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ATTACHMENT 1 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON APPROVING THE AGREEMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTYWIDE CLEAN WATER PROGRAM WHEREAS, 1987 Amendments to Clean Water Act made necessary the adoption of plans and programs by Municipal Separate Sewer System agencies for storm water management meeting certain storm water runoff discharge criteria; and WHEREAS, In 1991 a consortium of 17 agencies in Alameda County including 14 cities, Alameda County, Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and Zone 7 of the District determined that the most cost effective way to obtain coverage was to work together through a countywide storm water program (Program) as one group ;and WHEREAS, the 17 agencies (including the City of Pleasanton) in Alameda County entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to implement the Alameda County Urban Runoff Clean Water Program dated July 1991; and WHEREAS, the 1991 agreement provides that the agreement may be amended from time to time by written agreement of the parties' governing bodies representing two-thirds or more of all allocated votes; and WHEREAS, On October 14, 2009 Regional Water Quality Control Board reissued the storm water NPDES permit as a permit covering the 17 agencies as well as 56 other storm water dischargers throughout the San Francisco Bay Region, the new permit is referred to as the Municipal Regional Permit or MRP; and WHEREAS, The new MRP permit added more requirements than the previous permit which would require more time and cost for compliance; and WHEREAS, A workgroup from the Program's Management Committee reviewed the MOA and is recommending that each party to the MOA approve an Agreement Providing for Implementation of the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. Approves the Agreement Providing for Implementation of the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program and authorizes the City Manager to sign the agreement when approved as to final form by the City Attorney. SECTION 2.. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at a regular meeting held on May 15, 2012. I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, California, certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 15th day of May 2012, by the following vote: