AgdaPkt 2014-08-25 Closed and Joint with SA and Planning Amended

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8.B. - Page 2 • Water Use Allocation Program: An on-line tool for customers with smart meters to monitor water usage • Promoting use of Recycled Water for construction-related activities through City Hall flyers and building permitting process, as well as through outreach to contractors at the City's monthly construction update meetings • Adding Recycled Water Hydrants in the Seaport Industrial Area and Redwood Shores • Sending a "Conservation Letter" to top water users to remind them of ways to conserve and to advise them of their heavy use pattern • Providing Water Conservation Table Tent notices to restaurants citywide • Posting Water Conservation Stickers in public restrooms • Deploying portable drought message boards along major thoroughfares • Staffing Water Conservation booths in various events ANALYSIS On July 15, 2014 the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopted emergency Resolution No. 2104-0038 and California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Sections 863, 864 and 865, requiring that statewide urban water conservation measures be implemented. The measures have different requirements depending on the status as Urban Water Supplier, Water Distributor or individual. The City is an "Urban Water Supplier" under California Water Code Section 10617 because it is a public water supplier providing water for municipal purposes to at least 3000 customers. Annually, Redwood City serves 24,360 water service accounts. Section 865 requires that Urban Water Suppliers implement the requirements and actions of the stage of its water shortage contingency plan that imposes mandatory restrictions on outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water. The City interprets this to require implementation of its Water Shortage Contingency Plan stage requirements which pertain to outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes or turf with potable water. Redwood City's Water Shortage Contingency Plan imposes mandatory restrictions on outdoor irrigation of ornamental landscapes at Stage 2 of the plan, which requires that landscapes using potable water be cut back by up to 68%. Accordingly, in order to comply with these outdoor irrigation restrictions, the City proposes the following measures: • Implement Temporary Water Restrictions; and • Activate Water Shortage Contingency Plan And Limit Outdoor Irrigation To No Greater Than Twice Per Week; and • Report Urban Water Use to State Water Board. 1. Temporary Outdoor Water Restrictions: • The direct application of water to any hard surface for washing is prohibited;