HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2015-21 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH DECLARING
A LEVEL, 2 WATER SHORTAGE
WHEREAS, the State of California has had four consecutive years of below average
rainfall and the snowpack is at six percent of normal levels; and
Governor Brown issued the first ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions on April 1,
2015, directing the State Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory water
reductions in cities and towns across California to reduce water usage by 25 percent; and
The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California(MWD)
voted to activate its Water Supply Allocation Plan at Level 3, which calls for a 15 percent
reduction of imported water use; and
The Board of Directors of the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC)
voted to activate its Water Supply Allocation Plan at Level 3; and
MWDOC Level 3 Allocations will require the City of Huntington Beach to reduce its
imported water demands by 15 percent; and
The City Council.implemented Level 1 of the Water Management Plan on August 18,
2014; and
Chapter 14.18.070 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code allows the City to declare a
Level 2 Water Shortage and take measures to respond to water supply shortage conditions.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1.
A. A drought and water supply shortage or threatened shortage exists, and a
consumer demand reduction is necessary to make more efficient use of water and appropriately
respond to existing water conditions. Because of the preceding factors, the City of Huntington
Beach declares a Level 2 Water Supply Shortage.
B. Additional Water Conservation Measures. In addition to the prohibited uses of
water identified in Sections 14.18.050 and 14.18.060 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Coda
as currently set forth or as may be amended in the future, the water conservation requirements set
forth in Section 14.18.070 apply during the time of a declared Level 2 Water Supply Shortage.
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SECTION 2. The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA")pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity
will not result in a director or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15050(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Actions
taken pursuant to the Water Management Program are exempt from CEQA and are considered
necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080
(b)(4) and the CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(c).
SECTION 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 18 t h day of May , 2015.
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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I ITIATED AND APPROVED:
Director of PubA Works
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Res. No. 2015-21
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on May 18, 2015 by the following vote:
AYES: Posey, O'Connell, Katapodis, Hardy, Sullivan, Delgleize, Peterson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City rk and ex-officio Eflerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California