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<br />Dear Redwood Shores Residents, Property Owners, and Businesses:
<br />As Chair of the City Council Utilities Committee, I'm writing with an update on issues
<br />related to the City's study of possible use of recycled water.
<br />I want to again reassure you that the City Council has not made a decision on whether
<br />or not to proceed with this project. I'm sure you'll agree that only a full, thoughtful, and
<br />collaborative deliberation will yield the information necessary for us to make the best decision.
<br />This means that the time needs to be taken, the data gathered and digested, and a full
<br />discussion encouraged, prior to any decisions. The Council is committed to this deliberative
<br />process.
<br />The State budget crisis and its effects on City services have unfortunately taken center
<br />stage, and I apologize for any resulting additional time it may take to fully study the recycled
<br />water issue. Despite that situation, we are on target for bringing this issue to the Council for
<br />discussion this spring, possibly as early as April. In part, the timing depends on when we
<br />receive various pieces of information on the health and safety issue, and the research coming
<br />out of the Governor's 2002 Recycled Water Task Force. I will continue to keep you informed as
<br />the schedule solidifies.
<br />No one can disagree that we are facing a crisis in our water supply. As you know, we're
<br />over our annual water allocation right now, and it only promises to get worse in the future. The
<br />use of recycled water in some form, as used throughout the state — industrial, commercial,
<br />common landscaping, residential landscaping, parks — is a viable and logical concept for the
<br />City to pursue and to study. These possibilities are worthy of our detailed and thorough
<br />examination.
<br />At a minimum, providing recycled water for industrial use and /or selling to adjacent
<br />communities could have a positive impact on our water shortage. That's why the Council will be
<br />discussing a recycled water transmission pipeline construction project at our February 3, 2003
<br />meeting. This is not a project that will 'lock' us into a residential recycled water decision. We will
<br />need this pipeline to provide recycled water for industrial uses. In fact, this pipeline will, in the
<br />future, carry recycled water out of Redwood Shores to the rest of Redwood City. This is being
<br />proposed now because the only viable window of opportunity for this construction is fast
<br />approaching.
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<br />January 24, 2003
<br />Dear Redwood Shores Residents, Property Owners, and Businesses:
<br />As Chair of the City Council Utilities Committee, I'm writing with an update on issues
<br />related to the City's study of possible use of recycled water.
<br />I want to again reassure you that the City Council has not made a decision on whether
<br />or not to proceed with this project. I'm sure you'll agree that only a full, thoughtful, and
<br />collaborative deliberation will yield the information necessary for us to make the best decision.
<br />This means that the time needs to be taken, the data gathered and digested, and a full
<br />discussion encouraged, prior to any decisions. The Council is committed to this deliberative
<br />process.
<br />The State budget crisis and its effects on City services have unfortunately taken center
<br />stage, and I apologize for any resulting additional time it may take to fully study the recycled
<br />water issue. Despite that situation, we are on target for bringing this issue to the Council for
<br />discussion this spring, possibly as early as April. In part, the timing depends on when we
<br />receive various pieces of information on the health and safety issue, and the research coming
<br />out of the Governor's 2002 Recycled Water Task Force. I will continue to keep you informed as
<br />the schedule solidifies.
<br />No one can disagree that we are facing a crisis in our water supply. As you know, we're
<br />over our annual water allocation right now, and it only promises to get worse in the future. The
<br />use of recycled water in some form, as used throughout the state — industrial, commercial,
<br />common landscaping, residential landscaping, parks — is a viable and logical concept for the
<br />City to pursue and to study. These possibilities are worthy of our detailed and thorough
<br />examination.
<br />At a minimum, providing recycled water for industrial use and /or selling to adjacent
<br />communities could have a positive impact on our water shortage. That's why the Council will be
<br />discussing a recycled water transmission pipeline construction project at our February 3, 2003
<br />meeting. This is not a project that will 'lock' us into a residential recycled water decision. We will
<br />need this pipeline to provide recycled water for industrial uses. In fact, this pipeline will, in the
<br />future, carry recycled water out of Redwood Shores to the rest of Redwood City. This is being
<br />proposed now because the only viable window of opportunity for this construction is fast
<br />approaching.
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