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RESOLUTION NO. 7 s—03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS OF SUPPORT OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER RESOURCES
PROTECTION COLLABORATIVE MEMORANDUM OF CONSENSUS FOR
MUTUAL COOPERATION TO JOINTLY DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
WAFER AND WATERSHED RESOURCES PROTECTION MEASURES,
GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY
WHEREAS the Santa Clara ValleyWater District "SCVWD" alongwith staff
("SCVWD"),
representatives of the County of Santa Clara("County"), the Cities in Santa Clara County
("City," "Cities"), the Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District ("GCRCD"),
the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, various business and
development interests, environmental and community interests, and a representative of
property owners' interests have formed and are members of the Santa Clara Valley Water
Resources Protection Collaborative ("Collaborative"); and,
WHEREAS, all Collaborative members share the water and watershed resources
protection goals of flood management, drinking water quality and adequate quantity,
surface and groundwater quality and quantity, and habitat protection and enhancement;
and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the SCVWD, Cities and County through
Implementation of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Permits, Best Management Practices and other means have continuously acted to protect
the watersheds,water quality and water resources in Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, the SCVWD, Cities, County and GCRCD are committed to
furthering these goals through the implementation of existing policy, and the timely
adoption by the SCVWD, Cities and County of land development policy, guidelines and
standards developed collaboratively with other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish these goals, the Collaborative recognizes the
importance of the interests and principles of: delineation of responsibility for
administering collaboratively developed policies, guidelines, and standards, as may be
approved, to which SCVWD, County and City activities and permit review shall
conform; monitoring and accountability; and private creek-side property owners; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that local control is the key principle to the
implementation of resource protection goals, that Cities and the County are the primary
jurisdictions for land use planning and land use permit regulation; and
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WHEREAS, the broader stakeholder community has an important role in local
stewardship and enhanced resource protection; and
WHEREAS, the Collaborative has reached consensus on Foundational Principles
and Key Elements to guide cooperative efforts aimed at enhanced water and watershed
resources protection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED to support the consensus of the
Santa Clara Valley Water Resources Protection Collaborative as set forth in the
Memorandum of Consensus to Jointly Develop and Implement Water and
Watershed Resources Protection Measures, Guidelines and Standards in Santa
Clara County;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, to support the efforts of the staff
representatives of the Collaborative to develop and propose for future adoption
by the respective Boards of the County and the SCVWD and the Councils of the
Cities those water and watershed resources protection measures, guidelines and
standards that are developed in accordance with the Memorandum of Consensus
to Jointly Develop and Implement Water and Watershed Resources Protection
Measures, Guidelines and Standards in Santa Clara County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meetin of the (City Council of the
Town of Los Altos Hills on this 16 day of Qc-_____.003, by the
following vote:
AYES: Mayor Cheng, Councilmembers Kerr and Warshawsky
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem O'Malley and Councilmember Fenwick
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City C1er ayor
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