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6.1E Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Fr.om the Cit! M~.,:" '~f1 July 13, 2009 SUBJECT Water Supply Assessment for the Proposed Stanford in Redwood City Project ReCOMMENDATION Approve by motion the Water Supply Assessment for the proposed Stanford in Redwood City Project pursuant to the State of California Water Code Section 10910 (g)(1), (2). BACKGROUND In 2001, the California Legislature enacted two laws - 58 610 (Costa) and S8 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. S8 610 requires preparation of a Water Supply Assessment (WSA) for any development whose approval is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and which meets the definition of "project" in Water Code Section 10910 (9)(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. If the conclusion is that water supplies are or will be insufficient, then the WSA is to describe plans (if any) for acquiring additional water supplies, and the measures that are being undertaken to acquire and develop those supplies. The Redwood City Public Works Services Department received a request from the Community Development Services Department to produce a WSA for the proposed Stanford in Redwood City Project. The project is proposed by Stanford University to occupy a 35-acre portion of a larger 48-acre (former Mid-Point Technology Park) campus that is intersected by Broadway and generally bounded by Highway 101, Douglas Avenue. Bay Road and Second Avenue. The proposed project includes administrative offices, research and development, and medical clinic space. The timing for the preparation of this WSA is such that the City's recycled water treatment, storage, pumping and distribution system facilities for phase one of the project are near completion. This system will provide a means of meeting water demands that would otherwise have to be met from potable water sources. The