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appreciates the sub - committees thoughts on the task force and asked that option B not be used as a fall back and asked that the greater Bayfront development area be required to plumb toilets and urinals to use recycled water. Henry Tu used a PowerPoint presentation and stated various projects being proposed in other areas with costs to be substantially less than the Redwood City. He suggested sharing purchase of equipment with San Ramon cited other water rates in various areas. Marge Parkhurst spoke of previous presentations, read various written reports and opinions and passed out materials to the Council and is a part of the record. Camille Fischer stated she is a mother of two young children and has a degree in microbiology, and is very concerned with the issue. She stated that there is potential for the children to be exposed in many places and that we need to look at other options. She stated that the contamination with antibiotics is a concern and that efforts in conservation should be made Rudy Luca stated that we are talking about sewage water recycling and asked about added costs to the $43 million. He stated his confusion and concern with appointments to the task force using the help of the City Manager and asked that a citizen's committee make the appointments. He further stated that he supports not using sewage water. Recess: 9:30 - 9:42 p.m. Jeffrey Gee, Redwood Shores resident representing Redwood Shores Community Association leadership, referred to a letter in the packet. He stated that the RSCA executive leadership wants to be a partner with Council and staff with the implementation plan. As a resident of Redwood Shores and Redwood City, he offered to Council and staff his time to serve on the task force in bringing the issue forward. He acknowledged that it would be a challenge but that working together in a partnership through collaboration a plan could be developed that uses recycled water with minimal contact to children. Karen Pace stated her concerns with the project are two fold, one is to stress the need to Council that recycled water not be used in schools, parks or anywhere children will come in contact. She referred to documents outlining concerns expressed she presented two weeks prior from the Department of Health Services and the Water Reuse Foundation and stated her hope that the documents had been reviewed prior to a decision. She stated that the two well respected pro - recycled water organizations understood the need for further testing to understand pathogen removal from recycled water. Her second issue pertained to the task force. Ruth Ann Abbott, a new resident to Redwood Shores, related to damage being caused to her family by wastewater. She stated that because they purchased a REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 2003 MINUTES PAGE 8