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,b� -' � REP�R T To the Honorable Mayor and City Council ` From the City Manager December 19, 2005 Subject Redwood City Urban Water Management Plan Recommendation By resolution, adopt the City of Redwood City Urban Water Management Plan 2005, (UWMP) incorporating all changes described in the attached "Recommended Changes to Draft UWMP", and direct staff to compile and submit the final UWMP document to the State of California Department of Water Resources within 30 days Background The California Urban Water Management Act requires all urban water suppliers, i.e., those that serve more than 3,000 customers or provide more than 3,000 acre-feet annually, to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) every five years. The 2005 Urban Water Management Plans are to be adopted by December 31, 2005 and submitted to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) by January 30, 2006. Before adopting the UWMP, the City must hold a public hearing. Notice of the hearing must be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation, and the notice must appear once a week for two successive weeks. The UWMP must also be available for public review at the same time that the first notice is published. Notice of the Council's December 19th hearing was published on December 2nd and December 9th. The Draft 2005 UWMP was made available for public review on November 19, 2005. Redwood City developed its first UWMP in 1985 in compliance with the legislative requirement, and updated it in 1992, 1995, and 2001. In 2002, the UWMP was substantially updated to incorporate new water use projections described in the Redwood City Water Use Forecast 2000-2020. The 2002 Update also conformed the UWMP to the City's then-pending General Plan Housing Element and other major planning activities. In 2003, the UWMP was updated again to reflect the City Council's policy decisions on the City's Recycled Water Project, and to frame the Council's "active" conservation program. Subsequent to approval of the 2003 Update, the City Council authorized increases in the Water Enterprise Fund budget and rate adjustments necessary to implement the conservation activities described in the new UWMP. The City currently receives 100% of its potable water supply from the Hetch Hetchy regionat water system operated for the City and County of San Francisco by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). Therefore, coordination with the SFPUC's water supply planning efforts and Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) has been an integral part of the Redwood City 2005 UWMP update process. Redwood City and the SFPUC have refined their water demand and supply projections through correspondence in 2004 and 2005. Relevant items from this correspondence are attached to the UWMP as Page 1 of 4