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Minutes March 17, 2014 Joint Meeting of the Pleasanton City Council and the Pleasanton Unified School District Board of Trustees 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Thorne at 7:04 p.m. who led the City Council and the Governing Board and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance 2. ROLL CALL Mayor Jerry Thorne, Vice-Mayor Jerry Pentin, Councilmembers Karla Brown, Cheryl Cook-Kallio and Kathy Narum. Board President Jamie Hintzke, Vice President Joan Laursen; Board Members Valerie Arkin, Jeff Bowser and Chris Grant 3. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC There were no speakers. 4. DROUGHT EMERGENCY DECLARATION STAGE 1 PRESENTATION City Manager Nelson Fialho introduced the item and stated, "We placed this item on the agenda to make aware to the Board and Community the recent declaration. The school district is definitely in the top five water consumers. The State prepares for not only voluntary conservation but mandatory conservation. We want to elevate the discussion and discuss the things the City will be doing related to our parks and city facilities and elicit support from the school in that effort as well as our residents and businesses." Mr. Fialho introduced Daniel Smith, Director of Operational Services who also runs the Utility Department for the City of Pleasanton. Mr. Smith stated, "We've been under executive order since 2009 under Governor Schwarzenegger to reduce 20% by the year 2020. Pleasanton has done well in this area and had reduced water consumption to about 12%. In January 2014, Governor Brown issued an executive order of a Stage 1 Drought Declaration for 20% voluntary because of the dry conditions in California. Immediately thereafter, Alameda County issued the same Drought 1 standard, the Federal Government issued it and then on February 4, the City Council declared a Stage 1 drought for Pleasanton." Both 2013 and 2014 have been very dry with very little precipitation and minimal snow. Mr. Smith highlighted the precipitation in the Northern Sierras. In 2013 there were 16.6 inches which was the lowest observed over the 90+ years of record. Slide 3 Mr. Smith noted the State Water Project is where the Tri-Valley receives its water supply and has been around since 1960. In the SWP Allocation History slide the "black dot" indicates the amount of water that was given to the Tri-Valley area. In 2014, the SWP stated they would give only 5% of the water we would need this year, which is the lowest in history. Slide 4 Mr. Smith highlighted the various reservoir and systems through the State and southern California. The Oroville Reservoir (Red Feather Shed) is where our water comes from, also referenced as zone 7. He reviewed Lake Oroville Storage Levels and noted that during the 1970- 1977 droughts with 800,000 AF inaccessible to valve problems and now there's only 100K AF available. Slide 5 Local Water Supply Conditions for 2014 — The Livermore Valley Groundwater is currently at 57% (operational storage). Mr. Smith explained the water systems from Lake Del Valle and the chain of lakes. Livermore and Dublin have a large recycle water system. Val Vista Park was just converted last week to a recycle water system which amounts to 18M gallons per year. The new infrastructure that's built at Staples Ranch (Senior Center) is all on recycled water system now. Joint City Council Page 1 of 11 March 17, 2014 PUSD Board Minutes