HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3481 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO: 3481
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CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO IN SUPPORT
OF THE BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN, RELIABLE
WATER SUPPLIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
WHEREAS, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a 550,000-acre estuary where
the rivers of the Sierra Nevada merge before heading west to San Francisco Bay; and
WHEREAS, water supplies from Northern California that traverse across the
Delta are vital to California, providing water for 25 million people from the Bay Area to
the Mexican border; and
WHEREAS, the Delta is in a state of environmental decline due to the loss of
wetlands habitat, invasive species, pesticide runoff, pumping operations and other
stressors; and
WHEREAS, the decline in the Delta's health threatens this unique environment
and water supplies that are key to California's farming communities and the state's
overall $1.7 trillion economy; and
WHEREAS, the Delta's levees are not engineered to protect the state's water
supply distribution system from a major earthquake, and multiple levee failures could
disrupt water deliveries and the state's economy for up to three years; and
WHEREAS, experts predict that there is a 66 percent probability of a 6.5 or
greater magnitude earthquake within the Delta by 2032; and
WHEREAS, state and federal agencies, via the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
(BDCP) process, have worked for seven 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 state's water supplies; and
WHEREAS, BDCP represents an effort to comply with state and federal
environmental laws for fifty years through a cooperative effort to reverse the Delta's
decline, and
WHEREAS, the cost-benefit analysis identifies the 9,000 cubic feet per second,
twin tunnel option as superior, with a net economic benefit of$4.5 to 5.5 billion, offering
the best value that also effectively accomplishes key environmental objectives; and
WHEREAS, the smaller facility ('portfolio-based alternative') is inferior in several
ways, including its net economic benefit of negative $1.1 billion; and
WHEREAS, the failure to take decisive action represents an unacceptable risk to
the Delta, environment, economy and lives of 25 million Californians; and
WHEREAS, the State and Federal Administrations have agreed to a
comprehensive set of actions outlined in the Administrative Draft of the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan that includes Delta water conveyance improvements to protect public
water supplies, habitat restoration and enhanced conservation efforts.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of San Jacinto supports the
current Bay Delta Conservation Plan process, the 9,000 cubic feet per second twin
tunnel option and the concepts in the plan advanced by the State and Federal
Administrations. The City of San Jacinto urges the state and federal agencies to
continue progress on releasing a public draft of the plan for review and comment in the
Fall of 2013 to ensure that the final BDCP plan meets the co-equal goals of ecosystem
restoration for the Delta and reliable water supplies for California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the 15th day of October, 2013 by the following vote:
AYES: Kotyuk, Ledezma, Miller, Ruiz, Bartel
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN None
CITY OF SAN JACINTO
Mark Bartel, Mayor
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Richard Miller, City Clerk