NPDES COMPLIANCE - CONSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION: The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board is issuing a Municipal Regional Storm Water Permit (MRP) for the cities in the Bay Area. This MRP is being issued under the Federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program for storm water and it will go into effect on July 1, 2009. This permit lists several requirements that the cities in the Bay Area, including Los Altos, must comply with over the next five years. One of these requirements is to install trash capture devices in 10% of the municipalities’ catch basins. For Los Altos, this will mean that these devices must be installed in approximately 150 catch basins. This work must be completed by 2012. COST SUMMARY: Design and Construction $ 190,000 POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES: Capital Projects Fund $ 190,000 IMPACT ON ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS: These devices will increase the maintenance required on these 150 catch basins. It is estimated that these catch basins will need to be cleaned out three to four times a year during the rainy season. ALTERNATIVES: There is no alternative since the city is required to comply with the requirements of the MRP.