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ATTY/RESO.0091/CC RESO AMENDING 2021 AMENDED AND RESTATED WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT REV: 08-18-25 MI Page 1 of 5 RESOLUTION NO. 16348 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD AMENDING THE 2021 AMENDED AND RESTATED WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, SAN MATEO COUNTY, AND SANTA CLARA COUNTY, APPROVING THOSE REVISIONS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO A 2025 AMENDED AND RESTATED WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SUCH AGREEMENT WHEN FINAL EXECUTION COPIES ARE PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED BY BAWSCA WHEREAS, water supply agencies in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties have purchased water from the City and County of San Francisco (San Francisco) for many years; and WHEREAS, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) operates the Regional Water System, which delivers water to communities in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties, as well as to customers within San Francisco (collectively, “the Parties”); and WHEREAS, the Parties entered into the “Settlement Agreement and Master Water Sales Contract between the City and County of San Francisco and Certain Suburban Purchasers in San Mateo County, Santa Clara County and Alameda County” in 1984 (1984 Settlement Agreement and Master Water Sales Contract); and WHEREAS, in April 2003, water supply agencies in Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties (collectively referred to as the Wholesale Customers) established the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA), as authorized by Water Code Sections 81300 et seq.; and WHEREAS, upon expiration of the 1984 Settlement Agreement and Master Water Sales Contract, the Parties entered into the “Water Supply Agreement between San Francisco and Wholesale Customers in Alameda County, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County” (Water Supply Agreement or WSA) on July 1, 2009, authorized by SFPUC Resolution No. 09-0069, dated April 28, 2009; and WHEREAS, in 2017, the Wholesale Customers directed BAWSCA to act as its authorized representative in discussions and negotiations with San Francisco to amend the Water Supply Agreement to address a number of substantive issues and these negotiations resulted in the Parties' adoption of the Amended and Restated Water Supply Agreement in 2018 authorized by SFPUC Resolution No. 18-0212, dated December 11, 2018; and WHEREAS, on January 28, 2019 the City Council of Redwood City, by Resolution No. 15735 approved the Amended and Restated Water Supply Agreement (2018 WSA); and WHEREAS, pursuant to WSA Section 3.07, four Wholesale Customers (Alameda County Water District and the Cities of Milpitas, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale, collectively, the “Original Minimum Purchase Customers”) may purchase water from sources other than the SFPUC, but they are each obligated to purchase a specific minimum annual quantity of water from the SFPUC, referred to as a “Minimum Purchase Requirement;” and