Watsonville City Council
August 30, 2022

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 225-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Management, attached hereto meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years.
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 1004 ADMIN ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 5,795.16 6,084.91 6,389.18 6,708.61 7,044.05 7,396.26 7,766.05 Hourly 33.43 35.11 36.86 38.70 40.64 42.67 44.80
1005 ADMIN SVCS MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,146.48 9,603.82 10,083.95 10,588.20 11,117.58 11,673.46 12,257.14 Hourly 52.77 55.41 58.18 61.09 64.14 67.35 70.71
1006 AIRPORT MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,183.14 9,642.27 10,124.36 10,630.58 11,162.17 11,720.24 12,306.21 Hourly 52.98 55.63 58.41 61.33 64.40 67.62 71.00
1033 ASSIST COMM DEV DIR MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,858.49 10,351.45 10,869.00 11,412.44 11,983.05 12,582.22 13,211.34 Hourly 56.88 59.72 62.71 65.84 69.13 72.59 76.22
1007 ASSIST DIR OF PW & U MANAGEMENT Monthly 11,004.18 11,554.42 12,132.10 12,738.74 13,375.66 14,044.44 14,746.64 Hourly 63.49 66.66 69.99 73.49 77.17 81.03 85.08
1062 ASSIST FINANCE DIR MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,985.47 10,484.76 11,008.99 11,559.45 12,137.43 12,744.29 13,381.51 Hourly 57.61 60.49 63.51 66.69 70.02 73.52 77.20
1010 ASSIST PCS DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,465.38 8,888.64 9,333.09 9,799.75 10,289.72 10,804.21 11,344.43 Hourly 48.84 51.28 53.84 56.54 59.36 62.33 65.45
1034 ASSIST TO THE CM MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,206.90 8,617.22 9,048.11 9,500.49 9,975.49 10,474.30 10,998.00 Hourly 47.35 49.71 52.20 54.81 57.55 60.43 63.45
1032 ASSISTANT CITY CLERK MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,643.87 6,976.06 7,324.87 7,691.10 8,075.69 8,479.42 8,903.40 Hourly 38.33 40.25 42.26 44.37 46.59 48.92 51.37
1067 ASSISTANT FINANCE MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,744.19 9,181.40 9,640.50 10,122.52 10,628.63 11,160.07 11,718.07 Hourly 50.45 52.97 55.62 58.40 61.32 64.39 67.60
1071 BUILDING & FACILITIES MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,146.48 9,603.82 10,083.95 10,588.20 11,117.58 11,673.46 12,257.14 Hourly 52.77 55.41 58.18 61.09 64.14 67.35 70.71
1001 BUILDING OFFICIAL MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,081.39 9,535.46 10,012.25 10,512.86 11,038.50 11,590.39 12,169.93 Hourly 52.39 55.01 57.76 60.65 63.68 66.87 70.21
1061 COMM ENVIRO OUT MGR MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,587.21 7,966.62 8,364.92 8,783.19 9,222.35 9,683.48 10,167.60 Hourly 43.77 45.96 48.26 50.67 53.21 55.87 58.66
1011 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,723.56 7,059.74 7,412.75 7,783.38 8,172.54 8,581.17 9,010.24 Hourly 38.79 40.73 42.77 44.90 47.15 49.51 51.98
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 1012 CRIME ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,763.60 7,101.77 7,456.89 7,829.71 8,221.20 8,632.26 9,063.88 Hourly 39.02 40.97 43.02 45.17 47.43 49.80 52.29
1045 DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,928.35 8,324.77 8,740.98 9,178.04 9,636.94 10,118.83 10,624.75 Hourly 45.74 48.03 50.43 52.95 55.60 58.38 61.30
1014 DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF MANAGEMENT Monthly 12,027.90 12,629.33 13,260.78 13,923.82 14,620.02 15,351.01 16,118.57 Hourly 69.39 72.86 76.50 80.33 84.35 88.56 92.99
1058 ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT MANAGEMENT Monthly 10,381.11 10,900.18 11,445.16 12,017.44 12,618.34 13,249.21 13,911.69 Hourly 59.89 62.89 66.03 69.33 72.80 76.44 80.26
1068 ENVIRON PROJ ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 5,795.16 6,084.91 6,389.18 6,708.61 7,044.05 7,396.26 7,766.05 Hourly 33.43 35.11 36.86 38.70 40.64 42.67 44.80
1017 ENVIRON PROJ MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,587.21 7,966.62 8,364.92 8,783.19 9,222.35 9,683.48 10,167.60 Hourly 43.77 45.96 48.26 50.67 53.21 55.87 58.66
1066 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,985.47 10,484.76 11,008.99 11,559.45 12,137.43 12,744.29 13,381.51 Hourly 57.61 60.49 63.51 66.69 70.02 73.52 77.20
1018 FINANCIAL ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,976.21 7,325.02 7,691.28 8,075.82 8,479.62 8,903.64 9,348.80 Hourly 40.25 42.26 44.37 46.59 48.92 51.37 53.94
1060 HOUSING MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,545.49 8,972.77 9,421.40 9,892.46 10,387.07 10,906.48 11,451.77 Hourly 49.30 51.77 54.35 57.07 59.93 62.92 66.07
1049 HR ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,123.52 6,429.67 6,751.20 7,088.73 7,443.22 7,815.36 8,206.08 Hourly 35.33 37.09 38.95 40.90 42.94 45.09 47.34
1035 HR MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,303.21 9,768.35 10,256.83 10,769.63 11,308.14 11,873.53 12,467.22 Hourly 53.67 56.36 59.17 62.13 65.24 68.50 71.93
1036 IT MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,937.59 10,434.49 10,956.21 11,504.00 12,079.21 12,683.17 13,317.33 Hourly 57.33 60.20 63.21 66.37 69.69 73.17 76.83
1057 MULTIMED/COMM ANALYS MANAGEMENT Monthly 5,795.16 6,084.91 6,389.18 6,708.61 7,044.05 7,396.26 7,766.05 Hourly 33.43 35.11 36.86 38.70 40.64 42.67 44.80
1024 PARKS SUPERINTENDENT MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,524.79 7,901.03 8,296.08 8,710.87 9,146.41 9,603.75 10,083.93 Hourly 43.41 45.58 47.86 50.26 52.77 55.41 58.18
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 1037 PERSONNEL OFFICER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,303.21 9,768.35 10,256.83 10,769.63 11,308.14 11,873.53 12,467.22 Hourly 53.67 56.36 59.17 62.13 65.24 68.50 71.93
1038 POLICE FIN TECH MGR MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,218.82 8,629.70 9,061.22 9,514.29 9,990.00 10,489.51 11,013.99 Hourly 47.42 49.79 52.28 54.89 57.63 60.52 63.54
1047 POLICE FISCAL MNGR MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,638.89 8,020.83 8,421.86 8,842.97 9,285.12 9,749.37 10,236.85 Hourly 44.07 46.27 48.59 51.02 53.57 56.25 59.06
1054 POLICE MEDIA&COMM SP MANAGEMENT Monthly 5,795.16 6,084.91 6,389.18 6,708.61 7,044.05 7,396.26 7,766.05 Hourly 33.43 35.11 36.86 38.70 40.64 42.67 44.80
1025 PRINCIPAL ENGINEER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,294.63 9,759.38 10,247.34 10,759.69 11,297.65 11,862.54 12,455.69 Hourly 53.62 56.30 59.12 62.08 65.18 68.44 71.86
1026 PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,382.44 6,701.54 7,036.64 7,388.49 7,757.90 8,145.80 8,553.09 Hourly 36.82 38.66 40.60 42.63 44.76 47.00 49.34
1027 PRINCIPAL PLANNER MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,545.49 8,972.77 9,421.40 9,892.46 10,387.07 10,906.48 11,451.77 Hourly 49.30 51.77 54.35 57.07 59.93 62.92 66.07
1028 PROJECT MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,817.31 8,208.16 8,618.55 9,049.50 9,502.00 9,977.09 10,475.94 Hourly 45.10 47.35 49.72 52.21 54.82 57.56 60.44
1039 PROMO & COMM COORD MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,557.03 6,884.87 7,229.08 7,590.57 7,970.08 8,368.62 8,787.05 Hourly 37.83 39.72 41.71 43.79 45.98 48.28 50.69
1074 PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,275.71 8,689.50 9,123.99 9,580.18 10,059.18 10,562.13 11,090.26 Hourly 47.74 50.13 52.64 55.27 58.03 60.94 63.98
1051 PW ADMIN SRVCS MNGR MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,146.48 9,603.82 10,083.95 10,588.20 11,117.58 11,673.46 12,257.14 Hourly 52.77 55.41 58.18 61.09 64.14 67.35 70.71
1040 REC SUPERINTENDENT MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,524.79 7,901.03 8,296.08 8,710.87 9,146.41 9,603.75 10,083.93 Hourly 43.41 45.58 47.86 50.26 52.77 55.41 58.18
1041 REDEVELOPMENT MGR MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,545.49 8,972.77 9,421.40 9,892.46 10,387.07 10,906.48 11,451.77 Hourly 49.30 51.77 54.35 57.07 59.93 62.92 66.07
1064 SAFETY & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

OFFICER
MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,587.21 7,966.62 8,364.92 8,783.19 9,222.35 9,683.48 10,167.60 Hourly 43.77 45.96 48.26 50.67 53.21 55.87 58.66
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 1073 SENIOR CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,599.02 9,028.98 9,480.42 9,954.45 10,452.20 10,974.80 11,523.53 Hourly 49.61 52.09 54.69 57.43 60.30 63.32 66.48
1029 SR ADMIN ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,643.89 6,976.06 7,324.89 7,691.10 8,075.67 8,479.47 8,903.42 Hourly 38.33 40.25 42.26 44.37 46.59 48.92 51.37
1069 SR ENVIRON PROJ ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,643.89 6,976.06 7,324.89 7,691.10 8,075.67 8,479.47 8,903.42 Hourly 38.33 40.25 42.26 44.37 46.59 48.92 51.37
1053 SR FINANCIAL ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,821.49 8,212.58 8,623.20 9,054.37 9,507.10 9,982.42 10,481.53 Hourly 45.12 47.38 49.75 52.24 54.85 57.59 60.47
1048 SR HR ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 6,690.08 7,024.59 7,375.85 7,744.64 8,131.85 8,538.47 8,965.36 Hourly 38.60 40.53 42.55 44.68 46.91 49.26 51.72
1055 SR IT ANALYST MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,166.88 8,575.19 9,003.95 9,454.16 9,926.84 10,423.21 10,944.35 Hourly 47.12 49.47 51.95 54.54 57.27 60.13 63.14
1030 SR UTILITIES ENGNR MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,761.70 9,199.78 9,659.80 10,142.77 10,649.90 11,182.38 11,741.51 Hourly 50.55 53.08 55.73 58.52 61.44 64.51 67.74
1042 SW DIV MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,985.47 10,484.76 11,008.99 11,559.45 12,137.43 12,744.29 13,381.51 Hourly 57.61 60.49 63.51 66.69 70.02 73.52 77.20
1065 VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 7,430.50 7,802.04 8,192.12 8,601.75 9,031.84 9,483.41 9,957.59 Hourly 42.87 45.01 47.26 49.63 52.11 54.71 57.45
1043 WATER DIV MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,985.47 10,484.76 11,008.99 11,559.45 12,137.43 12,744.29 13,381.51 Hourly 57.61 60.49 63.51 66.69 70.02 73.52 77.20
1031 WW DIV MANAGER MANAGEMENT Monthly 9,985.47 10,484.76 11,008.99 11,559.45 12,137.43 12,744.29 13,381.51 Hourly 57.61 60.49 63.51 66.69 70.02 73.52 77.20
1044 WW TRTMNT FAC MGR MANAGEMENT Monthly 8,669.68 9,103.16 9,558.34 10,036.22 10,538.04 11,064.95 11,618.19 Hourly 50.02 52.52 55.14 57.90 60.80 63.84 67.03
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 226-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
SWZ ______ RM ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 226-21 (CM) AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST BY

BARGAINING UNIT - MID-MANAGEMENT, IN CONFORMANCE WITH
SECTION 570.5 (REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA

CODE OF REGULATIONS AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE

COMPENSATION LEVELS ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY

SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof; 1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 226-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Mid-Management bargaining unit. However, since

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 226-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 the approval, several MOU’s have been subject to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve the revised compensation levels for the Mid-Management bargaining unit for the City of Watsonville in a publicly available pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing compensation levels for the MidManagement bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Mid-Management, does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 226-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the MidManagement bargaining unit is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves compensation levels for the MidManagement bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Mid-Management, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 226-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Mid-Management, attached hereto meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years.
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2036 ACCOUNTANT II MID-MGT Monthly 6,171.08 6,479.68 6,803.64 7,143.80 7,501.00 7,876.07 8,269.86 Hourly 35.60 37.38 39.25 41.21 43.28 45.44 47.71
2085 AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 7,604.76 7,985.01 8,384.26 8,803.47 9,243.65 9,705.82 10,191.09 Hourly 43.87 46.07 48.37 50.79 53.33 56.00 58.79
2002 AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 5,724.31 6,010.53 6,311.07 6,626.62 6,957.99 7,305.87 7,671.17 Hourly 33.02 34.68 36.41 38.23 40.14 42.15 44.26
2037 ASSOC CIVIL ENGINEER MID-MGT Monthly 7,041.00 7,393.06 7,762.69 8,150.83 8,558.36 8,986.29 9,435.62 Hourly 40.62 42.65 44.78 47.02 49.38 51.84 54.44
2038 ASSOCIATE PLANNER MID-MGT Monthly 6,308.60 6,624.00 6,955.22 7,302.97 7,668.14 8,051.53 8,454.10 Hourly 36.40 38.22 40.13 42.13 44.24 46.45 48.77
2004 CIRCULATION MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 4,759.15 4,997.09 5,246.93 5,509.29 5,784.72 6,073.99 6,377.69 Hourly 27.46 28.83 30.27 31.78 33.37 35.04 36.79
2005 COLLEC SYSTEM MNGR MID-MGT Monthly 7,201.78 7,561.84 7,939.92 8,336.92 8,753.75 9,191.46 9,651.07 Hourly 41.55 43.63 45.81 48.10 50.50 53.03 55.68
2080 COMM ENVIR OUT COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,783.87 6,073.06 6,376.74 6,695.56 7,030.36 7,381.88 7,750.93 Hourly 33.37 35.04 36.79 38.63 40.56 42.59 44.72
2039 COMP CENTER COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,108.83 5,364.26 5,632.49 5,914.09 6,209.82 6,520.30 6,846.30 Hourly 29.47 30.95 32.50 34.12 35.83 37.62 39.50
2040 COMP CENTER MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 5,958.98 6,256.90 6,569.75 6,898.26 7,243.15 7,605.33 7,985.58 Hourly 34.38 36.10 37.90 39.80 41.79 43.88 46.07
2041 CONST ENGINEER MID-MGT Monthly 6,929.74 7,276.23 7,640.04 8,022.04 8,423.11 8,844.27 9,286.49 Hourly 39.98 41.98 44.08 46.28 48.59 51.02 53.58
2042 CUST SERVICE COORD MID-MGT Monthly 4,410.73 4,631.27 4,862.82 5,105.99 5,361.29 5,629.33 5,910.80 Hourly 25.45 26.72 28.05 29.46 30.93 32.48 34.10
2006 CUST SERVICE MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 5,852.69 6,145.32 6,452.62 6,775.23 7,113.99 7,469.71 7,843.18 Hourly 33.77 35.45 37.23 39.09 41.04 43.09 45.25
2008 ENVIRON ED COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,782.79 6,071.91 6,375.53 6,694.33 7,029.06 7,380.47 7,749.47 Hourly 33.36 35.03 36.78 38.62 40.55 42.58 44.71
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2007 ENVIRON SCIENC WK CO MID-MGT Monthly 5,281.79 5,545.91 5,823.22 6,114.38 6,420.09 6,741.06 7,078.11 Hourly 30.47 32.00 33.60 35.28 37.04 38.89 40.84
2043 EQUIP MAINT COORD MID-MGT Monthly 4,982.71 5,231.87 5,493.45 5,768.14 6,056.55 6,359.38 6,677.32 Hourly 28.75 30.18 31.69 33.28 34.94 36.69 38.52
2009 FAC & MAINT SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 5,980.78 6,279.82 6,593.80 6,923.50 7,269.64 7,633.12 8,014.78 Hourly 34.50 36.23 38.04 39.94 41.94 44.04 46.24
2086 FLEET AND WAREHOUSE COORDINATOR MID-MGT Monthly 4,982.71 5,231.87 5,493.45 5,768.14 6,056.55 6,359.38 6,677.32 Hourly 28.75 30.18 31.69 33.28 34.94 36.69 38.52
2081 GIS ANALYST I MID-MGT Monthly 6,677.36 7,011.25 7,361.79 7,729.89 8,116.38 8,522.22 8,948.31 Hourly 38.52 40.45 42.47 44.60 46.83 49.17 51.62
2082 GIS ANALYST II MID-MGT Monthly 7,419.32 7,790.25 8,179.80 8,588.80 9,018.21 9,469.11 9,942.57 Hourly 42.80 44.94 47.19 49.55 52.03 54.63 57.36
2010 GIS COORDINATOR MID-MGT Monthly 8,161.25 8,569.30 8,997.76 9,447.64 9,920.02 10,416.01 10,936.81 Hourly 47.08 49.44 51.91 54.51 57.23 60.09 63.10
2046 INTGRD WASTE MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 5,392.14 5,661.74 5,944.84 6,242.08 6,554.17 6,881.88 7,225.96 Hourly 31.11 32.66 34.30 36.01 37.81 39.70 41.69
2012 INTGRD WASTE SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 5,945.29 6,242.56 6,554.67 6,882.42 7,226.53 7,587.88 7,967.22 Hourly 34.30 36.01 37.82 39.71 41.69 43.78 45.96
2077 IT ANALYST I MID-MGT Monthly 6,677.36 7,011.25 7,361.79 7,729.89 8,116.38 8,522.22 8,948.31 Hourly 38.52 40.45 42.47 44.60 46.83 49.17 51.62
2078 IT ANALYST II MID-MGT Monthly 7,419.32 7,790.25 8,179.80 8,588.80 9,018.21 9,469.11 9,942.57 Hourly 42.80 44.94 47.19 49.55 52.03 54.63 57.36
2013 LABORATORY MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 7,201.78 7,561.84 7,939.92 8,336.92 8,753.75 9,191.46 9,651.07 Hourly 41.55 43.63 45.81 48.10 50.50 53.03 55.68
2047 LANDFILL OPS SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 5,191.16 5,450.75 5,723.27 6,009.42 6,309.90 6,625.43 6,956.69 Hourly 29.95 31.45 33.02 34.67 36.40 38.22 40.13
2014 LIBRARIAN MID-MGT Monthly 4,952.29 5,199.96 5,459.91 5,732.96 6,019.56 6,320.56 6,636.54 Hourly 28.57 30.00 31.50 33.07 34.73 36.46 38.29
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2015 LIT OUTREACH COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,725.70 6,011.98 6,312.58 6,628.20 6,959.62 7,307.60 7,672.99 Hourly 33.03 34.68 36.42 38.24 40.15 42.16 44.27
2016 MUNI SRVCS OPS MGR MID-MGT Monthly 7,455.72 7,828.47 8,219.88 8,630.92 9,062.43 9,515.55 9,991.35 Hourly 43.01 45.16 47.42 49.79 52.28 54.90 57.64
2048 NATURE CENTER COORD MID-MGT Monthly 4,563.82 4,792.02 5,031.65 5,283.20 5,547.36 5,824.74 6,115.96 Hourly 26.33 27.65 29.03 30.48 32.00 33.60 35.28
2049 NBHD OUTREACH COORD MID-MGT Monthly 4,413.98 4,634.70 4,866.42 5,109.74 5,365.23 5,633.51 5,915.15 Hourly 25.47 26.74 28.08 29.48 30.95 32.50 34.13
2083 OLDER ADULT SERV SUP MID-MGT Monthly 5,941.98 6,239.07 6,551.00 6,878.58 7,222.50 7,583.64 7,962.80 Hourly 34.28 35.99 37.79 39.68 41.67 43.75 45.94
2017 PARK MAINT SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 5,941.98 6,239.07 6,551.00 6,878.58 7,222.50 7,583.64 7,962.80 Hourly 34.28 35.99 37.79 39.68 41.67 43.75 45.94
2051 PARK SVCS MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 6,684.73 7,018.96 7,369.90 7,738.38 8,125.30 8,531.58 8,958.15 Hourly 38.57 40.49 42.52 44.64 46.88 49.22 51.68
2071 PAYROLL ANALYST MID-MGT Monthly 6,179.36 6,488.30 6,812.72 7,153.34 7,511.01 7,886.56 8,280.89 Hourly 35.65 37.43 39.30 41.27 43.33 45.50 47.77
2074 PERMIT SERVE SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 5,682.24 5,966.33 6,264.66 6,577.87 6,906.77 7,252.14 7,614.75 Hourly 32.78 34.42 36.14 37.95 39.85 41.84 43.93
2018 PROCESS CENTER COORD MID-MGT Monthly 4,745.43 4,982.75 5,231.85 5,493.45 5,768.14 6,056.55 6,359.36 Hourly 27.38 28.75 30.18 31.69 33.28 34.94 36.69
2090 PROGRAM COORDINATOR MID-MGT Monthly 5,782.40 6,071.52 6,375.09 6,693.85 7,028.54 7,379.97 7,748.98 Hourly 33.36 35.03 36.78 38.62 40.55 42.58 44.71
2019 PROPERTY & EVID SUPV MID-MGT Monthly 5,256.64 5,519.43 5,795.44 6,085.19 6,389.48 6,708.93 7,044.40 Hourly 30.33 31.84 33.44 35.11 36.86 38.71 40.64
2052 READ&COMP LIT COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,354.57 5,622.28 5,903.39 6,198.55 6,508.52 6,833.95 7,175.61 Hourly 30.89 32.44 34.06 35.76 37.55 39.43 41.40
2021 REC COORDINATOR MID-MGT Monthly 5,281.75 5,545.84 5,823.13 6,114.29 6,419.99 6,741.00 7,078.05 Hourly 30.47 32.00 33.60 35.27 37.04 38.89 40.83
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2053 REC FACILITIES COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,281.75 5,545.84 5,823.13 6,114.29 6,419.99 6,741.00 7,078.05 Hourly 30.47 32.00 33.60 35.27 37.04 38.89 40.83
2022 REC SPECIALIST MID-MGT Monthly 4,489.49 4,713.95 4,949.66 5,197.14 5,457.01 5,729.84 6,016.34 Hourly 25.90 27.20 28.56 29.98 31.48 33.06 34.71
2054 REC SVCS MNGR MID-MGT Monthly 7,520.31 7,896.33 8,291.14 8,705.71 9,140.99 9,598.03 10,077.95 Hourly 43.39 45.56 47.83 50.23 52.74 55.37 58.14
2020 RECORDS SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 5,257.33 5,520.19 5,796.22 6,086.04 6,390.32 6,709.84 7,045.35 Hourly 30.33 31.85 33.44 35.11 36.87 38.71 40.65
2023 RECREATION SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 5,941.98 6,239.07 6,551.00 6,878.58 7,222.50 7,583.64 7,962.80 Hourly 34.28 35.99 37.79 39.68 41.67 43.75 45.94
2024 REV COLLEC SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 5,144.69 5,401.91 5,672.01 5,955.63 6,253.39 6,566.06 6,894.38 Hourly 29.68 31.16 32.72 34.36 36.08 37.88 39.78
2025 SOURCE CONTROL MGR MID-MGT Monthly 7,200.31 7,560.37 7,938.36 8,335.30 8,752.08 9,189.66 9,649.16 Hourly 41.54 43.62 45.80 48.09 50.49 53.02 55.67
2056 SR BUILDNG INSPECTOR MID-MGT Monthly 7,020.35 7,371.39 7,739.96 8,126.95 8,533.29 8,959.97 9,407.97 Hourly 40.50 42.53 44.65 46.89 49.23 51.69 54.28
2057 SR CIVIL ENGINEER MID-MGT Monthly 8,090.51 8,495.02 8,919.76 9,365.72 9,834.02 10,325.68 10,842.04 Hourly 46.68 49.01 51.46 54.03 56.73 59.57 62.55
2058 SR CONST INSPECTOR MID-MGT Monthly 6,091.41 6,396.00 6,715.80 7,051.61 7,404.17 7,774.39 8,163.13 Hourly 35.14 36.90 38.75 40.68 42.72 44.85 47.10
2059 SR ENGINEERING ASSOC MID-MGT Monthly 7,604.76 7,985.01 8,384.26 8,803.47 9,243.65 9,705.82 10,191.09 Hourly 43.87 46.07 48.37 50.79 53.33 56.00 58.79
2026 SR INT WASTE WORKER MID-MGT Monthly 5,278.69 5,542.64 5,819.78 6,110.76 6,416.32 6,737.12 7,073.95 Hourly 30.45 31.98 33.58 35.25 37.02 38.87 40.81
2079 SR IT SPECIALIST MID-MGT Monthly 6,012.18 6,312.78 6,628.42 6,959.83 7,307.86 7,673.25 8,056.90 Hourly 34.69 36.42 38.24 40.15 42.16 44.27 46.48
2028 SR LIBRARIAN MID-MGT Monthly 5,464.12 5,737.31 6,024.18 6,325.39 6,641.66 6,973.76 7,322.42 Hourly 31.52 33.10 34.75 36.49 38.32 40.23 42.24
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2066 SR PLANNER MID-MGT Monthly 7,424.52 7,795.73 8,185.54 8,594.80 9,024.56 9,475.79 9,949.55 Hourly 42.83 44.98 47.22 49.59 52.06 54.67 57.40
2084 SR PROGRAMMER ANALYST MID-MGT Monthly 8,213.14 8,623.79 9,054.98 9,507.72 9,983.09 10,482.29 11,006.39 Hourly 47.38 49.75 52.24 54.85 57.59 60.47 63.50
2073 SR. CODE ENFORCE OFF MID-MGT Monthly 6,709.02 7,044.48 7,396.72 7,766.57 8,154.88 8,562.62 8,990.76 Hourly 38.71 40.64 42.67 44.81 47.05 49.40 51.87
2063 SUPVR EQUIP MECH MID-MGT Monthly 5,757.12 6,044.96 6,347.23 6,664.60 6,997.79 7,347.73 7,715.07 Hourly 33.21 34.87 36.62 38.45 40.37 42.39 44.51
2072 SUPVR PLANS EXAMINER MID-MGT Monthly 7,707.98 8,093.39 8,498.04 8,922.96 9,369.06 9,837.53 10,329.45 Hourly 44.47 46.69 49.03 51.48 54.05 56.76 59.59
2061 SW OPS SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 4,918.38 5,164.34 5,422.54 5,693.65 5,978.35 6,277.25 6,591.13 Hourly 28.38 29.79 31.28 32.85 34.49 36.21 38.03
2062 SW SVCS MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 5,679.81 5,963.82 6,261.99 6,575.12 6,903.87 7,249.06 7,611.50 Hourly 32.77 34.41 36.13 37.93 39.83 41.82 43.91
2075 TRAFFIC OPS MANAGER MID-MGT Monthly 7,426.08 7,797.38 8,187.25 8,596.62 9,026.46 9,477.78 9,951.65 Hourly 42.84 44.98 47.23 49.60 52.08 54.68 57.41
2030 TRAFFIC SYSTMS COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,617.93 5,898.82 6,193.72 6,503.42 6,828.62 7,170.04 7,528.56 Hourly 32.41 34.03 35.73 37.52 39.40 41.37 43.43
2064 TRANSPORTATION ENGIN MID-MGT Monthly 8,077.96 8,481.89 8,905.95 9,351.25 9,818.84 10,309.78 10,825.25 Hourly 46.60 48.93 51.38 53.95 56.65 59.48 62.45
2031 UTIL MAINT SUPVR MID-MGT Monthly 7,201.78 7,561.84 7,939.92 8,336.92 8,753.75 9,191.46 9,651.07 Hourly 41.55 43.63 45.81 48.10 50.50 53.03 55.68
2032 UTILITY CREW LEADER MID-MGT Monthly 5,820.19 6,111.21 6,416.76 6,737.60 7,074.47 7,428.22 7,799.63 Hourly 33.58 35.26 37.02 38.87 40.81 42.86 45.00
2033 VEH SRVC SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 6,484.34 6,808.58 7,148.98 7,506.42 7,881.77 8,275.84 8,689.66 Hourly 37.41 39.28 41.24 43.31 45.47 47.75 50.13
2065 VOLUNTEER COORD MID-MGT Monthly 5,012.71 5,263.33 5,526.52 5,802.85 6,092.97 6,397.63 6,717.51 Hourly 28.92 30.37 31.88 33.48 35.15 36.91 38.75
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 2087 WASTE AND RECYCLING CENTER

SUPERVISOR
MID-MGT Monthly 5,278.69 5,542.64 5,819.78 6,110.76 6,416.32 6,737.12 7,073.95 Hourly 30.45 31.98 33.58 35.25 37.02 38.87 40.81
2035 WATER OPS SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 7,658.17 8,041.09 8,443.13 8,865.29 9,308.56 9,773.99 10,262.68 Hourly 44.18 46.39 48.71 51.15 53.70 56.39 59.21
2070 WATER SERV CREW LEAD MID-MGT Monthly 6,093.62 6,398.28 6,718.18 7,054.10 7,406.79 7,777.16 8,166.02 Hourly 35.16 36.91 38.76 40.70 42.73 44.87 47.11
2068 WATER SERVICES MGR MID-MGT Monthly 7,782.82 8,172.00 8,580.56 9,009.59 9,460.06 9,933.08 10,429.73 Hourly 44.90 47.15 49.50 51.98 54.58 57.31 60.17
2069 WATER SERVICES SUP MID-MGT Monthly 7,469.06 7,842.51 8,234.66 8,646.37 9,078.68 9,532.62 10,009.26 Hourly 43.09 45.25 47.51 49.88 52.38 55.00 57.75
2034 WW OPS SUPERVISOR MID-MGT Monthly 8,041.09 8,443.13 8,865.29 9,308.56 9,774.01 10,262.68 10,775.83 Hourly 46.39 48.71 51.15 53.70 56.39 59.21 62.17
2067 YOUTH SPECIALIST MID-MGT Monthly 4,838.12 5,079.99 5,333.99 5,600.70 5,880.75 6,174.78 6,483.53 Hourly 27.91 29.31 30.77 32.31 33.93 35.62 37.41
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 227-21CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22 SWZ ______ RM ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 227-21 (CM) AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST BY BARGAINING UNIT - OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL UNION NO. 3, IN CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 570.5 (REQUIREMENT FOR A
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF TITLE 2
(ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION LEVELS ON A

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof; 1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 227-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 Unit.

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 227-21CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 However, since the approval, several MOU’s have been subject to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve the revised compensation levels for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 bargaining unit for the City of Watsonville in a publicly available pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing compensation levels for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 227-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 unit is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves compensation levels for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 227-21CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3, attached hereto, meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years. **************************************

Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 4052 AIRPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST I OE3 Monthly 3,862.15 4,055.26 4,257.98 4,471.00 4,694.47 4,929.19 5,175.60 Hourly 22.28 23.40 24.57 25.79 27.08 28.44 29.86
4053 AIRPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST II OE3 Monthly 4,363.00 4,581.16 4,810.20 5,050.72 5,303.24 5,568.40 5,846.84 Hourly 25.17 26.43 27.75 29.14 30.60 32.13 33.73
4054 AIRPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST III OE3 Monthly 5,058.58 5,311.50 5,577.11 5,855.94 6,148.72 6,456.17 6,778.98 Hourly 29.18 30.64 32.18 33.78 35.47 37.25 39.11
4001 BLDG MAINT WORKER OE3 Monthly 4,363.73 4,581.92 4,811.00 5,051.52 5,304.13 5,569.35 5,847.79 Hourly 25.18 26.43 27.76 29.14 30.60 32.13 33.74
4002 COLLECTION SYSTEMS OPERATOR I OE3 Monthly 4,914.35 5,160.03 5,418.01 5,688.93 5,973.37 6,272.02 6,585.63 Hourly 28.35 29.77 31.26 32.82 34.46 36.18 37.99
4046 COLLECTION SYSTEMS OPERATOR II OE3 Monthly 5,430.92 5,702.43 5,987.54 6,286.93 6,601.29 6,931.34 7,277.96 Hourly 31.33 32.90 34.54 36.27 38.08 39.99 41.99
4115 COLLECTION SYSTEMS OPERATOR III OE3 Monthly 5,961.24 6,259.28 6,572.26 6,900.88 7,245.92 7,608.21 7,988.63 Hourly 34.39 36.11 37.92 39.81 41.80 43.89 46.09
4003 CUSTODIAN OE3 Monthly 3,298.12 3,463.01 3,636.21 3,817.99 4,008.90 4,209.36 4,419.83 Hourly 19.03 19.98 20.98 22.03 23.13 24.28 25.50
4120 CUSTOMER SERV TECH I OE3 Monthly 4,091.19 4,295.72 4,510.52 4,736.05 4,972.83 5,221.47 5,482.56 Hourly 23.60 24.78 26.02 27.32 28.69 30.12 31.63
4121 CUSTOMER SERV TECH II OE3 Monthly 4,495.81 4,720.58 4,956.62 5,204.46 5,464.66 5,737.88 6,024.76 Hourly 25.94 27.23 28.60 30.03 31.53 33.10 34.76
4122 CUSTOMER SERV TECH III OE3 Monthly 5,170.17 5,428.67 5,700.11 5,985.11 6,284.35 6,598.56 6,928.48 Hourly 29.83 31.32 32.89 34.53 36.26 38.07 39.97
4170 ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN OE3 Monthly 5,947.72 6,245.09 6,557.40 6,885.23 7,229.52 7,591.00 7,970.52 Hourly 34.31 36.03 37.83 39.72 41.71 43.79 45.98
4039 EQUIP SERV WORKER OE3 Monthly 3,793.27 3,982.94 4,182.08 4,391.18 4,610.78 4,841.31 5,083.37 Hourly 21.88 22.98 24.13 25.33 26.60 27.93 29.33
4037 EQUIPMENT MECHANIC I OE3 Monthly 4,255.90 4,468.73 4,692.18 4,926.78 5,173.13 5,431.77 5,703.38 Hourly 24.55 25.78 27.07 28.42 29.85 31.34 32.90
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4006 EQUIPMENT MECHANIC III OE3 Monthly 5,329.16 5,595.66 5,875.44 6,169.19 6,477.64 6,801.54 7,141.59 Hourly 30.75 32.28 33.90 35.59 37.37 39.24 41.20
4131 FIRE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT MECHANIC OE3 Monthly 4,957.36 5,205.24 5,465.50 5,738.79 6,025.72 6,327.01 6,643.35 Hourly 28.60 30.03 31.53 33.11 34.76 36.50 38.33
4007 INTGRD WASTE WORKER OE3 Monthly 4,704.51 4,939.78 5,186.74 5,446.09 5,718.38 6,004.29 6,304.52 Hourly 27.14 28.50 29.92 31.42 32.99 34.64 36.37
4008 LEAD CUSTODIAN OE3 Monthly 3,792.64 3,982.29 4,181.39 4,390.49 4,609.97 4,840.53 5,082.52 Hourly 21.88 22.97 24.12 25.33 26.60 27.93 29.32
4009 PARK MAINT WORKER I OE3 Monthly 3,605.92 3,786.19 3,975.51 4,174.26 4,382.97 4,602.13 4,832.27 Hourly 20.80 21.84 22.94 24.08 25.29 26.55 27.88
4010 PARK MAINT WORKER II OE3 Monthly 3,963.25 4,161.41 4,369.50 4,587.94 4,817.35 5,058.26 5,311.15 Hourly 22.86 24.01 25.21 26.47 27.79 29.18 30.64
4011 PARKNG CONTROL OFFCR OE3 Monthly 3,878.10 4,071.99 4,275.57 4,489.38 4,713.82 4,949.56 5,197.01 Hourly 22.37 23.49 24.67 25.90 27.20 28.56 29.98
4012 POLICE SRVC SPCLST OE3 Monthly 4,255.64 4,468.40 4,691.83 4,926.42 5,172.74 5,431.36 5,705.61 Hourly 24.55 25.78 27.07 28.42 29.84 31.33 32.92
4013 PROP & EVID TECH I OE3 Monthly 3,878.16 4,072.08 4,275.68 4,489.46 4,713.95 4,949.64 5,197.10 Hourly 22.37 23.49 24.67 25.90 27.20 28.56 29.98
4041 PROP & EVID TECH II OE3 Monthly 4,262.66 4,475.77 4,699.57 4,934.52 5,181.24 5,440.31 5,712.35 Hourly 24.59 25.82 27.11 28.47 29.89 31.39 32.96
4055 PROP & EVID TECH III OE3 Monthly 4,691.48 4,926.09 5,172.40 5,431.01 5,702.54 5,987.67 6,287.10 Hourly 27.07 28.42 29.84 31.33 32.90 34.54 36.27
4145 RESOURCE WASTE ADVOCATE I OE3 Monthly 3,513.79 3,689.49 3,873.96 4,067.66 4,271.04 4,484.59 4,708.82 Hourly 20.27 21.29 22.35 23.47 24.64 25.87 27.17
4146 RESOURCE WASTE ADVOCATE II OE3 Monthly 3,863.73 4,056.95 4,259.80 4,472.78 4,696.51 4,931.18 5,177.73 Hourly 22.29 23.41 24.58 25.80 27.10 28.45 29.87
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 4171 SCADA TECHNICIAN I OE3 Monthly 5,947.72 6,245.09 6,557.40 6,885.23 7,229.52 7,591.00 7,970.52 Hourly 34.31 36.03 37.83 39.72 41.71 43.79 45.98
4172 SCADA TECHNICIAN II OE3 Monthly 6,327.97 6,644.37 6,976.58 7,325.41 7,691.67 8,076.25 8,480.07 Hourly 36.51 38.33 40.25 42.26 44.38 46.59 48.92
4044 SOURCE CONTROL INSP OE3 Monthly 5,822.33 6,113.42 6,419.08 6,740.02 7,077.03 7,430.93 7,802.45 Hourly 33.59 35.27 37.03 38.88 40.83 42.87 45.01
4016 SR PARK MAINT WORKER OE3 Monthly 4,360.72 4,578.77 4,807.70 5,048.10 5,300.49 5,565.52 5,843.80 Hourly 25.16 26.42 27.74 29.12 30.58 32.11 33.71
4017 SR WATER OPR OE3 Monthly 6,652.25 6,984.86 7,334.10 7,700.77 8,085.81 8,490.11 8,914.64 Hourly 38.38 40.30 42.31 44.43 46.65 48.98 51.43
4018 STREET SWEEPER OPR OE3 Monthly 4,272.93 4,486.56 4,710.88 4,946.46 5,193.76 5,453.46 5,726.13 Hourly 24.65 25.88 27.18 28.54 29.96 31.46 33.04
4020 UTIL MAINT MECH I OE3 Monthly 5,381.96 5,651.08 5,933.61 6,230.29 6,541.82 6,868.90 7,212.31 Hourly 31.05 32.60 34.23 35.94 37.74 39.63 41.61
4021 UTIL MAINT MECH II OE3 Monthly 5,947.72 6,245.09 6,557.40 6,885.23 7,229.52 7,591.00 7,970.52 Hourly 34.31 36.03 37.83 39.72 41.71 43.79 45.98
4160 UTIL MAINT MECH III OE3 Monthly 6,393.81 6,713.48 7,049.19 7,401.62 7,771.73 8,160.34 8,568.34 Hourly 36.89 38.73 40.67 42.70 44.84 47.08 49.43
4022 UTILITY WORKER I OE3 Monthly 3,789.48 3,978.93 4,177.90 4,386.81 4,606.14 4,836.43 5,078.28 Hourly 21.86 22.96 24.10 25.31 26.57 27.90 29.30
4023 UTILITY WORKER II OE3 Monthly 4,280.90 4,494.95 4,719.74 4,955.69 5,203.49 5,463.68 5,736.84 Hourly 24.70 25.93 27.23 28.59 30.02 31.52 33.10
4024 UTILITY WORKER III OE3 Monthly 4,963.40 5,211.57 5,472.16 5,745.78 6,033.04 6,334.71 6,651.45 Hourly 28.64 30.07 31.57 33.15 34.81 36.55 38.37
4047 UTL ELC/INST TECH I OE3 Monthly 5,947.72 6,245.09 6,557.40 6,885.23 7,229.52 7,591.00 7,970.52 Hourly 34.31 36.03 37.83 39.72 41.71 43.79 45.98
4019 UTL ELC/INST TECH II OE3 Monthly 6,327.97 6,644.37 6,976.58 7,325.41 7,691.67 8,076.25 8,480.07 Hourly 36.51 38.33 40.25 42.26 44.38 46.59 48.92
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 4165 WASTE & RECYCLING CENTER WORKER I OE3 Monthly 3,513.79 3,689.49 3,873.96 4,067.66 4,271.04 4,484.59 4,708.82 Hourly 20.27 21.29 22.35 23.47 24.64 25.87 27.17
4166 WASTE & RECYCLING CENTER WORKER II OE3 Monthly 3,863.73 4,056.95 4,259.80 4,472.78 4,696.51 4,931.18 5,177.73 Hourly 22.29 23.41 24.58 25.80 27.10 28.45 29.87
4167 WASTE & RECYCLING CENTER WORKER III OE3 Monthly 4,250.13 4,462.66 4,685.79 4,920.05 5,166.16 5,424.32 5,695.52 Hourly 24.52 25.75 27.03 28.38 29.80 31.29 32.86
4025 WASTEWATER OPR I OE3 Monthly 5,223.01 5,484.12 5,758.35 6,046.26 6,348.59 6,665.99 6,999.33 Hourly 30.13 31.64 33.22 34.88 36.63 38.46 40.38
4026 WASTEWATER OPR II OE3 Monthly 5,772.02 6,060.62 6,363.63 6,681.83 7,015.91 7,366.71 7,735.07 Hourly 33.30 34.97 36.71 38.55 40.48 42.50 44.63
4027 WASTEWATER OPR III OE3 Monthly 6,652.25 6,984.86 7,334.10 7,700.77 8,085.81 8,490.11 8,914.64 Hourly 38.38 40.30 42.31 44.43 46.65 48.98 51.43
4028 WATER OPERATOR I OE3 Monthly 5,223.01 5,484.12 5,758.35 6,046.26 6,348.59 6,665.99 6,999.33 Hourly 30.13 31.64 33.22 34.88 36.63 38.46 40.38
4029 WATER OPERATOR II OE3 Monthly 5,772.02 6,060.62 6,363.63 6,681.83 7,015.91 7,366.71 7,735.07 Hourly 33.30 34.97 36.71 38.55 40.48 42.50 44.63
4030 WATER QLITY CHEMIST OE3 Monthly 6,372.80 6,691.40 7,025.98 7,377.31 7,746.14 8,133.45 8,540.16 Hourly 36.77 38.60 40.53 42.56 44.69 46.92 49.27
4031 WATER QLITY LAB TECH OE3 Monthly 5,796.92 6,086.77 6,391.10 6,710.64 7,046.20 7,398.50 7,768.43 Hourly 33.44 35.12 36.87 38.72 40.65 42.68 44.82
4049 WATER SERV TECH I OE3 Monthly 4,149.64 4,357.08 4,574.96 4,803.72 5,043.89 5,296.07 5,560.86 Hourly 23.94 25.14 26.39 27.71 29.10 30.55 32.08
4050 WATER SERV TECH II OE3 Monthly 4,687.76 4,922.13 5,168.24 5,426.63 5,697.99 5,982.90 6,282.01 Hourly 27.04 28.40 29.82 31.31 32.87 34.52 36.24
4051 WATER SERV TECH III OE3 Monthly 5,435.11 5,708.15 5,992.18 6,291.78 6,606.38 6,936.71 7,283.53 Hourly 31.36 32.93 34.57 36.30 38.11 40.02 42.02
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 228-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
SWZ ______ RM ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 228-21 (CM) AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST BY

BARGAINING UNIT - POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, IN
CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 570.5 (REQUIREMENT FOR A
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF TITLE 2
(ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION LEVELS ON A

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof; 1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 228-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Police Officers Association Unit. However, since

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 228-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 the approval, several MOU’s have been subject to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve the revised compensation levels for the Police Officers Association bargaining unit for the City of Watsonville in a publicly available pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing compensation levels for the Police Officers Association bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Police Officers Association, does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 228-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Police Officers Association Unit is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves compensation levels for the Police Officers Association bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 228-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Police Officers Association, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Police Officers Association, attached hereto, meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years. **************************************

Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 5001 POLICE OFFICER POLICE Monthly 7,636.61 8,018.44 8,419.36 8,840.35 9,282.39 9,746.49 10,233.82 Hourly 44.06 46.26 48.57 51.00 53.55 56.23 59.04
5002 POLICE OFFICER TRAIN POLICE Monthly 7,049.73 7,402.24 7,772.33 8,160.95 8,569.02 8,997.45 9,447.34 Hourly 40.67 42.71 44.84 47.08 49.44 51.91 54.50
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 229-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22 SWZ ______ RM ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 229-21 (CM), AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST BY BARGAINING UNIT – POLICE MANAGEMENT, IN CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 570.5 (REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA

CODE OF REGULATIONS AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE

COMPENSATION LEVELS ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY

SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof; 1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 229-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Police Management unit. However, since the

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 229-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 approval, several MOU’s have been subject to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve the compensation levels for the Police Management bargaining unit for the City of Watsonville in a publicly available pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing compensation levels for the Police Management bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Police Management, does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 229-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Police Management unit is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves compensation levels for the Police Management bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Police Management, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 229-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Police Management, attached hereto, meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years.
**************************************

Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 5600 ASSISTANT CHIEF PD POLICE MGT Monthly 11,979.67 12,578.67 13,207.59 13,867.95 14,561.37 15,289.45 16,053.92 Hourly 69.11 72.57 76.20 80.01 84.01 88.21 92.62
5601 POLICE CAPTAIN POLICE MGT Monthly 10,840.20 11,382.22 11,951.29 12,548.90 13,176.32 13,835.16 14,526.94 Hourly 62.54 65.67 68.95 72.40 76.02 79.82 83.81
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 230-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
AJS ______ MDH ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 230-21 (CM) AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST BY

BARGAINING UNIT - PUBLIC SAFETY MID-MANAGEMENT, IN
CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 570.5 (REQUIREMENT FOR A
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF TITLE 2
(ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION LEVELS ON A

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof; 1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 230-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Public Safety Mid-Management Unit. However,

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 230-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 since the approval, several MOU’s have been subject to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve the revised compensation levels for the Public Safety Mid-Management bargaining unit for the City of Watsonville in a publicly available pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing compensation levels for the Public Safety Mid-Management bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit, does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal.

Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 230-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Public Safety Mid-Management Unit is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves compensation levels for the Public Safety Mid-Management bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Public Safety Mid-Management, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 230-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Public Safety Mid-Management, attached hereto, meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years. **************************************

Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 5502 POLICE SERGEANT POLICE MM Monthly 8,939.26 9,386.22 9,855.54 10,348.30 10,865.70 11,409.02 11,979.48 Hourly 51.57 54.15 56.86 59.70 62.69 65.82 69.11
Revised Effective Date: 01/08/2022
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 231-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
SWZ ______ RM ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 231-21 (CM) AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST BY

BARGAINING UNIT - SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 (SEIU), IN CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 570.5
(REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF
TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF

REGULATIONS AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

LEVELS ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof; 1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 231-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU) bargaining unit. However, since the approval, several MOU’s have been subject

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 231-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve the revised compensation levels for the Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU) bargaining unit for the City of Watsonville in a publicly available pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing compensation levels for the Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU) bargaining unit, by and with the adoption of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU), does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 231-21 (CM), approving the salary list for the Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU) bargaining unit is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves compensation levels for the Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU) bargaining unit, by and with the adoption

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 231-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 of the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit – Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU), attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

4. That the Council affirms the City of Watsonville Salary List by Bargaining Unit - Service Employees International Union Local 521 (SEIU), attached hereto meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years. **************************************

Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 7021 ACCOUNTANT I CLERICAL Monthly 5,078.78 5,332.73 5,599.36 5,879.32 6,173.29 6,481.97 6,806.09 Hourly 29.30 30.77 32.30 33.92 35.62 37.40 39.27
7001 ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT CLERICAL Monthly 3,741.88 3,928.95 4,125.40 4,331.67 4,548.25 4,775.68 5,014.45 Hourly 21.59 22.67 23.80 24.99 26.24 27.55 28.93
7002 ACCOUNTING TECH CLERICAL Monthly 4,760.12 4,998.13 5,248.06 5,510.44 5,785.95 6,075.25 6,379.04 Hourly 27.46 28.84 30.28 31.79 33.38 35.05 36.80
7003 ASSIST ADMIN ANALYST CLERICAL Monthly 4,592.34 4,821.92 5,063.02 5,316.18 5,581.98 5,861.09 6,154.11 Hourly 26.49 27.82 29.21 30.67 32.20 33.81 35.50
7004 ASSIST ENGINEER CLERICAL Monthly 5,209.49 5,469.99 5,743.44 6,030.66 6,332.15 6,648.76 6,981.22 Hourly 30.05 31.56 33.14 34.79 36.53 38.36 40.28
7005 ASSISTANT PLANNER CLERICAL Monthly 4,969.66 5,218.16 5,479.02 5,752.98 6,040.62 6,342.68 6,659.79 Hourly 28.67 30.10 31.61 33.19 34.85 36.59 38.42
7039 AUDIO VISUAL & COMMUNICATION

TECHNICIAN
CLERICAL Monthly 3,440.75 3,612.77 3,793.42 3,983.11 4,182.23 4,391.36 4,610.95 Hourly 19.85 20.84 21.89 22.98 24.13 25.33 26.60
7022 BUILDING INSPECTOR CLERICAL Monthly 6,261.34 6,574.36 6,903.13 7,248.26 7,610.70 7,991.21 8,390.76 Hourly 36.12 37.93 39.83 41.82 43.91 46.10 48.41
7006 CODE ENFORCE OFF I CLERICAL Monthly 5,427.39 5,698.75 5,983.68 6,282.86 6,596.98 6,926.88 7,273.22 Hourly 31.31 32.88 34.52 36.25 38.06 39.96 41.96
7007 CODE ENFORCE OFF II CLERICAL Monthly 5,997.92 6,297.85 6,612.71 6,943.34 7,290.53 7,655.03 8,037.77 Hourly 34.60 36.33 38.15 40.06 42.06 44.16 46.37
7008 COMMUNITY ORGANIZER CLERICAL Monthly 3,237.46 3,399.33 3,569.32 3,747.77 3,935.14 4,131.90 4,338.49 Hourly 18.68 19.61 20.59 21.62 22.70 23.84 25.03
7009 CONST INSPECTOR CLERICAL Monthly 5,465.50 5,738.76 6,025.72 6,327.01 6,643.35 6,975.52 7,324.29 Hourly 31.53 33.11 34.76 36.50 38.33 40.24 42.26
7010 DEVLOP REVIEW TECH CLERICAL Monthly 4,921.02 5,167.09 5,425.44 5,696.69 5,981.52 6,280.60 6,594.62 Hourly 28.39 29.81 31.30 32.87 34.51 36.23 38.05
7023 ENGINEERING AIDE CLERICAL Monthly 3,617.08 3,797.91 3,987.79 4,187.19 4,396.56 4,616.39 4,845.92 Hourly 20.87 21.91 23.01 24.16 25.36 26.63 27.96
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 7024 ENGINEERING ASSOC CLERICAL Monthly 6,280.13 6,594.16 6,923.84 7,269.99 7,633.54 8,015.22 8,415.98 Hourly 36.23 38.04 39.95 41.94 44.04 46.24 48.55
7025 ENVIRON ED ASSIST CLERICAL Monthly 3,237.46 3,399.33 3,569.32 3,747.77 3,935.14 4,131.90 4,338.49 Hourly 18.68 19.61 20.59 21.62 22.70 23.84 25.03
7040 GIS TECHNICIAN I CLERICAL Monthly 4,922.36 5,168.48 5,426.89 5,698.23 5,983.16 6,282.32 6,596.42 Hourly 28.40 29.82 31.31 32.87 34.52 36.24 38.06
7011 GIS TECHNICIAN II CLERICAL Monthly 5,469.27 5,742.75 6,029.83 6,331.39 6,647.92 6,980.31 7,329.36 Hourly 31.55 33.13 34.79 36.53 38.35 40.27 42.28
7026 H GRNT MGMT & REHAB CLERICAL Monthly 5,030.39 5,281.88 5,545.97 5,823.29 6,114.44 6,420.14 6,741.22 Hourly 29.02 30.47 32.00 33.60 35.28 37.04 38.89
7027 HOUSING REHAB SPC I CLERICAL Monthly 5,030.39 5,281.88 5,545.97 5,823.29 6,114.44 6,420.14 6,741.22 Hourly 29.02 30.47 32.00 33.60 35.28 37.04 38.89
7028 HOUSING REHAB SPC II CLERICAL Monthly 5,240.80 5,502.86 5,777.98 6,066.91 6,370.22 6,688.76 7,023.16 Hourly 30.24 31.75 33.33 35.00 36.75 38.59 40.52
7029 IND WASTE INSPECTOR CLERICAL Monthly 5,443.66 5,715.88 6,001.71 6,301.75 6,616.83 6,947.68 7,295.04 Hourly 31.41 32.98 34.63 36.36 38.17 40.08 42.09
7041 IT SPECIALIST I CLERICAL Monthly 4,922.36 5,168.48 5,426.89 5,698.23 5,983.16 6,282.32 6,596.42 Hourly 28.40 29.82 31.31 32.87 34.52 36.24 38.06
7042 IT SPECIALIST II CLERICAL Monthly 5,469.27 5,742.75 6,029.83 6,331.39 6,647.92 6,980.31 7,329.36 Hourly 31.55 33.13 34.79 36.53 38.35 40.27 42.28
7030 JUNIOR PLANNER CLERICAL Monthly 4,784.48 5,023.68 5,274.86 5,538.59 5,815.53 6,106.30 6,411.62 Hourly 27.60 28.98 30.43 31.95 33.55 35.23 36.99
7012 LIBRARY ASSISTANT CLERICAL Monthly 3,941.73 4,138.81 4,345.75 4,563.04 4,791.17 5,030.68 5,282.20 Hourly 22.74 23.88 25.07 26.33 27.64 29.02 30.47
7013 LIBRARY CLERK CLERICAL Monthly 3,345.77 3,513.06 3,688.71 3,873.13 4,066.79 4,270.15 4,483.64 Hourly 19.30 20.27 21.28 22.35 23.46 24.64 25.87
7031 LIBRARY COMP OPR CLERICAL Monthly 4,001.25 4,201.30 4,411.38 4,631.92 4,863.52 5,106.73 5,362.02 Hourly 23.08 24.24 25.45 26.72 28.06 29.46 30.93
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Grade Description Bargaining Unit Step 0 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 7032 LIFE SAFETY OFFICER CLERICAL Monthly 6,343.20 6,660.38 6,993.39 7,343.07 7,710.24 8,095.73 8,500.51 Hourly 36.60 38.43 40.35 42.36 44.48 46.71 49.04
7014 LITERACY PRGM ASSIST CLERICAL Monthly 3,941.73 4,138.81 4,345.75 4,563.04 4,791.17 5,030.68 5,282.20 Hourly 22.74 23.88 25.07 26.33 27.64 29.02 30.47
7046 MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT CLERICAL Monthly 4,592.34 4,821.92 5,063.02 5,316.18 5,581.98 5,861.09 6,154.11 Hourly 26.49 27.82 29.21 30.67 32.20 33.81 35.50
7033 OFFICE ASSISTANT I CLERICAL Monthly 3,237.46 3,399.33 3,569.32 3,747.77 3,935.14 4,131.90 4,338.49 Hourly 18.68 19.61 20.59 21.62 22.70 23.84 25.03
7034 OFFICE ASSISTANT II CLERICAL Monthly 3,562.74 3,740.84 3,927.89 4,124.29 4,330.52 4,547.05 4,774.42 Hourly 20.55 21.58 22.66 23.79 24.98 26.23 27.54
7035 PERMIT CLERK CLERICAL Monthly 3,741.03 3,928.12 4,124.53 4,330.73 4,547.27 4,774.66 5,013.34 Hourly 21.58 22.66 23.80 24.99 26.23 27.55 28.92
7036 PERMIT TECHNICIAN CLERICAL Monthly 4,473.37 4,697.03 4,931.90 5,178.46 5,437.40 5,709.25 5,994.71 Hourly 25.81 27.10 28.45 29.88 31.37 32.94 34.58
7017 POLICE CLERK I CLERICAL Monthly 3,625.59 3,806.88 3,997.22 4,197.09 4,406.96 4,627.22 4,858.58 Hourly 20.92 21.96 23.06 24.21 25.42 26.70 28.03
7018 POLICE CLERK II CLERICAL Monthly 3,990.22 4,189.71 4,399.22 4,619.18 4,850.13 5,092.62 5,347.27 Hourly 23.02 24.17 25.38 26.65 27.98 29.38 30.85
7043 POLICE CLERK III CLERICAL Monthly 4,387.61 4,606.98 4,837.32 5,079.21 5,333.16 5,599.84 5,879.81 Hourly 25.31 26.58 27.91 29.30 30.77 32.31 33.92
7044 RECREATION ASSISTANT CLERICAL Monthly 3,456.40 3,629.21 3,810.69 4,001.21 4,201.30 4,411.36 4,631.92 Hourly 19.94 20.94 21.98 23.08 24.24 25.45 26.72
7038 SPC PROJ INSPECTOR CLERICAL Monthly 5,716.92 6,002.77 6,302.90 6,618.06 6,948.98 7,296.42 7,661.25 Hourly 32.98 34.63 36.36 38.18 40.09 42.09 44.20
7019 SR ACCOUNTING ASSIST CLERICAL Monthly 4,368.85 4,587.27 4,816.67 5,057.50 5,310.37 5,575.92 5,854.68 Hourly 25.20 26.47 27.79 29.18 30.64 32.17 33.78
7020 SR LIBRARY ASSIST CLERICAL Monthly 4,252.80 4,465.46 4,688.71 4,923.14 5,169.28 5,427.80 5,699.16 Hourly 24.54 25.76 27.05 28.40 29.82 31.31 32.88
Revised Effective Date: 07/09/2022
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Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 232-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22 SWZ ______ RM ______ HR ______
1 RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 232-21 (CM) AND

APPROVING THE CURRENT CITY OF WATSONVILLE SALARY LIST
(TEMPORARY) FOR UNREPRESENTED POSITIONS IN CONFORMANCE
WITH SECTION 570.5 (REQUIREMENT FOR A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PAY SCHEDULE) OF TITLE 2 (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CALIFORNIA

CODE OF REGULATIONS AND LISTING ALL EMPLOYEE

COMPENSATION LEVELS ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MASTER PAY

SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), has requested all CalPERS employers list their compensation levels on one document, approved and adopted by the governing body, in accordance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, and meeting all of the following requirements thereof;
1) Has been duly approved and adopted by the employer’s governing body in accordance with requirements of applicable public meetings laws; 2) Identifies the position title for every employee position; 3) Shows the pay rate for each identified position, which may be stated as a single amount or as multiple amounts within a range;
4) Indicates the time base, including, but not limited to, whether the time base is hourly, daily, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, or annually; 5) Is posted at the office of the employer or immediately accessible and available for public review from the employer during normal business hours or posted on the employer’s internet website;
6) Indicates an effective date and date of any revisions; 7) Is retained by the employer and available for public inspection for not less than five years; and
8) Does not reference another document in lieu of disclosing the pay rate; and

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 232-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
2 WHEREAS, on August 24, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 232-21 (CM), approving the salary list for all unrepresented positions of the City of Watsonville.

However, since the approval, several MOU’s have been subject to salary increases per their contract and are now reflected in the new salary schedule; and WHEREAS, the City now desires to approve compensation levels for all unrepresented positions of the City of Watsonville in one publicly available master pay schedule in conformance with Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving and authorizing separate compensation levels for unrepresented positions through, by and with the adoption of the single City of Watsonville Salary List (Temporary), does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal.

Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 232-21 (CM), approving the salary list for all unrepresented positions of the City of Watsonville is hereby rescinded.

3. That the Council hereby approves separate compensation levels for unrepresented positions through, by and with the adoption of the single City of

Reso No. (CM)
Rescinds Resolution No. 232-21(CM)
Meeting: 8/30/22
3 Watsonville Salary List (Temporary) attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

4. That the Council affirms the single City of Watsonville Salary List (Temporary), attached hereto meets all of the requirements of Section 570.5 of Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, including but not limited to directing staff to post it at the City and make available for public review during normal business hours and/or post on the City’s website and be retained by the City and available for public inspection for not less than five (5) years.
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Grade Description 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9001 ACADEMIC INSTRU 24.0072 25.2075 26.4679 27.7913 29.1809 30.6399 32.1719 9002 ACCOUNTING ASST 21.5877 22.6670 23.8004 24.9904 26.2399 27.5520 28.9295 9099 ADMIN ASSIST II 23.3527 24.5208 25.7464 27.0337 28.3853 29.8047 31.2949 9086 AIRPRTOPSPC I 22.2816 23.3957 24.5653 25.7942 27.0835 28.4376 29.8593 9006 ASSIST ENGINEER 30.0547 31.5576 33.1353 34.7922 36.5316 38.3583 40.2762 9008 ASSIST PLANNER 28.6711 30.1047 31.6098 33.1903 34.8497 36.5924 38.4219 9005 AST ADMN ANALST 26.4942 27.8188 29.2097 30.6702 32.2038 33.8140 35.5045 9076 AST CITY MANAGR 74.8606 78.6039 82.5339 86.6607 90.9938 95.5435 100.3206 9078 AUDIOVISUAL TEC 19.8505 20.8429 21.8851 22.9795 24.1283 25.3348 26.6016 9009 BUILDING INSCTR 36.1231 37.9290 39.8257 41.8169 43.9079 46.1031 48.4082 9102 BULD MAINT WRKR 25.1754 26.4341 27.7558 29.1434 30.6007 32.1309 33.7373 9011 CITY MGR INTERN 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9013 CODE ENFORE I 31.3119 32.8774 34.5213 36.2472 38.0595 39.9627 41.9609 9117 COLCT SYS OP I 28.3520 29.7694 31.2578 32.8208 34.4618 36.1848 37.9940 9014 COMM CTR ATTEND 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9015 COMM ORGANIZER 18.6776 19.6115 20.5922 21.6218 22.7028 23.8379 25.0297 9016 COMP CTR AST/AC 16.0000 16.8000 17.6400 18.5220 19.4481 20.4205 21.4415 9017 CONSTRUCT INSPC 31.5318 33.1083 34.7637 36.5020 38.3270 40.2434 42.2555 9079 CONSTRUCTION MG 38.7898 40.7293 42.7659 44.9041 47.1493 49.5068 51.9821 9012 CTY MGR VIDEO I 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9108 CUSTM SRVTECH 1 23.6030 24.7830 26.0223 27.3234 28.6894 30.1239 31.6301 9018 CUSTM SRVTECH 2 25.9374 27.2341 28.5959 30.0257 31.5269 33.1032 34.7583 9109 CUSTM SRVTECH 3 29.8279 31.3193 32.8853 34.5295 36.2559 38.0686 39.9720 Effective: 7/23/2022
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Grade Description 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9082 CUSTODIAN 19.0276 19.9789 20.9781 22.0269 23.1282 24.3319 25.4990 9019 DEV REVIEW TECH 28.3905 29.8101 31.3006 32.8655 34.5087 36.2343 38.0459 9020 DIV FIRE CHIEF 60.4647 63.4880 66.6624 69.9954 73.4953 77.1700 81.0285 9021 ENGINERING ASSC 36.2315 38.0432 39.9452 41.9423 44.0396 46.2416 48.5537 9022 ENGINRNG INTERN 17.5055 18.3808 19.2998 20.2648 21.2781 22.3420 23.4590 9023 ENVIR EDUC ASST 18.6776 19.6115 20.5922 21.6218 22.7028 23.8379 25.0297 9084 ENVIR SC WK COR 30.4719 31.9956 33.5955 35.2752 37.0390 38.8908 40.8353 9091 ENVIRN PROJ MGR 43.7724 45.9612 48.2591 50.6722 53.2059 55.8662 58.6593 9024 ENVIRON ED INTE 16.3000 17.1150 17.9708 18.8693 19.8128 20.8034 21.8436 9115 ENVPROJANAINTER 29.6503 31.1328 32.6893 34.3238 36.0399 37.8421 39.7342 9107 ENVPROJOUTINTER 21.0000 22.0500 23.1525 24.3101 25.5256 26.8019 28.1420 9101 EQUIP MAIN CORD 28.7464 30.1839 31.6930 33.2777 34.9416 36.6887 38.5230 9085 EQUIP MECH II 27.8209 29.2119 30.6725 32.2061 33.8163 35.5072 37.2827 9105 EQUIP MECH III 30.7451 32.2826 33.8967 35.5915 37.3710 39.2396 41.2015 9100 FACILITY ATTEND 19.3600 20.3280 21.3444 22.4116 23.5322 24.7088 25.9443 9025 GIS TECH I 28.3982 29.8181 31.3090 32.8744 34.5182 36.2441 38.0562 9026 GIS TECH INTERN 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9027 INF SVCS INTERN 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9103 INTGR WASTE WKR 27.1414 28.4987 29.9235 31.4198 32.9906 34.6401 36.3722 9092 IT ANALYST II 42.8037 44.9438 47.1911 49.5507 52.0281 54.6295 57.3610 9029 JUNIOR PLANNER 27.6027 28.9827 30.4319 31.9534 33.5511 35.2286 36.9901 9030 LAB ASST INTERN 16.8699 17.7134 18.5991 19.5291 20.5055 21.5308 22.6073 9031 LABORER 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 Effective: 7/23/2022
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Grade Description 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9032 LIBRARIAN 28.5709 29.9998 31.4995 33.0747 34.7283 36.4647 38.2878 9033 LIBRARY ASSIST 22.7408 23.8778 25.0716 26.3252 27.6414 29.0231 30.4743 9034 LIBRARY CLERK 19.3025 20.2676 21.2810 22.3450 23.4623 24.6355 25.8671 9035 LIBRARY PAGE IN 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9007 LIFEGUARD I 17.6000 18.4800 19.4040 20.3742 21.3929 22.4626 23.5857 9036 LIFEGUARD II 19.3600 20.3280 21.3444 22.4116 23.5322 24.7088 25.9443 9083 LITERACY ASSIST 15.2044 15.9646 16.7628 17.6010 18.4810 19.4051 20.3754 9038 LITERACY LIASON 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9037 LITERCY PRG AST 22.7408 23.8778 25.0716 26.3252 27.6414 29.0231 30.4743 9039 MAINT WORKER I 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9041 NATR CTR CORDR 26.3298 27.6463 29.0287 30.4800 32.0040 33.6042 35.2844 9042 NGHD OUTRCH COR 25.4653 26.7386 28.0755 29.4793 30.9532 32.5010 34.1259 9043 OFFICE ASST I 18.6776 19.6115 20.5922 21.6218 22.7028 23.8379 25.0297 9044 OFFICE ASST II 20.5542 21.5818 22.6609 23.7940 24.9838 26.2330 27.5447 9045 OFFICIAL 24.0000 25.2000 26.4600 27.7830 29.1722 30.6308 32.1623 9048 PARKING CONR OF 22.3736 23.4923 24.6667 25.9002 27.1951 28.5551 29.9828 9049 PERMIT CLERK 21.5829 22.6622 23.7954 24.9850 26.2342 27.5461 28.9231 9050 PERMIT TECHNICN 25.8079 27.0983 28.4532 29.8758 31.3696 32.9380 34.5849 9094 PK MAIN AIDE 17.6000 18.4800 19.4040 20.3742 21.3929 22.4626 23.5857 9046 PK MAINT TRAINE 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9047 PK MAINT WK I 20.8034 21.8434 22.9356 24.0823 25.2864 26.5508 27.8785 9087 PK MAINT WK II 22.8649 24.0081 25.2086 26.4689 27.7924 29.1822 30.6413 9056 PO SERVICE AST 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 Effective: 7/23/2022
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Grade Description 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9051 20.9169 21.9628 23.0609 24.2140 25.4247 26.6955 28.0302 9052 23.0205 24.1714 25.3801 26.6491 27.9815 29.3805 30.8496 9053 44.0574 46.2603 48.5733 51.0020 53.5522 56.2298 59.0412 9054 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9057 21.3000 22.3650 23.4833 24.6574 25.8903 27.1848 28.5440 9116 53.6229 56.3041 59.1192 62.0751 65.1788 68.4378 71.8597 9090 22.3740 23.4927 24.6674 25.9007 27.1959 28.5556 29.9833 9106 19.9408 20.9378 21.9847 23.0839 24.2382 25.4501 26.7226 9096 16.0000 16.8000 17.6400 18.5220 19.4481 20.4205 21.4415 9097 22.0000 23.1000 24.2550 25.4678 26.7411 28.0782 29.4821 9098 30.0000 31.5000 33.0750 34.7288 36.4652 38.2884 40.2029 9089 30.4716 31.9952 33.5950 35.2748 37.0384 38.8904 40.8349 9058 16.0000 16.8000 17.6400 18.5220 19.4481 20.4205 21.4415 9059 25.9009 27.1959 28.5557 29.9835 31.4827 33.0568 34.7096 9060 19.9144 20.9101 21.9556 23.0534 24.2061 25.4164 26.6872 9111 22.2908 23.4055 24.5758 25.8045 27.0952 28.4491 29.8715 9110 20.2719 21.2855 22.3497 23.4672 24.6406 25.8726 27.1663 9062 16.0000 16.8000 17.6400 18.5220 19.4481 20.4205 21.4415 9063 29.0000 30.4500 31.9725 33.5711 35.2497 37.0122 38.8628 9064 17.6000 18.4800 19.4040 20.3742 21.3929 22.4626 23.5857 9080 50.5482 53.0756 55.7296 58.5160 61.4418 64.5138 67.7395 9093

POLICE CLERK I

POLICE CLERK II

POLICE OFFICER

POLICE RESERVE

POOL MANAGER

PRIN ENGINEER

PRTY/EVID TCH I

REC ASSISTANT

REC CLSS IN I

REC CLSS IN II

REC CLSS IN III

REC COORDINATOR

REC LEADER

RECR SPECIALIST

RECYC & WT CORD
RESWASTEADVOC 2

RESWASTEADVOC I

SCOREKEEPER

SENIOR OFFICIAL

SR REC LEADER

SR UTIL ENGINER
SR.CIVIL ENGINR 46.6760 49.0097 51.4601 54.0330 56.7347 59.5713 62.5502 Effective: 7/23/2022
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Grade Description 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9067 STD ARTIST INTR 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9068 STUDENT AST I 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9069 STUDENT INTERN 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9077 SWIM INSTRUCTOR 16.0000 16.8000 17.6400 18.5220 19.4481 20.4205 21.4415 9081 UTIL WORKER I 21.8624 22.9554 24.1032 25.3085 26.5739 27.9025 29.2977 9070 UTIL WORKER II 24.6975 25.9637 27.2292 28.5905 30.0201 31.5212 33.0971 9112 WAST/RECYCTRWK1 20.2719 21.2855 22.3497 23.4672 24.6406 25.8726 27.1663 9113 WAST/RECYCTRWK2 22.2908 23.4055 24.5758 25.8045 27.0952 28.4491 29.8715 9114 WAST/RECYCTRWK3 24.5200 25.7461 27.0334 28.3849 29.8047 31.2941 32.8588 9104 WAT SER TEC I 23.9402 25.1370 26.3940 27.7137 29.0994 30.5543 32.0819 9118 WATER OPERATR I 30.1327 31.6391 33.2212 34.8823 36.6265 38.4576 40.3807 9119 WTR QTY LAB TCH 33.4438 35.1160 36.8717 38.7152 40.6511 42.6836 44.8179 9072 WW/STORM COLLEC 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 9071 WW/WTR OPER AST 16.8699 17.7134 18.5991 19.5291 20.5055 21.5308 22.6073 9073 YTH DEVLMNT AST 15.1892 15.9487 16.7461 17.5834 18.4626 19.3857 20.3550 9074 YTH OUTREACH WK 15.0000 15.7500 16.5375 17.3644 18.2326 19.1442 20.1014 Effective: 7/23/2022
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1 Reso No. (CM)
Meeting Date: 08/30/22
RESOLUTION NO. (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 10-19 (CM) AND APPOINTING FABIAN

LEONOR TO THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE PARKS & RECREATION

COMMISSION
(DISTRICT 3)
WHEREAS, Section 906 of the City Charter established a seven-member Parks & Recreation Commission with specific powers and duties; and WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Charter of the City of Watsonville authorizes each member of the Council to appoint one member to each City board or commission subject to approval by resolution of the Council adopted by at least four (4) affirmative votes; and WHEREAS, Brando Sencion, Parks & Recreation Commissioner, was appointed to the Parks & Recreation Commission on January 22, 2019 via Resolution No. 10-19 (CM) to a four (4) year term but resigned on April 6, 2022 resulting in a vacancy; and WHEREAS, such vacancy was published on May 18, 2022, pursuant to California Government Code Section 54974(a).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq. and the CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs. §§ 15000 et. seq.), including without limitation, Public Resources Code section 21065 and California Code of Regulations 15378 as this is not a “project” that may cause a direct, or reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment and because the action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical

2 Reso No. (CM)
Meeting Date: 08/30/22
changes in the environment. Additionally, even if a “project,” the action would be exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. That Resolution No. 10-19 (CM) is hereby amended to replace Brando Sencion who resigned.

3. That Council Member Hurst hereby nominates Fabian Leonor for appointment to the Parks & Recreation Commission for the unexpired portion of Brando Sencion’s term. (expires December 2022), representing District 3.

4. That the Council hereby approves such appointment.

5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the newly appointed member and to the Secretary of the Parks & Recreation Commission. ********************************

8/9/22, 9:02 AM City of Watsonville Mail - Online Form Submittal: Application for Appointment to a City Board or Commission Irwin Ortiz <[email protected]>
Online Form Submittal: Application for Appointment to a City Board or Commission [email protected] <[email protected]> Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:50 AM To: [email protected]
Application for Appointment to a City Board or Commission You must be a registered voter in the City of Watsonville to qualify for an appointment.

INSTRUCTIONS
If you are interested in serving on a City board or commission, complete the following application.

Upon receipt, your application for appointment will be routed to the Council Members where a vacancy exists. If a Council Member is interested in nominating you for appointment, the City Clerk’s Office or the Council Member will contact you.

Commission/Board Parks & Recreation Commission
NAME Fabian C Leonor

ADDRESS

TELEPHONE NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS

LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN
AREA
40 years

PREVIOUS COMMISSION OR BOARD EXPERIENCE

COMMISSION OR BOARD
SERVED
Recreation Advocates Inc.

TERM 3 years

COMMISSION OR BOARD
SERVED
Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes
TERM 6 months

COMMISSION OR BOARD
SERVED
Ceiba College Prep School Cite Council
TERM 3

EDUCATION

8/9/22, 9:02 AM City of Watsonville Mail - Online Form Submittal: Application for Appointment to a City Board or Commission INSTITUTION Watsonville High School
MAJOR General Education
DEGREE High School Diploma
YEAR 4
INSTITUTION Cabrillo College
MAJOR Human Services
DEGREE Certificate completion
YEAR 3
INSTITUTION Field not completed.

MAJOR Field not completed.

DEGREE Field not completed.

YEAR Field not completed.

WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

ORGANIZATION Community Life Services
ADDRESS 449 Union Street Watsonville CA 95076
POSITION Senior Network Specialist
YEAR 10
ORGANIZATION Balance 4 Kids
ADDRESS 1729 Seabright Ave Santa Cruz Ca 95060
POSITION Instructional Assistant
YEAR 5
ORGANIZATION Digital Bridge Academy
ADDRESS 6500 Soquel Ave Aptos Ca 95003
POSITION Recruiting Specialist
YEAR 2
STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION:

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FABIAN CARLOS LEONOR
OBJECTIVE My goal is to continue attending Community college and obtain AS degree and follow my passion of working as Social Worker
SKILLS & ABILITIES For 10 years I have been working as case manager for a non Profit supporting individuals with disabilities. I worked in a classroom supporting teachers with disable student instructional assistances.

EXPERIENCE SENIOR SPEACILIST & NETWORK LEADER/ COMMUNITY LIFE SERVICES 7/2012-6/2021
Schedule clients for one on one appointments, translate program forms, and translate annual meetings for Spanish speaking families, network with community employers, job, and a life skills coach.

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT/ BALANCE 4 KIDS
6/2008-12/2012
Behavior specialist, translate ISP meetings for Spanish speaking families, translate ISP forms for school district, implemented curriculum and supported students in classroom.

EDUCATION CABRILLO COLLEGE
Obtain a certificate in Human Services with honors and with a GPA of 3.4. I completed my internship with the ACE program at Cabrillo College as recruitment specialist.

COMMUNICATION First year of college my team of students did a research study on Military spending versus education, and presented the findings to the community. I can communicate well with people but there’s always room for improvement.

LEADERSHIP I volunteer my time as a member as a Board Member for Recreation Advocates and Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes
REFERENCES Felipe Hernandez
Jose Perez
Kathleen Taylor

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C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\13353476497\13353476497,,,Watsonville Grand Jury Response.docx Agenda Report
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
TO: City Council
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS & UTILITIES DIRECTOR DI RENZO

BEAU KAYSER, WATER DIVISION MANAGER
THROUGH: CITY MANAGER MENDEZ
SUBJECT: WATSONVILLE GRAND JURY RESPONSE TO REPORT, “OUR WATER ACCOUNT IS OVERDRAWN. BEYOND CONSERVATION:

ACHIEVING DROUGH RESILIENCE”
STATEMENT OF ISSUES:

Each year the Santa Cruz Civil Grand Jury (Grand Jury) issues reports and requires certain agencies and departments to respond. In many cases the respondents are department heads and administrators. In other cases, the respondent is an agency itself. This year the Grand Jury is requiring a response to the report “Our Water Account Is Overdrawn” from the Watsonville City Council.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution approving the attached Response to the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Report entitled “Our Water Account is OverdrawnBeyond Conservation: Achieving Drought Resilience” and directing the Water Division Manager to submit the Response to the Grand Jury.

DISCUSSION:

In this report the Grand Jury has assigned two “Findings” and one “Recommendation” for which the Council is required to respond. An additional “Findings” is listed for which the Operations Supervisor (i.e. Water Division Manager) is invited to respond. Staff has prepared a draft of responses for Council review (“Response”). Upon approval, the Response will be submitted to the Grand Jury.

STRATEGIC PLAN:

This Response is consistent with Strategic Plan Priority:
3 - Infrastructure & Environment
FINANCIAL IMPACT:

None

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C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\13353476497\13353476497,,,Watsonville Grand Jury Response.docx ALTERNATIVE ACTION:

No reasonable alternatives are known at this time.

ATTACHMENTS AND/OR REFERENCES (If any):

1. Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Report “Our Water Account is Overdrawn – Beyond Conservation: Achieving Drought Resilience”

Our Water Account Is Overdrawn
Beyond Conservation:

Achieving Drought Resilience
Summary
Santa Cruz County faces a water crisis. Periodic and sustained drought has become a fact of life. If we don’t achieve drought resilience—and make meaningful progress toward achieving it soon—the results may prove to be catastrophic. This report examines our current water situation and proposes achievable steps that can be taken toward drought resilience by our County water districts, city water departments, and groundwater basin agencies. With these steps, residents, businesses, and farms can thrive and avoid economic hardship during times of drought.

We will highlight the important work that is currently planned or completed. This work demonstrates that our water agencies have the means to create a water capture, storage, and transfer system that will go far toward solving our current crisis. Solid, innovative drought plans for drought resilience exist, but are nearly invisible to the public. This consistent lack of transparency has made water a very charged topic, especially with regard to population growth. Residents need to know the facts when deciding issues.

The County has the means to achieve drought resilience. What’s been missing is urgency and tightly integrated, cross-agency collaboration to accelerate this work.

Although considerable interagency collaboration has been demonstrated, it has not resulted in the leadership needed to turn plans into action. The time to act is now.

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Table of Contents
Background 3
Scope and Methodology 8
Definitions 9
Investigation 10
The City of Santa Cruz Existing Surface-Water System 10 Santa Margarita Groundwater Sources 11
Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Sources 12
Agency Collaboration: Pure Water Soquel 12
The City of Santa Cruz Water Augmentation Strategy 13
Agency Spotlight: Pajaro Valley College Lake Project 16 The Role of Wastewater Recycling 17
Limitations on Resilience Posed by District and Agency Charters 17 Achieving a Resilient Future 18
Conclusion 20
Findings 21
Recommendations 22
Commendations 23
Required Responses 23
Invited Responses 24
Sources 25
Disclaimer 30
Appendix A—Who Is Involved with Water in Santa Cruz County? 31 Appendix B—Water By the Numbers 34
Appendix C—Supporting Reports 36
Appendix D—Amendment of a Joint Powers Agreement 37
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Background
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” —Benjamin Franklin Water is the lifeblood of our community; it is essential for residents, businesses, and agriculture. Santa Cruz County relies on several large water suppliers, many smaller water suppliers, and thousands of private wells in rural areas. Agriculture uses about half our water, mostly in South County. For a quick snapshot, see Appendix A.

Santa Cruz County is one of a few counties in California that does not receive any water from outside the County. All of Santa Cruz’s water is locally sourced from rainfall.

Some of our County supply comes from surface water in rivers and creeks; much more comes from groundwater pumped from aquifers. These groundwater basins are replenished by rainwater. Figure 1 shows the primary water supply resources in the County.

Figure 1. Major Santa Cruz County Water Sources
(Source: Santa Cruz County Grand Jury)
Ensuring a consistent water supply for all residents during multi-year droughts is an ongoing challenge. During the years 2012–2015, California suffered the worst drought in almost 450 years.[1] Santa Cruz County combated the drought through various actions, including implementing a first-time, state-mandated 25% reduction of urban water use.[2] Since that time, only a small amount of dry season storage has been added.

Climate Change Is Accelerating Water Supply Risks
Santa Cruz County has a Mediterranean climate, with cool, rainy winters and warm, dry summers. Water usage is much higher in the summer, driven mostly by landscaping and agricultural needs. Santa Cruz County has two main rivers—the San Lorenzo River and the Pajaro River—and numerous creeks. River flow varies highly from year to year. Over the last 100 years, the maximum flow in the San Lorenzo River of 91 billion gallons of Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Published May 24, 2022 Page 3 of 37 Attachment 1

water occured in 1983, and the least flow of three billion gallons occurred in 1977. The average flow is about 30 billion gallons per year.
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The City of Santa Cruz and its neighbors within the City’s water service area use less than three billion gallons of water a year (see Table 1 in Appendix A), which is no more than a tenth of the San Lorenzo River’s average annual flow. Water storage for the City of Santa Cruz and some neighboring communities is provided by Loch Lomond Reservoir, which can hold about a year’s worth of water usage by the City and its neighbors.[4] Water is diverted from the San Lorenzo River to Loch Lomond Reservoir during the rainy season and this stored water supplements the dry season river flow during the summer months. The water not diverted to Loch Lomond Reservoir or sent to the water treatment plant flows unused to Monterey Bay because we have nowhere to store it. Maintaining high levels at Loch Lomond Reservoir, shown in Figure 2, as a reserve is a critical part of the City’s water supply planning.

Figure 2. Half Empty or Half Full? Loch Lomond Reservoir, 2015 (Credit: Photo Courtesy of the Santa Cruz Sentinel)
In California, climate change has resulted in higher year-to-year rainfall variability. This means we have both more frequent drought years and more frequent high- rainfall years. We are also experiencing fewer, heavier storms. This results in more runoff, with less rainfall reaching the aquifers. In mid-County, only about 5 percent of the rainfall replenishes our aquifers.[5] Population growth and expanded agriculture have increased groundwater pumping. This has caused chronic water shortages and critical Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Published May 24, 2022 Page 4 of 37 Attachment 1

groundwater overdrafts. Unless replenishment of the aquifers improves, this shortage will only worsen with future extended and severe droughts.

Because there is insufficient storage to address periodic droughts, the County’s water agencies have responded by stressing conservation. This has been extremely successful but is reaching practical limits. For example, in the City of Santa Cruz gross daily per capita water use declined from about 127 gallons in 2000 to 70 gallons—almost half—in 2015.[6] Conservation measures continue to reduce water usage to less than 50 gallons per person in 2020, one of the lowest levels in California.[7] During normal rainfall years, the water supply mostly meets County water needs. During droughts, however, demand exceeds supply in parts of the County, resulting in a deficit, particularly through pumping groundwater basins. In the worst case, the projected deficit can reach 1.2 billion gallons in a year.
[8] Over many years, this has led to chronic
overdrafting of the basins. The lowering of the groundwater level causes saltwater intrusion to occur near the coast.

Drought Costs Everyone—a Lot!
The entire County lacks an economic impact report on the effects of a sustained drought. However, drought’s economic effects are visible to all.[9] The City of Santa Cruz has developed the “2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan”[10] that details drought contingency allocations. A Stage 5 drought reduces allocations to 60 percent of normal (40% cut), while the less severe Stage 4 drought limits allocations to 79 percent of normal (21% cut). Stage 4 is somewhat less severe than the 25 percent cut mandated during the 2012–2015 drought.[2] See Appendix B for more detail.

Encouraging the City to avoid Stage 5 cutbacks should be a high priority for all businesses in the City. Water users should keep in mind that drought contingency fees kick in during droughts. Water infrastructure needs to be paid for whether the pipes are full or not.

The County depends heavily on tourism and the Transient Occupancy Taxes generated to support the general fund. The area’s tourist and restaurant businesses are highly dependent on workers from across the County. Since a Stage 5 drought would limit tourist-oriented commercial water usage, many of those workers could be put out of work. Stage 5 restrictions will cause revenue drops for both the County and City of Santa Cruz.

Beyond the economic impact, our quality of life matters too. From the last sustained drought we remember watching our gardens wilt, driving cars we could not wash, and flushing toilets only when absolutely necessary. Santa Cruz County is a less desirable place to live when our water use is severely restricted. Water-wise appliances, native plant landscaping, and other conservation measures are now normal for our residents, but further cuts in the water supply will adversely impact daily living for all of us.

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Forty Years of Single-Agency Efforts Have Shown Limited Results Recognition of recurring water shortages in our County goes back decades. Originally, a second reservoir at Zayante was planned to store San Lorenzo River water. Due to cost and environmental concerns, it was never built. At the time, the City of Santa Cruz believed they could provide an adequate water supply through several smaller projects.[11] In the 1980s, seawater intrusion into the Mid-County aquifers that underlie much of Soquel and Capitola was detected. This intrusion was due to overdrafting, meaning more water was being pumped from the groundwater basin than was being replenished by rainfall, which results in lowering the groundwater level. Monitoring wells were drilled to track the extent of the intrusion and conservation measures were promoted.[12] Figure 3 illustrates the saltwater intrusion relationship between local aquifers and Monterey Bay.

The focus of conservation was to reduce the demand on the system, and has been very successful. The Mid-County and Santa Margarita groundwater agencies have been chartered to achieve sustainability of the groundwater basin. We have been told that sustainability means, “Don’t make anything worse.” This sentiment refers to critical basin metrics, including groundwater level, groundwater storage reduction, land subsidence, water quality degradation, and seawater intrusion. Sustainability is not the same as resilience, which enlarges supply. For more detail on groundwater sustainability laws, see the section titled, “Laws That Drive Water Agency Actions.” Figure 3. Saltwater Intrusion Process[13]
In 2010, planning began on a desalination plant that would serve the City of Santa Cruz and neighboring communities. The City of Santa Cruz discontinued the plan in 2016 after significant objections were heard from the local community. These objections included high setup and operational costs, insufficient evaluation of alternatives, the need for a more regional approach, a greater focus on conservation, and the likelihood of drought scenarios needing further analysis.[14]
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basins which have lots of “headroom” due to overdrafting. This stored water would both replenish the basins and provide water that could be returned to the City of Santa Cruz during droughts. The concept of integrated management of surface and groundwater to maximize water storage and availability under changing climate conditions is referred to as conjunctive use. This concept has finally reached the demonstration phase, 20 years later.

The State funded a planning grant through the Integrated Regional Water Management Act (see “Laws,” next section) to study the feasibility of conjunctive water use in Santa Cruz County. The grant funding produced a major report in 2015 that indicated that injecting treated water from the San Lorenzo River into the neighboring groundwater basins and recovering it for later use is feasible.[15]Integrated Water Resources Management funds were applied to this work because conjunctive use binds local water agencies together to improve the reliability of the regional water supply. Further evaluation, captured in reports from the Santa Cruz Water Supply Advisory Committee, indicate that groundwater storage can equal the three billion gallons stored in Loch Lomond Reservoir.
[4] When at capacity, this groundwater supply could deliver a maximum of one billion gallons in a single year, which is one third of the total capacity of Loch Lomond Reservoir.
[16]
However, water rights are a significant barrier to conjunctive use. The City of Santa Cruz is restricted from transferring San Lorenzo River water to neighboring water agencies. Modifying the water rights requires State Water Resources Control Board approval, and obtaining this approval requires an exhaustive Environmental Impact Report (EIR).[17] Work on revision of the water rights alone began in 2013 and was only completed in late 2021.[18] With the EIR complete, the change in water rights can be approved by the State. That will allow vastly more flexible water-sharing options between the districts serving the City of Santa Cruz, Mid-County, and North County.

Most important among these options is efficiently capturing rainy season flow from the San Lorenzo River to recharge local aquifers.

As stated earlier, wildlife protection is an important aspect of water management. The EIR discusses the potential impacts of conjunctive use on local fish like coho salmon and steelhead trout, which are a threatened species. These fish need sufficient flow for adults to swim upstream during the spawning season, and for the juvenile fish to hatch and swim downstream to the ocean. The conjunctive use described in the EIR would divert water from the San Lorenzo River only during the winter months when sufficient river flow is not an issue. Conjunctive use may help protect the fish by allowing more flexibility in limiting diversions from the river during periods of low flow. For more detail on fish protection, consult the EIR.[18]
Laws That Drive Water Agency Actions
The State of California has enacted legislation aimed at protecting and preserving its water resources while providing adequate water supply to residents, businesses, and agriculture. The laws guiding our water agencies’ ability to deliver a resilient water supply, and some background on local effects, are listed here:

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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970. This law requires that state and local agencies disclose and evaluate the significant environmental impacts of proposed projects and adopt all feasible mitigation measures to eliminate those impacts or at least minimize them. Capital improvement projects such as those described in this report require an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Feedback from local agency leaders indicates that detailed plans may trigger a CEQA requirement which would be expensive and time-consuming. Many of the plans reviewed for this report deliberately lacked any specificity that might require an EIR. Addressing that problem is outside the scope of the grand jury.

Urban Water Management Planning Act of 1983. The Act promotes efficient water use and conservation. It requires large water suppliers providing water for municipal purposes to prepare and submit an Urban Water Management Plan to the California Department of Water Resources every five years. In response to the expected effects of climate change, recent amendments to the Act require local water agencies to plan for five consecutive drought years.

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Act of 2002. The Act aims to improve water supply reliability and water quality. It encourages water supply agencies and local governments to work together to more effectively manage water resources regionally.

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014. This legislation aims to prevent further degradation of the State's essential groundwater supply. It directs the California Department of Water Resources to identify groundwater basins where “continuation of present water management practices would probably result in significant adverse overdraft-related environmental, social, or economic impacts.” These identified basins are designated as critically overdrafted, and the Act requires that they be sustainable by 2040. Twenty-one groundwater basins have been designated as critically overdrafted in California. Two of them are in Santa Cruz County. The responsible groundwater management agencies are described in Appendix A.

Scope and Methodology
As residents of Santa Cruz County, we see the impact of drought and share a high level of concern about adequate water supplies. We wanted to understand how water is sourced, stored, and distributed to customers, the limitations inherent in the current water infrastructure, and what can be done to provide a more resilient water supply. We looked at the existing and planned physical infrastructure, the charters of the responsible water agencies, and finally, at the barriers to achieving real drought resilience.

This report focuses on North County where the water storage problem has a solution within reach. South County, the small and minor water suppliers, individual wells, and agriculture areas are not included in this investigation. The limited scope of this report does not diminish the need to address drought resilience in those areas.

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picture—that drought resilience is achievable and that population growth need not threaten our access to sufficient water. We also address the systemic barriers to achieving that goal. We had hoped that a succinct drought resilience document already existed, but found only massive documents—some more than 1,000 pages long—sprinkled with disconnected nuggets of useful information.

The investigation included:
● Interviewing local water agencies
● Reviewing reports and plans describing current and future local water infrastructure
● Researching local water agency charters, collaborations, conflicts, and overlaps ● Seeking out best practices from integrated water management ● Considering options for improving county-wide water supply planning and execution
● Examining barriers to achieving county-level drought resiliency Definitions
This report relies on many information sources that vary in terminology usage. In some cases, terms have specific legal meanings, but this gets lost in everyday conversation.

The following terms will be used consistently in this report:

Critically overdrafted groundwater basin: A basin is subject to critical overdraft when continuation of present water management practices would probably result in significant adverse overdraft-related environmental, social, or economic impacts.[19] Conjunctive use: The concept of integrated management of surface water and groundwater to maximize water storage and availability under changing climate conditions is referred to as conjunctive use.[15]
Groundwater sustainability: The development and use of groundwater resources to meet current and future beneficial uses without causing unacceptable environmental or socioeconomic consequences.[20]
Drought resilience: Groundwater sustainability supports drought resilience, but is not equivalent. Resilience requires storage, recycling, or other methods that bank water or draw it from other areas so that drastic water service reductions are not required when severe droughts occur.

Water rights: A water right is a legal entitlement authorizing water to be diverted from a specified source and put to beneficial, non-wasteful use. Current water rights prevent excess water from the San Lorenzo River being sent to the neighboring water agencies, which means that it is discharged into Monterey Bay.

Water augmentation strategy: Augmentation is the process of adding water to an existing source water supply (such as a reservoir, lake, river, wetland, or groundwater basin). The added water may be treated or purified in transit as required by water quality regulations. The goal is to capture water to be used later.

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In-lieu recharge: This recharge method indirectly enables aquifers to refill with water by utilizing surface water “in-lieu” of pumping groundwater. The substitution thereby retains an equal amount of water in the groundwater basin. This approach is also termed passive recharge or resting wells. The limitation of this approach in Santa Cruz County is that surface water is most available during the winter, when pumping is less because water usage is less. Active Storage and Recharge, defined below, recharges aquifers when excess surface water is available. The recharge volumes can far exceed simply avoiding pumping.

Aquifer storage and recovery: Aquifer storage and recovery is a water resources management technique for actively storing water underground during wet periods for recovery when needed, usually during dry periods. This approach typically relies on injection wells to push water into the aquifer. The timeframe can range from months to decades.

Investigation
This section describes the key water sources and delivery system elements. Our goal was to understand and report on the capabilities and limitations of the current system, with a focus on agency silos and opportunities for improving resilience.

The City of Santa Cruz Existing Surface-Water System
The City of Santa Cruz water system is the largest in the County, serving close to 100,000 people. The system includes capturing water from the San Lorenzo River or from Loch Lomond Reservoir, moving the water to the treatment plant, treating the water, and distributing it to customers. We describe the system in some detail because it is relevant to the conjunctive use described later in this report. We include a brief description of the water treatment plant because it also contributes to conjunctive use.

Figure 4 shows the key elements of the system.

Figure 4. City of Santa Cruz Water Supply
(Source: Santa Cruz County Grand Jury)
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The following are the key elements of the City of Santa Cruz water supply:
● Sourcing water. The City gets the vast majority of drinking water from the San Lorenzo River. This source is augmented by streams and springs in North County and groundwater wells near Tait Street and 41st Avenue. Newell Creek is an indirect surface water source because it feeds Loch Lomond Reservoir. [21]
● Moving surface water. The City relies on pumping stations and pipelines. ● North County stream water travels to the City’s Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant by pipeline.
● San Lorenzo River water is pumped uphill from the Felton Diversion facility to Loch Lomond Reservoir. From there it flows to the Graham Hill plant. ● River water is also pumped directly to the Graham Hill plant from the Tait Street Diversion.[22]
● Storing water. Loch Lomond Reservoir is the City’s only large water storage reservoir. It has capacity roughly equivalent to the water used by the City in one year.
[23] During the rainy season, there is excess pump capacity to push water to Loch Lomond Reservoir. Water from Loch Lomond supplies the City during low river flow dry months.
● Treating water. The Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant prepares water prior to use by customers. Treatment includes eliminating cloudiness in the surface water sources, which is frequent during high-flow winter months. ● Sharing water with other districts. The City water system connects to the Soquel Creek Water District. This connecting pipeline was used to transfer water to the Soquel Creek Water District during the pilot demonstration of Aquifer Storage in 2017.[24]
● Sewage treatment. The Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment facility near Neary Lagoon treats water so it can be safely dumped into the ocean. The plant receives untreated sewage from the City of Santa Cruz along with the City of Scotts Valley and communities such as Capitola in the Mid-County region.[25] The plant’s treated water will be redirected to saltwater intrusion control wells in the Pure Water Soquel project (described in the next section). This requires additional purification.[26] Santa Margarita Groundwater Sources
The Santa Margarita Groundwater Basin (SMGB) is a groundwater basin largely contained between Highways 9 and 17, and bounded by Boulder Creek and Lompico in the north and Mount Hermon communities in the south. The SMGB is overseen by the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency, described in Appendix A. Because of successful conservation efforts, demand and supply have been in balance in the SMGB for the last ten years.[27]
The Scotts Valley Water District and the Mount Hermon Association get their water from the SMGB. This basin also supplies 13 small water systems and more than 1,100 individual well users. The San Lorenzo Valley Water District receives about half its water from the SMGB.

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Finally, 40–50 percent of the flow of the San Lorenzo River leaks into the river from aquifers of the SMGB as the river passes through the Santa Cruz Mountains. The City of Santa Cruz, while reporting that it receives 95 percent of water from the surface, benefits greatly from the same aquifers that the Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Water districts depend on.[28]
Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Sources
The Santa Cruz Mid-County Basin (MCB) is a groundwater basin that underlies parts of the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola, and unincorporated parts of Santa Cruz County, including Soquel, Aptos, and La Selva Beach. The Soquel Creek Water District and the Central Water District obtain all their water from the Santa Cruz Mid-County Basin.[29] The MCB is overseen by the Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Agency (MGA), described in Appendix A. The MCB is designated as in “critical overdraft” because of seawater intrusion at several wells located close to the coast, and a lowering of groundwater levels at wells further inland. A well that is contaminated by saltwater may not be recoverable and may need to be abandoned. Saltwater intrusion still occurs in spite of significant conservation efforts led by the MGA and implemented by the residents.[30]
The district had been working on achieving a sustainable water supply for several years before the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) was produced. The Pure Water Soquel project, which is intended to prevent further seawater intrusion into the basin, is currently under construction. See the next section, “Agency Collaboration: Pure Water Soquel.”
Agency Collaboration: Pure Water Soquel
The Soquel Creek Water District does not have sufficient water to meet the demands of residents in this service area. All of the supply comes from groundwater pumping and the water quality is at risk from saltwater intrusion. Simply put, the district needs more water to stay afloat. The joint project between the Soquel Creek Water District and the Santa Cruz Water District[26]—Pure Water Soquel—is a groundwater replenishment and seawater intrusion prevention project. It will provide close to 500 million gallons of recycled water annually to push back the saltwater intrusion along the coast using injection wells.[31]It is currently under construction with completion expected in 2022 and production starting in 2023.

The Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility (Neary Lagoon) supplies water for this project. The plant currently treats wastewater in order to discharge it into the ocean. A new pipeline will transfer a portion of this water to the Soquel Creek Water District’s water treatment facility in Capitola for further purification and reuse. The treatment plant ties to existing pipelines that connect to injection wells near the coast which aim to block saltwater intrusion.[32]
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Completing this project will reduce the degree of overdraft in the Mid-County Basin and protect against further seawater intrusion. Importantly, this project demonstrates successful large-scale collaboration between local agencies. It also accelerates the use of recycled water in the County, similar to the use of recycled water from Watsonville to address saltwater intrusion in South County. This use of recycled water is described in the following section titled, “Agency Spotlight: Pajaro Valley College Park Project.” Figure 5 illustrates the evolution of groundwater pumping practices and their relationship to seawater intrusion, which the Pure Water Soquel project is designed to address.

Figure 5. Stemming the Flow of Seawater Intrusion[33]
The Pure Water Soquel project, while a significant step toward basin sustainability, does not build a reserve within the aquifer. More water from the Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Plant is available than is being used by the Pure Water Soquel project.

That excess water currently flows to the ocean.

The City of Santa Cruz Water Augmentation Strategy
“But if we get to three, four, five dry years in a row the system is just simply not designed to accommodate that.”
—Rosemary Menard
Director, City of Santa Cruz Water Department[34]
The City has been exploring conjunctive use for many years. Treated water from the San Lorenzo River could be transferred to the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, the Scotts Valley Water District, and the Soquel Creek Water District, initially to allow them to “rest” their wells. This treated water would allow for passive recharge of those districts’ aquifers,[35] and also be available to those districts to actively inject additional water into the overdrafted Mid-County Basin and the Santa Margarita Basin. The injected water would recharge the aquifer, and allow the City to get some of this water back during times of drought.[36]
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Eventually, the reserve described above would contain roughly one year’s worth of water that could be transferred back to the City. The recharged aquifers would effectively become a second “strategic reserve” of water for the City similar in size to Loch Lomond Reservoir. The water would come from improved rainy season water capture and transport. As mentioned previously, in average and rainy winters, total flow far exceeds the actual usage by the City. Figure 6 illustrates the relative volumes.

Figure 6. San Lorenzo River Flow and Local Needs
(Source: Santa Cruz County Grand Jury)
Current water rights limit the City’s flexibility in how San Lorenzo River water can be used. For instance, during the rainy season, the City has pumping capacity to push water to nearby districts where it can be stored. However, current rights do not allow this action because it is not an authorized beneficial use.[37] Another water rights issue is that water pumped from the San Lorenzo River, but not directly used by the City, must be sent to Loch Lomond Reservoir. If Loch Lomond is full, then the excess pumping capacity cannot be used. The issue is not the amount of water that the City has rights to; it is that the City has very limited flexibility in how to use the water. Water flowing to the ocean during the winter rainy season far exceeds amounts that could be redirected to groundwater reserves.[37] Changing the City’s water rights to allow water transfers to the neighboring water districts is a major undertaking which required an Environmental Impact Report under California Environmental Quality Act rules. The report has been completed and was published in November 2021.[18] The California Department of Water Resources is expected to approve the EIR in 2022. These are the components of the City of Santa Cruz Water Augmentation Strategy as described in the EIR:
● Give the City more flexibility to move and store water from existing sources. This component requires adjusting the City’s water rights so that unused rainy season water that the City has rights to can actually be used to increase water storage.[38] Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Published May 24, 2022 Page 14 of 37 Attachment 1

Specific elements of the revised rights include moving water from the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant to the neighboring water districts and storing this water in groundwater reservoirs.
● Develop groundwater storage near Capitola and Scotts Valley. This component includes injection wells, recovery wells, and pre-injection treatment.[39] Testing and qualifying the groundwater storage aquifers for quality and capacity has been conducted for both locations.
● Establish two-way transport to the storage areas. Pipeline costs have not been published, however laying groundwater pipes is a well-understood engineering and construction project.
● Obtain water to store from existing pumping stations. Current upgrade plans for the Felton Diversion, Tait Street Diversion, and the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant include capacity to push water to the storage sites. They also include upgraded initial treatment so that winter storm water can be redirected to ground storage. This water movement will not interfere with fishery conservation because those issues generally arise during low water periods. This has been documented in the city water rights application materials.[38] ● Set new water-sharing agreements with adjacent agencies. The Mid-County Groundwater Agency and the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency are responsible for groundwater management in the locations that the city plans to use. Collaboration amongst the agencies is underway and being worked in parallel with the water rights revision.[40]
Bottom line for the City: Completing this project will provide City residents with a much more drought-resilient water supply—in essence, a strategic reserve. Coupled with the conservation measures already embraced by City residents, the City of Santa Cruz will be much better prepared for recurring droughts.

Contribution to drought resilience at the County level: While not called out by local agencies, the Grand Jury believes the following appear to be opportunities to broaden the value of the augmentation project.
● The project could extend access to the previously described strategic reserve for Santa Cruz Mountains residents. Early discussions have been held to connect the City of Santa Cruz and the Scotts Valley water distribution systems. With this connection, water could be supplied to the San Lorenzo Valley Water District through the existing emergency connecting pipeline. The reserve approach appears to be extendable over time; this would further leverage the value of aquifer recharge infrastructure investments.
● The documented contention for groundwater aquifer space between the City of Santa Cruz and the Soquel Creek Water District demonstrates the importance of the Mid-County aquifers. While short term, there is rework to address this contention on both Pure Water Soquel and the City of Santa Cruz aquifer recharge projects. In the long term this effort benefits both districts.[41] Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Published May 24, 2022 Page 15 of 37 Attachment 1

● The Mid-County Groundwater Agency and the City of Santa Cruz share pipeline capacity that could be used to recharge the Mid-County aquifers beyond the Capitola area. The extra capacity could be used to recharge the aquifers so Mid-County residents gain a reserve beyond the legal requirements for sustainability. Such additional work would maximize recharge and resilience for the Mid-County aquifers.

Agency Spotlight: Pajaro Valley College Lake Project
Aquifers along the coast in the Pajaro Valley region are heavily overdrafted. Resting wells used by local agriculture helps to slow the rate of saltwater intrusion but does not reverse the intrusion.[42] The Pajaro Valley College Lake Project shows local expertise and serves as an example of approaches that can be applied in North County and Mid-County.

Project
The project extends the use of College Lake, a seasonal lake in the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville. By raising the maximum lake level with a small adjustable dam, commonly known as a weir, additional water can be stored. Besides storage, a pipeline has been built to transport water from the lake to the Pajaro Valley Coastal Distribution System, which already receives recycled wastewater from the City of Watsonville. The project adds to the surface water resource available for farming. Wells in the area can be rested, which aids in countering saltwater intrusion.

Annual water transfer capability
College Lake can store up to 600 million gallons, approximately 20 percent of Loch Lomond Reservoir. It can deliver between 600 to 750 million gallons in typical years, with a maximum of one billion gallons. Monthly usage of water varies from five million gallons to 150 million gallons.

History of College Lake
Historically, College Lake formed naturally during the wet season. Since 1920, draining has been authorized to free up the land for farming. Making the water available to the Coastal Distribution System has been discussed for many years and was documented in 2014.[43] However, the project is still not complete. This delay reflects the slow pace of water project development when only a single agency with limited resources is responsible for its execution.

Contribution to drought resilience at the County level
As with the Pure Water Soquel project, this project’s end goal is to gain supplemental water in order to rest the wells that are at risk for saltwater intrusion. In the same way as the Pure Water Soquel project, the College Lake project does not optimize water use to reflect water availability.

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Wet weather surplus simply overflows into Monterey Bay. There are opportunities to:
● Use wet weather surplus for active injection in threatened agricultural areas ● Apply surplus in areas that are not directly threatened to improve groundwater levels
● Transfer water to adjacent districts if additional surplus exists or a water emergency arises.

The Role of Wastewater Recycling
As previously mentioned, wastewater recycling is practiced in both South County and Mid-County. In both cases, the water is used to counter saltwater intrusion. Direct potable reuse is another emerging option. Less than half of the wastewater from the City of Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility (Neary Lagoon) will be used by the Pure Water Soquel project. The remainder of the wastewater will still be available to improve drought resilience, for instance, in countering saltwater intrusion.

There are other examples of wastewater recycling in California. Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) became operational in 2008. It has since produced more than 365 billion gallons of drinking water from wastewater. [44]
Additionally, Santa Clara Valley Water District expects to produce eight billion gallons of potable water from wastewater per year beginning in 2025, with a target of increasing production to 15 billion gallons per year.
[45]
Limitations on Resilience Posed by District and Agency Charters As mentioned previously, Santa Cruz County lacks external water resources. Multiple independent agencies, as well as individual well owners, share groundwater and surface resources. While there is meaningful cooperation and collaboration among agencies, periodically district-centric objectives and strategies come into conflict. During interviews on district priorities, phrases such as “protect our districts” surfaced.

However, water in Santa Cruz County need not be viewed as a zero-sum game.

This report points to many opportunities for collaborations that share water and improve water security for all residents. Unfortunately, there is no oversight agency or organizational structure in place to resolve conflicts and ensure that outcomes serve the greater good of the entire County. The end result is delay. Decades are spent on seemingly straightforward and beneficial projects, such as:
● Projects addressing saltwater intrusion have been a multi-district issue since the 1980s.
● The Santa Cruz City Water Department, along with the San Lorenzo Valley Water District and the Scotts Valley Water District, has been evaluating San Lorenzo River water-sharing since the early 2000s.

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both the funds and authority to address this void in leadership. The groundwater agencies are chartered only for aquifer sustainability. As discussed previously, sustainability is only one component of drought resilience. With no consistently funded leadership, the districts cannot align for the greater good.

Achieving a Resilient Future
While Santa Cruz County’s water resources are vulnerable to unpredictable climatic conditions, there is a clear path forward to drought resilience. The key to creating a resilient water future for Santa Cruz County residents is storing more of the surface water that falls as rain during the winter. The overdrawn condition of the Mid-County and Santa Cruz Mountains aquifers has created ample headroom for stashing surface water during the rainy season. Only a small percentage of the San Lorenzo River’s rainy season flow is captured. The vast majority flows into Monterey Bay.

If Santa Cruz County is to attain water security in the presence of climate change and droughts, developing a strategy to capture, move, and store our rainy season surplus is essential. We found there are well-documented proposals for capturing and storing excess rainy season surplus water to provide water security for the future. The problem is execution. Management of the County’s water is controlled by numerous independent agencies. While these agencies share a common goal of providing their own customers with abundant clean water, they are not resourced or chartered to plan, fund, and build a cohesive water capture and supply infrastructure to deliver regional drought resiliency.

Examples of district-centric execution are well-documented in the previous sections.

Notably:
● Pure Water Soquel: Saltwater intrusion and well resting ● College Lake: Wet season water capture and distribution Specific benefits of adopting a more integrated and regional agency structure include:
● Improving credibility when requesting grant funds for large infrastructure projects such as pipelines. These projects all improve flexibility and resiliency but are expensive to build.
● Improving flexibility and reaction time when moving water across district boundaries. This change can provide better service to residents as well as protection against saltwater intrusion.
● Simplifying the planning and project execution: this is necessary to make full use of recycled water, such as could be sourced from Watsonville and Santa Cruz.

In short, it is time to recognize that the medley of collaboration and cooperation at the interdistrict level has not delivered resiliency. Figure 7 shows the current set of connecting pipelines between districts.

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Figure 7. Interdistrict Water Supply Connecting Pipelines (Source: Santa Cruz County Grand Jury)
It is time to move toward a more integrated set of agencies that can achieve the following:
● Create a wet-weather runoff capture system, strategic aquifer-based water reserve, and a robust connecting pipeline fabric between districts to optimize water use.
● Demonstrate broad consensus to strengthen the case for major infrastructure funding from state and federal sources.
● Embrace innovative approaches to improving resilience. For example, establishing a continuous chain of saltwater intrusion protection wells along the existing railway right of way. This change could leverage recycled wastewater from Santa Cruz and Watsonville.
● Deliver County residents water security that will support economic prosperity despite expected droughts.

Figure 8 shows the key elements required to achieve drought resilience. It is based on proposals that have existed for years but have not yet been addressed as a unit. The approval of the EIR opens the door for this work to be done.

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Figure 8. Drought Resilience Components
(Source: Santa Cruz County Grand Jury)
The Mid-County and North County regions both have groundwater management agencies. The City of Santa Cruz is a member of each agency. Each agency is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and both are currently chartered to only address aquifer sustainability. As such, any activity to support drought resilience is currently out of scope.

The agreements forming these JPAs can be amended by the member agencies that formed them. A new amendment could be added to support drought resilience. Such a move could upgrade drought-resilience proposals (such as the City of Santa Cruz Water Augmentation Strategy) to the regional level. This revision is not a complex process requiring state-level approval.[46] The Amendment form appears as Appendix D.

Conclusion
Severe, multi-year droughts are part of our future. Conservation is not sufficient because the reduced water supply during Stage 5 droughts will cause severe economic hardship across residences, businesses, and farms. The existing patchwork of agencies has not shown vision and initiative to knit their individual plans together. Some of the most ambitious plans are barely known to the public.

The most critical next step is delivering major new water storage by reclaiming unused aquifer space in Mid-County and North County. This step creates the strategic groundwater reserve described in the City of Santa Cruz Water Rights Project and Augmentation Strategy. Beyond storage, a fabric of pipelines should be created to enable water sharing between districts. Figure 9 identifies the elements of an integrated approach.

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A Unified Approach to Achieving Drought Resilience
● Single point of leadership
● Integrated planning and collaboration
● Coordinated development
● Published goals and governance
● Straightforward public communications
Multiple Water
Sources
● Rainwater to aquifer
● Rainwater to
surface flow
● Surface flow to
reservoir and
aquifer recharge
● Recycled
wastewater
Multiple Water
Uses
● Customers
● Reservoir refill
● Active and passive
aquifer recharge
● Recycled
wastewater
● Counter saltwater
intrusion
Diversified Storage
● Surface reservoirs
● Sustainable aquifers
● Aquifer recovery
beyond
sustainability
Transport and
Redirection
● Interdistrict water
sharing
● Passive and active
aquifer storage and
recovery
● Recycled
wastewater
transport
Figure 9. A Unified Approach to Achieving Drought Resilience (Source: Santa Cruz County Grand Jury)
Consistent access to water through drought resilience supports County residents and the economy. The combination of surface and groundwater storage, wastewater recycling, and pipelines will deliver the drought resilience that the County requires to thrive and prosper. Now is the time for agencies to work together to deliver drought resilience to residents.

Findings
Findings describe the “so what” of the facts evaluated by the Grand Jury. They provide support for the Recommendations.

Current Situation
F1. If extended drought conditions lead the City of Santa Cruz to execute Stage 5 of its Water Shortage Contingency Plan, it will have extreme economic impacts on all residents throughout the County.

F2. There is an urgent need to create a county-wide drought-resilient water storage and delivery infrastructure.

F3. Interdistrict water-sharing plans spanning North County and Mid-County that could benefit all residents have existed since 2015 and deserve to be accelerated.

Elements of a Solution
F4. Establishing a strategic groundwater reserve, as described in documents from the City of Santa Cruz, is a well-understood and achievable first step.

F5. The City of Santa Cruz’s completion of the water rights revision project is a critical element of enabling district collaboration in support of county-level drought resilience.

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F6. Limited interdistrict water transfers have been achieved and serve as proof of concept.

F7. Existing City of Watsonville and City of Santa Cruz wastewater resources are only partially utilized to address passive well resting and saltwater intrusion issues.

Agency Capabilities
F8. Each agency described in this report communicates well with neighboring agencies, but collaboration is limited and narrow in scope.

F9. Agency communications to the public emphasize conservation and sustainability while downplaying agency planning to achieve drought resilience.

F10. The individual water supply districts lack funding, resources, and charters to develop county-centric drought-resilience infrastructure.

F11. The Groundwater Sustainability Management agencies lack the charters, staff, and resources to plan or execute a county-wide drought-resilience strategy.

F12. There is no county-level agency chartered to plan, propose, or build regional district-spanning drought-resilience infrastructure.

Recommendations
Recommendations reflect the “now what?” conclusions drawn by the Grand Jury, and are based on the Findings. They frame expectations for how the agencies can improve their service to County residents.

R1. By December 31, 2022, the Boards of the Santa Margarita Groundwater Management Agency and the Mid-County Groundwater Management Agency should extend their charters to include and proactively deliver drought-resilience project planning and execution. (F1–F6, F8–F12)
R2. By December 31, 2022, local water districts should jointly publish an integrated drought-resilience action plan that includes essential infrastructure improvements, estimated costs and schedule to complete improvements that will deliver drought resilience to the Mid-County Groundwater Basin, the City of Santa Cruz, and the Santa Margarita Basin by December 31, 2029. Agencies to respond are the San Lorenzo Water District, the Scotts Valley Water District, the City of Santa Cruz Water Department, the Soquel Creek Water District, the Santa Margarita Groundwater Management Agency, and the Mid-County Groundwater Management Agency. (F1–F6, F8–F10, F12)
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R3. By December 31, 2022, local water districts should jointly publish an integrated recycled wastewater action plan that specifies the infrastructure improvements, expected costs, and construction schedule that will fully utilize existing wastewater sources by December 31, 2026. Responding agencies are the Scotts Valley Water District, the City of Santa Cruz Water Department, the Soquel Creek Water District, the Central Water District, the Mid-County Groundwater Management Agency, the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency, and the City of Watsonville Water Division. (F1, F6–F9, F12)
Commendations
C1. The City of Santa Cruz Water Department, the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency, and the Mid-County Groundwater Agency have shown strong collaboration and innovation toward partially defining the water reserve plan.

C2. The Soquel Creek Water District and the City of Santa Cruz Water Department have shown strong collaboration to deliver the Pure Water Soquel project.

Required Responses
Responses are the opportunity for agency boards and leaders to advise County residents on how or whether they will address the Findings and Recommendations.

Those responses can guide residents to better understand the priorities and values of those boards and their leaders. The Grand Jury will publish those responses later this year and may do a followup report in three years.

Required Respondent Findings Recommendations Respond Within/ Respond By
City Council,
City of Santa Cruz
F1, F3, F4, F5,
F6, F7, F8, F9,
F10, F11, F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Board of Directors,
Mid-County Groundwater
Management Agency
F6, F8, F9, F10,
F11, F12 R1, R2, R3 90 DaysAugust 22, 2022
Board of Directors, Santa
Margarita Groundwater
Management Agency
F8, F9, F10, F11,
F12 R1, R2 90 DaysAugust 22, 2022
Board of Directors, Scotts
Valley Water District
F2, F3, F4, F6,
F8, F9, F10, F11,
F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Board of Directors, San
Lorenzo Valley Water
District
F2, F3, F4, F6,
F8, F9, F10, F11,
F12
R1, R2 90 Days
August 22, 2022
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Board of Directors, Soquel
Creek Water District
F1, F2, F3, F4,
F5, F6, F7, F8,
F9, F10, F11, F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Board of Directors, Pajaro
Valley Water Management
Agency
F6, F9 R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
City Council, City of
Watsonville F6, F9 R3 90 DaysAugust 22, 2022
Invited Responses
Invited Respondent Findings Recommendations Respond Within/ Respond By
Director, City of Santa Cruz
Water Department
F1, F2, F3, F4,
F5, F6, F7, F8,
F9, F10, F11,
F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Point of Contact,
Mid-County Groundwater
Management Agency
F2, F4, F6, F7,
F8, F9, F10, F11,
F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Point of Contact, Santa
Margarita Groundwater
Management Agency
F2, F3, F4, F8,
F9, F10, F12 R1, R2 90 DaysAugust 22, 2022
General Manager, Scotts
Valley Water District
F1, F2, F4, F7,
F8, F9, F10, F11,
F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
District Manager, San
Lorenzo Valley Water
District
F1, F2, F3, F4,
F8, F9, F10, F11,
F12
R1, R2 90 Days
August 22, 2022
General Manager, Soquel
Creek Water District
F1, F2, F3, F4,
F6, F7, F8, F9,
F10, F11, F12
R1, R2, R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Executive Officer , Santa
Cruz County Local Area
Formation Commission
F10, F11, F12, R1 90 Days
August 22, 2022
General Manager, Pajaro
Valley Water Management
Agency
F6, F9, F12 R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
Operations Supervisor, City
of Watsonville Water
Department
F6, F9, F12 R3 90 Days
August 22, 2022
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37. City of Santa Cruz Water Department. November 2021. Santa Cruz Water Rights Project, Final Environmental Impact Report, p. 3-9. Accessed February 10, 2022. https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/home/showpublisheddocument/86973/6377316 97885370000#page=103

38. City of Santa Cruz Water Department. November 1, 2021. Santa Cruz Water Rights Project, Final Environmental Impact Report, p. 3-19. Accessed February 10, 2022.
https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/home/showpublisheddocument/86973/6377316 97885370000#page=113

39. City of Santa Cruz Water Department. November 2021. Santa Cruz Water Rights Project, Section 12.4.2. Accessed March 29, 2022.
https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/home/showpublisheddocument/84686/6375891 87963670000#page=28

40. City of Santa Cruz Water Department. November 1, 2021. Santa Cruz Water Rights Project, Final Environmental Impact Report, p. 3-15. Accessed March 2, 2022.
https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/home/showpublisheddocument/86973/6377316 97885370000#page=109

41. City of Santa Cruz Water Department. April 1, 2019. Status after Third Year of Work Implementing the Recommendations of the Santa Cruz Water Supply Advisory Committee, Slide 65. Accessed February 10, 2022. https://www.soquelcreekwater.org/DocumentCenter/View/344/Full-Presentation-fro m-the-City-of-Santa-Cruz-Water-Commission-April-1-2019-Meeting-PDF#page=65

42. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. June 15, 2021. Background: College Lake Setting, Existing Management, and the College Lake Project, p. 1.

Accessed February 10, 2022.
https://www.pvwater.org/images/board-and-committees/ad-hoc_amp-committee/ College_Lake_IRMP_Background_20210615.pdf

43. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. May 1, 2020. “The Coastal Distribution System.” Accessed February 10, 2022.
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44. Orange County Water District. “About GWRS (Groundwater Replenishment System).” Accessed April 14, 2022.
https://www.ocwd.com/gwrs/about-gwrs/

45. Santa Clara Valley Water. “Recycled and Purified Water.” Accessed April 14, 2022.
https://www.valleywater.org/your-water/recycled-and-purified-water

46. Confidential Grand Jury Document.

47. County of Santa Cruz Environmental Health. September 2020. Santa Cruz County Water Resources Management Status Report for 2020, Table 1, p. 24.

Accessed February 20, 2022.
https://scceh.com/Portals/6/Env_Health/water_resources/Water%20Resources% 20Documents/2020%20Water%20Status%20Report%20Final.pdf#page=24

48. County of Santa Cruz Environmental Health. September 2020. Santa Cruz County Water Resources Management Status Report for 2020, Section 3.a.ii.

Accessed February 20, 2022.
https://scceh.com/Portals/6/Env_Health/water_resources/Water%20Resources% 20Documents/2020%20Water%20Status%20Report%20Final.pdf#page=11

49. Mid-County Groundwater Management Agency. November 1, 2021. Groundwater Sustainability Plan, Executive Summary, ES-1. Accessed February 7, 2022. https://www.midcountygroundwater.org/sites/default/files/uploads/GSP_Executive _Summary_20191121.pdf

50. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. November 2021. Groundwater Sustainability Update 2022. Accessed March 14, 2022.
https://www.pvwater.org/images/about-pvwma/assets/SGM/GSU22_20211229_M ainBody-web.pdf

51. April 2022. “Amendment of a Joint Powers Agreement.” State of California Controller’s Office. Accessed April 10, 2022.
https://bpd.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sf/forms/np-sf-404b.pdf
Disclaimer
This report was issued by the Grand Jury with the exception of one juror who disclosed a perceived conflict of interest. This juror was excluded from every aspect of the investigation, including interviews, deliberations, and the writing and approval of this report.

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Appendix A—Who Is Involved with
Water in Santa Cruz County?
Residents of Santa Cruz County obtain water from a variety of sources—from city water departments to private wells. The geography and rural nature of the County has generated fragmented water delivery and management agencies. This report considers only the larger agencies that are within the oversight granted to the jury.

Water Delivery Agencies
Water is provided to the residents of Santa Cruz County by five large (greater than 1,000 connections), four small (200–1,000 connections), and 115 minor water suppliers.

Additionally, there are some 8,000 private wells. Each of these suppliers effectively operates independently, although there is significant communication and cooperation among the agencies. As described in the Background section, water is sourced from rivers and creeks (surface flow), and groundwater basins underlying much of the County.

Table 1 catalogs the major water suppliers and the sources of their water. This table is based on a more comprehensive version found in the Santa Cruz County Water Resources Management Status Report for 2020 (page 24)[47] and repeated in Appendix B.

It is immediately apparent from the table that most of the County’s water comes from groundwater. The City of Santa Cruz Water Department is the exception, obtaining nearly all of its water from surface flow, specifically the San Lorenzo River and creeks in the northern part of the County. In contrast, the City of Watsonville and the Soquel Creek Water District get their water from groundwater. Overall, the County receives about 75 percent of its water from groundwater and 25 percent from surface water.

Groundwater Management Agencies
Under the Groundwater Sustainability Act, groundwater management agencies are charged with achieving groundwater sustainability. Capital projects are generally undertaken by the individual water agencies to support the objectives of the groundwater management agency.

Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency (SMGWA). The SMGWA operates through a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), with members from the San Lorenzo Water District, the Scotts Valley Water District, and Santa Cruz County. Under the SGMA, the Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Santa Margarita Groundwater Basin was completed ahead of the statutory requirement in November 2021.[48]
Mid-County Groundwater Agency. The MGA operates through a Joint Powers Authority, with members from Santa Cruz County, the City of Santa Cruz, the Soquel Creek Water District, and the Central Water District.[49] The State designated the Mid-County Basin as being critically overdrafted in 2015. Under the SGMA, this designation required production of the Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Sustainability Plan by January 2020.[49] This plan was produced by the MGA and is intended to achieve and maintain groundwater stability over a 50-year planning and implementation horizon.

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Table 1. Water Sources and Water Agencies
Entity Population Annual Usage
(Billion Gallons)
Water Source (percentage)
Ground Surface / (Other)
Santa Cruz City
Water Department
97,417 2.7 5 95
Watsonville City
Water Service
65,966 2.3 100 0
Soquel Creek
Water District
40,632

1.1 97 3
San Lorenzo Valley
Water District
23,700 0.6 53 47
Scotts Valley
Water District
10,709 0.4 87 13 (recycled)
Other Residential
Water Districts 16,017 0.8 80 20
Private Wells 21,000 0.8 100 0
Total Residential /
Commercial 275,441 8.8 Billion Gallons 6.2 BillionGallons

2.6 Billion
Gallons
Pajaro Agriculture 7.2 92 17 (recycled)
Mid- and North
County Agriculture 0.8 90 10
Total Agricultural
Billion Gallons 8.0 7.5 0.5
Total Annual Surface
and Groundwater
Usage Billion Gallons

16.8 13.7 3.1
Source: Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA). The PVWMA operates independently and is responsible for agricultural water delivery in its service region. The Pajaro Valley Basin is rated as “critically overdrafted.” Under the SGMA, this designation required production of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan by January 2020. This plan was produced by the PVWMA and is intended to achieve and maintain groundwater stability over a 50-year planning and implementation horizon.
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The Other Players
The following are several local and state agencies that shape local projects and agencies and could contribute to developing county-wide drought resilience.

Resource Conservation District (RCD). In the area of drought resilience, the RCD has programs in South County that help farmers develop percolation systems. Percolation systems assist with groundwater recharge. These programs appear to be available Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Published May 24, 2022 Page 32 of 37 Attachment 1

when requested by farmers. The agency does not seem to be participating with water districts directly on drought resilience.

Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). LAFCO provides guidance when new special-purpose districts are formed. They also review district performance on a five-year cycle. All of the water supply districts and groundwater management agencies were formed under LAFCO guidance.

California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The DWR oversees execution of state laws that affect water delivery. This oversight includes approving the Water Supply Contingency plans and Groundwater Sustainability Management plans created by local agencies. The DWR is authorized to step in and manage groundwater basins if the local agencies do not meet state requirements.

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Appendix B—Water By the Numbers
Table 2. Water Use in Santa Cruz County, 2020
(data for smaller systems is from 2019)
Water Supplier Connections Population
Water Use
(acre-feet
/year)
Ground
Water
Surface
Water
Recycled
Water
Imported
from
Outside
County
Santa Cruz City
Water Department
24,561 97,417 8,375 5.0% 95.0%
Watsonville City
Water Service
14,855 65,966 7,201 100.0% 0.0%
Soquel Creek
Water District
14,479 40,632 3,312 96.7% 3.3%
San Lorenzo Valley
Water District
7,900 23,700 1,953 53.0% 47.0%
Scotts Valley
Water District
3,807 10,709 1,339 87.0% 13.0%
Central
Water District
823 2,706 411 100.0%
Big Basin
Water Company
605 1,694 205 37.0% 63.0%
Mount Hermon
Association
494 2,850 155 100.0%
Forest Lakes
Mutual Water
Company (Felton)
326 1,076 40 100.0%
Smaller Water
Systems
(5–199
connections.)
2,616 7,691 1,552 91.0% 6.0% 3.0%
Individual Users* 8,000 21,000 2,400 95.0% 5.0%
Pajaro Agriculture
(Santa Cruz
County-only)**
†
22,250 92.0% 1.0% 7.2%
Mid- and
North-County
Agriculture*
2,400 90.0% 10.0%
Totals 78,466 275,441 51,593 78% 19% 3% 0.1%
Summary by Water Source (acre-feet/year) 40,027 9,788 1,776 47 Summary of Non-Agricultural Use
(acre-feet/year)
26,943 17,397 9,326 174 47
* Values are estimates. ** Includes a small number of water systems. † Recycled water source is the City of Watsonville.

Source: Santa Cruz County Water Resources Management Status Report for 2020 (page 24) [47]
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Drought Stages and Water Consumption Reduction for the City of Santa Cruz
The following chart shows how business use of water is cut back as drought severity increases.

Sample Business Allocation Example
Source: Updated Interim Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Table 12, page 23), City of Santa Cruz Water Department, February 5, 2021.
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Appendix C—Supporting Reports
Key Documents
The Grand Jury reviewed the major published documents from numerous water agencies to determine how they plan to improve drought resilience. Most available plans are written to support the application for grants from state and other agencies.

These agencies specify the content and the format of the documents. Typically, these plans intentionally lack the specificity that would require preparing an Environmental Impact Report. These documents are updated, usually on a five-year schedule.

Progress from the previous plan is often required in each update.

Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. This class of document is not a plan to mitigate local hazards such as drought. Rather, it is a catalog of local hazards, with commentary on how they could be addressed. It is in place so agencies can apply for grants to address issues as they arise, or to receive state or federal funds after a disaster.

Water Shortage Contingency Plan. This documents how water restrictions are applied during drought conditions. It reflects local priorities for residential and commercial use and agriculture.

Groundwater Sustainability Plan. This plan is a requirement of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA, 2014), and it documents current groundwater supplies, usage patterns, and approaches to maintain the current aquifer levels.

Recovery beyond the current depleted state is not addressed. Both the Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Agency and the Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency have Groundwater Sustainability plans.

Urban Water Management Plan. This is a requirement under the Urban Water Management Act. The Scotts Valley Water District and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District prepared a joint Urban Water Management Plan. The cities of Santa Cruz and Watsonville and the Soquel Creek Water District have these plans.

Santa Cruz Water Rights Project Environmental Impact Report 2021. The EIR is required to address the necessary changes to the historical water rights on the San Lorenzo River. The current rights do not allow sending surplus water to neighboring water districts.

Final Report, Conjunctive Use and Water Transfers Phase II—(Task 6), 2015. This report documents the results of studies conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of storing excess San Lorenzo River water in the Santa Margarita and Mid-County groundwater basins.

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Appendix D—Amendment of a Joint Powers Agreement
Amending the charter for a JPA requires the following application form.

Figure 10. Amendment of a Joint Powers Agreement[51]
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RESOLUTION NO.__________ (CM)

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

WATSONVILLE APPROVING RESPONSE TO THE SANTA CRUZ
COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT ENTITLED “OUR WATER
ACCOUNT IS OVERDRAWN – BEYOND CONSERVATION: ACHIEVING
DROUGHT RESILIENCE”; AND DIRECTING THE WATER DIVISION

MANAGER TO SUBMIT RESPONSE TO THE GRAND JURY
WHEREAS, the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury published a report regarding the water supply situation in Santa Cruz County titled, Our Water Account is Overdrawn – Beyond Conservation: Achieving Drought Resilience; and WHEREAS, the Grand Jury has assigned two Findings and one Recommendation for which the Council is to respond; and WHEREAS, the Grand Jury has assigned the same two Findings and one Recommendation, plus an additional Finding, for which the Water Operations Supervisor (i.e. Water Division Manager) may respond.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:

1. This action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), in that adopting a Resolution approving a response to the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report entitled “Our Water Account is Overdrawn – Beyond Conservation: Achieving Drought Resilience” does not meet CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and if a “project,” is exempt under the “common sense” exception (14 Cal. Code Regs. §

15061(b)(3)) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment.

2. The City Council hereby approves the response to the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Report entitled “Our Water Account is Overdrawn-Beyond Conservation:

Achieving Drought Resilience” attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Response”).

3. The City Council directs the Water Division Manager to submit the Response to the Grand Jury.
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Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Published on May 24, 2022 Exhibit “A”

The 2021–2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury
Requires the
City Council, City of Watsonville
to Respond by August 22, 2022
to the Findings and Recommendations listed below
which were assigned to them in the report titled
Our Water Account Is Overdrawn
Beyond Conservation:

Achieving Drought Resilience
Responses are invited from appointed agency and department heads, appointed committees, and non-profit agencies contracted to the county which are investigated by the grand jury. You are not required to respond by the California Penal Code (PC) §933(c).

If you choose to respond, your response will be considered compliant under PC §933.05 if it contains an appropriate comment on all findings and recommendations which were assigned to you in the report.

Please follow the instructions below when preparing your response.

Required Response from the City Council, City of Watsonville Exhibit “A” Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Due by August 22, 2022 Page 2 of 5 Instructions for Respondents
Your assigned Findings and Recommendations are listed on the following pages with check boxes and an expandable space for summaries, timeframes, and explanations.

Please follow these instructions, which paraphrase PC §933.05:

1. For the Findings, mark one of the following responses with an “X” and provide the required additional information:
a. AGREE with the Finding, or
b. PARTIALLY DISAGREE with the Finding – specify the portion of the Finding that is disputed and include an explanation of the reasons why, or c. DISAGREE with the Finding – provide an explanation of the reasons why.

2. For the Recommendations, mark one of the following actions with an “X” and provide the required additional information:
a. HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED – provide a summary of the action taken, or b. HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED BUT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE – provide a timeframe or expected date for completion, or c. REQUIRES FURTHER ANALYSIS – provide an explanation, scope, and parameters of an analysis to be completed within six months, or d. WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED – provide an explanation of why it is not warranted or not reasonable.

3. Please confirm the date on which you approved the assigned responses:

We approved these responses in a regular public meeting as shown in our minutes dated August 30, 2022.

4. When your responses are complete, please email your completed Response Packet as a PDF file attachment to both
The Honorable Judge Syda Cogliati [email protected] and The Santa Cruz County Grand Jury [email protected].

If you have questions about this response form, please contact the Grand Jury by calling 831-454-2099 or by sending an email to [email protected].

Required Response from the City Council, City of Watsonville Exhibit “A” Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Due by August 22, 2022 Page 3 of 5 Findings
F6. Limited interdistrict water transfers have been achieved and serve as proof of concept.
_X_ AGREE
__ PARTIALLY DISAGREE
__ DISAGREE
Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree):

Required Response from the City Council, City of Watsonville Exhibit “A” Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Due by August 22, 2022 Page 4 of 5 F9. Agency communications to the public emphasize conservation and sustainability while downplaying agency planning to achieve drought resilience.
__ AGREE
__ PARTIALLY DISAGREE
_X_ DISAGREE
Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree):

Water conservation and sustainability are both significant components that help communities become more resilient.

The City of Watsonville communicates regularly with its community and meets regularly with local public water agencies to discuss its water. We highlight our water resources through local events such as Day of the Child, World Wetlands Day (in partnership with Watsonville Wetlands Watch) and Coastal Cleanups.

The City of Watsonville’s programs of water use efficiency have effectively lowered the gallons per capita per day of water consumption, allowing the water system to maintain a flat level of water production, despite changing populations.

For areas outside City limits, the City has continued its nearly twenty-year working relationship with the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PV Water) to focus on sustainable drought resiliency for the agricultural community. Continued agency collaboration within the Pajaro Valley groundwater basin, combined with residential and commercial programs aimed at conservation will continue this trend towards resiliency.

Required Response from the City Council, City of Watsonville Exhibit “A” Our Water Account Is Overdrawn Due by August 22, 2022 Page 5 of 5 Recommendations
R3. By December 31, 2022, local water districts should jointly publish an integrated recycled wastewater action plan that specifies the infrastructure improvements, expected costs, and construction schedule that will fully utilize existing wastewater sources by December 31, 2026. Responding agencies are the Scotts Valley Water District, the City of Santa Cruz Water Department, the Soquel Creek Water District, the Central Water District, the Mid-County Groundwater Management Agency, the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency, and the City of Watsonville Water Division.
__ HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED – summarize what has been done
__
HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED BUT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE – summarize what will be done and the timeframe
__
REQUIRES FURTHER ANALYSIS – explain the scope and timeframe (not to exceed six months)
_X_ WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED – explain why
Required response explanation, summary, and timeframe:

This Recommendation will not be implemented because it is not warranted. The City of Watsonville and PV Water have been operating and distributing recycled water since 2009 with the intent to continue this partnership for many years to come. In 2021, over 3000 AF of wastewater was recycled and reused as a supplement to PV Water’s Coastal Distribution System. When there is agricultural demand, all the available wastewater is being recycled and reused.

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C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\1401780665\1401780665,,,Report - Update WMC 6-3 City Utilities.docx Agenda Report
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
TO: City Council
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS & UTILITIES DIRECTOR DI RENZO

DANIELLE GREEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS &

UTILITIES
THROUGH: CITY MANAGER MENDEZ
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE ADDING AND AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 3 (CITY UTILITIES) OF TITLE 6 (SANITATION AND

HEALTH) OF THE WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE

REGARDING OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER,

FIRE, AND SEWER FACILITIES
STATEMENT OF ISSUES:

The Department of Public Works & Utilities administers a time of sale program for sewer lateral maintenance. Amendments to the City Municipal Code are recommended to allow more flexibility for property owners to comply with the existing ordinance. Additionally, clarification of water fire service ownership responsibility and accommodation for access for city staff in the existing Municipal Code is recommended.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

It is recommended that the City Council introduce, for first reading by title only an Ordinance adding section 6-3.211 (Regulations) and amending sections 6-3.100 (Definitions), 6-3.410 (Ownership of Installations), 6-3.503 (Separate Sanitary Sewer Laterals), and 6-3.508 (Maintenance of Sanitary Sewer Laterals and Private Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems; Reimbursement for Regulatory Fines) of Chapter 3 (City Utilities) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the Watsonville Municipal Code regarding ownership and maintenance of water, fire, and sewer facilities.

DISCUSSION:

Sewer Lateral Time of Sale Inspection Program
The Department of Public Works & Utilities administers a Time of Sale sewer lateral inspection program as a means to enforce Municipal Code 6-3.503, which requires each parcel to have a separate lateral connection to the City’s sewer main, and Municipal Code 6-3.508, which requires inspection and repair of existing sewer laterals. This program helps ensure private sewer laterals are maintained in good working order to safely convey sewage from the property to the City’s sewer main.

8/24/2022 2:00:18 PM
C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\1401780665\1401780665,,,Report - Update WMC 6-3 City Utilities.docx Over the past two years of implementing the program, staff has received feedback from property owners and realtors for suggested modifications to improve the Time of Sale lateral program. Staff has considered these suggestions, along with feedback from surrounding public agencies, to develop the following recommended updates to the Municipal Code.

These updates will help improve the Time of Sale program and overall lateral and private sewer system maintenance:

1. Allow the responsibility to repair or replace the existing sewer lateral to transfer from the property seller to the buyer.

Municipal Code 6-3.508 currently requires that repairs identified in the time of sale lateral inspection be completed and verified prior to close of escrow in the sale of a property. This requirement could delay or potentially affect the close of escrow on the sale of properties within the City. Allowing the seller and buyer to mutually agree to transfer the lateral repair responsibility to the buyer helps expedite the close of escrow process while helping ensure that the required repairs are made to the lateral.

2. Grant the Director of Public Works the authority to allow existing private laterals shared by two or more property owners to remain connected in certain circumstances, with the execution of a shared lateral maintenance agreement.

Municipal Code 6-3.503 requires each parcel to have a separate sanitary sewer lateral in conformance with current Building and Plumbing Code requirements, and requires the selling property owner to separate their lateral if it is shared with other properties.

Several existing properties in the City were constructed prior to the Plumbing Code update that required separate laterals, and were constructed with a private lateral shared between two or more properties. The proposed modification to the Municipal Code will allow the Director to authorize existing shared laterals to remain in place as long as a shared private lateral maintenance agreement is executed between all properties that share the lateral. This will help residents with existing shared laterals that would be costly or impractical to separate, assuming the other property owners on the shared lateral agree to share the responsibility for lateral maintenance.

3. Clarify maintenance requirements for privately owned and operated sewer lift stations and private sanitary sewer collection systems.

Privately owned sewer systems such as those found in apartment complexes, townhome developments with homeowner associations, and commercial shopping centers are generally not subject to the Time of Sale program, though they are required to maintain the private system in accordance with Municipal Code 6-3.508.

The suggested modifications to the Code clarifies maintenance requirements for private
sewer systems to align with the intent of the Time of Sale program and timeframes, which will be managed by staff independent of the Time of Sale program.

4. Reduce the required lateral inspection timeframe from 25 to 15 years and require inspection be completed by a NASSCO certified plumber.

Municipal Code 6-3.508 requires that a property’s private sewer lateral be inspected at the time of sale if it has not been inspected within the past 25 years. The proposed

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C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\1401780665\1401780665,,,Report - Update WMC 6-3 City Utilities.docx updates will reduce this timeframe from 25 years to 15 years to better align with surrounding public agencies, and will also add the requirement that the lateral be inspected by a NASSCO certified plumber. NASSCO is the nationally recognized certification program that has a standardized method for inspecting and classifying sewer lines. This will help ensure consistent lateral inspections for all properties within the City.

Fire Service Ownership Clarification
Current Municipal Code does not distinguish between water service and fire service and the associated ownership responsibility delineations for both. This has resulted in confusion in the development process associated with fire service installations or modifications on existing buildings. The proposed modifications to the Municipal Code would allow the fire service backflow with City-owned detector check to be installed on private property when installation in the public right-of-way as currently required would be impractical, as long as access to the detector check is maintained for City staff. This is particularly important in the downtown area where there is often limited space between existing buildings and the public right-of-way. The proposed Code modifications also align with other surrounding public agencies.

Authorization to Enforce Regulations
The proposed Code updates also adds a section to direct the Director of Public Works to establish the rules and regulations for enforcing the Municipal Code regulations. This grants the Director the authority to develop programs such as the Time of Sale and best determine the method to efficiently implement them with the appropriate staff.

STRATEGIC PLAN:

This action supports the following Strategic Plan Priority:
3 - Infrastructure & Environment
5 - Community Engagement & Well-Being
FINANCIAL IMPACT:

The proposed modifications to the Municipal Code will result in no financial impacts.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION:

Council may elect not to adopt all or a portion of the proposed ordinance language, which would result in current Municipal Code requirements related to private sewer lateral maintenance remaining in effect.

ATTACHMENTS AND/OR REFERENCES (If any):

None.

Ord No. (CM) 1
Meeting Date: 083022 SWZ ______ RM______ PWU ______
ORDINANCE NO. Introduction (CM)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

WATSONVILLE ADDING AND AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
CHAPTER 3 (CITY UTILITIES) OF TITLE 6 (SANITATION AND HEALTH)

OF THE WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING OWNERSHIP

AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER, FIRE, AND SEWER FACILITIES
Table of Contents
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT. ............................................................................................ 2 CHAPTER 3 CITY UTILITIES ....................................................................................... 2 ARTICLE 1. Definitions ............................................................................................... 2 Sec. 6-3.100 Definitions. ...................................................................................... 2 ARTICLE 2. City Utility Service General Provisions .................................................... 2 Sec. 6-3.211. Regulations. .................................................................................. 2 ARTICLE 4. Water Service Provisions ........................................................................ 3 Sec. 6-3.410 Ownership of installations. .............................................................. 3 ARTICLE 5. Sewer Services ....................................................................................... 4 Sec. 6-3.503 Separate sanitary sewer laterals. .................................................... 4 Sec. 6-3.508 Maintenance of sanitary sewer laterals and private sanitary sewer collection systems; Reimbursement for Regulatory Fines. ........... 4 SECTION 2. RECITALS.................................................................................................. 7 SECTION 3. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT...................................... 7 SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY.......................................................................................... 7 SECTION 5. PUBLICATION. .......................................................................................... 8 SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. .................................................................................... 8 o-0-o
WHEREAS, the City of Watsonville provides water service for use of the City and its inhabitants pursuant to Government Code sections 38730 et seq.; and WHEREAS, the City of Watsonville also owns and operates a sanitation and sewer system pursuant to Government Code sections 54725 et seq.; and WHEREAS, the City intends to clarify the ownership, maintenance, and inspection responsibilities of water service facilities, fire service facilities, and lateral sewer lines.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Ord No. (CM)
Meeting Date: 083022 2
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT.

Article 1 (Definitions) of Chapter 3 (City Utilities) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending subsection (ccc) of Section 6-3.100 (Definitions) to read in words and figures as follows:

CHAPTER 3 CITY UTILITIES
ARTICLE 1. Definitions
Sec. 6-3.100 Definitions.
(ccc) “Private sanitary sewer collection system” shall mean a sewer collection system serving four (4) or more units, including but not limited to: apartment complexes, mobile home parks, condominiums, cooperative apartment buildings and commercial centers. It may also be a sewer collection system with a privately owned and maintained sewer lift station, or an agreement between two (2) or more parcels to own, operate, and maintain an existing shared sewer lateral, with prior approval from the Director of Public Works.

Article 2 (City Utility Service General Provisions) of Chapter 3 (City Utilities) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Section 6-3.211 (Regulations) to read in words and figures as follows:

ARTICLE 2. City Utility Service General Provisions
Sec. 6-3.211. Regulations.

The Director of Public Works shall be and is authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as they may deem to be necessary to enforce the regulations established by this Chapter.

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Article 4 (Water Service Provisions) of Chapter 3 (City Utilities) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 6-3.410 (Ownership of installations) to read in words and figures as follows.

ARTICLE 4. Water Service Provisions
Sec. 6-3.410 Ownership of installations.

Service connections (except fire services) including but not limited to mains, water services, meters, and meter boxes, up to and including the meter become the property of the City upon City acceptance of the installation, whether located on public or private property. Any service connection facility located on private property except water meters and meter boxes shall be owned and maintained by the property owner.

All Fire service facilities located in the public right-of-way are the property of the City.

Fire service detector checks, including associated electronics and wiring, are owned by the City, regardless of location. Fire service facilities on private property are owned and maintained by the property owner, except the Fire service detector check and associated electronics and wiring, which are City property.

Representatives of the Public Works Department shall have access to any Cityowned meters, service connections, City-owned Fire service facilities, and other water facilities located on private property for purposes reasonably associated with the furnishing of water or fire service. Representatives of the water department shall have access at reasonable hours (except in emergencies) to service connections on private property, such as shut-off valves and exterior hose bibs, for the purposes associated with furnishing water or fire service. Such access shall be with notice except in the case of emergency.

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Article 5 (Sewer Services) of Chapter 3 (City Utilities) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 6-

3.503 (Separate sanitary sewer laterals) to read in words and figures as follows:

ARTICLE 5. Sewer Services
Sec. 6-3.503 Separate sanitary sewer laterals.

Each parcel is required to have a separate sanitary sewer lateral. Upon change of ownership of a parcel sharing a sanitary sewer lateral, the owner of that parcel shall install a separate sanitary sewer lateral. The Director of Public Works may grant an exception to this requirement, if all property owners on the existing shared lateral agree to execute and record a maintenance agreement for the proposed private sanitary sewer collection system that delineates ownership and maintenance responsibilities of all participating properties. If agreement between all connected property owners cannot be reached, the exception shall not be granted.

Article 5 (Sewer Services) of Chapter 3 (City Utilities) of Title 6 (Sanitation and Health) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 6-

3.508 (Maintenance of sanitary sewer laterals and private sanitary sewer collection systems; Reimbursement for Regulatory Fines) to read in words and figures as follows:

Sec. 6-3.508 Maintenance of sanitary sewer laterals and private sanitary sewer collection systems; Reimbursement for Regulatory Fines. (a) Sanitary sewer laterals shall be owned, repaired, maintained, and/or replaced by the owner(s) of each property served, at such owner’s sole expense, or pursuant to a maintenance agreement accepted by the Director of Public Works, pursuant to Section 6-3.503.

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(b) Overflows from Sanitary Sewer Laterals Serving Single Units. If a property has a sanitary sewer overflow, the property owner shall cause the overflow to stop immediately and have sewer lateral blockages, breaks, and other deficiencies repaired within, ten (10) working days. In addition, should a second overflow occur within a twelve (12) month period, it is required that the sanitary sewer lateral be televised and repaired or replaced and certified in writing, by a NASSCO certified, licensed plumber, to be in good working order and free of obstructions and/or breaks. (c) Overflows from a Private Sanitary Sewer Collection System. If a sanitary sewer overflow occurs, the property owner shall cause the overflow to stop immediately and have sewer lateral blockages, breaks, and other deficiencies permanently repaired by a NASSCO certified, licensed plumber within five (5) working days. The property owner shall submit a written report to the City describing the cause of the overflow and the remedial actions taken to repair the sanitary sewer collection system. The Director shall evaluate the report and make a determination as to the acceptability of the remedial actions and whether additional remedial actions, including full or partial replacement of the sanitary sewer collection system shall be taken. (d) Testing of Sanitary Sewer Laterals. Upon change of ownership and before close of escrow, or upon proposed change of use, any property that includes buildings or structures connected to a sanitary sewer main that was constructed more than fifteen (15) years before the date of sale or change in use, and has not had its sanitary sewer lateral inspected within the past fifteen (15) years, shall have the sanitary sewer lateral inspected. A video inspection shall be completed by a NASSCO certified, licensed plumber from the building to the connecting public sanitary sewer main, and shall certify the lateral to be in good working order and free of obstructions and/or breaks. The

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Director shall establish or approve testing procedures. The City will not assume responsibility for costs of the testing and/or repairs. (1) For the purposes of this Section, “proposed change of use” includes any significant improvement, addition, construction, reconstruction, remodeling, modification or alteration of or to an existing or previous existing property, any change of tenancy in property located in areas zoned for commercial use in the City’s General Plan, or the addition of an accessory dwelling unit and/or junior accessory dwelling unit.
(2) Option to Transfer Seller’s Responsibility to Buyer. Before the sale of property, the seller and buyer may mutually agree to transfer responsibility for any needed sanitary sewer lateral repairs identified in the lateral testing procedure. The signed Transfer of Responsibility to Repair form must be accepted by the City prior to close of escrow and included in the real estate transfer documentation. Repairs must be completed by the buyer within the timeframe specified in the Transfer of Responsibility to Repair. The City reserves the right to complete the required lateral repairs within the City’s right of way and charge the property owner for the cost of said repairs if the property owner fails to comply with the terms of the transfer agreement.
(e) All private sanitary sewer lift stations (pump systems) shall be inspected annually by a NASSCO certified, licensed plumber to confirm the system is in good working order. The Director shall establish or approve testing procedures. Upon change of ownership and prior to close of escrow, or upon change of use of a property containing a private sanitary sewer lift station, a maintenance agreement shall be executed and recorded on the property if one does not currently exist.

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(f) All private sanitary sewer collection systems shall be repaired, maintained and/or replaced by the entity that owns the system. Private sanitary sewer systems must submit a written report to the Director of Public Works detailing annual maintenance records. Upon request of the City, private collection system owners shall submit video inspection of the entire system a minimum of every 15 years. A NASSCO certified, licensed plumber shall video inspect the complete system the entity is responsible for, including, but not limited to laterals, connections, manholes, force mains, and collectors.
(g) Reimbursement for Regulatory Fines. The property owner shall be required to make payment to the City and reimbursement for any fines levied against the City by regulatory agencies as the result of failure of a sanitary sewer lateral, private sanitary sewer collection system, or private sanitary sewer lift station.

SECTION 2. RECITALS.

The City Council finds and determines the foregoing recitals to be true and correct and hereby makes them a part of this Ordinance.

SECTION 3. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

The City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and is not a “project,” as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.

SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY.

If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to

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be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared invalid or unenforceable.

SECTION 5. PUBLICATION.

This ordinance shall be published in the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian and/or Santa Cruz Sentinel in compliance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Watsonville.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This ordinance shall be in force and take effect thirty (30) days after its final adoption.
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MEETING DATE: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
TO: City Council
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MERRIAM

RUBEN VARGAS, SENIOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
THROUGH: CITY MANAGER MENDEZ
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE AMENDING SECTION 1-2.01 AND ADDING
VARIOUS NEW SECTIONS TO CHAPTER 2 (PENALTY
PROVISIONS) OF TITLE 1 (GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF THE

WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO VIOLATIONS

AND RECOVERY OF
STATEMENT OF ISSUES:

Complicated code enforcement cases often use the services of the City Attorney, and currently the Penalty Provisions in Chapter 2, Title 1 of the Municipal Code do not allow the City to recover legal costs. Additionally, there are portions of this Chapter that require clarification and/or improvement to allow for a more streamlined code enforcement process.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the City Council:

Introduce an ordinance amending section 1-2.01 and adding various new Sections to Chapter 2 (Penalty Provisions) of Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Watsonville Municipal Code relating to violations and recovery of enforcement costs relating to violations of the Municipal Code.

DISCUSSION:

Existing Section to be Modified:

Section 1-2.01 Violations of Code
This section has been updated to be more all-encompassing, to include violations on approved projects, licenses.

New Sections Proposed:

Section 1-2.11 Inspection Authority

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C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\11554087879\11554087879,,,Report - Update WMC 2-1 Penalty Provisions.docx This section clearly provides code enforcement officers the authority to enter any property for inspection purposes, and allowing the collection of evidence, both physical and through photographs. It also clearly defines how an enforcement officer may seek an inspection warrant if the property owner or their agent refuses to give the officer entry.

Section 1-2.12 Responsibility for Violation
The current ordinance does not clearly state that the property owner is the responsible party to correct any and all code violations. This new section identifies the property owner as the responsible party, and also calls for all property owners to maintain their structures and property in a code-compliant condition.

Section 1-2.13 Legal Action Authorized
This section provides the City Attorney with the authority to take legal action in any code enforcement case when such action is necessary to abate or remedy a code violation.

Section 1-2.14 Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
This section allows the City to recover the cost of the City Attorney’s time allocated to a code enforcement case. This could include conferring with the City Attorney on a simple legal matter, or the City Attorney having to bring a lawsuit against a property owner in order to bring a property into compliance. In complex code enforcement cases, like the 21 Arthur nuisance abatement the City Council approved a few years ago, the City incurred significant legal costs due to the involvement of the City Attorney. Under the current ordinance, the City is not eligible to recover the cost of attorneys’ fees at any time.

Section 1-2.15 Remedies Not Exclusive
Remedies not exclusive means that the City can pursue multiple remedies for the same violation, for example, the City can issue a fine if the property owner does not comply within a certain period of time, and then the City could also pursue an injunction through the court system if there is continued non-compliance.

CEQA Compliance
The proposed modifications to the Penalty Provisions of the Watsonville Municipal Code are exempt from CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3) (general rule), each of which provides a separate and independent basis for CEQA clearance and when viewed collectively provide an overall basis for CEQA clearance.

STRATEGIC PLAN:

The modifications proposed to the Penalty Provisions Section of the Watsonville Municipal Code, allowing the City to recover the cost of attorneys’ fees in code enforcement cases, meets Goal 2 (Fiscal Health) of the 2021-2023 Strategic Plan. By passing attorneys’ fees to the owner of a property in violation of the Municipal Code, the City will be better leveraged to bring forward more difficult code cases that require intensive legal support, which until now have been borne solely by the General Fund.

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C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\11554087879\11554087879,,,Report - Update WMC 2-1 Penalty Provisions.docx FINANCIAL IMPACT:

The proposed modifications to the Penalty Provisions section of the Watsonville Municipal Code will reduce the reliance on General Fund to pay for City Attorney costs related to code violations.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION:

The City Council could choose to direct staff to make changes to the draft amendment, or to not move forward with the update.

ATTACHMENTS AND/OR REFERENCES (If any):

None.

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ri 8/18/2022 11:59:18 AM SWZ ______ RM ______ CDD ______ ORDINANCE NO. Introduction (CM)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATSONVILLE AMENDING SECTION 1-2.01 AND ADDING VARIOUS
NEW SECTIONS TO CHAPTER 2 (PENALTY PROVISIONS) OF TITLE 1 (GENERAL PROVISIONS) OF THE WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE

RELATING TO VIOLATIONS AND RECOVERY OF ENFORCEMENT

COSTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City of Watsonville enforces the provisions of its Municipal Code to ensure the health and safety of the community and compliance with local standards and regulations; and
WHEREAS, Code Enforcement staff has recently identified various sections to Chapter 2 of Title 1 of the City’s Municipal Code that requires clarification and/or improvement to allow for a more streamlined process for enforcement activities; and WHEREAS, additional language relating to the City’s ability to recover attorneys’ fees and costs is necessary so that the City may recover all of its costs relating to enforcement activities, including legal costs, if the City is deemed the prevailing party.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. ENACTMENT.

Section 1-2.01 of Chapter 2 (Penalty Provisions) of Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in words and figures as follows:

CHAPTER 2 PENALTY PROVISIONS
Sec. 1-2.01 Violations of Code.

No person shall violate any provision or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Code. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to

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comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Code shall be guilty of an infraction, unless a Code section specifically provides for a violation to be a misdemeanor. The City Attorney, however, shall have the discretion to file a criminal complaint, designating a violation an infraction although the Code specifically provides for the violation to be a misdemeanor. An infraction shall not be punishable by imprisonment, but any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this Code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred and no/100ths ($500.00) Dollars. Any violation which would otherwise be an infraction shall be a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of one or more violations of this Code within the six (6) month period immediately preceding the commission of the offense, and such prior convictions are admitted by the defendant or alleged in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be deemed to be a conviction of the offense charged.

Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this Code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand and no/100ths ($1,000.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly.

In addition to other penalties provided by law, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any provision of this Code or any approval, order, ordinance, permit, license, rule or regulation issued or adopted by any duly authorized body, officer or agent of the City in the manner provided by law shall be deemed a public nuisance

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and may be abated as such by the City; and each day such violation or condition continues shall constitute a new and separate offense.

Chapter 2 (Penalty Provisions) of Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Watsonville Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding new Sections 1-02.11, 1-02.12, 1-02.13, 1-02.14, and 1-02.15 to read in in words and figures as follows:

Sec. 1-02.11 Inspection authority.

City enforcement officials are authorized to enter upon any property or premises to ascertain whether the provisions of this Code or applicable state codes are being obeyed, and to make any examinations, inspections and surveys as may be necessary in the performance of their enforcement duties. These may include the taking of photographs, samples, or other physical evidence. All inspections, entries, examinations and surveys shall be conducted in a reasonable manner. If an owner, occupant or agent refuses permission to enter or inspect, the enforcement official may seek an administrative inspection warrant pursuant to the applicable procedures provided for in the California Code of Civil Procedure.

Sec. 1-02.12 Responsibility for violation.
(a) The occupant of any premises upon which a violation of any provision of this Code exists, the owner of any object or material placed or remaining anywhere on the premises in violation of any provision of this Code, or the occupant of any premises where an excavation was made or a structure erected in violation of any provision of this Code shall be deemed prima facie responsible for the violation and subject to the penalties provided therefor.
(b) The owner of any property, building or structure within the City has the responsibility for keeping such property, building or structure free of violations related to

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its use or condition. The owner(s) of such property, building or structure are separately liable for violations committed by tenants or occupants relative to the use or condition of the property.

Sec.1-02.13 Legal action authorized.

In addition to any of the remedies, penalties and other methods of enforcement provided in this Code, the City Attorney is authorized to institute such legal proceeding or suit in equity as may be deemed necessary to abate, remove, remedy, enjoin or restrain any violation of this Code, and may apply to any court with jurisdiction to grant such relief as may be appropriate to abate, remove, remedy, enjoin or restrain such violation or to impose civil penalties as set forth in this chapter. Any provision of this Code may be enforced by injunction issued by the Superior Court of the State of California upon a suit brought by the City.

Sec.1-02.14 Attorneys’ fees and costs.

In any action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding brought to abate a public nuisance or enforce any provision of this Code, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover attorneys' fees, provided that attorneys' fees will only be available in those actions or proceedings in which the City elects at the initiation of any action or proceeding to seek recovery of its own attorneys' fees. In no action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding shall an award of attorneys' fees to a prevailing party exceed the amount of reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the City in the action or proceeding. The City may seek its attorneys' fees and costs incurred after adoption of this section, for any action or administrative proceeding or special proceeding that is pending upon adoption of this section, provided that the City makes the election to seek its attorneys' fees and costs.

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Sec.1-02.15 Remedies not exclusive.

The remedies provided in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive.” SECTION 2. RECITALS.

The City Council finds and determines the foregoing recitals to be true and correct and hereby makes them a part of this Ordinance.

SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.

The provisions of this Ordinance are severable, and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph, provision, or part of this Ordinance, or the application of this Ordinance to any person, is for any reason held to be invalid, preempted by state or federal law, or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance. If any provision of this Ordinance is held to be inapplicable, the provisions of this Ordinance shall nonetheless continue to apply with respect to all other covered development projects and developers and/or owners. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the City Council that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such provisions not been included or such persons or circumstances been expressly excluded from its coverage.

SECTION 4. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

Prior to adopting this Ordinance, the City Council independently finds and determines that this action is exempt from CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(2), 15061(b)(3) (general rule), each of which provides a separate and independent basis for CEQA clearance and when viewed collectively provide an overall basis for CEQA clearance.

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SECTION 5. PUBLICATION.

This ordinance shall be published in the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian and/or Santa Cruz Sentinel in compliance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Watsonville.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Ordinance shall be in force and take effect thirty (30) days after its final adoption.
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