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Home My WebLink About8226RESOLUTION NO 8226 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADOPTING THE 2020 UPPER SANTA ANA RIVER WATERSHED INTEGRATED REGIONAL URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Redlands and other water managers in the upper Santa Ana River watershed have long recognized the importance of regional collaboration and integration of single purpose efforts and regularly work across jurisdictional boundaries to implement regional multi - benefit projects and programs that address multiple water resource management issues, including local and imported water supplies, recycled water, storm water management, groundwater management, water use efficiency, habitat and open space management, and many others, and WHEREAS, the State lawmakers created the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act (IRWM Act) in 2002 to encourage integrated, regional strategies for managing water resources, and WHEREAS, in 2005, 16 agencies in the upper Santa Ana River watershed decided to develop the region's first IRWM Plan ("IRWMP") to collaborate on regional water management issues, and WHEREAS, the Upper Santa Ana River Watershed IRWMP was completed in 2007 and updated in 2015, and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands participated in the development of the 2007 and 2015 IRWMPs and adopted the 2007 and 2015 IRWMPs, and WHEREAS, the IRWMP established an update schedule of every five years and is due to be updated, and WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources ("DWR") has established Program Guidelines for the IRWM Program, which were most recently updated in 2016 ("2016 IRWM Guidelines"), and WHEREAS, The California Urban Water Management Planning Act, Water Code Section 10610 et seq ("UWMP Act"), mandates that every urban supplier of water providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre feet of water annually, prepare an Urban Water Management Plan ("UWMP"), and WHEREAS, City of Redlands meets the definition of an urban water supplier for purposes of the UWMP Act; and WHEREAS, the UWMP Act requires that said UWMP be updated and adopted at least once every five years on or before July 1, in years ending in six and one; and WHEREAS, the UWMP Act allows for water suppliers to work together to develop a cooperative regional UWMP and in 2010 and 2015, the San Bernardino Valley Regional UWMP 1 I:\Resolutions\Res 8200-8299\8226 2020 Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan.docx (RUWMP) was prepared by ten different water suppliers to collectively meet the requirements of the UWMP Act; and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands participated in the 2010 and 2015 RUWMP, and WHEREAS, both the IRWMP and RUWMP are both due to be updated, and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands and nineteen other water suppliers and water management organizations in the upper Santa Ana River watershed decided to combine the IRWMP and the RUWMP into a single comprehensive planning document known as the 2020 Upper Santa Ana River Watershed Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan (IRUWMP) which is the first of its kind in California, and WHEREAS, valuable synergies are realized by combining these two documents into one, including reduced preparation costs, a single integrated dataset, a consolidated reference document, enhanced collaboration, and more robust integrated planning and decision -making; and WHEREAS, the 2020 IRUWMP document is organized into four parts Part 1 — Regional Context, Part 2 — Individual Agency UWMPs, Part 3 — Regional Supporting Information and Part 4 — Individual Agency Supporting Information, and WHEREAS, as a participant in the 2020 IRUWMP, the City of Redlands has prepared those portions of the IRUWMP applicable to the City of Redlands to meet the requirements of the IRWM Act, the UWMP Act and other applicable laws and regulations which include Part 1, Part 2 Chapter 4 City of Redlands' UWMP, Part 3, and Part 4-Appendix D City of Redlands' Supporting Information, and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable legal requirements, the City of Redlands has undertaken certain coordination, notice, public involvement, public comment, and other procedures in relation to the 2020 IRUWMP, and WHEREAS, in accordance with the UWMP Act, the City of Redlands has prepared the 2020 IRUWMP with staff from its own agency, with the assistance of consulting professionals, and in cooperation with other governmental agencies, and has utilized and relied upon industry standards and the expertise of industry professionals in preparing its 2020 IRUWMP, and has also utilized the DWR Guidebook for Urban Water Suppliers to Prepare 2020 Urban Water Management Plans, including its related appendices and the 2016 IRWM Guidehnes, and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, a Notice of a Public Hearing regarding the City of Redlands' adoption of Part 1, Part 2-Chapter 4, Part 3 and Part 4-Appendix D of the 2020 IRUWMP was published within the jurisdiction of the City of Redlands on June 1, 2021, and June 8, 2021, and WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable law, including but not limited to Water Code sections 10608.26 and 10642, a public hearing was held on June 15, 2021, at 6 00 P.M., or soon thereafter, in order to provide members of the public and other interested entities with the 2 I:\Resolutions\Res 8200-8299\8226 2020 Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan.docx opportunity to be heard in connection with proposed adoption of the 2020 IRUWMP and issues related thereto, and WHEREAS, pursuant to said public hearing on the 2020 IRUWMP, the City of Redlands, among other things, encouraged the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic members of the community within the City of Redlands' service area with regard to the preparation of the Plan, and encouraged community input regarding the 2020 IRUWMP, and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the purposes and requirements of the IRWM Act and the UWMP Act, the contents of the 2020 IRUWMP, and the documentation contained in the administrative record in support of the 2020 IRUWMP, and has determined that the factual analyses and conclusions set forth in the 2020 IRUWMP are legally sufficient; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt Part 1, Part 2-Chapter 4, Part 3 and Part 4- Appendix D of the 2020 IRUWMP in order to comply with the IRWM Act and UWMP Act; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AS FOLLOWS Section 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from review and under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that this Urban Water Management Plan will have no significant impact on the environment. Section 2. Part 1, Part 2-Chapter 4, Part 3 and Part 4-Appendix D of the 2020 IRUWMP is hereby adopted as amended by changes incorporated by the City Council as a result of input received (if any) at the public hearing and ordered filed with the Clerk of the City Council. Section 3. The Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department Director ("MUED Director") is hereby authorized and directed to include a copy of this Resolution in the 2020 IRUWMP Section 4. The MUED Director is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with Water Code sections 10621(d) and 10644(a)(1)-(2), to electronically submit a copy of the City of Redlands' portions of the 2020 IRUWMP to DWR no later than July 1, 2021 Section 5. The MUED Director is hereby authonzed and directed, in accordance with Water Code section 10644(a), to submit a copy of the 2020 IRUWMP to the California State Library, and any city or county within which the City of Redlands provides water supplies no later than thirty (30) days after this adoption date. Section 6. The MUED Director is hereby authonzed and directed, in accordance with Water Code section 10645, to make the 2020 IRUWMP available for public review at the City of Redlands' offices during normal business hours and on the City of Redlands' website no later than thirty (30) days after filing a copy of the 2020 IRUWMP with DWR. 3 I:\Resolutions\Res 8200-8299\8226 2020 Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan.docx Section 7 The MUED Director is hereby authonzed and directed, in accordance with Water Code Section 10635(b), to provide that portion of the 2020 IRUWMP prepared pursuant to Water Code Section 10635(a) to any city or county within which the City of Redlands provides water supplies no later than sixty (60) days after submitting a copy to DWR Section 8 The MUED Director is hereby authonzed and directed to implement the 2020 IRUWMP m accordance with the IRWM Act and UWMP Act and to provide recommendations to the City Council regarding the necessary budgets, procedures, rules, regulations, or further actions to carry out the effective and equitable implementation of the 2020 IRUWMP in collaboration with the regional partners ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 15t1' day of June, 2021 Paul T Banch, Mayor ATTEST e Donaldson, City Clerk 4 I \Resolutions\Res 8200 8299\8226 2020 Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan.docx I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th day of June, 2021 AYES Councilmembers Tejeda, Davis, Guzman -Lowry, Mayor Banch NOES None ABSENT Councilmember Foster ABSTAINED None Donaldson, City Clerk 5 I \Resolutions\Res 8200-8299\8226 2020 Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan.docx