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, {3'1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager June 14,2004 Subject Redwood City Recycled Water Project - Production and Delivery of Recycled Water Recommendation 1. Review principles of the proposed Agreement for Production and Delivery of Recycled Water ("Agreement") between the South Bayside System Authority and the City of Redwood City (Staff will provide additional information via a presentation on the implementation of the Recycled Water Project) 2. By Motion, request that the South Bayside System Authority Commission maintain current momentum of preliminary engineering design for Recycled Water Treatment, Disinfection, Storage and Pumping Facilities at SBSA, pending completion and approval of the Agreement Background In spring 2000, the City and SBSA began a demonstration recycled water program called the "First Step Project". The First Step Project consists of temporary treatment facilities and permanent buried pipelines that deliver recycled water to landscape customers immediately adjacent to the SBSA plant. The program was designed with the intent to provide recycled water for two to four years utilizing the existing temporary facilities with minimal modifications. It is now planned to operate through the 2005 irrigation season. Becaus~ water recycling is one of the most viable, near-term, water supply options that Redwood City is able to implement, the City embarked on the development and construction of a long-term, citywide recycled water system. In January 2002, the City Council accepted the Water Recycling Feasibility Study for the Redwood Shores. In August 2002 the City Council reviewed and accepted the final report - Water Recycling Feasibility Study for Redwood City. In the spring of 2003 City staff presented revised project alternatives that expanded the geographical area of the program in order to meet the goal of distributing 2,000 acre-feet per year of recycled water by 2010. At the same time, the City Council adopted a policy that precludes mandatory use of recycled water in existing residential areas. In August 2003 the City Council approved a broadly defined, flexible project, filed a California Environmental Quality Act Notice of Determination, and formed a citizen community task force to provide input on the implementation of the project. The Council charged the Task Force with the "goal to identify 1,946 acre-feet per year of potable water demand reductions by 2010, in a financially feasible manner, that avoids using recycled water at schoolyards, parks, and playgrounds". The Task Force completed their work in March 2004 and unanimously recommended that the City implement an alternative that through a combination of recycled water use, replacement of natural turf playing fields with synthetic turf, continued use of groundwater at Sequoia High School, and additional water Page 1 of 3