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RESOLUTION NO. 2016-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION
ACCEPTING: AN URBAN WATER USE TARGET METHOD AS REQUIRED BY THE WATER
CONSERVATION ACT OF 2009 (SB X7-7); AND THE 2015 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT
PLAN, AS REQUIRED BY THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING ACT
WHEREAS, the City last updated its Urban Water Management Plan ("UWMP") on June 15th, 2011;
and
WHEREAS, California Water Code (CWC) Section 10620 Urban Water Management Planning
requires all urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP)
and update said plan at least once every five years; and
WHEREAS, an urban water supplier is defined by CWC Section 10617 as "...a supplier, either
publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to
more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah is currently providing water for municipal purposes to approximately
4,781 customers and therefore meets the definition of urban water supplier; and
WHEREAS, CWC Section 10608 Sustainable Water Use and Demand Reduction, also known as
the Water Conservation Act of 2009 and Senate Bill SB X7-7, requires all urban water suppliers to
develop a water use target and adopt a method for determining its water use target; and
WHEREAS, the City has notified required agencies, persons and organizations; and
WHEREAS, the City has considered and responded to all comments received on the draft plan; and
WHEREAS, the City published in a newspaper of general circulation notice of the hearing and
mailed notice of the hearing to Mendocino County all as required by law; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah has identified DWR Target Method 1 for calculating 2015 (Interim) and
2020 (Final) per -capita water use targets as the preferred target method; and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah has prepared the required plan, allowed public review and held the
appropriate public hearing.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ukiah as follows:
1) The City of Ukiah hereby adopts DWR Water Use Target Method 1.
2) The City of Ukiah hereby adopts the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this first day of June, 2016, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Crane, Mulheren, Doble, Brown, and Mayor Scalmanini
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
Kristine Lawler, City Clerk
Stephen G. Scalmanini, Mayor