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/l{ 4ð THE ENTERPRISE General Background The City of Redwood City (the "City") is located in southern San Mateo County (the "County") and, through its water utility, supplies water to the City, unincorporated areas of the County, and portions of the City of San Carlos and the Town of Woodside. The City is a full- service city and owns and operates its own water utility. Operation and maintenance of the City's water utility is financed through the Water Enterprise Fund. The City is one of 28 agencies in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties which purchase water from the City and County of San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy system. In 1984 the City entered into a Master Water Sales Contract with the City and County of San Francisco and certain other suburban purchasers which provides certain water supply assurance for the City. The City currently receives virtually all of its water, and all of its potable water, from the City and County of San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy system. Management The maintenance and operation of the City's water utility (the "Enterprise") is the responsibility of the Public Works Service Department. The Public Works Services Director has responsibility for the Department, and one of the four superintendents reporting to him has the responsibility of maintaining and operating the Enterprise. The Water Utilities Services Division is staffed by a Public Works superintendent along with two supervisors, who manage the operations and maintenance of the water system including transmission, storage, distribution, meter reading, regulatory compliance sampling and analyses, cross-connection control, long- range planning and asset management/mapping. The Division has thirty-four employees involved in the Enterprise. The Engineering and Construction Division of the Community Development Services Department is responsible for the design and construction of water system projects, primarily system replacement, and regulatory compliance improvements. The Revenue Services Division of the Finance Department is responsible for all City utility billing and collections, as well as processing connection and facilities fees. Service Area The Enterprise serves most of the corporate area of the City and portions outside the corporate limits, including Cañada College, portions of the City of San Carlos and the Town of Woodside, and the unincorporated Emerald Hills area of the County. The Enterprise's service area presently covers approximately [14] square miles. Service is provided to areas between Highways 280 and 101, and between Whipple Avenue and Marsh Road in the area east of Highway 101, and in the Redwood Shores development. The Enterprise serves domestic water to approximately [76,000] people through 22,975 active service connections. Residential connections account for 90 percent of the total service connections. Commercial connections account for eight percent. The remaining two percent are mostly fire connections, and some municipal and institutional connections. The Enterprise's service area is substantially built out, with a relatively stable customer base. See "Customer Base" below. 18