Reso 1513 04/2017RESOLUTION NO. 1513
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES'
POLICY STATEMENT ON BAY -DELTA REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, California is facing a defining moment in water policy that will
be substantially impacted by the State Water Resources Control Board's
approach to water quality objectives under the Water Quality Control Plan for the
San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Board has the responsibility for updating the
Bay -Delta Plan in a manner that establishes water quality objectives that ensure
the reasonable protection of all beneficial uses of water in a way that is
consistent with the coequal goals of improving water supply reliability and
protecting, restoring and enhancing the Delta ecosystem and with respect to the
commitments made in the California Water Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Board staff's current proposal, which focuses
singularly on an "unimpaired flow" approach, is irreconcilable with a policy of
coequal goals of improving both water supply reliability and ecosystem health; it
is also inconsistent with the broader water policy objectives of the Brown
Administration; and
WHEREAS, the ACWA Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a
strong policy statement that calls for a better approach that can more effectively
achieve ecological objectives while maintaining water supply reliability. The
statement calls on the State Water Board to set aside its "unimpaired flow"
approach and heed Governor Jerry Brown's call for negotiated agreements,
which have been successful on many rivers and tributaries in California; and
WHEREAS, the ACWA statement notes that to be successful, the State's
flow policy must be consistent with the principles of collaboration, comprehensive
solutions, science, functional flow, economic considerations, consistency with
state policy, and leadership; and
WHEREAS, California's local urban and agricultural water managers are
united in their vision for a future that includes a vibrant California economy as
well as healthy ecosystems and fish populations, and believe that vision is best
achieved through a comprehensive, collaborative approach;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors
of the Vallecitos Water District hereby supports ACWA's Policy Statement on
Bay -Delta Flows and encourages the State Water Resources Control Board to
embrace the approach articulated in ACWA's policy statement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the
Vallecitos Water District at a regular meeting held on this 19th day of April, 2017,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: EVANS, HERNANDEZ, MARTIN, SANNELLA, ELITHARP
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
C st Elitharp, Pre Went
,,"Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District
ATTEST:
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Glenn Pruim, Secretary
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District