Staff Reports - East Bay Municipal Utility District

EBMUD
AGENDA NO.
a
MEETING DATE January 22. 2013
TITLE
WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT FOR THE BROADWAY/VALDEZ DISTRICT
SPECIFIC PLAN
S MOTION. • RESOLUTION • ORDINANCE
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the Water Supply Assessment (WSA) requested by the City of Oakland (City) for the
Broadway/Valdez District Specific Plan pursuant to California Water Code, Sections 10910-10915.
SUMMARY
The Broadway/Valdez District Specific Plan project site (located within the District's Ultimate Service
Boundary) is approximately 96 acres and is bounded by Interstate 580 to the north, Grand Avenue to the
south, and centered around Broadway (see Attachment A). As described in the City's WSA request letter,
the Broadway/Valdez District Specific Plan is a mixed-used development project that has a reasonable
foreseeable growth scenario of up to 1,797 residential units, 1,114,050 square feet of retail space,
694,889 square feet of office space, a hotel with 181 rooms, and up to 6,409 parking spaces.
The project site is the historic Broadway Auto Row and currently consists of mainly commercial uses,
including a number of active automotive dealers and repair shops, with an estimated existing annual
average water use of approximately 185,000 gallons per day (gpd). The projected water demand for the
proposed project at build out is estimated to be 860,000 gpd. The City provided estimates on the existing
and future average water demands for the proposed project of approximately 393,000 gpd and 1,029,000
gpd, respectively; these estimates are based on wastewater generation rates, which results in an
overestimate of water demands for residential, office space, hotels, and parking structure land uses. Given
the District's land use demand approach, system capacity charge studies, and good informational
references on water unit ranges, the District's estimated water demand is 860,000 gpd for the proposed
project at build out. This demand is accounted for in the District's Urban Water Management Plan
(UWMP). Approval of the assessment is described in the attached letter (Attachment B) and upon Board
approval will be sent to the City.
Funds Available:
DEPARTMENT SUBMITTING
Budget Code:
DEPARTMENT MANAGER or DIRECTOR
APPROVED
Engineering and Construction
ft r-Xavier J. Was
General Manager
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