RESOLUTION NO. 2022-07-XXXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEVEL II WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, On March 28, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-7-22 directing the California Water Board to adopt emergency regulations to increase water conservation; and WHEREAS, on May 24, 2022 the California State Water Resources Control Board, responding to the Governor's call for water conservation, adopted Resolution 2022-0018 setting forth water conservation emergency regulations requiring urban water agencies to place mandatory water use restrictions on outdoor water use or to implement Water Shortage Contingency Plans to accomplish same; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2022-0018 effective June 10, 2022, each urban water supplier that has submitted a water shortage contingency plan to the Department of Water Resources shall implement, at a minimum, all demand reduction actions identified in the supplier’s water shortage contingency plan adopted under Water Code 10632 for a shortage level of ten (10) to twenty (20) percent (Level 2); and WHEREAS, the City of Signal Hill’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, approved by the State Department of Water Resources in 2022, included the adoption of a stand-alone Water Shortage Contingency Plan; and, WHEREAS, said plan authorizes the City Council to declare the implementation of water conservation provisions by resolution; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to comply with the State of California Water Resources Control Board regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, as follows:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Signal Hill does determine that the statewide drought requires action by Signal Hill residents and businesses to reduce water use by twenty percent (20%) and directs staff to extend water use restrictions pursuant to Chapter 13.03.060 of the Signal Hill Municipal Code.
Section 2. The City Council hereby enacts Mandatory Level 2 conservation response actions set forth by the Water Shortage Contingency Plan adopted in December, 2021.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption and shall apply until any future water conservation mandates are proposed, at which time the City Council is to review the water supply conditions to determine the need for continued mandatory conservation measures.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, on this 12th day of July, 2022.
KEIR JONES
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CARMEN R. BROOKS
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL )
I, CARMEN R. BROOKS, City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2022-07-XXXX was adopted by the City Council of the City of Signal Hill at a regular meeting held on the 12th day of July, 2022, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CARMEN R. BROOKS
CITY CLERK
Resolution No. 2022-07-XXXX
July 12, 2022