HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2012-62RESOLUTION NO. 2012 — 62
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
SUPPORTING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
WATER AUTHORITY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST
THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, San Diego County's $186 Billion economy and 3.1 Million people
depend upon the San Diego County Water Authority (the "Water Authority") for approximately
75 percent of all water used in the region; and
WHEREAS, the Water Authority purchases nearly 50 percent of the region's
water supply from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ("MWD") and pays
MWD a transportation charge to transport another 25 percent of the region's water supply the
Water Authority through water conservation achieved through an historic water transfer
agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District, and by lining the All -American and Coachella
canals; and
WHEREAS, MWD has approved water rate increases totaling 75% since 2006;
and
WHEREAS, MWD's water rate structure misallocates the vast majority of its own
water supply costs to the water transportation rates charged to the Water Authority to transport
the Imperial Irrigation District and canal lining supplies, which will result in overcharges of $40
Million to San Diego county Ratepayers in 2012, and illegal subsidies to each of the 25 member
agencies of MWD; and
WHEREAS, these overcharges are estimated to reach as much as $217 Million
annually by the year 2012, and amount to as much as $2.1 Billion by 2047; and
WHEREAS, on June 11, 2010, the San Diego County Water Authority filed a
lawsuit against MWD, challenging MWD's 2011 and 2012 water rates, which is currently
pending in the San Francisco Superior Court as Case No. CPF-10-510830; and
WHEREAS, on October 27, 2011, the Water Authority successfully amended its
lawsuit to assert additional claims against MWD alleging that MWD took additional unfair and
punitive actions that negatively impact the Water Authority and San Diego County taxpayers;
and
WHEREAS, the City of National City and the Water Authority require MWD board
policies that make water available at an affordable cost, fairly and lawfully apportioned among
its rate categories and among the member agencies of MWD.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City hereby supports the San Diego County Water Authority's lawsuit and the Water
Authority's ongoing efforts to secure a reliable water supply and transportation rtes from MWD
at affordable, lawful and equitable prices.
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of March, 2012.
ATTEST:
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Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk
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City Attorn
Ron Morrison, Mayor
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on March 6,
2012 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Morrison, Natividad, Rios, Sotelo-Solis, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2012-62 the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on March 6, 2012.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy