HAYWARD CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 22-_____
Introduced by Council Member ________________________________ RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for the Implementation of the City/EBMUD Jointly Prepared East Bay Plain Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan WHEREAS, the California Legislature adopted, and the Governor signed into law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA), which authorizes local agencies to ensure sustainable management of groundwater resources; and WHEREAS, SGMA requires that by January 31, 2022, all groundwater basins designated by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) as high- or medium-priority basins be managed under a single Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), coordinated GSPs prepared by the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) or Agencies managing the basin, or an alternative plan, as provided for in Cal. Water Code Section 10720.7(a); and WHEREAS, the East Bay Plain Subbasin 2-009.04 is subject to the provisions of SGMA; and WHEREAS, Hayward and EBMUD are the exclusive GSAs for their respective management areas in the East Bay Plain Subbasin; and WHEREAS, Hayward and EBMUD entered into a Cooperating Agreement on June 25, 2018 to prepare a single GSP for the East Bay Plain Subbasin, and the Cooperating Agreement was subsequently amended on March 19, 2019, December 22, 2020, and November 19, 2021; and WHEREAS, the Hayward City Council adopted the GSP on December 7, 1021; and WHEREAS, as part of the development of the Cooperating Agreement, as amended, the City and EBMUD planned to develop and enter into a subsequent agreement to implement the GSP to ensure coordinated management and compliance with SGMA in the East Bay Plain Subbasin; and WHEREAS, the City and EBMUD have reached agreement on the provisions of an Implementation Agreement, including fair and equitable cost allocation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hayward hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the Implementation Agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with EBMUD to work cooperatively to implement the East Bay Plain Subbasin GSP.
IN COUNCIL, HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA ____________________, 2022 ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
MAYOR:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS
ATTEST: _______________________________________
City Clerk of the City of Hayward
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________________________
City Attorney of the City of Hayward
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