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Resolution 11301CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 11301 AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION FOR STATE LOAN FOR CLEAN WATER ACT /WET WEATHER SEWER PROJECTS AND EXECUTION OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972 requires all jurisdictions in the United States to control sewer overflows through a regulation system called the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) which is administered by the State Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is responsible for certain sewage overflows in the interceptor system maintained by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)which conveys the sewage flows from Alameda's collection system to the EBMUD treatment plant in Oakland; and WHEREAS, during wet weather periods, cracks in the pipes and damages to the pipe joints have allowed inflow and infiltration, which increase the flows by approximately 200 %, and WHEREAS, the RWQCB has issued a Cease and Desist Order to require Alameda and six other jurisdictions in Alameda County to make corrections to eliminate the infiltration, and WHEREAS, the City and the other jurisdictions, through a Joint Powers Agreement with EBMUD, have applied for and received grants from the federal government for 55% of the cost and from the State for 12 1 /2% of the cost of the work, and WHEREAS, the City is also eligible to obtain a low - interest Loan for 12 1/2% of the cost from the Clean Water Act Program, and WHEREAS, a public notice was placed in the Alameda Times Star, a newspaper of local circulation, on August 8, 1987 advertising the hearing for September 15, 1987 to consider authorizing approval for application and execution of the loan agreement with the State of California to help pay for the costs NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that said Council hereby authorizes the submittal of an application for State Loan in the amount of 12 1/2% of the federally eligible cost of the sewer rehabilitation project work. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute said loan agreement for and on behalf of the City of Alameda. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 15th of September, 1987, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Councilmembers Camicia, Haugner, Monsef, Thomas and President Corica - 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 16th day of September, 1987.