HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2015-131RESOLUTION NO. 2015-131
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL DECLARING ITS
SUPPORT OF THE MOKELUMNE WATERSHED INTERREGIONAL
SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority and the Eastern San Joaquin
County Groundwater Basin Authority have joined together to pursue completion of the Mokelumne
Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation (MokeWISE) Program, a Mokelumne River
watershed focused interregional water resources planning program; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources has provided $878,605 in
Proposition 84 grant funding in support for developing the $1,258,770 MokeWISE Program; and
WHEREAS, stakeholder entities representing a diverse set of Upper and Lower Mokelumne
River watershed interests formed into the Mokelumne Collaborative Group (MCG) to guide the
development of a broadly -supported MokeWISE Program which includes projects, policies and other
initiatives to enhance groundwater management, water supply reliability, and Mokelumne River
natural resources; and
WHEREAS, support of the MokeWISE Program is exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15262 and §15306 because the MokeWISE
Program involves planning and assessment activities for possible future actions that project
sponsors and others have not yet approved and therefore would not result in the disturbance of any
environmental resource.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby expresses its
support for the Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation Program (as
expressed in the Implementation Plan), based on the following understandings:
• The projects identified in the Implementation Plan are those that are broadly supported by
the MCG member agencies.
• Adoption of this resolution implies support for the projects within the Implementation Plan.
• Implementation Plan Projects will, when and as applicable, be subject to compliance with the
CEQA, the National Environmental Policy Act, federal Endangered Species Act, California
Endangered Species Act, and other applicable regulatory and permitting requirements.
• Funding to implement MokeWISE Implementation Plan Projects will be sought from available
funding programs, as described in the Implementation Plan.
Dated: August 5, 2015
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2015-131 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held August 5, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Kuehne, Mounce, and Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mayor Johnson
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NIFER FERRAIOLO
City Clerk
2015-131