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CITY OF RIVERSIDE <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />Minutes of: Regular Meeting of the Board of Public Utilities <br />Date of Meefing; March 21, 2014 <br />Time of Meeting: 8:30 a.m. <br />Place of Meeting. Public Utilities Boardroom <br />3901 Orange Street <br />Riverside, California <br />ZRID01 <br />Preseft Justin Scott-Coe (Chair) Ian Davidson Nice chair) <br />Darrell Ament Susan Cash <br />Andrew Walcker Ron Cole <br />Dave Austin Nick Ferguson <br />Absent: David Roberts (excused absence due to vacation) <br />PUBLIC HEARING <br />10% <br />�Q­0- <br />4' <br />Chair Justin Scat •Coe called the public hearing meeting to order at 8:30 a. m. <br />Chair Scott-Coe stated to the audience that the Board of Public Utilities was holding a public <br />hearing to receive pub;ic input regarding the proposal to renew the Water Conservation <br />Surcharge. Comments of any individual would be limited to three minutes and would be heard <br />in order of sign up. <br />Roll Call of Board of Public Utilities — All Board Members were present except David <br />Roberts, who was on vacation; Vice Chair Davidson arrived a few minutes late. <br />�,t <br />Prior to receiving public input, the Board requested staff to provide a summary of the proposal <br />to renew the Water Conservation Surcharge. RPU General Manager, Girish Balachandran. <br />spoke of the ongoing efforts to look toward water stewardship for the next 100 years in <br />Riverside. The guiding efforts will focus on efficiency, ground water recharge and recycled <br />water, taking into account the Urban Water Management Plan benchmarks on the 255 year <br />horizon. Assistant General Manager/Customer Relations/Marketing, Michael Bacich, provided <br />a presentation explaining efforts and accomplishments made possible by the surcharge <br />funding for the past ten years. <br />Comments from the Audience <br />As a result of the mailed written notices, publication notices and community outreach efforts, <br />nine members of the public signed the SpeakeriAttendance List at the public hearing, Of the <br />members of the public in attendance, nine offered comments for consideration by the Board <br />with eight in support of the Water Conservation Surcharge and one opposed. <br />