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8A Page 7 The "water supplier," for SB 610 purposes, can be understood to mean the Public Works Services Department, which is responsible for the City's Water Enterprise Fund. The "governing body," as used in SB 610, refers to the City Council, which is required to approve the WSA at a regular or special meeting. In Redwood City, the Community Development Services Department is responsible for requesting the preparation of the WSA, including sufficient information about the project. The Public Works Services Department is responsible for preparing the WSA. The City Council is responsible for approving the WSA The Community Development Services Department then directs the inclusion of the WSA in the environmental documentation of the project. This Water Supply Assessment focuses on long-term, annual average supply and demand conditions. Fire flow demand, distribution pipeline sizing, emergency water storage to be provided by the project applicant and other infrastructure engineering matters will be addressed in the CEQA document prepared by the City. Use of the WSA As noted above, the WSA shall be included in the environmental document prepared for the project. In the case of the Peninsula Park Project, it will be included in the EIR Addendum prepared for the Project. At the stage of project approval/disapproval, the City "shall determine based on the entire record, whether projected water supplies will be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the Project, in addition to existing and planned future uses." If the City determines at that point that water supplies will not be sufficient, it must include that determination in its findings for the Project. Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) A foundational document for compliance with both SB 610 and SB 221 is the Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). Both of these statutes identify the UWMP as a planning document that, if properly prepared, can be used by a water supplier to meet the standards set forth in both statutes. The City of Redwood City has adopted an UWMP pursuant to the State of California Urban Water Management Planning Act. The UWMP was last updated/adopted by the City Council on December 19, 2005 and duly forwarded to the California State Department of Water Resources (DWR). The water supply and demand analysis contained in this WSA is based, in part, on information contained within the City's adopted 2005 UWMP. 3. DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY OF SB 610 TO PENINSULA PARK PROJECT Based on the City's review of the Peninsula Park development application, the City has determined that the Peninsula Park project is subject to CEQA, and it is considered a "project" as defined by Water Code ~ 10912. Therefore, the City, as both Lead Agency and Water Suppller, is required to prepare an SB 610 WSA The determination of whether the City's UWMP accounts for the demand associated with the project is discussed in Section 5 below. 4. REDWOOD CITY WATER SUPPLY Potable Water Supply The City of Redwood City receives 100% of its potable water supply from the Hetch Hetchy regional water system operated for the City and County of San Francisco by the San Page 4 of 10