HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2007-081 N.C.S. 05/07/2007 Resolution No. 2007-081 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA
ADOPTING THE CITY OF PETALUMA 2005 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Management Planning Act, which is codified at California
Water Code Section 10610 et seq., requires that every urban water supplier which provides 3;000
acre feet or more of water annually, or which directly or indirectly supplies water for municipal
purposes to more than 3,000 customers, shall prepare an Urban Water Management Plan
(UWMP), the primary objective of which is to plan for the conservation and efficient use of
water; and,
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Management Planning Act also requires all urban water
purveyors serving over 3,000 customers or over 3,000 acre-feet of water annually to develop an
Urban Water Shortage Contingency Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Urban Water Management Plan must be adopted after public review
and a public hearing by the City, and after adoption by the City Council must be filed with the
California Department of Water Resources; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma has prepared the City of Petaluma 2005 Urban Water
Management Plan and the City of Petaluma Urban Water Shortage Contingency Plan 2006 per
the requirements of the Urban Water Management Planning Act; and,
WHEREAS, the Petaluma City Council conducted a public hearing on the City of
Petaluma 2005 Urban Water Management Plan and the City of Petaluma Urban Water Shortage
Contingency Plan 2006 on May 7, 2007; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma published a notice on the public hearing on April 18,
2007 in the Petaluma Argus Courier.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PETALUMA AS FOLLOWS:
1. The above recitals are true and correct and hereby declared to be findings of the City
Council of the City of Petaluma.
2. The City of Petaluma 2005 Urban Water Management Plan and the City of Petaluma
Urban Water Shortage Contingency Plan 2006 are hereby adopted.
3. The Director of Water Resources and Conservation is hereby directed to submit the
City of Petaluma 2005 Urban Water Management Plan to the California Department
of Water Resources, Office of Water Use Efficiency, Post Office Box 942836,
Sacramento, CA 94236-0001, within 30 days of adoption of the Plan.
4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately. All portions of this Resolution
are severable. Should any individual component of this Resolution be adjudged to be
invalid and unenforceable by a body of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining
Resolution portions shall be and continue in full force and effect, except as to those
Resolution portions that have been adjudged invalid. The City Council of the City of
Petaluma hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution and each section,
subsection, clause, sentence, phrase and other portion hereof, irrespective of the fact
that one or more section subsection, clause sentence, phrase or other portion may be
held invalid or unconstitutional.
Under the power and authority conferced upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: thereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the ppr d to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the T~' day of May, 2007, rm:
by the following vote:
City torney
AYES: Barrett, Vice Mayor Nau, Babbitt, Mayor Torliatt
NOES: None
ABSENT: Freitas, Harris, O'Brien
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ~ f,
City Clerk Mayor
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