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2017 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM <br />dispensaries and an apartment building with <br />unsanitary and hazardous conditions. <br />GOALS: COMMUNITY <br />HEALTH, LIVABILITY, <br />ENGAGEMENT & <br />SUSTAINABILITY <br />A vibrant community is full of energy and life, characterized <br />by investment in its people, its culture, and its physical <br />environment. Our built environment has a direct effect on <br />the community's overall quality of life. The task of <br />community planning includes envisioning new commercial <br />areas and new neighborhoods that enhance quality of life, <br />as well as improving the neighborhoods we already have in <br />order to create a sense of place and community. Essential <br />to a vibrant community is strong community involvement <br />the celebration of arts and cultural diversity, and a focus on <br />resource conservation. <br />Water Conservation and Water Supply <br />Reliability <br />(Public Works Agency) <br />The Drought has dominated much of the water <br />headlines from 2013 to 2015. However, in 2016, <br />for the first time in three years, water supplies <br />available to the City's major water suppliers <br />exceeded demands. This change caused a shift in <br />operational priorities from drought management <br />and storage usage to drought recovery. <br />Conservation efforts during the drought were <br />successful in suppressing water demand. The <br />City exceeded the Governor's mandate to <br />conserve all throughout the Emergency Drought <br />Declaration. With the increase in available <br />supplies in early 2016 water supply allocation <br />was lifted, however, the City continued with its <br />water conservation efforts and outreach. On <br />February 1, 2017 the State Water Project <br />watershed hydrology had improved to 197 <br />percent of average to date. Many of the state's <br />reservoirs are full or above their historic <br />averages. Castaic Lake for example is 92% of its <br />capacity. Under these wet conditions, with <br />average rain of 27.81 inches statewide from <br />October 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017 the <br />Department of Water Resources announced a 60 <br />percent State Water Project (SWP) allocation. <br />With the understanding that droughts are <br />cyclical, the City supports state and regional <br />water supply projects and initiatives to drought <br />proof the Southern California water supplies. <br />The City supports the following <br />projects/initiatives: <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />14 <br />666 <br />Bay -Delta and State Water Project <br />Improvements: <br />Support administrative/legislative action <br />and federal and state funding to keep the <br />Bay Delta Conservation Plan/California <br />WaterFix to advance conveyance and <br />ecosystem improvements to help achieve <br />coequal goals of water supply reliability <br />and Delta ecosystem protection and <br />restoration. <br />Regional Water Resources Management: <br />Support administrative/legislative action <br />to promote the development of a <br />Regional Recycled Water Program for <br />indirect potable reuse of recycled water <br />as new drought proof water resource. <br />Ground Water Replenishment System <br />Final Expansion: <br />Support the GWRS-Final Expansion <br />project to augment the existing system to <br />replenish the Orange County <br />Groundwater Basin from 100 to 130 <br />Million Gallons per Day. <br />Ocean Water Desalination: <br />Support administrative/legislative action <br />to promote the development of fiscally <br />responsible ocean water desalination <br />projects as a water resource, without <br />