City of Yuma · Meeting 1793 complete
2026-02-18 · Regular Meeting
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A motion was made by Councilmember Morris, seconded by Councilmember Smith, to APPROVE item C.2. The motion carried by the following vote:
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PUBLIC HEARING HELD (7:12 PM - 7:16 PM)
Motion (Morris/McClendon): to close the public hearing. Voice vote: approved (6-0)
A motion was made by Councilmember Smith, seconded by Councilmember Morris, to ADOPT Resolution R2026-008. The motion carried by the following vote:
Motion (Morris/McClendon): to close the public hearing. Voice vote: approved (6-0)
A motion was made by Councilmember Smith, seconded by Councilmember Morris, to ADOPT Resolution R2026-008. The motion carried by the following vote:
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Motion (Smith/Watts): to continue Ordinance O2026-003 to a future agenda pursuant to the owner's request. Voice vote: approved (6-0).
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PUBLIC HEARING HELD (7:20 PM - 7:22 PM)
Motion (McClendon/Smith): to close the public hearing. Voice vote: approved (6-0)
A motion was made by Councilmember Morris, seconded by Councilmember Smith, to ADOPT Resolution R2026-009. The motion carried by the following vote:
Motion (McClendon/Smith): to close the public hearing. Voice vote: approved (6-0)
A motion was made by Councilmember Morris, seconded by Councilmember Smith, to ADOPT Resolution R2026-009. The motion carried by the following vote:
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INTRODUCED
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- 1. ORD Grant of Easement to Install Electrical Facilities: East Mesa Community Park
- 2. AGR Grant of Easement to Install Electrical Facilities: East Mesa Community Park
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Motion (Mayor Nicholls/Smith): to recess into Executive Session. Voice vote: approved (6-0).
EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD (6:22 PM - 6:34 PM)
ADOPTED
EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD (6:22 PM - 6:34 PM)
ADOPTED
Supporting documents (5)
- 1. P&Z RPT: Rezoning of Property 831 S. 2nd Avenue
- 2. ORD Rezoning of Property: 831 S. 2nd Avenue
- 1. PZ RPT GP Amendment: Tillman Estates Unit No. 4
- 2. RES GP Amendment: Tillman Estates Unit No. 4
- 1. ORD HACY
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Motion (Smith/Watts): to amend Resolution R2026-010 as follows: Under "Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved", renumber Section #5 to be #6, and add a new Section 5 to read:
5. Because the Basin stakeholders failed to reach agreement by the February 14, 2026 deadine and the federal Bureau of Reclamation will move forward with creating Post-2026 Operational Guidelines, the City Council directs staff to prepare a comment letter for Mayor and City Council signature on the Post-2026 Operational Guidelines for inclusion in the official record of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The letter shall request the following:
A. Risk of Intentionally Created Surplus (ICS): It should be recognized that ICS increases delivery risk to the Colorado River system and shifts that risk onto senior priority users and direct diversion communities, such as the City of Yuma. ICS deliveries accelerate the decline of Lake Mead and raise the probability of deeper shortages. In practice, ICS has evolved into a fragile, house-of-cards construct in which users claim ICS credits not from water conserved within their own entitlement, but from water conserved by other entitlement holders and subsequently only partially swept. ICS has outlived its usefulness and should be eliminated in the Post-2026 Guidelines.
B. Restrictions on Water Transfers: No Colorado River water transfers from on-Colorado River entitlement holders shall occur until Lake Mead and Lake Powell reach "Normal" operating levels sufficient to ensure safe and reliable water supplies and hydroelectric power generation. If such transfers are approved, no Colorado River water shall be transferred during any declared Tier shortage or drought condition on the Colorado River.
C. Recognition of Conservation Efforts: Recognition of the City of Yuma's conservation programs, and those of similarly situated communities, that divert less than their full Colorado River entitlement and leave a portion of their allocation in the River system for the benefit of River health. Any required shortages should be calculated from entitlement amounts rather than from consumptive use that has already been reduced through successful conservation measures.
D. Recognition of the Significance of Consumptive Use and Return Flow Credits: Recognition of the City of Yuma's longstanding practice of returning treated wastewater to the Colorado River, that the water returned to the Colorado River provides a measurable benefited to the River system, and there should be explicit notations in the Final Environmental Impact Statement that continuation of return flow credits will be applied towards the City's consumptive use.
E. Law of the River, Priority-Based Allocations, and Water Rights: Recognition and protection of the priority system and water rights of on-River users, including the City of Yuma, for whom the Colorado River serves as the sole municipal water supply, with the understanding that pro-rata reductions should be used only under extreme system conditions necessary to maintain system operations and not as a replacement for the established priority framework.
Voice vote: approved (6-0)
A motion was made by Councilmember Smith, seconded by Councilmember Watts, to ADOPT Resolution R2026-010 as amended. The motion carried by the following vote:
5. Because the Basin stakeholders failed to reach agreement by the February 14, 2026 deadine and the federal Bureau of Reclamation will move forward with creating Post-2026 Operational Guidelines, the City Council directs staff to prepare a comment letter for Mayor and City Council signature on the Post-2026 Operational Guidelines for inclusion in the official record of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The letter shall request the following:
A. Risk of Intentionally Created Surplus (ICS): It should be recognized that ICS increases delivery risk to the Colorado River system and shifts that risk onto senior priority users and direct diversion communities, such as the City of Yuma. ICS deliveries accelerate the decline of Lake Mead and raise the probability of deeper shortages. In practice, ICS has evolved into a fragile, house-of-cards construct in which users claim ICS credits not from water conserved within their own entitlement, but from water conserved by other entitlement holders and subsequently only partially swept. ICS has outlived its usefulness and should be eliminated in the Post-2026 Guidelines.
B. Restrictions on Water Transfers: No Colorado River water transfers from on-Colorado River entitlement holders shall occur until Lake Mead and Lake Powell reach "Normal" operating levels sufficient to ensure safe and reliable water supplies and hydroelectric power generation. If such transfers are approved, no Colorado River water shall be transferred during any declared Tier shortage or drought condition on the Colorado River.
C. Recognition of Conservation Efforts: Recognition of the City of Yuma's conservation programs, and those of similarly situated communities, that divert less than their full Colorado River entitlement and leave a portion of their allocation in the River system for the benefit of River health. Any required shortages should be calculated from entitlement amounts rather than from consumptive use that has already been reduced through successful conservation measures.
D. Recognition of the Significance of Consumptive Use and Return Flow Credits: Recognition of the City of Yuma's longstanding practice of returning treated wastewater to the Colorado River, that the water returned to the Colorado River provides a measurable benefited to the River system, and there should be explicit notations in the Final Environmental Impact Statement that continuation of return flow credits will be applied towards the City's consumptive use.
E. Law of the River, Priority-Based Allocations, and Water Rights: Recognition and protection of the priority system and water rights of on-River users, including the City of Yuma, for whom the Colorado River serves as the sole municipal water supply, with the understanding that pro-rata reductions should be used only under extreme system conditions necessary to maintain system operations and not as a replacement for the established priority framework.
Voice vote: approved (6-0)
A motion was made by Councilmember Smith, seconded by Councilmember Watts, to ADOPT Resolution R2026-010 as amended. The motion carried by the following vote:
Supporting documents (10)
- 1 P&Z RPT Military Influence Area
- 2 RES GP Amendment Military Influence Area
- 1. P&Z RPT Rezoning of Property: SEC of Michigan Ave and 32nd St
- 2. ORD Rezoning of Property: SEC of Michigan Ave and 32nd St
- 1. MAP ROW Vacation and Exchange Cha Cha,LLC an AZ LLC
- 3. QCD ROW Vacation and Exchange Cha Cha,LLC an AZ LLC
- 4. DEED ROW Vacation and Exchange Cha Cha,LLC an AZ LLC
- 2. ORD ROW Vacation and Exchange Cha Cha,LLC an AZ LLC
- 2026 01 06 RWS Minutes
- 1. RES COY Comments to Draft EIS Colorado River
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