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RESOLUTION NO.____________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOSTER CITY SUPPORTING THE WYLAND FOUNDATION’S 2025 MAYOR’S CHALLENGE FOR
WATER CONSERVATION
CITY OF FOSTER CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Foster City, the region of San Mateo County, and the State of California continue to explore ways to manage residential consumption of water and power, and to encourage its residents to care for our natural resources; and WHEREAS, cities can engage in efforts to inspire their own communities, as well as their neighboring cities, to become better environmental stewards; and WHEREAS, the 15 th Annual National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation presented by the Wyland Foundation, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency WaterSense, The Toro Company, and the National League of Cities, is a non-profit challenge to residents to encourage pollution reduction and smart water use; and
WHEREAS, with the encouragement of their Mayors, residents may register their participation in their city's Challenge online by making simple pledges to decrease their water use and to reduce pollution for the period of one year, thereby assisting their cities to apply State and Federal water conservation strategies and to target mandated reductions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Foster City has participated in the Wyland Foundation’s Annual National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation since 2022; and WHEREAS, most recently, at the March 20, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting, the City Council adopted a resolution expressing support for the 2023 National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, which provided the Foster City community with the opportunity to participate in the Challenge for the second time; and WHEREAS, as a result of participating in the 2023 Challenge, Foster City achieved significant savings in water, electricity, and consumer costs, in addition to a reduction of hazardous waste from entering watersheds and landfills, single-use plastic water bottles, and carbon dioxide emissions; and
WHEREAS, from April 1-30, 2025, the City of Foster City wishes to encourage its residents along with its neighboring communities to take the Wyland Foundation’s Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation by making a series of online pledges at mywaterpledge.com to reduce their impact on the environment and to see immediate savings in their water, trash, and electricity bills.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foster City does hereby resolve, declare, and determine as follows:
SECTION 1. The City of Foster City agrees and supports the Wyland Foundation’s Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation.
SECTION 2. The program is to be implemented from April 1-30, 2025, through a series of communication and outreach strategies, whether new or existing, to encourage Foster City residents to take the water conservation "Challenge." SECTION 3. This resolution shall be effective immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as a resolution of the City Council of the City of Foster City at the regular meeting held on the 17th day of March, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
STACY JIMENEZ, MAYOR
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA SCHAUS, CITY CLERK