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.~, TUESDAY AUGUST 11, 1981 - In connection with City Manager Edmonds' proposed Water Resources Conservation Plan formally introduced at Council's July 28th meeting, several citizens present spoke to this matter, among whom were: .- 1. an unidentified citizen who inquired as to the present schedule of dates, predicated upon continuing emergency conditions, on which the several stages of the plan are scheduled to be invoked; 2. Mrs. Dori Blitz, of 114 Emmett Street, who--in a prepared statement--alleged that (a) the surcharges proposed in the City Manager's Water Resources Conservation Plan are punitive, particularly for the small user, and will not resolve the water shortage; (b) the present Federal Government administration intends to abolish the national Water Resource Council, a move contrary to the need to develop ana implement a nationwide water resource plan; (c) City Council and local large water users are evading possible solutions to the current water shortage by their concern for continued production and employment and their lack of concern for local residential customers; (d) Sale Knitting Company, the largest user of City water, has not publically indicated its cooperation toward conserving water; and (d) City Council is resorting to a crisis-management approach to the current water water shortage, although recognition was given to the fact that long-term measures are being taken to prevent future water supply shortages in the event drought conditions occur in the future; and 3. Mr. Patrick W. Ephriam, of 1159 Yorkshire Place, who urged that Council place all emphasis on the current water emergency (rather than intermingle therewith efforts toward solving long-term water needs), meanwhile advocating the increasing of the proposed surcharges, the conserving of water by everybody, and the continuation of full production and full employment among local industries. Subsequently, on the action taken by Council in invoking (on a voluntary basis) subsections 1-through-7 of "Condition 2-A" of the Water Resources Conservation Plan, Mr. Ephriam contended that no exceptions thereto should be made. Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council declared said - subsections 1-through-7 of "Condition 2-A" of said Plan, as set forth in the minutes of Council's meeting held July 28, 1981, as being immediately in effect on a voluntary basis, excluding from the requirements of subsection 2 thereof local commercial enterprises (such as commercial car-wash establishments, etc.). Meanwhile, City Manager Edmonds took exception to a recently-published statement criticizing Council and the City administration for an alleged lack of planning for the development of water resources, with Mr. Edmonds noting that a review