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REPORTRECEIVING THE ANNUAL WATER A- OVER THE WATER
%LLOCATION PROGRAM FROM1 • 2019,STAFF TO PREPARE
ALLOCATION PROGRAM PER THE ONEWATER PLAN
ity of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, Chapter 13.20 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code calls for the City Council of
the City of Morro Bay to adopt a yearly Water Allocation Program based on a report by the
Public Works (Services) Director after review by the City of Morro Bay Planning Commission
and Public Works Advisory Board, and
WHEREAS, the Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan and Ordinance Number 266,
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 2018, the California Department of Water Resources informed the
State Water Project contractors the allocations for 201/19 would be 35-percent of the contracted
amount; and
WHEREAS, Morro Bay has requested and will receive 940 acre-feet of State Water
delivery of its 1,313 acre-foot allocation; and
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2018, City Council did hold a public meeting on the FY 2017/18
Annual Water Progress Report and the proposed FY 2018/19 Water Allocation Program; and
WHEREAS, due to the mathematical spill in San Luis Reservoir, i.e. contracted allocations
were less than supply available, the City's stored water was lost per contract provisions and will
continue to accumulate until the reservoir "spills" again.
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 FY 2018/19 is hereby modified to contain the
following elements:
A. Rescind Resolution No. 28-17, allocation program for 2017 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.
B. Allocate 115 WEUs in FY18/19, 50 WEU for residential purposes, 30 SFR 20 MFR
and 65 for Commercial/Industrial purposes.
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.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, at a special
meeting held on this 13th day of June 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Irons, Davis, Headding, Makowetski, McPherson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
JA t L- IR NS, Mayo
ATTEST:
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LORI M. KUDZMA, Deputy City Clerk
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