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Resolution No. XXXX
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adopting the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan Included in the Urban Water Management Plan to be Submitted to the California Department of Water Resources
R E C I T A L S
A. The California Legislature has enacted the Urban Water Management Planning Act, California Water Code Sections 10610 -10656 and 10608, as amended, which requires every urban water supplier providing water to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre -feet of water annually to prepare an urban water management plan ("UWMP") that has as its primary objective the conservation and efficient use of water.
B. The California Water Code requires urban water suppliers to prepare a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) to be included in its UWMP.
C. The WSCP must be adopted, along with the UWMP, by July 1, 2026, after it is first made available for public inspection and a public hearing is noticed and held, and it must be filed with the California Department of Water Resources within thirty days of adoption.
D. After reviewing a draft WSCP, which is included in the UWMP, at their May 6, 2026 meeting, the Utilities Advisory Commission recommended that the Council adopt the WSCP as presented; and
E. A noticed public hearing on the WSCP, included in the UWMP, was held by the City Council on June 8, 2026, at which time public comments were heard and considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby adopts the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan of the City of Palo Alto, included in its UWMP, which shall be filed with the City Clerk. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to file the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan of the City of Palo Alto, included in the UWMP, with the California Department of Water Resources and the State Library.
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SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that, under the California Water Code Section 10652, the adoption of the Plan and the WSCP and this resolution does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act, and no environmental assessment is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June X, 2026
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mayor
APPROVED:
City Attorney or designee City Manager
Director of Utilities
Director of Administrative Services