HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 21-8036 - Approving the Water Supply Assessment For the Rancho Los Amigos South Campus Speciific Plan (PLN-21-00063)i : 0 0 0 0 0 0 •
WHEREAS, the State Legislature adopted Senate Bill 610 in 2002, amending the State
Water Code to include requirements that the increased demands on water systems are
adequately addressed and that a reliable source of water supply is available for certain new
developments, prior to their approval; and,
WHEREAS, Section 15155(b) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) and Section 10910(g) of the California Water Code requires that a governing body
of a public water system that will serve a "water demand project" shall approve a Water Supply
Assessment at a regular or special meeting; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Downey is a public water supplier within its city limits and the
City Council of the City of Downey is the governing body of the City's public water system; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Downey requires that landscaping for projects be drought
tolerant to the maximum extent possible and requires that recycled water be used for irrigation
and other non -potable water purposes when properties are proximate to recycled water
resources in an effort to reduce the cumulative use of potable water; and,
WHEREAS, in August 2009, the City Council directed Community Development
Department staff to prepare a specific plan, known as the Rancho Los Amigos South Campus
Specific Plan (" Project"), with the intent of guiding growth and development in the Specific Plan
area, encouraging economic revitalization and creating a lively and livable pedestrian -oriented,
mixed -use district that will serve as a residential area, a place of employment and a recreation
destination; and,
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of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Water Supply Assessment with its data
and conclusions set forth therein. Based on its conclusions, the City's existing and additional
groundwater entitlements, the City's existing and prospective recycled water supplies, and its
water conservation measures, comprise the City's water supply for the projected demand of th(f-
proposed Project; and
WHEREAS, the Water Supply Assessment confirms that the conclusions of the Program
Environmental Impact Report, which indicates that the City's projected water supply, consisting
of existing and additional supplies, is sufficient at this time to meet the proposed project's
projected water demand, adhere to the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan, and will havc
Less than Significant impacts to the City's water supply, no mitigation measures are required;
and,
RESOLUTION NO. 21-801
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
VINEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 28 th day of September, 1.
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I 6EREBT CERTIF'T that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council i9f
the City of Downey at a Regular meeting held on the 28 th of September, 2021 by the following
vote to wit:
AYES:
Council Members:
Alvarez, Ashton, Pacheco, Mayor Frometa
NOES:
Council Member:
None.
ABSENT:
Council Members:
None.
ABSTAIN-
Council Member:
Trujillo
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City Clerk