HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 7166 2021-06-14RESOLUTION 7166
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE 2015
URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, The California Urban Water Management Planning Act, (Wat. Code
§10610, et seq. (the Act)), mandates that every urban supplier of water providing water
for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000
acre feet of water annually, prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (Plan); and
WHEREAS, the Act generally requires that said Plan be updated and adopted at
least once every five years on or before July 1, in years ending in six and one; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009
(Wat. Code § 85000, et seq.), the Delta Plan, and Water Code section 85021, which
declares that the State's policy is to "reduce reliance on the Delta in meeting California's
future water needs through a statewide strategy of investing in improved regional
supplies, conservation, and water use efficiency," urban water suppliers are encouraged
by the California Department of Resources (DWR) and the Delta Stewardship Council
(DSC) to consider adopting an Addendum to their 2015 Plans to demonstrate
consistency with the Delta Plan Policy WR P1 to Reduce Reliance on the Delta Through
Improved Regional Water Self -Reliance (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 23, § 5003); and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach (City) meets the definition of an urban retail
water supplier for purposes of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared an Addendum to its 2015 Plan in accordance
with Delta Plan Policy WR P1, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements,
has undertaken certain coordination, notice, public involvement, public comment, and
other procedures in relation to its Addendum; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act and Delta Plan Policy WR P1, the City
has prepared its Addendum to the 2015 Plan with its own staff, with the assistance of
consulting professionals, and in cooperation with other governmental agencies, and has
utilized and relied upon industry standards and the expertise of industry professionals in
preparing its Addendum to its 2015 Plan, and has also utilized DWR's Urban Water
Management Plan Guidebook 2020, including its related appendices, in preparing its
Addendum to the 2015 Plan; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including Water Code section
10642, and Government Code section 6066, a Notice of a Public Hearing regarding the
City's Addendum to the 2015 Plan was published within the jurisdiction of the City of
Seal Beach on May 27, 2021, June 3, 2021, and June 10, 2021; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including but not limited to Water
Code section 10642, a public hearing was held on June 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM or soon
thereafter, via Zoom teleconference in order to provide members of the public and other
interested entities with the opportunity to be heard in connection with proposed adoption
of the Addendum to the 2015 Plan and issues related thereto; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said public hearing on the City's Addendum to the 2015
Plan, the City of Seal Beach, among other things, encouraged the active involvement of
diverse social, cultural, and economic members of the community within the City's
service area with regard to the Addendum to the 2015 Plan and encouraged community
input regarding the City's Addendum to the 2015 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Seal Beach City Council has reviewed and considered the
purposes and requirements of the Act and Delta Plan Policy WR P1, the contents of the
Addendum to the 2015 Plan, and the documentation contained in the administrative
record in support of the Addendum to the 2015 Plan, and has determined that the
factual analyses and conclusions set forth in the Addendum to the 2015 Plan are legally
sufficient; and
WHEREAS, the Seal Beach City Council desires to adopt the Addendum to the
2015 Plan prior to July 1, 2021 in order to comply with the Act and Delta Plan Policy WR
P1.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The Addendum to the City's 2015 Urban Water Management Plan to
demonstrate consistency with the Delta Plan Policy to Reduce Reliance on the Delta
Through Improved Regional Water Self -Reliance is hereby adopted as amended by
changes incorporated by the Seal Beach City Council as a result of input received (if
any) at the public hearing and ordered filed with the Secretary of the Seal Beach City
Council;
Section 2. The City Manager or her designee is hereby authorized and directed
to include a copy of this Resolution in the City of Seal Beach's 2015 Plan Addendum;
Section 3. The City Manager or her designee is hereby authorized and directed,
in accordance with Water Code sections 10621(d) and 10644(a)(1)-(2), to electronically
submit a copy of the Addendum to the 2015 Plan to DWR no later than July 1, 2021;
and
4. The City Manager or her designee is hereby authorized and directed, in
accordance with Water Code section 10644(a), to submit a copy of the Addendum to
the 2015 Plan to the California State Library, and to any city or county within which the
City provides water supplies no later than thirty (30) days after this adoption date;
5. The City Manager or her designee is hereby authorized and directed, in
accordance with Water Code section 10645, to make the Addendum to the 2015 Plan
available for public review at the City of Seal Beach Administration Building during
normal business hours and on its website at sealbeachca.gov no later than thirty (30)
days after filing a copy of the Addendum to the 2015 Plan with DWR;
6. The document and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on
which this resolution and the above findings have been based are located at 211 8th St.
Seal Beach, CA 90740. The custodian for these records is the City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a regular
meeting held on the 14th day of June, 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members: Kalmick, Massa-Lavitt, Moore, Sustarsic, Varipapa
NOES: Council Members
ABSENT: Council Members
ABSTAIN: Council Members
Kalmick, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution 7166 on file in the office of the
City �erk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held
on )i n14th day of June, 2021.
loria D. 'Haffier, City Clerk