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CC Resolution 11669RESOLUTION NO. 11669 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL ADOPTING THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the State electorate approved multiple statewide bond measures since 2000, including Propositions 50 and 84, to fund water and natural resource projects and programs, including Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP); and WHEREAS, the benefits of integrated planning for water resources management activities include increased efficiency or effectiveness, enhanced collaboration across agencies and stakeholders, and improved responsiveness to regional needs and priorities; and WHEREAS, State law requires the governing bodies of water agencies to adopt the IRWMP to receive certain State grant funds; and WHEREAS, the Draft Bay Area IRWMP was posted on the Internet and made available for public comment; and WHEREAS, comments were received on the Draft IRWMP in the areas of environmental justice, technical project data, and other elements of the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Bay Area IRWMP provides an implementation framework that calls for tracking accomplishments, developing lists of prioritized projects and periodically updating the Bay Area IRWMP as conditions warrant, providing funding and resources are available to carry out these activities; and WHEREAS, adoption .of the Bay Area IRWMP does not entail a direct commitment of resources; and WHEREAS, the IRWMP is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA guidelines §15262 and §15306 because the IRWMP consists of basic data collection that would not result in the disturbance of any environmental resource and involves planning studies for possible actions that the participating agencies have not yet approved; and WHEREAS, the IRWMP is meant to be complementary to participating agencies' individual plans and programs and does not supersede such plans and programs, and adoption of the IRWMP does not prohibit or effect in any way a participating agencies' planning efforts separate from the IRWMP; and WHEREAS, Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) selected the Hacienda Avenue Green Street Improvement Project to be part of their $30 million IRWMP grant proposal in 2010. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), acting as the IRWMP program administrator, awarded Proposition 84 grant funds to the BACWA IRWMP Program in August 2011; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution 11460 authorizing the City Manager to execute a project agreement for acceptance of $2M of state funds from Proposition 84 with Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for the Hacienda Avenue Green Street Improvement Project No. 08-04; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell does hereby adopt the Bay Area IRWMP. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6~h day of May, 2014 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Raker, Low, Kotowski, Cristina, Waterman NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: cone ~ APPROVED: Richard M. Waterman, Mayor ATTEST: Anne Bybee, City Clerk