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WHEREAS, significant use of local and out-of-basin groundwater storage reduces the <br />number of years Zone 7 can meet the full demands of the Retailers in the event of a long term <br />curtailment of State Water Project water deliveries from the DWR due to environmental issues; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, implementation of local water conservation and use reduction measures for <br />Retailers' customers for 2009 will extend the length of time Zone 7's stored groundwater supply <br />will bridge the difference between the State Water Project water supply and the Tri-Valley water <br />demand: and <br />WHEREAS, saving the local groundwater supply may reduce the severity and length of <br />future water use restrictions that may be imposed on customers until Delta improvements are <br />complete; and <br />WHEREAS, only the legislative bodies of the Retailers can impose water conservation <br />demand reduction requirements on customers. <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. Agrees that it is good public policy for preservation of the water supply to <br />request Pleasanton water customers to reduce their potable water demands on a voluntary <br />basis by 20 percent in 2009; and <br />SECTION 2. City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this resolution and enter it into the <br />book of original resolutions. <br />PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at <br />a regular meeting held on May 5, 2009. <br />I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, California, certify that the foregoing <br />resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 5~" day of May, <br />2009, by the following vote: <br />Ayes: <br />Noes: <br />Absent: <br />Abstain: <br />Karen Diaz, City Clerk <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br />Michael H. Roush, City Attorney <br />