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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 12:45 PM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Subject: Water bottle deicsion
Hello Mayor Harmon & CC
I am positively jazzed at the Study report on the Water Bottle issue.
I so appreciate that you addressed all single use plastic bottles as the same problem.
During your discussion, there were two pertinent additions I wished I could have made, so here goes.
At the Downtown Cinema, there is a water hydration station, by CocaCola. It has a digital selection, and water is one of
them.
It would be wonderful if they could produce one just for water! A lot of people attending the movies that night, had
water bottles, and were using the water selection to fill their refillable bottles. I don't know very many people willing to
spend $1-2 on a 16 oz bottle of water.
CapPoly PAC sells the 16oz water bottles for $2.00 — where wine, coffee etc is sold during performances. I just called
& talked with the Corporation Catering, and they are very aware of the CC meeting yesterday, and this issue will be
something they are going to address. Susan Smith verified that the selling price is $2/bottle (that's a big markup!)
This kind of 'water station' could be very welcomed at public business venues, like at the Blue's Stadium, all cinemas.
The second point is to address the fear that people will opt to drink less healthy drinks. But, I am positive that our
younger generation's drink habits are switching from 10 years ago (and that of "some" of our older generation). I so
appreciate Carlyn Christenson's perspective that all sugar drinks are a problem.
I was Chair of the SLO HS Grad Nite Food Committee, for 5 years, while my two boys were there. SLO HS should be
considered a pretty good demography of our student population.
The first year, I was on the committee.... we had to accept the plan & order of then Chair, who based the food & drink
selections on the former year.
That first year, 2010, we had 25 cases of soda & 40 lbs ice. We had so much soda left over that my hands were frozen,
getting it all pulled out of the ice water & boxed up. In order to hold that many drinks, the Grad Comm. had a standing
order with Farm Supply to get their "Pig Trough" for our Grad Nite to hold the drinks & ice.
The next year (I was Chair) ... and convinced the committee to cut the soda order in half. Again, more than half left
over. By the end of my time —June 2014, we had 5 cases (of 12) —half being diet sodas. Again, over half was left. When
asked, most students are not drinking soda! They were after the specialty coffees & frozen drinks that we had &
water. We refused water bottles during the 4 years I was chair, and had the Ig. drink dispensers, with donated 5 gal
water containers donated, that we put into the dispensers.
We need to go back to the 1990's water solutions — before plastic became the norm.
Janine Rands
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