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W REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Counci From the City May 12, 2003 Subject Urban Water Management Plan Amendment Recommendation Conduct a Public Hearing and approve Resolution amending the Urban Water Management Plan Background The State of California's 1984 Urban Water Management Planning Act ( "The Act ") AB 797, requires every urban water supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers, or supplying more than 3,000 acre feet of water annually, to prepare and adopt an Urban Water Management Plan, the primary objective of which is to plan for the conservation and efficient use of water. Redwood City owns and operates a water utility that serves over 83,000 customers, supplying approx. 13,300 acre feet of water annually. Portions of the service area are outside the City's corporate limits. Redwood City's first Urban Water Management Plan ( "the Plan ") was prepared in 1986 to comply with the legislative requirement. The Plan was updated in 1992, January 2002 and July 2002. On April 14, 2003, by motion of the City Council, the Public hearing date was set for May 12, 2003. Notification was duly published three times in the Redwood City Independent. On April 28, 2003, staff released the Draft UW MP, sent out a notification letter to interested agencies and water users, and posted the full document on the City's web site. Staff will summarize any comments received at the Public Hearing on May 12. This Plan amendment includes all information necessary to meet the requirements of the California Urban Water Management Planning Code, and must be adopted after public review and hearing and filed with the California Department of Water Resources. The amendment modifies the City's drought action plan, the conservation program and conforms the Plan to various other changes in State of Cal. laws. The major changes in comparing the July 2002 and April 2003 Plans are: 1. The Chapters have been reorganized to be in a more subject - related format. 2. Reliability Planning: a. Water reliability in terms of the water supply /demand balance has been statistically quantified. In particular Table 3.1 and Figure 3.1 offer new reliability information. b. The 2001 Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan and agreement among SFPUC purchasers have been integrated.