RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
AND THE 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY 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 1983-1984 Regular Session, and as amended subsequently, which mandates that every supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more th an 3,000 acre feet of water annually, prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (“UWMP”), the primary objective of which is to describe and evaluate so urces of water supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation, and demand management activities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield (“City”) is an urban supplier of water providing water to a population of over 170,000; and
WHEREAS, the UWMP shall be periodically reviewed at least once every five years in years ending in five or zero, and that the City shall make any amendments or changes to its plan which are indicated by the review; and
WHEREAS , the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (“WSCP”) provides an action plan during periods of drought and/or water supply issues; and
WHEREAS , the WSCP is considered a standalone document and is included as an appendix to the UWMP; and
WHEREAS, the UWMP and the WSCP must be adopted after public review and hearing, and filed with the California Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS , the City has, therefore, prep ared and circulated for public review a final draft UWMP and WSCP, and a properly noticed public hearing regarding said plans was held by the City’s Water Department on August 19, 2026; and
WHEREAS , on August 19, 2026, City’s Water Board unanimously recommended that the City Council a pprove a resolution to adopt the 2025 UWMP and 2025 WSCP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. The 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan are hereby adopted and ordered filed with the Clerk of the City Council;
2. The Water Director is hereby authorized and directed to implement the Water Conservation Programs as set forth in the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan, which includes water shortage contingency analysis and recommendations to the City of Bakersfield Water Board regarding necessa ry procedures, rules, and regulations to carry out effective and equitable wa ter conservation and water recycling programs.
3. In a water shortage, the Water Board is hereby authorized to declare a Water Shortage Emergency according to the Water Shortage Stages and Triggers indicated in the WSCP and implement necessary elements of the WSCP.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on _________, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER_________________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER_________________________________________________________ ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER_________________________________________________________
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
CITY CLERK AND EX OFFICIO of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED __________________
By: ___________________________
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By: ___________________________
MATTHEW COLLOM
Deputy City Attorney