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FW: drought suggestions SUPPLEM t' D1 tiro RNAT��B�)' <br /> provided City Council <br /> From: Howard Mendenhall (mailto:mendenhalls1 comcast.net] After Dlattittuticn of Packet <br /> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:08 PM i <br /> To: Mayor and City Council Do1RY0 <br /> Subject: drought suggestions <br /> Dear Mayor and City Council members; <br /> We are unable to attend the Tuesday evening,April 21st council meeting where I believe the drought issue will <br /> be discussed. <br /> Please consider the following. Last year residents who did not meet the 25% mandatory water restrictions <br /> were warned and/or fined. It is imperative this year that warnings should not be done again. Everyone knows <br /> we are in a very serious drought condition. Please put some teeth into our mandatory water restrictions by <br /> enforcing the penalties! Last summer we saved 53%on our summer water bill by drastic cutbacks to lawn <br /> watering and eliminating our vegetable garden as well as zealously saving water in our kitchen sink, showering <br /> less frequently, capturing our shower water, low flow toilets, etc. Our front and back lawns are now dead and <br /> we are hauling water in five gallon buckets from the water treatment plant to keep some of our bushes and <br /> ferns alive. Next Fall we will replace our dead grass with native landscaping. <br /> What has prompted this letter to you is the fact that although almost all our neighbors in our area, (Vintage <br /> Hills) have also let their lawns go brown it is very distressing to see our city parks so green! If you have cut <br /> back 25% and the lawns are still green the city has obviously been overwatering in the past. We want to see <br /> the city parks with brown spots just like the neighborhoods. Please set a good example. <br /> The city of Monterey through the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is offering Water Wise <br /> Workshops. Why can't our city do the same thing? Monterey is offering two workshops, Gray water and <br /> Rainwater harvesting workshops including system design and maintenance, permitting requirements, hands- <br /> on demonstrations and available rebates. For more information on what Monterey is doing go to <br /> www.mpwmd.net/workshops <br /> Please consider these suggestions as you talk about the water crisis on Tuesday evening. <br /> Thank you. <br /> Howard & Diana Mendenhall <br /> Vintage Hills residents <br /> Click here to report this email as spam. <br /> 1 <br />