RESOLUTION NO.____________
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ESTERO MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN; AND FINDING THE APPROVAL EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15282(v)
ESTERO MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Water Code Section 10610 et seq., known as the Urban Water Management Planning Act, as amended, mandates that 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, prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), including a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP); and WHEREAS, Estero Municipal Improvement District (EMID) is an urban supplier of water providing water to over 30,000 customers; and
WHEREAS, the UWMP must address long-term water supply, demand, and reliability, and the WSCP must outline the urban water supplier’s response and plan for changes or shortages in water supplies; and
WHEREAS, the UWMP and WSCP must be updated every five years; and WHEREAS, EMID updated and adopted its UWMP and WSCP in 2020 per EMID Resolution No. 3596 and EMID Resolution No. 3597, respectively, in compliance with requirements; and
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2025, the EMID Board awarded Task Order 2025-03 to EKI Environmental & Water (EKI), under the approved Master Services Agreement for Water and Wastewater Engineering Services, to develop EMID’s updates 2025 UWMP and associated WSCP ; and
WHEREAS, the preparation, update, and adoption of Urban Water Management Plans and Water Shortage Contingency Plans are activities exempt from CEQA pursuant to Water Code Section 10652 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15282(v).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Estero Municipal Improvement District does hereby adopt EMID’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and authorizes District staff to submit the plans to the Department of Water Resources as required.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Estero Municipal Improvement District at the regular meeting held on the 15th day of June 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ART KIESEL, PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA SCHAUS, DISTRICT SECRETARY