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7A Page 2 Califiornia requirements and the preservation of the public health, sa#ety and welfare, and the environment. The Water Code declares that the use of potable domestic water (drinking water} for toilet and urinal �lushing in structures, as defined, is a waste o� an unreasonabie use of water if suitable recycled water is available for those uses. The term "structures" is defined as commercial, retail, and affice buildings, theaters, auditori�rms, schools, hote�s, apartments, condominiums, barracks, dormitaries, jails, prisons, and reforrnatories and other structures as determined by the State Department of Publlc Health (previously the Department of Heaith Services). California Wa#er Code also declares that the use of potable domestic water (drinking water)for non-potable uses, including, but not limited ta, cemeteries, goif course, parks, highway landscaped areas, and industrial and irrigatiQn uses, is a waste or an un�easonabie use of t�he water witfiin the meaning of Section 2 of A�ticle X of the California Constitution if recycled water is available (and which meets other criteria}. The attached Recycled Wafer Use Ordinance Facf Sheet summa�izes the ordinar�ce purpose, the orclinance inclusions, the required and voluntary uses o# recycled water, and the uses for which recycled water will not be required. Also attached are the proposed ordinance and the Recycled Water Service Area map. Tremendous outreach efforts occurred throughout the development of the Recycled Water Use Ordinance. This was so that s#aff could gain insight into the p�rspective of both the development and public communities on the requirements of the proposed ordinance. The f+rst discussion of the draft ordinance occurred with the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce on March 4, 2008 and was foflowed by a gathering of the local devefopment community on March 6, 2008. � To prepare for a March 11, 2008 Public Workshop on the Recyc{ed Water Use Orclinancs, staff sent an email broadcast to various groups and past participants of workshaps inciuding the Recycled Water Task Force, the Urban Water Managemenfi Plan, the Water Rate Study and Redwood City's Board of Building Review inviting them to attend. Staff included an article in Redwaod City's March 3, 2008 edition of E-News notifjring readers of the upcoming warkshop. Staff atso sent out a press release of the workshop ta the Redwood City Daiiy News, San Mateo County Times, San Mateo Daily Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Examiner/Independent to encourage readers to attend. Twenty members of the pubiic were present at the March 11 workshop which was professionalty facilitated by the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. The participants had a variety of comments on tfie draft ordinance which are summarized in the attached report. Folfowing these outreach efforts, staff retumed ta #he Utilities Committee for guidance and direction. The Utilities Committee approved of the draft ordinance and agreed with staff to make this recommendation for Council consideration.