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Mountain View News Saturday, Jully 12, 2014 

ORDINANCE NO. 1356U

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
SIERRA MADRE DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A WATER 
SHORTAGE EMERGENCY AND IMPOSING A MORATORIUM 
ON THE ISSUANCE OF NEW WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS 
IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY, TO TAKE EFFECT 
IMMEDIATELY AND CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 
SHORTAGE ENDS

WHEREAS, the City of Sierra Madre is a public water supply distributor for 
customers within its jurisdiction, within the meaning of California Water Code 
section 350 et. seq.; and 

WHEREAS, Water Code sections 350 et seq. authorizes the City Council, as the 
governing body of a public water supply distributor, to declare that water shortage 
emergency conditions prevail within the area served by such distributor whenever 
it finds and determines that the ordinary demands and requirements of water 
consumers cannot be satisfied without depleting the water supply of the distributor 
to the extent that there would be insufficient water for human consumption, 
sanitation, and fire protection; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code sections 351 and 352, a public hearing on 
this declaration was duly noticed at least seven days prior to the public hearing 
and held on July 8, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Water Code section 353 provides that upon declaration of a 
water shortage emergency, the governing body shall adopt such regulations and 
restrictions on the delivery of water and the consumption within said area of 
water supplied for public use as will, in the sound discretion of the City Council, 
conserve the water supply for the greatest public benefit with regard to domestic 
use, sanitation, and fire protection; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code section 354, after allocating and setting aside 
the amount of water which in the opinion of the governing body will be necessary 
to supply water needed for domestic use, sanitation, and fire protection, the 
adopted regulations may establish priorities in the use of water for other purposes 
and provide for the allocation, distribution, and delivery of water for such other 
purposes, without discrimination between consumers using water for the same 
purpose or purposes; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code section 355, the City Council’s regulations 
and restrictions shall remain in full force and effect until the supply of water 
available for distribution within such area has been replenished or augmented; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code section 356, the regulations and 
restrictions may include the right to deny applications for new or additional 
service connections, and may also include provision for their enforcement 
by discontinuing service to consumers wilfully violating the regulations and 
restrictions; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code section 357, if the adopted regulations 
and restrictions on delivery and consumption of water conflict with any law 
establishing the rights of individual consumers to receive either specific or 
proportionate amounts of the water supply available for distribution within such 
service area, the regulations and restrictions shall prevail over the provisions of 
such laws relating to water rights for the duration of the period of emergency; and 

WHEREAS, Water Code section 375 authorizes any public entity, including a 
city, which supplies water at retail or wholesale for the benefit of persons within 
the service area of the jurisdiction of the public entity to adopt and enforce a water 
conservation program to reduce the quantity of water used by those persons for 
the purpose of conserving the water supplies of the public entity, by ordinance 
or resolution adoption by majority of the members of the governing body after 
holding a noticed public hearing and making appropriate findings of necessity for 
the adoption of a water conservation program; and 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Water Code Section 376, any ordinance or 
resolution adopted pursuant to Section 375 is effective upon adoption and shall 
be published pursuant to Government Code Section 6061 in full within 10 days of 
adoption in a newspaper of general circulation.

NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIERRA 
MADRE, acting as the governing body of the City’s Water Department, a public 
water supply distributor, hereby ordains as follows:

Section 1. Findings of Water Shortage Emergency Conditions. 

The City Council makes the following findings:

1. On January 17, 2014, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed 
a state of emergency in the State of California due to current drought conditions in 
the state; and
2. The Governor’s proclamation also noted that the snowpack in 
California’s mountains are approximately 20 percent of the normal average for 
January 2014, and that the state is experiencing extremely dry conditions that have 
persisted since at least 2012; and
3. The Governor’s proclamation called upon all Californians to reduce their 
water usage by 20 percent; and
4. On January 17, 2014, the California State Water Resources Control 
Board notified all water rights holders in California that the coming months, if dry 
weather persists, the State Water Board will notify water rights holders in critically 
dry watersheds of the requirement to limit or stop diversions of water under their 
water right, based upon the priority of their rights; and
5. Sierra Madre is a public water supply distributor to the resident 
customers within its jurisdiction and produces and delivers potable water from four 
wells located with the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin; and
6. Sierra Madre has the adjudicated right to extract up to 1,764 acre feet 
annually of ground water from the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin, plus the 
amount of water it can salvage through its efforts to spread water and recharge the 
Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin; and
7. The average annual water consumption in Sierra Madre is 3,003 acre 
feet, exceeding the adjudicated right; and the annual additional groundwater 
production is allowable and offset by the amount of rainwater captured and spread 
for recharge; and 
8. During the rainy season of 2012-2013 the City received only 9.72 inches 
of precipitation, compared to the City’s 50 year mean of 23.76 inches; because of 
the lack of rainfall and the restriction on diversion of water, Sierra Madre, which 
is the only entity which spreads water in the East Raymond Basin for recharge, 
has been able to capture and spread only a fraction of the necessary water at the 
spreading grounds; and
9. On May 28, 2013 City implemented mandatory Phase II (20% 
reduction in use) water conservation on its existing customers and may consider 
implementing Phase III (30% reduction in use); and 
10. The historically low precipitation, low recharge and continued pumping 
of ground water have led to an over-draft of the East Raymond Basin such that 
the water levels in the aquifer have fallen below 500 feet above mean sea level; 
accordingly, the Raymond Basin Management Board acting in its capacity as 
Watermaster of the Raymond Basin, has enacted the “500 foot rule” which reduces 
Sierra Madre’s adjudicated ground water extraction right by 47%; 
11. Since October, 2013, due to the extended drought and over draft 
condition of the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin, the water levels of the aquifer 
have fallen to the extent that Sierra Madre cannot pump water for delivery from 
any of its four production wells; and
12. For 107 years, except for a brief period where we experienced ground 
water contamination, Sierra Madre’s traditional sources of horizontal tunnels and 
groundwater wells has been sufficient to meet its water needs without having to 
import water from a supplemental source; and
13. The citizens of Sierra Madre take great pride in the quality of the water 
that is produced from its traditional sources, and such water is a distinguishing and 
defining characteristic of Sierra Madre, and such water significantly contributes to 
Sierra Madre’s identity and sense of “place”; and
14. For the first time in the history of the water department, Sierra Madre 
has become completely dependent on imported water from the San Gabriel 
Valley Municipal Water District (SGVMWD) via the Metropolitan Water District 
(“MWD”) to serve its existing customers, utilizing 1) 4,000 acre feet of water it 
had purchased and stored several years ago—however, this source of water will 
be exhausted by fall 2014 and 2) an additional 2,703 acre feet recently purchased 
from MWD, which is anticipated to be exhausted by March 2015; and
15. Recital I of the September 9, 2013 Agreement for Exchange and 
Purchase of Water between Metropolitan Water District and the San Gabriel Valley 
Municipal Water District under which Sierra Madre receives its imported water 
supply states, “It is not intended that the service connection will be used by Sierra 
Madre or others to increase the total amount of available water to accommodate 
growth or to accommodate sale or leasing of Sierra Madre’s groundwater supplies 
to any other agency;” and, 
16. The current use of MWD water, which is of a slightly different chemistry 
from the City’s groundwater, has produced water discoloration problems for many 
of its existing customers, which is likely due to chemical reaction with the city’s 
distribution system or the customer’s plumbing. Although the City has hired a 
consultant to study the problem and provide potential solutions and options, in the 
meantime the customer must let the water run to flush the system in an attempt 
to clear the discolored water from the pipes, thereby using extra water during a 
period of mandatory conservation; and
17. During the rainy season of 2013-2014, the City received only 5.9 inches 
of precipitation, compared to the City’s 50 year mean of 23.76 inches; worsening 
the drought and further reducing the City’s ability to capture rain water for 
groundwater recharge; and
18. It is estimated that even with a return of normal rainfall and the renewed 
ability to spread water for effective recharge, that it will take at least three to five 
years for the East Raymond Basin aquifer water levels to recover sufficiently to 
enable the City to return to the use of its four wells for extraction and deliver any 
portion of its adjudicated ground water to its existing water customers; and 
19. Given the overdraft condition of the East Raymond Basin, the Raymond 
Basin Management Board may engage a study of the Basin and review its safe 
yield. A reduction in the safe yield of the East Raymond Basin will further 
negatively impact the City’s ability to access sufficient ground water to supply its 
existing water customers; and 
20. The City of Sierra Madre is located in a high fire hazard area, and the 
on-going drought and the overdraft condition of the East Raymond Basin increase 
the danger of fire, especially in the high fire season of the summer months, which 
increases the need for a reliable and sustainable supply of water; and
21. There is no Sierra Madre “right” to continue to purchase water from 
MWD, which must provide water service first to its existing customers; and
22. The City has undertaken scientific studies of the composition of its well 
water and imported water to determine the feasibility of mixing water sources in 
order to for allow supplementation of local water sources with imported water 
rather than the current replacement of local water sources with imported water, and 
until completion of said studies the amount of water available to the City in any 
given year cannot be accurately forecasted; and 
23. Oscillation between using ground water from the East Raymond Basin 
and imported MWD water will not resolve the discoloration problems that many 
customers are having with the water. It is important to stabilize conditions in the 
East Raymond Basin to enable the City to return to the use of its four wells for 
production, delivery and distribution of its adjudicated ground water and a return 
of customer confidence in the water quality; and
24. Sierra Madre’s citizens wish to return to their traditional source of water 
and avoid importation of water unless the necessity of importation is established 
by extraordinary circumstances; and
25. Sierra Madre’ external and supplemental source of water is the San 
Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, whose only supply source is the 
California’s State Water Project, which is currently allocating only 5% of requests 
to its customers; and
26. If additional construction, where no current water service connection 
exists, continues in light of the present water shortage conditions and without 
the benefit of additional regulations and conditions requiring water conservation 
measures which do not presently exist, the water shortage conditions faced by the 
City will be exacerbated; and
27. If additional construction, where no current water service connection 
exists, continues without a better understanding of the amount of water that the 
City can plan on in the long term the water shortage conditions faced by the City 
may be exacerbated.


Section 2. Declaration of Water Shortage Emergency.

Pursuant to Water Code section 350 et. seq. and based upon the factual findings 
specified above, the City Council of the City of Sierra Madre, acting as the 
governing board of the City’s Water Department, a public water supply distributor, 
hereby determines that unless and until the aquifer in the East Raymond Basin 
recovers sufficiently to allow the City to resume pumping its full adjudicated 
ground water rights (1,740 acre feet per year) and to spread sufficient water for 
recharge and to access its water salvage credits, that the City cannot satisfy the 
ordinary demands and requirements of its existing customers and for firefighting 
supply. Therefore, the City Council, acting as the governing body of the City’s 
Water Department, declares that an interim water shortage emergency condition 
exists in the City.

Section 3. Moratorium on New or Additional Water Service Connections 

A. Pursuant to Water Code section 350 et seq., the City Council of the City 
of Sierra Madre, acting as the governing body of the Water Department, hereby 
imposes a moratorium on all new or additional water service connections through 
the City.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, as of the effective 
date of this Ordinance, no new or additional water service connections shall be 
approved or permitted during the moratorium period. Further, no “will serve” 
letters shall issue during the moratorium period. 

C. This Ordinance shall apply through the City and to all applications for 
new or additional water service connections within the City that have not yet 
received final approval as of the effective date of this Ordinance.

D. This Ordinance shall not apply to the repair or replacement of water 
service connections that are lawfully existing as of the effective date of this 
Ordinance, where the repair or replacement complies with all applicable laws, 
rules and regulations. 

E. This Ordinance shall not apply to the replacement of an existing water 
service connection with a higher capacity water service connection, where 
necessary to accommodate installation of fire sprinklers or other fire protection 
facilities consistent with all applicable laws, rules and regulations

Section 4. Publication, Duration and Effective Date.

A, This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and 
adoption upon 4/5 vote.

B. This Ordinance shall remain in effect during the period of the emergency 
declared herein and until the ground water levels in the East Raymond Basin 
recover sufficiently to permit the City to pump its full adjudicated ground water 
supply from its four wells for distribution to its existing customers within the City.

C. This Ordinance, within 10 days after its passage and adoption, shall be 
published once in its entity in a newspaper of general circulation and shall also be 
posted at three public places within the City.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 8th day of July, 2014 by the 
following vote: 

ORDINANCE NO. 1357U

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
SIERRA MADRE, CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING AN INTERIM 
MORATORIUM ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT 
CODE SECTION 65858 ON THE ISSUANCE OF ALL BUILDING 
PERMITS AND/OR GRANTING OF DISCRETIONARY 
APPROVALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DEVELOPMENT 
REQUIRING NEW WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND 
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF

WHEREAS, on January 17, 2014, the Governor of the State of California 
proclaimed a state of emergency in the State of California due to current drought 
conditions in the state; and

WHEREAS, the Governor’s proclamation also noted that the snowpack in 
California’s mountain is approximately 20 percent of the normal average for 
January 2014, and that the state is experiencing extremely dry conditions that have 
persisted since at least 2012; and

WHEREAS, the Governor’s proclamation called upon all Californians to reduce 
their water usage by 20 percent; and

WHEREAS, on January 17, 2014, the California State Water Resources Control 
Board notified all water rights holders in California that the coming months, if dry 
weather persists, the State Water Board will notify water rights holders in critically 
dry watersheds of the requirement to limit or stop diversions of water under their 
water right, based upon the priority of their rights; and

WHEREAS, Sierra Madre is a public water supply distributor to the resident 
customers within its jurisdiction and produces and delivers potable water from four 
wells located with the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin; and

WHEREAS, Sierra Madre has the adjudicated right to extract up to 1,764 acre 
feet annually of ground water from the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin, plus 
the amount of water it can salvage through its efforts to spread water and recharge 
the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin; and

WHEREAS, the average annual water consumption in Sierra Madre is 3,003 
acre feet, exceeding the adjudicated right; the annual additional groundwater 
production is allowable and offset by the amount of rainwater captured and spread 
for recharge; and WHEREAS, during the rainy season of 2012-2013 the City 
received only 9.72 inches of precipitation, compared to the City’s 50 year mean 
of 23.76 inches; because of the lack of rainfall and the restriction on diversion 
of water, Sierra Madre, which is the only entity which spreads water in the East 
Raymond Basin for recharge, has been able to capture and spread only a fraction 
of the necessary water at the spreading grounds; and

WHEREAS, on May 28, 2013 City implemented mandatory Phase II (20% 
reduction in use) water conservation on its existing customers and may consider 
implementing Phase III (30% reduction in use); and 

WHEREAS, the historically low precipitation, low recharge and continued 
pumping of ground water have led to an over draft of the East Raymond Basin 
such that the water levels in the aquifer have fallen below 500 feet above mean sea 
level; accordingly, the Raymond Basin Management Board acting in its capacity as 
Watermaster of the Raymond Basin, has enacted the “500 foot rule” which reduces 
Sierra Madre’s adjudicated ground water extraction right by 47%; 

WHEREAS, since October, 2013, due to the extended drought and over draft 
condition of the Eastern Unit of the Raymond Basin, the water levels of the aquifer 
have fallen to the extent that Sierra Madre cannot pump water for delivery from 
any of its four production wells; and

WHEREAS, for 107 years, except for a brief period where we experienced ground 
water contamination, Sierra Madre’s traditional sources of horizontal tunnels and 
groundwater wells has been sufficient to meet its water needs without having to 
import water from a supplemental source; and

WHEREAS, the citizens of Sierra Madre take great pride in the quality of 
the water that is produced from its traditional sources, and such water is a 
distinguishing and defining characteristic of Sierra Madre, and such water 
significantly contributes to Sierra Madre’s identity and sense of “place”; and

WHEREAS, for the first time in the history of the water department, Sierra 
Madre has become completely dependent on imported water from the San Gabriel 
Valley Municipal Water District (SGVMWD) via the Metropolitan Water District 
(“MWD”) to serve its existing customers, utilizing 1) 4,000 acre feet of water it 
had purchased and stored several years ago—however, this source of water will 
be exhausted by fall 2014 and 2) an additional 2,703 acre feet recently purchased 
from MWD, which is anticipated to be exhausted by March 2015; and

WHEREAS, Recital I of the September 9, 2013 Agreement for Exchange and 
Purchase of Water between Metropolitan Water District and the San Gabriel Valley 
Municipal Water District under which Sierra Madre receives its imported water 
supply states, “It is not intended that the service connection will be used by Sierra 
Madre or others to increase the total amount of available water to accommodate 
growth or to accommodate sale or leasing of Sierra Madre’s groundwater supplies 
to any other agency;” and,

WHEREAS, the current use of MWD water, which is of a slightly different 
chemistry from the City’s groundwater, has produced water discoloration problems 
for many of its existing customers, which is likely due to chemical reaction with 
the city’s distribution system or the customer’s plumbing. Although the City 
has hired a consultant to study the problem and provide potential solutions and 
options, in the meantime the customer must let the water run to flush the system in 
an attempt to clear the discolored water from the pipes, thereby using extra water 
during a period of mandatory conservation; and

WHEREAS, during the rainy season of 2013-2014, the City received only 5.9 
inches of precipitation, compared to the City’s 50 year mean of 23.76 inches; 
worsening the drought and further reducing the City’s ability to capture rain water 
for groundwater recharge; and

WHEREAS, it is estimated that even with a return of normal rainfall and the 
renewed ability to spread water for effective recharge, that it will take at least 
three to five years for the East Raymond Basin aquifer water levels to recover 
sufficiently to enable the City to return to the use of its four wells for extraction 
and deliver any portion of its adjudicated ground water to its existing water 
customers; and 

WHEREAS, given the over draft condition of the East Raymond Basin, the 
Raymond Basin Management Board may engage a study of the Basin and review 
its safe yield. A reduction in the safe yield of the East Raymond Basin will further 
negatively impact the City’s ability to access sufficient ground water to supply its 
existing water customers; and 

WHEREAS, The City of Sierra Madre is located in a high fire hazard area, and 
the on-going drought and the overdraft condition of the East Raymond Basin 
increase the danger of fire, especially in the high fire season of the summer 
months, which increases the need for a reliable and sustainable supply of water; 
and

WHEREAS, there is no Sierra Madre “right” to continue to purchase water from 
MWD, which must provide water service first to its existing customers; and

WHEREAS, the City Council intends to review and update the provisions of 
its development and zoning code to implement new zoning and development 
requirements and conditions of approval which will address water conservation 
requirements for all development, provide additional review of the Water 
Resources chapter and Land Use element of the General Plan to address water 
conservation policies, and consider mitigation measures, such as “in lieu impact 
fees,” and regulations creating “no net water use increase;” and 

WHEREAS, the City has undertaken scientific studies of the composition of its 
well water and imported water to determine the feasibility of mixing water sources 
in order to for allow supplementation of local water sources with imported water 
rather than the current replacement of local water sources with imported water, and 
until completion of said studies the amount of water available to the City in any 
given year cannot be accurately forecasted; and 

WHEREAS, oscillation between using ground water from the East Raymond 
Basin and imported MWD water will not resolve the discoloration problems that 
many customers are having with the water. It is important to stabilize conditions 
in the East Raymond Basin to enable the City to return to the use of its four wells 
for production, delivery and distribution of its adjudicated ground water and a 
return of customer confidence in the water quality; and

WHEREAS, Sierra Madre’s citizens wish to return to their traditional source 
of water and avoid importation of water unless the necessity of importation is 
established by extraordinary circumstances; and

WHEREAS, Sierra Madre’ external and supplemental source of water is the 
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, whose only supply source is the 
California’s State Water Project, which is currently allocating only 5% of requests 
to its customers; and

WHEREAS, if construction, that requires a new connection to the city’s water 
system, continues in light of the present water shortage conditions and without 
the benefit of additional regulations and conditions requiring water conservation 
measures which do not presently exist, the water shortage conditions faced by the 
City will be exacerbated; and

WHEREAS, if construction, that requires a new connection to the city’s water 
system, continues without a better understanding of the amount of water that the 
City can plan on in the long term the water shortage conditions faced by the City 
may be exacerbated; and

WHEREAS, these issues constitute a current and immediate threat to the public 
health, safety, and welfare, within the meaning of Government Code Section 
65858; and

WHEREAS, approval of any additional subdivisions, use permits, variances, 
building permits or any other applicable entitlement for use which would require a 
new water service connection, which are not authorized by this Ordinance would 
result in these threats to the public health, safety and welfare; and

WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65858, a provision of the State Planning 
and Zoning Law, authorizes an interim, urgency zoning ordinance to prevent 
development which may be inconsistent with a plan under development—such 
as the City’s intended update of its development and zoning codes to enact more 
stringent water conservation requirements--pending adoption of that plan.

NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIERRA 
MADRE FURTHER FINDS that the adoption of this Ordinance is necessary to 
protect the public safety, health and welfare by ensuring well-planned and water 
efficient development of properties in the City necessary to conserve the finite 
water resources for all customers and that it should adopt this interim urgency 
zoning ordinance as authorized by Government Code Section 65858 and

THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the Sierra Madre Municipal 
Code or any other ordinance of the City of Sierra Madre, and except as otherwise 
provided in this Ordinance, no building permit, grading permit, conditional use 
permit, variance or other land use approval, permit or “will-serve” letter shall 
be issued for the construction or development of new construction where the 
development would require a new water service connection, on any lot in any zone 
within the City.

Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 of this Ordinance shall not apply 
to any of the following:

(a) Repair, maintenance or renovation of existing structures or facilities 
which already have water service connections; or to the repair or replacement 
of water service connections that lawfully exist as of the effective date of this 
Ordinance, where the repair or replacement complies with all applicable laws, 
rules and regulations.

(b) Replacement of an existing water service connection with a higher 
capacity water service connection, where necessary to accommodate installation of 
fire sprinklers or other fire protection facilities consistent with all applicable laws, 
rules and regulations.

(c) Repair or maintenance work which the City Manager or her designee 
determines is necessary to abate a threat to public health or safety;

(d) Any project for which all necessary discretionary approvals have 
been granted and for which a building permit has been issued by the Building 
Department before the close of business on the day this Ordinance takes effect; 

(e) New construction where an existing water service connection already 
exists before the close of business on the day this Ordinance takes effect. 

Section 3. Taking. If a person can demonstrate that the application of 
this ordinance to his or her property would constitute a taking in violation of the 
federal or California Constitution or would otherwise be unlawful, an exception 
to this moratorium can be made pursuant to a variance approved under Section 
Chapter 17.60 of the Sierra Madre Municipal Code. No variance application shall 
be required if the Director, in consultation with the City Attorney, determines that 
an exception to this Ordinance is legally required. In such case, an approval may 
be granted only if the approving officer or body of the City finds that the exception 
is legally required.

Section 4. Severability. Should any provision of this Ordinance, or 
its application to any person, parcel or circumstance, be determined by a court 
of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, unenforceable or otherwise void, that 
determination shall have no effect on any other provision of this Ordinance or the 
application of this Ordinance to any other person, parcel or circumstance and, to 
that end, the provisions hereof are severable. 

Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance is adopted by a 4/5 vote of 
the Sierra Madre City Council, shall take effect immediately upon its adoption as 
provided by Government Code Section 65858, and shall be of no further force at 
11:59 p.m. on August 22, 2014, unless extended or terminated by further action of 
the City Council. 

Section 6. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the 
passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or 
posted according to law.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 8th day of July, 2014 by the 
following vote:

AYES: NOES: