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Uxs 04/03/09) ORDINANCE NO. NS-2781 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 39 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The State is in its third straight year of drought. California's snowpack are significantly low, precipitation currently is only about 70 percent of normal, and nearly all reservoirs are well below acceptable levels for storage. B. The amount of imported water from Northern California has been cut back to half of what it's been in recent years. This year, water supplies are projected to be in the range of 15% to 30% of normal allocations. C. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) is now proposing an allocation to its member agencies, which could result in a 10 to 20% cut back of our imported water. D. The city has been informed that MWD is preparing to implement their allocation about April or May of this year. E. In the event an agency does not cut its water demands back and exceeds its water allocation from MWD, there is a hefty cost associated with it, on the order of 3-4 times the normal cost of their existing tier 2 rate of $695 per acre foot of water. F. MWD also has proposed for all the member agencies to update or implement a Water Conservation Ordinance. G. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter Ordinance No. NS-2781 Page 1 of 11