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6.1 E Page 1 REPORT To the Hono:ra.ble: Mayor. ~nd.. q;ity,Ooun:cU F ..Jj C". M. '.-f...Q....m...... t ...e.' '.:1.. : .a.....a..'...e...'r.. .'. .. .. ...... I'- _ .. ...,: .....:... ...:....._.: ..: ...:..:..:. . ...:....::....,n..... . .....'..: February 23, 2009 SUBJECT Water Supply Assessment for the Proposed Stanford in Redwood City Project RECOMMENDATION Approve by motion a continuance of the matter to the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on March 9, 2009. BACKGROUND In 2001, the California Legislature enacted two laws - SB 610 (Costa) and SB 221 (Kuehl) - each designed to achieve greater coordination during the land use planning process between water suppliers and local land use agencies when considering certain large-scale development projects. SB 610 requires preparation of a Water Supply Assessment ~SA) for any development whose approval is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and which meets the definition of (lproject" in Water Code Section 10910 (g)(1), (2) - Le., residential development projects of more than 500 dwelling units or other types of developments (e.g., hotels and motels, commercial buildings, industrial parks, etc.) using a comparable amount of water. The WSA must describe the proposed project's water demand over a 20-year period, identify the sources of water available to meet that demand. and include an assessment of whether or not those water supplies are, or will be, sufficient to meet the demand for water associated with the proposed project, in addition to the demand of existing customers and other planned future development. Both SB 610 and S8 221 were drafted on the assumption that the land use planning agency (Le., the city or county) is not the water supplier for the proposed project The statutes thus identify distinct duties on the city/county and on the water supplier - which is assumed to be an entirely separate agency. In the case of Redwood City, this assumption is not applicable since the City performs both roles. However, the statute's terminology, while awkward, can be adapted to the City's situation relatively easily. The "City," as that term is used in the statute, means the components of city govemment that have responsibilities for the land use decision process. At the staff level, in Redwood City this is the Community Development Services Department, Planning and Redevelopment Division. The "water supplier," for 58 610 purposes, can be understood to mean the Public Works Services Department, which is responsible for the City's Water Enterprise Fund.