HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2019-201RESOLUTTON NO. 2019-201
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING OF INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT
PLANNING COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO
FORM A REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT GROUP
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WHEREAS, the purpose of an lntegrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) is
to define and integrate key water management strategies to establish a prioritized set of projects
and actions that, when implemented, will provide benefits to the regional groundwater basin;
and
WHEREAS, the latest IRWMP was updated in 2014 under the control of the
Eastern San Joaquin County Groundwater Basin Authority (GBA); and
WHEREAS, San Joaquin County has been presented with a grant funding opportunity of
approximately $6.5 million dollars to be used for potential projects intended to benefit regiónal
groundwater conditions within the county; and
WHEREAS, to be eligible for this funding, the projects must be included in a current
IRWMP that conforms to the most recent IRWMP guidelines established by the Department of
Water Resources (DWR); and
WHEREAS, the IRWMP guidelines were last updated by DWR in 2016 and require thatparticipating agencies form a governance structure (in this case a Memorandum of
Understanding) formalizing a commitment to collaboratively work together in the IRWMp update
planning process; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum
of Understanding of lntegrated Water Management Planning Coordinating Committee Members
to form a RegionalWater Management Group.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding of lntegrated Water
Management Planning Coordinating Committee Members to form a Regìonal Water
Management Group.
Dated: September 18,2019
_ I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2019-201 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held September 18, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Johnson, Kuehne, Nakanishi, and Mayor Chandler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Mounce
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
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Clerk
2019-201
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