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Resolution 2003-57 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-57 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY, OF SUPPORT OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION COLLABORATIVE MEMORANDUM OF CONSENSUS FOR MUTUAL COOPERATION TO JOINTLY DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT WATER AND WATERSHED RESOURCES PROTECTION MEASURES, GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Water District ("SCVWD"), along with staff 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 offlood 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 ofland 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 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-57 -1- 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 this 2nd day of September, 2003, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ARELLANO, DILLON, GARTMAN, MORALES, PINHEIRO, VELASCO, SPRINGER NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE APPROVED: ~~ RESOLUTION NO. 2003-57 -2- I, RHONDA PELLIN, City Clerk ofthe City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 2003-57 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 2nd day of September, 2003, at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 3rd day of September, 2003. (Seal)