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(a) Each month the department shall monitor and evaluate the demand for water by customers and the projected available supply. Upon determination of potential or actual water supply shortage, the director of public works shall recommend to the city council the extent of the conservation phase required by customers in order for the department to prudently supply water to customers. (b) The city council shall make findings of shortage and declare the conservation phase by resolution. Said resolution shall specify the start date of the conservation phase. The resolution shall be published once in a daily newspaper of general circulation within the city and shall become effective immediately upon such publication (c) The provision of section 39- 107(3) and 39- 108(4) and 39- 109(4) requiring curtailment in the use of water shall be effective the first full billing period commencing on or after the date of such publication. (d) For the purpose of determining compliance with the water use reductions in sections 39 -107 (3), 39 -108 (4), and 39 -109 (4) commercial, industrial and institutional users can request that water use reduction is calculated on an aggregate basis on all accounts owned by the same user. The request shall be considered and approved by the Director of the Public Works Agency. (e) For new water accounts and accounts without historical water use in the base year, water use reduction level shall be based on the average base year use of similar types of users in the city. SECTION 17. Section 39 -111 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads as follows (new language underlined, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes only): Sec. 39 -111. E" lusiyit^o Cumulative penalties. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the penalties set forth in section 39 -112 for violations relating to the curtailment in the use of water shall be GXGlusive and a cumulative with any other section of this Code or State law. All monies collected by the City pursuant to any of the penalty provisions of this Article shall be deposited in the Water Stewardship fund, to be used for Water Conservation outreach and education activities. SECTION 18. Section 39 -112 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads as follows (new language underlined, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes only): Ordinance No. NS -XXX 75A -1 3 Page 9 of 12