03-09-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Revised 2014 H. INFORMATION/EDUCATION The purpose and effect of the Drought Contingency Plan will be communicated to the public through an article or notice in a local newspaper, City of La Porte website(s), and other media outlets such as marquee message boards, email, text, social media, and programmed phone alerts regularly utilized by the City of La Porte. Throughout the period of a trigger condition, regular updates will appear in the various media outlets referenced herein to explain and educate the public on the purpose, cause, and methods of conservation for that condition. When a trigger condition is reduced or expired, the same media outlets used for notification will be used to update the public. 1. IMPLEMENTATION The plan shall be implemented by Ordinance of the City Council of the City of La Porte. Included in the adoption instrument will be individual trigger conditions for the city. A copy of the adoption vehicle is found in Appendix A. J. COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUPS The City of La Porte is located within Region H of the regional water planning area. The City of La Porte has provided a copy of this Drought Contingency Plan to the Texas Water Development Board. K. ENFORCEMENT No person shall knowingly or intentionally allow the use of water from the City for residential, commercial, industrial or any other purpose in a manner contrary to any provision of the plan, or in an amount in excess of that permitted by the drought response stage in effect. First time offenders of the ordinance shall be issued a written warning. Any City employee designated by the City Manager may issue a written warning to a person he/she reasonably believes to be in violation of the drought restrictions in effect. The written warning shall be prepared in duplicate and include the date, name and address of the alleged violator and the nature of the violation. Any person who violates this plan after they have received one written warning shall be notified that the water service will be terminated. Services discontinued under such circumstances shall be restored only upon payment of the normal reconnection fees currently in effect at the time of the violation. The City of La Porte may establish separate fines for enforcement of the Drought Contingency Plan.