R-10604City Council Meeting: September 13, 2011 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10604 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING A WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a goal for the City to be one - hundred
percent water self- sufficient by 2020 and has directed staff to formulate a plan to
achieve that goal; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has recently approved an Urban Water
Management Plan, which has been filed with the State of California, that requires a 20%
per capita reduction in water consumption by 2020; and
WHEREAS, currently, the City of Santa Monica continues to be unable to meet
the total water demand of its customers solely with its local domestic water supplies;
and
WHEREAS, imported water supplies are inherently unstable and unreliable,
particularly during times of emergencies, and costlier than local water supplies; and
WHEREAS, without continuing necessary and significant conservation efforts,
the ordinary demands and requirements of water consumers in the City of Santa Monica
cannot be satisfied without depleting the water supplies of the City and its imported
water provider to the extent that there would be insufficient water for human
consumption, sanitation, and fire protection and, without such efforts the City will be
unable to meet its goal of water self- sufficiency or the reduction mandated by its water
management plan; and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2009, subsequent to the Governor's declaration of a
drought emergency in the State of California, the City of Santa Monica adopted a Water
Shortage Response Plan ( "WSRP ") and declared an Advisory Level Water Shortage;
and
WHEREAS, on March 30, 2011 the Governor declared an end to the State's
drought emergency but urged Californians to continue to conserve water; and
WHEREAS, despite the Governor's declaration that drought conditions have
ended, the City must continue and enhance the efforts to conserve water that have
been undertaken in the last two years; and
WHEREAS, failure to continue and enhance these efforts will make it impossible
for the City to fulfill the dictates of its plan and achieve its goal of water independence.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Continuation of Water Supply Shortage. The City Council declares
that the Advisory Level Water Supply Shortage, originally declared on June 9, 2009,
and all provisions of the City's Water Shortage Response Plan shall remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 2. This declaration shall remain effective until it is amended or
rescinded by the City Council through resolution.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Resolution and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. In accordance with
Water Code Section 376 the City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in
the official newspaper within 10 days after its adoption. This Resolution shall become
effective upon adoption pursuant to Water Code Section 375 et seq. The City Clerk
shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same
shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A SHA,r}O,I ES M TRIE
Cit l ne
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Adopted and approved this 13th day of September, 2011
Richard Bloom, Mayor
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 10604 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 13th day of September, 2011, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Holbrook, McKeown, O'Connor, O'Day,
Mayor Pro Tern Davis, Mayor Bloom
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Shriver
ATTEST:
Maria M. Stewart, Cit Jerk