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Approve Participation in the 2019 Wyland National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS:
The Wyland National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation (the "Challenge") is a month-long program encouraging communities across the United States to pledge to conserve water in an effort to promote drought resiliency and water quality. The Challenge occurs April 1-30. The program incentivizes positive conservation behavior and provides water resource education by challenging cities to encourage residents to sign an online pledge card (www.mywaterpledge.com) with a menu of options to conserve water resources. The site provides real-time city standings in addition to estimated impacts based off of the pledged conservation measures selected by participating residents. Cities with the highest percentage of residents who take the challenge are entered into drawings for hundreds of eco-friendly prizes for participating residents, including home improvement gift cards, home irrigation equipment, and a Grand Prize Toyota Prius. The winning community is also eligible for potential funding and in-kind donations towards water community improvements such as public gardens. The Challenge also offers additional resources and education for residents to help them put their selected pledges into action.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council approve participation in the 2019 Wyland National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation.