HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 28-17 Water Allocation ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 28-17
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA,
RECEIVING THE ANNUAL WATER REPORT AND CARRYING OVER THE WATER
ALLOCATION PROGRAM FROM 2016 TO 2017, DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE A NEW
ALLOCATION PROGRAM PER THE ONEWATER PLAN
THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, Chapter 13.20 of the Morro Bay Municipal
the City of Morro Bay to adopt a yearly Water Allocation Pi
Public Works (previously Services) Director after review by
Commission and Public Works Advisory Board; and
Code calls for the City Council of
ogram based on a report by the
the City of Morro Bay Planning
WHEREAS, the Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan and Ordinance No. 266, as
codified in Morro Bay Municipal Code (MBMC) Chapter 13.20, require the City Council to set an
annual limit on new residential units and to prescribe the mix of multi -family and single-family
residences allowed within that limit; and
WHEREAS, in April 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown lifted the drought emergency;
and
WHEREAS, in April 2017, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) informed
the State Water Project contractors the allocations for 2017 would be 85 percent of the
contracted amount; and
WHEREAS, the City of Morro Bay has purchased a 165 -percent drought buffer for State
Water that guarantees any DAR allocations above 35 percent result in Morro Bay receiving
100 -percent of its request; and
WHEREAS, due to the City's Drought Buffer Morro Bay will receive 100 percent of its
requested 1040 acre-foot of State Water deliveries; and
WHEREAS, in 2016 Morro Bay used 12.15 of the 93 Water Equivalency Units (WEU)
Allocated by City Council in 2016; and
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2017, City Council did hold a public meeting on the 2016 Annual
Water Progress Report and the proposed 2017 Water Allocation Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay,
California, as follows:
SECTION 1: A Water Allocation Program for the year 2017 is hereby modified to contain the
following elements:
A. Rescind Resolution No. 06-16, allocation program for 2016 WEUs and offset
program and Resolution No. 31-14 reaffirming a water emergency and adoption of a
standing water emergency during reduced or non -state water delivery periods.
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B. Allocate 115 WEUs, in proportions stipulated in MBMC Chapter 13.20, for new
development, as indicated in the following table:
ategory
WEU
Sin le Family Residential
30
Multifamily Residential
20
Commercial/Industrial
65
Total
115
C. Direct Public Works Staff to bring back a revised WEU program to City Council after
the OneWater Plan reevaluates the City's water portfolio and WEU allocation
D. Modify the water conservation restrictions back to "moderately restricted" from
"severely restricted" water supply conditions.
SECTION 2: Applicability
Each development project that requires an allocation of new Water Equivalency Units
shall be subject to this revised allocation program, unless a building permit has been
issued prior to the date of adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City- Council of the City of Morro Bay, at a regular
meeting held on this 13th day of June 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: Irons, Davis, Headding, Makowetski, McPherson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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A SWANSON, City Clerk
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