HomeMy WebLinkAbout022529 ORD - 04/09/1996ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 55, UTILITIES,
ARTICLE XII, WATER CONSERVATION, SECTION 55-156, WATER
CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 19637 on February 17, 1987,
adopting the Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan for Corpus Christi; and,
WHEREAS, analysis of actual water use since the Plan was adopted indicates that the Plan
should be amended to establish the trigger point for Condition I - Drought Possibility at a water
storage level of 40% of the capacity of Choke Canyon Reservoir and Lake Corpus Christi;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 55, Utilities, Article XII, Water
Conservation, Section 55-156, Water conservation and drought contingency plan, is hereby
amended by amending section 2.1, Drought Situation Water Conservation and Rationing Plan
Summary through Condition I - Drought Possibility, on pages 55 and 56, to read as follows:
A. Page 55, title, introduction, Condition I subheading and the following line will read:
"2.1 DROUGHT CONTINGENT PLAN SUMMARY
The following steps will be taken starting when the combined water supply in Lake Corpus Christi
and Choke Canyon reservoirs reach a level where water in storage is 40% or less of total storage
capacity. The plan proposes to meet a water shortage situation through a series of water demand
reduction measures supplemented by increasing supply through alternative water sources.
CONDITION I - WATER SHORTAGE POSSIBILITY
Combined water stored in the reservoirs is estimated to be 40% of total storage capacity."
B. Page 56, section 2.1.6 will read:
"6. City Council declares water shortage condition exists and implements drought contingency
plan."
C. Page 56, Condition II subheading will read:
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"CONDITION II - WATER SHORTAGE WATCH"
D. Page 57, Condition III subheading will read:
"CONDITION III - WATER SHORTAGE WARNING"
E. Page 57, Condition IV subheading will read:
"CONDITION IV - WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY."
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first thnie and passed to its second reading on this
the 2#(c Day of tV12vYCln , 191k,i by the following vote:
Mary Rhodes l Betty Jean Longoria
Dr. Jack Best John Longoria
Betty Black Edward i Edward A. Martin
Melody Cooper Dr. David McNichols
Tony Heldenfels
That the foregoipg ordi anceoowas read for tJ�e�second time and passed finally on this the
Day of (If"
I f i� , 19 (t'�� , by the following vote:
Mary Rhodes '(j / Betty Jean Longoria
Dr. Jack Bestallt, John Longoria _ __
Betty Black _ J Edward A. Martin Cu
Melody Cooper Dr. David McNichols
Tony Heldenfels q
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the Day of R.p1'I I 19'1Cl
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ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED: WI- DAY OF
MAYO
THE CIT F CORPUS CHRISTI
19 AV ,191 :
JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY
By:
JameBray, Jr.
City Attorney
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas, } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
County of Nueces } ss: Ad # 557086
PO #
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Darrell G. Coleman,
who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is Vice -President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in
said County and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, and Webb
Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 022529
which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 15TH
day(s) of APRIL. 1996.
ONE (1) Time(s)
$ 29.60
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29TH day of
APRIL. 1996.
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on 5/14/97.