09-82 RESOLUTION NO. 09-82
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE,
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE "ONE WATER ONE WATERSHED" SANTA
ANA RIVER WATERSHED INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ITS SUBMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES FOR PROPOSITION 84, CHAPTER 2 PROGRAM
FUNDING
WHEREAS, The City of Menifee supports the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's "One
Water One Watershed" (OWOW) Santa Ana River Watershed Integrated Regional Water
Management Plan (IRWMP); and
WHEREAS, the OWOW IRWMP represents one of the most significant and innovative
collaborative planning efforts to date in addressing water resources in the Santa Ana River
Watershed; and
WHEREAS, the OWOW planning process was conducted in a fair and transparent process,
working closely with stakeholders in the watershed in a bottom-up approach in preparing the
Santa Ana River Watershed OWOW IRWMP; and
WHEREAS, the OWOW IRWMP will also help secure significant funding for resources in the
Santa Ana River Watershed through the California Department of Water Resources, Proposition
84, Chapter 2 Integrated Regional Water Management Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Menifee does Resolve as follows:
The City Council of the City of Menifee supports the OWOW IRWMP in its submittal of
the Plan, on behalf of the Santa Ana River Watershed, for the DWR Proposition 84, Chapter 2
Integrated Regional Water Management Program funding for the benefit of the residents of the
entire Santa Ana River Watershed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 5th day May, 2009 by the following vote:
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Wallace W. Edgerton, Mayor
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Kathy Bennett
City Clerk