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Page 2 of 4 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />SVCW is governed by a four-member commission with a representative from each member agency. Mayor <br />Martinez Saballos serves on the commission on behalf of the City of Redwood City. Member agencies are <br />allocated a certain proportion of votes representative of their ownership of the joint treatment and <br />conveyance facilities. Under the JPA, member agencies also contribute towards their proportion of <br />SVCW’s maintenance and operations costs, capital costs, and other associated costs such as reserves. As <br />the largest member agency, Redwood City is responsible for a significant allocation of these expenditures. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Construction of SVCW’s original conveyance and treatment facilities was completed almost 45 years ago <br />with contribution from federal, state, and local funds. Portions of the facility have reached the end of their <br />useful life and require renovations, which SVCW has been addressing through a capital improvement <br />program (CIP) since 2008. Beginning in 2013, a significant focus of the CIP has been the eleven projects <br />comprising the Regional Environmental Conveyance Sewer Upgrade (RESCU) program, centered around <br />replacement and rehabilitation of SVCW’s front of plant facility, gravity pipeline, force mains, and satellite <br />pump stations. As of February 2025, the RESCU program is almost complete, and wastewater is being <br />conveyed by a combination of old, new, and rehabilitated facilities. <br />SVCW’s CIP ensures the continued reliable and efficient operation of the treatment system to protect <br />public health and the environment while meeting all regulatory requirements. Recent regulatory changes <br />by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board establishing nutrient effluent limitations <br />are necessitating additional upgrades to the treatment process to help reduce the potential for harmful <br />algal blooms in the San Francisco Bay. This will be another significant factor in SVCW’s future CIP planning <br />efforts. <br />SVCW reviews and updates their 10-year CIP outlook annually. Most recently, SVCW informed member <br />agencies of an additional need of $32.4 million (M) in CIP funding for projects in the next three fiscal years. <br />Redwood City’s share would amount to approximately $15.7M for the three-year period from Fiscal Year <br />(FY) 2025-26 to 2027-28. As the largest of the outside agency sewer districts, the County of San Mateo’s <br />Fair Oaks Sewer Maintenance District would contribute approximately $3.75M of Redwood City’s <br />$15.7Mshare. Staff actively communicate with counterparts at the outside agency sewer districts to share <br />information about SVCW’s funding needs. <br />EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT <br />All sanitary sewer flows from Redwood City's sewer collection system are conveyed to SVCW's wastewater <br />treatment plant for treatment and eventual discharge to the San Francisco Bay. As the treatment plant <br />provides treatment for all users of Redwood City’s sewer system, capital improvement projects at the <br />treatment plant benefit the entire customer base. There is no available data indicating disparate <br />outcomes or unintended consequences of the capital improvements. <br />9.D. - Page 2 of 4 <br />482