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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 020-2014RESOLUTION NO. 20-2014 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME SUPPORTING SB 1345, STATE OVERSIGHT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, Senator Fran Pavley and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water introduced SB 1345 on February 21, 2014; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2014, the City received a request from Nicole Sandkulla, CEO/General Manager of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, to send a letter of support to Senator Fran Pavley regarding SB 1345; and WHEREAS, SB 1345, if enacted, would extend the repeal date of the Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2022, thereby preserving the provision of existing law requiring state oversight of the City and County of San Francisco's capital improvement program to restore and improve the San Francisco Regional Water System; and WHEREAS, this oversight has been extremely critical in ensuring the Water System Improvements Program (WSIP) projects are undertaken and completed in a timely manner; and WHEREAS, according to San Francisco, 25 of the 47 projects in its capital improvement program are complete as of this date, while the remaining 22 projects, including the very important new Calaveras Dam, are incomplete; and WHEREAS, the timely completion of these remaining WSIP projects is vitally important to Burlingame's residents and businesses since all of the City's water comes from the 100 -year old San Francisco Regional Water System. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES HEREBY RESOLVE THAT: The City of Burlingame supports SB 1345 and authorizes the Mayor to send a letter of support for the bill to Senator Fran Pavley. I, Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Cou 2014, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: do hereby cdrtify that the foregoing cil held on the 17"' day of March, AYES: Councilmembers: BROWNRIGG,DEAL, REIGHRAN,NAGEL,ORTIZ NOES: Councilmembers: NONE ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE bJA41 Mary Elle Kearney, City Clerk