HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-15 Ahwahnee water RESOLUTION NO. 2007-15
RESOLUTION OF THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL
ADOPTING AHWAHNEE WATER PRINCIPLES
WHEREAS,
1. The Local Government Commission or LGC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan,
membership organization established in 1979, which is composed of local elected officials,
city and county staff, planners, architects, and community leaders who are committed to
making their communities more livable, prosperous, and resource-efficient; and
2. The LGC has developed the Ahwahnee Water Principles ("Principles"), as tree and
correct copy of which are attached here to as Exhibit A; and
3. The Principles contain ideas for protecting and enhancing water quality, improving
water availability, making more efficient use of water, and conserving water as a scarce
resource; and
4. The Principles suggest a process for improving decision-making as it impacts
water-related issues; and
5. The City Council has reviewed the Principles and has determined that the ideas and
suggestions contained in them promote their stated goals and should be considered, when the
City Council, City commissions and boards, and city officials and employees make decisions
that could be influenced by the Principles;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. The City Council endorses the Principles and encourages consultation of them,
when the City and its elected and appointed officials and employees make decisions which
could be affected by them.
2. The Principles should be treated as guidelines to aid in decision-making, but no
decision shall be subject to a challenge in court based on the Principles or on a claim that the
Principles were not followed or misapplied.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on April 4, 2007, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Councilmember Thomas, Crane, McCowen, Baldwin and Mayor Rodin
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Marl Rodin,
ATFEST:
- Gail Petersen, City Clerk