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143 implementation programs related to safe and reliable water supply; and local and State existing water conservation efforts, in combination with the CEQA compliance process for future site-specific development proposals. As summarized above in item XIX.b. for the Commercial Component, the draft WSA prepared for the proposed Project (Commercial Component and Housing Component) determined there would be sufficient water supply to serve the proposed project. For the purposes of this Consistency Checklist, the conclusions of the WSA regarding water supply availability and reliability indicate the proposed project would not generate new or more severe water supply impacts beyond those analyzed in the Focused GPU program EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. As noted in the draft WSA, Redwood City Municipal Code Section 38.52 [the City Recycled Water Ordinance], requires all new commercial and multi-family residential properties located within the recycled water service area to be dual plumbed to provide for internal use of recycled water and must use recycled water for landscape irrigation. The Housing component would provide dual plumbing that would include a separate plumbing system for water closets, urinals, trap primers, and landscaping irrigation. While recycled water is not yet available at the Housing component site, it is in the Recycled Water Service Area and when recycled water becomes available to the site, the Housing component will connect to the recycled water main as required by a Condition of Approval. Landscape irrigation would conform to all City regulations and the California Water-Efficient Landscape Ordinance, which means in part that all plantings would be irrigated with a drip or other point-source irrigation system and a bubbler irrigation system would be used for trees. All project component utility designs will be subject to review and approval by the City Public Works Department. As a result of the City requirements described above, the proposed Housing Component would not generate new or more severe water supply impacts beyond those analyzed in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. c. The Focused GPU EIR (p. 4.19-29) concluded that the Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) would not be significantly impacted by development allowed under the Focused GPU EIR. Existing average daily wastewater flow on site is 10,252 gpd. Based on City engineering factors used to calculate projected wastewater generation (95 percent of water demand – see [b] above, and Attachment L in the Utility Report, January 17, 2023), the Housing Component’s projected average daily wastewater flow would be 15,288 gpd. The net wastewater generation for the Housing Component is forecast at 5,036 gpd (15,288 – 10,252). The Housing Component site is currently served by a sewer main pipeline along the center of the Buckeye Street right- of-way (ROW) and an unknown number of sanitary sewer laterals (Utility Report, p. 3). The Housing Component would install new sanitary sewer lateral(s) to connect with the existing sewer main in Buckeye Street. The lateral(s) is currently expected to be six inches in diameter. The Utility Report determined the Housing Component’s projected wastewater flows would exceed the City’s design criteria for maximum sewer system flows in the sewer main. The Housing Component would be required to either upgrade [upsize] the existing sewer main in Buckeye Street or pay an in-lieu fee per standard City requirements (p. 6). This requirement is consistent with the Focused GPU EIR (p. 4.19-24), which concludes that, in order to mitigate the increase in sewer generation associated with development projects, the City may require project developers to pay a sewer system capital facilities fee and a wastewater treatment capacity fee to fund necessary sewer system infrastructure improvements. Contributions from developers (i.e., the sewer system capital facilities and wastewater treatment capacity fees) help fund sewer system improvements and help recover costs associated with providing additional wastewater capacity as part of the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP). All project component-related wastewater system improvements are subject to City review and approval. As a result of the City requirements described above, the proposed Housing Component would not generate new or more severe wastewater impacts beyond those analyzed in the Focused GPU EIR, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. d. Housing Component construction would comply with all applicable solid waste regulations. As described in the Focused GPU program EIR (p. 4.19-30), solid waste collected in Redwood City is transferred to Ox Mountain Sanitary Landfill or one of eight additional landfills across the State of California for disposal. As of 2015, Ox Mountain Sanitary Landfill had a remaining capacity of 22,180,000 cubic yards. Ox Hill Mountain Sanitary Landfill currently has a maximum throughput limit of 3,598 tons per day and is expected to remain operational through 2034. The Focused GPU program EIR determined the increase in solid waste associated with implementation of the Housing Element update would be less than one percent of the landfill’s daily capacity. The Focused GPU program EIR concluded there is sufficient landfill capacity to accommodate solid waste disposal needs associated with development under the Housing Element update with implementation of adopted General Plan goals, policies, and implementation programs related to solid waste and the City’s waste reduction laws and regulations (Focused GPU EIR, p. 4.19-30). ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 143 of 148