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Redwood City for lack of available water would have far reaching negative impacts. Not proceeding with the recycled water project will create a defacto no growth development policy which will have a severe economic impact with the message going out to the marketplace and investment capital and jobs will go elsewhere. He stated he would not support recycled water if he had heard anything that would cause concern about the health risk of his children nor would he recommend to his company that it invest hundreds of millions of dollars in this community if he thought acceptance of recycled water would present an obstacle or financial impact on the sale of the future homes. M/S Ruskin /Howard to extend the meeting to 12:00. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote. Leslie Todd, mother and a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry, stated she was appalled at the language in the resolutions before the Council. She stated non - potable water is not safe to drink, bath in, or wash vegetables or fruits with. She stated that the FAQ's on the Recycled Water website is filled with misrepresentations. She reminded that puddles of water remain for extended periods of time after sprinkler irrigation. She referred to the issue in San Antonio and the skin disease from recycled water topic published in a peer reviewed medical journal in Australia and other examples. She submitted a letter from her obstetrician who said she should not be exposed to recycled water because it would endanger the life of the patient as well as the fetus. _ Dr. Atkinson -Barr asked if Council had reviewed his answers. He stated that the speakers were contemptuous and as a professional, he was shocked by the poor standard of the opinion put before the Council. He further stated that the data he has seen suggests that recycled water is not safe and the evidence has been cast in such a way to make it look safe. He stated he would never allow his child to play on grounds irrigated with recycled water. He pointed out an error in calculations presented by Dr. Deresinski. Carol Shelton, a Gossamer Village resident, stated that although a number of experts have testified that there are no health risks with recycled water, the California Department of Health Services has a number of incidences shown on their website where people have gotten sick from recycled water. She detailed some of her personal health and safety habits. She stated that she is very cautious in her life and does not want to be forced due to her landscaping situation to have something come onto her property given that she prefers to live more safe than sorry. She stated that the feasibility study does not look at the entire city limits and it would have been fairer to study the entire city. She detailed how 2,000 acre feet can be found using no homes, no schools, no parks and is a feasible project. She submitted a letter from Gossamer Village Owners' Association and her map. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 28, 2003 PAGE 13 MINUTES Book No. 60 Page No. 13