Water Resources Commission Minutes - 07/02/19991.
Minutes
Water Resources Commission Meeting
July 2, 1999
The Water Resources Commission met in regular session on July 2, 1999. The
following were present:
Fred Stangl
Elizabeth Martin
Paul Dowlearn
Councilman Esther
Staff Representative David Lehfeldt
The commission discussed the draft Drought Management Plan. The set points for the
triggering of each stage in the Drought Management Plan were discussed and it was
decided to leave thwm as in the draft proposal. Some concern was expressed by
members of the commission about the role of the Parks Department. It was requested
that we invite the Parks Department representative to review the Plan and be present at
future meetings to discuss it. Under the Stage 1 mandatory program for nonessential
uses, it was decided to remove the phrase "watering by Parks Department" from the
second to last paragraph. A new paragraph will require the Parks Department to reduce
the frequency of their watering to once per week, providing only enough water to
support the trees. It was recognized that this will allow the grass to brown out.
It was the consensus of the Commission that we need to better educate the public on
ways that they can help conserve water. The benefits of using compost in a water wise
landscape were discussed and it was felt more effort needs to be made to educate the
public in this area. The Commission felt that it would be valuable to use the cable
access channel to provide educational features to the public. This could be
accomplished by using bulleted slides that would give a quick synopsis of ways citizens
could be helpful.
The Committee members decided to invite the public to a meeting on July 20, 1999 at
7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber to discuss the drought Contingency Plan and to
request their input. The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m..
Z,-,,Mark Terning
Chairman
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