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File #: OR-24-004    Version: 1 Name: Chapter 30 Review/Updates
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/26/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/23/2024 Final action: 4/23/2024
Title: Consider an ordinance amending the Chapter 30, Article I of the Killeen Code of Ordinances providing for an update to the Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan.
Sponsors: Public Works Department, Finance Department, City Attorney Department
Attachments: 1. Ordinance, 2. Presentation
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Consider an ordinance amending the Chapter 30, Article I of the Killeen Code of Ordinances providing for an update to the Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan.

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DATE: April 16, 2024

TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager

FROM: Jeffery Reynolds, Executive Director of Public Works

SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Chapter 30, Article I, Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan.

BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:

The City of Killeen originally adopted and implemented its Water Conservation Plan (WCP) in 1998 and adopted a Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) in 2006. City staff has revised the current combined WCP and DCP to align with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) model ordinance and the Centex Sustainability Partnership's project to standardize water conservation and drought contingency messaging throughout the region.

Under Chapter 11 of the Texas Water Code Chapter 11 and Chapter 288 of the Texas Administrative Code, the City of Killeen is required to submit an updated WCP and DCP to the TCEQ and the Texas Water Development Board every five years. The City of Killeen last updated the WCP and DCP in April of 2019.

This update consists of additions to the definitions; minor revisions to Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3; elimination of "Critical Stage" (current Stage 4); recategorizing Stage 5 (Emergency) to Stage 4; and elimination of Stage 5. The City's historic, five-year, and ten-year goals for demand reduction through water conservation have also been updated.

THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:

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Which alternative is recommended? Why?

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CONFORMITY TO CITY POLICY:

The proposed ordinance conforms to City policy.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

What is the amount of the revenue/expenditure in the current fiscal year? For future years?

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Is this a one-time or recurring revenue/expenditure?

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Is this revenue/expenditure budgeted?

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If not, where will the money come from?

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Is there a sufficient amount in the budgeted lin...

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