The City of Cathedral City is seeking a qualified consultant to provide professional services for National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program Administration and Facility Inspection Services to support the Engineering Department as needed. The selected Consultant shall act as the City’s designated representative as it relates to working with the Principal Permittee (Riverside County), other co-permittees, regulators such as the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board, other agencies and organizations, including but not limited to the business community, environmental organizations and the general public. Consultant shall be responsible for the administration and reporting requirements set forth in the NPDES permit and as needed by the City for the efficient and effective operation of the NPDES program. The following are necessary and typical in order for the City to comply with the NPDES program requirements and to ensure adequate involvement by the City in the NPDES Permit program: o Consultant shall attend and adequately represent the City at the following meetings: ▪ Riverside County Desert Task Force Meeting, including any subcommittees as created. Consultant shall have appropriate and demonstrated technical involvement and historical understanding of the activities at these meetings. ▪ Consultant shall attend Colorado Regional Water Quality Control Board meetings as requested. o Consultant shall be responsible for administering the NPDES program within City operations, including but not limited to preparation of the annual report submission for the County; assistance in preparation of budget submission, special studies and other efforts as requested by the City; maintain and update any databases as provided by the County of Riverside or the City of Cathedral City; and, develop and present technical memos and policy papers as necessary to provide information to City staff, the Principal-Permittee, CoPermittees and elected officials. o Meet regularly with the Public Works & Engineering Department liaison to provide appropriate updates and status reports on various projects, to seek input and to respond to requests as appropriate. o Assist the City in identifying and submitting applications for grants related to the NPDES program, or other associated programs such as water conservation, facilities, and others. o Assist in preparation of fee studies, cost recovery models or other activities in support of the program. o Consultant shall have the capacity to review, analyze and provide technical, scientific and policy assessment as it relates to analyzing proposed permits, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and resulting regional wide programs. Consultant shall be able to communicate effectively the impacts and costs associated with proposed actions by the regulators and be able to present said findings to the City staff and elected officials, other elected or appointed bodies either orally or in writing. o Review and update the City’s Local Implementation Plan (LIP) on an annual basis and prepare revisions as necessary to comply with current operations, NPDES Permit requirements or other requirements which affect the operation of the LIP. o Review and update the City’s Stormwater Ordinance on an annual basis and prepare revisions as necessary to improve enforcement of the NPDES program within the City. o Coordinate the invoicing of the City’s NPDES Inspection Fee program with the City Finance Department, including but not limited to: reviewing and revising the designations and classifications for individual businesses within the City; field checking businesses to determine the appropriate prioritization of the business; assisting city staff in accounting and invoice preparation, including preparation of invoice master lists for billing; and, reconciling the City’s business list against the MS4 database in order to maintain a current record of businesses for both inspection and invoicing purposes. o Coordination with other water conservation organizations and agencies.
