RESOLUTION NO. 23-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING WATER SHORTAGE LEVEL 2 WATER ALERT, RESOLUTION NO. 22-27 WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, the City Council of the City of San Clemente adopted the current Water Conservation Ordinance to enable the City to maximize the beneficial use of its available water resources and allow the City to respond to emergency water supply shortage conditions and comply with water use restrictions imposed by federal, state, or regional water agencies; and WHEREAS, the City adopted the Water Conservation Ordinance pursuant to the authority in California Water Code section 375 and consistent with the water conservation policies declared in California Constitution article X, section 2, and California Water Code sections 100 and 106; and WHEREAS, on April 21, 2021, May 10, 2021, July 8, 2021, and October 19, 2021, Governor Newsom proclaimed States of Emergency to exist due to drought conditions; and WHEREAS, on March 28, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-7-22, requiring the State Water Resources Control Board to consider adopting emergency regulations that ban the irrigation of non-functional non-residential turf and require retail water agencies to implement the requirements of Level 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plans; and WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted emergency regulations on May 24, 2022, requiring, among other restrictions, a ban the irrigation of non-functional non-residential turf and that retail water agencies to implement the requirements of Level 2 of their Water Shortage Contingency Plans; and WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, the City Council of the City of San Clemente adopted Resolution No. 22-27 declaring a Level 2 Water Alert and directing staff to implement all demand reduction actions within Level 2 of the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan; and WHEREAS, on March 24, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-5-23, terminating the requirement, among others, that the State Water Resources Control Board mandate the implementation of Level 2 of retail water agencies’ Water Shortage Contingency Plans; and WHEREAS, since the implementation of its Level 2 Water Alert demand reduction actions, the City’s water customers have demonstrated an average of 24% reduction in aggregate monthly water use compared to water use data from 2013; and WHEREAS, regardless of Water Shortage level, the City’s water customers are required to abide by the permanent water waste prohibitions listed within its current Water Conservation Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City’s recycled water production and distribution system, which meets approximately 50% of all landscape irrigation demands in its service area, and for which another expansion is being planned, ensures that the City is better prepared to address the next drought.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. The City finds and determines that the foregoing Recitals of this Resolution are true and correct and are hereby incorporated into this Resolution as though fully set forth herein.
Section 2. The City of San Clemente hereby rescinds a Water Shortage Level 2 Water Alert, Resolution No. 22-27. All water conservation measures and practices as set forth in the City’s Water Conservation Ordinance are still hereby in effect.
Section 3. The City Manager and his authorized designees are hereby authorized and directed to take such actions as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution.
Section 4. This Resolution shall supersede all other previous city resolutions that may conflict with, or be contrary to, this Resolution, and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. _________ was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
_________________________
City Attorney
Resolution 23-20 Page PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 2 Attachment 1