RESOLUTION NO. 25-145
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING AND FILING THE City of San Clemente’s 2025 report on Public Health Goals (PHG’S), AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER SECTIONS 15301, 15308, AND 15309 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES (14 CCR § 15301(h), CLASS 1: EXISTING FACILITIES, 15308, CLASS 8: ACTIONS BY REGULATORY AGENCIES FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND 15309, CLASS 9: INSPECTIONS) WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente is a water purveyor, that provides safe, potable water to approximately 52,000 customers within its service area, and must comply with all drinking water regulations; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill (SB) 1307 (Calderon-Sher; effective 01/01/97) added new provisions to the California Health and Safety Code which mandated that a Public Health Goals (PHG) report be prepared by July 1, 1998, and every three years thereafter; and WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 116365 requires the State to develop a PHG for every contaminant with a primary drinking water standard or for any contaminant California is proposing to regulate with a primary drinking water standard; and WHEREAS, City staff reviewed the 2022-2024 water quality monitoring data for the drinking water system to determine compliance with PHGs and Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs), and demonstrated that the City’s drinking water meets all standards established to protect public health; and WHEREAS, the City held a duly noticed public hearing on September 2, 2025 and heard all those wishing to heard regarding the PHG report.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein fully as findings.
SECTION 2. Based upon its review of the entire record, including the Staff Report and any public comments or testimony presented to the City Council, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301(h) (Class 1: Existing Facilities), 15308 (Class 8: Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment), and 15309 (Class 9: Inspections).
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby accepts, approves and files the City of San Clemente’s 2025 report on Public Health Goals as presented to the City Council on September 2, 2025.
SECTION 4. 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 Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the City San Clemente, California of San 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. 25-145 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:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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