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12/08/2008 Similarly, the City will not collect lost revenues from customers regarding prior billing periods where water budgets were too high. All changes to the assumptions used to calculate a water budget will impact future water bills, not prior water bills. 6. Definition of Irriqated Landscape Area. The City uses three categories of irrigated landscape area including turf, non-turf (e.g., shrubs and groundcover), and water features. All areas must be beneficially and regularly irrigated by some type of system to be included as irrigated area. Areas only occasionally irrigated are not counted in the definition used by the City for this program. 7. Drouqht Rates. During droughts, the City may need its water customers to reduce their water consumption given limited water supplies. As outlined in the City's Urban Water Management Plan (December 19, 2005, page 5-6), the City will curtail water use in proportion to outdoor water use. Because irrigation customers have all their water defined as outdoor use, irrigation customers will need to cutback water use greater than other customer classes. The City will use the water budget as the basis for cutbacks, not historical water use. As a consequence, customers who adopt and sustain water conservation practices will not be penalized by receiving the same percentage cutback as non-conserving customers. During a drought, the City may increase the water prices in the second and third rate blocks targeting excess water use. During more severe droughts, each customer's water budget will be reduced as necessary. For example, a site's water budget might be reduced to 75% of budget in order to achieve necessary water reductions (e.g., water use over 75% of the water budget would be priced at the second block price). Section 3. Effective Date. 1. This resolution is effective on the date of its adoption. * * * Atty/Reso/Reso.1872 3 14914 111208 MUFF # 802