HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2008-131RESOLUTION NO. 2008-131
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTING
THE POSITION OF THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AS OUTLINED IN COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. R-08-269 OPPOSING
THE DELTA VISION BLUE RIBBON TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE SACRAM ENTO-SAN JOAQU I N RIVER DELTA
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the documentation presented by the
San Joaquin County, through Supervisor Ken Vogel, requesting support of the County's
position in opposing the recommendations of the Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force
with respect to the Sacramento -San Joaquin River Delta.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
support the position of the San Joaquin County Board cf Supervisors as outlined in
County Resolution No. R-08-269, attached hereto marked Exhibit A, opposing the
Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force recommendations for the Sacramento -San Joaquin
River Delta.
Dated: July 2, 2008
hereby certify that Resolution No. 2008-131 was passed and adopted by the
City Council cf the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held July 2, 2008, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hansen, Johnson, Katzakian, and
Mayor Mounce
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
OHL
City Clerk
2008-131
EXHIBIT Al
BEFORE THE BOARD OF 8049MBORS OF TM SM aOAMAN COUNTY
FLOOD CONTROLAND WATER CONSIMATIION DISTRICT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
R-08- 269
WHEREAS, undor alwavwOrft S-17 , Governor Arnold
SehrMftneggerest!Oblished the DeltaVision Came * 1 * bbon Task Force and r
Coordination Group to help develop a durable vision for sustainable management of the Deltawith the
goat of managingthe Delta over the long term to restore and maintain identified functions and values
that are determined to be rmportantto the environmental quality of the Delta and the economic and
social well being of the people of the Slate, and,
WHEREAS, the ptaftni has, ed to Mte paint WhOM on Navwftr 30,2007,
t:heTask Force released thek Daft Vh4",Rdp0 V1aport) enMed, "OurVision for the California
Dd ta." In the report it describes both short- and long-term recommendations that proposecharrges to
a wide array of issues affecting the Delta including water supply, water quality, flood controf, land use,
habitat. and local governance, and,
WHEREAS, while Oft planningeffod with t?'le soveral RepDrt recon irnendations has
outgned Ideas that may allow ft Delta toma4tdam beneficial needs rn a Sustainable vmV, it also
supports and calls for the studies, modeling, investigations, and potential development of an isolated
water conveyancefaciifty. Peripheral Canal singularly or as a part of a dual conveyance system; and,
WHEREAS, the construdion, andoperation of a PerV4011 Gatraf or a similarfadilfiy would
the taking o= prime agricultural land and possibly urban wim for the construction of the canal
itself and the loss cf aMitional screwje from seepage from that canal, viii cause severance damage
to additional prime agricultural land, WM sever and impair utilities and local road systems, will create
significant newflood dangers to agricultural lands and urban areas within the City of Stockton and
San Joaquin County, will adversely affect the water rights of water users within San Joaquin County.
will circumvent the Delia common pool, and will seriously impair Delta water quality and an adequate
supply for all beneficial uses, and the protection of endangered fish populations, wildlife. and other
recreational resources within the County; and,
WHEREAS, given the faet that the Report on page 13 that there is not
curMintly sufficient information to determine whether an isolatedftally, dual conveyance system or ,
through -Delta conveyance is the best solution for Delta, the recommendation on page 14 of the
Report that an "assessment of a deaf conveyance system proceed as the preferred direction" cannot
be supported. and.
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WHEREAS. San JostlUn County is concemedMat n Seth Principle of the Report, which
proved tha?a "reviteliZed bettor ecosystarn may require reduced diversions, or changes In patterns of
diversion upstream. within and exported from the Delta," does not specifically consider and react
California's water right priority system and statutory protectionsfor watershed protection areas and
arees of origin; and
WHEREAS, Sam Join County isconcerrfed that the Report eansders upstream diversions
and dlversions within the Defte forloc f use as a problem to be addressedwhen these Um must be
included *thin the Delta ecosystem that the State rnuel strive to protect the County from the adverse
impacts of Delta exmm; and,
WHtWREAu, Sen JawAdt Comity is concerned that the FOpttrt focuses on the PublicTrust
Doolift as principles of State low to be recognized, while igtioringE other equally important pirfincoes
of StOte ilewr, including, but not limited to, the water right priority system, and the protectionof AMU of
origin and watershed protection areas; and,
WHOREAS, other mare lir a t;
pf atl for greaterteglohat 00W Ifhat can be+canstrudod more
rapil at substantlally to cost and wilt not create the destruction and problems that would be
created by an Isolated water conveyance facility: and.
WHEREAS. ft Stmt of Calif to Water PhM has also VMMdW U* and for MOM irlteg ted
and r#Gkonly-foculdd water teswree solkX16M includinggreaterr efficiency in the use of available
surface supplies, expansion of conjunctive use programs, better management of groundwater
resources. desefir+ation, wase mation and recycling to establish grealer self-sufficiency in areas of ti-e
State that rely on importedwater supplies; and,
EAS; tt Site ftbon Task Fofto fres ed the need for
P Anel, isolated ordual iaonvoymm facilityin the Delladespilethe lackof consideration
for other more viable alternatives and without sound science and technical analysis needed for an
informed decision. County representatives lime worked cooperatively with Delta interests and Other
local water agen6es to inform the Delta Vision process of other more viable alternatives with only
limited success: and,
V11l-iERERS. on April '16, 1008, the 'fir Son Joaqu r County Flwd Control and
Wafer Conservation District Advisory WbW Commission voted unanimously to recommendappraval
of this resolution.
11-f BE Cr t of &prAsors
does ft SuMort the Rltre Ribbon Task Foroe's mite Vision ReOW-MbNowndations and the
strategic planning process so long as this effort supports and promotes the development of
a Peripheral Canal or any other isolatedwater conveyance facility in the Delta: and hereby urges tip
followirvg.
I That the Sacran*rll"an RMw Delta, riot C Delts as Iistedin the Report
be sustained as a uniquewO valued area. watranfing continued investment. pmeetvadcA
maintenance Ond special 1.00 Iprotectionswherein the State must adoptexplieftly inPolicy mat
the over-arching goal is the continuous and simultaneous improvement in health of the Delta.
the BaiytDetta EstuaryAnes other Northern California tributaries through improved water supply,
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water cgialfty, and flood protection by priorities for the Delta, areas cE
origin and other watemhed protection areas in California
2. fifes me pOoft for the needs In the Deft and Whem Ca 'omla Wbuftifts frnrrt
which water is exported should be ockrWONOW and forthrightly honored by both the C4ntrlW
Valley Project and State Water Project to comply with the San Joaquin River, Watershed and
Delta Protection Statutes and the continuation of the Defta as a common pool to the maximum
extent possible for all ]asp beneficial uses and expori as described in Water Code Section
12200 et seq
3. Tlt for the the Report to tip crnsisntittr the technical
findings aft aithe Reoart. the Task Force should also recommend assessment of
Through-Celta conveyance
4. Ybat MON IOU WOM Delta MW supported by the State, any
ink verrient's must ackn 1 r users and interests Within Sart Joaquin
County are entitled to prionly wafer use and protection from exports under existing California
law. and insure tha! State actiorts are consistent with those rights and protections
5. That the ftwOvdan for by the ROPOdfor WW newwator resource pvlicY
must: 1)recognize the pftft for the water needs in the Delta and otherarea% of origin and
watersbed protection areas; 2) provide for Do protection of California's water ilghts priority
system; 3) provide for Delta salinityconiltrol: and 4) recognize the estabilished fundamentals of
California water law Wherein the California State Constitution Article X Section 2 prohibits
waste. unreasqomable use, and unreasonable method of use of water resources and it further
provides that "the conservation of such waters is to be exercised with a view to the reasonable
and beneficial use thereof in the interest of the people and for the public welfare."
6 That ftsure water Wpptres for the mite of 00fornis be developed through greater regional
self-sufficiency as prescribed by "A Water Pltm far the 21i1 Cefitury: Regional self Sufficiency°
to include increased conservation. recycling, efficiency. conjunctive use, desaffnafion, surface
and groundwater storage and reclamation
T. That the Stag 00 a priority to w4MW SON-WiRkiricy ftwoup kwnYAd Uftormed,-Remonal
WOW Management piarinfi g Od iiimpiernantotion actWitsilit Or hcrut the State to develop
and utilize local wafer storage for the capture and management of syailaWe flood waters cr
other projectsforimproved conjunctive use, recharge, banking and groundwater storage in
California
8. That Dift levees be ales other fatties installed at
toca cis to �m illy, urban floOd protection. ecrorsystem
integrity. agricultural health and facilitate recovery from seismic or other emergency to
optimize through -Delta conveyance and work in cooperation with other agencies to develop
additional supplies to address the needs for the entire State.
R ThatthepdhWy alb ori ofFl Daft re elft [shed under
CANOMIn law and that any new governance proposal in the Repcwt MWO first recognize
and support: 1) the vested private property rights of land owners and the eonstitutionatly
recognized land use controls of local governments that encompass the Delta; 2) provide for
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the proteci rr of C orrda's water rtgt pdority system; and 3) provide for the protectionof
watershed protection and area oforigin rights.
NOW THEREFORE, BE ff FURTHERRESOLVED that in With "Woe declamtions.
the Sen Joaquin County Board of Supervisors further urges recognition of the fokvtg:
I That the fa lture of the State Water to develop the promised 5 mitlion acre-feet dF
supplernental water supply for California from North Coast rivem, as listed in DePOMImnlil of
Water Resources Bulletin 76, limits the export of only surpluswater from the Delta to periods
and times when Senior water rights. areas of origin and other beneficial uses are not adversely
impacted
2. ThM ft.8aft JoAtoin P.Wer s also be recagitizr d as a unique 04 valued
W* .,p a vital element of a healthy Delta l o provide
tuft i off€ - n flows for all beneficial uses and fishery habitat
> orla 11— FrfantDOP111to the Deft
3 That a lomg-term sustainable solution in the San Joaquin Vandy that inco"tes
ocean oWN must br implemented °sus agricultural tO Wdw and groundwater accretions high
in satin" from lands in the Westside Service Area, Grasslands and wildlife refuges does not
drain into the San Joaquin River. TIM sotution should result in the preservation of our valued
agriculture economy in the Valley and in greater re#cnalwater supply, improved water quality
and sustainability through the conservation of hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water
mead annua0y from the Stanislaus River or other Eastside tributaries b comply with the
Vernalis and South Delta Salinity Standards.
P t ANV ADOPTED 5113108 y the folowing vote of the
Board of Supervi+soirs, to wit:
AYES Ruhsta ler, Ornellas, Gutierrez, Mow, Vogel
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ABSENT: Nong
ATTI T: LOIS M. SAHYOUN
Clerk of tile, Board of Supervttors
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