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6~.1-E' Page 3 ATTACHMENT ONE STANFORD UNIVERSITY February 18t 2009 Mr. Peter Ingram City Manager City Hall 1017 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: Water Supply Assessment for Stanjol"d in Redwood City Project Dear Mr. Ingram: A1; we have discussed with City staff, we would like to request an extension of the February 23 date fot the City Council to consider the Water Supply Assessment for the proposed Stanford in Redwood City project. Before the WSA is presented for the Council's approval, there are a number of isSUes relating to the assumptions and concluSions in the WSA that Stanford would like to resolve with City staff: Stanford would like to continue to work with City staff to demonstrate that the planned water usage for the project could reflect significant water savings that can be achieved through aggressive conservation measures and fixtures. Stanford and City staff have discussed this in the past and Stanford is. now in. the process of outlining the specific conserVation measures that will be used and the resulting water savings that will be accomplished. We believe that by quantifying these potential savings, the WSA will be in agreement with Stanford's plans tOr the project as well as the CEQA documents being prepared for the project.. In additio~ Stanford would like to ensure that the findings of the WSA are consistent with the growth proJections for the commercial sector contained in the City's 2005 Urban Water Management Plan. The UWMP, in projecting that commercial water use will increase by 11 percent during the period from 2000 to 2030, clearly anticipated an increase in water use from commercial development projects such as the Stanford in Redwood City project. In order to have an opportunity to discuss and resolve these and other issues associated with the WSA before it is presented for the Council's approval, Stanford believes that an extension of the. February 23 date is necessary. We look forward to working with the City on these issues and we appreciate your consideration. sz:~ ~::;~tt Managing Director, Development Projects co: Marc Bruner Chu Chang John Donahoe Jill Ekas Maureen Riordan STANFORD REAL ESTATE OFFICE 2755 Sand Hill Road, Suite. 100 · Menlo Park, CA 94025 .T: 650.926.0300 · F: 650.854.9268