HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 125-2000RESOLUTION NO. 125-00
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
APPROVING INTERIM WATER SHORTAGE ALLOCATION PLAN
PURSUANT TO SECTION 7.03(x)
OF THE MASTER CONTRACT WITH SAN FRANCISCO
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame is one of 29 agencies in San Mateo, Santa Clara and
Alameda Counties that purchase water from the City and County of San Francisco ("San
Francisco") pursuant to a Settlement Agreement and Master Water Sales Contract entered into in
1984 ("Master Contract"). Collectively these 29 agencies are referred to in the Master Contract
as "Suburban Purchasers;" and
WHEREAS, Section 7.03(b) of the Master Contract provides, in general, that during
times when insufficient water is available in the San Francisco water system to meet the demands
of all users, water will be allocated among the Suburban Purchasers based on each agency's
proportional purchase of water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ("SFPUC")
during the year immediately preceding the onset of shortage; and
WHEREAS, a problem with the Master Contract method is that it discourages the
Suburban Purchasers from taking steps during periods of normal water supply to reduce their
purchases from the SFPUC through development of alternative supplies such as recycled water or
through demand reduction programs; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.03(a) of the Master Contract also allows for the SFPUC and the
Suburban Purchasers to negotiate a water conservation plan which allocates water between the
SFPUC's retail customers in San Francisco and elsewhere ("direct City water users") and the
Suburban Purchasers in times of shortage. If such a plan is adopted by the SFPUC and all of the
Suburban Purchasers, it will supersede the method provided for in the Master Contract; and
WHEREAS, since November 1998, negotiations between the SFPUC and the Suburban
Purchasers and discussions among the Suburban Purchasers have been conducted under the
auspices of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Users Association ("BAWUA" ), an organization
of which all Suburban Purchasers are members; and
WHEREAS, these negotiations, and supporting technical analyses, have been conducted
with the assistance of BAWUA staff, a consulting engineering firm engaged by BAWUA, and
BAWUA's Water Resources Committee comprising technical staff of several representative
BAWUA member agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan ("Plan") developed through this
process comprises two components:
A. "Tier One" Plan to which the SFPUC and all Suburban Purchasers are parties, which
allocates water between the SFPUC's direct City water users and the Suburban Purchasers
collectively; and
B. "Tier Two" Plan to which only the Suburban Purchasers are parties, which allocates
water among the individual Suburban Purchasers.
WHEREAS, the Plan offers several advantages to all agencies which rely on the SFPUC
water system, including:
A. It provides for a pre -determined allocation of water during periods of shortage
between San Francisco and the Suburban Purchasers collectively.
B. It allocates water among individual Suburban Purchasers through a formula which
lessens any disincentive for those agencies which reduce demand on the San
Francisco system through development of alternative sources or conservation.
C. It authorizes the "banking" of water savings by those agencies which are able to use
less water than the amount allocated.
D. It creates flexibility by allowing the transfer of a portion of any agency's allocation,
as well as of its "banked" water, to other Suburban Purchasers.
E. It remains in effect until September 2009, and may be reevaluated at that time,
concurrently with the expiration of the Master Contract; and
WHEREAS, On October 24, 2000, the SFPUC enacted Resolution No. 00-0244 which
adopted the Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan between the SFPUC and the Suburban
Purchasers (the "Tier One" Plan).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Burlingame as follows:
1. The Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan, consisting of both the Tier One and Tier
Two Plans, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, respectively, is approved.
2. This approval is conditioned upon (a) the SFPUC and each of the other 29 Suburban
Purchasers approving the "Tier One" Plan; and (b) all of the other 29 Suburban Purchasers
approving the "Tier Two" Plan, such approvals being evidenced through adoption of similar
resolutions or other equivalently binding written commitments, and all such approvals occurring
on or before July 31, 2001.
3. If such resolutions or binding commitments are not adopted by that date, this
resolution will automatically expire and be of no further effect on July 31, 2001, unless it has been
extended prior thereto by further action of this Council.
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I, ANN T. MUS So, 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 qday ofnECFMR_,
2000, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: COFFEY, JANNEY, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
CITY CLERK J