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CITY OF SANTA ANA DROUGHT ACTION PLAN Deepening drought conditions in California called for Governor Brown to issue an executive order earlier this year to reduce statewide water use by 25 percent from 2013 levels. The State Water Resources Control Board followed the executive order with expanded emergency regulations to safeguard the state's remaining water supplies. The City of Santa Ana has been under a Phase 2 Water Supply Shortage Emergency since the City Council's approval of Resolution No. 2015-025 (June 2, 2015). By this resolution, the City Council declared that a water shortage exists throughout the area served by the City of Santa Ana Water Resources Division and ordered that water customers must reduce their monthly total potable water consumption by 12%, using 2013 as the base year. The Phase 2 Water Supply Shortage Resolution implements additional regulations and restrictions on the delivery of the water and the consumption within the City of water supplied for public use with the goal of conserving water supply for the greatest public benefit with particular regard to domestic use, sanitation, and fire protection. The City of Santa Ana Water Resources Division has prepared the following Drought Action to assist in the meeting of the state's mandatory 12% reduction in water use. The following recommended Drought Action Plan summarizes: the reason for the state's mandatory reduction in water use; the permanent water conservation requirements found in Section 39-106 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code; the mandatory water requirements that apply during a declared Phase 2 Water Supply Shortage; and the additional short term and long term City action items being recommended to be implemented by the City of Santa Ana. 11] :Z11111" ;1 WTI Y [G � ."Q Due to the following, the City of Santa Ana has established a Drought Action Plan to meet the state's mandatory 12% reduction in water use: A. The State of California is in its fourth year of severe drought conditions. B. On April 1, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order to cities and towns across California to cut water use by 25% as part of a sweeping set of mandatory drought restrictions, the first in state history. C. On April 1, 2015, State water officials measured the lowest April 1 snowpack in more than 60 years of record -keeping in the Sierra Nevada. D. On April 14, 2015, the Governing Board of the Metropolitan Water District ("MWD") took action to reduce water deliveries to its member agencies, including the City of Santa Ana, effective July 1, 2015. E. Because of the action taken by the MWD, beginning July 1, 2015, the City's water deliveries will be reduced by 15%. F. The MWD action also includes heavy surcharges for member agencies that exceed their allocations. The surcharge will be roughly four times the normal price of an acre foot of water for use beyond the allocated amount. PREVIEW Date: Nov 03, 2021 Workspace ID: WS00800354 Funding Opportunity Number: R22AS00023