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7A Page 2 California requirements and the preservation of the public health, safety and weifare, and the environment. The Water Code declares that the use of potable domestic water (drinking water) for toilet and urinal flushing in struct�res, as defined, is a waste or an unreasonable use of water if suitable recycled water is available for those uses. The term "structures" is defined as commercial, retail, and office buildings, theaters, auditoriums, schools, hotels, apartments, condominiums, barracks, donnitories, jaiis, prisons, and reformatories and other struc#ures as determined by the State Department of Public Health (previously the Department of Health Services). California Water Code also declares that the use of potable domestic water (drinking water}for non-potable uses, including, but not limited to, cemeteries, golf caurse, parks, highway landscaped a�eas, and industrial and irrigation uses, is a waste or an unreasonable use of the water within fhe meaning of Section 2 of A�ticle X of the California Cons#itution if recycled water is availabie (and which meets ather criteria}. The attached Recycled Wafer Use Ordinance Facf Sheef summarizes the ordinance purpose, the orclinance inclusians, the required and valuntary uses of recycled water, and the uses for which recycled water wil! not be required. Also attached are the proposed ordinance and the Recycied Water Service Area map. Tremendous outreach efforts occuITed throughout the development of the Recycled Water Use O�ciinance. This was so that staff couid gain insight into the perspective af both the development and public communities on the requirements of the proposed ordinance. The �irst discussian af the draft ordinance occurred with the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce on March 4, 2Q08 and was folfowed by a gathering of the loca! development communi�y on March 6, 2008. � To prepare for a March 11, 2008 Public Workshop on fhe Recycfed Water Use Ordinancs, staff sent an email broadcast to various groups and past participants af workshops including the Recycled Water Task Force, the Urban Water Management 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 notifying readers of the upcoming warkshop. Staff also sent out a press release of the workshop to the Redwood City Daily News, San Matea County Times, San Mateo Daily Journai, San Francisco Chronicie, San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Examinerllndependent to encourage readers to attend. Twenty members of fhe public were present at the March 11 workshop which was professionally facilitated by #he Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. The participants had a variety o#comments on #he draft ordinance which are summarized in the attached report. �olfowing these outreach efforts, staff retumed to #he Utilities Committee �or guidance and direction. The Utilities Commi�tee approved of the draft ordinance and agreed with s#aif to make this recommendation for Counci! consideration.