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REPORT January 27, 2003 1 1.0.1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager Subject Regional Water System - Implementation of Assembly Bill 2058 and Senate Bill 1870 Recommendation 1. By Resolution, set the public hearing time (March 10, 2003) and place (City Hall — Council Chamber) on whether to form, and become a member of, the Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) and direct the City Clerk to arrange for publication of the resolution on or before 2/22/2003 (AB 2058). 2. By motion, appoint a Redwood City Council member to the office of Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority, established pursuant to California Water Code Section 81600 et seq. for the term determined as provided in Water Code Section 81631(b) (SB 1870) Background AB 2058 went into effect January 1, 2003, and authorizes the formation of BAWSCA. The new law requires that all public agency members of the Bay Area Water Users Association ( BAWUA) adopt a resolution setting a public hearing on the question of whether to form and become a member of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA). City councils and boards of directors of several BAWUA member agencies have recently adopted this first resolution and other agencies have agendized it for an upcoming meeting. AB 2058 also requires that this resolution setting the public hearing be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least two weeks before the hearing (the resolution contains a specific reference to this publication requirement). Since this procedure is mandated by the law, staff suggests that the notice be published twice during the long period between 1/27 and 3/10. The boards of supervisors of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties will appoint board members for the California Water Service Company and the Stanford Trust, respectively. San Francisco can apply to become a member. SB 1870 went into effect January 1, 2003, and creates the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority. The new law requires that all affected public agencies' city councils or boards of directors appoint a duly elected member to the office of Director of the Financing Authority by March 1, 2003. The mechanics of the appointment are: • The appointment is to be made at a regular public meeting of the City Council, which has been properly agendized • The appointment must be made by action of the entire City Council • The appointment is for a 2 or 4 year term, to be determined by lot at a later date • The action need not be memorialized in a resolution; a motion duly passed and recorded in the meeting minutes is sufficient