HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2020-13RESOLUTION NO. 2020-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH
WOODBRIDGE IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND CITY OF STOCKTON
TO COLLECTIVELY MANAGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
WHEREAS, in 2014, the Governor signed legislation creating the Sustainable
Groundwater Management Act ("SGMA") "to provide local groundwater sustainability
agencies with the authority and technical and financial assistance necessary to
sustainably manage groundwater" (Wat. Code, § 10720, (d)); and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi is a member of the Eastern San Joaquin
Groundwater Authority ("GWA"), formed to develop a groundwater sustainability plan
("GSP") and coordinate sustainable groundwater management in the Eastern San
Joaquin Subbasin. Wat. Code, § 10723.6(i) of SB 1168 states that "the following
agencies created by statute to manage groundwater shall be deemed the exclusive local
agencies within their respective statutory boundaries with powers to become a
Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA);" and
WHEREAS, the SGMA requires sustainable management through the
development of GSPs, which can be a single plan developed by one or more GSA or
multiple coordinate plans within a basin or subbasin (Wat. Code, § 10727); and
WHEREAS, the GWA submitted an Initial Notification to the Department of Water
Resources (DWR) on behalf of its members to jointly develop a GSP for the Eastern San
Joaquin Subbasin on February 8, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi's, the City of Stockton's, and Woodbridge Irrigation
District's jurisdictional boundaries overlay the north and western portions of the Eastern
San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin (Basin), defined under Department of Water
Resources Bulletin 118 and designated a high-priority basin in critical overdraft; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi, the City of Stockton, and Woodbridge Irrigation
District have Mokelumne River water rights, long-term water supply agreements,
interests, water resources management, land use and/or other responsibilities within this
portion of the Basin; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi, the City of Stockton, and Woodbridge Irrigation
District intend by this agreement to set forth a framework under which they will
collectively manage groundwater and other resources between their GSAs, in
accordance with an adopted Basin GSP and in consideration of the interests of all
beneficial uses and the common good of all users of groundwater within their GSAs, and
to work cooperatively with other GSAs in the Basin as necessary; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council enter into a Cooperation
Agreement with the City of Stockton and Woodbridge Irrigation District to jointly manage
a portion of the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin within their collective jurisdictions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council
does hereby:
1. Enter into a Cooperation Agreement between the City of Lodi, the City of
Stockton, and Woodbridge Irrigation District to jointly manage groundwater
resources within the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin, a copy of which is attached
as Exhibit A and incorporated by this reference.
2. Authorize the Municipal Utilities Department to work in collaboration with the City
of Stockton and Woodbridge Irrigation District to implement the projects and
programs developed in the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to comply
with the SGMA.
3. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to take whatever actions are
necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution;
and
4. Pursuant to Section 6.3q of the City Council Protocol Manual (adopted 11/6/19,
Resolution No. 2019-223), the City Attorney is hereby authorized to make minor
revisions to the above -referenced document(s) that do not alter the
compensation or term, and to make clerical corrections as necessary.
Dated: January 15, 2020
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2020-13 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held January 15, 2020, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Johnson, Nakanishi, and Mayor
Kuehne
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mounce
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
PAMELA M. FARRIS
Assistant City Clerk
2020-13
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