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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-031 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA ADOPTING THE 2020 WATER SHORTAGE <br />CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />WHEREAS, Sections 10610 through 10657 of the California Water Code, known <br />as the Urban Water Management Planning Act, require that every urban water supplier <br />providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 <br />customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually, prepare an Urban <br />Water Management Plan ("UWMP") at least once every five years; and <br />WHEREAS, these plans support suppliers' long-term resource planning to ensure <br />that adequate water supplies are available to meet existing and future water needs; and <br />WHEREAS, each UWMP must be adopted by the supplier's governing body and <br />submitted to the California Department of Water Resources; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana is an urban water supplier subject to this <br />requirement; and <br />WHEREAS, on June 7, 2016, by Resolution No. 2106-040, the City Council <br />adopted the City's 2015 UWMP; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has prepared the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan as an <br />update to the 2015 UWMP on the City's water resource needs, water use efficiency <br />programs, water reliability assessments, and strategies to mitigate water shortage <br />conditions; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's 2020 UWMP contains all elements to satisfy compliance <br />with the Urban Water Management Planning Act as amended since 2015; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's 2020 UWMP contains a Water Shortage Contingency Plan <br />("WSCP"), a detailed proposal for how a supplier intends to act in the case of an actual <br />water shortage condition, as required by Water Code Section 10632; and <br />WHEREAS, the WSCP must be treated as a standalone plan for public hearing <br />and adoption procedures; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has given the legally required notices for the 2020 WSCP and <br />conducted a public hearing on June 1, 2021 to consider the approval of the 2020 WSCP; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City separately gave the legally required notices for the 2020 <br />UWMP and conducted a public hearing on June 1, 2021 to consider the approval of the <br />2020 UWMP. <br />Resolution No. 2021-031 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />