HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 8.1 - 2102 Appointment Tri-Valley Water Liaison Commit
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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
DATE: July 17, 2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Appointment to the Tri-Valley Water Liaison Committee
Prepared by: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider selection of a City Council member to serve on the Tri -
Valley Water Liaison Committee.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Appoint a City Council member to serve on the Tri-Valley Water Liaison Committee.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
DESCRIPTION:
In the face of 2014’s drought, a number of public agencies of the Tri -Valley agreed to
conduct a series of Water Policy Roundtables to discuss water policy issues of concern
in the Tri-Valley. The Water Policy Roundtables consisted of elected (or corporate)
officials of the following agencies (and investor owned utility): DSRSD, City of Dublin,
City of Livermore, City of Pleasanton, City of San Ramon, Zone 7 Water Agency, and
the California Water Service Company. The Water Policy Roundtables considered
various high-level policy concepts on water policy issues, and collaborative action
between the agencies. In 2016, the Water Policy Roundtable group focused on the
detailed exploration of a Regional Potable Reuse project for the Tri-Valley, and the
meetings were renamed the Tri-Valley Water Liaison meeting. Former Vice Mayor Don
Biddle attended the meetings as Dublin’s representative since 2014.
There have been nine joint Tri-Valley water meetings over the last four years. Most
recently, on March 1, 2018, the Tri-Valley Water Liaison Committee met to receive a
report on the Tri-Valley Joint Potable Reuse Feasibility Study. This study, which took
over a year to complete, evaluated six different Regional Potable Reuse pro ject
concepts, and found all of them to be feasible. The next collaborative step being
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discussed is a Regional Potable Reuse Planning Study. On September 6, the Tri -Valley
Water Liaison Committee is meeting again to consider proceeding with this next pha se
of study.
Staff is requesting that the City Council select a member to attend the meetings of the
Tri-Valley Water Liaison Committee as the City of Dublin’s representative.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
None.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.