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City Council Meeting: December 13, 2022 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11486 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A
CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR THE SANTA
MONICA GROUNDWATER SUBBASIN RECHARGE AND MONITORING PROJECT
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2011, the City Council directed staff to develop a plan
to achieve 100% self-sufficiency on local water resources; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that a sustainable and secure water future must
include the coordinated and conjunctive reuse of al locally available water resources
including traditionally non-potable sources such as brackish groundwater and
wastewater; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources is administering the
Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program using funds authorized
by the California Budget Act of 2021 (Stats. 2021, ch. 240, § 80) (Budget Act of 2021)
and Proposition 68 for projects that encourage sustainable management of groundwater
resources that support the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and/or invest in
groundwater recharge projects with surface water, stormwater, recycled water, and other
conjunctive use projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The Recitals above are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. An application shall be made to the Department of Water Resources to
obtain a grant under the 2021 Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program
SGMA Implementation Grant pursuant to the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate,
Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 (Pub. Resources Code, § 80000,
et seq.) and the Budget Acts of 2021 and 2022. Be it further resolved that the City of Santa
Monica has the authority and shall enter into a funding agreement with the Department of
Water Resources to receive a grant for the Santa Monica Groundwater Subbasin Recharge
and Monitoring Project.
SECTION 3. The City Manager of the City of Santa Monica, or designee, is hereby
authorized and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such
application, execute a funding agreement and any future amendments thereto, submit
invoices, and submit any reporting requirements with the Department of Water Resources.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution of the
City Council, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 13th day of December 2022.
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Gleam Davis, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11486 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 13th day of December 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, de la Torre, Parra, Torosis, Zwick
Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, Mayor Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
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