Staff Reports - East Bay Municipal Utility District

Enclosure 1
CITY OF OAKLAND
DALZIEL BUILDING • 250 FRANK H. OCAWA PLAZA, SUITE 3315 • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612-2032
Department of Planning, Building and Neighborhood Preservation (510} 238-3941
Planning & Zoning Services Division FAX (510} 238-6538
TDD (510) 238-3254
November 27, 2012
Mi, David Rehnstrom
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Water Distribution Planning Division
375 11 th Street, MS 701
Oakland, C A 94612
RB:
Request for Confirmation of Water Supply Assessment for the proposed Lake Merritt
Station Area Plan, Oakland (SCH#2012032012, Oakland Planning Case no. ER11-0017)
Dear Mr. Rehnstrom:
Per amendments to Section 10912 of the Water Code implemented by Senate Bill 610, the City
of Oakland is submitting this request to the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to
prepare a Water Supply Assessment (WSA). The assessment is required in order to determine
whether adequate water supply is available to meet the projected water, demand of the proposed
implementation of the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan. A Notice of Preparation (NOP) for an
Environment Impact Report (EIR) was sent to you on March 1,2012.
• The Lake Merritt Station Area Plan is a Specific Plan that will include general plan and zoning
amendments, along with detailed strategies and programs to encourage projects, site design and
development standards, as well as funding and implementation strategies to carry out the policies
in the Plan. The "reasonably foreseeable" growth scenario assumes development of: 4,900 new
housing units; 404,000 square feet of commercial retail space; 1,229,000 square feet of
commercial office space; and 108,000 square feet of institutional space, which collectively
exceeds the thresholds for requiring a WSA.
Although EBMXJD's March 26,2012, letter (in response to the NOP) requested that future
development projects in the area request separate WSAs, the City nevertheless requests EBMUD
prepare a WSA at this time for the entire development program so as to avoid future individual
projects from having to prepare separate WSAs, as long as the future proj ect conforms to the -
Guide. This will help ensure future development projects in conformance with the Guide will
have an expedited review process, one of the basic purposes of the Guide. Moreover, it also
allows EBMUD, and the City, to better coordinate long-range planning efforts.