Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or his designee, to submit an application to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for grant funding for the Development of Feasibility Studies under the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program (WaterSMART); and Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $300,000. (Districts 1,2)
Motion carries seven zero. Item number 26 Report from Public Works. Recommendation to Adopt Resolution to submit an application to the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation for grant funding for water smart and increase appropriations in the CPP Fund by 300,000. Districts one and two. Thank you, Councilwoman Gonzalez. Actually, can I request a staff report. First, please? Vice mayor, council members. This really is a very, very, very exciting opportunity. We're going to be one of the leaders in this effort if we're able to achieve this grant. And I'm going to turn it over to our. Malloy and to talk about how special it is in stormwater management. ORA Vice Mayor and honorable council members. The item before you is for your approval so we can apply for an application for a grant from the United States Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The purpose of this grant is for us to be able to conduct a feasibility study for construction of a treatment plant which will treat low flow stormwater and and this this type of system. There's only one facility in California which the city of Santa monica has constructed. The project that we have in view will eliminate all the needs for our trials and requirements from our Water Quality Board. And it would be a unique facility to produce reclaimed water so it could be utilized for our parks. We can't even think about expanding that to selling to our partners like the surf and also industrial uses. So this is extremely exciting for us. This is an incredible project for the city and I would say this is cutting edge technology that we're looking for in innovation and also in sustainability. That concludes my report. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer them. I just wanted to say thank you because this is very cutting edge. And I think learning about it from you was just it blew my mind because to would be, I think, the first in the nation to be able to do this. And it's in Long Beach on the west side of the city and in an area that I'm particularly very excited about as it changes the Drake Chavez expansion, Shumaker Bridge I mean, those are all priorities for our office, I think, for the city. So I want to thank you for your leadership in this, and I look forward to potentially getting the grant and seeing where we go from there. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. Councilwoman Gonzales. I'd also like to add some comments and thank the M.A. and second hour of the motion. So in light of our prior discussion on water conservation tonight, I'm definitely inspired by the potential of Long Beach must to address our regional water quality requirements while simultaneously providing a reusable water source for our parks on the west side of Long Beach, improving the recreational water quality of our local beaches, and helping to restore or sustain future wetlands projects. So I think this is just another one of the examples, at least certainly of our city making lemonade out of lemons. Considering the fact that we're uniquely located at the mouth of two urban rivers, we often hear us talk about these this this fact of these two rivers converging together. And the summer runoff is something that we're challenged with on not just in storm events, but really during the summer, during dry weather times. We do get runoff there and it's highly concentrated, polluted water. So kudos to our staff for your work on this. We're looking forward to it and we think we'd be a great demonstration city. Thank you. Is there any member of the public that wishes to address the Council on this item? Seeing nonmembers cast your vote. Motion passes seven zero. Item number 27. Report from Public Works. Recommendation to amend agreement with Waste Management to provide residential recycling collection operations at an estimated cost of 350,000 per month on an interim basis, pending completion of a procurement process citywide.