1 City Council Meeting: June 23, 2026 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _______ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 (Water Code Sections 10610 et seq.), known as the Urban Water Management Planning Act (the "Act") during the 1983-84 Regular Session; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires every supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (the “Plan”), the primary objective of which is tomaximize water resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions;and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is an urban supplier of water to a population of over 90,000; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires the Plan to be reviewed at least once every five years, and requires the City to make any amendments or changes to the Plan which are indicated by the review; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted its 2020 Plan on June 8, 2021, before the July 1, 2021 deadline; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the Act mandate that the City must also prepare a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (the “WSCP”) and submit both the WSCP and 2025 Plan to the California Department of Water Resources; and
2 WHEREAS, the 2025 Plan and WSCP must be adopted by the Council, after public review and hearing, and filed with the California Department ofWater Resources by July 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City ofSanta Monica has prepared and circulated for public review the draft 2025 Plan and WSCP, and a properly noticed public hearing regarding both plans was held by the City Council on June 23, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Council has reviewed and considered the contents of the draft 2025 Plan and WSCP, and determined that both comply with the Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals, above, are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the City is in conformance with all applicable requirements of the Act.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby adopts the City's 2025 Plan and WSCP and orders that they be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 4. The Water Resources Manager is hereby authorized and directed to file the 2025 Plan and WSCP with the California Department of Water Resources by July 1, 2026.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution of the City Council, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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HEIDI VON TONGELN
City Attorney