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RESOLUTICN ID. 1929
RESOLUI'IW OF 'll-m CITY (J)T]tiK::;IL OF THE
CITY OF AHROYO GRANDE \OICIN:) SUPlORT
FCR STIlDY OF TIlE CDASTAL BRANCH
OF TIlE STATE WATER PROJECI' AND WASTE-
WATER RECLtMATIW WI1HIN TIlE COT.mY OF
SAN LUIS OBISro
! \\l-IEREAS, preliminary drafts of the San Luis Obispo Cbunty Master Water Plan
Update indicate that demands for domest ic water wi 11 exceed suppl ies presenOy
nvailable on a Cbunty Wide basis; and
~, after preliminary analysis by the Cbunty Engineer it has been
determined that the best alternative initial supplemental water supply project
considering both economic and environmental concerns is development of the Coastal
Branch of the State Water Project; and
V\HEREAS, the Ci ty Cbunci 1 of the Ci ty of Arroyo Grande has adopted an Urban
Water Management Plan; and
V\HEREAS, that plan indicates that a supplemental source of Water will be
requi red by the City of Arroyo Grande to sustain a manageable growth rate past the
year 2000 to avoid impact ing the present healthy condit ion of the groundwater bas in
heavily utilized by agriculture in the South Cbunty; and
V\HEREAS , the South Cbunty currently discharges partially reclaimed
wastewater into the Pacific Ocean at an average daily rate \vhich exceeds three
million gallons; and
V\HEREAS, a report entitled Water Reclamation Assessment (Kennedy/Jenks
Engineers), dated July, 1982, projects quality, applications, and costs for use of
same reclaimed wastewater; and
I WHEREAS, the Jenks study arrives at conclusions somewhat different than
those sumnarized by the Cbunty Master Water Plan Update;
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!UN 1T:lEREIUill BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ci ty Cbunci I of the Ci ty of Arroyo
Grande does hereby support the Cbunty Engineer's recommendation to the Board of
Supervisers that a study be conducted for the implementation of the State \'later
Project Cbastal Branch for the Cbunty's full entitlement and that that study should
be coordinated wi th Santa Barbara Cbunty to include a more detai led determination of
the pipe line sizes, alignment and project requirements, as well as economic,
financial, water quality, and environmental aspects of the project; and
BE IT FURTIIEH RESOLVED, that the Ci ty Cbunci 1 encourages the use of
reclaimed wastewater as permi tted under the law and requests. the Board of
Supervisors to direct Cbunty Staff to continue surveillance for and the
distr ibution of current information to water advisors within the Cbunty with regard
to the potential development and use of reclaimed wastewater.
On motion of Cbunci 1 Member Moots, seconded by Cbunci IlVJember Johnson, and
carried on the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Pro Tern Gallagher, and Cbunci 1 Members Johnson and
Moots,
IDES: None,
ABSENT: Mayor Smith and Cbunci 1 Member D. G. Porter,
I the foregoing Resolution \VRS passed and adof ed this 14th day t,
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