RESOLUTION NO. 11692
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTING THE
CITY OF ORANGE 2025 URBAN WATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND 2025 WATER
SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Orange (the “City”) is a municipal corporation which exercises governmental functions and powers and is organized and existing under the laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City is an “urban retail water supplier” under the meaning of that term set forth in Section 10608.12 of the Water Code of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the Urban Water Management Planning Act (commencing with Sections 10610 - 10656 of the Water Code requirements of the State of California; herein referred to as the “Law”) was enacted in 1984 to require every urban water supplier to prepare and adopt the Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, the primary objective of which is to plan for the conservation and efficient use of water; and WHEREAS, the City has heretofore prepared and adopted an Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan pursuant to the Law; and WHEREAS, the Law requires each urban water supplier to review and update its Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan at least every five (5) years; and WHEREAS, the City has on June 9, 2026, adopted the update to its Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan in the form of the “City of Orange 2025 Urban Water Management Plan” and “City of Orange 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan” (the “Plans”) in accordance with the Law, which, among other things, required each urban water supplier to make the proposed Plans available for public inspection and to hold a noticed public hearing thereon; and
WHEREAS, there has been made available in the office of the City Clerk for at least two weeks prior to such public hearing for public inspection and copying, at a cost not to exceed the cost of duplication, the proposed updated Plans; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10642 of the Law, after notice duly published in accordance with the Law, the Agency held a public hearing on this date with respect to the proposed updated Plans.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows:
2 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The Plans in the form presented at this meeting, together with such amendments or changes therein as the City Council has determined necessary and appropriate, is adopted.
3. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to file the Plans with the California Department of Water Resources within thirty (30) days after the date of this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 9th day of June 2026.
Daniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Nathalie Adourian, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of 2026 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange