2021/11/09 City Council Resolution 2021-131 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-131
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK ADOPTING
THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK 2020 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND
WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN AND AUTHORIZING FILING
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Management Planning Act (California Water Code Section 10610
et. seq., hereinafter"Act") requires that every urban water supplier that supplies water for municipal
purposes to more than 3,000 customers prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (Plan) every five
years, to plan for the efficient management and use of the water supply;
WHEREAS, the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (the "2009 Act") required that the State of
California reduce daily per capita water use by twenty percent by the year 2020, and that urban water
suppliers establish water use targets in their 2010 Urban Water Management Plans; and
WHEREAS,the Act also requires all urban water suppliers to prepare a Water Shortage
Contingency Plan (Shortage Plan) as part of its Urban Water Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the Act require that a 2020 Urban Water Management Plan is
required to report on compliance with the final 2020 target; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park (City) is an urban water supplier within the meaning of
the Act and has prepared and adopted Urban Water Management Plans in 2005, 2010 and 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park 2020 Urban Water Management Plan was prepared in
consultation with Sonoma County Water Agency and other local water agencies, to meet the
requirements of the Act, and prepared in accordance with the guidelines published by the California
Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, as required by the 2009 Act, the City established a 2015 interim water use target
and a 2020 final water use target in its 2010 Urban Water Management Plan, which were both updated
in the City's 2015 Urban Water Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, as required by the Act, the City's Shortage Plan has been included as Appendix 10
of the 2020 Urban Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing and availability of the Urban Water Management Plan
and Shortage Plan for public review has been provided in the manner required by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on November 9, 2021 in compliance
with the Act to receive oral and written comments upon the City of Rohnert Park 2020 Urban Water
Management Plan, including compliance with the community water use targets, and the Water Shortage
Contingency Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the City of Rohnert Park 2020 Urban Water
Management Plan and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan, City staff reports and presentations and the
oral and written comments received; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 10652 of the Water Code, the preparation and adoption
of Urban Water Management and Water Shortage Contingency Plans are statutorily 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 and material to the adoption of this
Resolution.
2. The City's documented 2020 per capita water use of 96 gallons per capita per day
exceeds the City's adopted target of 123 gallons per capita per day.
3. The City of Rohnert Park 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, which is attached hereto
and incorporated by this reference, is adopted.
4. The City of Rohnert Park Water Shortage Contingency Plan, which is attached as
Appendix 10 to the 2020 Urban Water Management and incorporated by this reference, is
adopted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and
directed to make the appropriate filings with the California Department of Water Resources and other
agencies as required by Water Code section 10644 and to take all actions reasonably necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Resolution.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 9th day of Nov- .- , 2021.
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Attachment: City of Rohnert Park 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage
Contingency Plan (Appendix 10 to the Urban Water Management Plan)