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1 RESOLUTION NO. 8536
2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE WATER SHORTAGE
4 CONTINGENCY PLAN
5 6 WHEREAS, the California Urban Water Management Planning Act, Water Code 7 Section 10610 et seq. (the UWMP Act), mandates that every urban supplier of water providing 8 water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre 9 feet of water annually, prepare and adopt, in accordance with prescribed requirements, a 10 Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP); and
11 WHEREAS, the City of Rialto meets the definition of an urban water supplier 12 for purposes of the UWMP Act; and
13 WHEREAS, the UWMP Act specifies the requirements and procedures for adopting 14 such WSCP; and
15 WHEREAS, pursuant to recent amendments to the UWMP Act, urban water suppliers 16 are required to adopt and electronically submit their WSCPs to the California Department of 17 Water Resources by July 1, 2026; and
18 WHEREAS, the City of Rialto has prepared a WSCP in accordance with the 19 UWMP Act and SB X7-7, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements, has 20 und ertaken certain coordination, notice, public involvement, public comment, and other 21 procedures in relation to its WSCP; and
22 WHEREAS, the WSCP references and incorporates the provisions of the City of Rialto’s 23 Water Conservation Ordinance No. 1560 adopted on July 14, 2015; and 24 WHEREAS, in accordance with the UWMP Act, the City of Rialto has prepared 25 its WSCP with its own staff, with the assistance of consulting professionals, and in cooperation 26 with other governmental agencies, and has utilized and relied upon industry standards and the 27 expertise of industry professionals in preparing its WSCP, and has also utilized the California -2-
1 Department of Water Resources Guidebook for Urban Water Suppliers to Prepare 2020 Urban 2 Water Management Plans, in preparing its WSCP; and
3 WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including Water Code sections 4 10608.26 and 10642, and Government Code section 6066, a Notice of a Public Hearing 5 regarding the City of Rialto’s WSCP was published within the jurisdiction of the Rialto 6 Utility Authority on May 23, 2026; and
7 WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including but not limited to Water Code 8 sections 10608.26 and 10642, a public hearing was held on June 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM, or soon 9 thereafter, in the Council Chambers of the City of Rialto at 150 South Palm Avenue in Rialto, 10 California in order to provide members of the public and other interested entities with the 11 opportunity to be heard in connection with proposed adoption of the WSCP and issues related 12 thereto; and
13 WHEREAS, pursuant to said public hearing on the WSCP, the City of Rialto, 14 among other things, encouraged the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and 15 ec onomic members of the community within Rialto Utility Authority’s service area with regard 16 to the preparation of the WSCP, encouraged community input regarding City of Rialto’s WSCP; and
17 WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Rialto has reviewed and considered 18 the purposes and requirements of the UWMP Act, the contents of the WSCP, and the 19 documentation contained in the administrative record in support of the WSCP, and has 20 determined that the factual analyses and conclusions set forth in the WSCP are legally 21 sufficient; and
22 WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Rialto desires to adopt the WSCP in 23 order to comply with the UWMP Act.
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE RIALTO UTILITY AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF RIALTO 2 DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
3 4 Section 1: The WSCP is hereby adopted as amended by changes incorporated by the 5 City Council for the City of Rialto as a result of input received (if any) at the public 6 hearing and ordered filed with the Secretary of the Rialto Utility Authority; 7 Section 2: The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to include a copy of this Resolution in City of Rialto’s WSCP;
8 Section 3: The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with 9 Water Code sections 10621(d) and 10644(a)(1)-(2), to electronically submit a copy of the 10 WSCP to the California Department of Water Resources no later than July 1, 2021; 11 Section 4: The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with 12 Water Code section 10644(a), to submit a copy of the WSCP to the California State Library, 13 and any city or county within which the City of Rialto provides water supplies no later 14 than thirty (30) days after this adoption date;
15 Section 5: The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with Water Code section 10645, to make the WSCP available for public review at the City of Rialto’s offices during normal business hours and on the Rialto Utility Authority’s website no 16 later than thirty (30) days after filing a copy of the WSCP with the California Department of 17 Water Resources;
18 Section 6:. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with 19 Water Code Section 10635(b), to provide that portion of the WSCP prepared pursuant to 20 Water Code Section 10635(a) to any city or county within which the City of Rialto 21 provides water supplies no later than sixty (60) days after submitting a copy of the WSCP with 22 the California Department of Water Resources;
23 Section 7:. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to implement the 24 WSCP in accordance with the UWMP Act and to provide recommendations to the City Council regarding the necessary budgets, procedures, rules, regulations or further actions to 25 carry out the effective and equitable implementation of the WSCP. 26 \\\\
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1 PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23RD day of June, 2026. 2 3
4 JOE BACA, Mayor
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7 8 ATTEST:
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11 12 BARBARA A. McGEE, City Clerk
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17 18 ERIC S. VAIL, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss 3 CITY OF RIALTO )
4 5 I, Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk of the City of Rialto, do hereby certify 6 that the foregoing Resolution No. was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting 7 of the City Council of the City of Rialto held on the 23rd day of June, 2026. 8 Upon motion of Councilmember , seconded by Councilmember 9 , the foregoing Resolution No. was duly passed and adopted. 10 Vote on the motion:
11 AYES:
12 NOES:
13 ABSENT:
14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Official Seal of the 15 City of Rialto this 23rd day of June, 2026.
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18 BARBARA A. MCGEE, CITY CLERK
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