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' BOARD OF DIRECTORS
POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: September 20, 2012
subject: SET NOVEMBER 15, 2012 AT 2:00 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE DISTRICT ANNEXATION
168C — ALHAMBRA VALLEY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Submitted By: Initiating DeptJDiv.:
Russell B. Leavitt, Engineering Assistant III Engineering /Environmental Services
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR BOARD ACTION:
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R. Leavitt
T. Brightbill J. Mi amoto -Mills
K. Alm
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Ann E. Farrell
General Manager
ISSUE: District practice is to hold a public hearing prior to the Board's possible
certification of an Environmental Impact Report.
RECOMMENDATION: Set November 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. as the date and time for a
public hearing to receive comments on the District Annexation (DA) 168C — Alhambra
Valley Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
FINANCIAL IMPACTS: Not applicable.
ALTERNATIVES /CONSIDERATIONS: Not applicable.
BACKGROUND: The District, as the Lead Agency, has prepared the Final EIR for
District Annexation 168C — Alhambra Valley. The Final EIR consists of the Draft EIR
(State Clearinghouse No. 200912011) for District Annexation 168C — Alhambra Valley,
comments and responses to comments received on the Draft EIR, errata to the Draft
EIR, and supplemental information. The Draft EIR for the Project was distributed to
potential responsible and trustee agencies, interested groups, organizations and
individuals. The public review period for the Draft EIR commenced on July 19, 2010
and ended September 3, 2010. The Final EIR was distributed on August 28, 2012.
Electronic copies of each document are available on CCCSD's website at
http : / /www.centralsan.org /index.cfm ?navld =368.
The Project, as amended, currently proposes to annex into the District's service area
eight (rather than the original nine) Alhambra Valley parcels totaling approximately 82.1
acres. Annexation to CCCSD would permit sewer installation and connection of
individual residences in the project area. All of the parcels are located outside the
County's Urban Limit Line (ULL), while most of the bordering parcels are within the
ULL. DA 168C is adjacent to the District's existing boundaries, resulting from other
recent CCCSD annexations in Alhambra Valley. All of the proposed DA 168C is within
CCCSD's Sphere of Influence (SOI), which represents its probable physical boundaries
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POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: September 20, 2012
subject SET NOVEMBER 15, 2012 AT 2:00 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE DISTRICT ANNEXATION
168C — ALHAMBRA VALLEY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
and service area as established by the Contra Costa Local Agency Formation
Commission .(LAFCO).
At its November 15, 2012 meeting, the Board of Directors will be requested to certify
the Final EIR prior to approving the proposed annexation. It is customary to hold a
public hearing to receive public comments on the Final EIR and the project during the
Board Meeting at which the Final EIR is presented. After the public hearing, the Board
will consider certifying the Final EIR as an adequate evaluation of the project's
environmental impacts and adopting associated findings as required by the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). If it decides to certify the EIR, the Board may
consider approval of the project or one of its alternatives.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION: Set November 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. as the date
and time for a public hearing to receive comments on the DA 168C — Alhambra Valley
Final EIR.
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