Zone 7's 2015 Annual Report

The 2015 Annual Report from Zone 7 was recently published.
It can be found at the link below:

Zone 7 2015 Annual Report

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Urban Water Management Plan

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD
Urban Water Management Plan

As an urban water provider, Zone 7 prepares an Urban Water Management Plan aimed at analyzing and planning for a reliable water supply over a 20-year planning horizon considering normal, dry and multiple dry years.

As required under Section 10642 et seq. of the California Water Code, this is to notify the public that at its meeting to begin at 7 p.m. on March 16, 2016, the Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors plans to conduct a public hearing on, and consider adoption of, the Agency’s draft Urban Water Management Plan. The hearing will be held at Zone 7 Administrative Offices, 100 North Canyons Parkway, Livermore.

A copy of the Draft Urban Water Management Plan will be available for public review by 5 pm on February 4, 2016 at the Zone 7 Water Agency office at 100 North Canyons Parkway in Livermore, on the website, www.zone7water.com, and at the following local libraries:

Livermore Public Library, 1188 South Livermore Ave., Livermore

Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton

Alameda County Public Library in Dublin, 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin

Public comment will be welcome at the hearing and you are encouraged to comment before then, if possible, by contacting Amparo Flores at aflores@zone7water.com. If you have any questions regarding this notice, contact Boni Brewer, Communications Specialist, at (925) 454-5015.

The Draft can be found at Zone 7's website here.  Please let me know if you have any questions or comments but I would encourage you to submit formal written comments.

Rebates and Freebies!

Zone 7 offers rebates for water-efficient lawn conversion, weather based irrigation controllers, high-efficiency toilets, and high-efficiency washing machines.

For more information, please visit...

http://zone7water.com/index.php/conservation-rebates/rebate-programs


Your retailer also has rebates and freebies! Find out more at the links below.

Pleasanton:
http://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/gov/depts/os/env/water/rebates.asp

DSRSD:
http://www.dsrsd.com/outreach/drought-watch-water-conservation/rebates-freebies

Cal Water Livermore:
https://www.calwater.com/conservation/rebates-and-programs/residential/liv/

Livermore:
http://www.cityoflivermore.net/citygov/pw/public_works_divisions/wrd/conserve/rebates.htm

Televised Board Meetings in 2016

To improve our accessibility to the public, the Board voted to televise our board meetings on local community television. Our meetings will not be televised live, but they will be available for viewing on delayed broadcast repeated throughout the month as well as on demand.

Board Meetings will air on Ch. 29 on Wednesdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm. They are also available on demand at the TV30 website found here. The online version is chapterized so you may skip to the item or items you are interested in.

To find Board of Directors Agendas, Minutes, TV links please visit:

http://zone7water.com/index.php/36-public/content/210-2016-board-meetings

I believe this to be a minimal expense to give the public more access to what is happening at Zone 7. Let me know what you think.

Follow The Money

In my work on the Finance Committee, I have been pushing for more information and greater transparency. You may know that I ask a lot of questions! I am quite excited that for the first time, under our new Assistant General Manager of Finance, we have a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). It covers Fiscal Year 2014-2015.

"The intended purpose of the financial report is to provide the Board of Directors, customers of the Agency, and other interested parties with reliable information on the finances of the Agency."

Maze and Associates performed an independent audit and have issued an unmodified ("clean") opinion on the Agency financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2015.

You can view the CAFR here.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I will continue to push for the availability of more public information.

Wet Winter Resources

Storm Central
Real-time flow reporting for the public via the Storm Central website. To view it, go to: https://stormcentral.waterlog.com/public/Zone7

Storm Resources

Questions, concerns, to report flooding/downed trees

• Zone 7 (925) 454-5000 business hours, after hours (925) 447-6704
• City of Pleasanton Public Works (925) 931-5500 business hours, (925) 931-5100 after hours
• City of Livermore Public Works (925) 960-8100 for flooding, (925) 960-8020 for downed trees, (925) 371-4987 after hours
• Dublin (925) 833-6630 business hours, (925) 462-1212 after hours
• Alameda County Public Works (510) 670-5500
• Contra Costa County Public Works (925) 313-2000
• PGE/Power Outages (800) 743-5022

How to Fight Flooding at Home
Click here for information on How to Fight Flooding At Homes and Directions for Using Sandbags

Sandbags

City of Dublin

• Corporation Yard, 5600 Scarlett Ct.
• Public Safety Complex, 6363 Clark Ave.

City of Livermore

• Maintenance Service Center, 3500  Robertson Park Road
• Water Resources Division, 101 W. Jack London Blvd.
• Fire Station 6, 4550 East Avenue
• Fire Station 8, 5750 Scenic Avenue

City of Pleasanton

• Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd.
• Sports Park, 5800 Parkside
• Operations Service Center, 3333 Busch Road

Zone 7

• Administration Bldg., 100 N. Canyons Parkway, Livermore
• Sunol Glen Elementary School, 11601 Main Street, Sunol

Alameda County

• Public Works, 4825 Gleason, Dublin

Zone 7 owns and maintains 37 miles of local flood-protection channels, about a third of all the Valley's channels and creeks. The remaining channels are owned either privately or by other public agencies, which are responsible for repairs and maintenance.

The Valley's flood-protection system begins at city-owned storm drains on local streets. Storm water flows through underground pipelines into creeks or man-made channels feeding into Arroyo Mocho, Arroyo las Positas and Arroyo del Valle. These larger channels converge with Arroyo de la Laguna, which ultimately drains into San Francisco Bay through Alameda Creek.