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REDWOOD CITY In May 2018, City staff gave a presentation to the City Council's Utilities Sub- committee outlining the results of a preliminary analysis by C/CAG regarding what would be needed to meet the goals of the MRP, which include the additional goals of the GI Plan. Staff investigated compliance with pollutant load reduction goals through a combination of treatment measures built into future development projects and by installing GI in "green streets' projects and found that the cost of public improvements was expected to be expensive. Recognizing that installing green streets was cost prohibitive, staff worked with C/CAG to develop a regional project concept that would serve Redwood City, Woodside, and surrounding unincorporated parts of San Mateo County. The conceptual project is a 2.6 acre infiltration gallery underneath McGarvey Field in Red Morton Park that would divert stormwater from the Redwood Creek culvert that runs through the center of the park (see Appendix B — Regional Stormwater Capture Project at Red Morton Community Park). This concept was presented to the Utilities Sub -committee. The feedback given by the Utilities Sub -committee was that the project should be pursued, but that the cost of the project was still more than expected for compliance. Based on this feedback staff looked into other policy considerations and analyzed other potential ways to comply with the MRP goals. In March 2019, City Staff presented to the Utilities Sub -committee and presented those policy considerations, which included the requirement for Low Impact Development (LID) treatment in additional developments beyond current thresholds set by the MRP, including the inclusion of GI right-of-way improvements on larger developments. In April 2019, a similar presentation was made to the City Council and Council members were was supportive of the inclusion of Staff's recommended approach provided additional community outreach was done. The following additional Community Outreach was completed after presenting to City Council: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN Group Date Chamber of Commerce — Economic Development Committee May 7, 2019 Downtown Business Group May 8, 2019 Redwood City Improvement Association — Board of Directors May 8, 2019 Chamber of Commerce -Transportation and Housing Committee May 9, 2019 RWC GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 6 JUNE 2019 ATTY/RESO.0075/CC RESO APPROVING THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN — EXHIBIT A RESO. NO. 15780 REV: 06-20-19 PR MUFF NO. 802