HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-156 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 89-156
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, URGING THE STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD TO REVISE ITS DRAFT REPORT ENTITLED "WATER
QUALITY CONTROL PLAN FOR SALINITY, SAN FRANCISCO
BAY/SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA ESTUARY"
WHEREAS, more than one-half of the people in California rely on the
State Water Project for all or some of their water supply; and
WHEREAS, Southern California, specifically, relies on the State Water
Project for more than one-third of its water supply; and
WHEREAS, that dependency will increase in the future as population
increases and firm water supplies from other sources are reduced; and
WHEREAS, Southern California is a national leader in water
conservation efforts and in the use of reclaimed water; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities and the County Supervisors
Association of California have adopted a combined statewide policy on water
which calls for a balanced, global approach to solving the state's water
problems including an equitable and reasonable distribution policy for the
entire state; and
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Associated Governments area has the
greatest water reuse practices of any area in California; and
WHEREAS, the environmental considerations, including said reuse, for
Southern California agreed to in the adopted work plan were not taken into
account in the draft plan; and
UHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board's draft water
quality control plan makes the following recommendation that imperil urban
water supplies: restricting SWP deliveries to 1985 levels; substantially
reducing exports during high-demand months; requires significant releases of
stored water without adequate substantiation that such releases will aid the
fisheries; fails to address the problem of trihalomethane precursors in the
delta; negates existing and environmental agencies; urges the deep cycling of
reservoirs without regard to storing water for drought or natural emergencies
such as earthquakes; and
WHEREAS, the draft report states that Southern California should be
responsible for 92 percent of the conservation urged for the entire state; and
WHEREAS, Southern California's investment of billions of dollars in
the State Water Project are severely diminished by the reco~endations in this
plan to the point where only one-third of the water paid for overtime could
ever be delivered; and
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WHEREAS, the draft report unfairly burdens urban areas with drought-
like conditions nearly every year; and
WHEREAS, the draft report takes an obvious bias that has done damage,
and will do damage if implemented, in terms of economic development that will
negatively impact the entire state.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
strongly urges the State Water Resources Control Board to recall its draft
report and consider additional information for use in the drafting of a
revised report that more fairly balances the uses of water from the
Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta and mitigates the damage done by the release of
the original version.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this action be done swiftly, and that the
revised plan takes into account the very significant role the delta plays in
meeting the urban water needs of the State of California.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to
Governor George Deukmejian, the State Uater Quality Control Board, San
Bernardino County's legislative delegation: and the Southern California Water
Committee.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 5th day of April, 1989.
AYES: Alexander, Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright
NOES: None
ABSENT: None f'~
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Dennis L. Stout, Mayor
ATTEST:
B~verly A. A~thelet, City Clerk
I, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5th day of
April, 1989.
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Executed this 6th day of April, 1989 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Bever~l~. Au~thelet, City'Clerk