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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: April 1, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Debbie Bretschneider DIRECTOR:
SUBJECT: Presentation by Patrick Kwok, Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Member
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept presentation by Patrick Kwok, Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Member and
Rachel Gibson, staff of Santa Clara Valley Water District
REPORT SUMMARY:
Mr. Kwok will present a report on the need for water conservation. On March 24, 2009, the
Santa Clara Valley Water Board voted to call for mandatory water rationing of 15 percent this
summer. The district has no enforcement powers for the water rationing and is asking the
district’s 13 retail suppliers, such as San Jose Water Co., to set up new pricing rules that charge
customers a premium if they use more than a set amount of water. The district will also ask every
city in Santa Clara County to approve an ordinance that would ban lawn watering during
daytime hours, require nozzles on garden hoses and limit watering to odd-even days, with fines
for violators.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
N/A
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Direction to staff
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional at this time
ATTACHMENTS:
N/A
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