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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-06-13; Municipal Water District; Resolution 1709RESOLUTION NO. 1709 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE MANAGER TO RETURN TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER DEMAND REDUCTION ACTIONS IN THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT'S WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM DROUGHT RESPONSE LEVEL 1 AND TO END IMPLEMENTATION OF DEMAND REDUCTION ACTIONS IN THE LEVEL 2 RESPONSE WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Municipal Water District's, or CMWD, Water Shortage Contingency Plan, as updated by the CMWD Ordinance No. 48, establishes behavioral restrictions to be implemented during times of declared water shortage, or declared water shortage emergencies; and WHEREAS, on March 28, 2022, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-7-22 asking Californians to limit summer water use and use water more efficiently indoors and outdoors; and WHEREAS, Governor Newsom also directed the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt an emergency regulation requiring urban water suppliers that have adopted a Water Shortage Contingency Plan to implement, at a minimum, the demand response actions for water shortage Level 2;and WHEREAS, on May 24, 2022, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted the requested emergency regulation, which is in Title 23, Sect ion 996, of the California Code of Regulations; and WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, the CMWD Board adopted Resolution No. 1672, implementing demand reduction actions for a water shortage Level 2 without formally activating a Level 2 response; and WHEREAS, on March 24, 2023, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-5-23 which rolled back some of the drought emergency provisions, including implementation of Level 2 demand reduction actions, while preserving some elements of the previous order; and WHEREAS, the emergency regulation in Title 23, Section 996, of the California Code of Regulations adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board expired on June 10, 2023; and WHEREAS, the CMWD staff recommend returning to implementation of the water demand reduction actions in the CMWD water conservation program Drought Response Level 1 and ending implementation of demand reduction actions in the Level 2 response. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That the Executive Manager is directed to take all necessary and appropriate actions to return to implementation of the water demand reduction actions in the Carlsbad Municipal Water District's water conservation program (Attachment A) Drought Response Level 1 and to end implementation of demand reduction actions in the Level 2 response. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District on the 13th day of June, 2023, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN : ABSENT: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna. None. None. None. 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