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WHEREAS, the State's preferred alternative is the most promising plan <br />developed to date to solve Delta challenges and resolve decades of conflicts between <br />agricultural, urban and environmental water users with a comprehensive solution that <br />achieves California's Co -Equal goals of a reliable water supply and a restored Delta <br />ecosystem; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council is supportive of the State's preferred Alternative <br />Number 4 which calls for a proposed twin - tunnel conveyance system that isolates and <br />protects drinking water supplies and helps restore natural flow patterns in the Delta for <br />the benefit of native species as well as the complementary habitat restoration, water <br />quality and predator control measures outlined in the BDCP. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of <br />Santa Ana urges the state to move forward with the draft BDCP, specifically with <br />support for Alternative Number 4, the State's preferred alternative, and focus efforts on <br />resolving those remaining issues needed to provide assurances that the plan will <br />achieve California's co -equal goals of water supply reliability and ecosystem restoration <br />in a cost effective manner. <br />ADOPTED this _day of 2014. <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br />Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney <br />By: <br />Jose Sandoval <br />Chief Assistant City Attorney <br />Miguel A. Pulido <br />Mayor <br />55B -4 <br />Resolution No. 2014 -xxx <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />