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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 06-16 Annual Water Report11rr I 1r� %�_t I I 1VVr T4119VOCUMP0.. 1 i:• [ZECEIVING THE ANNUAL WATER REPORT AND CARRYING OVER THE WATER ALLOCATION PROGRAM FROM 2015 TO 2016, DIRECTING STAFF TO MODIFY MBMC CHAPTER 13.20 AND PREPARE A NEW ALLOCATION PROGRAM PER THE MODIFICATION E AS, 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 E AS, 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 multifamily and single-family residences allowed within that limit; and AS, in May 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown continued the water emergency, due to extended historic drought conditions, calling for a required 12 -percent reduction in water consumption by Morro Bay; and E AS, Morro Bay exceeds the State's requirements for water conservation; and E AS, on January 26, 2016, County staff informed the City of Morro Bay the State Water Project allocation for 2016 is officially at 15 -percent, and that combined with drought buffer and stored water is available to meet the City's 1140 acre-foot delivery request; and AS, in 2015 Marro Bay used 19.92 of the 115 Water Units Allocated by City Council; and XXTUW IBEAS, on February 9, 2016, City Council did hold a duly noticed Public Hearing on the 2015 Annual Water Progress Report and the proposed 2016 Water Allocation Program; and WHEREAS the City's approximately 1947 ,Acre Feet of stored water available is finite. Bay, California, as follows: SECTION 1®A Water Allocation Program for the year 2016 is hereby modified to contain the following elements: A. The remaining 95.08 WEUs allocated in 2015 shall be carried over, in their same proportions, for 2016 until such time as MBMC Chapter 13.20 is modified and the City Council allocates additional water for new development. B. All new water allocations requested for 2016 shall be offset on a two -to -one basis by providing retrofits to existing uses or providing non -required water savings features for development that would benefit from the water allocation. The Public Works Director is responsible for the review and approval of the proposed retrofits to ensure they offset the water supply requested by new development. Retrofits may include, but are not limited to, any of the following water saving best management practices: • Irrigation Retrofits • Waterless Urinals • Waterless Toilets • Ultra -Low Flow Toilets • Lawn/Landscape Replacement Program • Gray water system installation • Installation of Rainwater Recovery Systems • Other Water Savings Best Management Practices as approved by the Public Works Director • If retrofit is deemed to be infeasible by the Public Works Director (whose decision is not appeable), then payment of an "In -Lieu" fee program of two times $3,016 ($6,032) per required Water Equivalency Unit C. Public Works staff is hereby directed to make the required changes to MBMC Chapter 13.20 in a timely manner. Those modifications shall be reviewed by the Public Works Advisory Board and Planning Commission prior to returning to City Council, D. Public Works staff is further directed to submit a revised Water Allocation Plan in accordance with the adopted modifications to MBMC Chapter 13.20, 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 I ssued 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 9th day of February, 2016 by the following vote: AYES: Irons, Headding, Johnson, Makowetski, Smukler NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: I "M1111 i! • r�FMAIMIN•