ITEM:		ACTION ITEM
13.	CONSIDER LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR CERTIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR PURE WATER MONTEREY EXPANSION BACK-UP PROJECT
Meeting Date:			April 20, 2020	Budgeted:	N/A
From:			David J. Stoldt,	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item No.:
Prepared By:			David J. Stoldt	Cost Estimate:	N/A
General Counsel Review: N/A
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: This action does not constitute a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15378.

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;

(4) new Cal-Am potable water facilities consisting of four new extraction wells, related pipelines and appurtenances, and treatment facilities; and

(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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