HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 080-17RESOLUTION NO 0 8 0- 17
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
ADOPTING THE 2015 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 (Water
Code Section 10610 et seq., known as the Urban Water Management Planning
Act) during the 1983 -1984 Regular Session, and as amended subsequently,
which mandates that every supplier providing water for municipal purposes to
more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre foot of water
annually, prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (Plan), the primary
objective of which is to plan for the conservation and efficient use of water; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is an urban supplier of water providing
water to a population of over 145,000; and
WHEREAS, the Plan shall be periodically reviewed at least once every five
years in years ending in five or zero, and that the City shall make any
amendments or changes to its plan which are indicated by the review; and
WHEREAS, the Plan must be adopted after public review and hearing, and
filed with the California Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, the City has therefore, prepared and circulated for public
review a final draft Plan, and a properly noticed public hearing regarding said
Plan was held by the City of Bakersfield Water Resources Department on June
14, 2017; and
WHEREAS, The City Water Board unanimously recommends (2 -0 per Water
Board Meeting held June 14, 2017) the City Council approve the resolution to
adopt the 2015 UWMP; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield did prepare and filed said Plan with the
California Department of Water Resources by July 28, 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
1. The 2015 Urban Water Management Plan is hereby adopted and
ordered filed with the Clerk of the City Council;
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2. The Water Resources Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
implement the Water Conservation Programs as set forth in the 2015 Urban
Water Management Plan, which includes water shortage contingency analysis
and recommendations to the City of Bakersfield Water Board regarding
necessary procedures, rules, and regulations to carry out effective and
equitable water conservation and water recycling programs.
3. In a water shortage, the Water Board is hereby authorized to
declare a Water Shortage Emergency according to the Water Shortage Stages
and Triggers indicated in the Plan, and implement necessary elements of the
Plan.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
June 28, 2017, by the following vote:
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MEMBER
Christopher Gerry
ACTING CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED JUN y 8 1017
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KAREN GOH
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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RICHARD IGER
Deputy City Attorney
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