HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-15 - City of San Diego, Metro JPA - Approving Metropolitan Sewerage System Administrative Agreement No. 1RESOLUTION NO. 2026 - 15
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT #1 BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND
THE PARTICIPATING AGENCIES IN THE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE SYSTEM FOR
UNIFIED MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISCHARGE PRETREATMENT AND
ENHANCED SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAMS AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN
THE AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the 1998 Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement between the City of San
Diego and the participating agencies previously set planning, capacity rights and cost allocations
of wastewater facilities in the Regional Metro Wastewater System; and
WHEREAS, City of National City Resolution No. 2018-159, adopted on September 4,
2018, approved the First Amended and Restated Wastewater Disposal Agreement, which
addressed amendments related to the Pure Water Program and allocation of costs and financial
protection of wastewater rate payers; and
WHEREAS, further necessary modifications to the First Amended Regional Wastewater
Disposal Agreement precipitated a Second Amended and Restated Regional Wastewater
Disposal Agreement (the "SARA") clarifying and expanding on items related to the wastewater
billing methodology, agency roles and responsibilities, and cost -sharing approaches for Phase 1
and Phase 2 of the Pure Water Program; and
WHEREAS, additionally, the SARA provides a new framework for specific programmatic
or ministerial type changes to be accomplished through Administrative Agreements; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agreement No. 1 to the SARA addresses specific
programmatic details related to the Industrial Waste Discharge Pretreatment and Enhanced
Source Control Program which is coordinated by the City of San Diego, and includes permitting,
inspection, compliance monitoring, source control mechanisms, laboratory work, enforcement,
program administration and overhead, and claims management.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby approves Administrative Agreement No. 1 to
the Second Amended and Restated Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement (the "SARA"), and
authorizes the Mayor to sign Administrative Agreement No. 1.
Section 2: That, for any future Administrative Agreements pursuant to SARA with non -
substantive impacts to the City of National City, the Mayor is hereby authorized to sign such a
modified agreement at the discretion of the City Manager.
Section 3: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3d day of February, 2026.
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Shelley C el, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Richard E. Romero, Acting City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on
February 3, 2026 by the following roll -call vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Bush, Rodriguez, Yamane, Molina, Morrison
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: Ron Morrison
Mayor of the City of National City, California
Shelley Chapel
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
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Shelley Ch p I, MMC, City Clerk