2011/06/14 City Council Resolution 2011-48RESOLUTION NO. 2011-48
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
ADOPTING THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK 2010 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT
PLAN AND AUTHORIZING ITS FILING WITH THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Management Planning Act (the Act, California Water
Code Section 10610 et. seq.) requires that every urban water supplier that supplies water for
municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers prepare an Urban Water Management Plan
(UWMP) every five years, the primary objectives of which are to plan for the efficient
management and use of the water supply;
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park (City) is an urban water supplier within the
meaning of the Act;
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park staff and its consultants, in consultation with the
Sonoma County Water Agency and other local water agencies, have prepared an UWMP (the
City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan) to meet the requirements of the Act,
as supplemented by the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (the 2009 Act), in accordance with the
guidelines published by the California Department of Water Resources;
WHEREAS, the City staff, Agency staff, and the respective consultants who prepared
the City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan have the training, experience and
expertise necessary to prepare an UWMP meeting the requirements of the Act and the 2009 Act;
WHEREAS, the 2009 Act requires that the State of California reduce daily per capita
water use by twenty percent by the year 2020, and that urban water suppliers identify baseline
water usage and set community water use targets in the 2010 UWMP;
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan has been
available for public review since May 27, 2011 in compliance with the requirements of the Act;
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on June 14, 2011, in
compliance with the Act and the 2009 Act to receive oral and written comments upon the City of
Rohnert Park 2005 Urban Water Management Plan, including community water use targets and
their potential economic impact, having published notice on May 27, 2011, and June 3, 2011;
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water
Management Plan, City staff reports and presentations and the oral and written comments
received;
WHEREAS, the economic impacts of the 2010 Urban Water Management Plan may be
positive, in that the Plan identifies adequate and reliable water supplies and finds the City's
existing water conservation measures adequate to meet the requirements of the 2009 Act;
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan was
prepared in accordance with and meets the requirements of the Act and the 2009 Act, and the
facts, assumptions and analyses in the City .of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan
are reasonable and supported by substantial evidence; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15282(v), the preparation
and adoption of an Urban Water Management Plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 10652
of the Water Code is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park that it does hereby find, determine and declare as follows:
1. All of the above recitals are true and correct.
2. The City Council hereby elects to use the method described in Water Code
Section 10608.20(b)(1), (eighty percent of baseline use) in calculating its
individual water use target for 2020.
3. The City elects to use the regional water use target established by the region for
determining compliance with the 2009 Act.
4. The City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan is adopted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to make the appropriate filings with the California Department of Water Resources in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 14'h day of June, 2011.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
Mayor