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tithes which took less than 2 hours each time. The new meters will also alert the City of any leaks and noted that the City sent out 23 letters to residents informing them of a leak; Action: No action required. Case #a Update on Odd/Even Sprinkling Ban Background: Staff indicated that the sprinkling ban ended the day after Labor Day and the City sent out 137 certified letters to people who were in violation of the ban this year. Digital cameras were used to capture the incident and the pictures were time and date stamped. There were no repeat offenders in 2008; so there were no fines issued this season. Staff trade a big effort to educate people this year on the ban including inserts in the utility bills so everyone knew when, it went into effect and who it applied to. The City pumped 320,720,982 gallons, which is about an average of 3.5 million gallons per day compared to winter consumption of 866,882 gallons. Action: No action required, Case #S Consider Wellhead Protection Implementation Action Programs Background: The Engineering and Community Development Departments are preparing a Wellhead Protection Plan and part of the plan is to talk about action steps. The City has a total of 8 wells that supply the City's water, two are in the East Well Field and the other six are in the West Well Field. It was noted that the Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA.) is the area that surrounds the entire area that has a 10 -year recharge period. The East Well Field is rated as having low vulnerability for contaminants and the West Well Field has been designated as moderately vulnerable. The West Well Field has the possibility of water leaking from the aquifer above or other wells that penetrate in or near the aquifer that the City draws from. Five action steps were included in the agenda packet for the Public Works Committee to consider, The City will also set a date within one year to accurately locate all the wells in the DWSMA. area. For this plan, the City is required to do 25 but, the City would like to locate all of them. Action: No action required. Case #G: Report on Extended Warranties on New Pavements and Overlays Background: Staff has spoken with the Department of Transportation and they had tried using extended warranties in the early part of the decade but they have moved away from them. That part of