RESOLUTION NO. 2023-04
A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF TORRANCE,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE 2017
UPDATED GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGION
INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD), and other agencies in the Greater Los Angeles County (GLAC) area have long recognized the importance of regional collaboration and integration of single-purpose efforts and now regularly work across jurisdictional boundaries to implement regional projects and programs that address multiple water resource management issues, including local and imported water supplies, sanitation and recycled water, stormwater management, groundwater management, water use efficiency, habitat and open space management, and many others; and WHEREAS, the State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR) created the Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Program to encourage integrated regional strategies for managing water resources and to provide funding for both planning and implementation of projects that support management of water supply, water quality, environmental interests, drought protection, flood protection, and reduction of dependence on imported water, and many other; and
WHEREAS, the IRWM Program requires that a Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) be formed to establish an IRWM Region; and
WHEREAS, DWR recognizes the GLAC IRWM as an official IRWM Region; and WHEREAS, the RWMG for the GLAC IRWM is responsible for the preparation and adoption of an IRWM Plan; and
WHEREAS, DWR and State Legislators have established Program Guidelines for the IRWM Program; and
WHEREAS, the RWMG for the GLAC IRWM has amended the 2014 Updated GLAC IRWM Plan to address the provisions of the 2016 IRWM Guidelines; and WHEREAS, adopting the 2017 Updated GLAC IRWM Plan will enable participants in the GLAC IRWM to apply for future grant funding under various grant programs, including Proposition 1 grant rounds; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 IRWM Guidelines require the governing bodies of member agencies of the RWMGs, the RWMG representatives of the governing bodies, as well as proponents of projects included in IRWM grant funding proposals to adopt an updated IRWM Plan; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Torrance hereby adopts the 2017 Updated GLAC IRWM Plan.
INTRODUCED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 24th day of January 2023.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Patrick Q. Sullivan, City Attorney
by J'?d;:;:;i:J cf___a. ~
Tatia Y. Strader, Assistant City Attorney
Mayor George K. Chen
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TORRANCE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2023-04
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF TORRANCE
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I, Rebecca Poirier, City Clerk of the City of Torrance, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly introduced, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Torrance at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 24th day of January 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS Griffiths, Kalani, Lewis, Mattucci, Sheikh, and Mayor Chen.
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS None.
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS Kaji.
City Clerk of the City of Torrance
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