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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR THE OC <br />PLAN FOR INTEGRATED REGIONAL <br />WATER MANAGEMENT FOR NORTH AND <br />CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY AND THE <br />ONE WATER ONE WATERSHED PLAN <br />FOR THE SANTA ANA RIVER <br />WATERSHED, AND AUTHORIZE THE <br />SANTA ANA WATERSHED PROJECT <br />AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT A PROP 1 <br />INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER <br />MANAGEMENT GRANT APPLICATION ON <br />BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />FOR THE RAITT AND MYRTLE PARK <br />PROJECT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 6F) <br />CI ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />==161 A0 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1° Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a Resolution adopting the OC Plan for Integrated Regional Water Management for <br />North and Central Orange County and the One Water One Watershed Plan for the Santa <br />Ana River Watershed. <br />2. Authorize the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority to submit a Prop 1 Integrated Regional <br />Water Management grant application on behalf of the City of Santa Ana for the Raitt and <br />Myrtle Park Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In November 2014, California voters passed Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and <br />Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Prop 1). Prop 1 authorized $7.545 billion in general obligation <br />bonds to fund, in part, water resource projects identified as regional priorities through local Integrated <br />Regional Water Management (IRWM) Plans. The City of Santa Ana has participated in the <br />development of IRWM Plan for North and Central Orange County (the OC Plan), which was completed <br />in March 2018. <br />The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) administers Prop 1 grant funding for the IRWM <br />Region recognized by the State Department of Water Resources (DWR) for the Santa Ana River <br />Watershed Funding Area, which includes North and Central Orange County. SAWPA has also led the <br />55A-1 <br />