RESOLUTION NO. 2020- 60
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS CONTINUED
SUPPORT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF ALL WATER
IMPORT ALTERNATIVES AS PART OF THE LONG- TERM SOLUTION
FOR THE SALTON SEA
WHEREAS, the inflow of water to the Salton Sea has decreased and pursuant to the Quantification Settlement Agreement, mitigation water inflows ended on December 31, 2017, and without restoration or stabilization measures, the Salton Sea will rapidly decline; and
WHEREAS, the State of California (" State") has developed the Salton Sea Management Program (" SSMP") through departments within the California Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agencies and is obligated to pay for certain costs related to habitat, air and water quality issues at the Salton Sea; and WHEREAS, the California State Water Resources Control Board has an oversight role in monitoring and ensuring progress towards the goals of the SSMP and has set a deadline of December 31, 2022 for the completion of a long-term plan regarding the Salton Sea; and
WHEREAS, eleven ( 11) proposals received by the State in 2018 in response to their Request for Information ( RFI) included a water importation component; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 2019- 37 on October 23, 2019 declaring support for a comprehensive analysis and review of all water import alternatives as a long-term solution for the restoration of the Salton Sea and that the results be incorporated into the SMP; and
WHEREAS, the State will require that any water import project proposal include an engineering and logistic feasibility study conducted on behalf of the proponent by an accredited or licensed engineering, planning, or equivalent organization recognized by the State prior to consideration by the SSMP; and
WHEREAS, the State prepared a Request for Proposals ( RPF) for an independent reviewer panel to conduct a feasibility study of water importation proposals in February 2020 and again in June 2020, neither of which received response; and
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council DECLARES its continued support for the completion of a comprehensive analysis and review of all water import alternatives as a long-term solution for the restoration of the Salton Sea, and requests the analysis of said alternatives be incorporated into the SSMP.
SECTION 2. The City requests that the State continue to aggressively pursue the creation of an independent reviewer panel for the immediate analysis of water import alternatives in order to maintain the current December 31, 2022 completion deadline as set forth by the California State Water Resources Control Board for the long- term plan regarding the Salton Sea.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, and it shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this
28th
day of October, 2020.
Jon guilar, May r
C thedral City
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Tracey R. rtinez, City Clerk
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I, TRACEY R. MARTINEZ, CITY CLERK of the City of Cathedral City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cathedral City held on the 28th
day of October, 2020 by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Lamb, Gutierrez and Carnevale; Mayor Pro Tem Gregory and Mayor Aguilar
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
4 Tracey R. artine , City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Eric S. Vail, City Attorney