RESOLUTION NO. 2026-06-6943
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY 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, in accordance with prescribed requirements, a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (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); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, “urban water supplier” means a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. An urban water supplier includes a supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right, which distributes or sells for ultimate resale to customers; and WHEREAS, the City of Signal Hill (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 Plan; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared a WSCP in accordance with the Act, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements, has undertaken certain coordination, public notice, public involvement, public comment, and other procedures in relation to its WSCP; 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 published within the jurisdiction of Signal Hill 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 Section 10642, a public hearing was held on June 23, 2026 at 7:00pm, or soon thereafter, at the City of Signal Hill City 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 WSCP and issues related thereto; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said public hearing on Signal Hill’s WSCP, the City, among other things, encouraged the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic members of the community within Signal Hill’s service area with regard to the WSCP, and encouraged community input regarding the City’s WSCP; and WHEREAS, the City has reviewed and considered the purposes and requirements of the Act, the contents of the WSCP, and the documentation contained in the administrative record in support of the WSCP, and has determined that the factual analyses and conclusions set forth in the WSCP are legally sufficient; and WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt the WSCP and to incorporate it as part of its 2025 Plan in order to comply with the Act; 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 a WSCP as part of an UWMP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. All of the above recitals are true.
Section 2. The Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), 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 and shall be incorporated into the City’s 2025 Plan.
Section 3. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to include a copy of this Resolution in the City’s WSCP and/or in the 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 WSCP, as part of its 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 WSCP, as part of its 2025 Plan, to the California State Library, and to 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 WSCP available for public review at the City ’s offices during normal business hours and on the City’s website no later than thirty (30) days after filing a copy of the WSCP, as part of its 2025 Plan, with DWR.
Section 7. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to implement the WSCP in accordance with the Act 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 WSCP.
Section 8. The City 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’s adoption of its WSCP and involves its implementation, no CEQA review is required.
Section 9. Pursuant to CEQA, the City Council directs staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the Los Angeles County Clerk’s office within five (5) working days of adoption of this resolution.
Section 10. The document and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this resolution and the above findings have been based are located at the City Clerk’s Office. The custodian for these records is the City Clerk.
Section 11. 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. 2026-06-6943 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. 2026-06-6943
June 23, 2026