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Home My WebLink AboutAdopt Resolution 2017-15 declaring the end of the Level 1 waDept. ID PW 17-023 Page 1 of 3 Meeting Date: 5/15/2017 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION MEETING DATE: 5/15/2017 SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager PREPARED BY: Travis K. Hopkins, PE, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution 2017-15 declaring the end of the Level 1 water shortage and returning to permanent water conservation requirements Statement of Issue: The City Council adopted an updated Water Management Plan on August 4, 2008, in response to regional water shortages. On May 18, 2015, the City Council adopted resolution 2015-21, declaring Level 2 of the Water Management Program. After four years of drought and improvement in the State water supply, the City Council downgraded City water restrictions from Level 2 to Level 1 on July 5, 2016. With the Governor declaring an end to the drought on April 7, 2017, staff is recommending the City Council end the Level 1 restrictions and return to the permanent water conservation requirements. Financial Impact: Not Applicable Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution 2017-15, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Declaring the End of the Level 1 Water Shortage." Alternative Action(s): Do not adopt Resolution 2017-15 and remain at Level 1 of the Water Management Program. Analysis: After four years of drought, water supply in the State has improved to where the Governor declared an end to the drought on April 7, 2017. Water content in the State's mountain snowpack is 164 percent of the season average and the State's major reservoirs are above normal storage levels. Additionally, the State has announced it will allocate 85 percent of the State Water Project south of the Delta (100% north of the Delta), compared to 60% in 2016, 20% in 2015 and 5% in 2014. Chapter 14.18 of the Municipal Code sets forth the Water Management Program for the City. The California Water Code, documenting the need to conserve water and avoid or minimize the effects of water shortages, allows public entities supplying water to adopt and enforce a program. The Ordinance was revised and updated in 2008, 2009 and again in 2015. The program is implemented in levels depending on the severity of the water supply situation at the time. If the severity of the water emergency increases, levels which reduce demand more than the previous stage will be implemented. Unanticipated emergency water shortages may require immediate restrictive actions, without progressive levels. HB -47- Item 4. - I Dept. ID PW 17-023 Page 2 of 3 Meeting Date: 5/15/2017 With the City Council adoption of Resolution 2017-15, Level 1 of the Water Management Program will be rescinded and the Permanent Water Conservation Requirements will remain in place. The Permanent Water Conservation Requirements include: • Reduce interior and exterior uses of water whenever possible to prevent water waste. • Prohibit the washing of concrete and other hard surfaces, including driveways, walkways and parking areas, except as required to maintain health or safety, unless a cleaning machine equipped to recycle water is used. • Require automatic cut-off valves on hoses or use of a bucket when washing vehicles or other items outside. • Turn off decorative fountains, ponds, lakes and pools unless a water recycling system is used. Eliminate draining and refilling of decorative ponds and fountains unless necessary for health and safety reasons. • Encourage installation of pool and spa covers to minimize water loss due to evaporation. Discourage draining and refilling of pools and spas unless necessary for health and safety reasons. • Regulate irrigation of residences, golf courses, cemeteries, government, public and commercial facilities landscape areas. • Schedule irrigation times between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. Irrigation is limited to 10 minutes per station per day, except where low flow systems are used. • Watering is prohibited during and within 48 hours of a measurable rain event. • Adjust sprinklers and irrigation systems to avoid over -spray, run-off and waste. Do not allow water to run off landscaped areas into adjoining streets, sidewalks, parking lots or alleys. • Encourage the installation of low -water -using plants combined with hardscape materials and energy -efficient irrigation systems when installing or replacing landscapes; discourage replanting, if possible. • Restaurants shall serve drinking water only upon request. • Evaluate necessity or frequency of high -water -using activities, such as window washing, exterior walls or other nonessential cleaning. • Retrofit indoor plumbing fixtures with low -flow devices if appropriate; encourage low -water - using fixtures when replacing existing fixtures. • Check faucets, toilets, pipes, irrigation systems and meters for leaks and repair within five days. If the City Council does not adopt Resolution 2017-15, the Level 1 water conservation measures will remain in place. These include: • Limits on Watering Days. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to three days per week on a schedule established and posted by the City of Huntington Beach. During the months of November through March, watering Item 4. - 2 HB -48- Dept. ID PW 17-023 Page 3 of 3 Meeting Date: 5/15/2017 or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to no more than two days per week on a schedule established and posted by the City of Huntington Beach. This provision does not apply to landscape irrigation zones that exclusively use very low flow drip type irrigation systems when no emitter produces more than two gallons of water per hour. This provision also does not apply to watering or irrigating by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container, a hand-held hose equipped with a positive self -closing water shut-off nozzle or device, or for very short periods of time for the express purpose of adjusting or repairing an irrigation system. Obligation to Fix Leaks, Breaks or Malfunctions. All leaks, breaks, or other malfunctions in the water user's plumbing or distribution system must be repaired within 72 hours of notification by the City of Huntington Beach unless other arrangements are made with the City of Huntington Beach. Environmental Status: Not Applicable Public Works Commission Action: Not Applicable Strategic Plan Goal: Non -Applicable —Administrative Item Attachment(s): 1) Resolution 2017-15, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Declaring the End of the Level 1 Water Shortage" HB -44- Item 4. - 3 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 1 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 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; 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. 17-5744/156582/RLS 4/18/17/PD 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. AWED A `D AP P' OVED: airy Manager 'Ci Attorney �t 1NITIATED AND APPROVED: Director of Pub is Works 17-5744/156582/RLS 4/18/17/PD STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ss: Res. No. 2017-15 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