24-Deliberate on the Lake Pat Mayse Water Study Committee recommendations

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Executive Summary ES.1 History of Pat Mayse Lake Study Committee The City of Paris, Texas (City) entered into a Memorandi.m of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Irving, Texas (Irving) on January 14, 2008 for the purpose of evaluating issues related to the potential sale of water to Irving. To assist the City in evaluating the potential sale of water, the City authorized the creation of the Pat Mayse Lake Study Committee (Committee). The goal of the Committee is to "Educate, inform, and advise the Paris City Council and citizens of Lamar County as to the best long-range commitment of its water resources." Four key deliverables were identified by the Coinmittee to assist in achieving their goals including: • A detenilination of the total amount of water available to the community from existing sources; • A detennination of the total amount of water required for local consumption, coiztractual obligations, reserves, and future needs (through 2060); • Recommendations for additional water resources to be explored in order to expand the existing water supply base; and • Periodic conunuiiications to the Paris City Council and community to keep them informed of the progress of the Committee. The City entered into a contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) to provide consulting services related to the investigation of a potential water sale to Irving. HDR's services were initiated in June of 2008 and included numerous meetings with the Committee to discuss the following analyses: • Information on estimates of future water denlands of the City and their existing customers through 2060; • Inforniation on water supplies available from eaisting supply sources based on estimated year 2060 conditions; and • Infonilation on potential additional water supplies which could reasonably be developed by the City. Key defulitions and abbreviatioils included throughout this report include the following. • Acre-feet - This is a common measurement of volume of water. An acre-foot is the volume of water represented by the area of 1 acre covered by one foot of Ciry of Paris - Pa1 Mayse Lake StucJy ES- l Jaiiuary 2009 - Draft 011 ~ ~ 0