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��- City of Redwood City Draft 2005 Urban Water Management Plan e) The City Council should consider halting or siowing development until there is more certainty that Redwood City has — and will have - enough water. fl As the General Plan update moves forward, Redwood City should coliaborate with other cities to confront water resource limits caused by growth and development. g) The City should consider creating a"buffer" between water demand and supply, for drought impact mitigation. h) The City should ensure that current residents do not get victimized by future water shortages and unexpected costs. i) 2030 demand projections [on Hetch Hetchy regional system] exceed current supply assurance. However, a stated assumption is that Redwood City will not be able to get more water from the regional system. This is confusing and a major concern. j) The disincentives for proactively reducing demand on the regional system are obvious and of concern: It appears that Redwood City will be penalized [less supply reliability] in the next drought — as will individual customers who already practice good conservation. k) Redwood City needs to utilize BAWSCA to press for higher future supply reliability as San Francisco rebuilds the regional water system, and eliminate the current disincentives for recycled water and conservation. Over the past two years, Redwood City has implemented one of the most aggressive water conservation programs in the region, in concert with a much more active, multi- media public information and outreach effort, including: • Continuous newsletter inserts for all city utility bills, featuring six issues per year • Interactive web site (600 "hits" to the UWMP document recorded from Nov. 12 to Dec. 12, 2005) • E-mail broadcasts from consent-based mailing lists • Regular press releases • Standing feature articles in local organization newsletters • Event and meeting newspaper advertising • On-demand presentations to service organizations, communiry groups, City boards and commissions, and educational institutions Concurrently, the City has actively participated in national, state and regional organizations - such as the Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency, the California Urban Water Conservation Council, the WateReuse Association and Foundation, to name a few — to promote and protect the City's water interests on behalf of its 23,000 residential, commercial, industrial, irrigation and institutional customers. 2005 UWMP Update Document Significant changes have occurred in the realm of local, regional and state water supply since the 2003 UWMP was adopted. Highlights of this 2005 update include: 1) The document has been restructured, and is formatted differently than the 2003 UWMP. This restructuring is in response to changes in State law and to comply with the Gurdebook to Assist Water Suppliers in the Preparation of a 2005 Urban Water Management Plan recently issued by DWR. 2) In addition, information regarding water rates and financing has been removed, due to the City Council's adoption of the Water Financing Plan - 2004 Update in January 2005. ES-2 _ _._ __ __._. _ . __ .