55B - RESO - EIR SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT

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Chapter 3 - Findings Regarding Project Alternatives 3.1 Introduction The EIR prepared for the San Lorenzo Sewer Lift Station Project considered numerous alternatives to the Proposed Project and ultimately analyzed two (2) of these alternatives in detail. This chapter describes the Project's objectives and design criteria used to develop and evaluate the project alternatives presented in the Draft EIR. A description of the alternatives compared to the Proposed Project and the findings regarding the feasibility of adopting the described alternatives are presented below. 3.2 Project Objectives The project objectives of the proposed San Lorenzo Sewer Lift Station Project are as follows: • To construct a new sewage lift station (the San Lorenzo Lift Station) near the intersection of South Bristol Street and West Segerstrom Avenue to replace an existing lift station that has exceeded its design life (the Segerstrom Lift Station). • To install modern lift station equipment and associated wastewater conveyance infrastructure to provide system redundancies in order to reduce the potential of a sewer spill. • To provide a lift station facility in which electrical components of the facility are housed above ground so as to preclude the potential for electrical failure during peak storm events (due to flooding). • To construct a lift station facility that provides sufficient access space for maintenance of the lift station facility. • To improve safety for both motorists and City workers by providing for an above-ground lift station facility located outside of existing roadway rights-of-way. • To minimize odor-related nuisances to land uses in close proximity to the new sewage lift station through the installation of a gravity odor control system. • To install landscape and hardscape improvements in areas that will be disturbed by lift station construction. • To safely demolish and abandon the existing Segerstrom Lift Station in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations and standards. 3.3 Selection of Alternatives The Draft EIR evaluated two (2) alternatives, including the No Project Alternative, in Chapter 5.0. This evaluation compared the environmental advantages and disadvantages of each alternative to the Proposed Project. The No Project Alternative, as required by CEQA, considers a scenario in which no new lift station facility would be constructed and the existing lift station north of the South Bristol San Lorenzo Lift Station EIR (Project No. 06-3510) 3-1 Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Consideration _2