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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/27/1990333. City Council Minutes Page 2 Tuesday, August 27, 1990 - 7:00 p.m. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. STATE WATER PROJECT (File No. 1124) Council considered the draft Environmental Impact Report on State Water Project Coastal Branch (continued from July 31, 1990). Bill Hetland, Utilities Director, reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council, after its review of the draft EIR and proposed letter, accept public testimony and direct staff to make appropriate changes. Public comment an the document would be accepted by the State until September 17, 1990. Staff has concerns with the adequacy of its coverage of growth inducing impacts, project reliability,.water quality, and cumulative impacts. He then reviewed the use and purpose of the EIR, City involvement and initial scoping of. the EIR, impacts of the proposed project, and staff comments. Mayor Pro -Tem Reiss asked for public comment. Brett Cross, 1214 Mariner's Cove, expressed concern about the economic impacts to individual citizens. Bill Dunn, member of the Green Beret, expressed opposition to the State Water Project and urged Council to look towards other areas. Eric Greening, 7363 Villa, Atascadero, felt that the EIR did not look at endangered species. He also felt that it should re- evaluate the energy use and dependency on this water for long term uses. Charles Long, 639 Al -Hil Drive, spoke in support of the State's portion of the EIR. He felt individual cities would then determine whether or not they wanted State water based on its merit and how it affected individual communities. Sally Kowloski, Creston, felt that the State should not have been charged with preparing the EIR, that they would not be able to do it in an unbiased manner. Don Smith, 1111 Vista Lago, SLO, submitted a letter into the record expressing conern that the cost of the proposed State Water Project was greater per individual than what the EIR showed, and gave examples of it in his submittal. Nathan Corin, Atascadero, was concerned about endangered species, specifically the chapparal hawk. Jack Townsend, P.O. Box 44, Creston, also felt the EIR was inadequate. Peter Andre felt there was insufficient notice and was opposed to certification to the EIR. Councilwoman RaDDa questioned the timeline for getting the EIR report before the Council has to make decisions on other water resources, such as 334 City Council Minutes Page 3 Tuesday, August 27, 1990 - 7:00 p.m. desalination, groundwater, expansion of Salinas, etc. She would like an analysis of energy costs now being experienced versus the cost if State Water was available. She felt the draft EIR should have given more credit to the City for its conservation efforts. She was concerned about what water treatment would be most likely. Councilman Roalman was also concerned about the cost of the water coming out of the tap to the average user. He would like to have Mr. Smith's letter evaluated and propose suggestions. He also cited an excerpt of a memo from Dr. Richard Cressja's letter, on page 5, from the Department of Water Resources regarding growth inducing impacts which the EIR spoke to in 1974, and the letter from Maps 1981, seemed to be contradictory. Councilwoman Pinard was concerned about water quality, what guarantees there would be for receiving it, what was the storage capacity, concerned about wildlife, felt that the EIR did not spend sufficient time reviewing the wildlife habitat. She also would like to see staff evaluate other alternatives so that there would be a comparison. Mayor Pro-Tem Reiss also supported previous comments by his Council colleagues. 7:55 p.m., Mayor Pro-Tem Reiss declared a recess; 8:00 p.m., City Council reconvened, Mayor Dunin absent. Bill Hetland, Utilities Director, then briefly recapped Council's discussion identifying those areas that would be increased comments in the proposed letter to the State Department of Water Resources: 1) Better definition of groundwater overdraft basins. 2) Quality. 3) Reliability of delivery of State Water Project based on potential outcome of the Delta Hearings. 4) Energy costs. 5) Water Conservation section to be expanded identifying conservation methods currently being done by the City of San Luis Obispo. 6) What the local costs are at the tap and a broader cost analysis. 7) Local alternative analysis in more depth. 8) The State's policy of taking water from one area to another. 9) Local storage capacity requirements. 10) Justify any inadequacies of the wildlife. 11) Adequacy of site surveys. 12) Psychological impacts on the dependency of water. 13) The issue of the State preparing its own EIR. 14) Local project alternatives. 15) Growth inducing comments. Mr. Hetland said that the comments needed to be submitted to the Department of Water Resources by September 17, 1990. He would circulate the draft letter to the Council and then forward it on to the State. Other water resources would 1 City Council Minutes Tuesday, August 27, 1990 - 7 :00 p.m. Page 4 be discussed in more detail in the fall. A special election is proposed in the spring of 1991 as to the desirability of accepting State water. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMUNICATIONS CONN. 1 Mayor Pro -Tem Reiss requested that staff work with the BLA and identify ways of keeping the downtown more cleanly. John Dunn, City Administrative Officer, stated he had already spoken with the BIA officials and they are looking at ways of doing a better job of keeping the downtown clean. 8:20 p.m., there being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Pro -Tem Reiss adjourned the meeting to Tuesday, August 28, 1990, at 4 :00 p.m. n APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 9/18/90 PV:nlo Voges, Ci4y Clerk M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1990 - 4:00 P.K. - 10:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER - CITY HALL - 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Vice -Mayor Jerry Reiss, Councilmembers Penny Rappa, Bill Roalman and Mayor Ron Dunin Absent: Councilwoman Peg Pinard (arrived at 7:00 p.m.) City Staff Present: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer; Jeff Jorgensen, City Attorney; Pam Voges, City Clerk; Rim Condon, Assistant City Clerk; Arnold Jonas, Community Development Director; Jim Gardiner, Police Chief; Glen Matteson, Associate Planner ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- - --- -- 1. EARTHQUAKE FAULT PRESENTATION (File No. 402) Presentation was made by Mr. Jerry Treiman of the California Division of Mines and Geology concerning the Alquist - Priolo Act and the new fault hazard map of our area which was recently released showing geologic faults. No action taken. 335