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Item 4.a.
CENTRAL SAN
March 11, 2019
TO: REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
FROM: MELODY LABELLA, RESOURCE RECOVERY PROGRAM MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: JEAN-MARC PETIT, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL
SERVICES
ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON DIABLO COUNTRY CLUB (DCC) SATELLITE WATER
RECYCLING FACILITY(SWRF) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
The DCC has recently decided to shift the approach on the implementation of their SWRF Demonstration
Project (Project). Staff is providing the Committee with an update on the latest understanding of the
Project's next steps.
DCC has a number of upcoming large projects planned for their Country Club, including a Clubhouse
Expansion Project, that will require its own environmental review, in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and trigger the Club's property to be rezoned by Contra Costa County
(County). Because of that, DCC has decided to package the environmental review together and shift the
lead CEQA agency to the County. The plan moving forward is that their environmental document will cover
the rezoning of DCC's property and an associated Development Agreement, the Clubhouse Expansion
Project, the SWRF Project (with Central San as a responsible agency), and possibly the redesign of their
golf course.
DCC is currently working on an application to the County to initiate the environmental review and rezoning
effort. DCC anticipates that the environmental work will be considered by the County in late 2019. That
schedule means the recycled water project will start no earlier than the spring of 2020. I n addition, the
delay in the project has created a window during which DCC leadership wants to examine alternative
project delivery options and re-examine possibilities for ownership, long-term operation, and financing.
As new information is received, staff will continue to pass along updates to the Committee on the Project.
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