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In response to Vice Mayor Ruskin's comments about the City's obligation to pay these fees and the County's discount, City Manager Everett said the City was required by federal law to be part of the County program and to pay its costs. He concurred that the only option the City really had was how to pay the City's share of the County program. Public Works Services Director Ingram said that if Option 3, listed in the Staff Report, was approved, it would require the City to pay for its share of the County program out of the Public Works Services operating budget. He said the proposed amount was not an increase and had been in effect for many years at the same level, $3.44 per parcel per year. City Manager Everett advised that Redwood City was one of the few cities in the program that "did not collect the huge portion of the remainder of the fees to do all the things that Redwood City has to do as part of the NPDES federal regs. Most of the Cities did pass that on to their citizens." He said that the City fulfilled those requirements, which amounted to about $430,000 plus, by adjusting its operating budgets, and therefore did not pass the cost on to anybody. In response to Council Member Leipzig's questions regarding the legal requirements of the Clean Water Act, City Attorney Schricker said that the NPDES program implemented the Clean Water Act and its 1997 amendments. He described the federal laws that mandated clean sanitary sewerage treatment discharge, and the amendments that added clean water run-off, which required cities to address the problem of pollutants in storm water run-off. City Attorney Schricker said that if the City did not comply with these federal laws it would be subject to "hundreds of thousands of dollars of fines on a daily basis which would be imposed by the Regional Water Quality Control Board." He said the City's options were limited. MEMO 7/14/98 Council Member Ira asked staff to provide more information on Warrants 14176 and 14288. (205) MEMO 7/14/98 CONSENT CALENDAR ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE OF MEMBERS PRESENT (5) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 3.F. wmCH FAILED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: VICE MAYOR RUSKIN AND MAYOR HOWARD NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS BAIN, IRA AND LEIPZIG City Manager Everett advised that staff would work with the Council to determine how the proposed FY 1998-99 Budget will be revised to include the additional NPDES fees. Mayor Howard asked for a report on the impacts of the vote. (802) MEMO 7/14/98 A. Approved the Minutes of the July 6,1998 Adjourned Regular Meeting and Budget Study Session as submitted; MINUTE ORDER NO. 98-184 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES BOOK NO. 57 JULY 13, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 076 PAGE 4