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City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11530 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTING THE 2023
ANNUAL WATER SHORTAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 1414 amending
Sections 10608.34, 10609.20, 10609.22, 10609.24, 10609.26, 10621, 10631, and
10632.1 of, and to add Section 10609.25 to, the California Water Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 10632.1 of the California Water Code requires an urban
water supplier to conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment and submit
an annual water shortage assessment report to the California Department of Water
Resources consistent with the supplier’s water shortage contingency plan by July 1 of
each year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is an urban supplier of water; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica water shortage contingency plan requires
annual water shortage assessment reports to be adopted by City Council after public
review and a public hearing, and filed with the California Department of Water Resources
by July 1 of each year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has prepared and circulated for public review a
draft 2023 annual water shortage assessment report, and a noticed public hearing regarding
the report was held by City Council on June 13, 2023.
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WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the contents of the draft
2023 annual water shortage assessment report and determined that it complies with Section
10632 of the California Water Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals above are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the City is in conformance with all applicable
requirements of Section 10632 of the California Water Code.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby adopts the City's 2023 annual water shortage
assessment report.
SECTION 4. The Water Resources Manager is hereby authorized and directed to file
the 2023 annual water shortage assessment report with the California Department of Water
Resources by July 1, 2023.
SECTION 5. 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 June 2023.
Gleam Davis, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11530 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 13th day of June 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Torosis, Brock, Parra, Zwick
Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, Mayor Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember de la Torre
ATTEST:
Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
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