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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1990-2425 NOT APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 2425 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CREATING THE CHULA VISTA INTERAGENCY WATER TASK FORCE AND ESTABLISHING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES THEREOF WHEREAS, in May 1989, the City Council formed the Chula Vista Ad Hoc Water Task Force for the purpose of studying water related issues facing the City of Chula Vista and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding water related matters; and WHEREAS, said Task Force has received presentations from leaders and staff members from all major water related agencies in Southern California since the date of its commission; and WHEREAS, said Task Force has, at the City Council meeting of June 19, 1990 (Item 4b) reported back to the City Council with regard to its recommendations which were contained in a report from said Task Force dated May, 1990 entitled "Recommendations Report to Chula Vista City Council", a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk of said City; and WHEREAS, said Task Force has recommended the formation of a Chula Vista Interagency Water Commission to deal with local water related issues; and WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting of June 19, 1990, the City Council did direct staff to study and report back on the the formation of said Commission; and, WHEREAS, staff has advised the City Council that the Charter, Section 602(d) requires that all commission members be qualified electors of the City of Chula Vista, and that to implement the "interagency" aspect of the Task Force's recommendation, it may be the desire of the articipatin agencies that their designated representatives not be qualified eVectors of ~e City of Chula Vista; and, WHEREAS, according, the City Council designates the nature of the group herewith formed as a task force, independent of the original Chula Vista Ad Hoc Water Task Force; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: Chapter 2.72 is hereby added to the Chula Vista Municipal Code, which chapter shall read as follows: Ordinance No. 2425 Page 2 CHAPTER 2.72 INTER-AGENCY WATER TASK FORCE Sec. 2.72.010 Creation; Appointment of Members; Term; Quorum; Rules and Regulations. Sec. 2.72.020 Functions and Duties. Sec. 2.72.030 Meetings. Sec. 2.72.010 Creation; Appointment of Members; Term; Quorum; Rules and Regulations. 1. There is hereby created a Chula Vista Interagency Water Task.Force. The Task Force shall consist of five (5) voting members and two (2) initial ex-officio (non-voting) members and such other ex-officio members as the City Council may appoint. 2. Ex-officio members shall be entitled to deliberate, and participate in the deliberations of the Task Force, but shall not be entitled to vote on matters before the Task Force. 3. Of the Voting Members, two shall be representatives of, and members of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista and appointed by the City Council ("Council Representatives"), one shall be a representative of the general public of, and qualified elector of the City of Chula Vista and appointed by the City Council ("General Public Representative"), one shall be a representative of the Sweetwater Water Authority ("SWA") and appointed by their board of directors ("SWA Representative"), and one shall be a representative of the Otay Municipal Water District ("OMWD") and appointed by their board of directors ("OMWD Representative"). 4. The term of the Council Representatives shall be co-extensive with their term of Council office, the term each of the other members shall be for four years, except that the initial appointment of the SWA Representative, the OMWD Representative and the General Public Representative shall be initially appointed for a two-year term. In the event that SWA or OMWD shall fail or refuse to select representatives, the Task Force shall conduct its business with that office vacant and the quorum requirement shall be reduced accordingly. Each member shall serve until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. All vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority of the representative of the office vacated. 5. No member shall be appointed to more than two full four-year terms on the Task Force. An appointment to less than a full four year term, as in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy, shall not preclude the appointment to two full four-year terms. The office of any Task Force member absent without excuse by the Task Force on three successive regularly scheduled meetings shall be deemed vacant. Ordinance No. 2425 Page 3 6. The City Manager or his designee shall act as secretary to the Task Force. 7. The Task Force shall select a Chairman from its membership annually in the month of July. 8. Three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Otherwise, the Task Force shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations for carrying out all the functions and duties of the Task Force and governing its meetings. All reports and recommendations shall be made in writing. All officers and department heads shall cooperate with and render reasonable assistance to the Task Force. Sec. 2.72.020 Functions and Duties. A. It shall be the function of the Task Force to investigate, study and make recommendations to the City Council relating to water related matters. The primary objective of the Task Force shall be to make recommendations with the goal of assuring an adequate and high quality supply of water for the current and future residents of the City of Chula Vista. B. The duties of the Task Force shall be: 1. To make recommendations as to how the City of Chula Vista may become more proactive in state and regional water related issues. 2. To make recommendations to the City Council as to how the City and the various water purveyors may integrate their long and short term master and general plans for development. 3. To make recommendations to the City Council and to appropriate Water Boards as to the establishment of ordinances, policies and guideline manuals for the implementation of water conservation and other water related measures. 4. Upon the adoption of specific policies in regard to water related issues by the City Council, the Council Representatives on the Interagency Water Task Force shall use said specific policies as primary guidance for their actions on said Interagency Water Task Force. 5. To recommend to the City the establishment, with implementation plans, of a new water use and conservation ethic and to recommend to the City means for implementing same. 6. To study and recommend to the City Council a water threshold as part of the Growth Management Plan. Ordinance No. 2425 Page 4 7. To develop, study and recommend a Water Master Plan, and any related action or implementation plans, to ensure an adequate water supply and to ensure that Chula Vista has adequate storage, treatment and transmission facilities and that they are constructed concurrently with future development, which Water Master Plan should contain standards which include reference to: (a) Water Quality (b) Water Reclamation Programs (c) Water Conservation Programs (d) Emergency Water Storage Supply (e) Water Pressure (f) Water Distribution 8. Such other and further matters as have been or may, from time to time be, assigned to the Task Force by the City Council. Sec. 2.72.030 Meetings. The Interagency Water Task Force shall hold at least one regular meeting each quarter year on the day and at the time and in the place that it _ shall designate by resolution and/or by bylaw and such special meetings as the Task Force may require. Said meetings shall be subject to all requirements of state and local laws governing notice and open meetings. SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day from and after its adoption. Presented by Approved as to form by John P. Lippitt Bruce M. Boogaard Director of Public Works City Attorney