Resolution 144490
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14 4 4 9
AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT A CITY
WIDE POLICY ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is a member agency of the Alameda
Countywide Clean Water Program (ACCWP) and fully participates in the
activities, benefits, duties, and responsibilities of the ACCWP as reflected in the
existing agreement to implement the ACCWP as approved in 1991 and
amended in 1998, 2001, and 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is required to operate in conformance
with a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit as
prescribed by the Federal Clean Water Act with respect to discharges of storm
water from its storm water drainage and collection system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is a permittee under the ACCWP
NPDES Permit from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board
(RWQCB), San Francisco Bay Region, reissued as Order R2 -2009 -0074
(NPDES Permit No. CAS612008) on October 14, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Provision C.9., of the NPDES Permit Pesticides Toxicity
Control, requires the City to adopt an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy
or Ordinance no later than July 1, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Provision C.9., of the NPDES Permit Pesticides Toxicity
Control, further requires the City to establish written standard operating
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procedures for the implementation of IPM by municipal employees and
contractors in adherence with this IPM Policy or Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Provision C.9., of the NPDES Permit Pesticides Toxicity
Control, further requires the City to report to the California RVVQCB, San
Francisco Bay Region, on IPM implementation on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, Provision C.9., of the NPDES Permit Pesticides Toxicity
Control, of the City's NPDES Permit further requires the City to ensure that all
municipal employees who, within the scope of their duties, appl y or use
pesticides that threaten water quality, are trained in IPM practices and the City's
1 PM policy; and
WHEREAS, Provision C.9., of the NPDES Permit Pesticides Toxicity
Control, of the City's NPDES Permit further requires the City, no later than July
1, 2010, to hire either IPM - certified contractors or include contract specifications
requiring contractors to implement IPM; and
WHEREAS, a City of Alameda 1 PM Policy has been prepared to provide
City departments that use pesticides with an appropriate framework to prepare
department- specific procedures to implement these above- stated requirements
of Provision C.9., Pesticides Toxicity Control, of the City's NPDES Permit; and
WHEREAS, City departments have reviewed and accepted this city of
Alameda IPM Policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Alameda authorizes the Interim City Manager to implement the City of
Alameda IPM Policy.
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
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regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during in the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 15th of June, 2010, by the followin g vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 1 6th day of June, 2010.
Lara Weisiger, City clerk
City of Alameda