HomeMy WebLinkAbout8785RESOLUTION NO. 8785
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
ADOPTING THE 2025 UPPER SANTA ANA RIVER WATERSHED
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 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, 2015, and 2020, the San Bernardino Valley Regional
UWMP (RUWMP) was prepared collaboratively by multiple water suppliers to collectively meet
the requirements of the UMWP Act; and
WHEREAS, the 2025 RUWMP 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 2025 RUWMP, the City of Redlands has prepared those
portions of the RUWMP applicable to the City of Redlands to meet the requirements of 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 2025 RUWMP; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the UWMP Act, The City of Redlands has prepared the
2025 RUWMP 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 2025 RUWMP, and has also
utilized the DWR Guidebook for Urban Water Suppliers to Prepare 2025 Urban Water
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Management Plans; 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 2025
RUWMP was published within the jurisdiction of the City of Redlands on April 10, 2026, and April
17, 2026; 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 2, 2026, at 6:00 P.M., or soon
thereafter, in order to provide members of the public and other interested entities with the
opportunity to be heard in connection with proposed adoption of the 2025 RUWMP and issues
related thereto; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said public hearing on the 2025 RUWMP, 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 2025 RUWMP; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the purposes and requirements
of the UWMP Act, the contents of the 2025 RUWMP, and the documentation contained in the
administrative record in support of the 2025 RUWMP, and has determined that the factual analyses
and conclusions set forth in the 2025 RUWMP 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 2025 RUWMP in order to comply with the 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 2025 RUWMP
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 2025
RUWMP.
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 2025 RUWMP to DWR no later than July 1, 2026.
Section 5. The MUED Director is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with
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Water Code section 10644(a), to submit a copy of the 2025 RUWMP 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 authorized and directed, in accordance with
Water Code section 10645, to make the 2025 RUWMP 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 2025 RUWMP with DWR.
Section 7. The MUED Director is hereby authorized and directed, in accordance with
Water Code Section 10635(b), to provide that portion of the 2025 RUWMP 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 thirty (30) days after submitting a copy to DWR;
Section S. The MUED Director is hereby authorized and directed to implement the 2025
RUWMP in accordance with the 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 2025 RUWMP in collaboration with the regional
partners.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 2nd of June, 2026.
Mario Sauced , Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeanne naldson, City Clerk
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1, 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 2nd day of June, 2026,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Barich, Tejeda, Davis; Mayor Saucedo
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Shaw
ABSTAINED: None
JeaCWe Donaldson, City Clerk
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