-24 Mid Year Budget
Adjustments
(July – December 2023)
Attachment A
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Provides an analysis for
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General Fund
(doesn’t include December sales tax)
$4,722,706 46%
Measure U $1,042,271 87%
Water Fund $2,812,439 50%
Wastewater Fund $1,262,136 46%
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PG. 4
General Fund $5,863,747 46%
Water Fund $2,274,517 48%
Wastewater $718,429 38%
Actual expenses
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Budget Adjustments By
Fund
PG. 5
Fund Total Reason
General Fund $(331,496) Net difference between
Revenue/Expense
Measure U $830,000 Revenue only – exceeded
projection
Water $(405,343) Net difference between
revenue/expense
Wastewater $(55,200) Net difference between
revenue/expense
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PG.
6 Projected year
end balance
based on actual
expenses for
July-December
Budgeted
preliminary year
end fund balance
Difference in
fund balance
General Fund $8,711,157 $5,136,326 Increased revenue and capital projects not
completed increased 22/23
fund balance
Measure U $2,066,563 $700,000 First year of revenue
exceeded projection
Water $5,493,170 $3,453,198 Capital projects not
completed increased fund
balance 22/23
Wastewater $(625,485) $(2,395,324) Capital projects not completed in 22/23
increased fund balance for
22/23
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PG. 7
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CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM 6.c
Meeting Date: February 26, 2024
SUBJECT: Award a contract to Cannon Corporation for Design Services and to Provide Construction Management Services for the HCA Middle Well Reliability Project in the amount not to exceed $325,067 plus a 10% contingency of $32,506.70 for a total not to exceed amount of $357,573.70 for the term February 22, 2024 – December 31, 2025, and authorize the Mayor to execute on behalf of the City; and
Authorize the Necessary Budget Adjustments
PREPARED BY: Randy Murphy, City Manager
DISCUSSION:

The HCA Middle Well was drilled and initially tested in June 2015. It was not put into service at that time and has been unused since. Due to inconsistent water deliveries from the State, it is now necessary to develop this well.

This project will increase the reliability of the City’s water supply by refurbishing and reactivating the HCA Middle Well. This initiative is particularly vital for situations where other City wells are offline or when there is an increased demand for water.

Additionally, the well would be equipped for groundwater injection capabilities. During winter and spring, especially in years with substantial State Water allocations, the City could inject excess water through this well into the groundwater basin. This process will allow the City to temporarily store water for periods of high demand or when State Water allocations are reduced.

The City solicited proposals from five firms in December. Only Cannon responded. Staff recommends your Council award a contract to Cannon and authorize any necessary budget adjustments.

ALTERNATIVES:

Council could not approve this project. This is not recommended since continuing drought conditions make the City increasingly reliant on groundwater wells.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Most of the funds for this project were included in this year’s CIP budget. However, the ten percent contingency amount was not. Approval of this Agreement needs to include authorization to make the necessary budget adjustments in order to pay for this work.

ATTACHMENTS:

A. Agreement
B. Cannon Scope of Work
C. Cannon Proposed Schedule
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CITY OF SOLVANG

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
PARTIES AND DATE. This Agreement is made and entered into this 26th day of February, 2024 (“Effective Date”) by and between the CITY OF SOLVANG, a Municipal Corporation and Charter City organized under the Constitution and laws of the State of California with its principal place of business at 1644 Oak Street, Solvang, CA 93463 (“City”) and CANNON CORPORATION, a California Corporation with its principal place of business at 1050 Southwood Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (“Consultant”). City and Consultant are sometimes individually referred to as “Party” and collectively as “Parties” in this Agreement. The parties hereto, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, hereby agree to the following terms and conditions:

1.0 GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.01 Term: This agreement will become effective on the date of execution set forth below, and will continue in effect until terminated as provided herein.

1.02 Services : Consultant shall perform the scope of work (tasks) described and set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein as though set forth in full. Consultant shall complete the tasks according to the project schedule which is also set forth in Exhibit A.

Consultant shall determine the method, details and means of performing the abovereferenced services.

Consultant may, at their own expense, employ such assistants and subconsultants, as Consultant deems necessary to perform the services required of Consultant by this agreement.

However, Consultant may not assign this agreement to any other person or entity in the performance of required project-related services, and the City may not control, direct or supervise Consultant’s assistants or employees in the performance of those services.

1.03 Standard of Performance: Consultant’s services shall be performed in accordance with generally accepted professional practices and principles and in a manner consistent with the level of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of Consultant’s profession currently practicing under similar conditions. Whenever the scope of work requires or permits approval by the City, it is understood to be approval solely for the purposes of conforming to the requirements of the scope of work and not acceptance of any professional or other responsibility for the work. Such approval does not relieve the Consultant of responsibility for complying with the standard of performance or laws, regulations, industry standards, or from liability for damages caused by negligent acts, errors, omissions, noncompliance with industry standards, or the willful misconduct of Consultant or its subcontractors. By delivery of completed work, Consultant certifies that the work conforms to the requirements of this contract and all applicable federal, state and local laws. If Consultant is retained to perform services requiring a license, certification, registration or other similar requirement under California law, Consultant shall maintain that license, certification, registration or other similar requirement throughout the term of this Contract.

1.04 Compensation: In consideration for the services to be performed by Consultant, City agrees to pay Consultant monetary consideration for professional services in accordance with the fee schedule set forth in Exhibit A. The parties agree that total compensation for fees and costs for the services detailed in Exhibit A shall not exceed the sum of $325,067 plus a 10% contingency of $32,506.7 for a total not to exceed amount of $357,573.70, unless and until this Agreement is amended as provided herein.
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1.05 Billing/Payment Terms. All charges for Consultant’s services and authorized related reimbursable expenses shall be billed monthly, and all undisputed charges will be paid by City within 30 (thirty) days of receipt. The bills shall list all tasks under this Agreement, the task budget, project total budget, percentage completed for each task for that month, associated percentage billing against each task, and total billing for that month. In the event the Agreement is based on time & materials billing up to a not-to-exceed amount, the bill shall itemize by date all services and expenses provided during the invoice period (under this Agreement) including a brief description of the nature of work performed, the person or vendor performing them, the applicable billing rate, and the time expended. All Consultant service invoices must be approved by the City Manager prior to payment.

2.0 OBLIGATIONS OF CONTRACTOR

2.01 Contract Management and Service Performance: Consultant Principal shall serve as the project manager and will personally prepare, or direct and supervise the preparation of, all work product called for by this agreement. Consultant represents that it has the qualifications, experience and facilities to properly perform all services hereunder in a thorough, competent, timely, and professional manner and shall, at all times during the term of this Agreement, have in full force and affect all licenses required of it by law. Consultant agrees to devote the hours and the human resources necessary to timely perform the services set forth in this agreement in an efficient, professional, and effective manner.

2.02 Avoidance of Conflict of Interest.
(a) Consultant may represent, perform services for, and be employed by additional individuals or entities, in Consultant’s sole discretion, as long as the performance of these extracontractual services does not interfere with or present a conflict with City’s business or interfere with the timely performance and completion of Consultant’s services under this Agreement. (b) Consultant shall comply with all conflict of interest laws and regulations including, without limitation, the City’s Conflict of Interest Code (on file in the City Clerk’s Office). All officers, employees and/or agents of Consultant who will be working on behalf of the City pursuant to this Agreement may be required to file Statements of Economic Interest. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the Consultant to notify the City of any staff changes relating to this Agreement.
(c) In accomplishing the scope of services of this Agreement, all officers, employees and/or agents of the Consultant unless as indicated in Subsection (d), will be performing a very limited and closely supervised function, and therefore, unlikely to have a conflict of interest arise. No disclosures are required for any officers, employees, and/or agents of Consultant, except as indicated in Subsection (d). _____ (Initials).
(d) In accomplishing the scope of services of this Agreement, Consultant will be performing a specialized or general service for the City, and there is substantial likelihood that the Consultant’s work product will be presented, either written or orally for the purpose of influencing a governmental decision. As a result, the following persons shall be subject to the City’s Conflict of Interest Code.
_Matt van der Linden_____________________

2.03 Tools and Instrumentalities: Consultant shall provide all tools and instrumentalities to perform the services under this agreement.
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2.04 Workers’ Compensation and Other Employee Benefits: City and Consultant intend and agree that Consultant is an independent contractor of City and agree that Consultant and Consultant’s employees and agents have no right to Workers’ Compensation and other Citysponsored employee benefits. Consultant agrees to provide Workers’ Compensation and other employee benefits, where required by law, for Consultant’s employees and agents. Consultant agrees to hold harmless and indemnify City for any and all claims arising out of any claim for injury, disability, or death of Consultant and any of Consultant’s employees or agents.

2.05 Indemnification
(a) Non-design, non-construction Professional Services: To the fullest extent permitted by law (including, but not limited to California Civil Code Sections 2782 and 2782.8), Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City, and its elected officials, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents (“City Indemnitees”), from and against any and all causes of action, claims, liabilities, obligations, judgments, or damages, including reasonable legal counsels’ fees and costs of litigation (“claims”), arising out of the Consultant’s performance or Consultant’s failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement or out of the operations conducted by Consultant, including the City’s active or passive negligence, except for such loss or damage arising from the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the City. In the event the City Indemnitees are made a party to any action, lawsuit, or other adversarial proceeding arising from Consultant’s performance of this Agreement, the Consultant shall provide a defense to the City Indemnitees or at the City’s option, reimburse the City Indemnitees their costs of defense, including reasonable legal fees, incurred in defense of such claims. (b) Non-design, construction Professional Services: To the extent the Scope of Services involve a “construction contract” as that phrase is used in Civil Code Section 2783, this paragraph shall apply in place of paragraph (a). To the fullest extent permitted by law (including, but not limited to California Civil Code Sections 2782 and 2782.8), Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City, and its elected officials, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents (“City Indemnitees”), from and against any and all causes of action, claims, liabilities, obligations, judgments, or damages, including reasonable legal counsels’ fees and costs of litigation (“claims”), arising out of the Consultant’s performance or Consultant’s failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement or out of the operations conducted by Consultant, except for such loss or damage arising from the active negligence, sole negligence or willful misconduct of the City. In the event the City Indemnitees are made a party to any action, lawsuit, or other adversarial proceeding arising from Consultant’s performance of this Agreement, the Consultant shall provide a defense to the City Indemnitees or at the City’s option, reimburse the City Indemnitees their costs of defense, including reasonable legal fees, incurred in defense of such claims.
(c) Design Professional Services: In the event Consultant is a “design professional”, and the Scope of Services require Consultant to provide “design professional services” as those phrases are used in Civil Code Section 2782.8, this paragraph shall apply in place of paragraphs (a) or (b). To the fullest extent permitted by law (including, but not limited to California Civil Code Sections 2782 and 2782.8) Consultant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City and its elected officials, officers, employees, volunteers and agents (“City Indemnitees”), from and against all claims, damages, injuries, losses, and expenses including costs, attorney fees, expert consultant and expert witness fees arising out of, pertaining to or relating to, the negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of Consultant, except to the extent caused by the sole negligence, active negligence or willful misconduct of the City. Negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of any subcontractor employed by Consultant shall be conclusively deemed to be the negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of Consultant unless adequately corrected by Consultant. In the event the City Indemnitees are made a party to any action, lawsuit, or other adversarial proceeding arising from Consultant’s performance of 263
this Agreement, the Consultant shall provide a defense to the City Indemnitees or at the City’s option, reimburse the City Indemnitees their costs of defense, including reasonable legal fees, incurred in defense of such claims. In no event shall the cost to defend charged to Consultant under this paragraph exceed Consultant’s proportionate percentage of fault. However, notwithstanding the previous sentence, in the event one or more defendants is unable to pay its share of defense costs due to bankruptcy or dissolution of the business, Consultant shall meet and confer with other parties regarding unpaid defense costs. (d) Payment by City is not a condition precedent to enforcement of the indemnities in paragraph (a), (b), or (c). In the event of any dispute between Consultant and City, as to whether liability arises from the active negligence, sole negligence or willful misconduct of the City or its officers, employees, or agents, Consultant will be obligated to pay for City’s defense until such time as a final judgment has been entered adjudicating the City as having been actively negligent, solely negligent or as having engaged in willful misconduct. Except as otherwise required by Civil Code Section 2782.8, Consultant will not be entitled in the absence of such a determination to any reimbursement of defense costs including but not limited to attorney’s fees, expert fees and costs of litigation. The provisions of this Section 2.05 shall survive completion of Consultant’s services or the termination of this Agreement.

2.06 Insurance: Consultant shall maintain prior to the beginning of and for the duration of this Agreement insurance coverage as specified in Exhibit B attached to and part of this agreement.

2.07 Campaign Contribution Disclosure: Pursuant to Government Code Section 84308, any party to a City proceeding (which includes, but is not limited to, all contracts with the City, other than competitively bid, labor, or personal employment contracts) must disclose on the record any campaign contributions made to a member of the City Council or other elected or appointed officer of the City, any candidate for elected office of the City, or any candidate for elective office of any other agency who is also an elected or appointed officer of the City in excess of $250 in the past 12 months. This disclosure requirement includes contributions by the party’s agent, such as a consultant, and aggregated contributions from persons or entities related to the party. Consultant is required to fill out and provide the attached Exhibit C ‘Applicant/Interested Party Campaign Contribution Disclosure Form’ with submission of this Agreement and to update this form after each contribution and no later than the beginning of any associated proceeding.

3.0 OBLIGATIONS OF CITY

3.01 Cooperation: City agrees to comply with all reasonable requests of Consultant necessary to the performance of Consultant’s duties under this agreement. City employees, agents and officers of the City agree to disclose all information relevant to this project to Consultant. Consultant shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the accuracy and completeness of information furnished by City, provided that Consultant shall give City prompt written notice of any known defects in such information.

4.0 TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

4.01 Termination Notice: Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, any party hereto may terminate this agreement, at any time, without cause, by giving at least 30 (thirty) days’ prior written notice to the other parties to this agreement.

4.02 Termination on Occurrence of Stated Events: This agreement shall terminate automatically on the occurrence of any of the following events:
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a. Sale of the business of any party;
b. The end of the 30 (thirty) days as set forth in section 4.01; c. End of the contract to which Consultant’s services were necessary; or d. Assignment of this agreement by Consultant without the consent of City. e. Death of any party.

4.03 Termination by any Party for Default: Should any party default in the performance of this agreement or materially breach any of its provisions, the non-breaching party, at its option, may terminate this agreement, immediately, by giving written notice of termination to the breaching party.

4.04 Termination: This agreement shall terminate on DECEMBER 31, 2025, unless earlier extended as set forth in this Section. The City, with the agreement of Consultant, is authorized to extend the term of this agreement beyond the termination date, as needed, under the same terms and conditions as set forth in this agreement. Any such extension shall be in writing and be an amendment to this agreement.

5.0 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

5.01 Additional Tasks as May Be Assigned by the City Manager: Prior to initiating any Consultant work on matters relating to the purposes of this Agreement, but outside the Scope of Services for this Agreement, it shall be the responsibility of Consultant to obtain written approval of the City Manager, prior to initiation of such tasks.

5.02 Time Schedule: Consultant is to begin work upon receipt and execution of City contract. Consultant agrees to engage its best efforts to adhere strictly to the schedule set forth in Exhibit A and incorporated herein.

5.03 Work Outside Contract Scope: No payment for changed or additional work shall be made unless the changed or additional work has first been approved in writing by the City Manager and the parties have agreed upon the appropriate adjustment, if any, to the payment schedule and maximum payment amount for the changed or additional work. The Contract Manger may order changes or additions to the scope of work. Whether a change or addition to the scope of work is proposed by the Consultant or ordered by the City Manager, the parties shall in good faith negotiate an appropriate adjustment, if any, to the payment schedule and maximum payment for the changed or additional work. An approved change or addition, along with the payment adjustment, if any, will be effective upon an amendment to this contract executed by both parties. The amendment shall not render ineffective or invalidate unaffected portions of this contract.

5.04 Confidentiality:
(a) Confidential Nature of Information. Consultant shall treat all information obtained from the City in the performance of this contract as confidential and proprietary to the City.

Consultant shall treat all records and work product prepared or maintained by Consultant in the performance of this contract as confidential.
(b) Limitation on use and disclosure. Consultant agrees that it will not use any information obtained as a consequence of the performance of work for any purpose other than fulfillment of Consultant’s scope of work. Consultant will not disclose any information prepared for the City, or obtained from the City or obtained as a consequence of the performance of work to any person other than the City, or its own employees, agents or 265
subcontractors who have a need for the information for the performance of work under this contract unless such disclosure is specifically authorized in writing by the City. (c) Security plan. If requested by the City Manager, Consultant shall prepare a security plan to assure that information obtained from the City or as a consequence of the performance of work is not used for any unauthorized purpose or disclosed to unauthorized persons.

Consultant shall advise the City of any request for disclosure of information or of any actual or potential disclosure of information.
(d) Survival. Consultant’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of this contract.

6.0 MISCELLANEOUS

6.01 Notices: Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, any and all notices or other communications required or permitted by this agreement or by law to be served on or given to any party to this agreement shall be in writing and delivered or, in lieu of such personal service, when deposited in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, to the following address for each respective party:

PARTY ADDRESS
TO: CITY OF SOLVANG City of Solvang
1644 Oak Street
Solvang, CA 93463
Attention: City Clerk
Copy to: Chelsea O’Sullivan
City Attorney
Richards, Watson & Gershon
847 Monterey Street, Suite 206
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
TO CONSULTANT: Cannon Corporation
Larry Kraemer, Director, Public Infrastructure
1050 Southwood Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

6.02 Governing Law: This agreement and all matters relating to this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California in force at the time, should any need for interpretation of this agreement or any decision or holding concerning this agreement arise.

6.03 Binding Effect: This agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, but nothing in this Section shall be construed as consent by City to any assignment of this agreement or any interest in the agreement.

6.04 Remedies: The remedies set forth in this agreement shall not be exclusive, but shall be cumulative with, and in addition to, all remedies now or hereafter allowed by law or equity.

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6.06 Ownership of Work Product: Upon delivery, the work product, including without limitation, all original reports, writings, recordings, drawings, files, and detailed calculations developed under this contract are the property of the City. Consultant agrees that all copyrights, which arise from creation of the work pursuant to this contract, shall be vested in the City and waives and relinquishes all claims to copyright or other intellectual property rights in favor of the City. City acknowledges that its use of the work product is limited to the purposes contemplated by the scope of work and that the Consultant makes no representation of the suitability of the work product for use in or application to circumstances not contemplated by the scope of work.

6.07. Integration and Modification:
(a) This contract represents the entire understanding and agreement of the City and Consultant as to those matters contained herein. This agreement correctly sets forth the obligations of the parties hereto to each other as of the date of this agreement. All agreements or representations respecting the subject matter of this agreement not expressly set forth or referred to in this agreement are null and void. No prior oral or written understanding shall be of any force or effect with respect to those matters covered hereunder. This contract may not be modified, amended, or altered except in writing signed by the City and Consultant. (b) In the event of any conflict between the terms of this agreement and the terms of an exhibit, the terms of this agreement shall control, even if the exhibit purports to modify this agreement. In the event an exhibit incorporates by reference any additional physical documents, websites, web links or other electronic location not under the control of the City, the parties agree that such additional documents shall have no impact on this agreement and shall be deemed to be void unless actually attached to the exhibit that purports to incorporate such additional document. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the provisions of Section 2.05 of this agreement shall not be altered, amended, limited or otherwise affected in any manner by any language included in an exhibit to this agreement, even if such exhibit purports to affect the provisions of Section 2.05. Furthermore, any attempt to limit liability to the City that is expressed in an exhibit shall have no force or effect unless City has expressly agreed to such limitation by providing the initials of its authorized representative here: ___________.

6.08. Advice of Counsel: The parties agree that they are aware that they have the right to be advised by counsel with respect to the negotiations, terms, and conditions of this contract, and that the decision of whether or not to seek the advice of counsel with respect to this contract is a decision which is the sole responsibility of each of the parties hereto. This contract shall not be construed in favor or against either party by reason of the extent to which each party participated in the drafting of the contract.

6.09. Independent Review: Each party hereto declares and represents that in entering this contract it has relied and is relying solely upon its own judgment, belief and knowledge of the nature, extent, effect and consequence relating thereto. Each party further declares and represents that this contract is being made without reliance upon any statement or representation not contained herein of any other party, or any representative, agent, or attorney of any other party.

6.10. Attorney Fees: In the event of any controversy, claim or dispute between the parties hereto, arising out of or relating to this agreement, or the breach hereof, the prevailing party shall be entitled, in addition to other such relief as may be granted, to a reasonable sum as and for attorney fees.

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6.12. Assignment: This agreement is specifically not assignable by Consultant to any person or entity. Any assignment or attempt to assign by Consultant whether it be voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, is void and is a material breach of this agreement, giving rise to a right to terminate as set forth in Section 4.03.

6.13. Time for Performance: Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this agreement, should the performance of any act required by this agreement to be performed by either party be prevented or delayed by reason by any act of God, strike, lockout, labor trouble, inability to secure materials, epidemics, pandemics, or any other cause, except financial inability, which is the fault of the party required to perform the act, the time for performance of the act will be extended for a period of time equivalent to the period of delay and performance of the act during the period of delay will be excused: provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section shall exclude the prompt payment by either party as required by this agreement of the performance of any act rendered difficult or impossible solely because of the financial condition of the party required to perform the act.

6.14 Severability: Should any provision of this agreement be held by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a legislative or rulemaking act to be either invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect, unimpaired by the holding, legislation or rule.

6.15. Construction: The parties agree that each has had an opportunity to have their counsel review this agreement and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not apply in the interpretation of this agreement or any amendments or exhibits thereto. The captions of the sections are for convenience and reference only, and are not intended to be construed to define or limit the provision to which they relate.

6.16. Amendments: Amendments to this agreement shall be in writing and shall be made only with the mutual written consent of all the parties to this agreement.

6.17. Signatures: The individuals executing this contract represent and warrant that they have the legal capacity and authority to do so on behalf of their respective legal entities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this contract on the following date.

CITY OF SOLVANG CONTRACTOR

CANNON CORPORATION
By: By:

Mark Infanti, Mayor Larry Kraemer, Director, Public Infrastructure Date: Date:

APPROVED AS TO FORM ATTEST:

Richards, Watson & Gershon
By: By:

Chelsea O’Sullivan, City Attorney Annamarie Porter, City Clerk 268

EXHIBIT A

SCOPE OF WORK,

FEE SCHEDULE
&

PROJECT SCHEDULE
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Scope of Work
Progress Meetings, Project
Schedule, and Coordination
Cannon' s project manager and key team members will
attend a project kick- off meeting and two progress
meetings throughout the course of the project. We will
provide a detailed project schedule at the beginning of the project as well as an updated schedule if significant schedule changes occur. We will provide project
coordination as necessary and coordinate a new power
service/ meter for the well site with PG& E. We will prepare the necessary applications and support documents and
submit and process the applications with PG& E, contingent upon City approval. The City will pay all necessary fees.

Research, Data Collection, and
10 Analysis
We will conduct site visits to understand and document
relevant, existing conditions. We will collect, review, and analyze available plans, reports, and records regarding existing wells, HCA South, and Middle Well, as necessary to successfully complete design work associated with the project. We will perform utility research for the well site and waterline alignment. We will also review available soils reports for nearby locations and develop conservative
design criteria for use in footing and foundation designs, as necessary.

Topographic Mapping
We will perform a
topographic survey for an area of
approximately 100' x 150' at the well site, and for a 50' wide strip along the discharge waterline alignment. One - foot contours will be provided. Our survey will include visible surface features such as existing wellhead, trees, access road, power poles, fencing, valves and valve boxes, and other unique objects. We have assumed a waterline
length of approximately 200' and our survey will extend 25' beyond the end of the waterline. We will submit a plot of the draft topographic mapping, at a scale of 1" = 5', that includes existing utilities for City review and comments.

Revisions will be incorporated into the final plans. No boundary survey is included at this time.

CRadio Path Study
Cannon will conduct a radio path field survey and prepare a radio path study to determine how best to provide
radio communications to the well site. We expect that, to provide radio communications, an antenna will have to
be mounted on a monopole up to 80' tall. Otherwise, an
arrangement like the HCA South Well ( with lengthy conduit run from the well site to a hilltop) will be required. Prior to conducting the radio path survey, we will meet with
City staff and do field reconnaissance around the well site to guide and inform the requirements of the radio path
survey. We will prepare a brief technical memorandum
TM) summarizing our findings and recommendations.

We will submit a PDF copy of the draft report to the City for review and comments. We will address applicable City comments and submit a PDF copy of the final TM.

Site Improvements
We will develop sketches for two alternative site
layouts showing the major features such as existing and proposed access, wellhead, piping, chemical feed shed,
lighting, gates, and fencing, and submit to City for review and comment. We will prepare the final site layout based on City comments.

HCA South Well
Old Skytt Well
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HCA Middle Well
HCA Middle Well Cannon 6 Reliability Project
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Calculations
We will provide engineering calculations for the monopole footing, pump sizing, sizing of motor and other electrical equipment, and chemical feed and storage systems. Our
calculations will be included with the 70% submittal and will bear the signature and seal of an engineer registered in the State of California in the appropriate area of expertise. 0 Construction Drawings
We will prepare construction drawings for the HCA Middle Well, including the following:

Title sheet and general note sheets.

Site/ grading plan at a scale of 1" = 5'.

Permanent erosion control plan.

Structural plans.

Double -line wellhead piping plan.

Waterline connection to existing distribution system
plan and profile at a scale of 1" = 10' with connection detail, mechanical plans, electrical plans, and
instrumentation plans, as well as an appropriate
legend, abbreviation, symbol, and detail sheets.

We envision preparing approximately 25 construction
drawings for this project, and we will prepare our drawings in a current version of AutoCAD. Our plans will be prepared on City standard size 24" x36" drawing sheets. Two sets of plans as well as PDFs will be submitted for review and comment at the 70% and 100% levels of completion. We
will revise plans to address City comments. After approval of the final plans, eight final sets will be submitted for City use. Our well equipping design will be based on a
submersible turbine pump and motor and will include the following components:

Site Improvements
We will prepare a site plan for approximately 30' x 60' site, including grading, standard plan for a 3' high retaining wall, gravel access road, gravel paving, 4' wide man gate, 16' wide swing gate, lights, radio monopole, and heavy- duty vinyl clad chain link fencing. Our site plan will address site drainage and include pump - to -waste infiltration manhole.

Piping ( Civil / Mechanical Improvements)
We will prepare piping plans and details for use in
equipping the HCA Middle Well as an injection and
extraction well. Our design will be based on an injection flow rate of 100 gpm and an extraction flow rate of 190 gpm with 4" injection piping and 6" discharge piping. Our design of the well discharge head will include a 2" diameter downcomer that extends from the discharge head to
below the groundwater level. Wellhead piping design will also include a " Tee" for routing the HCA Middle Well raw water over to the HCA South Well site in the event future treatment is required. Wellhead piping design will include air release valves, Cla- Vlve pump control valve, injection and extraction flow meters, pressure relief valve, pump - to -waste line, and static mixer with connection points for chloramines disinfection facilities. The discharge waterline will connect to existing water system at nearby existing Tee location with cut -in connection that replaces existing 6" x 6" Tee with 6" x 6" cross and new gate valves.

Chemical Feed System
Cannon will prepare a design that includes a chemical
feed system ( chloramines— sodium hypochlorite and
ammonium hydroxide) along with separate shed enclosures for each chemical. Power, lighting, and instrumentation wiring will be provided to the two enclosures. The design will be similar to the existing chemical feed systems at City Well 3 and Well 22 with storage tanks, chemical feed pumps, chlorine analyzers, etc. Most of the design will be addressed through a performance - based specification.

Electrical
We will prepare our design using the City' sassumption
of a motor requirement of approximately 25 horsepower
HP). Our electrical drawings will include a variable
frequency drive (VFD) with ability to adjust well discharge from approximately 130 gpm to 220 gpm. Our electrical
drawings will also include electrical panels, pigtail for connection of trailer mounted emergency generator, site lighting, and multiple receptacles. We will provide details for constructing a light -weight shade structure over the electrical and instrumentation panels.

Instrumentation, Radio Telemetry, and SCADA
Cannon' sinstrumentation design will include magnetic
flow meters, discharge pressure, motor on/ff, motor run time, on/ff for chemical feed pumps, pump fail, water
level transducer, intrusion alarm, and other instruments as may be recommended by the City during design.

Instrumentation drawings and specifications will be
consistent with the City' srecent water system SCADA work and provide for integration of the new well instruments into the City' sexisting SCADA system. Design will include monopole, radio, and antenna telemetry equipment to
communicate with the Water Division' sexisting telemetry and SCADA system, as well as panel drawings and P&ID
drawings and schematics.

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el Project Manual and
Specifications
We will prepare a complete project manual, and
specifications, including bid schedule, Section D2 —
Construction Materials and Methods, and Section D3
Technical Specifications. We will prepare specifications in Microsoft Word. The Word document and PDF copy of the
specifications will be submitted for review and comment at the 70% and 100% levels of completion. We will revise specifications to address City comments. After approval of the final specs, two hard copies, the Word document, and a PDF copy of the Final specs will be submitted for City use. 0 Cost Estimate
We will prepare a construction cost estimate for the
project with bid items listed as individual cost line items in the estimate. Cost estimates will be prepared using
Microsoft Excel. We will include a PDF copy of the cost estimate with the 70% and 100% submittals for review
and comment by the City. After approval of the final cost estimate, we will submit the Excel file and a PDF copy of the final cost estimate with the final plans and specs for City use.

Bidding Assistance
We will attend the pre -bid meeting and respond to
contractor questions/ requests for information ( RFIs) as necessary during the bidding phase. We will prepare a bid summary including bid items and provide the Excel file and PDF copy for City use.

Construction Engineering
Assistance
We will review and respond to contractor submittals,
maintain a submittal log, and produce a submittal binder containing the final approved submittals organized by
system or trade, with table of contents and section
dividers. The submittal binder is intended to be used by City staff as an operations and maintenance reference. We will also respond to RFIs as necessary during construction and conduct two site visits at approximately 40% and 80% completion of construction, we will assume a T&M budget of $15, 000 for this task.

LIM Construction Management and
Inspection Services
Cannon will function as the City' s project manager, provide construction management services during both the bidding and construction phases of the project, and administer the construction contract. We will provide the following:

Project manager/ construction manager ( CM) with a
minimum of five years' experience in construction
management.

Resident engineer in responsible charge of the
construction contract ( Our resident engineer will be
our CM).

Inspector( s) and contract administrator. Our inspector and the contract administrator will have relevant
experience in construction management.

Part- time construction inspection services assuming 22 weeks of construction and 8 to 20 hours of inspection
per week, depending on construction activities.

Full- time construction inspection services during
shutdown for cut -in connection, and other critical
items of work.

Bid analysis to determine who the lowest responsible
bidder for the project will be, obtain certificates of
insurance and bonds, and verify that subcontractors
have a valid City Business License.

Staff report to recommend the construction contract
award. We will create and maintain construction files.

Procedures, which we will establish and implement, for
expediting the processing and approval of submittals.

Attendance at a pre -construction meeting. We will
also schedule and conduct construction and progress
meetings to discuss such matters as procedures,
progress, problems, and scheduling.

Coordination of submittal and RFI reviews.

Provision of progress photos, quality control reviews,
and weekly reports.

Preparation and prompt distribution of meeting
minutes.

Regular review of the construction schedule and
recommendations to accelerate work if behind
schedule.

Comprehensive change order request evaluation.

Independent estimates.

Recommendations and assistance in claim resolution.

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Advising the City whenever it appears that the actual
construction cost has exceeded, or will exceed, the
Project Construction Budget for the entire Project or
any Project Component; and monitor the contractor' s
safety program.

Maintenance cost accounting records on work
performed under unit costs and additional work
performed on the basis of actual costs of labor and
materials.

Review and processing of contractor applications for
progress and final payments.

Recommendations to the City for payment.

Consulting with the City when the contractor requests
interpretations of the meaning and intent of the
drawings and specifications.

Assistance in resolving problems that may arise.

Determining if the contractor' swork is being
performed in accordance with the contract documents;
make recommendations to the City regarding special
inspection or testing of work not in compliance with
the provisions of the contract documents; and subject
to review by the City, reject work which does not
conform to the requirements of contract documents.

Record of the progress of the project and submittal of
written weekly progress reports to the City.

Monitoring and enforcement of prevailing wage forms
and requirements for conformance to the prevailing
wage rates on a weekly basis.

Our inspector will keep daily logs containing a record
of weather, contractor' swork on the site, number of
workers and equipment, work accomplished, problems
encountered, and other relevant data; and make the log
available to the City. Our inspector will prepare and send HCA Middle Well Reliability Project
weekly statement of working days to the contractor; and maintain on site contract documents including drawings, specifications, addenda, change orders, and other
modifications of plans and specifications marked to show changes made during construction. Our inspector will
maintain as -built records of underground utilities, including locations and depths of trenches.

Our CM and inspector will conduct final walkdown,
produce preliminary and final punch lists, and assist
City staff in project closeout. Our CM and inspector will evaluate the completion of the work of the contractor and make recommendations to the City for final inspections
and assist the City in conducting the final inspections.

Our CM will be responsible for project closeout items,
such as as -built plans, related documentation, punch list completion, and commissioning; and at completion of the project, we will deliver to the City contract documents including as -built records.

Record Drawings
We will provide record drawings upon completion of
project construction.

We will record changes and modifications incorporated
into the constructed work by the contractor and
inspector. Upon completion of construction, red -lined
drawings will be provided to our design team. Our
design team will prepare and submit to the City draft
record drawings incorporating the red -lined comments.

Following the City' sreview, we will submit the final
record drawings to the City.

We will provide three sets of 11" x17" prints, and
electronic files in both PDF and AutoCAD format for
drawings.
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ID Task Name
1 HCA MIDDLE WELL RELIABILITY PROJECT
2 ***City Issues Notice To Proceed***
3 Project Management
4 Task 1 - Kickoff Meeting, Project Schedule, and Coordination 5 1.1- Kickoff Meeting
6 Preliminary Engineering
7 Task 2 - Research, Data Collection, and Analysis
8 Task 3 - Topographic Base Map
9 Task 4 - Radio Path Survey
10 Task S - Conceptual Site Improvement Sketches
11 5.1 Prepare two alternative site layout sketches
12 ***City Review and Comment Period***
13 Task 6 - Calculations
14 J Construction Document (70, 100, and Final Submittals) 15 Tijsk 7 - Construction Drawings
16 7.1-70% Drawings
17 ***City Review and Comment Period***
18 7.2 - Progress Meeting No. 1 (at 70% submittal)
19 7.3 - 100% Drawings
20 ***City Review and Comment Period***
211 7.4 - Progress Meeting No. 2 (at 100% submittal)
22 7.5 - Final Drawings
23 Task 8 - Specifications
24 8.1 - 70% Specs
25 1

8.2 - 100% Specs
26 8.3 - Final Specs
27 Task 9 - Cost Estimate
28 9.1 -70% Cost Est.
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9 J 9.2 - 100% Cost Est.
30 9.3 - Final Cost Est.
31 Bidding and Construction Phase Services
32 Task 10 - Bidding Assistance
33 Task 11- Engineering Support During Construction
34 Task 12 - Construction Management and Inspection Services 35 Task 13 - Record Drawings
36 -I
***City Issues Notice of Completion***
Task
Project: 231213 HCA Middle Well
Date: Tue 1/9/24
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EXHIBIT B

INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
Prior to the beginning of and throughout the duration of the Work, Consultant will maintain insurance in conformance with the requirements set forth below. Consultant will use existing coverage to comply with these requirements. If that existing coverage does not meet the requirements set forth here, Consultant agrees to amend, supplement or endorse the existing coverage to do so. Consultant acknowledges that the insurance coverage and policy limits set forth in this section constitute the minimum amount of coverage required. Any insurance proceeds available to City in excess of the limits and coverage required in this agreement and which is applicable to a given loss, will be available to City.

Consultant shall provide the following types and amounts of insurance:

Commercial General Liability Insurance using Insurance Services Office “Commercial General Liability” policy form CG 00 01, or a City approved equivalent. Defense costs must be paid in addition to limits. There shall be no cross liability exclusion for claims or suits by one insured against another. Limits are subject to review but in no event less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and in the aggregate.

Business Auto Coverage on ISO Business Auto Coverage form CA 00 01 including symbol 1 (Any Auto) or the equivalent. Limits are subject to review, but in no event to be less than $1,000,000 per accident. If Consultant owns no vehicles, this requirement may be satisfied by a non-owned auto endorsement to the general liability policy described above. If Consultant or Consultant’s employees will use personal autos in any way on this project, Consultant shall provide evidence of personal auto liability coverage for each such person.

Workers Compensation on a state-approved policy form providing statutory benefits as required by law with employer’s liability limits no less than $1,000,000 per accident or disease.

Professional Liability or Errors and Omissions Insurance as appropriate shall be written on a policy form coverage specifically designed to protect against acts, errors or omissions of the consultant and “Covered Professional Services” as designated in the policy must specifically include work performed under this agreement. The policy limit shall be no less than $1,000,000 per claim and in the aggregate. The policy must “pay on behalf of” the insured and must include a provision establishing the insurer’s duty to defend. The policy retroactive date shall be on or before the effective date of this agreement.

Insurance procured pursuant to these requirements shall be written by insurers that are admitted carriers in the state of California and with an A.M. Bests rating of A- or better and a minimum financial size VII.

General conditions pertaining to provision of insurance coverage by Consultant. Consultant and City agree to the following with respect to insurance provided by Consultant:

1. Consultant agrees to have its insurer endorse the third party general liability coverage required herein to include as additional insureds City, its officials, employees and agents, using standard ISO endorsement No. CG 2010 with an edition prior to 1992, or a City approved equivalent. Consultant also agrees to require all contractors, and subcontractors to do likewise.

2. No liability insurance coverage provided to comply with this Agreement shall prohibit Consultant, or Consultant’s employees, or agents, from waiving the right of subrogation prior to a loss. Consultant agrees to waive subrogation rights against City regardless of the applicability of any insurance proceeds, and to require all contractors and subcontractors to do likewise.

3. All insurance coverage and limits provided by Consultant and available or applicable to this agreement are intended to apply to the full extent of the policies. Nothing contained in this Agreement 277
or any other agreement relating to the City or its operations limits the application of such insurance coverage.

4. None of the coverages required herein will be in compliance with these requirements if they include any limiting endorsement of any kind that has not been first submitted to City and approved of in writing.

5. Consultant’s general liability policy shall not contain any provision or definition that would serve to eliminate so-called “third party action over” claims, including any exclusion for bodily injury to an employee of the insured or of any contractor or subcontractor.

6. All coverage types and limits required are subject to approval, reasonable modification and reasonable additional requirements by the City, as the need arises. Consultant shall not make any reductions in scope of coverage (e.g. elimination of contractual liability or reduction of discovery period) that may affect City’s protection without City’s prior written consent.

7. Proof of compliance with these insurance requirements, consisting of certificates of insurance evidencing all of the coverages required and an additional insured endorsement to Consultant’s general liability policy, shall be delivered to City at or prior to the execution of this Agreement. In the event such proof of any insurance is not delivered as required, or in the event such insurance is canceled at any time and no replacement coverage is provided, City has the right, but not the duty, to obtain any insurance it deems necessary to protect its interests under this or any other agreement and to pay the premium. Any premium so paid by City shall be charged to and promptly paid by Consultant or deducted from sums due Consultant, at City option.

8. Certificate(s) are to reflect that the insurer will provide 30 days notice to City of any cancellation of coverage by the carrier.

9. It is acknowledged by the parties of this agreement that all insurance coverage required to be provided by Consultant or any subcontractor, is intended to apply first and on a primary, noncontributing basis in relation to any other insurance or self insurance available to City.

10. Consultant agrees to require that subcontractors, and any other party involved with the project who is brought onto or involved in the project by Consultant, provide the same minimum insurance coverage required of Consultant. Consultant agrees to monitor and review all such coverage and assumes responsibility for ensuring that such coverage is provided in conformity with the requirements of this section. Consultant agrees that upon request, all agreements with subcontractors and others engaged in the project will be submitted to City for review.

11. If Consultant’s existing coverage includes a deductible or self-insured retention, the deductible or selfinsured retention must be declared to the City. At that time the City shall review options with the Consultant, which may include reduction or elimination of the deductible or self-insured retention, substitution of other coverage, or other solutions. Consultant shall be responsible for paying any deductibles or self-insured retentions on its policies.

12. The City reserves the right at any time during the term of the contract to change the amounts and types of insurance required by giving the Consultant ninety (90) days advance written notice of such change. If such change results in substantial additional cost to the Consultant, the City will negotiate additional compensation proportional to the increased benefit to City.

13. For purposes of applying insurance coverage only, this Agreement will be deemed to have been executed immediately upon any party hereto taking any steps that can be deemed to be in furtherance of or towards performance of this Agreement. 278

14. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that any actual or alleged failure on the part of City to inform Consultant of non-compliance with any insurance requirement in no way imposes any additional obligations on City nor does it waive any rights hereunder in this or any other regard.

15. Consultant will renew the required coverage annually as long as City, or its employees or agents face an exposure from operations of any type pursuant to this agreement. This obligation applies whether or not the agreement is canceled or terminated for any reason. Termination of this obligation is not effective until City executes a written statement to that effect.

16. Consultant shall provide proof that policies of insurance required herein expiring during the term of this Agreement have been renewed or replaced with other policies providing at least the same coverage. Proof that such coverage has been ordered shall be submitted prior to expiration. A coverage binder or letter from Consultant’s insurance agent to this effect is acceptable. A certificate of insurance and/or additional insured endorsement as required in these specifications applicable to the renewing or new coverage must be provided to City within five days of the expiration of the coverages.

17. The provisions of any workers’ compensation or similar act will not limit the obligations of Consultant under this agreement. Consultant expressly agrees not to use any statutory immunity defenses under such laws with respect to City, its employees, officials and agents.

18. Requirements of specific coverage features or limits contained in this section are not intended as limitations on coverage, limits or other requirements nor as a waiver of any coverage normally provided by any given policy. Specific reference to a given coverage feature is for purposes of clarification only as it pertains to a given issue, and is not intended by any party or insured to be limiting or all-inclusive.

19. These insurance requirements are intended to be separate and distinct from any other provision in this agreement and are intended by the parties here to be interpreted as such.

20. The requirements in this Section supersede all other sections and provisions of this Agreement to the extent that any other section or provision conflicts with or impairs the provisions of this Section.

21. Consultant agrees to be responsible for ensuring that no contract used between itself and its subconsultants reserves the right to charge City or Consultant for the cost of additional insurance coverage required by this agreement. Any such provisions are to be deleted with reference to City. It is not the intent of City to reimburse any third party for the cost of complying with these requirements.

There shall be no recourse against City for payment of premiums or other amounts with respect thereto.

22. Consultant agrees to provide immediate notice to City of any claim or loss against Consultant arising out of the work performed under this agreement. City assumes no obligation or liability by such notice, but has the right (but not the duty) to monitor the handling of any such claim or claims if they are likely to involve City.
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SHOULD ANY OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED POLICIES BE CANCELLED BEFORE

THE EXPIRATION DATE THEREOF, NOTICE WILL BE DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY PROVISIONS.

INSURER(S) AFFORDING COVERAGE
INSURER F :

INSURER E :

INSURER D :

INSURER C :

INSURER B :

INSURER A : NAIC #
NAME: CONTACT
(A/C, No): FAX
E-MAIL ADDRESS:

PRODUCER
(A/C, No, Ext): PHONE

INSURED
COVERAGES CERTIFICATE NUMBER: REVISION NUMBER:

IMPORTANT: If the certificate holder is an ADDITIONAL INSURED, the policy(ies) must have ADDITIONAL INSURED provisions or be endorsed.

If SUBROGATION IS WAIVED, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy, certain policies may require an endorsement. A statement on this certificate does not confer rights to the certificate holder in lieu of such endorsement(s).

THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED AS A MATTER OF INFORMATION ONLY AND CONFERS NO RIGHTS UPON THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER. THIS

CERTIFICATE DOES NOT AFFIRMATIVELY OR NEGATIVELY AMEND, EXTEND OR ALTER THE COVERAGE AFFORDED BY THE POLICIES BELOW. THIS CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE ISSUING INSURER(S), AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OR PRODUCER, AND THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER.

OTHER:
(Per accident)
(Ea accident)
$
$
N / A

SUBR WVDADDL
INSD

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE POLICIES OF INSURANCE LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THE INSURED NAMED ABOVE FOR THE POLICY PERIOD INDICATED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REQUIREMENT, TERM OR CONDITION OF ANY CONTRACT OR OTHER DOCUMENT WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THIS

CERTIFICATE MAY BE ISSUED OR MAY PERTAIN, THE INSURANCE AFFORDED BY THE POLICIES DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO ALL THE TERMS, EXCLUSIONS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH POLICIES. LIMITS SHOWN MAY HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY PAID CLAIMS. $
$
$
$ PROPERTY DAMAGE
BODILY INJURY (Per accident)
BODILY INJURY (Per person) COMBINED SINGLE LIMIT

AUTOS ONLY

AUTOS ONLY AUTOS NON-OWNED OWNED SCHEDULED

ANY AUTO

AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY

Y / N WORKERS COMPENSATION
AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY OFFICER/MEMBER EXCLUDED?
(Mandatory in NH) DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS below
If yes, describe under

ANY PROPRIETOR/PARTNER/EXECUTIVE
$
$
$ E.L. DISEASE - POLICY LIMIT E.L. DISEASE - EA EMPLOYEEE.L. EACH ACCIDENT EROTH- STATUTE PER
(MM/DD/YYYY) LIMITS POLICY EXP(MM/DD/YYYY) POLICY EFFLTR TYPE OF INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER INSR
DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS / LOCATIONS / VEHICLES (ACORD 101, Additional Remarks Schedule, may be attached if more space is required)

EXCESS LIAB
UMBRELLA LIAB EACH OCCURRENCE $ AGGREGATE $
$
OCCUR
CLAIMS-MADE DED RETENTION $
PRODUCTS - COMP/OP AGG $ GENERAL AGGREGATE $ PERSONAL & ADV INJURY $ MED EXP (Any one person) $
EACH OCCURRENCE $ DAMAGE TO RENTED
PREMISES (Ea occurrence) $ COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIMS-MADE OCCUR GEN'L AGGREGATE LIMIT APPLIES PER: POLICY PRO- JECT LOC

CERTIFICATE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE DATE (MM/DD/YYYY)

CANCELLATION

CERTIFICATE HOLDER
The ACORD name and logo are registered marks of ACORD
HIRED

AUTOS ONLY
9/14/2023
Venbrook Insurance Services
6320 Canoga Avenue, 12th Floor
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818-598-8900 818-598-8910
www.venbrook.com CA Lic No. 0D80832 Continental Insurance Company A XV 35289 Hartford Casualty Insurance Company A+ XV 29424
Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. A XV 37540
A 7039996776 9/1/2023 9/1/2024 1,000,000
100,000
✓
15,000
✓
1,000,000
✓ Contractual Liability
2,000,000
✓ 2,000,000
A 7040001609 9/1/2023 9/1/2024 1,000,000
✓
✓ ✓
✓ Comp/Coll Deductible $1,000
A ✓ ✓ 7040002176 9/1/2023 9/1/2024 9,000,000
9,000,000 (underlying GL, AL, EL)
✓ 10,000
B 72WEOL6H1H 9/1/2023 9/1/2024 ✓
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
C Professional/Pollution Liability V27737230501 9/1/2023 9/1/2024 $2,000,000 Per Claim/$4,000,000 Aggregate Karen Smith
Venbrook Insurance Services
Cannon Corporation
1050 Southwood Drive
San Luis Obispo CA 93401
76264808
✓ ✓
✓✓
✓
**SEE ATTATCHED ADDENDUM***
City of Solvang
411 Second Street
Solvang CA 93463
RE: All Operations of the Named Insured
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ACORD 101 (2008/01)
The ACORD name and logo are registered marks of ACORD
© 2008 ACORD CORPORATION. All rights reserved.

THIS ADDITIONAL REMARKS FORM IS A SCHEDULE TO ACORD FORM, FORM NUMBER: FORM TITLE:

ADDITIONAL REMARKS
ADDITIONAL REMARKS SCHEDULE Page of
AGENCY CUSTOMER ID:

LOC #:

AGENCY

CARRIER NAIC CODE

POLICY NUMBER

NAMED INSURED
EFFECTIVE DATE:

RE: All Operations of the Named Insured.

The City, and its elected officials, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents are named as Additional Insured under the General Liability and Automobile Liability policy if required by written contract with the Named Insured but only for coverage and limits provided by the policy and the additional insured endorsement. Primary and NonContributory coverage applies to General Liability and Automobile Liability. Waiver of Subrogation applies to General Liability, Automobile Liability and Workers Compensation.

Excess/Umbrella follows form. *10 Days Notice of Cancellation for Non-Payment of Premium, 30 Days All Other.

Venbrook Insurance Services Cannon Corporation
1050 Southwood Drive
San Luis Obispo CA 93401
25 Certificate of Liability (03/16)

ADDENDUM
HOLDER:

ADDRESS:

City of Solvang
411 Second Street Solvang CA 93463
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POLICY NUMBER: COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY
CG 20 12 12 19
THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.

ADDITIONAL INSURED STATE OR GOVERNMENTAL

AGENCY OR SUBDIVISION OR POLITICAL

SUBDIVISION PERMITS OR AUTHORIZATIONS
This endorsement modifies insurance provided under the following:

COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY COVERAGE PART

SCHEDULE
State Or Governmental Agency Or Subdivision Or Political Subdivision:

Information required to complete this Schedule, if not shown above, will be shown in the Declarations.

A. Section II Who Is An Insured is amended to
include as an additional insured any state or
governmental agency or subdivision or political
subdivision shown in the Schedule, subject to the
following provisions:

1. This insurance applies only with respect to
operations performed by you or on your behalf
for which the state or governmental agency or
subdivision or political subdivision has issued a
permit or authorization.

However:
a. The insurance afforded to such additional
insured only applies to the extent permitted
by law; and
b. If coverage provided to the additional
insured is required by a contract or
agreement, the insurance afforded to such
additional insured will not be broader than
that which you are required by the contract
or agreement to provide for such additional
insured.

2. This insurance does not apply to:
a. "Bodily injury", "property damage" or
"personal and advertising injury" arising out
of operations performed for the federal
government, state or municipality; or
b. "Bodily injury" or "property damage"
included within the "products-completed
operations hazard".

B. With respect to the insurance afforded to these
additional insureds, the following is added to
Section III Limits Of Insurance:

If coverage provided to the additional insured is
required by a contract or agreement, the most we
will pay on behalf of the additional insured is the
amount of insurance:

1. Required by the contract or agreement; or

2. Available under the applicable limits of
insurance;
whichever is less.

This endorsement shall not increase the
applicable limits of insurance.

Cannon Corporation
7039996776
City of Solvang
411 Second Street
Solvang CA 93463
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CNA PARAMOUNT
Blanket Additional Insured - Owners, Lessees or
Contractors - with Products-Completed
Operations Coverage Endorsement
This endorsement modifies insurance provided under the following:

COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY COVERAGE PART
It is understood and agreed as follows:

I. WHO IS AN INSURED is amended to include as an Insured any person or organization whom you are required by written contract to add as an additional insured on this coverage part, but only with respect to liability for bodily injury, property damage or personal and advertising injury caused in whole or in part by your acts or omissions, or the acts or omissions of those acting on your behalf:

A. in the performance of your ongoing operations subject to such written contract; or B. in the performance of your work subject to such written contract, but only with respect to bodily injury or property damage included in the products-completed operations hazard, and only if:

1. the written contract requires you to provide the additional insured such coverage; and

2. this coverage part provides such coverage.

II. But if the written contract requires:

A. additional insured coverage under the 11-85 edition, 10-93 edition, or 10-01 edition of CG2010, or under the 10- 01 edition of CG2037; or
B. additional insured coverage with "arising out of" language; or C. additional insured coverage to the greatest extent permissible by law; then paragraph I. above is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

WHO IS AN INSURED is amended to include as an Insured any person or organization whom you are required by written contract to add as an additional insured on this coverage part, but only with respect to liability for bodily injury, property damage or personal and advertising injury arising out of your work that is subject to such written contract.

III. Subject always to the terms and conditions of this policy, including the limits of insurance, the Insurer will not provide such additional insured with:

A. coverage broader than required by the written contract; or B. a higher limit of insurance than required by the written contract.

IV. The insurance granted by this endorsement to the additional insured does not apply to bodily injury, property damage, or personal and advertising injury arising out of:

A. the rendering of, or the failure to render, any professional architectural, engineering, or surveying services, including:

1. the preparing, approving, or failing to prepare or approve maps, shop drawings, opinions, reports, surveys, field orders, change orders or drawings and specifications; and

2. supervisory, inspection, architectural or engineering activities; or B. any premises or work for which the additional insured is specifically listed as an additional insured on another endorsement attached to this coverage part.

V. Under COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY CONDITIONS, the Condition entitled Other Insurance is amended to add the following, which supersedes any provision to the contrary in this Condition or elsewhere in this coverage part:

Policy No:

Effective Date:

CNA75079XX (10-16)

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Solvang City CouncilFebruary 26, 2024

Solvang City Council
February 26, 2024