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ATTY/RESO.0092/CC RESO APPROVING TIER 2 DROUGHT RESPONSE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT) REV: 08-18-25 MI Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION NO. 16349 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD APPROVING TIER 2 DROUGHT RESPONSE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.11.C OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT WHEREAS, The City of Redwood City is one of twenty-six (26) agencies in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda Counties (Wholesale Customers) which purchase water from the City and County of San Francisco (San Francisco) pursuant to a Water Supply Agreement entered into in 2009, and recently amended in 2018, 2021 and upcoming amendment in 2025 (the Agreement or WSA). Collectively these 26 agencies are referred to in the Agreement as Wholesale Customers; and WHEREAS, Section 3.11 of the Agreement addresses situations when insufficient water is available in the San Francisco Regional Water System (RWS) to meet the full demands of all users. Section 3.11.C provides that during periods of water shortage caused by drought, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will allocate available water between its retail customers and the Wholesale Customers collectively, in accordance with a schedule contained in the Water Shortage Allocation Plan set forth in Attachment H to the Agreement (Tier 1 Plan); and WHEREAS, Section 3.11.C authorizes the Wholesale Customers to adopt a Drought Allocation Plan, including a methodology for allocating the available water among the individual Wholesale Customers (Tier 2 Plan). The WSA also commits the SFPUC to honor allocations of water unanimously agreed to by all Wholesale Customers or, if unanimous agreement cannot be achieved, water allocations that have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA). The Agreement also provides that the SFPUC can allocate water supplies as necessary during a water shortage emergency if no agreed upon plan for water allocation has been adopted by the 26 Wholesale Customers or the BAWSCA Board of Directors; and WHEREAS, Commencing in January 2022, representatives appointed by the managers of each of the Wholesale Customers began meeting monthly to develop a set of principles to serve as guidelines for an equitable allocation methodology, and to develop formulas and procedures, in order to implement those principles. These discussions, and supporting technical analyses, have been conducted with the assistance of BAWSCA; and WHEREAS, The Tier 2 Plan, attached to this resolution as Exhibit A, has been endorsed by all of the Wholesale Customer representatives who participated in the formulation process and they have each recommended that it be formally adopted by the governing body of their respective agencies; and