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9.�- .� • Monitor progress on the SFPUC's multi-billion dollar capital improvement program, adherence to agreements, and compliance with the various duties and deadlines established by state legislation (AB 1823). • Provide a strong organization for water agencies in Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties to negotiate effectively with San Francisco on a new supply contract and other water issues important to their customers, such as rationing during • droughts. • Assist general purpose agencies, such as cities and counties, in planning !o cope • with the community impact of an extended water outage following an earthquake. • Represent its members' interests in the Legislature and before regulatory agencies, such as the California Department of Health Services, on regional issues not otherwise handled by the League of Cities or the Association of California Water Agencies. • Seek out and secure new water supplies, including dry year water transfers. • Coordinate and implement strategies forwater conservation and the use of recycled water among member agencies, to avoid long-term water shortages. • Prepare financing plans, and associated financing agreements with San Francisco, to build the projects needed to ensure reliable water supply and delivery. With regard to the appointment of a director to the board of BAWSCA, AB 1058 requires: • The appointment is to be made at a regular public meeting of the City Council, which has been properly agendized • The appointment must be made by action of the entire City Council • The appointment is for a four year term • The action need not be memorialized in a resolution; a motion duly passed and recorded in the meeting minutes is sufficient The Appointee must be a resident of, and registered voter in the City of Redwood City. He or she may, but not need be, a member of the City Council. Appointing one person to represent Redwood City on both boards of directors offers an advantage, in that while the two agencies have distinct roles, they are related. Familiarity with issues gained through service on one board will be useful in participating on the other, while assuring greater continuity in representing the city. Alternative The City Council of Redwood City could decline to make an appointment, and give up its voting rights on the two boards. This is not recommended. Fiscal Impact No direct fiscal impact to Redwood City will occur immediately. The SettlementAgreement and Master Water Sales Contract between the City and County of San Francisco and certain Suburban Purchasers effective May 25, 1984 delineates the financial terms and conditions in which the SFPUC recovers approximately two-thirds of all capitalized system improvements costs via the whotesale water rates paid by BAWSCA agencies. As a result of this existing instrument and/or use of alternative financing via the RFA, future water rates for all water users in the Hetch Hetchy service area will increase. Staff estimates that the cost of wholesale water for Redwood Ciry will increase nearly 300% in the next 15