Bellflower City Council to Decide Cuts in Services to Fund Mandated Stormwater Rules; Anti-Gang Program, Recreation Services for Kids and Community Events May be Eliminated.Assignment Editors, Environmental Reporters BELLFLOWER bellflower, in botany bellflower or bluebell, name commonly used as a comprehensive term for members of the Campanulaceae, a family of chiefly herbaceous annuals or perennials of wide distribution, characteristically found on dry , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002 Tonight at 7:00 p.m. -- Bellflower City Council Chambers The Bellflower City Council tonight will consider cuts to existing community programs to fund a new stormwater management office to comply with new regulations passed by the non-elected L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board. The cuts are expected to impact public safety outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. programs, recreation programs for youth, and community events for residents and businesses. "We must comply with the State mandate, so we are being forced to cut other programs and services to pay for the new stormwater regulations," said Mayor John Pratt For other persons named John Pratt, see John Pratt (disambiguation). John William Pratt (October 22, 1894—December 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936. . "Even though the new regulations have generated widespread opposition from labor groups, public safety organizations, taxpayer protection groups and others throughout the County, we must comply or face huge fines." The new stormwater rules, currently under appeal to the State Water Resources Board, are designed to keep trash out of municipal storm drains storm drain n. 1. A storm sewer. 2. A catch basin. . But opponents have questioned the L.A. Regional Board's failure to conduct a cost-benefit analysis cost-benefit analysis In governmental planning and budgeting, the attempt to measure the social benefits of a proposed project in monetary terms and compare them with its costs. to determine if the new regulations will work. Two separate independent studies indicate the new rules will cost County taxpayers between $50-$100 billion to achieve the mandated "zero" trash level. Opponents also question the mandate to remove particles such as automobile brake dust and animal waste from the storm drains without existing technology to achieve results. "How can we stop brake dust and bird droppings from getting into the storm drains when there's no available technology on the market to accomplish that?" asked Pratt. "Who's going to track down the car owner whose brake dust made it into the storm drain, and how do we then prosecute To follow through; to commence and continue an action or judicial proceeding to its ultimate conclusion. To proceed against a defendant by charging that person with a crime and bringing him or her to trial. that person?" The City Council is expected to approve more than $300,000 in initial cuts to fund the program's start-up, with anticipated additional costs of $2-3 million in the next five years. The City Council invites all interested residents and business owners in Bellflower to attend. For additional information, contact the Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Office at (562) 804-1424 (x2278). |
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