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Los Angeles City Clerk CITY OF Los ANGELES BOARD OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONERS BUREAU OF SANITATION CYNTHIA M. RUIZ ENRIQUE C. ZALDIVAR PRESIDENT DIRECTOR TRACI J. MINAMIDE JULIE B. GUTMAN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER V!CE PRESIDENT ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA VAROUJ S. ABKIAN PAULA A. DANIELS R. ADEL H. HAGEKHALIL PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE5 MAYOR ALEXANDER E. HELOU ASSISTANT DIRECTORS ANDREA A. ALARCON 1149 SOUTH BROADWAY, 10'~ FLOOR VALERIE LYNNE SHAW LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 May 31,2011 TEL: (213) 485-0587 FAX: (213) 485-3939 Budget and Finance Committee Honorable Bernard Parks, Chairperson Honorable Greig Smith, Vice-Chairperson Honorable Jose Huizar, Member Honorable Paul Koretz, Member Honorable Bill Rosendahl, Member Energy and the Environment Honorable Jan Perry, Chairperson Honorable Tony Cardenas, Vice-Chairperson Honorable Richard Alarcon, Member Honorable Paul Koretz, Member Honorable Paul Krekorian, Member Dear Council Members: COUNCIL FILE NO. 98-1706 BI-MONTHLY STATUS REPORTS OF THE STORMWATER PROGRAM FOR DECEMBER 2010 AND JANUARY 2011 Please find attached the bi-monthly report prepared in response to the specific requests by the Budget and Finance Committee Report (Council File No. 98-1706). The report contains the Stormwater Program update for the months of December 2010 and January 2011. If you have any questions, please contact Shah ram Kharaghani at (213) 485- 7. Sincerely, " J: j ENRIQUE C. LDIVAR, Director V Bureau of Sanitation AH:SK:RMV:CPC WPDCR8845 Attachments cc: Varouj S. Abkian, Assistant Director, Bureau of Sanitation Traci J. Minamide, Assistant Director, Bureau of Sanitation Adel H. Hagekhalil, Assistant Director, Bureau of Sanitation City Clerk AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER Recydab;, and made from ro)cy(:led waste @ CITY OF LOS ANGELES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UPDATE DECEMBER 2010 AND JANUARY 2011 Watershed Protection Division Bureau of Sanitation Department of Public Works EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DECEMBER 2010 AND JANUARY 2011 Acronyms: • AOC- Administrative Oversight Committee • BMP - Best Management Practices • CD - Council District • CMP - Coordinated Monitoring Plan • COAC - Citizen's Oversight Advisory Committee • EMD - Environmental Monitoring Division • EPA- Environmental Protection Agency • LFD - Low Flow Diversion • MOA- Memorandum of Agreement • PAS- Pollution Assessment Section • PROP - Proposition • SUSMP- Stormwater Urban Standard Mitigation Plan • TMDL- Total Maximum Daily Load • WPD -Watershed Protection Division I. Program Funding As of January 2011, four Proposition 0 bond sales have totaled $322,500,000 and bond interest earnings have totaled $12,097,819. II. Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation Plan (SUSMP) Waivers Pursuant to Council File No. 99-0951, the Bureau of Sanitation is to notify Council when waivers from the SUSMP are requested and granted. Number of SUSMP waivers requested and granted during this period: None. Ill. General Highlights The proposed Low Impact Development (LID) Ordinance was discussed and considered at the December 14th Energy and Environmental Committee meeting and forwarded to City Council for their consideration. At the December 17th City Council meeting, the Ordinance was approved on consent and forwarded to the City Attorney's office for drafting. The Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection Division hosted an LID Ordinance stakeholders meeting on January 20th to provide interested parties with an update on the status of the proposed LID Ordinance and related Handbook which is being developed. Approximately 60 stakeholders attended the afternoon meeting. Page 1 of 13 IV. Public Education Section 1. Stormwater • Program members outreached to the public with program materials by participating in the LA River StoryShare Initiative (CD #13), Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council's Holiday Community Celebration (CD 1 ), Martin Luther King Recreation Center's holiday event (CD #8), and in the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Whale Fiesta (CD #15). • A holiday issue of the program's pet e-newsletter was distributed to 1,495 subscribers. The holiday issue featured a story on creating eco-friendly toys for pets and having an eco-friendly holiday. • Program members developed and submitted artwork for an advertisement in the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants' upcoming native garden tour scheduled for April 23 and 24. • The Day Without A Bag event on December 16 was publicized and promoted through LA Stormwater's Facebook page. • Program members conducted point-ofcpurchase outreach at 31 retail stores (automotive, hardware, paint and pet related) in CD 6. • Program staff posted information for the Green Alleys Program press conference in CD 4 on the Team Effort Blog, and LA Stormwater Facebook page to publicize the event. • In December, staff posted seven items on the Team Effort blog. Posts included information about having an eco-friendly holiday season and promotional information about the Day Without A Bag event on December 16. In January, staff posted seven items on the Team Effort blog. Posts included information about the Low Impact Development (LID) Ordinance and its related stakeholder meeting, information about the City's Green Alley's Program and good pet practices. • Staff e-mailed out three notifications to program stakeholders regarding the proposed LID Ordinance and its scheduled hearing at the City Council's Energy and the Environment Committee on December 7 and December 14 and its consideration at City Council on December 17. Staff also notified program stakeholders by e-mail of the proposed LID Ordinance general 1 stakeholder meeting on January 20 h. • Staff submitted an abstract regarding the program's e-media elements to the organizers of the Storm Con 2011 conference. • Staff finalized a National Wetlands Award submission to the Environmental Law Institute on Councilwoman Jan Perry's behalf. • Staff delivered public outreach materials to teachers at Pomelo Elementary School, Fair Avenue Elementary School and St. Mel Elementary School. Page 2 of 13 • Staff spoke with a representative from Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy regarding the White Point Nature Preserve in San Pedro and possible future partnership opportunities related to dog waste bags dispensers and outreach materials. • Staff met with representatives from the Department of Recreation and Parks, Public Affairs Office and Orange County-based Discovery Science Center to discuss future partnership and display opportunities at the planned Children's Museum at Hansen Dam. • In December, staff continued monitoring efforts of dog waste bags dispensers at Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park. Staff conducted the quarterly monitoring of the pilot Take a Bag, Leave a Bag (TAB LAB) dog waste bag station program, which includes visiting dog waste bags stations in Elysian Park, Sepulveda Basin, Venice and Boyle Heights. Monitoring efforts include noting the number of plastic bags in each of the stations, assessing the general condition of the station (graffiti, damage, etc.), and placing plastic bags in empty TAB LAB stations. • Program staff attended the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Public Information/Public Participation quarterly meeting via web conference. Topics on the agenda included the County's Used Motor Oil and Oil Filter Public Education Program and an overview by the City of Alhambra's public education portion of their Stormwater Program. • Program staff conducted 10 assemblies at five elementary schools educating a total of 1 ,634 students. During this reporting period, Newcastle Elementa~ School (CD 3), Plasencia Math and Science Magnet School (CD 13), 186t Street Elementary School (CD 15), 52"ct Street Elementary School (CD 9), and Brockton Elementary School (CD 11) each had two presentations. • The Stormwater Employee Training Video and Quiz called Working Together to Protect Los Angeles' Waterways was completed and 250 copies of the DVD were received. Staff is in the process of coordinating delivery of the DVD to field offices as well as making the video and quiz available on-line to all City employees. 2. Graphics Support • LAStormwater.org website: Added updates to the What's New page. In addition, major updates were made to the LID Ordinance page and added information with down-loadable documents relating to North Hollywood Alley Retrofit Project Groundbreaking Ceremony (CD #4). LA Stormwater Winter Issue #12 (the program's e-Newsletter) was added to the website with links to the blog articles and additions were made to the Ballona Creek Toxins TMDL pages. In addition, staff received content and images to begin creation of a Ballona Creek Channel page on the website. In addition, icons for Facebook, You Tube and the Team Effort blog were integrated on the home page. Page 3 of 13 • LA Prop 0 website: Regular monthly updates include Current News, COAC and AOC meeting notices, agendas and minutes, and the monthly report from the Bureau of Engineering. In addition, added new Central Interceptor Relief Sewer (CIRS) information with down-loadable documents and added three new documents relating to Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project. The revised Echo Park Lake Conceptual Landscape Plan and multiple Before/After photos were added to the site. Additionally, regular monthly updates include Current News, COAC and AOC meeting notices, agendas and minutes, and the monthly report from the Bureau of Engineering. V. Enforcement Section 1. Industrial I Commercial Facilities Inspections Program • WPD Enforcement
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