1989-01 RESOLUTION N0 . 89-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA,
URGING THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD TO REVISE ITS DRAFT REPORT ENTITLED
'WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLAN FOR SALINITY ,
SAN FRANCISCO BAY/SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN
DELTA ESTUARY "
WHEREAS, more than one half of the people in
California rely on the State Water Project for all or some
of their water supply ; and
WHEREAS, Southern California , specifically , relies
on the State Water Project for more than one-third of its
water supply ; and
WHEREAS, that dependency will increase in the
future as population increases and firm water supplies from
other sources are reduced ; and
WHEREAS, Southern California is a national leader
in water conservation efforts and in the use of reclaimed
water ; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities and the
County Supervisors Association of California have adopted a
combined state-wide policy on water which calls for a
balanced , global approach to solving the state ' s water
problems including an equitable and reasonable distribution
policy for the entire state ; and
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Associated Governments
area has the greatest water reuse practices of any area in
California ; and
WHEREAS, the environmental considerations , includ-
ing said reuse , for Southern California agreed to in the
adopted work plan were not taken into account in the draft
plan ; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board ' s
draft water quality control plan makes the following
recommendation that imperil urban water supplies :
restricting SWP deliveries to 1985 levels ; substantially
reducing exports during high-demand months ; requires
significant releases of stored water without adequate
substantiation that such releases will aid the fisheries ;
fails to address the problem of trihalomethane precursors in
the delta ; negates existing and environmental agencies ;
urges the deep cycling of reservoirs without regard to
storing water for drought or natural emergencies such as
earthquakes ; and
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WHEREAS, the draft report states that Southern
California should be responsible for 92 percent of the
conservation urged for the entire state ; and
WHEREAS , Southern California ' s investment of
billions of dollars in the State Water Project are severely
diminished by the recommendations in this plan to the point
where only one-third of the water paid for over time could
ever be delivered ; and
. WHEREAS, the draft report unfairly burdens urban
areas with drought-like conditions nearly every year ; and
WHEREAS, the draft report takes an obvious bias
that has done damage , and will do damage if implemented , in
terms of economic development that will negatively impact
the entire state ;
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Grand Terrace , that the City of Grand Terrace
strongly urges the State Water Resources Control Board to
recall its draft report and consider additional information
for use in the drafting of a revised report that more fairly
balances the uses of water from the Sacramento/San Joaquin
Delta and mitigates the damage done by the release of the
original version .
ADOPTED this 9th day of February , 1989 .
ATTEST:
D ty City e of the City Ma�dr of t e Ci y o Gran
Grand Terrace and of the Terrace and of the City
ity. Council thereof. Council thereof.
RESOLUTION NO . 89-01
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I , JUANITA BROWN , Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Grand - Terrace , do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was introduced and adopted at a Regular meeting
of the City Council .of the City of Grand Terrace held on the
9th day of February , 1989 , .by the following vote :
AYES : Councilmembers Grant, Pfennighausen, Singley,
Carlstrom; Mayor Matteson
NOES : None
ABSENT : None
ABSTAIN : None
D ty Ci —tyCl er k ;
Approved as to form :
City Attorney