Staff Reports - East Bay Municipal Utility District

EBMUD
TITLE
5,
AGENDA NO. _
MEETING DATE January 22.2013
WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT FOR THE LAKE MERRITT STATION AREA
PLAN
0 MOTION
• RESOLUTION
• ORDINANCE
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the Water Supply Assessment (WSA) requested by the City of Oakland (City) for the Lake
Merritt Station Area Plan pursuant to California Water Code, Sections 10910-10915.
SUMMARY
The Lake Merritt Station Area Plan project site (located within the District's Ultimate Service Boundary)
is approximately 315 acres and is bounded by 14th Street to the north, Interstate 880 to the south,
Broadway and Franklin Street to the west, and 4th and 5th Avenue to the east (see Attachment A). As
described in the City's WSA request letter, the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan is a transit-oriented mixedused
development project that has a reasonably foreseeable growth scenario of 4,900 residential units,
404,000 square feet of retail space, 1,229,000 square feet of office space, and 108,000 square feet of
institutional space.
The project site includes the Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit Station (BART), Oakland Chinatown
business and residential districts and Laney College. The site is currently developed with commercial and
residential uses with an estimated existing annual average water use of approximately 1,070,000 gallons
per day (gpd). The projected water demand for the proposed project at build out is estimated to be
2,130,000 gpd. The City provided estimates on the existing and future average water demands for the
proposed project of approximately 1,480,000 gpd and 2,873,000 gpd, respectively; these estimates are
based on wastewater generation rates, which results in an overestimate of water demands for residential
and office space 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
2,130,000 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:
Budget Code:
DEPARTMENT SUBMITTING
Engineering and Construction
DEPARTMENT MANAGER or DIRECTOR
fo f- Javier J. Mas
APPROVED
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Leral Manager
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