City Council Agenda and Packet 1984 07 24

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7/24/84 Page -6- after the policeman drove off the Haan came out and turned the water back on. Recommendation The Citizens Task Force feels that the 3 day watering plan as suggested is much more realis- tic for maintaining existing vegetation and is capable of conserving enough water to not have another no watering period, if for no other reason there would be much better compliance and much less cheating. Councilman Leary Stated that he would agree on the 3 day ' watering plan if our plant was producing 3.2 MGM. This is not so because of cheating, the plant breaks down, the crews are doing yardwork, a pipe is broken; there have been switchovers to the new system that requires things to be shut down, etc. It was Ms. Leary' s feeling that if we went to the 3 day plan without the off day to catch up, the situation would be worse. He stated he felt we have data problems, production problems, didn't think that the plant was doing what it should be doing and he thought it was unfair to lay it all on the citizens. Director of Public Works Mr. Kasch stated that if some of the people Karl Kasch that were in attendance this evening had come to the staff or previous council meetings they would have been better informed of the severity of the problem. Also stated that if the human factor were perfect and everyone obeyed the restrictions a three day cycle with unlimited hours would work. But this is not the case. Councilman Luce Commented the thing that the Task Force missed in their recommendations is that you have two events going on concurrently - (1) you are trying to push the system to the maximum and (2) at the same time that is going on, we are trying to bring another facility on line. Mike Norris Then continuted with the Task Force's short term recommendations. 2. That the city con- tine its efforts to educate and inform citizens on water conservation. 3. That a full dis- closure is made of information relating to how we got to the present crisis and what preventive measurers are to be taken to insure the situation does not repeat itself.