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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 18 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 7, 2026 <br />TOPIC: NPDES Stormwater Permit Implementation Agreement <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Amended and Restated Agreement to Fund National Pollutant Discharge Elimination <br />System Permit Implementation (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the County of <br />Orange and Orange County Cities to fund National Pollutant Discharge Elimination <br />System (NPDES) Permit Implementation (Agreement No. A-2026-XXX). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />Authorized by the Federal Clean Water Act, the National Pollutant Discharge <br />Elimination System (NPDES) permit program was established in 1972 to regulate <br />pollutant discharges to waters of the United States. The City is a co-permittee under the <br />North Orange County Municipal NPDES Permit, which is issued by the Santa Ana <br />Regional Water Quality Control Board. <br />The original Countywide NPDES Stormwater Permit Implementation Agreement <br />(Agreement), executed in 1990 and amended in 1993 and 2002, established a <br />cooperative framework for implementing the Orange County Stormwater Program to <br />meet NPDES Permit requirements and improve surface water quality. The Agreement <br />allows for collaboration, consistency, and cost sharing of regional compliance <br />strategies, municipal staff training, watershed monitoring and reporting efforts, and other <br />NPDES program elements required by each of the Permittees. <br />While the current Agreement has allowed the City of Santa Ana to achieve compliance <br />with the Federal Clean Water Act and associated Water Quality Control Board <br />requirements, state regulatory requirements have changed significantly since the <br />Agreement was last updated in 2002. Water quality priorities have become increasingly <br />complex, requiring targeted solutions including stormwater treatment projects to meet <br />ongoing and forthcoming compliance requirements.