EIP AND ASSOCIATES 7 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

SUBJECT: Proposal to Conduct SB 610 Analysis for the Proposed Renaissance Specific Plan PROJECT UNDERSTANDING The City of Santa Anna will be the Lead Agency for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Renaissance Specific Plan (proposed project). WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT STATUTE A water supply assessment (WSA) pursuant to SB 610 will need to be prepared and approved prior to completion of the EIR. Senate Bill 610 and its companion legislation SB 221 were passed into law in 2001 and amended Water Code § Sections 10631, 10656, 10910, 10911, 10912, and 10915, to repeal Section 10913 f, and to add and repeal Section 10657. These laws reflect the growing awareness of the need to incorporate water supply and demand analysis at the earliest possible stage in the land use planning process. As a result of the enactment of SB 610, water supply assessments must be furnished to local governments for inclusion in any environmental documentation for projects meeting the specified requirements under Section 10912 (a) of the Water Code and subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A project meets the requirement for SB 610, if it includes any of the following development plans. In this case, the proposed project is a mixed-use project that includes one or more of the elements listed below. • Contains more than 500 dwelling units • Proposes a shopping center or business establishment employing more than 1,000 persons or having more than 500,000 square feet of floor space. • Proposes an office building employing more than 1,000 persons or having more than 250,000 square feet of floor space. • Proposes a hotel or motel, or both, having more than 500 rooms. • Proposes industrial uses planned to house more than 1,000 persons, occupying more than 40 acres of land, or having more than 650,000 square feet of floor area. • A mixed use project that includes one or more of the projects specified above. • A project that would demand an amount of water equivalent to, or greater than, the amount of water required by a 500 dwelling unit project. Water Supply Background The City of Santa Anna's water utility is the water agency to serve the proposed project. The City is a member agency the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and purchases approximately 36 percent of its water from MWD. The Orange County Water District manages the groundwater for the basin which provides 64 percent of the City's water through city owned and operated wells. City's UWMP management plan states anticipated growth to come from the increased groundwater pumping.