15-Deliberate and possibly act on ordinance adopting an amended Drought Contingency Plan

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(2) Additional Notification - The City Manager or his/her designee shall notify directly, or cause to be notified directly, the following individuals and entities: Mayor and members of the City Council Fire Chief City and County Emergency Management Coordinator(s) County Judge & Commissioner(s) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Major water users Critical water users, i.e. hospitals (b) Stage 1 Response - Mild Water Shortage Conditions (1) Target - Achieve a voluntary ten percent (10%) reduction in daily water demand. (2) Best Management Practices for Supply Management - measures to be implemented directly by the City of Paris to manage limited water supplies and/or reduce water demand will include: reduced or discontinued flushing of water mains, use of reclaimed water for non-potable purposes, stringent operation of the Water Treatment Plant concerning filter backwashing, and discontinuing all outside wash-down activities. (3) Voluntary Water Use Restrictions for Reducing Demand a. Retail water customers are requested to voluntarily limit the irrigation of landscaped areas to the following time periods c„^a^.,s ^^d T"„r°a^°° for customers with a street addresses ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) times for watering are Sundays and ThursdaY morngins from midnight unti110:00 a.m. and evenings from 8:00 p.m. until midnight..^a c^*„r4^..° ^^4 For water customers with a street address ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) times for watering are Wednesday and Saturday mornings from midnight until 10:00 a.m. and evenings from 8:00 D.M. until midnight.. ^^d irr-i^^*° days, b. All operations of the City of Paris shall adhere to water use restrictions prescribed for Stage 2 of the Plan. c. Retail water customers are requested to practice water conservation and to minimize or discontinue water use for non-essential purposes. 13~ .