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.~- , . RESOLUTION NO. g 7- I RESOLUTION ADOPTING A WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND DROUGHT CONTIN- GENCY PLAN OF THE LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY; FINDING COMPLI- ANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the La Porte Area Water Authority is in the pro- cess of issuing its revenue bonds for purchase of capacity in the Ci ty of Houston Southeast Water Purification Plant and construction of a potable water transmission and distribution system from said plant to the Citys of La Porte, Shoreacres, and Morgans Point, and the Bayshore Municipal Utility District; and WHEREAS, the Texas Water Development Board has committed to purchase the bonds from the Authority, subject to the Authority's complying with the various rules and regulations; and WHEREAS, the Texas Water Development Board's rules require that the Authority adopt a Water Conservation and Drought Contin- gency Plan which has been approved by the Executive Director of the Texas Water Development Board; and WHEREAS, the Authority has previously submitted to the Texas Water Development Board a proposed Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan which has been reviewed and commented upon by the Texas Water Development Board and the Authority has made certain required changes therein and has required the constituant entities of the La Porte Area Water Authority to pass certain ordinances related thereto as required by the Board; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the La Porte Area Water Authority has determined that there is an urgent need and it is in the best public interest of the La Porte Area Water Authority and its constituant entities to adopt a Water Conservation and Drought Contingency plan; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the La Porte Area Water Authority now desires to evidence its approval of the Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan and adopt such plan as the official policy of the La Porte Area Water Authority;