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State Water Ballot Measure- Educational PresentationState Water ballot measure- e 1 ARRYO GRANDE BALLOT MEASURE E July 26, 2016 City council actions: Adopted a Resolution calling for the placement of a measure Adopted a Resolution setting priorities for filing a written argument regarding a City measure directing the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis; Adopted a Resolution providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments; Approved the argument in favor of the measure; and Appropriated $25,000 from the Water Availability Fund. 2 2 exceptional Drought CONTINUES on the central coast JUNE 2016 3 4 5 LOPEZ RESERVIOR HISTORIC STORAGE GRAPH 6 LOPEZ RESERVIOR – recent photographs 7 Lopez Lake Storage projections – 6/30/16 8 Low reservoir response plan 9 Northern cities management area 10 City of Arroyo Grande 10 11 Arroyo Grande residents are conserving! 12 13 Supplemental water supply OPTIONS 14 City of Arroyo Grande Enhanced Mandatory Conservation Mandates Pismo Beach Regional Groundwater Sustainability Project SSLOCSD Recycled Water Facilities Planning Study Diablo Desalination Temporary Water purchases 14 State Water SLO County State Water Entitlement : 25,000 ac-ft SLO County Capacity in Coastal Branch of State Water Project : 4,830 ac-ft LOCAL AGENCIES WITH Entitlements to State Water: Pismo Beach 1,240 ac-ft Oceano CSD 750 ac-ft seVEN OTHERS 15 15 State water AVAILABILITY 16 1990 state water BALLOT MEASURE 1990 arroyo grande Measure “A” “Shall an affirmative vote of the voters of Arroyo Grande be required before the City of Arroyo Grande is authorized to participate in the California State Water Project?” 17 1990 arroyo grande Measure “A” FULL-TEXT The People of the City of Arroyo Grande do hereby ordain As follows: Section #1. The City of Arroyo Grande shall not participate, in any way, including but not limited to, the expenditure or commitment of any funds, in the California State Water Project without an affirmative vote of the majority of the voters voting upon such a measure. Section #2. This ordinance shall not be amended nor repealed without a vote of the voters of Arroyo Grande. 18 BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE- 50% +1 (Based on voter turn-out) 19 State water BALLOT MEASURE argument in favor 20 Questions? 21 22 23 24