HomeMy WebLinkAbout3556 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. S5�
A RESOLUTION establishing a Water Resources Action Plan.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Water Resources Management Plan by
Resolution 3540 and directed the City Manager to prepare an action plan for immediate and
short-term steps to be taken to implement said management plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, after considering the objectives of the Management Plan
and the resources available to implement the plan, recommend certain actions be taken over the
course of the next two years to achieve certain goals of the plan; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to take all
appropriate administrative actions necessary to effect the following action plan for management
of the city's water resources:
a. Within the next year:
i. Revise city ordinances to require compensation for consumption of city water
rights by residential development outside the city.
ii. Complete a ground water well inventory to document existing wells within the
Pasco Urban Growth Boundary.
iii. Evaluate the feasibility and cost/benefit of extending the city's irrigation water
system to the Riverview Heights /Desert Plateau neighborhoods.
iv. Complete perfection of all existing irrigation water rights.
v. Incorporate the 4th Avenue sod pilot test results into city project standards as the
preferred turf option for city projects reliant on the potable water system.
b. Within two years:
i. Convert all city irrigation water rights to "municipal use."
ii. Transfer 935 acre feet of surface water irrigation rights to domestic (potable)
use.
iii. Develop xeriscape or dry landscape alternatives for use in appropriate city
projects reliant on the potable water system.
Section 2. The City Manager shall report at least annually to the City Council as to
progress in accomplishing the action plan above.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, this ?— day of 52014.
CITY OF PASCO:
Matt Watkins, Mayor
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