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• Administrative Services • Office of the City Attorney • Office of the City Clerk • Office of the City Manager • Community Development • Fire • Library • Parks, Recreation, and Community Services • Police • Port of Redwood City (The Port maintains their own EOP. It is designated as a Federal Staging Area in the San Francisco Bay Catastrophic Earthquake Plan) • Public Works The Fire and Police Departments are primarily responsible for public safety. Disaster preparedness activities, including management of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), are conducted by the Fire Department. The Public Works Department is also responsible for public safety in regards to in maintaining the City's critical infrastructure including potable water, wastewater/storm drains, and local roadway infrastructure. The City provides water service to the entire community, as well as portions of neighboring communities. The City operates approximately 259 miles of water pipes, 12 storage reservoirs, and 10 booster pumps. Most of the City's water is purchased from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which sources approximately 85 percent of its water from the Hetch Hetchy watershed in Yosemite National Park and conveys it to San Francisco through the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct, which runs through Redwood City. The remaining 15 percent is sourced from local creeks. The City also receives a small amount of recycled water for non -potable uses, such as irrigation and cooling. The City provides sewer services to most of the community, although some areas are served by San Mateo County. The City -owned sewer system consists of 200 miles of pipes and 31 lift stations. The City's wastewater is pumped to a treatment plant in the Redwood Shores neighborhood operated by Silicon Valley Clean Water, which also treats wastewater from other area communities. The recycled water used by the City is also treated at this facility. The City has designated the following facilities as critical, City owned infrastructure: Facility Location City Hall 1020 Middlefield Rd Police Department 1031 Spruce St Unmanned Police Substation 2200 Broadway Fire Station # 9 755 Marshall Rd Fire Station #10 2148 Jefferson Avenue Fire Station #11 901 Second Avenue Fire Station #12 3700 Jefferson Avenue Fire Station #20 680 Redwood Shores Pkwy.