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7A - ATTACHMENT NO.3 Saltworks Proposal- Water Group Summary Report (22 January 2010) Page 8 Chapter 1 - Introduction OMS Redwood City Saltworks (OMS) submitted the Saltworks 50/50 Salanced Plan (OMS proposal) to construct the Saltworks Development Project (project or Saltworks project) to the City of Redwood City (City) in May 2009. The project would involve construction of up to 12,000 residential units, approximately 1,200,000 square feet of office/retail space, five schools, and various public amenities on a 1,436 acre site that has been used for commercial salt production since 1901. On September 14,2009, the City approved a contract with Hart Howerton, Ltd. to conduct an analysis of water, institutional/permitting, and transportation issues associated with the Saltworks project to provide a basis for a City decision about whether to embark on more detailed study of the OMS proposal, including environmental analysis of the project. This report has been prepared pursuant to the water analysis scope of work of the Hart Howerton contract. 1.1 Purpose and Objective of Report This report evaluates the water demand and supply components of the OMS proposal. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify the OMS proposal's water demand and supply assumptions regarding volumes, use, feasibility, and sustainability. The objective is to identify water demand and supply components about which the report authors conclude: · Could not be attained or implemented and, which if not attained or implemented, would render the project infeasible such that further analysis is unwarranted; or · Represent policy issues or project implementation uncertainties that merit further evaluation in the scoping and/or environmental impact assessment phase of project evaluation. 1.2 Scope of Analysis This report summarizes an analysis of, and conclusions from, project-related information obtained from OMS, the City and other sources. Other public agencies and individuals were contacted to obtain information and perspectives to support the authors' analysis. A list of the documents reviewed by one or more of the report authors is provided in Chapter 4. The analysis was conducted to a depth and level of detail considered by the authors sufficient to evaluate feasibility, policy issues, and project implementation uncertainties that would be evident from the information available at this preliminary point in the project development process and within the scope of this water demand and supply analysis. At the onset, information from the City's public record on the project was obtained and reviewed. Clarification was sought from City and OMS sources through meetings, telephone calls and correspondence. This information was then evaluated by one or more report authors using all the following methods as appropriate for each area of analysis: