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City Council Meeting Minutes February 23, 2015 <br />PRESENTATIONS <br />3. Receive a Staff presentation, a presentation from Dr. Thom Hardy and hold <br />discussion regarding the Conservation Ordinance, Drought Response Plan and Water <br />Use, and potential associated charges; and provide direction to Staff. <br />Tom Taggart, Director of Public Services and Dr. Thom Hardy, Chief Science Officer at the <br />Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, provided individual presentations to the City <br />Council. Following the presentations and discussion the Council provided the following <br />consensus for amendments to the Conservation /Drought Ordinance: <br />Add proposed stage 5 language for all measures <br />Irrigation with hose -end sprinklers and automatic sprinkler irrigation systems: <br />Year Round: Maintain as current <br />Stage 1: Maintain as current <br />Stage 2: Maintain as current <br />Stage 3: Maintain as current <br />Stage 4: One day every other week on designated weekday. Automatic irrigation systems from 8 <br />pm — 4 am. Hose -end systems 6 - 10 am or 8 pm - midnight <br />Stage 5: To be proposed <br />Irrigation with soaker hose or drip irrigation: <br />Year Round: Maintain as current <br />Stage 1: Maintain as current <br />Stage 2: Maintain as current <br />Stage 3: Any day before 10 am or after 8 pm <br />Stage 4: One day per week on designated weekday before 10 am or after 8 pm <br />Stage 5: To be proposed <br />Hand watering with bucket or hand -held hose: <br />Year Round: Maintain as current <br />Stage 1: Maintain as current <br />Stage 2: Any day /any time <br />Stage 3: Any day /any time <br />Stage 4: Any day before 10 am or after 8 pm <br />Stage 5: To be proposed <br />Irrigation of golf courses and athletic fields: <br />Year Round: Maintain as current <br />Stage 1: Maintain as current <br />Stage 2: Maintain as current <br />Stage 3: Maintain as current <br />Stage 4: Maintain as current <br />Stage 5: To be proposed <br />Irrigation at commercial nurseries: <br />Year Round: Maintain as current <br />Stage 1: Maintain as current <br />Stage 2: Maintain as current <br />Stage 3: Any day /any time <br />Stage 4: Any day /any time <br />Stage 5: To be proposed <br />Watering vegetable gardens (with soaker hose /drip, bucket or hand -held hose): <br />City of San Marcos Page 2 <br />