r-10594City Council Meeting July 12, 2011
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10594 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTING THE 2010 URBAN WATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 (Water Code
Sections 10610 et sec., known as the Urban Water Management Planning Act (the
"Act") during the 1983-84 Regular Session; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires every supplier providing .water for municipal
purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water
annually to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (Plan), the primary objective of
which is for the conservation of water; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is an urban supplier of water to a
population of over 90,000; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires Plans to be reviewed at least once every five years,
and requires cities to make any amendments or changes to the Plan which are
indicated by the review; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted its last Urban Water Management Plan on
November 22, 2005; and
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WHEREAS, a new Urban Water Management Plan must be adopted by the
Council, after public review and hearing, and filed with the California Department of
Water Resources within thirty days of adoption, and by August 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has prepared and circulated for public
review a draft 2010 Urban Water Management Plan, and a properly noticed public
hearing regarding the Plan was held by the City Council on June 28, 2011; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the City is in conformance with all
applicable requirements of the Urban Water Management Planning Act.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby adopts the City's 2010 Urban Water
Management Plan and orders it to be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 3. The Water Resources Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to file the 2010 Urban Water Management Plan with the California Department of Water
Resources within thirty days after the date this Resolution is adopted, and by August 1,
2011.
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SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution of
the City Council of the City of Santa Monica adopting the 2010 Urban Water
Management Plan, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and
effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 12th day of July, 2011.
Richard Bloom, Mayor
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 10594 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 12th day of July, 2011, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Noes: Councilmembers:
Absent: Councilmembers:
Holbrook, O'Connor, O'Day,
Mayor Bloom
None
McKeown, Shriver
Mayor Pro Tem Davis
ATTEST:
Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk