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's'; A I R E N E R L Y I I F F == RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES _ Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: AUGUST 7, 2015 ITEM NO: 16 File ID — 15 -2595 — D SUBJECT: FUNDING FOR TURF REMOVAL PROGRAMS - $1,500,000 ISSUE: The issue for Board of Public Utilities consideration Water Conservation Fund Balance so Riverside Publi c programs and fund public demonstration projects. RECOMMENDATIONS: is to transfer funds from Water Fund Balance to Utilities (RPU) may continue to offer turf removal That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council: 1. Authorize a fund transfer in the amount of $1,500,000 from the 520 Water Fund Balance Account No. 0000520 - 298000; 2. Authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Residential Waterwise Landscape Incentive Account No. 6220200 - 457011 in the 521 Water Conservation Fund; 3. Authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $150,000 to the Residential Artificial Turf Incentive Account No. 6220200 - 457018 in the 521 Water Conservation Fund; 4. Authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $200,000 to the Commercial Waterwise Landscape Incentive Account No. 6220200 - 457024 in the 521 Water Conservation Fund; and 5. Authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $150,000 to the Commercial Landscape Demonstration Projects Account No. 6220200 - 457032 in the 521 Water Conservation Fund. BACKGROUND: California is currently in the fourth year of a significant drought that has severely impacted California's water supply and its ability to meet all of the demands for water in the State. On April 1, 2015, Governor Brown issued Executive Order B -29 -15 which directed the SWRCB to impose restrictions to achieve a statewide 25% reduction in potable urban water usage through February 28, 2016. These restrictions will require water suppliers to California's cities and towns to reduce usage as compared to the amount used in 2013. In reaction to Governor Brown's executive order, the SWRCB adopted new regulations on May 6, 2015, that were aimed at achieving the mandated 25% reduction in water use Statewide. Each service provider was directed to reduce potable water use relative to their per capita water usage (GPCD) and to require those areas with high per capita use to achieve proportionally greater reductions than those with low use. Based on RPU's 2013 GPCD consumption data, RPU was directed to achieve a 28% reduction within its