The proposed rules would only affect new developments and major remodels of homes and would mandate installing efficient plumbing fixtures and appliances.
Half Moon Bay would not be alone. All member agencies in the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission are being compelled to pass new laws to promote water conservation. The SFPUC controls the Hetch Hetchy water system, and it has projected that current consumption would overwhelm the available water supply by 2015.
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Councilman Allan Alifano recommended that Half Moon Bay go further and impose tougher local rules. Homeowners who do small remodels to a bathroom, he said, could be forced to install better fixtures, such as water-efficient toilets.
The city attorney recommended those changes could be added at a later point to the ordinance. The council unanimously introduced the ordinance and planned to review it again in the coming weeks.
The Half Moon Bay City Council met at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2 at the Ted Adcock Community / Senior Center for its regularly scheduled meeting. Mayor Marina Fraser, Councilwoman Naomi Patridge and councilmen John Muller, Rick Kowalczyk and Alifano were in attendance. During the meeting the council:
Approved (5-0): A set of new rules restricting parking at the eastern section of Poplar Beach to horse trailers.
Reviewed: A set of priorities from the council’s strategic planning session on Feb. 20. Council members indicated at that meeting that they wanted to focus on creating a sustainable budget, developing the local economy, making City Hall more efficient and fostering more productive partnerships with other agencies.
Heard: A short presentation from Daly City Councilman Dave Canepa, who is helping organize support for a California initiative to prevent the state government from borrowing funds from small city and county governments.
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