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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 6, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 39 <br />OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE - <br />CONSERVATION OF PUBLIC CATER <br />SUP~LY _.-. <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 'I 5r Reading <br />^ Ordinance on <?~" Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Puts€ic HearinG For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 39 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />with updated regulations for conservation of the public water supply. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The State of California is in the third year of a drought and water <br />supply deliveries from Northern California are projected to be severely <br />reduced next year. The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) is proposing <br />to reduce imported water deliveries by 10 to 20~ to member agencies, <br />with heavy penalties (three to four times their normal cost of water) <br />for failure to achieve the required reductions. <br />The Santa Ana Municipal Code regulating conservation of the public water <br />supply is found in Chapter 39, Article VI and was adopted on September <br />4, 1990. The purpose of the ordinance is to establish a water <br />conservation and supply shortage program that will reduce water <br />consumption within the City through conservation, assure reasonable and <br />beneficial use of water, prevent waste of water, and maximize the <br />efficient use of water within the City to minimize the effect and <br />hardship of water shortage to the greatest extent possible. <br />In January of 2009, the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) finalized a <br />draft model water conservation and water supply shortage ordinance for <br />use by water agencies in Southern California. To remain eligible for <br />MWD water conservation grant funding programs, the City of Santa Ana and <br />all other MWD member agencies are required to adopt a water conservation <br />ordinance that contains all of the major components outlined in the <br />model ordinance. The proposed ordinance amends the existing city <br />municipal code to add these required components. <br />50A-1 <br />