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been no problem. He stated that it is time for Redwood City to take the next step and expand the recycled water project with the neighboring counties. Council Members need to ask themselves if they have addressed the topic of recycled water in a responsible manner for the city's residents. He stated that the decision will affect his family, neighbors and patients and if there was any doubt Coat there might be ill effects he would not advocate for the advancement of recycled water. Dr. Stanley Deresinski, Clinical Professor of Medicine, infectious disease specialist, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford Hospital, an epidemiologist at Sequoia Hospital, edits the newsletter entitled, Infectious Disease Alert for the last twelve years, a fellow at the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Disease Society of America, founder of the AIDS Community Research Consortium in Redwood City. He clarified that humans are in the same ecological niche as microorganisms and that we live with them and they are a part of us. He continued to give an example where if one were at the upper limit of allowable organisms, at one sitting one would have to drink 1.2 gallons of that water. He stated that there is no risk that can be measured from the microbial component in the water worth discussing. PWS Director Ingram stated that recycled water is widely used in Santa Clara County and read into the record the letter attached to the staff report from John D. Longwell, M.D. of the Santa Clara County Medical Association addressed to Mr. Carl Mosher, Director of Environmental Services dated July 10, 2002 (page 8.6.11). He read a second letter addressed to Mayor Claire from Brian J. Zamora, Director of the Public Health; Dean D. Peterson, Environmental Health Director; and Scott Morrow, Health Officer of the Health Services Agency dated July 16, 2003 also included with the staff report (page 8.B.10). The last presenter via video was Dr. Sang -ick Chang, Medical Director of Outpatient Services for San Mateo Medical Center, a Board certified family Practitioner and continues to practice medicine in addition to his administrative duties. He stated his medical training was from UCSF Medical School and San Francisco General Hospital in family practice. He stated that he has served in the public sector his entire medical career. He stated that he has reviewed the documents before the Council and asked himself the question, "if a child were to play on or touch vegetation watered by recycled water and then put that finger or hand in his or her mouth, or if they were to suck on a blade of grass watered with recycled water and if they were to do this on an occasional or even a regular basis, could they conceivably become ill, either in an immediate or a delayed fashion "? He concluded that there is no credible threat to the health of children from this use of recycled water. Documentation states that the water undergoes multiple chemical and biological treatments to reduce the level of these contaminants that are lower than that currently allowed for use in recreational water. He stated that the amount of ingestion involved where the concentrations of any of these contaminants are measured in parts per million, billion and trillion are so miniscule and so infrequent that their ability to do medical harm is essentially nonexistent. In REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 28, 2003 PAGE