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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2017-079 Authorizes an Interlocal Agreement Related to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Water System (MS4) Permit Program RESOLUTION NO. 2017-079 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) PERMIT PROGRAM AMONG THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH, NONEXEMPT MUNICIPALITIES, BROWARD COUNTY, AND BROWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED BY §163.01 FLORIDA STATUTES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FLORIDA 1NTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT OF 1969; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, this Agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes (2016) also known as the "Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969," and other Florida laws; and WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), by way of the Water Quality Act of 1987, 33 U.S.C. 1251, and 40 CFR 122.42(c), requires the County and the Parties to comply with the applicable conditions of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit Program; and WHEREAS, the EPA has recommended that the Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department (EPGMD) act as "lead permittee" and the Parties act as "co-permittees;" and WHEREAS, the State of Florida, pursuant to Section 403.0885, Florida Statutes, as amended, is empowered to establish a state NPDES program in accordance with Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, as amended; and WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has been delegated the NPDES permitting program from the United States EPA and has implemented the program through adoption of Rule 62-624, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems, to administer the delegation of the NPDES MS4 Permit program from the EPA; and WHEREAS, the County, by and through its EPGMD, has the legal authority and ability to coordinate and conduct specific technical activities required by the NPDES MS4 Permits; and WHEREAS,the County, by and through its Department of Public Works, has the legal authority to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain County-owned drainage facilities and drainage facilities located within the unincorporated area of Broward County, as required of NPDES MS4 permittees; and WHEREAS, previous Interlocal Agreements executed by the Parties on December 3, 1996, October 20, 1998, June 29, 2004, and May 7, 2013 expired at the conclusion of the third five- year NPDES MS4 Permit on January 4, 2017; and WHEREAS, Rule 62-4.090, F.A.C., provides that the third five-year NPDES MS4 Permit remain in effect until FDEP's final agency action concerning the permit renewal; and WHEREAS, FDEP issued NPDES MS4 Permit Number FLS000016-004 for the fourth cycle five-year period on January 5, 2017; and WHEREAS, the City of Dania Beach is desirous of procuring the services of the County and coordinating efforts as co-permittees, pursuant to the NPDES MS4 regulations, to manage and perform certain technical tasks necessary to determine compliance with the applicable portions of Parts III and V of the NPDES MS4 Permit; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are ratified and confirmed as being true and correct and they are made a specific part of this Resolution. Section 2. The appropriate City Officials are authorized to execute an Interlocal Agreement for NPDES Permitting among Broward County, Florida, the City Of Dania Beach and other non-exempt municipalities if and as applicable. Section 3. The appropriate City Officials are authorized to do all things necessary and expedient, in order to effectuate the execution of the Agreement described above, and to carry out the aims of this Resolution. Section 4. Annual costs of this NPDES permit total approximately $15,000.00 and have been planned and appropriated in the City's annual stormwater operating budget by the Public Services Department. Section 5. All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with this Resolution shall be repealed to the extent of such conflict. 2 RESOLUTION#2017-079 Section 6. This Resolution shall be in force and take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED on July 25, 2017. ATTEST: a`�Axo`s F��rc��f 'e LOUISE STILSON, CMC4TAARA JAM CITY CLERK , OR ATE 1 APPROVED AS TO F AN ORRECTNESS: �f -� THOMAS J. NSB CITY ATTO EY 3 RESOLUTION#2017-079