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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 1508 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PT~ASANTON ADDING CHAPTER 9.30, "WATER CONSERVATION PLANw TO THE PT~ASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE, REGULATING AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES OF WATER, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE, ESTABLISHING AN AIkIUSTMENT PROCEDURE AND DECLARING THE PRESENCE OF AN EMRRGENCY AND DECLARING THE URGENCY TwRREOF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PT2ASANTON MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: WHEREAS, water is a finite resource that should not be wasted; and WHEREAS, a water shortage emergency exists throughout the State of California because of a prolonged drought; and WHEREAS, it is imperative to the public welfare that those uses of water which constitute waste or abuse of the resource be prohibited; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to conserve the water supply of the City of Pleasanton for the greatest public benefit and to discourage wasteful and unproductive uses of water; and WHEREAS, Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (hereinafter Zone 7) is the wholesaler of all treated surface water delivered within the Livermore- Amador Valley, the majority of which water is imported from the State Water Project, operated by the State Department of Water Resources; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton is a water retailer providing water service to persons, firms, partnerships, associations, corporations, and political entities within Pleasanton and surrounding areas, all within Alameda County, California; and WHEREAS, by contract, the City of Pleasanton depends upon Zone 7 to supply approximately 75% of the water the City sells, with the remaining 25% of the City's water supply coming from local groundwater pumped by City owned wells; and WHEREAS, due to the current drought conditions, Zone 7 expects to receive as much as a 90% reduction in the water supply from the State Department of Water Resources; and 1