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Home My WebLink About022661 ORD - 08/27/1996ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 55, UTILITIES, ARTICLE XII, WATER CONSERVATION, SECTION 55-156, WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN; DIRECTING IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE IV OF THE OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI -CHOKE CANYON RESERVOIR OPERATING SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION 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, the City's consultants have found based upon use of the Nueces River lower basin model, used for simulating various operating conditions for the Lake Corpus Christi -Choke Canyon reservoir system, that allowing the elevation of Lake Corpus Christi to drop to a minimum elevation of 74 feet within a 12 month period will increase the yield of the reservoir system by an additional 10,000 acre feet over the yield that will be available under the current operating system. 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 as follows: By revising paragraph2 of Phase IV of the Operations Plan for the Lake Corpus Christi - Choke Canyon Reservoir System on page 116 to read as follows: "PHASE IV - This phase applies after Choke Canyon Reservoir is filled, water user demand exceeds 200,000 acre-feet annually, and developed long-term supply is less than 300,00 acre-feet annually. In order to provide maximum dependable yield of the two reservoirs, the water level in Lake Corpus Christi will be allowed to drop to elevation % Z feet before water is released from Choke Canyon Reservoir in excess of the 2,000 acre-feet per month requirement. When the elevation of Choke Canyon drops to 155 feet, Lake Corpus Christi will be lowered to its minimum elevation." SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the normal requirement that water user demand exceeds 200,000 acre-feet annually, since the City has implemented Condition II of its Water R63707G5.222 022661 s R BLMEP. 2 Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan, the City Manager is authorized to implement Phase IV of the Operations Plan for the Lake Corpus Christi -Choke Canyon Reservoir System. SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. R63707G5.222 That the foregoing ordinance s read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the M day of August, 19, by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Dr. Jack Best Betty Black Melody Cooper Tony Heldenfels othlk SLI Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the -q 716 day of August, 19 , by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Dr. Jack Best Betty Black Melody Cooper Tony Heldenfels PASSED AND APPROVED, this the Betty Jean Longoria*its John Longoria Edward A. Martin arDr. David McNichols ATTEST: 1 /Ih,1 .s, day of August, 1996. Armando Chapa, City Se etary Mayor The City of Corpus Christi APPROVED: This ol lfh day of August, 1996: James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney By: R. Jay�Piei ing Assistant City Attorney R63707G5.222 022661 3 State of Texas, ) County of Nueces, ) ss: AD# TH29452 PO# PUBLISHER'S CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI of AFFIDAVF9 @iCi'lIS - Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came _ Reverly _freaneSt , who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Business Office Secretary,of the _ocimpua_Qtilisti caller Times a daily newspaper published at _r,trrzu&enti 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 W,Wbb Counties, and that the publication of NcJti rn 4f PassageQf Ordi nanre 02 F2 61 Armncli ng_ the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 55, jJfi ie which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the — on the 2nd of September, 1996. _1 Time (s) $-aa a----- Business Office Secretary_f• Subscribed and sworn to before me the 12th day of November, 1996. _ deaw Notary Public, Nueces unty, Texas EDNA KOSTER Notary Public State of Texas My Comm. Exp. 11.30.98 C16/Corfus CA+dea CoasrT+mes, Monday, 3eabntber2, 1996 cos No—+ggrATWErtafg ORDINANCE NO. 022661 Amending the Code of Ordi- nances, Chapter 55, Utilities, Article XII, Water Conserva- tion, Section 55-156, Water Conservation. and Drought Contingency Plan; directing implementation of Phase IV of the operations plan for the Lake Corpus Christi -Choke Canyon Reservoir Operating System; providing for sever- e ance, and publication. This ordinance was passed and ap- proved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi or the 27th dey of August, 1996 M Arus y tt Coy ofClCotpua SecrsChris