Recommendation to request City Manager to work with the Climate, Environment, and Coastal Protection Committee to report on environmental, public health, social, fiscal and economic impacts on the City of Long Beach from sewage spills; and, provide a progress report on the City’s projects funded by Measure W and projects countywide related to eliminating sewage from entering our water ways and ocean, within 120 days; Request City Manager work with the Regional Water Quality Control Board and any other enforcement agencies to prepare a report on recent sewage spills in Long Beach which violated the Clean Water Act and/or other related regulations which such report shall include: name of responsible agency or entity, date of occurrence, date(s) of any water area closures, amount of sewage spilled, and impact costs reported; and Request City Manager work with the City Attorney to research and provide options for the City to seek compensatory damages and reimbursement for costs incurred by the City related to sewage spills.

Committee

City Council

Introduced

May 1, 2023

On agenda

May 9, 2023

Passed

May 9, 2023

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