HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-19 - Adopting the 2015 Amended Urban Water Management PlanRESOLUTION NO. 2018-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE
2015 AMENDED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 (Water Code
Section 10610 et seq., known as the Urban Water Management Planning Act) during the
1983-84 Regular Session, and subsequent amendments mandate every urban water
supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or
supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually to prepare an Urban Water
Management Plan ("UWMP"), the primary objective of which is to plan for the
conservation and efficient use of water;
WHEREAS, Water Code section 10621 requires urban water supplies to update
its UWMP at least once every five years generally in years ending in five and zero, with
exceptions for 2015 (due July 1, 2016) and 2020 (due July 1, 2021);
WHEREAS, after initial introduction of the City of Newport Beach's 2015 Urban
Water Management Plan ("2015 UWMP") on May 24, 2016 and a public hearing on June
14, 2016, the City Council adopted the 2015 UWMP on June 28, 2016 and directed staff
to file the 2015 UWMP with the California Department of Water Resources and submit
the 2015 UWMP to the California State Library and County of Orange by July 28, 2016;
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2017, the California Department of Water Resources
notified the City of Newport Beach ("City") that there were items in the 2015 UWMP that
did not address the requirements of the Water Code and that the City needed to adopt
amendments to the 2015 UWMP ("Amendments"), which have been memorialized in the
2015 Amended Urban Water Management Plan ("2015 Amended UWMP");
WHEREAS, Water Code section 10621 requires the 2015 Amended UWMP be
adopted and filed as set forth in Water Code section 10640 et seq. Water Code section
10642 requires the City, prior to adopting the 2015 Amended UWMP, to make the 2015
Amended UWMP available for public inspection and hold a public hearing. Water Code
section 10644 requires the City, no later than 30 days after their adoption, to submit the
2015 Amended UWMP to the California Department of Water Resources, the California
State Library, and any city or county within which the City supplies provides water;
WHEREAS, the 2015 Amended UWMP was made available for public inspection
on March 10, 2018,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held a noticed public
hearing on the 2015 Amended UWMP at its regular meeting on March 27, 2018; and
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WHEREAS, by adopting this resolution, the City Council intends to adopt the 2015
Amended UWMP and direct staff to file the 2015 Amended UWMP with the California
Department of Water Resources and submit the 2015 Amended UWMP to the California
State Library and County of Orange, California by May 10, 2018.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach hereby resolves
as follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby adopt and order filed with the City
Clerk the 2015 Amended UWMP, the specific Amendments of which are attached hereto
as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference. The full text of the 2015 Amended
UWMP is located at http://www.newportbeachca.gov/government/departments/
municipal -operations and is on file with the City Clerk. The Municipal Operations
Department Acting Director or designee is hereby authorized and directed to file the 2015
Amended UWMP with the California Department of Water Resources and submit the
2015 Amended UWMP to the California State Library and County of Orange, California
within 30 days of the date of this resolution (i.e. May 10, 2018).
Section 2: The recitals provided above are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution
is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4: 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 15060(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.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
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ADOPTED this loth day of April, 2018.
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Browneilani 1.
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
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/aIrs 4ha I D u Duffield
Mayor
Attachment(s): Exhibit A — Amendments to 2015 Urban Water Management Plan
Exhibit "A"
City of Newport Beach
Amendments to 2015 Urban Water Management Plan
Revisions to Section 5.2.1 Table 5-1 — Provides an outline of specific water supply
conditions applicable to each stage of water supply reduction as well as assigning percent
reduction in water supply to each stage up to a 50 percent reduction to address CWC
10632.
Revisions to Section 5.5.4 Table 5-4 — Provides additional consumption reduction
methods to address CWC 10632 (a) (5) and provides context for the stages for water
supply reduction.
Addition of Section 8.4 — Provides an outline of the steps the City is taking to adopt the
Amended UWMP including publicizing a public hearing, holding a public hearing, adopting
the UWMP, and submitting the UWMP to the appropriate agencies.
Revisions to SBX 7-7 Table 2 — Deselects "DOF" as the method for population estimates
and selects "Method 4 Other" to reflect the use of CSU Fullerton Center for Demographic
Research data.
Revisions to SBX 7-7 Table 4 — Includes calculations to substantiate volume of indirect
recycled water reported in SBX7-7 to address CWC 10608.52 (b).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2018-19 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 101h day of April, 2018, and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon, Council Member Diane
Dixon, Council Member Scott Peotter, Council Member Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem Will
O'Neill, Mayor Duffy Duffield
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said Citythis 111, day of April, 2018.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California