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RESOLUTION NO. 2015-212 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, AMONG THE CO-PERMITTEES OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM MUNICIPAL PERMIT, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE THIRD AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Council adopt the resolution.
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SUMMARY
On December 11, 2007, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2007-293, which approved the original Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the Copermittees of the San Diego County National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Permit (Municipal Permit) dated November 16, 2007. Subsequently on March 18, 2010, Council approved First Amendment and later on July 9, 2014, approved Second Amendment to the MOU (Attachment 1). The MOU Second amendment will expire on August 31, 2015, and it has become necessary to amend the MOU a third time to extend its term through August 31, 2019, (or the life of NPDES Municipal Permit Order No. R9-2013-0001 plus twelve months, whichever is longer), in order to complete ongoing regional activities required by the Municipal Permit. The Third Amendment to the original MOU is included as Attachment 2. The proposed action would approve the Resolution and authorize the Mayor to sign the MOU Third Amendment on behalf of the City.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Development Services Director has reviewed the proposed activity for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that the activity is not a "Project" as defined under Section 15378(b)(2) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it involves on the approval of an amendment to the existing MOU; therefore, pursuant to Section 15060 (c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines the activity is not subject to CEQA. Although environmental review is not necessary at this time, as projects required by this MOU...
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