HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 05-074RESOLUTION NO. OS-074
RESOLUTON OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SARATOGA IN SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR LAND USES
NEAR STREAMS AND THE 2005-06 IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAM OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER
RESOURCES PROTECTION COLLABORATIVE.
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Water District ("District"), along with staff
representatives of the County of Santa Clara ("County"), the fifteen Cities in Santa Clara County
("Cities"), the Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District ("GCRCD"), the San
Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, various business and development
interests, property owners, and environmental and community interests have formed and are
members of the Santa Clara Valley Water Resources Protection Collaborative ("Collaborative");
and
WHEREAS, all Collaborative members share the watershed resource protection goals of
flood management, drinking water quality and adequate quantity, surface and groundwater
quality and quantity, and habitat protection and enhancement; and
WHEREAS, the District, Cities and County are committed to furthering these goals
through the adoption of land development Guidelines and Standards for Land Uses near Streams
("Guidelines and Standards")jointly developed with other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish these goals, the Collaborative recognizes the
importance of private creek side property owners' interests, monitoring and accountability, and
delineation of responsibility for administering the collaboratively developed Guidelines and
Standards to which District, County, and City activities and permit review shall conform; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that he District, Cities, and county through implementation
of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) storm water discharge
permit, Best Management Practices and other means have continuously acted to protect the
watersheds and water quality in Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that local control is a key principle to be followed in the
implementation of resource protection to be followed in the implementation of resource
protection goals, and that Cities and the County are the primary jurisdictions for land use
planning and the land use permit regulation, and that the broader stakeholder community has a
central role in local stewardship and enhanced resource protection; and
WHEREAS, the Collaborative has reached consensus on a set of Guidelines and
Standards and a framework for the implementation of those Guidelines and Standards; and
WHEREAS, Council adoption of this resolution is not considered a project under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby resolves as
follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council supports the foundational principles of the Santa Clara
Valley Water Resources Protection Collaborative cited above.
SECTION 2. The City Council supports the following specific components of the
Collaborative Resolution of Consensus:
1. A commitment by the City of Saratoga to make best efforts to incorporate
the Guidelines and Standards and associated implementation tools into
appropriate land use review processes by February of 2007.
2. A commitment for appropriate levels of staff participation in the
Monitoring, Assessment and Adaptive Management process.
3. A commitment for participation in a process of early consultation with the
District for projects near streams as appropriate.
4. A commitment for continued attendance by City of Saratoga Collaborative
members at quarterly meetings through February of 2007.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the
Saratoga City Council held on the 7t° day of December, 2005 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Kathleen King, Ann Waltonsmith, Vice Mayor Aileen Kao,
Mayor Norman Kline
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Nick Streit
ABSTAIN: None
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Norman Kline, Mayor
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