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<br />98 <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />~ <br />.... <br />IIft!ll <br />-- <br />. Ii ,:..' <br /> <br />CITY COUNOL MEMBER REPORT OF CONFERENCElMEETING ATTENDANCE <br /> <br />Name: Barbara Pierce <br /> <br />Vendor No:; <br /> <br />Department: City Council <br /> <br />Voucher No.: <br /> <br />Conference or meeting: Water Education Foundation 2008 Hetch Hetchy Tour, July23-25, 2008, lead by <br />'the Water Education Foundation, co--sponsored by the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency <br />and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. <br /> <br />Sum~' of conference or meeting: <br />1bis tour was designed to provide understanding of San Francisco's Retcb Hetcby Water Delivery <br />Sysr..em. Tours oftbe key elements of the system combined with presentations by the staff responsible for <br />maintaining and supervising the systeaa enable-d me to .understand at a whole difIerent level tbe <br />complexityofthe water system that supports Redwood City and many Bay Area communities. <br /> <br />The tour included: Overview of the Hetch Hetchy system; Harry W. Tracy Treatment Plant. review of <br />the treatment and delivery system: Lower Crystal Springs Dam and Crystal Springs Reservoir - <br />discussion of the Peninsula delivery system: SullOl Water Temple - plans forba)' division pipehne <br />crossing. retrofitting for seismic safety and maintaining infrastructure in biologically sensitive areas, <br />effOlts regarding restoration of steelhead in Alameda Creek watershed: SUI101 Valley Water Treatment <br />plant - water storage. water treatment and water quality presentation: Modesto - Modesto Irrigation <br />District presentation on water supply and management issues in Modesto Irrigation District new Don <br />Pedro Dam - project operations and Turlock Irric,aation District issues: Moccasin - geology ofY osemite <br />and Retch Metchy valleys. Tuolumne River watershed. upper Tuoiumne Ecosystem Project: <br />O'Shaughnessy Dam and Retch Retchy Reservoir - partnering projects and programs inthe park. chmate <br />change and water supply reliability. willkil1g tour of the Dam. aDd presentation on "Should the Retch <br />Hetcby Valley be restored?"; Moccasin Power Plant - ,'vater and power; P1.lIgas Water Temple - SFPUC <br />Bay Area watersheds presentation and planning for the future. <br /> <br />The tOUT brought together a wide diversity of participants, roles andperspeetives ,including: citycounci1 <br />members, deputy city attorney, hydrogeologists, water resource analysts, ,vater district personneL ,"vater <br />resources control board members, water system operators. engineers, private citizens and business <br />members from all over California. It was an amazing opportunity to see and learn about the water system, <br />its history, geology and challenges for the retrofitting and the future. <br /> <br />~/6~~ <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />Signature of Council Member <br /> <br />Date: 11-20-08 <br /> <br />The Acministrative Code requires reports of conferences or meetil'YJs for which a council member requests per dem or expense reimbursement. <br />Reports must be submitted to the City CIeri< of no later than the Wednesday of the week before the next City Council meeting. Reports must be <br />sWmitted before !he City of RedwooclCity Wlll:pay per dem or reintusement for the conference or the meeting. Reports are not reqUred for City <br />Comcil meetings. or meetings with Council members, the City Manager, City Attorney or City Cleric <br />