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Council <br />Ift -. . -. - e.w', r,:,gc}Aw �.,. -'�W Yom`- _•,_�E'• e � ' <br />Sept. 8, 2003 <br />Subject <br />Water Supply Assessment for the proposed Abbott Laboratories West Coast Research <br />Center Project <br />Recommendation <br />By motion, approve the Water Supply Assessment for the proposed Abbott Laboratories <br />West Coast Research Center Project pursuant to State of California Water Code § <br />10910(g)(1). <br />Background <br />During 2001, the California Legislature enacted two laws — SB 610 (Costa) and SB 221 <br />(Kuehl) — each designed to achieve greater coordination during the land use planning <br />process between water suppliers and local land use agencies when considering certain <br />large -scale development projects. <br />SB 610 requires preparation of a Water Supply Assessment (WSA) for any development <br />whose approval is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and which <br />meets the definition of "project" in Water Code Section 10913 — i.e., residential <br />development projects of more than 500 dwelling units or othertypes of developments (e.g., <br />hotels and motels, commercial buildings, industrial parks, etc.) using a comparable amount <br />of water. Staff has determined that this project falls under SB 610. <br />The WSA must describe the proposed project's water demand over a 20 -year period, <br />identify the sources of water available to meet that demand and include an assessment of <br />whether or not those water supplies are, or will be, sufficient to meet the demand for water <br />associated with the proposed project, in addition to the demand of existing customers and <br />other planned future development. <br />If the conclusion is that water supplies are or will be insufficient, then the WSA is to <br />describe plans (if any) for acquiring additional water supplies, and the measures that are <br />being undertaken to acquire and develop those supplies. <br />The Redwood City Public Works Services Department received a request from the <br />Planning and Redevelopment Division of the Community Development Services <br />Department to produce a WSA for the proposed Abbott Laboratories West Coast Research <br />Center Project (Abbott Laboratories Project). <br />The necessity to prepare this WSA comes at a time when the City Council has taken <br />actions regarding water supply — which was identified by the City Council as one of their <br />1 of 3 <br />