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RESOLUTION NO. 5947
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
ADOPTING THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
The City Council of the City of Downey does hereby resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 797 (Water Code Section 10610 et seq.,
known as the Urban Water Management Planning Act) during the 1993 -1994 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,
'"7 the primary objective of which is to plan for the conservation and efficient use of water; and
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WHEREAS, the City is an urban supplier of water providing water to a population of 91,444; and
WHEREAS, the Plan shall be periodically reviewed at least once every five years, and that the City
shall make any amendments or changes to its plan which are indicated by the review; and
WHEREAS, the Plan must be adopted after public review and hearing, and filed with the
California Department of Water Resources within thirty days of adoption; and
WHEREAS, the City has, therefore, prepared and circulated for public review a draft Urban Water
Management Plan, and a properly noticed public hearing regarding said Plan was held by the City Council
on April 23, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the City of Downey did prepare and shall file said Plan with the California
Department of Water Resources within thirty (30) days after adoption of said Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Downey as follows:
1. The 1995 Urban Water Management Plan is hereby adopted and ordered filed with the City
Clerk;
2. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to file the 1995 Urban Water Management
Plan with the California Department of Water Resources within 30 days after this date;
3. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to implement the Water Conservation
Programs as set forth in the 1995 Urban Water Management Plan, which includes water
#.--, shortage contingency analysis and recommendations to the City Council regarding
necessary procedures, rules, and regulations to carry out effective and equitable water
1 conservation and water recycling pro rams;
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4. In a water shortage, the Mayor is hereby authorized to declare a Water Shortage
Emergency according to the Water Shortage Stages and Triggers indicated in the Plan, and
implement necessary elements of the Plan;
5. The Mayor shall recommend to the City Council additional procedures, rules, and
regulations to carry out effective and equitable allocation of water resources.
6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd of Apr i 1 , 19 96 .
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Mayor , GAR Y P . MC i liWr-"'
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dir Clerk , JUD TH E. MC"
I, JUDITH E. McDONNELL, City Clerk of the City of Downey, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 5 947 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Downey on the 23rd day of April , 1996, by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Boggs , Lawrence , McCaughan , Riley, Brazel ton
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT:O COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS None ---)
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ity Clerk , UDITH MC DONNELL
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