WHEREAS, the San Benito County Water District (District) has joined in a cooperative effort with the City of Hollister and the Sunnyslope County Water District in the preparation of an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) pursuant to Water Code §10620 of the California Water Code; and,

WHEREAS, the study area for the UWMP is the "Hollister Area" comprised of the Hollister East, Hollister West and Tres Pinos Sub-basins as defined in the District’s Annual Groundwater Reports and the Groundwater Management Plan for the San Benito County Part of the Gilroy-Hollister Groundwater Basin and does not include the entire District Zone 6 service area; (the benefit area for the importation of Central Valley Project Water); and,

WHEREAS, one of the purposes of the UWMP is to identify and quantify existing and planned sources of available water and the reliability of the water supplies without creating any rights or entitlement to water service or a specific level of water service; and,

WHEREAS, neither the UWMP nor the statute mandating the adoption of the Plan encourages exclusive use of the UWMP by land use entitlement agencies in making water-related land use decisions; and,

WHEREAS, because water is a changing resource, the UWMP must be viewed as a snapshot of water availability and reliability based upon facts available at the time of creating the Plan; that water dynamics change because of forces of nature or human conduct and that, for the above reasons, the exclusive use of the UWMP as a resource tool for making land use decisions is discouraged; that land use entitlement requests must be reviewed on a project by project basis for the purpose of analyzing the availability and reliability of water resources for the project; and,

WHEREAS, current groundwater conditions (quality and quantity) and the distribution of artificial recharge, in-lieu recharge and the disposal of wastewater as described in the Groundwater Management Plan for the San Benito County past of the Gilroy-Hollister Groundwater basin present major public policy issues which will impact the distribution and availability of water (quality and quantity) in Northern San Benito County including the Hollister Area UWMP study area; and,

WHEREAS, the District acknowledges its responsibility to take all necessary steps to address water supply emergency issues; and,

WHEREAS, the District is committed to water conservation and obligated to specific water conservation measures by virtue of the District water supply contract with United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the San Benito County Water District hereby resolves as follows:

1. The Hollister Area Urban Water Management Plan 2000 (UWMP) dated April, 1999, is hereby adopted by the Board of Directors of the San Benito County Water District (District) and incorporated into this resolution by reference. A copy of the Plan is available for public review during normal business hours at the District Office located at 30 Mansfield Road, Hollister, California.

2. No later than sixty (60) days from June 23, 1999, the District shall deliver the UWMP together with this resolution to the Cities of Hollister, San Juan Bautista, and the County of San Benito.

3. The District Manager is directed to file the UWMP with the State Department of Water Resources no later than thirty (30) days after June 23, 1999.

4. The UWMP, as adopted by the District, is not intended as a tool to be used exclusively by land use planning agencies as a substitute for a comprehensive study and investigation of water availability, reliability, and quality for development projects and land use changes proposed in San Benito County or the Cities of Hollister and San Juan Bautista, for the reasons stated in the recitals to this resolution.

5. The District Manager is hereby directed to implement the Water Conservation programs as funded through the District’s Annual Budgets including water shortage contingency analysis and recommendations to the District Board regarding procedures to carry out effective water conservation and recycling programs in order to meet statutory and contractual obligations.

THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Benito County Water District held on June 23, 1999, by the following vote:

AYES: DIRECTORS: Perry, Swanson, Tobias, Gonzales, Rupert

NOES: DIRECTORS: None

ABSENT: DIRECTORS: None

________/s/Kenneth Perry______

Kenneth Perry

President

ATTEST:

______/s/Janet L. Torres____________

Janet L. Torres

Administrative Services Officer