City Council Meeting Wrap-Up

He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce Government Action Committee and a director of L.E.A.R.N., a nonprofit junior sports and language program.

Ocean Plan amendments, 4-0

A letter signed by Egly will be submitted to the State Water Quality Control Board with comments on proposed amendments to the California Ocean Plan that establishes criteria for designating water quality protection areas within the Marine Protected Areas.

"This is not some sort of nirvana they are creating," said David Shissler, director of city water quality. "Anything in this that is really needed will be wrapped up in the new permit.

Senior Water Quality Analyst Will Holoman said it is just more regulation.

"We see no good reason for another layer of bureaucracy," he said.

However, he did meet with some activists to get feedback on why they supported the proposal and was thanked by Rollinger for meeting with them.

Mayor's Water Wise Challenge, 4-0

The council adopted a resolution supporting the Wyland Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation.

Egly urged residents to log onto http://www.mywaterpledge.com through April 30. The cities in each population category with the highest percentage of pledges win the challenge.

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NEXT MEETING

The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held at 6 p.m. April 17 in City Council Chambers, 505 Forest Ave.

—Compiled by Barbara Diamond from information provided by the city clerk's office