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Home My WebLink AboutTDPUD Glenshire Water inquisition P. 02 • � t f Sauers Engineering, Inc. Civil &Fnvironmental Engineers i Memoran at November 2,2001 i TO: Board of Directors, and Peter Holzmeister,General Manager FROM: Keith Knihh, Consulting Fnginee�y'" SUDJUCT: Glcnshirc Water System Acquisition and intpruvcnicrrts- CEQA i I As of October 29, 2001,the California Environmental Q'ality Act(CEQA)review period is closed for the Glenshire Water System Acquisition and Improvements negative declaration. Two comment letters were received during the review pe'fiod for the environmental documents. The Board of Directors held a Public Hearing on October' 17,2001. Along with this memo are copies of the two comment letters and respnnses to the wirltten and oral comments. The final C1;QA documents included with this report in Comments and Responses Final Negative Declaration Notice of Determination i Mitigation Monitoring Plan i RECOTMIMIENDATIONS I recommend the Board of Directors take the following actions: Approve the responses to comments. Adopt the Final Negative Declaration. � Approve the project for purposes of CEQA. Authorize the tiling of the Notice of Determinati in with the Office of the Nevada County Clerk and the Governor's Office ofPlatuung and k0scarch. Approve tho Mitigation Monitoring Plan Adopt a finding that the draft documents as circulated and the negative declaration reflect the District's independent judgtment. i i a f t 440 Lower Grass Valley Road, Suite A, Nevada City.CA 95959 (530)265.802I Fax (530) 96S-5834 z 1 P. 03 i i j. NOTICE OF dr:TERI INATION To:X Office of Planning and Research Prom: Truckee Donner PUD 1400 Tenth Strow,Room 121 F.O.tl3ax 309 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ttuloc, CA 96160-0309 _ County Clerk County of Nevada 201 ChLuOt Street Nevada City,CA 95959 i Subjmt: Filing of Notice of Detet'utloatiou in cuutpliance with Section 21108 or 2Ai52 of the Public Resources Code. I Glenshire Water System Acquisition and Improvements Project Title 2001092015 _. Peter L.Holzmeister (530)587-3896 State Clearinghouse Number Responsible Agency j Area Code/Telephone Contact Person Glensbire Truckee Nevada County ,Project Location(include county) ' Project Description: The proposed project involves the acquisition, operatioii, and nlaitlleuaucc of the Qlcnshirt:Mutual Water Company water system by the Truckee Donner Public Utility District(District) along with improvements to the water system to provide water for domestic use and fire protecti¢r. This is to advise that the Truckee Donner Public Utility District has kpproved the described project on Nov. 7, 2001 and Lcad Agency Responsible Agency Date has made the following dctorminations regarding the above described projmt: I i L The project[ will will not]have a significant effect on the envirgnment. 2. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. 3. Mitigation measures[ were were not]made a condition of the a proval of the project. t 4. A statement of Overriding Considorations[ was wao,gut]adup=d rut this plujccL - s 5. bindings[ were were not]made pursuant to the provisions of C'.QA. This is to certify that the Negative Declaration with comments and responses#innd record of project approval is available to the General Public at: Truckee Donner Public Utility Dist P.O. Box 309 11570 Donner Pass Road. Truckee CA 96160-0309 ,t I a Ip Pete) L. Hulziucisier,Ocncral Manager ! Date E DFG Fcc S L250.00 Date received for filing at OPR: :q t [ I p P. 04 i I NEGATIVE DECLARATION i ( ) Proposed i (XX) Final i NAME OF PROJECT: Glenshire Water System Acquisitiont and Improvements LOCATION: Truckee, California i i Entity or Person Undertaking Project: (XX) Truckee Donner Public Utility District Other ( ) Name: Address: Phone: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: � The proposed project involves the acquisition,operation,artd maintenance of the Glenshirc Mutual Water Company water system by the Truckee Donner Public Utility District(District)along with improvements to the water system to provide water for domestic use and I6re protection. Finding: It is hereby found that the above named project will not have a significant effect upon the environment. i Initial An initial study of this project was undertaken and prepared in accordance with Article V Study: of the District's local environmental guideli�j'es and Section 15063 of the EIR Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act for'the purpose of ascertaining whether this project might have a significant effect upon the environment. A copy of such initial study is attached hereto and incorporated herein by r6ference. Such initial study documents reasons to support the above finding. Mitigation The following mitigation measures have been included in the project to avoid potentially Measures: significant effects: I M-1. .(Truckee General Plan Land Use Po�icy 2.3) - To provide for projected population growth in an efficient manner,accommodate development at the highest densities in infill areas, consistent with the goats for environmental protection and land use compatibility. M-2. (Truckee General Plan band Use Policy 3.1) - Work with all special districts, including the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, to ensure that development within the Town is coordinated with`provision of services. Date: By: FP.tP.r T. 1401 MF;Qtor (:ahnrol liRnnn nmr P. 02 i i F 7I Truckee Donner Public Urltity District Glenshire Water System Acquisition and Improvements t i COMMENTS AND RES ONSES The following are responses to comments received durin�the circulation and review of the proposed negative declaration and initial study for the"Glenshire Water System Acquisition and Improvements." Copies of each of the comment letters re attached. PP Letter from Town of Truckee dated October 17,2001: i, f Comment: District should consider expanding the proposed annexation boundaries to include the area known as Tahoe Boca Estates. Response: Comment acknowledged. The District is proposing to annex only the existing service area of the Glenshire Mutual Watcr Company. It is the District's standard practice to annex areas at the request of the prope�y owner requesting service and at the property owner's expense, As of this date, there `s no request for District water service ry; from the property owners representing Tahoe Boa Estates. ,l Continent: With rupcet to the ucw pipeline needed to serve Glenshire, the potential route along Old Airport Koad is the least desirable rout' from an environmental and land perspective. The Town requests that the District from that the Glenshire Well route is the preferred rote while: the Old Airport Read route s the least preferred. Resgo_pse, Comment acknowledged. The District has only identified some possible pipcliuc routes and has nut attempted to analyze t�a merits of any of the alternatives. Additional potential routes may be identified as tl a District pursues identification of the preferred alignment. Although the' reque.t to have the Glenshire We1I route the preferred route and the Old Airport Road route th least preferred route is duly noted, it would be premature for the District to make any statement with regard to a preferred pipeline route. E Comment: The proposed negative declaration did not provide information on the size or p location of the proposed replacement water tanksi The Town requests that site specific cuvirunrueutul review be dune prior to cunstructit#n of the new tanks. Kesponses: Section 8 of the Initial Study includes a discussion of the proposed replacement water storage tank. The following information is intended to provide Additional clarification as to the location and size of the tank. The District is proposing to replace one of the two existing Strand Tanks with a larger capacity tank at the same location. One of the existing tanks will be remov and a new tank erected in it s place. The tank site is located at the south end of The nd ` Glenshire. The existing tank to be replaced is approximately 24 feet high by 32 f et in diameter with a capacity of 420,000 gallons. The proposed new tank will have dimensions of approximately 32 feet high by 75 feet in diameter with a capacity of 1,260,000 gallons. Because the rrcw idtak will be on the same site as the existing tank, site v ork to accommodate the larger diameter is expected to be minimal. Potential impacts associated with the construction of the replacement tank is considered less than significant. 4 V St I i P. 06 Letter from State Department of Health Services dated October 29,2001. Comment: If the District plans to acquire,operate and maintain the Glenshire system, DHS may need to amend the current water supply permit or provide a new water supply permit. Before a permit or amended permit can be issued,DHS will need a copy of environmental documentation. Response: Comment aclrnowledged. The initial study identified the Department of Health Services, Office of Drinking Water, as an agency whose approval will be required as a part of this project. The District intends to comply with all permit or amended permit application requirements including provision of environmental documentation to DHS. Comments by District Legal Counsel Steve Gross during Public Hearing on October 17,2001, regarding adoption of mitigation measures with respect to growth inducing impacts, CEQA allows agencies to streamline environmental review by following the procedure set furth in section 21083.3 of the Public Resources Code and its counterpart in the CEQA guidelines,section 15168, Under this procedure, projects which are consistent with the development density established by an e� isting general plan will generally not have to undertake further environmental review for issues which arc adequately addressed in the general plan raid accompanying environmental review. Additional environmental review is still required to identify and address any project-specific significant effects. In the case of the Glenshire aci.quisition and improvement project, this procedure does apply to potential growth-inducing effects. One of the steps public agencies are required to take in order to use this procedure is to adopt any mitigation measures contained in the general plan for the environmental effect for which the agency wants to streamline its review. Tn order to streamline the review of growth-inducing effects, the District has adopted'the mitigation measures for growth- inducing impacts which are contained in the Tow4 of Tiuukce's general plan. These mitigation measures are not added to reduce a potential significant impact to a level less than significant, rather they are added out of an abundance of caution with respect to growth-inducing effects. f 'I M-1. .(Truckee General Plan Land Use Policy 2;3) -To provide for projected population growth in an efficient manner, accommodate development at the highest densities in infill areas, consistent'with the goals for environmental protection and land use compatibility. j M-2. (Truckee General Plan Land Use Policy 3.1) - Work with all special districts, including the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, to ensure that development within the Town is coordinated with provision of services. k g3 g P. 07 - I !!?ct-Pfl-2r01 RI '[lnm ij From-TRUCkEE DOONNEER PUUD t530567116i T'429 P.601�Q62 F'2$6 14•n(''nemrit RED OCT' a Ucpa n H, c i�6F1 J=c Cb(nrark,d(ntnr �' � Si•'n)rvn r. iVdrhr, f,n M1tnn,rgnr L)an Bmi.Chief ofPt''cz Acrian,Hoyor Prn Tam J Lrennls 0,005, Tomw:'lawtc), om•Larhbrook.Cnunh:rtciry Dcrxloprnar;; Ted 64 rnt SUP qkn,,.1J,,,l.iJrrn i' a ge,cicn Afnia$%F;gf2er cob�h�.( j6 Pair Othorn:-Tnu„ck,r �•;;lumJ Sa9JNrr. �:es i°°j°� ,g tez Terrruas,dsaitmnt r0 the dlrna;er r Llanid P. 07MMF,Puhlic Works DtreceodFn,ginee, i i (.)Cwber 17, 2001 i Peter klolzmeister, General Mpina,t ar ihlCbee Donner Public Utility District 11,0, Pe:w 309 Twukcr, (A 96160-0309 VMT-,9CISIMCCE'f530)582-1-M9 .5a7 o5to RE: Calenahirc Water System �cquisition an(]fruptuvements 1>ea t Peter, i Thank you for the opportunity to review the proposed Negative Declaration of the District's acquisition and improvements to the Glcnshirc Watci:,Syatciu- The Town is suppotLiv- of the Diri iot's actions to acquire the Glenshire Water Systerri and to annex the Glenshire Area into the District. Nonetheless, we have the tollowine, comments on the proposed Negative Declaration that we hope will assist your Board of Directors: 1, Rec.alrsl, the District annexation process can be lengthy and time-consundug, we believe it would be advantageous for the District to expand the proposed annexation boundaries of your proposal and to annex the area known as Tahoe Boca Estates (western half of Section 3) as part of the Glenshire Water System annex ation. This Tahnn Boca Estates rhea is located within the Town and is 7.nned for a residential density that wil! require community 1 water service from the District, In addition, btti ed on our discussions with the pr:yperty owners and developers, it appears that this urod could be subdivided within the next swct01 yrixi5. Tlnderstandinp that further environmental review will be necessary for the pipeline to the G Olenshire s-vstem, we hr:.lieve it is important to understand and to include in 4tc Negative Declaration that the potential pipeline route along Old Airport Road is the least desirable route from an environmental impact uud tand use perspective. it is not clearly stated in the a, Negative Declaration reganding the preference of the routes, and the Town requests th/it the Distict state that the Glen,04e, Well route islthe preferred route while the Old Airport Road route is the least preferred. 1018.3 rruckce Airport Road.Tructac,CA 96261-3306 Admini5rrati,,m 530-SS2-7700%Pax' 330-582-7710!c4nad; n(rekce�rQMltnolln(ekec`cone r,'.i+assrr:ntity bc>•c1oT.,uatt: 530-582.7020/P:tx: 330-582.a S89/a-matt.,cdrRgtowaolrrucke'a,co?n Animil ConlroLVehicre Almrcmert: 530-5V-71M/rax. 530.582-7587/e-wall:antrnale0nn'o171,tOr+nlofh7tc'7C�E corn P. 01 Tf :7 67A7EQF6iLlFC)R41A—)iEALTHANDHVM1IANSERVlC;E5AOENCY GRAY DAM.0pvc,mr DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES IiMslon of Drinking Water and Environmental Mana"ment. -11,MS 92 601 North 71h Street, m. P.O-BOX 942702 SACRAUENT01 CA 94234-7320 (916)32.9-6111 October 29, 2001 Peter L. Holzmeister, General Manager Truckee Donner Public Utility District OCT X01 P.O. Box 309 Truckee, CA 96I60-0309 STAY[--I L Dear Mr. Ho)zmetster: HOUSE _J MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FORTR i UCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT-GLENSHInE WATER SYSTEM ACQUISITION ISITION AND IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT- SYSTEM NO. 2910003 (SCH NO. 2001092105) Thank you for the opportunity to review the above'Idocurnent. The Department of Health Services, Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Management (Di is responsible for .water supply permits administered under the Safe I Drinking Water Program, If the Truckee Dormer Pui Utility District plans to acquire, ope�ale and maintain the Glenuhlre Mutual Water Company and make improvements to the Water system in order to provide water for domestic use and fire protection, DIFIS may need to amend the current permit or plovidn a 11Rw water supply permit. Accordingly, DHS would be � responsible agency pursuant to CEQA and may need to consider an environmental document when deciding whether to permit the new facilities. Please contact-Jess Morehouse, Dish ict Enyii iew, of the Sacramento District Office at (916) 229-3126 if you have any questions regarding permits, permit applications,or permit Before a permit or amended permit can be Issued we will need a copy of (1) ther dduplud Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Plan, (2) all comments received and your responses. and (3) the Notice of Determination Filed with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research In general, the Mitigated Negative Declaration would be adequate rot our uunsidelatton under CEQA. Please call meat (916) 445-42137 If you have any questions regarding our environmental review of this project. Sincerely, Chris Stewart Environmental Review Unit cc: State Clearinghouse P,O Box JU44 Sacramento, CA 95812-3044 e� T P. 02 i I Mr- Peter L_ Holzmoistor Page 2 Oclobor 29, 2001 i !1 _ _ I CC Sacramenio, District Office 8455 Jackson Road, Room 120 S2Crampntp, CA 91, 2AM I i I ql ii i u I$k l i f �4 i i i i p �I it f l A 9. fifiy' 7 P. 03 F I i I i Truckee Donner Public Utility District Glenshire Water System Acquisition and Improvements i MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM The Mitigation Monitoring Program insures the enforcement of mitigation measures included in the project's negative declaration. The Environmental Initial Study identifies mitigation monitoring responsibilities including method of implementation, timing of implementation,and responsible party. I The following Mitigation Monitoring Program Checklist provides a method to verify implementation of mitigation measures. Typically, mitigation measures are implemented at three phases of a project; project planning and design, project construction, and following project completion. The checklist shows verification of implementation at each phase for each mitigation measure. t f I. I t { 9 t J. t 1{ I 1 � I F , 5. 5 fi i Eg03iE. ifi Truckee Donner Public Utility District Glenshire Water System Acquisition and Improvements MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM CHECKLIST Mitigation Measure Mitigation Monit3riag Verification at Verifcation Verification at Comments Plannirg/Desipn During Project Coast action Completim M-1. ,(Truckee General Plan Laad General Manage-,Water Use Po-icy 2.3) -To provide Superintendent,District Civil for projected population Bigineer-District-o be responsible growth in an efficient for intinstructare planning consistent manner, awommodate with general plan goals for develo-Pmen:at the highest enviro urental protectior and land densities in irrfiil areas, uae compatibility. consistentwith the goals for environmental protection and :ard use cotnpatibiLty. IvI-2. (Truckee General Plar Land Geneml Manager, Water Use-Policy 3:1j-Work-with` Superiatendenr-District Civit all special districts, including Engineer- District to be-esponsible the Tahoe-Tnackee Unified for cocrdinatir.g Infrastructure School District, to ensure that planning with all o6er special development within the Town distracts. is coordinated with provision of services. v m a