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All of them, said Council Speaker Christine Quinn, could prevent billions of gallons of water from being wasted every year.
"Our legislation today has the potential, believe it or not, to save 1 billion gallons of water in the first year," said Quinn. "That's the size of the Central Park reservoir."
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According to the City Council, New York City uses 1 billion gallons of water every day. The average New Yorker, according to the Urban Green Council, uses 78 gallons of water every day -- to drink, shower and flush the toilet.
Much of that water, council officials said, is wasted by faulty toilet valves or outdated cooling systems for air conditioners and ice machines.
The legislation approved Wednesday came out of a green code task force, established by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Quinn to make the city's building, plumbing and electrical codes more eco-friendly.
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Most controversially, the council required new construction to install water fountains with a separate spout with 10 inches of space below to allow users to fill a water bottle. The bill (Intro 264-A) was approved by a vote of 44 to 4.
The council's Republican delegation saw the proposal as overregulation at its best.
"Once again," said Republican Councilmember Daniel Halloran, "we are in the business of regulating crap."
Several Republican members also voted against a bill to require new construction to install plumbing fixtures -- like showerheads, urinals and sink faucets -- that would use less water. The bill (Intro 271-a) also allows buildings to install dual-flush toilets, which have two separate water pressure levels, one for solid waste and one for liquid. Buildings are fined if they have two-flush toilets now, said Quinn.
Critics of the bill said it would force homeowners doing simple bathroom renovations to buy -- and pay for -- new fixtures.
"It seems with every turn, with every aspect of building, every aspect of breathing, and now in one of those glorious moments in one little room in your home, government is coming and knocking on the door and saying, 'We'd like to check out the throne,'" said Council Minority Leader James Oddo. "This has nothing to do with conservation."
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Other pieces of the legislation spurred far less controversy.
One bill (Intro 263-A), which was approved unanimously, would ban the use of drinking water for once-through cooling systems in equipment like water coolers, refrigerated walk-ins or icemakers. Currently, some of this equipment uses drinking water to keep cool, but only once before it spits it out into the waste stream.
The council also unanimously approved legislation (Intro 268-A) to require property owners install alarms on their roof water tanks to measure if they are not working properly. The bill would also require certain commercial facilities with high water use to monitor their consumption.
Despite the package's approval, several council members feared the measures would ultimately raise water rates for homeowners.
Over the past decade, New Yorkers' water bills have dramatically increased even though residents conserve more water now than ever before. The Water Board has testified at the council that the conservation has actually contributed to the higher rates. Water rates also are increasing because many homeowners have failed to pay their bills.
"A homeowner could be dying of dehydration and their water rates would go up," said Councilmember James Vacca of the Bronx.
Quinn, however, said these bills would not spur any increase in water rates.
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December 17, 2013 -- With voters unlikely to approve a bond measure, City officials Tuesday will look for another way to finance a new $32 million fire station in Downtown Santa Monica.
Voters polled were lukewarm about the possibility of voting to raise taxes in November to pay to replace an aging fire station on 7th Street and other public safety improvements.
As a result, the City will likely have to shoulder the financial burden itself, according to officials.
"Only a simple majority of voters (51 percent) would support a $78 million public safety bond measure that would have funded a number public safety and other improvements," staff said in its report of a poll taken in September.
"Even after asking for a lower public safety bond amount ($48 million), support remained relatively unchanged (52 percent) and significantly below the super majority requirement," staff said. "In other words, the level of support is well short of the super majority (66 percent plus 1) needed to pass the measure."
That means the City Council will have to decide Tuesday whether it will pay for the project -- and another $3 million in improvements -- with a $35 million "lease revenue bond."
Since that bond would be paid back from General Fund money, it would only require Council approval, officials said.
City officials have underscored the importance of building the fire station.
Fire fighters "are our first line of response for any man-made or natural disaster," said Mayor Pam O'Connor. "We need to make sure that these buildings can continue to operate" in the event of a disaster.
Officials said that Fire Station One is not up to modern standards and Fire Station Three -- on 19 th Street -- needs seismic retrofitting.
Originally, the City had hoped to use funds from Santa Monica's now-defunct redevelopment agency (RDA). Since the State shut down RDAs throughout California in February 2012, Santa Monica must look elsewhere to fund infrastructure projects and affordable housing.
The September poll also asked residents about options funding the City's affordable housing program, but staff said those results would be discussed next year.
Perhaps the biggest -- and most expensive -- project that was halted after Sacramento's dissolution of RDAs was Santa Monica's pending $50 million overhaul of the historic Civic Auditorium.
Efforts to determine how to fix the 55-year-old venue, once home to the academy awards and concerts by the likes of James Brown and the Rolling Stones, have included talk about a possible bond measure, similar to the one contemplated for the fire station.
While voters weren't keen on the bond measure for the fire station and public safety improvements, O'Connor thinks that doesn't necessarily mean they will reject one if it's proposed for the Civic Auditorium.
"I would hesitate to predict because there are so many external factors," she said. For one thing, "there's no advocacy group out there for fire stations."
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While public safety infrastructure improvements may not be as exciting an issue as saving the Santa Monica Civic, she said, it is no less important.
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Higher hotel room rates boosted quarterly results for Hyatt Hotels Corp., while ComEd parent Exelon Corp. reported a better-than-expected third quarter despite a drop in revenue.
Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels (NYSE: H) said its third-quarter earnings rose to $55 million, or 35 cents per share, from $23 million, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier. Earnings excluding one-time items was 23 cents per share, which beat a Thomson Reuters analysts poll of 21 cents.
Revenue rose 4 percent to $1.02 billion, below the $1.03 billion expected by analysts. Revenue per available room rose 6 percent.
Hyatt shares dropped 0.4 percent to close at $46.62 a share Wednesday.
Chicago-based Exelon (NYSE: EXC) said third-quarter earnings jumped to $738 million, or 86 cents per share, from $296 million, or 35 cents per share, a year ago when it recorded hefty accounting charges. Earnings excluding one-time items was 78 cents per share compared with 77 cents a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter fell 1.2 percent to $6.5 billion. Results beat analysts expectations for earnings excluding one-time items of 66 cents per share on revenue of $6.2 billion.
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