HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-41 CC Reso - Recinding Reso 2014-31 to Terminate Mandatory Water ConservationRESOLUTION NO. 2016- 41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH RESCINDING A STAGE I
MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION EMERGENCY, EFFECTIVE JULY 7, 2016
WHEREAS:
1. Under Water Code Section 350 and Ukiah City Code ("UCC") Section 3602, the City
Council may declare by resolution a water shortage emergency whenever it appears that the
City may not be able to supply the normal demands and requirements of water customers; and
2. The resolution shall declare the degree of emergency existing and shall place into
effect the appropriate provisions of Division 4, Article 11 of the UCC ("Water Emergency
Ordinance"); and
3. On August 6, 2014, in Resolution No. 2014-31, the City Council declared a Stage
water shortage emergency under UCC Section 3603, as amended, in response to the drought
conditions then in effect; and
4. On April 1, 2015, Governor Brown issued an Executive Order and in May 2015 the
State Water Resources Control Board ("Water Board") issued emergency regulations, which
had the effect of requiring the City of Ukiah to reduce water use by 20% as compared to its use
of water in 2013; and
5. On May 18, 2016, as a result of the winter rains in 2015-2016, the Water Board
replaced its emergency regulation with regulations that require each urban water system to
ensure at least a three year supply of water to its customers under drought conditions; and
6. The City's recently updated Urban Water Management Plan, in Table 7-4, attached
hereto as Exhibit A, demonstrates that with current water storage levels in Lake Mendocino, and
the City's other sources of water, it can supply adequate water under drought conditions during
the next three years to meet its customers' normal water use without the restrictions imposed in
a Stage I water emergency under the City's Water Emergency Ordinance; and
7. Voluntary conservation by customers of the City's water system is still encouraged
and may extend the duration of future drought conditions during which the City will be able to
provide an adequate supply of water to its customers;
NOW, THEREFORE, BASED ON THE FOREGOING FACTS, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED
that:
1. Effective July 7, 2016, the Stage I water emergency adopted by Resolution No. 2014-
31 is hereby rescinded and shall be of no further effect.
2. The City's Director of Water and Sewer is hereby ordered and directed to provide the
Water Board with the information necessary to establish that the City can ensure an adequate
supply of water to its customers during three years of drought in compliance with the Water
Board's regulations.
3. City staff is further directed to provide education and assistance to the City's water
customers to encourage and facilitate voluntary water conservation practices.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of July, 2016, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Crane, Mulheren, Brown, and Mayor Scalmanini
NOES: None
Absent: Councilmember Doble
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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