HomeMy WebLinkAbout6641_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 6641
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
COMPREHENSIVE WATER PLAN PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNOR
WHEREAS, the State Water Project was built and is being funded by the
participants to provide a high quality, sustainable water supply and currently serves 25
million people and 750,000 acres of farmland throughout the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the ability of the California State Water Project water system to
convey water through the Delta face growing challenges associated with Delta instability,
endangered species conflicts, aging infrastructure and climate change; and
WHEREAS, these challenges have the potential to significantly impact the
ability of water purveyors within the San Bernardino Valley to provide reliable and safe
water supplies to residences, farms, and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the recent shutdown of the State Water Project's Delta pumps is a
sign of the deepening crisis in the Delta and the need to find alternative means of water
conveyance; and
WHEREAS, these actions are already affecting some of the State Water Project
Contractors,with calls for voluntary and in some cases mandatory conservation; and
WHEREAS, although water purveyors within San Bernardino Valley have been
investing heavily in programs such as water recycling, water use efficiency and regional
water storage projects, these programs alone will not provide sufficiently reliable water
supplies with the backbone of the State Water Project; and
WHEREAS, Governor Schwarzenegger, legislators, and community leaders have
stated that now is the time to take action to develop an alternative means of water
conveyance around the Delta as well as additional water storage and water use efficiency,
jointly known as the Strategic Growth Plan for California's water; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the comprehensive water package
proposed by the Governor and believes that some form of isolated conveyance facility is
clearly needed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council will corroborate with the Delta Vision Task Force
process to develop recommendations by the end of 2007 regarding the optimal isolated
water conveyance facility as part of a comprehensive water plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Redlands
support including a new Delta conveyance facility in the comprehensive water plan
proposed by the Governor as well as water conservation and storage and to address the
ecological health of the Delta as well as viability for a water supply for California, and
urge the Governor and Legislature to take all the steps necessary to quickly authorize,
fund, and begin work on both the near and long-term solutions for a new Delta
conveyance facility.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 7`h day of August, 2007.
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Harrison, ayor
ATTEST:
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1, Lorrie Poyzer, 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
7th day of August 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Gilbreath, Gil, Gallagher, Aguilar; Mayor Harrison
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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