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6.1E Page 2 recycled water system began producing and delivering recycled water in spring 2007. The recycled water project is projected to reduce potable demand by approximately 900 acre feet per year by the year 2010, thereby reducing demand on the San Francisco regional water system. The system currently provides approximately 260 acre-feet per year (85 million gallons) of water. Being that Stanford has agreed to build the Project with dual-plumbing and has committed to use recycled water for both irrigation and for allowable indoor uses, Redwood City will have sufficient water supplies to meet the expected future water demands of the Stanford in Redwood City Project. In most years, the projected water supplies will be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the Stanford in Redwood City Project. During periods of shortages, however, supplies would not be sufficient to meet City-wide demands. As a result, cutbacks would be required (as illustrated in the City's UWMP). However, cutbacks would be required with or without this particular Project and the Project would not increase the level of cutbacks that would be required in 2030 if the City achieves its projected growth. The WSA will be included in the environmental document prepared for the project. In the case of the Stanford in Redwood City Project, it will be included in the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR), currently in preparation. Once the WSA has been prepared, it must be approved by the City Council. It should be noted that the City Council's action in approving a WSA for a proposed development project is not an approval or disapproval of the project itself, in part or in whole. Nor is consideration of this WSA a discussion on the merits of, or objections to, the proposed development. As of this date, the Draft EI R for the proposed development has yet to be released for public comment, so the WSA determination is early in the sequence of development review steps. Thus, the Council's action is only focused on the sufficiency of water su pply. At a subsequent stage of project action, the City shall determine based on the entire record, whether projected water supplies will, or will not be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the project, in addition to existing and planned future uses. If the City determines at that point that water supplies will not be sufficient, it must include that determination in its findings for the project. As other large scale projects come forward, Water Supply Assessments will need to be prepared for them as well. For some of those large projects, a subsequent water supply analysis will need to be prepared in connection with the City's approval of a tentative map or development agreement, as required by S8 221 - the afore mentioned law that also went into effect in 2001. These documents will describe the situation at the time they are prepared, reflecting progress (or lack thereof) on City plans for development of additional water supply and City policy on its water supply reliability. AL TERNA TIVES The City Council is required to approve and adopt a WSA. The consequences of postponing or canceling action are unknown.