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<br />8A <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />Webinar Instructions <br /> <br />To participate by web conference. log on to www.readvtalk.com. enter 4458251 (the seven digit access code <br />number) and click to join the conference. Participants will be taken to a registration page before being placed <br />in the conference. <br /> <br />After submitting you will be placed into the conference. To participate by audio only call 1-866-740-1260 and <br />enter the seven digit access code number of 4458251. <br /> <br />RSVP <br /> <br />Please RSVP to both ARB Air Pollution Specialist Barbara Bamberger (bbambera@arb.ca.aov or (916) 324- <br />2303) and League Legislative Representative Kyra Ross (kross@cacities.ora). <br /> <br />Summit for Municipal Leaders on Climate Change Scheduled for Sept. 4 <br /> <br />League President and San Diego City Council President Pro Tem Jim Madaffer invites elected officials and <br />city staff to the Summit for Municipal Leaders on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Scheduled 8:30 <br />a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 in San Diego, this interactive forum will focus on the scope and intent of AS 32 <br />within the broader context of climate change mitigation and adaptation. <br /> <br />The local government perspective will be presented on land use planning and CEQA, landfill management <br />and recycling, energy production, water and wastewater utilities, and transportation. Breakout sessions on <br />each topic and an executive session for elected officials will be held in the afternoon. <br /> <br />Summit participants will be given a summary of the municipal responses to the California Air Resources <br />Board's (ARB) AB 32 Scoping Plan, along with the major findings from the San Diego Regional 2050 Study. <br />The objective is to provide a resource document that can help guide municipal leaders with operational, <br />financial and programmatic issues as AB 32 is implemented over the next few years. <br /> <br />The summit is co-sponsored by the City of San Diego, the League of California Cities, San Diego Gas and <br />Electric and the San Diego Foundation. <br /> <br />Location <br />Caltrans District 11 Administrative Office <br />4050 Taylor Street <br />San Diego, CA 92119 <br /> <br />Please contact Linda Giannelli Pratt with the City of San Diego for additional information. She can be <br />reached bye-mail Lpratt@sandieao.aov or phone (858) 492-5088. <br /> <br />Legislation Improving Water Quality Goes to the Governor <br /> <br />Both the Assembly and Senate passed AB 2270 (Laird & Feuer), a bill that would benefit city water quality <br />through the local regulation of the use of water softeners. Now moving to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's <br />desk for signature, the bill had bipartisan support throughout the legislative process. <br /> <br />Cities across California have increasingly had to deal with rising salinity levels in municipal wastewater. <br />Increasing levels of salt in treated water can reduce and even preclude the use of recycled water. This is a <br />serious issue in years like this one when the state faces such a critical water shortage. Residential water <br />softeners are one of the major contributors to this problem. <br /> <br />Under AB 2270, cities and water agencies would be able to restrict usage of specific types of water softeners <br />only if the Regional Water Quality Control Boards made a finding that control of residential salinity will <br />contribute to the achievement of water quality objectives in the region. <br /> <br />5 <br />