HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso 2021-24 - 2020 WSCP - Adopting a Water Shortage Contingency Plan RESOLUTION NO. 2021-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH ADOPTING A WATER
SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
The City Council of the City of Ukiah does hereby resolve as follows:
WHEREAS the California Water Code Section 10632 requires every urban water supplier shall
prepare and adopt a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) as part of its Urban Water
Management Plan (UWMP); and
WHEREAS the City is an urban supplier of water providing water; and
WHEREAS the City of Ukiah has prepared and adopted a UWMP under separate Resolution No.
2021-23; and
WHEREAS State Senate Bill 606 passed in 2018 has amended the Water Code related to the
requirements of WSCPs to include six standard stages for water shortages up to and beyond 50
percent; and
WHEREAS the City has updated its WSCP in accordance with these changes in the Water Code,
and said WSCP is included as part of the UWMP; and
WHEREAS the conservation of water is critically important if the City of Ukiah is to sustain itself; and
the effective and equitable management of limited water supplies during a water shortage minimizes
the impact on the people and the economy of the City of Ukiah; and
WHEREAS the City of is granted the authority by the State Water Code Section 350 and City
municipal code 3602 to declare a water supply shortage and to adopt by resolution regulations and
restrictions on the delivery and consumption of water; and
WHEREAS the City has therefore, prepared and circulated for public review a draft UWMP, and a
properly noticed public hearing regarding said UWMP, held by the City Council on June 2, 2021,
wherein the WSCP was also presented in the public hearing; and
WHEREAS the City of Ukiah shall file said WSCP with the California Department of Water Resources
within 30 days of adoption; and
WHEREAS the City of Ukiah urban water supplier shall make available the WSCP prepared pursuant
to this article to its customers and any city or county within which it provides water supplies no later
than 30 days after adoption of the WSCP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ukiah assembled in a
regular Council Meeting on June 2, 2021, in City Council Chambers, to hereby agree as follows:
1. The City is in conformance with all applicable requirements of the Water Code
2. The WSCP is hereby adopted and ordered filed with the City Clerk;
3. This resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and adoption thereof;
4. The Council is hereby authorized and directed to submit the WSCP along with UWMP to the
California Department of Water Resources within 30 days after this date;
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The City Attorney is authorized to make minor typographical changes to this Resolution that does not
change the substance of this Resolution;
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2021-24 as duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Ukiah, at the regular meeting of the City Council, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Crane, Rodin, Duenas, Brown, and Mayor Orozco
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Juan V. Orozco, Mayor
ATTEST: Approved as to Form and Legality:
City Clerk City Attorney
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