RESOLUTION NO. 2026-06-6942
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, The California Urban Water Management Planning Act, (Wat. Code § 10610, et seq. (the Act)), mandates that every urban supplier of water 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 an Urban Water Management Plan (Plan); and WHEREAS, the Act generally requires that said Plan be updated and adopted at least once every five years, in years ending in six and one; and WHEREAS, pursuant to recent amendments to the Act, urban water suppliers are required to update and electronically submit their 2025 Plans to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Conservation Act of 2009, also referred to as SB X7-7 (Wat. Code § 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 Signal Hill (“City”) meets the definition of an urban retail water supplier for purposes of the Act and SB X7-7; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a 2025 Plan in accordance with the Act and SB X7-7, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements, has undertaken certain coordination, public notice, public involvement, public comment, and other procedures in relation to its 2025 Plan; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act and SB X7-7, the City has prepared its 2025 Plan 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 Plan, and has also utilized DWR’s Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025, including its related appendices, in preparing its 2025 Plan; 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 Plan was published within the jurisdiction of the City on June 5, 2026 and June 12, 2026; and WHEREAS, on June 5, 2026 and June 12, 2026, notice of a City Council public hearing was published in the Signal Tribune newspaper in accordance with Government Code §65091(a)(4) and was posted in accordance with Signal Hill Municipal Code Section 1.08.010; and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including but not limited to Water Code Sections 10608.26 and 10642, a public hearing was held on June 23, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, at the City of Signal Hill Council Chambers 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 Plan and issues related thereto; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said public hearing on the City’s 2025 Plan, the City, 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 Plan and encouraged community input regarding the City’s 2025 Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the purposes and requirements of the Act and SB X7-7, the contents of the 2025 Plan, and the documentation contained in the administrative record in support of the 2025 Plan, and has determined that the factual analyses and conclusions set forth in the 2025 Plan are legally sufficient; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt the 2025 Plan in order to comply with the Act and SB X7-7; and WHEREAS, Section 10652 of the California Water Code provides that the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) (CEQA) does not apply to the preparation and adoption of the 2025 Plan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein.
Section 2. The City’s 2025 Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted as amended by changes incorporated by the City Council as a result of input received (if any) at the public hearing and ordered filed with the City Clerk.
Section 3. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to include a copy of this Resolution in City’s 2025 Plan.
Section 4. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with Water Code Sections 10621(d) and 10644(a)(1)-(2), to electronically submit a copy of the 2025 Plan to DWR.
Section 5. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with Water Code section 10644(a), to submit a copy of the 2025 Plan to the California State Library, and any city or county within which the City provides water supplies no later than thirty (30) days after this adoption date.
Section 6. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with Water Code Section 10645, to make the 2025 Plan available for public review at the City’s offices during normal business hours or on the City’s website no later than thirty (30) days after filing a copy of the Plan with DWR.
Section 7. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with Water Code Section 10635(c), to provide that portion of the 2025 Plan prepared pursuant to Water Code Section 10635(a)-(b) to any city or county within which City provides water supplies no later than sixty (60) days after submitting a copy of the Plan with DWR.
Section 8. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to implement the 2025 Plan in accordance with the Act and SB X7-7 and to provide recommendations to the City regarding the necessary budgets, procedures, rules, regulations, or further actions to carry out the effective and equitable implementation of the 2025 Plan.
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Signal Hill on this 23rd day of June 2026. ____________________________________
TINA L. HANSEN
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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JOY POST
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
I, JOY POST, City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 2026-06-6942 was adopted at a regular meeting of City Council held on the 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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JOY POST
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
Resolution No. 2026-06-6942
June 23, 2026