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RESOLUTION NO. 15-804 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> ADOPTING THE STATE'S 2015 MODEL WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE <br /> ORDINANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL'S PREVIOUS ADOPTION OF <br /> THE BAY FRIENDLY BASICS LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES <br /> WHEREAS, in 2008, the City adopted the Bay Friendly Basics Landscape Guidelines as <br /> a means of incorporating the Alameda County Waste Management Authority's Guidelines into <br /> landscape projects within the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2009, the California State Legislature adopted the Model Water Efficient <br /> Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), which ordinance became effective within the City of <br /> Pleasanton on January 1, 2010; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2012 by Resolution 12-549, the City adopted the modified Bay-Friendly <br /> Basics landscape requirements and applied them to those landscape projects that fell under the <br /> 2009 MWELO requirements; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City has been applying both the MWELO and Bay Friendly Basics <br /> (BFB) Landscape Guidelines to landscape projects within the City of Pleasanton; and <br /> WHEREAS, in April 2015, Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-29-15 directing the <br /> Department of Water Resources to update the State's MWELO; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the public interest to promote integrated <br /> landscape practices that go beyond the conservation and efficient use of water and to prevent <br /> the waste of this valuable resources while recognizing the values and benefits of landscapes as <br /> essential to the quality of life in California, and that adoption of the 2015 MWELO in conjunction <br /> with BFB is the best way to achieve these goals; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt the 2015 MWELO while continuing to <br /> apply BFB's Landscape Guidelines. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: <br /> SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adopts the State's 2015 Model Water Efficient <br /> Landscape Ordinance in conjunction with the City's current use of the Bay Friendly Basics <br /> Landscape Guidelines. <br /> PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at <br /> a regular meeting held on November 17, 2015. <br /> • <br />