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City Council does not meet this week. City commissions and council sub-committees will meet for general updates.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worthy of your attention in the next week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.
Commission on Aging
The Commission on Aging meets on Monday, Mar. 17, at 9:00 a.m. (agenda) for regular business.
Park and Recreation Commission
The Park and Recreation Commission meets on Monday, Mar. 17, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to elect new leadership and review ongoing Parks Department projects.
Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee
The Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee (Councilmembers Perry, Conder, and Mill) meets on Wednesday, Mar. 19, at 1:00 p.m. (agenda) to review the 2024 plans of six different citizen commissions.
Cultural Heritage Board
The Cultural Heritage Board meets on Wednesday, Mar. 19, at 3:30 p.m. (agenda) for regular business.
Economic Development Committee
The Economic Development Committee (Councilmembers Robillard, Cervantes, and Hemenway) meets on Thursday, Mar. 20, at 3:00 p.m. (agenda) for regular business.
Commission on Disabilities
The Commission on Disabilities meets on Thursday, Mar. 20, at 5:30 p.m. (agenda) for a presentation from the Police Department on its Community Service Bureau's "You Are Not Alone" program.
Opinion: Making Conservation a California Way of Life
California tightens urban water conservation rules, affecting Riversideās indoor and outdoor water use. Here's what it means for residents.
The California Department of Water Resources is implementing a long term, increasingly stringent set of urban water conservation measures. These impact both indoor and outdoor water use. The programs require retail water providers like Riverside Public Utilities and Western Municipal Water District to meet specific indoor and outdoor water use targets by specified dates. For the most part, the programs do not specify exactly how to meet the targets. This allows some flexibility to water providers that may have greater opportunity for additional conservation in one area of use than in others.
Lumped together, the program is known as the Urban Water Use Objective, or UWUO. The primary components of UWUO are the aggregate of indoor water use, the aggregate of outdoor residential water use, the aggregate of Commercial, Industrial and Institutional outdoor water through dedicated irrigation meters, and the aggregate of water loss.
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