RES-2014-105 RESOLUTION NO. 2014- 105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM SUPPORTING THE BAY DELTA
CONSERVATION PLAN FOR RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES
AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
WHEREAS, water supplies from Northern California that move across the
Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta (the "Delta ")are vital to the economy of California, serving 25
million people from the Bay Area to the Mexican border and agriculture throughout the Central
Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Delta is the 550,000 -acre estuary where the rivers of the Sierra
Nevada merge before heading west to San Francisco Bay; and
WHEREAS, the Delta is in a state of environmental stress due to the loss of
wetlands habitat, invasive species, pesticide runoff, a depletion of native food supplies, pumping
operations and other factors; and
WHEREAS, the decline in the Delta's health threatens this unique environment
and water supplies that are key to the California economy; and
WHEREAS, the Delta's levees are not engineered to protect the State of
California's water supply distribution system from a major earthquake, and multiple levee
failures could disrupt water deliveries and the state economy for up to three years; and
WHEREAS, state and federal agencies, via the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
( "BDCP ") process, have worked for years towards developing a comprehensive package of
ecosystem and water system improvements to address both current conflicts in the Delta and
long -term threats to the California's water supplies; an
WHEREAS, the BDCP represents an effort to comply with state and federal
environmental laws for 50 years through a cooperative effort to reverse the Delta's decline; and
WHEREAS, the failure to take decisive actions would be an unacceptable risk to
the environment of the Delta and the economy of California; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2013, the State of California released a public
draft BDCP and its environmental impact statement/report; and
WHEREAS, out of all the proposed BDCP alternative plans examined by the
State of California, Alternative Number 4 was designated as the state's preferred alternative for
the BDCP; and
WHEREAS, the preferred alternative of the State of California is the most
promising plan developed to date to solve Delta challenges and resolve decades of conflicts
between agricultural, urban and environmental water users with a comprehensive solution that
achieves California's co -equal goals of a reliable water supply and a restored Delta ecosystem;
and
WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Council is supportive of the proposed twin - tunnel
conveyance system that isolates and protects drinking water supplies and helps restore natural
flow patterns in the Delta for the benefit of native species as well as the complementary habitat
restoration, water quality and predator control measures outlined in the BDCP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Anaheim urges the State of California to move forward with the draft BDCP, specifically with
support for Alternative Number 4, the State's preferred alternative, and focus efforts on resolving
those remaining issues needed to provide assurances that the plan will achieve California's co-
equal goals of water supply reliability and ecosystem restoration in a cost effective manner.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim this 1 7th day of ,Tuna , 2014, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Tait, Council Members Eastman, Murray, Brandman and Kring
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By:
M YOR OF TH CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
MAilLeit" Art/4■0
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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