2003-101- 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 ClRESOLUTION 2003 -101
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
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 of flood 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 of land 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
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 at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos, California, held on the 18 day of August, 2003, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Steve Glickman, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Mike Wasserman,
Mayor Sandy Decker.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
F THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS ATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA