Res: immediately move Stage 2 to Stage 1 water restriction
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:27 pm
RESOLUTION NO._________________ (DRAFT)
WHEREAS, according to “City of Austin Drought Contingency Plan” of August, 2012, adopted by City Council Resolution 20120816-005, Table 2, Stage 1 water restrictions may be imposed when “Combined lake storage falls below 1.4 million acre-feet (MAF)”, and Stage 2 “when storage falls below 900,000 MAF”
(REF: https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/defau ... 6-2012.pdf); and
WHEREAS, according to the Drought Contingency Plan, Table 2, Stage 2 water restrictions “may be lifted when levels reach 1.1 MAF and are projected to stay above 900,000 MAF for four months”; and
WHEREAS, according to LCRA documentation, current lake levels are above 1.5 MAF, and have already been above 900,000 MAF for nearly 4 months (REF: http://hydromet.lcra.org/lakevolume/systemprofile.aspx); and
WHEREAS, after the record breaking rains of early 2015, significant landscaping vegetation was replanted or restored, and the dry summer months are now threatening to destroy that restored vegetation, which would cause significant loss to Austin constituents; and
WHEREAS, other local authorities in Round Rock, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Burnet, have already removed or eased water use restrictions; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN:
The City Council directs the City Manager to immediately lift Stage 2 watering restrictions and move to Stage 1, consistent with the written Drought Contingency Plan.
WHEREAS, according to “City of Austin Drought Contingency Plan” of August, 2012, adopted by City Council Resolution 20120816-005, Table 2, Stage 1 water restrictions may be imposed when “Combined lake storage falls below 1.4 million acre-feet (MAF)”, and Stage 2 “when storage falls below 900,000 MAF”
(REF: https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/defau ... 6-2012.pdf); and
WHEREAS, according to the Drought Contingency Plan, Table 2, Stage 2 water restrictions “may be lifted when levels reach 1.1 MAF and are projected to stay above 900,000 MAF for four months”; and
WHEREAS, according to LCRA documentation, current lake levels are above 1.5 MAF, and have already been above 900,000 MAF for nearly 4 months (REF: http://hydromet.lcra.org/lakevolume/systemprofile.aspx); and
WHEREAS, after the record breaking rains of early 2015, significant landscaping vegetation was replanted or restored, and the dry summer months are now threatening to destroy that restored vegetation, which would cause significant loss to Austin constituents; and
WHEREAS, other local authorities in Round Rock, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Burnet, have already removed or eased water use restrictions; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN:
The City Council directs the City Manager to immediately lift Stage 2 watering restrictions and move to Stage 1, consistent with the written Drought Contingency Plan.