Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee

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1 Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee June 21, 2017

2 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 1 ACTION MINUTES OF THE MARCH 15, 2017 MEETING Amanda Carr, County of Orange

3 Recommended Action Approve the action minutes of the March 15, 2017 meeting

4 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 2 STATUS OF PREPARING AN UPDATED INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY Presenter: Marsha Westropp, Senior Watershed Planner, Orange County Water District

5 Background: Orange County Watershed Management Areas North Central South Orange County created 3 Watershed Management Areas in 2003 Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee manages Central OC Watershed Management Area

6 IRWM Plans IRWM Plans were prepared for each of the Watershed Management Areas

7 Updating IRWM Plans North and Central OC IRWM Plans to be combined into one updated plan Purpose: Update both plans to meet Prop. 1 standards; enable stakeholders to participate in setting regional water resource management priorities develop a portfolio of regional, multibenefit, multi-agency sponsored projects

8 Updating IRWM Plan: Status Monthly stakeholder meetings began in February 2017 Ad Hoc Committee created to develop draft goals, objectives and strategies Next steps: develop process to prioritize projects Schedule: draft plan for review by end of summer/beginning of fall

9 Statewide IRWM Program: How does the funding work? Statewide program administered by Department of Water Resources 2006 passage of Proposition 84: Funding Areas created with specified funding levels No grant $ unless local organizations form Region(s) and prepare IRWM plans

10 Santa Ana & San Diego Funding Areas Santa Ana Funding Area: 1 Region San Diego Funding Area: 3 Regions

11 Santa Ana Funding Area One region managed by Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) Includes: North OC Watershed Management Area Central OC Watershed Management Area

12 Santa Ana Funding Area Allocation Proposition 1 IRWM Funds: Santa Ana Funding Area: $63 million 3.7 million for administration reduces total available funding for region to $58,590, million for disadvantaged communities (pop. <20,000) TOTAL IMPLEMENTATION: $45.99 million Funds available in spring 2018?

13 Future Options Continue participating in IRWM program as a part of the SAWPA OWOW Plan Elect to submit application to Department of Water Resources to become a separate Region within the Santa Ana Funding Area

14 Recommended Action Receive and file

15 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 3 IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW STATE TRASH REGULATIONS IN THE NEWPORT BAY WATERSHED Chris Crompton, County of Orange

16 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 3A SANTA ANA REGIONAL BOARD IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRASH PROVISIONS Presenter: Barbara Barry, Environmental Scientist, Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

17 Trash Provisions Summary Adopted on April 7, 2015 Effective December 2, 2015 Amendments to the Ocean Plan and ISWEBE Plan Statewide water quality objective for trash and a prohibition of trash discharge to surface waters

18 Trash Provisions Summary Regional Boards are required, by June 2, 2017, to do one of the following: 1. Add requirements to MS4 Permits to implement the Provisions 2. Issue an Order pursuant to Water Code section or requiring MS4 Co-permittees to notify the Regional Board how they will comply with the Provisions. Notice must be provided within 3 months of the Order. The track 2 option also requires the Copermittees to submit an implementation plan within 18 months of the Order

19 Requirements in Order to implement Trash Provisions Choose a Track and report the selection by August 31, Track 1: Install, operate, and maintain Full Capture Systems for all storm drains that capture runoff from the Priority Land Uses in their jurisdictions

20 Requirements in Order to implement Trash Provisions Track 2: Install, operate, and maintain any combination of Full Capture Systems within either the jurisdiction of the MS4 permittee or within the jurisdiction of the MS4 permittee and contiguous MS4 permittees. The MS4 permittee may determine the locations or land uses within its jurisdiction to implement any combination of controls. The MS4 permittee shall demonstrate that such combination achieves Full Capture System Equivalency. The MS4 permittee may determine which controls to implement

21 Requirements in Order to Implement Trash Provisions Track 2 Permittees must submit an implementation plan by November 30, 2018 that describes the following: The combination of controls selected and the rationale for the selection; How the combination of controls is designed to achieve Full Capture System Equivalency; How Full Capture System Equivalency will be demonstrated;

22 Requirements in Order to implement Trash Provisions Track 2 Permittees must submit an implementation plan by November 30, 2018 that describes the following: If using a methodology other than the recommended Visual Trash Assessment Approach to determine trash levels, a description of the methodology used; and If proposing to select locations or land uses other than Priority Land Uses, a justification demonstrating that the alternative land uses generate trash at rates that are equivalent to or greater than the Priority Land Uses.

23 Remainder of the Trash Provision Requirements The Santa Ana Regional Board will consider including monitoring and reporting requirements in the next iteration of the North Orange County MS4 Permit similar to those in the Trash Provisions

24 QUESTIONS?

25 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 3B 2016 NEWPORT BAY TRASH MANAGEMENT PLAN FRAMEWORK Presenter: Ted Von Bitner, Associate Project Manager, AMEC Foster Wheeler

26 Existing Trash Controls Trash in waterways is a recognized constituent of concern by the municipal stormwater permit Each year we spend considerable resources on: Litter management and recycling Cleaning streets, catch basins, and channels Educating the public

27 Trash in Our Channels Santa Ana Delhi Trash Boom

28 Trash Mobilized by Rain Newport Bay after storm

29 Trash in Newport Bay Newport Bay after storm Photo courtesy Robert Stein

30 Newport Bay Trash Management Plan Implementation plan providing guidance with the Trash Provisions: Track 1 or Track 2 considerations Minimum trash control measures Monitoring and reporting requirements Cost estimating considerations

31 Newport Bay Trash Management Plan A watershed-based plan intended for reducing trash in Newport Bay watershed creeks Provides standard foundation for implementing a number of various trash controls, Describes the associated monitoring and reporting requirements Model plan intended for all Orange County watersheds

32 Project Funding Funding provided by Orange County Stormwater Program and US Department of Interior 2011 County received $342,000 through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) CIAP received funding ( ) from offshore oil extraction industry CIAP managed by US Fish & Wildlife Service

33 Project Deliverables Technical Reports State of the Science literature review Inventory of trash control measures Trash source Identification Summary of current monitoring protocols

34 Project Deliverables Completed field test of recommended monitoring protocol with City of Santa Ana

35 Project Deliverables Planning Level Maps Source analysis and trash hot spot maps for watershed cities Map for City of Newport Beach Maps help to establish geographic scale of Trash Provision requirements

36 Project Deliverables Implementation Plan, December 2016

37 QUESTIONS?

38 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 3C CITY OF TUSTIN TRASH CONTROL ACTIVITIES Presenter: Alex Waite, Senior Management Analyst, Public Works/ Engineering, City of Tustin

39 New Requirements Install, operate and maintain full capture systems in storm drains that capture runoff from one or more of the priority land uses/facility/site. 10 years from first implementing permit but no later than 15 years from effective date of the Trash Amendments Demonstrate installation, operation, and maintenance of full capture systems and provide mapped location and drainage areas served by full capture systems. Need to treat private storm drains that tie into the public system

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41 Priority Land Use High Density Residential (10 dwellings per acre) Industrial Commercial Mixed Use Transit facilities Bus Stops

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43 The City currently owns 1,226 catch basins and growing 479 City owned catch basins fall under the trash amendment requirements 130 locations owned by the City to be retrofitted

44 Activities in FY Removed 343 tons of material from catch basins Streets swept once a week Removed 964 tons of debris from street sweeping City has 703 catch basins that have some form of BMP

45 1400 Street Sweeping Catch Basin Cleaning FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY 15-16

46 Costs Connector Pipe Screens $ to purchase and install Received $120,000 from OCTA to install 414. City cleans 3 times a year

47 Costs Screens $462 to $2,345 depending on size 423 Installed under OCTA grants

48 Costs BioClean Round Curb Inlet Basket with Trash Screen Cost to install between $1,270 and $1,670 Filter needs to be changed at least 2 times a year. $317 to clean each insert Applied for funding to install remaining locations this year.

49 Costs OCTA grant of $1,200,00 0 to install 32 Modular Wetland Systems 62 Installed

50 Costs CDS Units 2014 Installed 1 hydro-separator for $66,000. $1,755 for one time cleaning and maintenance 4 installed in City

51 QUESTIONS?

52 Discussion Calendar AGENDA ITEM 3D CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH TRASH/DEBRIS CAPTURE EFFORTS Presenter: David Webb, Director of Public Works, City of Newport Beach

53 Area Map

54 Trash and Debris Previous Efforts Capture and Collection Devices Install 435 Screens on Catch Basins in the Dry Season Approximately 40 Continuous Deflective Separation (CDS) Units Installed Citywide (public and private) Annually Clean 3.2 Miles of Drainage Channels and 3,234 Catch Basins Street Sweep over 36,000 Curb Miles per year 54

55 Trash and Debris Previous Efforts Capture and Collection Devices Upper Newport Bay Debris Boom (More than 60 Tons of Debris Removed this Storm Season) Ocean Beach Cleanups 55

56 Trash and Debris Previous Efforts Capture and Collection Devices Marina Trash Skimmers Host/Partner with Volunteer Cleanups and an Underwater Cleanup Event 56

57 Trash and Debris Present Efforts Santa Ana-Delhi Channel Trash Collection & Low Flow Diversion Project Project Partners City of Santa Ana County of Orange City of Newport Beach City of Costa Mesa Project Goals Trash Collection Dry Weather Diversion Selenium Reduction Currently Under Construction 57

58 Trash and Debris Present & Future Efforts Newport Aquatic Center Trash Boom Removing trash and debris for over a decade Upgrades include increasing the height and depth of the boom and closing gaps between the segments

59 Trash and Debris Possible Future Efforts Water Wheel Project 52 long x 24 wide x 14 high Currently working on stakeholder involvement and the conceptual design asdfasdf Possible Project Locations

60 Trash and Debris Possible Future Efforts Baltimore s Trash Wheel Success Removed 1 million pounds of trash from the Jones Fall River since May 2013

61 Trash and Debris Future Efforts Polaris Drive Trash Mitigation Project Install a trash interception facility Will capture, litter, debris, sediment, even cigarette butts Services a 400 acre watershed in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, including a County Flood Control Channel Potential Construction Area

62 Significant Water Quality Improvement We are seeing the best water quality observed in the Bay since the 1960 s. Honor Roll List 62

63 Questions & Comments City of Newport Beach Public Works Department A Well-Engineered Machine Protecting and Providing Quality Public Improvements and Services

64 Recommended Action Receive and file

65 Consent Calendar AGENDA ITEM 4 EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORT Amanda Carr, County of Orange

66 Consent Calendar AGENDA ITEM 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS

67 Consent Calendar AGENDA ITEM 6 PUBLIC COMMENTS

68 AGENDA ITEM 7 ADJOURNMENT

69 Next Meeting Date September 20, 2017