HomeMy Public PortalAboutEMID-Resolutions-3721-5/15/2023RESOLUTION NO. 3721
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ESTERO MUNICIPAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT APPROVING THE WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT (WSA)
REPORT FOR THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR THE
HOUSING AND SAFETY ELEMENTS UPDATE; AND FINDING THE APPROVAL OF
THIS RESOLUTION EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT (CEQA) PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15262, 15061(b)(3) AND
CALIFORNIA WATER CODE SECTION 10652
ESTERO MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City of Foster City, has prepared a Program EIR for the 2023-31
Housing Element Update in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA), implementing the CEQA Guidelines, relevant case law, and City procedures to
plan for 1,896 housing units in the 2023-2031 plus a buffer and a Water Capacity Study
(WCS) and Water Supply Assessment (WSA) has been completed as part of the EIR
process; and
WHEREAS, the WSA Report provides information for use in the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis for the future development projects; and
WHEREAS, the requirements for the WSA Report are described in the California
Water Code Sections 10910 through 10915, amended by the enactment of Senate Bill
610 in 2002; and
WHEREAS, SB 610 requires an assessment of whether available water supplies
are sufficient to serve the demand generated by the projects, as well as the reasonably
foreseeable cumulative demand during normal year, single dry year, and multiple dry year
conditions over the next 20 years; and
WHEREAS, the WSA was developed and completed by the collaborative efforts
of the project team consisting of Urban Planning Partners, Maddaus Water Management
Inc., EMID, Foster City Community Development Department, Public Works
Departments, and City of San Mateo Planning Department ; and
WHEREAS, the WSA assumed the EMID 2020 Urban W ater Management Plan
baseline water use and estimated demand from all post 2020 development projects
including completed, entitled, under construction, in application review, and/or
estimated/planned for after the year 2020; and
WHEREAS, the WSA concludes that there is not “sufficient water supply” (per
Government Code 664737.7 (a)(2)) available to meet the demands of the 2023 -2031
Housing Element, in addition to the existing and planned future uses evaluated in this
WSA, during single-dry and multiple dry water years within a 20-year projection; and
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EMID Resolution No. 3721
WHEREAS, per Water Code Section 10911, EMID shall consider this projected
insufficiency and shall provide the City with its plans to acquire and develop additional
water supplies; and
WHEREAS, Prior to issuance of future development project entitlements, utility
analyses shall be performed by the project developer to determine whether existing
transmission/distribution infrastructure has adequate capacity to deliver the needed water
to the development project sites.
WHEREAS, the City’s Draft EIR for the Housing Element 2023-31 and Safety
Element identified the adoption of a Water Neutrality Growth Policy as a mitigation
measure to manage EMID’s potable water supply in the short and long term and to avoid
or minimize the effects of drought and shortage within the EMID service area; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2023, EMID Board of Directors directed staff to prepare
an ordinance that sets forth regulations that offset the new wat er demand with water
efficiency measures to create a neutral (or net zero) impact on the overall site (or account)
water use demand in accordance with Water Code section; and
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2023, EMID Board of Directors adopted Ordinance No. 138
adding a new Chapter 8.90, Water Neutrality Growth, within Title 8, Water and Sewer
Service, of the EMID Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Estero
Municipal Improvement District hereby approves the WSA Report.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Estero
Municipal Improvement District at the regular meeting held on the 15th day of May, 2023,
by the following vote:
AYES: Directors Hindi, Jimenez, Kiesel, Sullivan and President Froomin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
JON FROOMIN, PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA SCHAUS, DISTRICT SECRETARY
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