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Resolution No. 10294
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adopting the 2025 Water
Shortage Contingency Plan Included in the Urban Water Management Plan to be
Submitted to the California Department of Water Resources
R E C I T A L S
A. The California Legislature has enacted the Urban Water Management
Planning Act, California Water Code Sections 10610 -10656 and 10608, as amended, which
requires every urban water supplier providing water to more than 3,000 customers or supplying
more than 3,000 acre -feet of water annually to prepare an urban water management plan
("UWMP") that has as its primary objective the conservation and efficient use of water.
B. The California Water Code requires urban water suppliers to prepare a
Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) to be included in its UWMP.
C. The WSCP must be adopted, along with the UWMP, by July 1, 2026, after it
is first made available for public inspection and a public hearing is noticed and held, and it must
be filed with the California Department of Water Resources within thirty days of adoption.
D. After reviewing a draft WSCP, which is included in the UWMP, at their May
6, 2026 meeting, the Utilities Advisory Commission recommended that the Council adopt the
WSCP as presented; and
E. A noticed public hearing on the WSCP, included in the UWMP, was held by
the City Council on June 8, 2026, at which time public comments were heard and considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby adopts the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan of the
City of Palo Alto, included in its UWMP, which shall be filed with the City Clerk. The City Manager is
hereby authorized and directed to file the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan of the City of
Palo Alto, included in the UWMP, with the California Department of Water Resources and the
State Library.
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SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that, under the California Water Code
Section 10652, the adoption of the Plan and the WSCP and this resolution does not constitute a
project under the California Environmental Quality Act, and no environmental assessment is
required.
June 8, 2026
Director of Utilities
Director of Administrative Services
BURT, LAUING, LU, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, RECKDAHL, STONE, VEENKER
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Aylin Bilir
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Alan Kurotori
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Ed Shikada
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City Manager
City of Palo Alto
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Vicki Veenker
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City of Palo Alto
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Mahealani Ah Yun
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City Clerk
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