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