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AI# 11913  Regular City Council Meeting 5.18. 09/26/2023:

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Water Utilities: Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0115, amending Article 22.03.091 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, by deleting Section 22.03.091(h), which removes a special wholesale water rate for the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority.

Item Summary

On September 12, 2023, the City Council approved the 1st reading of the ordinance unanimously.  The Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Section 22.03.091, prohibits the City from selling water to individuals, businesses, agencies, or organizations that lie outside the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock.  However, the ordinance does not prohibit the sale of water to federal, state or local governments, governmental agencies or governmental subdivisions pursuant to appropriate intergovernmental contracts outside the corporate limits.   In addition, Section 22.03.091 provides exceptions for specific wholesale customers from being charged the general wholesale water rate and rate structure, as defined in Section 22.03.085(6), which includes water volume rates that are 1.5 times the water volume rate for all other customers inside the City’s incorporated limits.    This ordinance amendment removes a special exception provided for the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority (LRRA) in Section 22.03.091(h) which reads as follows:   “Solely for the purposes of Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority, the water volume rate shall be equal to the water volume rate for all other commercial customers as set forth in Section 22.03.085 of this division as applicable to each block. All other provisions as set forth in Section 22.03.085(6)(A) regarding wholesale water customers shall continue to apply to the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority.”

Fiscal Impact

This ordinance amendment will increase the volume amount by 50%, that LRRA pays to the City of Lubbock for water.

Staff/Board Recommending

Erik Rejino, Assistant City Manager L. Wood Franklin, P.E., Division Director of Public Works

Attachments Ch22.03.091 Amendment

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