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CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES DEPARTMENT <br />WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT <br />For The Proposed <br />Abbott Laboratories West Coast Research Center <br />Project <br />September 8, 2003 <br />1. OVERVIEW <br />The Redwood City Public Works Services Department received a request from the Planning <br />and Redevelopment Division of the Community Development Services Department to produce <br />a Water Supply Assessment (WSA) for the proposed Abbott Laboratories West Coast <br />Research Center Project (Abbott Laboratories Project). <br />This WSA determines that the City of Redwood City (City) does not currently have sufficient <br />water supply to meet the projected water demands of the proposed Abbott Laboratories Project <br />together with those of its existing customers as well as the demands of other planned <br />development. However, if the City is able to implement plans for additional supplies through a <br />recycled water project approved by the City Council in August 2003, there should be sufficient <br />water supply to meet projected future demands. As this WSA points out, Redwood Citys <br />supply reliability now and into the future is a key factor in this determination. <br />2. BACKGROUND <br />State Laws <br />During 2001, the California Legislature enacted two laws — SB 610 (Costa) and SB 221 (Kuehl) <br />— each designed to achieve greater coordination during the land use planning process between <br />water suppliers and local land use agencies when considering certain large -scale development <br />projects. <br />SB 610 requires preparation of a WSA for any development whose approval is subject to the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and which meets the definition of "project" in <br />Water Code Section 10913 — i.e., residential development projects of more than 500 dwelling <br />units or other types of developments (e.g., hotels and motels, commercial buildings, industrial <br />parks, etc.) using a comparable amount of water. <br />The WSA must describe the proposed project's water demand over a 20 -year period, identify <br />the sources of water available to meet that demand and include an assessment of whether or <br />not those water supplies are, or will be, sufficient to meet the demand for water associated with <br />the proposed project, in addition to the demand of existing customers and other planned future <br />development. <br />If the conclusion is that water supplies are or will be insufficient, then the WSA is to describe <br />plans (if any) for acquiring additional water supplies, and the measures that are being <br />undertaken to acquire and develop those supplies. <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />