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7.B. - Page 2 the service area, two public workshops were held, the first on March 3, 2011 to receive input as the Draft UWMP was being prepared, and the second on May 4, 2011 to receive input and comment on the first Draft 2010 UWMP. The City also initiated a website for the 2010 UWMP in February 2011 (v�rww.redwoodcit orq/UWMP). More than 20,000 workshop invitations (in both English and Spanish) were sent to Redwood City residents, in addition to press releases and mass e-mails delivered via City email- distribution lists. A newsletter was included in the February and March 2011 utility bills, which described the UWMP and invited participation in the two public workshops. Consistent with the Act, the 2010 UWMP was prepared using the growth projections that were developed in Redwood City's new General Plan, adopted October 11, 2010. The population projections and growth assumptions contained in the new General Plan have been calibrated to comply with requirements set forth by the California Department of Water Resources. The General Plan contains a substantial section on Water Resources, and includes several goals, policies and programs related to water supply and integration with land use planning, all of which have been adhered to in the 2010 UWM P. In November 2009, the Water Conservation Act was signed into California law as part of a comprehensive water legislation package. The purpose of this legislation is to reduce urban per capita water use statewide by twenty percent by the year 2020. As an urban water supplier, Redwood City is required by law to reduce water use to 124 gallons per capita per day. Because of Redwood City's extensive water conservation and recycling programs, the City has already achieved water demand reduction targets required under the Water Conservation Act of 2009. In fact, Redwood City's urban per capita water use was eight percent below the 2020 target at the close of fiscal year 2009/10, and is projected to stay below the target value until at least 2030. But because Redwood City is meeting its 2020 targets, it does not mean that additional water demand reductions are not required. When the City's General Plan was adopted in October 2010, water demands for the General Plan build-out were projected to be more than 1,500 acre-feet over that of the City's annual water supply guarantee from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). General Plan water demands were later refined in the first draft of the 2010 UWMP through the use of up-to-date water demand factors; the original General Plan projections used demand factors originating from the City's most current UWMP, which was developed in 2005. Water demand for General Plan build-out was subsequently reduced to about 700 acre-feet over the City's annual SFPUC guarantee using the refined 2010 UWMP factors. Once the first draft of the 2010 UWMP was developed, staff hosted a community workshop in which alternatives were introduced for bridging the 700 acre-feet gap between water supply and projected water demand. In reviewing the alternatives,