Attachment 3Attachment 3RESOLUTION NO. 26-111
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY 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 and adopt, in accordance with prescribed requirements, a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) as part of its Urban Water Management Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente is an urban supplier of water providing service to approximately 17,791 customers; and WHEREAS, the City meets the definition of an urban water supplier for purposes of the Act and is required to prepare and adopt a WSCP as part of its 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (2025 Plan); and WHEREAS, the Act specifies the requirements and procedures for adopting such WSCPs; and WHEREAS, pursuant to recent amendments to the Act, urban water suppliers are required to adopt and electronically submit their WSCPs to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) by July 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has prepared a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) 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 WSCP consistent with applicable law; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act, the City has prepared its WSCP 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 WSCP, and has also utilized DWR’s Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025, including its related appendices, in preparing its WSCP; and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including Water Code section 10642, and Government Code section 6066, a Notice of a Public Hearing regarding the City’s WSCP 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 WSCP was posted on the City’s website; and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including but not limited to Water Code section 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 WSCP and issues related thereto; and WHEREAS, in connection with said public hearing on the City’s WSCP, 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 WSCP, and encouraged community input regarding the City’s WSCP; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente has reviewed and considered the purposes and requirements of the Act, the contents of the WSCP, 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 WSCP; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente desires to adopt the WSCP and to incorporate it as part of its 2025 Plan prior to July 1, 2026 in order to comply with the Act.
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 WSCP are hereby determined to be legally sufficient and to meet the requirements of the Act.
SECTION 3. The City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) 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 WSCP and/or in the City’s 2025 Plan.
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 WSCP, as part of its 2025 Plan, 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 WSCP, as part of its 2025 Plan, to the California State Library, and to any city or county within which the City of San Clemente provides water supplies 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 WSCP 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 WSCP, as part of its 2025 Plan, with DWR.
SECTION 8. The City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby authorizes and directs staff to implement the WSCP 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 WSCP.
SECTION 9. Based on a review of the record as a whole, the City Council of the City of San Clemente hereby finds and determines that this resolution is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Water Code Section 10652 because CEQA does not apply to the preparation and adoption of a WSCP or to the implementation of the actions taken pursuant to such plans. Because this resolution comprises the City Council’s adoption of its WSCP and involves its implementation, no CEQA review is required.
SECTION 10. The City Council of the City of San Clemente 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 11. The document 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 12. 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, implement the WSCP and accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 13. 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 Rick Loeffler, 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. 26-111 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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