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��City of Redwood City Recycled Water Task Force Report March 3, 2004 The Task Force recognizes that implementing dual plumbing at this stage of the Downtown Cinema project presents challenges to the developer and the City. NeveRheless, the Task Force believes that the potable water demand reduction and the relative cost-effectiveness of this option justifies the effort required for its implementation. Because construction of the Downtown Cinema has started, the Task �orce recommends that the City proceed with dual plumbing at the Downtown Cinema with ali deliberate speed. If the City is unable by law to directly compensate the developer for the dual plumbing change, then the Task Force urges,the City to develop some other indirect mechanism to compensate the developer for its increased costs. 3.I.2. Synthetic Turj The synthetic turf category consists of replacing natural grass playing fields with synthetic turf at the following locations: • Red Morton Park • Sandpiper Park • Madin Pazk • Hawes Park • Hoover Park • Sequoia High School • Canada College Playing fields at Hoover Park and Sequoia High School have already been converted to synthetic turf; and Canada College is in the process of converting its playing fields to synthetic turf. Consequently, the costs for installing synthetic turf at these playing fields aze not considered to be part of the cost of Alternative TF. However, because the City's water use forecasts assumed these fields would continue to be natural turf; the Task Force includes the resulting reductions in potable water demand in Altemative TF. Estimates of potential demand for recycled water, including irrigation water demands, are provided in the Recycled Water Market Assessment Summary ("Market Assessment"), which is Appendix A of the Water Recycling Feasibility Study for Redwood Ciry, dated August 7, 2002. The Market Assessment was used to estimate irrigation water demands at the schoolyazds, pazks, and playgrounds listed above. Based on the estimated irrigation water demands and the ratios of playing field azeas to the total imgated areas, the potable water demand reduction from replacing natural grass playing fieids at all seven of the above locations with synthetic turf is estimated to be 150 AF/Y. Based on costs for installing synthetic turf at fIoover Pazk a�d at another site in Fair Oaks, the capital costs for installing synthetic turf on playing fields at Red Morton Park, Sandpiper Park, Marlin Park, and Hawes Park are estimated to be $4,669,000. An added benefit of synthetic turf playing fields is higher utilization of the City's playing fields, which is highly desirable given the high demand for playing fields in the City. Synthetic turf can withstand more intense use and can be played on after a rain without damaging the field, unlike Page 5 of 12