STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 99 – 112

DIRECTING EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF REVISED FLOW STANDARDS
FOR THE LOWER AMERICAN RIVER
REQUESTED BY THE SACRAMENTO AREA WATER FORUM

 

WHEREAS:

 

1. The Sacramento area Water Forum, consisting of business and agricultural leaders, citizens groups, environmentalists, water managers, and local governments in the Sacramento countywide area, has for the past six years worked to develop a comprehensive plan that will provide a safe, reliable and adequate water supply in a cost-effective and environmentally sound manner for the Sacramento area.

 

2. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has supported efforts of the Water Forum to develop such a master water plan for the Sacramento area.

 

3. The Water Forum issued its Action Plan in January 1999.

 

4. One of the two coequal objectives to be achieved by proposals in the Action Plan is to preserve the fishery, wildlife, recreational, and aesthetic values of the Lower American River.

 

5. Adoption of an updated Lower American River flow standard by the State Water Resources Control Board is identified as one of the steps to finalize and fully implement the Water Forum Agreement contained in the Action Plan.

 

6. The City of Sacramento, as a member and with the support of the Water Forum, requested the SWRCB to expedite its consideration of a revised Lower American River flow standard and has offered to pay the cost of the expedited consideration.

 

THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED THAT:

 

1. Upon receipt from the Water Forum of a recommended flow standard proposal and supporting documentation developed after consultation with American River water rights holders and consistent with all procedural and legal requirements, the SWRCB will initiate an expedited process to consider adoption of the flow standard proposal for the Lower American River.

 

2. The Board requests the Forum to ensure that the process it follows in developing recommended flow standards is open to input by interested parties, and that the analytical methods used are explained.

 

3. The State Water Resources Control Board accepts the offer by the City of Sacramento to pay the cost of an expedited consideration of a proposed flow standard for the Lower American River and requests the Executive Director to prepare and enter into a contract with the City of Sacramento for such payment.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

The undersigned Administrative Assistant to the SWRCB does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on November 18, 1999.

 

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board