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Board passes ordinance to increase park water efficiency, requiring plans and recycled-water use; referral to committee fails
Summary
The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance requiring the Recreation and Park Department to maximize water use efficiency and use recycled water where available; attempts to refer the measure back to committee failed after debate over cost and timing.
The Board of Supervisors on March 17 passed an ordinance (first reading) that asks the Recreation and Park Department to maximize water-use efficiency and to use recycled water where available for park irrigation. The ordinance passed on first reading by roll call, 9 ayes to 2 noes, after supervisors debated whether to hold the item for more cost information.
Supervisor Ross Ellsberg (transcript: Ellsberg) moved to refer the item back to committee, citing a budget analyst recommendation that the ordinance be continued until January 2010 to allow the Recreation and Park Department and the Public Utilities Commission to complete reports…
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