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Facilities and Transportation Committee Meeting Highlights of April 7, 2015
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
April 7, 2015
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
San Leandro City Hall
835 East 14th Street
San Leandro, California
Sister Cities Gallery
HIGHLIGHTS
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Cutter at 4:00 p.m.
1.A. Attendance
Committee Members: Mayor Pauline Cutter, Councilmember Corina Lopez, Councilmember Ursula Reed
City Staff Present: Reh-Lin Chen, Keith Cooke, Kirsten Foley, Debbie Pollart, Austine Osakwe, Nick Thom, Chris Zapata
Outside Presenters: None
Public Present: James Aguilar, Jim Prola
1.B. Announcements
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.A. Discussion Regarding the Drought
Debbie Pollart reported no new data from the April 6th EBMUD's Board meeting, which talked about the Governor's Executive plea for a state wide water usage reduction of 25%. EBMUD will change from voluntary to mandatory guidelines (which includes no watering of turf street medians) and give guidance to the City. D. Pollart will look into shutting off the water to those areas, as well as City Hall and Main Library landscapes. Councilmembers requested exploring whether City fountains can be shut off with signs posted regarding water conservation. Governor freed up additional funding by expanding reclaimed water structure, allowing residents to convert turf to non-turf lawns. D. Pollart to follow up on Councilmembers' requests, and check with EBMUD regarding available signage and also look into obtaining some of those funds.
Mayor Cutter recommended staff contact school district regarding their water usage and landscape maintenance. D. Pollart to contact the school district.
Mayor Cutter asked if possible to "beige out" instead of "brown out" if there's a change in water usage guidelines. D. Pollart is in the process of assessing requirements of keeping the Ci...
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