R-11-51 RESOLUTION NO. R -11 -51
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL WATER
SUPPLY PLAN
WHEREAS, Virginia State Water Control Board Regulation 9 VAC 25 -780, Local
and Regional Water Supply Planning, requires all counties, cities and towns in the
Commonwealth of Virginia to prepare and submit a water supply plan to the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ); and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2011, the City of Fairfax held a public hearing to accept
public comment on the Regional Water Supply Plan; and
WHEREAS, The City of Fairfax is a participant in the Northern Virginia Regional
Water Supply Plan managed by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission; and
WHEREAS, the adopted Regional Water Supply Plan will be submitted to the DEQ
on or before November 2, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Fairfax hereby adopts the Northern Virginia Regional Water Supply Plan as it pertains to the
City of Fairfax. Approval and adoption of this regional plan indicates support for and general
agreement with the regional planning approach, but does not indicate approval or disapproval
of conclusions and recommendations presented in the plan as they pertain to other localities.
The City of Fairfax reserves the right to consider specific water supply alternatives in the
future even though such alternatives may or may not be presented in this adopted plan. The
City of Fairfax will not be limited to specific water supply alternatives in this adopted plan
and reserves the right to recommend additional alternatives for consideration in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fairfax intends
that the Regional Water Supply Plan shall be revised to reflect changes in relevant data at
least once every five years and resubmitted to DEQ every ten years in accordance with the
regulation and sound planning practice.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax
at a meeting held on October 25, 2011.
Introduced: October 11, 2011
Public Hearing: October 25, 2011
Adopted: October 25, 2011
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilman Drummond Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilman Meyer Aye
Councilmember Schmidt Aye
Councilman Silverthorne Aye
Councilman Stombres Aye