HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-031 - Adopting the 2020 Water Shortage Contingency PlanRESOLUTION NO. 2021-031
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA ADOPTING THE 2020 WATER SHORTAGE
CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
WHEREAS, Sections 10610 through 10657 of the California Water Code, known
as the Urban Water Management Planning Act, require that every urban water supplier
providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000
customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually, prepare an Urban
Water Management Plan ("UWMP") at least once every five years; and
WHEREAS, these plans support suppliers' long-term resource planning to ensure
that adequate water supplies are available to meet existing and future water needs; and
WHEREAS, each UWMP must be adopted by the supplier's governing body and
submitted to the California Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana is an urban water supplier subject to this
requirement; and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2016, by Resolution No. 2106-040, the City Council
adopted the City's 2015 UWMP; and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan as an
update to the 2015 UWMP on the City's water resource needs, water use efficiency
programs, water reliability assessments, and strategies to mitigate water shortage
conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City's 2020 UWMP contains all elements to satisfy compliance
with the Urban Water Management Planning Act as amended since 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City's 2020 UWMP contains a Water Shortage Contingency Plan
("WSCP"), a detailed proposal for how a supplier intends to act in the case of an actual
water shortage condition, as required by Water Code Section 10632; and
WHEREAS, the WSCP must be treated as a standalone plan for public hearing
and adoption procedures; and
WHEREAS, the City has given the legally required notices for the 2020 WSCP and
conducted a public hearing on June 1, 2021 to consider the approval of the 2020 WSCP;
and
WHEREAS, the City separately gave the legally required notices for the 2020
UWMP and conducted a public hearing on June 1, 2021 to consider the approval of the
2020 UWMP.
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NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana as
follows:
Section 1. The 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan is hereby adopted.
Section 2. The City Manager or his or her designee is directed to file a copy of
the City's 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan with the California Department of Water
Resources, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the City
provides water supplies within 30 days but no later than July 1, 2021.
Section 3. The 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan shall be available for
public review during the City's normal business hours no later than 30 days after filing a
copy of the plan.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting
this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 1st day of June 2021.
Vicente Sarmiento
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By: 7g,
J n M. Funk
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers Bacerra Hernandez, Lopez, Mendoza Phan
Penaloza Sarmiento (7)
NOES: Councilmembers None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0)
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CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2021-031 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on June 1, 2021.
Date: V m' 5 a I
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Resolution No. 2021-031
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