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6.2A REPORT Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit~ ManaQef June 19, 2006 Subject Countywide National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Program, Stormwater Management Plan. Recommendation Adopt the resolution authorizing the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, acting as the governing board of the San Mateo County Flood Control District, to impose charges on parcels of real property in Redwood City necessary to fund the Countywide NPDES General Program in Fiscal Year 2005-2006. Background As a co-permittee for the Countywide Stormwater Management Plan and NPDES Permit No CAS0029921, as amended, the City Council annually must authorize the San Mateo County Flood Control District to impose charges to fund the City's share of costs for the stormwater management program. In prior years, Redwood City has annually affirmed how it will fund its share of the General Program costs. Beginning in fiscal year 2002/03, the City Council has used the property tax roll to distribute the cost to all parcels of real property within city limits of Redwood City's share of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention General Program (STOPPP) costs. This Fiscal Year's resolution is notably different from prior years because it provides for the City Council's ongoing annual authorization to the Board of Supervisor until Council takes specific action by resolution to rescind its authorization. The specific language of the resolution that provides for this is contained in "Be It Resolved" clause #2 and reads as follows: "The City of Redwood City requests the basic and additional charges to be collected through the San Mateo County Flood Control District until a Council Resolution rescinding or modifying this authorization is transmitted to the San Mateo County Flood Control District by May 1, prior to the budget year the cancellation or modification is to take effect." The San Mateo County Flood Control District Act, as amended by the State Legislature in 1992 (Assembly Bill 2635), authorizes the San Mateo County Flood Control District to impose charges to fund storm drainage programs such as the NPDES General Program. The proposed Countywide General Program budget for Fiscal Year 2006/07 is proposed to be $1,422,500. Redwood City's estimated share of the program cost in Fiscal Year 2006/07 is $139,022, which is a 1.0% increase above the City's share for Fiscal Year 2005/06.