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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-06-26 - Resolution No. 08-07RESOLUTION NO. 08-07 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT IMPLEMENTING ACTION LEVEL ONE OF THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN ESTABLISHED BY THE 2005 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, California has had one of the driest years on record, with eight of the past ten years meeting drought-level conditions; and WHEREAS, storage in the Colorado River system has dropped to fifty percent of total capacity; and WHEREAS, the California Aqueduct has been restricted by up to thirty-five percent, due to a federal court ruling to protect the Delta Smelt; and WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a statewide drought and issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Water Resources to expedite grants impacting water resources in 2008 and 2009, facilitate water transfers in 2008 and to operate a dry year water purchasing program in 2009, to conduct an aggressive water conservation outreach campaign with local agencies, to prioritize drought research, to focus on water shortage contingency portions of local agency Urban Water Management Plans and to oversee the State Water Project operations to alleviate impacts upon San Joaquin Valley agriculture; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Grand Jury investigated solutions to the looming water crisis in California and recommends in its report for local water agencies a goal of ten percent voluntary conservation, a focus on outdoor usage, the development of monthly allocations for each customer and the implementation of conservation-inducing pricing; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is currently in a "Water Supply Alert" phase and urges implementation of "extraordinary conservation measures", such as conservation pricing, outdoor water restrictions, prohibition of runoff, enhanced rebates, and coordination with the Municipal Water District of Orange County to develop a unified regional message and to accelerate media and outreach campaigns; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Water District of Orange County, the regional imported water provider, has enacted a resolution asking every Orange County resident and business to immediately reduce their water usage by ten percent; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Water District has implemented the "OC Water Hero" public education campaign, urging customers to conserve twenty gallons of water per person, per day; and WHEREAS, the Yorba Linda Water District has broad authority to enact water conservation rules under the laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the adoption of water conservation measures would assist in avoiding or minimizing the effects of a water shortage in Southern California; and WHEREAS, the 2005 Urban Water Management Plan, approved by the Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda Water District, states four levels of water supply shortage conditions, the first of which is voluntary conservation measures of a targeted ten percent reduction in the usage of water. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda Water District that all water users immediately adopt a voluntary ten percent reduction in water use. The District is committed to assisting in the education of its customers through the following measures. Section 1: The District will provide posted notices to all hotels requesting guests staying longer than one day reuse towels and bed linens. Section 2: The District will provide table-top notices to all restaurants informing customers that water will be served only if requested. Section 3: The District encourages customers to pursue water conservation measures such as smart controllers, rotating nozzles, high-efficiency nozzles, high-efficiency clothes washers and toilets, SmarTimers and synthetic turf. Rebates for these products may also be available to all residents through the Municipal Water District of Orange County. Section 4: Notices will be sent to all Yorba Linda Water District customers informing them of the voluntary ten percent reduction in water usage. Section 5: Notices will be sent to all Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District schools within the Yorba Linda Water District regarding the availability of water education and conservation programs through either the Yorba Linda Water District or the Municipal Water District of Orange County. 1 Section 6: should the Yorba Linda Voater District not receive the requested ten percent voluntary reduction in the usage of water from its customer base or the availability of water become further decreased, a mandatory conservation may be implemented, as established in the 2005 Urban Water Management Plan. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 261" day of June, 2008 by the following called vote: r"IstC ~~zia:~..> ov ra;s> CnIlert, Stir-M1arfi~10 r'~✓le A'3 N S ABSEN 1 "i1s> BSTAIrl hn'Al. Surii erfield, President