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BACKGROUND In January 2014, the governor declared a State of Emergency due to the California drought, as did the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 7. In February, the City Council activated Stage 1 of the City's Water Shortage Contingency Plan and requested that customers voluntarily reduce water usage by 20%. Unfortunately, those conservation levels were not achieved. In April, the governor issued an executive order asking Californian's to reduce water usage by 20%, and Zone 7 also asked all water retailers, including Pleasanton, to reduce water usage by 25%. In May, the City Council declared the City's water shortage situation warranted Stage 3 mandatory 25% water reduction, and proclaimed a Local Drought Emergency. In August, the State also enacted State wide mandatory reductions and prohibitions that are scheduled to be in place through April 2015. As an update on staff activity, in an effort to continue our overall community awareness efforts, we continue to keep the drought center open and assist residents and businesses in proactive conservation efforts. In addition, listed below are a few highlights regarding programs and usage: • The City's water conservation webpage www.pleasantonwaterconservation.com serves as the City's main source for water reduction tips, water-efficiency incentive programs, drought updates, and current water restriction information and the community is encouraged to utilize this information. • City staff continues to provide on-call and on-site assistance to residents and businesses to provide hands on assistance with reducing water usage that includes such services as reprogramming irrigation systems a program known as CAP Controller Assistance Program. As indicated below, the results from this program have been very good. 2014 CAP-Irrigation customers x: 2013 consumption 178,136 units 2014 consumption 124,532 units Total Savings 53,604 units * Includes 22 customers with a total of 60 meters 2013 CAP-IRR customers*: 2013 consumption 74,957 units 2014 consumption 49,235 units Total Savings 25,722 units 'Includesl5 customers with a total of 35 meters As indicated above, the 37 customers participating have saved a total of 59,335,848 gallons of water. Page 2 of 4