Attachment 2Attachment 2RESOLUTION NO. 26-110
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Attachment 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND FINDING THE PLAN CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER WATER CODE SECTION 10652 WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 (Water Code Sections 10610 et seq., known as the Urban Water Management Planning Act) during the 1983-1984 Regular Session, and as amended subsequently, which mandates that every supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre feet of water annually, prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), the primary objective of which is to plan for the conservation an efficient use of water; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Conservation Act of 2009, also referred to as SB X7-7 (Water Code Sections 10608 et seq.), an “urban retail water supplier” is defined as a water supplier that directly provides potable municipal water to more than 3,000 end users or that supplies more than 3,000 acre feet of potable water annually at retail for municipal purposes, and an “urban wholesale water supplier” is defined as a water supplier that provides more than 3,000 acre feet of water annually at wholesale for potable municipal purposes; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente is an urban supplier of water providing service to 17,791 customers; and WHEREAS, the City meets the definition of an urban water supplier for purposes of the Act and SB X7-7 and is required to prepare an updated UWMP at least once every five years on or before July 1, in years ending in zero and five; and WHEREAS, the Act specifies the requirements and procedures for adopting such UWMPs; and WHEREAS, pursuant to recent amendments to the Act, urban water suppliers are required to adopt and electronically submit their UWMPs to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) by July 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has prepared a 2025 UWMP in accordance with the Act, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements, has undertaken certain coordination, notice, public involvement, public comment, and other procedures in relation to its 2025 UWMP; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act and SB X7-7, the City has prepared its 2025 UWMP with its own staff, with the assistance of consulting professionals, and in cooperation with other governmental agencies, and has utilized and relied upon industry standards and the expertise of industry professionals in preparing its 2025 UWMP, and has also utilized DWR’s Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025, including its related appendices, in preparing its 2025 UWMP; and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including Water Code sections 10608.26 and 10642, and Government Code section 6066, a Notice of a Public Hearing regarding the City’s 2025 UWMP was duly published within the jurisdiction of the City of San Clemente on May 21 and May 28, 2026 and notice was timely mailed to local water agencies; and WHEREAS, the draft 2025 UWMP was posted on the City’s website; and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including but not limited to Water Code sections 10608.26 and 10642, a duly noticed public hearing was held on June 16, 2026 at the San Clemente Council Chambers located at 910 Calle Negocio in San Clemente, in order to provide members of the public and other interested entities with the opportunity to be heard in connection with proposed adoption of the 2025 UWMP and issues related thereto; and WHEREAS, in connection with said public hearing on the City’s 2025 UWMP, the City of San Clemente, among other things, encouraged the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic members of the community within the City’s service area with regard to the 2025 UWMP, and encouraged community input regarding the City’s 2025 UWMP; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has reviewed and considered the purposes and requirements of the Act and SB X7-7, the contents of the 2025 UWMP, any input or comments provided by the public or local water agencies before or during the public hearing and the documentation contained in the administrative record in support of the 2025 UWMP; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente desires to adopt its 2025 UWMP prior to July 1, 2026 in order to comply with the Act and SB X7-7.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. All of the above recitals are true and correct and incorporated fully herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The factual analyses and conclusions set forth in the 2025 UWMP are hereby determined to be legally sufficient and to meet the requirements of the Act and SB X7-7.
SECTION 3. The 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) is hereby adopted as presented to the City Council on June 16, 2026.
SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff to include a copy of this resolution in the City’s 2025 UWMP.
SECTION 5. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff to, in accordance with Water Code sections 10621(d) and 10644(a)(1)-(2), electronically submit a copy of the 2025 UWMP to DWR no later than July 1, 2026.
SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff, in accordance with Water Code section 10644(a), to submit a copy of the 2025 UWMP to the California State Library no later than thirty (30) days after this adoption date.
SECTION 7. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff, in accordance with Water Code section 10645, to make the 2025 UWMP available for public review on its website at http://www.sanclemente.gov and in the City Clerk’s office no later than thirty (30) days after filing a copy of the 2025 UWMP with DWR.
SECTION 8. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff, in accordance with Water Code Section 10635(c), to provide that portion of the 2025 UWMP prepared pursuant to Water Code Section 10635(a)-(b) to any city or county within which the City of San Clemente provides water supplies no later than sixty (60) days after submitting a copy of the Plan with DWR.
SECTION 9. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff to implement the UWMP in accordance with the Act and to provide recommendations to the City Council of the City of San Clemente regarding the necessary budgets, procedures, rules, regulations, or further actions to carry out the effective and equitable implementation of the 2025 UWMP.
SECTION 10. Based on a review of the record as a whole, the City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby finds and determines that the actions in this resolution are not subject to CEQA pursuant to Water Code Section 10652 because CEQA does not apply to the preparation and adoption of a UWMP or to the implementation of the actions taken pursuant to such plans. Because this resolution comprises the City Council’s adoption of its UWMP and involves its implementation, no CEQA review is required.
SECTION 11. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby directs staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Orange County Clerk-Recorder within five (5) working days of adoption of this resolution.
SECTION 12. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this resolution and the above findings have been based are located at 910 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA. The custodian for these records is the City Clerk.
SECTION 13. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff to take such additional and further actions as are necessary and proper to comply with the Act and SB X7-7, implement the 2025 UWMP and accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 14. 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 Clemente, California 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. 26-110 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______day of _________, 2026, 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 ________, 2026. _______________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
_____________________________
Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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