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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 17, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING WATER <br />SUPPLY ASSESSMENT FOR THE COUNTY <br />OF ORANGE CIVIC CENTER FACILITIES <br />STRATEGIC PLAN <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,3 & 5, 2) <br />CI Y MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />r:192- 00IT14 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 18` Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 o Reading <br />[] Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution approving the Water Supply Assessment for the County of Orange Civic <br />Center Facilities Strategic Plan. <br />In June 2016, the City of Santa Ana filed its 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) <br />(Exhibit 1) with the California Department of Water Resources in accordance with California <br />Water Code Section 10610, et seq., which requires UWMPs be filed every five years, for years <br />ending in five and zero (e.g., 2015, 2020, etc.). The UWMP, among its several functions, <br />estimates water supply sufficiency by forecasting the City's water supply capacity and anticipated <br />consumer water demand to ensure with reasonable confidence that supply will meet or exceed <br />demand for the life of the plan. <br />UWMPs are point -in -time estimates that by their nature cannot fully capture future effects of large <br />changes not yet known at the time the plan is developed. For this reason, California Water Code <br />Section 10910 requires that impactful projects be given separate and specific review. Specifically, <br />the developer must evaluate large office developments (net increase of 1,000 persons or 250,000 <br />square feet) and declare they are feasible within the existing water supply in a document known <br />as a Water Supply Assessment. The City must then concur that adequate water supply exists for <br />the project before development may proceed. <br />The County of Orange is presently updating its Civic Center Facilities Strategic Plan which entails <br />significant development (i.e. a "project" as defined in the statute) and therefore requires a Water <br />Supply Assessment (Exhibit 2). The County of Orange has concluded that the City has adequate <br />supply to service the project upon completion. After reviewing the assessment, the Water <br />Resources Division of the City's Public Works Agency concurs with the County's determination <br />and recommends that Council adopt a resolution approving this assessment (Exhibit 3). <br />5513-1 <br />