REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a resolution approving the Water Supply Assessment for the Tasman East Specific Plan
Report
BACKGROUND
California Water Code Section 10910 and Section 15155(b) of the Guidelines to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) require a water utility to prepare a Water Supply Assessment ("Assessment") for any development project that, among other criteria, includes more than 500 dwelling units, 500,000 square feet of retail space, 250,000 square feet of office space, employs more than 1,000 people, or would demand an amount of water equivalent to, or greater than, the amount of water required by a 500 dwelling unit project. The proponent of the Tasman East Specific Plan ("Applicant") requested an Assessment which proposes to construct new buildings consisting of 4,500 residential units, 106,000 gross square feet (gsf) of retail space, a 200,000 gsf school for 600 students, and 430,000 gsf of irrigable landscaping. Therefore, this Assessment is required to be brought to Council for the Council's approval, denial, or other direction.
The Assessment requires an analysis of the utility's current and future water supplies as well as the current and projected water demands in the utility's service area. The Assessment must include a determination as to whether additional water supplies are necessary or if sufficient water supplies exist for the proposed development. The law also requires that the water utility's governing body approve water supply assessments. The City Council is the governing body for the City's Water Utility.
DISCUSSION
City staff has prepared an Assessment for the Tasman East Specific Plan. The Assessment provides a detailed analysis of the amount of water necessary to meet the needs of the proposed development and the City's ability to supply that amount of water based on the projections identified in the City's Urban Water Management Plan as well as water supply assessments prepared after the City's...
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