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R 11259
RESOLUTION NO. 11259 (2021 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2020 WATER SHORTAGE
CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 during the 1983-
1984 Regular Session, and as amended subsequently, which mandates that every
supplier 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 and separate Water Shortage Contingency Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City is an urban supplier of water providing more than 3,000 acre-
feet of water annually to approximately 15,700 customers; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan includes planned
response actions during six water shortage levels to manage and mitigate potential water
supply shortages; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan includes the written
process the City will use each year to determine its water reliability; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan must be adopted, after
public review and hearing, and filed with the California Department of Water Resources
by July 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City has therefore prepared for public review a draft 2020 Water
Shortage Contingency Plan, and a properly noticed public hearing regarding the Plan was
held by the City Council on June 15, 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. The 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan for the City of San Luis
Obispo, consisting of text, tables, and appendices presented to the Council on June 15,
2021, on file in the City Clerk’s Office, is hereby adopted.
SECTION 2. The Utilities Director is hereby directed to distribute the 2020 Water
Shortage Contingency Plan to the California State Library, the County of San Luis Obispo,
and make available for public review as prescribed by state law.
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SECTION 3. The adoption of the City’s 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan is
hereby determined to be statutorily exempt from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to California Water Code §10652.
Upon motion of Council Member Pease, seconded by Council Member
Christianson, and on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Member Christianson, Marx, Pease, Vice Mayor Stewart,
and Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
The foregoing resolution was adopted this 15th day of June 2021.
______________________________
Mayor Heidi Harmon
ATTEST:
Teresa Purrington,
City Clerk
APPROVED:
J. Christine Dietrick,
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of San Luis Obispo, California, on ______________________.
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Teresa Purrington,
City Clerk
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