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CC - CONSENT ITEM: Approval of a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Culver City and the Cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Flood Control District Regarding the Administration and Cost Sharing for Implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) and Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the Ballona Creek Watershed.
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Meeting Date: August 10, 2026
Contact/Dept: Sean Singletary/Public Works Department - EPO Division
Phone Number: (310) 253-6457
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [ ] General Fund: Yes [ ] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [X] No [ ]
Public Notification: E-Mail: via GovDelivery - Meetings and Agendas - City Council (08/05/2026)
Dept Approval: Yanni Demitri, Public Works Director/City Engineer (07/22/2026)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Culver City and the Cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD) regarding the administration and cost sharing for implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) and Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the Ballona Creek Watershed.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On December 28, 2012, the Los Angeles County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit (MS4 Permit) became effective in accordance with the Clean Water Act. The Los Angeles MS4 Permit covers unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, and 84 cities within Los Angeles County, including the City of Culver City. Culver City takes a regional approach at compliance by partnering with other agencies within the watershed for annual reporting, water quality monitoring, project implementation and other tasks. The Ballona Creek Watershed Management Group (WMG) is comprised of Culver City, County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), and the Cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Inglewood. In 2021, the permit was updated to include 85 cities of Los Angeles County, Ventura County Watershed Protection District, the County of Ventura, and 10 cities within Ventura County.
The cities of Culver City, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, the County of Los Angeles, and the LACFCD first entered into an MOA in 2013, and renewed this in 2018 and 2023. A new five-year agreement has been drafted and is ready for approval by the various agencies.
The MOA lays out tasks and costs for each agency and is administered by the City of Los Angeles. The MOA’s scope of work is to be led by the City of Los Angeles and includes:
• Monitoring Services - receiving water, stormwater outfall, and non-stormwater outfall monitoring; data management; capital, operation and maintenance activities; and purchasing, maintaining and replacing equipment necessary for monitoring activities.
• WMP Related Tasks - annual reporting; report of waste discharge (ROWD); adaptive management; trash monitoring and reporting plan (TMRP); WMP revisions; website management; California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) membership.
• Contract Administration - facilitate the development of agreements; manage procurements, contracting and contract administration; distribution of invoices and collection of invoices.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
The cost to Culver City for the five-year term of the MOA is $298,383 over Fiscal Years 2026-27 through 2030-31. Funding will be included in the Proposed Budgets for these fiscal years in CIP PZ497, Stormwater MS4 Permit Compliance Program.
ATTACHMENTS
• 2026-08-10-ATT 1-FINAL BC Watershed MOA 2026-2031.pdf
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MOTION
That the City Council:
1. Approve a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Culver City and the Cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Flood Control District Regarding the Administration and Cost Sharing for Implementing the Coordinated Integrated Monitoring Program (CIMP) and Watershed Management Program (WMP) for the Ballona Creek Watershed;
2. Authorize the City Attorney to review/prepare the necessary documents; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to execute such documents on behalf of the City.