Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE CERTIFIED DELTA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH NO. 2003112060) AND CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE DELTA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT On November 8, 2005, the City Council certified the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta Water Supply Project (DWSP) (State Clearinghouse No. 2003112060), which analyzed the environmental impacts of constructing and operating the DWSP; and The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), in 2006, approved water right permit 21176 (Permit 21176) authorizing the City to divert 33,600-acre feet per year (AFY) from the San Joaquin River at the DWSP intake for municipal and industrial purposes within the City of Stockton Metropolitan Area; and The City Council subsequently adopted the Delta Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) Recharge Basin Project Initial Study/Addendum to the DWSP EIR (Resolution No. 2025-08-12-1215-01), which analyzed the environmental impacts of constructing groundwater recharge basins and associated infrastructure improvements at the DWTP; and Permit 21176 required the City to put the water to full beneficial use by December 31, 2020; and
The City timely filed a Petition for Extension of Time requesting a 20-year extension of time to put the water to beneficial use, and the SWRCB extended it to a 30-year extension upon notice of the Petition for Extension of Time in 2025 (“Petition”); and An addendum to the certified DWSP EIR was prepared to evaluate whether the Petition may cause significant effects on the environment that were not analyzed as potentially significant effects in the certified DWSP EIR, or for which substantial new information shows that identified effects would be substantially more severe than described in the certified DWSP EIR; and The addendum analyzes continued operation of the DWSP in light of subsequent operating conditions imposed on the DWSP, and considering current conditions in the Delta, concluding that the continued operation of the DWSP as contemplated in the Petition for Extension of Time would not result in any new or substantially more severe environmental impacts than those previously identified in the certified DWSP EIR; and In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15164, the preparation of an addendum is appropriate when changes to a project do not result in new significant impacts or substantial increases in the severity of previously identified impacts; and Staff recommend approval of an addendum to the certified 2005 DWSP EIR (SCH No. 2003112060); now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
On the basis of the substantial evidence in light of the whole record, the City Council finds The Petition for Extension of Time would not have new or substantially more severe significant effects on the environment that have not already been addressed by the certified Stockton DWSP Program EIR (SCH No. 2003112060); No substantial changes are proposed in the DWSP;
No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the DWSP will be undertaken, which will require major revisions to the DWSP EIR due to the involvement of new significant effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; and No new information of substantial importance to the DWSP, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the DWSP EIR was certified as complete, shows that the DWSP will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the DWSP EIR, or that significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the DWSP EIR.
2. In accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15164, the Addendum to the certified DWSP EIR (SCH No. 2003112060) was prepared and is hereby approved, a copy of which is attached as Exhibits 1 and 2 incorporated by this reference.
The City approves the continued operation of the DWSP to December 31, 2050, subject to any conditions imposed by the SWRCB in approving the Petition for Extension of Time for Permit 21176 and any requisite permits.
The Director of Municipal Utilities or designee is authorized to take whatever actions are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED July 7, 2026 .
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton