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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 6, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR OCTA <br />ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP TIER 1 <br />GRANT PROGRAM <br />L <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2n" Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency to submit <br />projects for funding consideration under the OCTA Environmental Cleanup Tier 1 Grant Program. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Orange County Transportation Authority is accepting grant applications for the Measure M2 <br />Environmental Cleanup Program. The Measure M2 Tier 1 Grant Program 2011 Call for Projects <br />will allocate $2.8 million Countywide in fiscal year 2011-12. The program is designed to support <br />projects that help prevent transportation-generated pollution. <br />Projects eligible for funding are those that will filter and prevent litter and debris from entering the <br />City's storm drain system and ultimately in Orange County waterways. Specifically, this program <br />includes funding for upgrades to existing catch basins with Best Management Practices, such as <br />storm water screens, filters, inserts, and other "street-scale" low flow diversion projects. <br />The City will submit five applications requesting $100,000 each to install catch basin screen/filters <br />city wide to reduce/remove trash from urban runoff (Exhibit 1). Each application targets a specific <br />area known to contain land uses that generate high volumes of trash. Collectively, the five <br />applications aim to help reduce pollution in the Upper Newport Bay, Bolsa Chica State Beach and <br />the Santa Ana River. The OCTA Board is scheduled to award the grant funds to the cities in July <br />2011 and the construction of projects must be completed by June 2012. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br />5501-1