TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Director of Public Works
Lou Vargas, Utilities Director
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Public Hearing and Consideration of a Resolution Amending the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Public Works Director Lee).
(Estimated Time: 5 Min.)
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING
B) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 22-0087
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt Resolution No. 22-0087, which amends the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) and authorizes the City Manager to file the amended Water Shortage Contingency Plan with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
BACKGROUND:
The Urban Water Management Planning Act requires every public and private urban water supplier that directly or indirectly provides water for municipal purposes to prepare, adopt, and update the Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) every five years.
The UWMP provides a framework to help water suppliers maintain efficient use of urban water supplies, promote conservation programs and policies, ensure sufficient water supplies are available for future beneficial use, and provide a response mechanism during drought conditions or other water shortages.
The WSCP is a stand-alone document included as a chapter in the UWMP; therefore, it can be adopted and amended separately from the UWMP. The WSCP incorporates six standard water shortage levels corresponding to progressive ranges from 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 percent shortage, and greater than a 50 percent shortage.
The last update to the UWMP/WSCP was adopted by the City Council on November 2, 2021.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has identified discrepancies between the WSCP chapter of the adopted 2020 UWMP and the City's established water conservation ordinance. In ...
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