HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 058-2016RESOLUTION NO. 58-2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING AN
URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED WATER SHORTAGE
CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
The City Council of the City of Burlingame, California resolves as follows:
WHEREAS, The Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act) requires water suppliers to
prepare or update their Urban Water Management Plans (UWMPs) and submit a complete UWMP
to the State of California Department of Water Resources every five years; and
WHEREAS, Burlingame's last UWMP was prepared and adopted in 2011, and the
updated UWMP must be adopted by resolution prior to June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, UWMP's are planning documents prepared for water suppliers to assist them
in the evaluation of adequate water supplies to meet anticipated future needs and to assist them
in managing the efficient use of water within their service area; and
WHEREAS, as required by Senate Bill 7, the City must set gross per capita urban water
use targets that must be achieved by 2015 and 2020; and
WHEREAS, for Burlingame, the per -capita urban water use targets are 142 gallons per
capita, per day (gpcd) for 2015 and 135 gpcd for 2020; and
WHEREAS, Burlingame has surpassed its 2015 interim water use target, with an actual
water use of 123 gpcd; and
WHEREAS, the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which is included as Section
7 of the UWMP, summarizes water use reduction measures and stages of action to be
implemented by the City to meet different water use reduction targets; and
WHEREAS, the WSCP must be adopted by resolution or ordinance, but is considered a
standalone section within the UWMP and can be modified at any time by the Council without
formal amendment of the UWMP itself; and
WHEREAS, as required by the Water Conservation Act of 2009, the City must conduct a
public hearing regarding the Urban Water Management Plan before the City adopts said plan; and
WHEREAS, Burlingame's draft UWMP has been prepared by Erler & Kalinowski, Inc., in
accordance with the Act and in cooperation with the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation
Agency (BAWSCA), the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and the BAWSCA member
agencies; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act and other State laws, the City has notified the
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public of the preparation of the draft UWMP and has made the document available for public
review, and
WHEREAS, as of June 1, 2016, the City has not received any public or agency comments
on the draft UWMP;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED BY THE
COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council of the City of Burlingame finds all of the facts recited above, in the staff
report and during the presentation of this matter, to be true and correct.
2. The City Council of the City of Burlingame approves the City of Burlingame Water
Management Plan.
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Mayor
I, Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6`"
day of June, 2016, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, KEIGHRAN
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers:ORTIZ
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