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Home My WebLink About21 - Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt Resolution for Level Three Water Supply Shortage - CorrespondenceJune 9, 2015 Item No. 21 429 Marigold Avenue Corona del Mar, CA 92625 May 15, 2015 Re: Resolution of Intent to Declare a Level Three Water Supply Shortage Newport Beach City Council: I have obtained a copy of the seven page statement dated May 12, for Agenda Item No. 19. Rather than take up time at the public meeting on May 26 1 would like to suggest the following items be considered in advance by the staff and possibly by the Council members. (1) Watering will work OK on only one or two days each week. This will not keep greenery "lush" but sufficiently alive for the duration of a drought, and l concur with this measure; however, enforcement could be difficult and costly in terms of personnel. Suggestion to encourage conformance:. Specify specific days either city -wide or at least by neighborhood so that violators will be obvious to their neighbors, reducing enforcement hours by City personnel. (2) Monthly usage and 3 -year running averages are unknown to many or maybe all residents of Newport Beach. I vaguely recall seeing this information years ago but I am not aware of receiving this information in recent years. Suggestion: Announcements should be make early and maybe repeatedly at the hearing on May 26 that enforcement will begin sixty days (or whatever is appropriate) AFTER the first of regular monthly reports are mailed or emailed to homeowners with this information. (3) The last line of page 19 -2 and the second and third lines of 3.A. on page 19 -5 both read "the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time ". This is confusing since California is not on "Pacific Standard Time" half of each year. It is also unreasonable to order residents to adjust sprinkling system timer on the first day of two months each year and again in those same two months each year when California changes mid -month to and from Pacific Time and Daylight Savings Time. Suggestion: Revise the wording to read "between the hours corresponding to 9:00 a.m and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time in the summer months without adjusting automatic timers to Daylight Savings Time in the winter months." Similarly, revise the wording in 3.13. near the top of page 19 -6 to "(a) two (2) irrigation days per week during Pacific Standard Time from March to November and (b) one (1) irrigation day per week during Daylight Savings time from November to March." My wife and I live on a corner 30 x 118 ft lot. We re -set our sprinkling system timer to two days per week when that schedule was requested several weeks ago. I anticipate no problem in reducing present watering the additionally specified 25% by simply shutting off water to the city -owned grass- covered areas across the 30 ft front yard and along the 118 ft side yard between our property lines and the streets, and by reducing daily showers to every two or three days. Two nearby corner lots that our dog and I pass every morning are watered seven days a week. I will be interested in seeing how much these lots change compared to ours when the Level Three rules and adopted. Thank you for this opportunity to comment and offer suggestions before the May 26 hearing. Sincerely, Dave Fish iri __J.J f C:) r 7 vt Received After Agenda Printed June 9, 2015 Item No. 21 From: Bud Reveley <budreveley @gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 12:22 PM To: City Clerk's Office Cc: Bill Dunlap; penny reveley; Bud Reveley Subject: ANALYSIS OF WATER USE IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Attachments: Calculation of water use.docx Categories: Jennifer From: Penny <pennyreveley @gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 12:55 PM To: Bud Reveley Cc: City Clerk's Office; Bill Dunlap Subject: Re: ANALYSIS OF WATER USE IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Thank you! Let's pray our City Government takes heed! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Bud Reveley <budrevelev @amail.com> wrote: > < Calculation of water use.docx> CALCULATION OF BI- MONTHY WATER USE FOR A TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLD ON THE BALBOA PENINSULA TYPICAL 25 AND 30 FOOT BY 100 FOOT LOT WATER USE ACTIVITY WATER USE CALCULATION Potted Plants 50 gal 2 times per week times 8.7 weeks Toilets 2.38 gal per flush times 15 per day times 61 days Shower 20 gal per shower times 6 per week times 8.7 weeks Dishwasher 15 gal per use times 5 per week times 8.7 weeks Clothes Washer 22 gal per wash times 6 per week times 8.7 weeks Food Prep, Hand Wash, Cooking 20 gal per day times 61 days Dental, Drinking, Dog Care, Etc Total per Bi- monthly Billing Period Conversion to HCF = 7,101 divided by 7.48 divided by 100 My Average per person daily consumption of water for this household My Average household daily consumption without outside watering Statewide expected daily consumption without outside watering Lowest total per capita use recorded in April in Seal Beach Statewide daily average in April Newport Beach requested target for my use per Level 3 Ordinance 1111 u'16MIr11411111.10 870 gal 2,167 gal 1,044 gal 652 gal 1,148 gal 1,220 gal 7,101 gal 9.49 HCF 58.20 gal 51.00 gal 55.00 gal 57.90 gal 91.00 gal 43.65 gal THERE SHOULD BE DEVELOPED BY THE CITY A MINIMUM FOR MODEST EXISTENCE. SIMILAR TABLES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR 3, 4, 5, 6 + FAMILY UNITS. LARGER LOTS WOULD INVOLVE MORE IRRIGATION AND THEREFORE ELIGIBLE FOR GREATER SAVINGS. THE CURRENT METHDOLOGY PROPOSED WILL LEAD TO GREAT INEQUITIES AND LIKELY WILL INVOLVE MANY HOURS OF DISPUTES WITH STAFF TO SAY NOTHING AS TO ACHIEVING THE 25% GOAL.