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CONSIDER LETTER OF SUPPORT
FOR CERTIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR PURE WATER
MONTEREY EXPANSION BACK-UP PROJECT |
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Meeting Date: |
April 20, 2020 |
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David J. Stoldt, |
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General Manager |
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Prepared By: |
David J. Stoldt |
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General Counsel Review: N/A |
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CEQA Compliance: This action does not constitute a project
as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section
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SUMMARY:
Monterey One Water (M1W) has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Report (Final SEIR) for proposed Modifications to the Pure Water
Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project (“Proposed Modifications”). The M1W
Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing to consider certification of
the Final SEIR; adoption of California Environmental Quality Act findings and a
Statement of Overriding Considerations; approval of mitigation measures and a
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and approval of the Proposed
Modifications with Conditions during its regularly-scheduled Board of Directors
Meeting on Monday, April 27 2020 (which will be held remotely via Zoom Webinar
in accordance with the County of Monterey and the State of California
directives and requirements.)
The Proposed Modifications to the
approved Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project would increase
the project yield so that the expanded project can serve as a back-up to the
California American Water Company (Cal-Am) Monterey Peninsula Water Supply
Project desalination project in the event that the desalination project is
delayed beyond the Cease and Desist Order deadline of December 31, 2021. The
Proposed Modifications would provide expanded quantities of purified recycled
water for recharge of a groundwater basin that serves as drinking water supply.
The Proposed Modifications would increase the amount of purified recycled water
produced by the approved PWM/GWR Project by 2,250 AFY using the following new
and modified facilities located within unincorporated Monterey County and City
of Seaside:
(1) improvements at the approved
Advanced Water Purification Facility to increase peak capacity;
(2) new product water conveyance
facilities
(3) new and relocated injection
well facilities, including monitoring wells;
(5)
new Cal-Am potable water conveyance facilities.
The Proposed Modifications are
being proposed by M1W in partnership with the District.
RECOMMENDATION: The General Manager recommends the Board of
Directors submit a letter of support in a form similar to Exhibit
13-A, modified if necessary, based on Board discussion.
EXHIBIT
13-A Draft
Letter of Support for Certification of Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
for Pure Water Monterey Expansion Back-Up Project
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