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2/11/02 City of Redwood City O R I G I N A L RESOLUTION NO. 14416 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STATE LEGISLATION (AB 1823) TO REPAIR THE BAY AREA REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM CATASTROPHIC WATER OUTAGES WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City and its citizens /customers depend on the Bay Area regional water system operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Com- mission ( SFPUC) for 100 percent of their water supply; and WHEREAS, the 70- year -old Bay Area regional water system is subject to cata- strophic damage in the event of an earthquake on the San Andreas, Calaveras or Hayward faults, which could expose our residents and other Bay Area communities, in- cluding San Francisco, to the loss of water for up to 60 days and to unacceptable health, safety and economic risks; and WHEREAS, the SFPUC has delayed for several years approving a multi - billion dollar construction program to fix the regional water system and has not acted to obtain financing to pay for the necessary work; and WHEREAS, even if the SFPUC raises the required financing, it has not demon- strated an ability to manage and complete a construction program which will be ten times larger than any construction program for the water system that it has undertaken; and WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City believes the legislative approaches of state lawmakers in Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties at this time contain the types of incentives, oversight, and action at the state level, which are needed to en- sure that the Bay Area water system is fixed as soon as possible, without calling for a change in the system's ownership; and WHEREAS, these legislative approaches address other concerns of Bay Area communities with the regional water system, including the need to secure back -up sup- 1 of 2