Res 16-004RESOLUTION NO. 16 -004
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING THE 2016 REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL
WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS, in light of an unprecedented drought, Governor Brown, by Executive
Order B- 29 -15, mandated statewide 25% water conservation, and directed the State Water
Resources Control Board ( SWRCB) to implement Drought Emergency Regulation for
Urban Water Conservation, which was adopted on May 5, 2015; and
WHEREAS, in Executive Order B- 29 -15, Governor Brown directed that commercial
agricultural water use would be exempted from the urban conservation requirements if
urban water agencies delivering water for commercial agricultural purposes adopt and
submit Agricultural Water Management Plans by July 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway, together with Valley Center Municipal Water District,
Rainbow Municipal Water District, Carlsbad Municipal Water District, City of Escondido,
City of Oceanside, Fallbrook Public Utilities District, Olivenhain Municipal Water District,
Ramona Municipal Water District, Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District, San Dieguito
Water District, Santa Fe Irrigation District, Vallecitos Water District, and Yuima Municipal
Water District (Participating Water Providers) entered into a cost sharing agreement in
August 2015 to prepare a 2016 Regional Agricultural Water Management Plan Update
( RAWMP); and
WHEREAS, the San Diego County Farm Bureau developed the RAWMP to meet
the requirements of the Governor and DWR, and to satisfy the requirements of the
SWRCB for exemption of commercial agricultural water from the current mandated water
cutbacks; and
WHEREAS, the RAWMP is based on information contained in the 2010 updates to
the Participating Water Providers' urban water management plans; the 2013 San Diego
Integrated Regional Water Management Plan; monthly and annual reports from the
Participating Water Providers and the San Diego County Water Authority; and information
based on various regional plans and studies conducted overtime; and
WHEREAS, the Valley Center Municipal Water District, in its capacity as the agency
of record, conducted the necessary notifications, publications, and the required public
hearing held at its offices on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, and
WHEREAS, the RAWMP, adopted after public review and hearing, will be filed by
the Valley Center Municipal Water District with the California DWR within thirty days of
adoption; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway properly noticed a public hearing regarding the
RAWMP, and made said plan available for review, as on file at the City Clerk's Office, on
February 18 and February 25, 2016.
Resolution No. 16 -004
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway as
follows:
Section 1. The above recitals are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The 2016 Regional Agricultural Management Plan Update is hereby
approved.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway at a
regular meeting this 1St day of March 2016.
C
Steve Vaus, Mayor
ATTEST:
of
Linda K. Hascup, CM , InteriH City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO)
I, Linda K. Hascup, CMC, Interim City Clerk, of the City of Poway, do hereby certify
under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 16 -004 was duly adopted by the
City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 1St day of March 2016, and that it
was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: LEONARD, GROSCH, MULLIN, CUNNINGHAM, VAUS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
Lin a K. Hascup, CM , Interirq City Clerk
City of Poway