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RESOLUTION NO. .#63Z
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH OPPOSING EXPANSION OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT'S SERVICE BOUNDARIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
WHEREAS, the'Orange County Water District (ltOCWDIt) was formed by a special act of
the California Legislature in 1933 to: (I) manage the Orange County
groundwater basin for users' benefit; and (2) protect the groundwater basin
users' water rights; and
WHEREAS, the OCWD member agencies are presently the Cities of Anaheim, Buena
Park, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, La
Palma, Newport Beach, Orange, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Tustin and Irvine
Ranch Water District, the Mesa Consolidated Water District, the Santiago
Water District, the Serrano Irrigation District, the Southern California
Water Company, and the Yorba Linda Water District; and
WHEREAS, only portions of Anaheim, Irvine Ranch Water District, Santiago County
Water district and the Yorba Linda Water District are within the OCWD
present boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Irvine Ranch Water District and the Yorba Linda Water District
petitioned for annexation of their outlying service areas into the Orange
County Water District; and
WHEREAS, the basin's present member-pumped water demand is 354,000 acre feet/year
but that in the year 2020, their basin water demand will be 428,000 acre feet;
and
WHEREAS, the OCWD Board of Directors is considering expanding its District
boundaries, in accordance with its existing adopted policy, to include all of
tbe area that lies within the basin's drainage area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council ofthe City of Seal Beach
opposes any expansion of the Orange County Water District boundaries until
studies demonstrate that pumping more than 428,000 acre feet of water from
the basin will not have any negative impact on present member agencies.
Council of the City of Seal Beach at a
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do here~rtifY that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 02. on file in the
office of the City Clerk, passed, approved and adoPte~ t~ City Coun' the City of
Seal Beach, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 'f; _ day of ,
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