HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-043 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2024-043
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DETERMINING THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT RISK OF
THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITY ELECTRIC
LINES OR EQUIPMENT CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC -
WILDFIRE
WHEREAS, the State of California approved Senate Bill (SB) 1028 requiring that the
governing board of a local Publicly Owned Utility(POU) initiate a process to determine whether
any portion of the geographic area where the POU's overhead electric lines and equipment are
located poses a significant risk of catastrophic wildfires resulting from the POU's electrical lines
and equipment; and
WHEREAS, City staff determined that zero (0) percent of the Rancho Cucamonga
Municipal Utility's (RCMU's) electric lines and equipment are located overhead; and
WHEREAS, City staff reviewed the final California Public Utilities Commission Fire
Threat Map and determined that zero.(0) percent of the RCMU's electric lines and equipment lie
within an area designated as either elevated or extreme fire risk; and
WHEREAS, City staff also reviewed relevant historical fire data and local conditions with
the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District and determined that RCMU's service area is not
in an area that is considered an elevated risk of electric line wildfires; and
WHEREAS, based on this assessment, City staff has concluded that RCMU's electric
lines and equipment do not pose a significant risk of catastrophic wildfire; and
WHEREAS, the State of California approved Assembly Bill (AB) 1054 and AB 111,
requiring POUs including the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility (RCMU)to submit their WMP to
a newly formed California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board ("WSAB"); and
WHEREAS, the WSAB has proposed recommending that POUs without overhead
electric supply facilities in the elevated or extreme wildfire risk areas of the California Public
Utilities Commission's ("CPUC's") High Fire Threat District map may utilize a simplified wildfire
mitigation plan development and reporting process; and
WHEREAS, the alternative reporting process that the WSAB has proposed
recommending would allow these POUs to submit a supplemental letter describing the
unchanged wildfire risk status as. it is unreasonable to expect them to otherwise continue
submitting new WMPs every year; and
WHEREAS, RCMU has determined that its current WMP adequately addresses the risk
of:''a-...utility-caused;-.catastrophic'.wildfre occurring in RCMU's service territory and that no
substantive changes are merited; and
WHEREAS, if the WSAB adopts this proposed simplified reporting process, RCMU will
exercise the option to submit the supplemental letter and existing WMP each year and continue
to evaluate its WMP on a regular basis.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, HEREBY RESOLVES:
SECTION 1. The City makes a determination that its RCMU' s overhead electric lines and
equipment do not pose a significant risk of causing a catastrophic wildfire pursuant to SB 1025;
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1054 and AB 111, RCMU is considered a low-risk
POU and has the option to submit a supplemental letter and existing WMP each year
describing its unchanged wildfire risk status;
SECTION 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 511 day of June, 2024.
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ATTEST:
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&.119vice C. Reynolds, City Clerk
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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 5m day of
June, 2024.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott
NOES: None
ABSENT: Stickler
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 6th day of June, 2024, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
'nice C: Reynolds, City-Clerk
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