For Water Subcommittee Meeting March 27, 2025
TO: Water Subcommittee Members
APPROVAL: John Rossi, Interim Utilities Director
FROM: Toyasha Sebbag, Assistant to the City Manager
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Staff request that the Water Subcommittee provide feedback on the participation in the 2025 Regional Urban Water Management Plan to meet the requirements of the Urban Water Management Planning Act with a cost-share of $38,960. (ACTION)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Water Subcommittee provide feedback on the participation in the 2025 Regional Urban Water Management Plan to meet the requirements of the Urban Water Management Planning Act with a cost-share of $38,960.
BACKGROUND
California Water Code section 10621(a) requires urban water suppliers to update their Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) at least once every five (5) years; the 2025 UWMP's are due to be updated and submitted to the California Department of Water Resources by July 1, 2026.
San Bernardino Valley and eight other local water providers share many water supply characteristics, including location, climate, demographics, water sources, and regional water management, which were leveraged to prepare regional UWMPs in the 2010, 2015, and 2020 planning cycles.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
For the 2025 UWMP, San Bernardino Valley and the participating agencies jointly prepared and agreed to a Scope of Work that was incorporated into a Request for Proposals (RFP), which resulted in the selection of Water Systems Consulting, Inc. (WSC) as the consultant to prepare the 2025 UWMPs.
A regional UWMP development streamline cost, staff time, and data while also allowing for a greater level of consistency and overall value of the UWMP. On December 16, 2024, the San Bernardino Valley Board of Directors approved a contract with WSC and the cost sharing whereby San Bernardino Valley will pay 50% of the common costs, with the balance equally split among the other eight agencies.
WSC's proposed cost to complet...
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