HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021.053 - (06-01-21) RESOLUTION NO. 2021.053
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE 2020 WATER SHORTAGE
CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHEREAS, in 1983, the State of California Legislature (Legislature) enacted the
Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act); and
WHEREAS, the law required an urban water supplier (Supplier), providing water
for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or serving more than 3,000 acre-
feet annually, to adopt an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) every five years
demonstrating water supply reliability in normal, single dry, and multiple dry water years;
and
WHEREAS, the UWMP must include an effective Water Shortage Contingency
Plan (WSCP) that specifies opportunities to reduce demand and augment supplies under
numerous, and even unpredictable, water shortage conditions; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the Legislature modified the Urban Water Management Plan
to require a WSCP with specific elements; and
WHEREAS, the WSCP is a document that provides a Supplier with an action plan
for drought or catastrophic water supply shortage; and
WHEREAS, the City's WSCP has been prepared to include elements specified
under Water Code Section 10632; and
WHEREAS, at least 60 days prior to the public hearing on the 2020 UWMP and
2020 WSCP, the City provided notifications to city or county within which the City
provides waters supplies that the City will be reviewing the UWMP and WSCP and
considering amendments or changes to the plans; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2020, the City sent out notifications to cities/counties
and other stakeholders on the City's preparation of the 2020 UWMP and WSCP; and
WHEREAS, on March 30, 2021, the City sent out notices of the time and place of
the public hearing to the cities and county within which the City provides water and the
availability of the draft 2020 UWMP and WSCP; and
WHEREAS, on May 6, 2021 and May 13, 2021 respectively the City published
notice in the Lynwood Press that on June 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter a public
hearing regarding the draft 2020 UWMP and WSCP would be held in the City of Lynwood
Council Chambers as well as via zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic at which the public
comment on the plan would be received, as required by the California Water Code (CWC)
Section 10642; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code Section 1062 to encourage active
involvement of diverse social, cultural and economic elements of the population within the
service area, on May 17, 2021 at 6:00 pm the City hosted a community and stakeholders
meeting via zoom to discuss the draft 2020 UWMP and WSCP; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. a public hearing was conducted in the
Council Chambers and via teleconferencing and video conferencing at which the public
was provided the opportunity to comment on the 2020 UWMP and WSCP; and
WHEREAS, the WSCP was prepared in accordance with the UWMP laws as
modified by the Legislature.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES
HEREBY FIND, PROCLAIM, ORDER AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby adopts the 2020 Water Shortage
Contingency Plan for the City of Lynwood attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 2. That the City Council authorizes the City Manager or his designee to
submit the Water Shortage Contingency Plan to the California Department of Water
Resources.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
Section 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 1st day of June, 2021.
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City Attorney Director of Public Works
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of said
City at its special meeting thereof held in the City Hall of the City on the 1st day of
June, 2021 and passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS FLORES, SOLACHE, SOTO, MAYOR PRO
TEM CASANOVA AND MAYOR SANTANA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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Maria cirionez,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and Clerk of the City
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true
and correct copy of Resolution No. 2021M53 on file in my office and that said
resolution was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 1st
day of June, 2021.
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aria Quinonez,
City Clerk
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