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7A Page 1 REP4RT To fhe Honorahle Mayor and City Council From the Ci# Mana er September 10, 2007 SUBJECT Public Hearing to Review and Receive Cammenfis on City of Redwood City Public Wa#er Health Goa!Report RECOMMENDATION Receive and acknovufedge comments from th� p�hlic on the Report and re#'er any comments to fihe Public Works Services Department for consideration and to address as appropriate. BAGKGROUNO The City of Redwoad City is required by the Caiifornia Health and Safiety Cade to prepare a repo�t regarding Public Health Goals. Section 116470 {b), {c), and {f} of the Health and Safety Code (see Attachment A of the repor#) specifies that every #hree years, public water systems serving more than 10,000 service connections shall prepare a report that is intended to inform the �ublic of any California Public Health Goa! (PHG) exceedance that occurred within the prior three years. A PHG is a non-enforcea6le goal established by the California Environmental Protection Agency's �ffice of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment {OEHHA), and is nat to be canfused with Itltaximum Contaminant Level (MCL). An MCL is the enforceabfe levef of a contaminan�that is allowed in drinking water. Constituent's that �ave a Cali#omia primary drinking water standard and for v�rhich a PHG has been se# are to be addressed in the report. Attachment B of the Report contains the regulated constituent (lead} for which the City af Redwood City exceeded the PHG. Pfease note that water containing lead is not delivered to consumers through the Cify water distribution system, but rather, it is a praduct of constituents leaching from fixtures containing lead within consumer's homes. A more detailed explanation of this occurrence is given in the Public Health Go�! Repor�. The Code further specifies that a public hearing is to be held for the purpose of accepting and responding to public comment on the repor�. The hearing can be part of any regularly scheduled meeting. The California Heafth and Safety Code does not require any action to be taken for mitigating contaminant levels that excesd the PHG, as long as they are below the corresponding MCL. Review of the report and comments received on the repor�are for information and recommendation purposes only. This Recammendation: • Allows the City of Redwood Cify to meet the requirements of California Hea(th and Safety Code sectian 116470 which specifiies that a public hearing is fio be hefd for the purpose of accepting and responding to pubiic comment on the repor#.