RESOLUTION NO. 6523-2023
Resolution of the City Council
Discontinuing Water Waste Prohibitions
Conservation Stage 2 Mandatory Compliance – Water Alert WHEREAS, the region has experienced three consecutive years of drought conditions dating back to 2020, and on April 21, 2021, the Governor of California declared a local drought emergency for Sonoma and Mendocino Counties; and
WHEREAS, beginning December 26, 2022, the region received substantial rainfall from a series of atmospheric rivers lasting through the month of January; and
WHEREAS, On March 24, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsome issued Executive Order N-5-23 declaring an ease of water restrictions in California due to recent rainfall totals and reservoir levels throughout the State; and WHEREAS, Sebastopol is not considered to have significant, immediate impacts on groundwater water supply levels; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sebastopol established a City water shortage contingency plan in 2014 by ordinance 1070 which contains Water Conservation Stages to achieve responsible management of City’s water resources; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sebastopol recognizes that water is a vital resource that is closely monitored and managed while encouraging our customers that water conservation measures should remain to be a way of life; and
WHEREAS, the City of Sebastopol will continue to proactively educate and encourage water conservation measures.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
That RESOLUTION NO. 6359-2021 implementing the City of Sebastopol Stage 2 Mandatory ComplianceWater Alert as found in Municipal Code 13.06.070. To achieve an overall system-wide reduction goal of 25 percent shall be rescinded.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 4th day of April 2023.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City of Sebastopol City Council by the following vote:
VOTE:
Ayes: Councilmembers Maurer, McLewis, Zollman, Vice Mayor Rich and Mayor Hinton Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
ATTEST: ______________________________
Mary Gourley, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry McLaughlin, City Attorney