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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A <br />COOPERATIVE IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT WITH <br />CALTRANS TO RECEIVE STORMWATER <br />REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE SANTA <br />ANA ZOO STORMWATER CAPTURE AND DIVERSION <br />PROJECT <br />WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana (City) has adopted and implemented the <br />Project identified as the Santa Ana Zoo Stormwater Capture and Diversion Project <br />(Project). <br />WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board issued the Trash <br />Provisions of the Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, <br />and Estuaries of California (Trash Provisions), which applies to both the City and the <br />California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as municipal separate storm sewer <br />system (MS4) permittees. <br />WHEREAS, the City and Caltrans are required to comply with the Trash <br />Provisions by installing, operating, and maintaining full capture systems (or full capture <br />system equivalency) for storm drains that capture runoff from significant trash <br />generating areas or regulated priority land use areas. <br />WHEREAS, the City and Caltrans are required to comply with Total Maximum <br />Daily Load (TMDL) waste load allocations in their respective NPDES permits in the <br />Newport Bay watershed. <br />WHEREAS, the City's Project will capture and infiltrate runoff via dry wells and <br />control trash via a State Water Board certified gross solid removal device from the <br />contributing drainage basin area. <br />WHEREAS, Caltrans owns property within the total contributing drainage basin <br />area, and through hydraulic connectivity, receives compliance generation for multi - <br />pollutant treatment removal attributed to Caltrans stormwater conveyed to the Project. <br />WHEREAS, Caltrans and the City, pursuant to California Streets and Highways <br />Code (SHC) Sections 114 and 130, will enter into a Cooperative Agreement for <br />improvements to the State Highway System (SHS) as a watershed stakeholder within <br />the City's jurisdiction. <br />WHEREAS, now Caltrans has agreed to contribute an amount not to exceed <br />$3,700,000 Dollars in reimbursement funds to the City to construct the Project, within <br />the regional area under the jurisdiction of the City to comply with the Trash Provisions <br />and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL). <br />Resolution No. 2025-XXX <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />