The Town of Addison has previously adopted a Drought Contingency Plan as codified in the Municipal Code of Ordinances, Chapter 34, Article V.  Section 34-177 of the Code states that the Town of Addison’s emergency water management triggering measures will be the same as those of the City of Dallas. Due to recent changes to the City of Dallas’ plan, the Town's plan and Dallas’ plan are no longer the same. For instance, the City of Dallas' plan contains only three drought response stages, whereas the Town’s plan has five stages. 

To avoid confusion, staff recommends the reference in the Code of Ordinance to the City of Dallas’ triggering measures be deleted from the Town’s ordinance. 

Formerly, Section 34-177 read: “The city purchases 100 percent of its potable water from the City of Dallas. Therefore, the emergency water management triggering measures will be the same as those of the City of Dallas. Also, triggering criteria may be initiated as a result of short term deficiencies and or emergencies specific to the Town of Addison.”  With the proposed change, Section 34-177 will read: “Triggering criteria for initiation and termination of drought response stages.  The triggering criteria for each drought response stage shall be as follows:…”  The attached presentation describes the triggering criteria in detail.