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The landscaper who is going to be cross - connection certified and know how to treat recycled water versus non - recycled water will have purple hose on its left side of its truck and potable water hosing on the right side of his truck. He is not going to know it's not recycled water or it is recycled water. He's going to dig down and see right below the sprinkler head purple pipe. He's going to walk to his truck and get the purple hose connected to that pipe and that pipe will have been the potable water system because it's not recycled water. Recycled water is not on the plan, not in the feasibility for Bernal at this time, so why is the City, who is requiring purple pipe being installed in the ground? O'Connor: Are you saying we're installing purple pipe to run potable water? Balch: Yes. What you would do when transitioning to a recycled water system in the future such as in Hacienda or in the Sports Park or Tennis Park. But Bernal Phase I has no feasibility study on recycled water. The scalping plan being contemplated in a white paper is not approved or discussed. Beaudin: We appreciate the question and what we'll do is we'll come back because these are items generated by the Commission. If the Commission wants a formal response we can do that. We can also get the City Engineer and the Operations Services Coordinator to give you a call, but I think what we'll do is since it's generated in this fashion is, I'll ask the Chair if it's the will of the Commission to give a formal response. We can do that. Ritter: You know, I get questions a lot about that too, so helping us get educated on it as projects come is probably a good thing. It might be more of a good informational discussion. Do you guys all agree? Allen: Yes. Balch: I particularly would like to ask the question of how they are protecting the City's water supply and to the landscaper who is going to verify if it's two- cycled or not by just simply digging 3 inches into the ground and seeing purple pipe. And again, clarity that there is no recycled water going to Bernal in the City's plan at this time, even the booster pump that the City is considering putting on to grab water from DSRSD and pump it down to Bernal is still millions of dollars away let alone an EIR alone. Nagler: So it's not a routing issue? Balch: It's a convenience issue but the problem is that the time between the pipe going in the ground and when recycled water may be there may be truly 10 years.. 8. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION'S REVIEW /ACTION /INFORMATION a. Future Planning Calendar Balch said he will not be able to attend the second meeting in March, on March 23, 2016. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 9, 2016 Page 19 of 25