SUMMARY: Ordinance re-adopting, re-approving and ratifiying Ordinance No. 2019-463 to approve and adopt the 2019 City of Houston Water Conservation Plan for municipal uses and the 2019 City of Houston Drought Contingency Plan.
RECOMMENDATION: Re-adopt, re-approve and ratify Ordinance No. 2019-463 to approve and adopt the 2019 City of Houston Water Conservation Plan and the 2019 City of Houston Drought Contingency Plan.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: On June 19, 2019 by Ordinance No. 2019-463, City Council approved the 2019 City of Houston Water Conservation Plan and 2019 City of Houston Drought Contingency Plan, which is a required attachment to the Water Conservation Plan. Unfortunately, the version of the 2019 Water Conservation Plan attached to Ordinance No. 2019-463 was not the final version uploaded to Novus, and it lacked several paragraphs and appendices. The final version now being presented to City Council includes all material in the Water Conservation Plan approved by City Council on June 19, 2019, plus: utility profile reports required by the State of Texas; public comments received by the City during the public comment period; and information on the City’s Property Assessed Clean Energy Program, Community Rain Barrel Sale Program, and Native Plants Propagation Program and Sale. The final version makes no changes to the Drought Contingency Plan, which is attached to the Water Conservation Plan at Appendix F.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P. E.
Director
Houston Public Works