Assistant City Manager Angela Pichon presented a broad introduction to Pasco’s water-conservation efforts on Aug. 25, highlighting projects underway and potential next steps. Staff described updates to boulevard landscaping standards, a bid for median xeriscaping on several corridors, smart irrigation-clock installations in parks, and an update to the Comprehensive Water System Plan (CWSP) with a six-year water-use-efficiency program slated for 2026. Staff noted the city maintains roughly 26 lineal miles of boulevards costing about $780,000 annually to maintain and that about 10,000 irrigation accounts are currently unmetered. Pichon said staff estimates about $2,000 per irrigation account to install a meter; with roughly 10,000 irrigation customers, a full retrofit was described as a roughly $20 million-scale undertaking and that a phased approach or requiring meters for new development would reduce retrofit costs. Kara Calver, district manager of the Franklin Conservation District, asked council to consider annexing the city into the conservation district so the district can resume classroom education, home-efficiency kits and heritage garden programs in Pasco; Calver said annexation would unlock local rates and charges that the district can leverage to secure roughly 20:1 match grant funding. Staff asked for council direction on near- and long-term priorities and an appetite for phased irrigation metering investments.