HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2017-15 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH DECLARING THE END
OF THE LEVEL 1 WATER SHORTAGE
WHEREAS, the State of California was in a drought since 2011; and
The City of Huntington Beach declared Level 2 of the Water Management Plan on May
4, 2015; and
The City of Huntington Beach returned to Level I of the Water Management Plan on July
5, 2016; and
City of Huntington Beach residents and businesses successfully conserved 20% of water
from June 2015 through March 2016 compared to the same amount used in 2013. As of March
2017, the savings is 19%; and
Governor Brown lifted the State drought emergency declaration on April 7, 2017; and
Water content in the State's mountain snowpack is 164 percent of the season average;
and
The majority of the State's major reservoirs are above normal storage levels,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. That the Level 1 Water Supply Shortage, previously declared on July 5, 2016, is
hereby terminated. The City's normal, permanent conservation standards remain in effect.
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 direct 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).
3. City Council Resolution Number 2016-45 and any other Resolution or provision
thereof in conflict herewith is hereby repealed.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2017-15
4. 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 15th day of May , 2017.
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Res. No. 2017-15
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU 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 15, 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: O'Connell, Semeta, Posey, Delgleize, Hardy, Brenden, Peterson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSE: None
City Cluck and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California