HomeMy WebLinkAbout2084RESOLUTION NO. 2084
A Resolution opposing the Clean Water Act - 1985 Amendment, in regard
to untreated storm waters flowing into open waterways.
WHEREAS, the Federal government, through the Clean Water Act,
1985 Amendment has set standards and restrictions on
storm waters entering large bodies of open waterways; and
WHEREAS, the Federal government has stipulated that the costs incurred
to meet said standards and regulations must be met by the
municipalities/governmental bodies responsible; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has already tripled the citizens
wastewater facility rate in order to provide secondary treat-
ment for sewage; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Bremerton are of low and moderate income; and.
WHEREAS, other communities on Puget Sound have not as yet provided
secondary treatment for sewage;
WHEREAS, other pollutants discharged into Puget Sound have not been
identified and cleaned up; and pollutants in storm water dis-
charge by comparison are minor; and
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of
Bremerton hereby requests our Congressional delegation and the conferees
on Clean Water Act to suspend the permit requirement for separate
municipal storm drains pending a better understanding of the task.
SIGNED this 25th day of September, 1985.
BILL AMO, COUNCILMAN
E.L. STURDIVANT, COUNCILMAN
ROY T. MOSELY, COUNCILMAN
CLYDE L. PACHEK, COUNCILMAN
ART ANDERSON, COUNCILMAN
MORRIE DAWKINS, Mayor
City of Bremerton
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, City Clerk
Director of Administrative Services