Reso 1630 12/2022RESOLUTION NO. 1630
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VALLECITOS WATER
DISTRICT MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION
21166 AND ADOPTING ADDENDUM NO. 1 TO 2004 INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED
NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE MEADOWLARK WATER RECLAMATION
FACILITY (SCH # 2004091046)
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2004, the Board of Directors for the Vallecitos Water District
adopted the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Meadowlark Water
Reclamation Facility (SCH # 2004091046) ("2004 IS/MND"), adopted a Mitigation Monitoring
and Reporting Program, and approved the Notice of Determination ("NOD") pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"); and
WHEREAS, the 2004 IS/MND included a number of individual expansion projects, for
the Meadowlark Water Reclamation Facility, including the Meadowlark Reclamation Facility
("MRF") Conversion to Sodium Hypochlorite Project ("Project"), and the IS/MND analyzed the
impacts of such included projects; and
WHEREAS, the Project analyzed in the 2004 IS/MND proposed upgrades to the existing
chlorine gas facility and disinfection system including upgrading the chlorine gas building and
disinfection system by replacing the static meter with a new ejector unit, adding a dry chemical
scrubber to the existing gas chlorine system, and adding a fire suppression system; and
WHEREAS, the District proposes to make minor improvements to the Project,
("Improved Project") to include complete removal of the existing chemical building, chlorine gas
storage and feed system, and chemical scrubber and replacement of that system with a 12.5
percent sodium hypochlorite solution storage and feed system; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA, when taking subsequent discretionary actions in
furtherance of a project for which an IS/MND has been adopted, the lead agency is required to
review any changed circumstances to determine whether any of the circumstances under
Public Resources Code section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 require
additional environmental review; and
WHEREAS, staff has evaluated the Improved Project in light of the standards for
subsequent environmental review outlined in Public Resources Code section 21166 and State
CEQA Guidelines section 15162, and concluded that the Improved Project would not result in
new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects that were previously disclosed in the 2004 IS/MND and therefore
no subsequent EIR or mitigated negative declaration is required; and
WHEREAS, the Improved Project would nonetheless necessitate minor changes or
additions to the IS/MND and thus, the District has prepared an Addendum to the 2004 IS/MND
("Addendum No. 1 ") pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15164; and
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2022, the Board of Directors of the District held a duly
noticed public meeting to consider the Improved Project and the Addendum, at which members
of the public were afforded an opportunity to comment on the Improved Project and Addendum
No. 1; and
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has carefully considered the 2004 IS/MND, the
Addendum No. 1, the staff report and all pertinent testimony offered at the public meeting held
on December 14, 2022; and
WHEREAS, State CEQA Guidelines section 15164, subdivision (c) does not require the
Addendum to be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to a final
IS/MND; and
WHEREAS, the findings and conclusions made by the Board of Directors are based on
the oral and written evidence presented as well as the entirety of the administrative record for
the Project, which is incorporated herein by this reference.
NOW THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VALLECITOS WATER
DISTRICT DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Recitals. The recitals above are true and correct and are hereby adopted
as findings, as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Compliance With CEQA. State CEQA Guidelines section 15164 allows
lead agencies to prepare an addendum to a previously certified IS/MND if some changes or
additions to the project are necessary, but none of the conditions requiring preparation of a
subsequent IS/MND are present. The Board of Directors has reviewed and considered the
administrative record, including but not limited to the 2004 IS/MND and Addendum No. 1, which
are all incorporated by reference as though set forth fully herein, and finds that those
documents taken together contain a complete and accurate reporting of all the environmental
impacts associated with the Project and the Improved Project. The Board of Directors further
finds that the Addendum and the administrative record have been completed in compliance
with CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the District's Local Guidelines. The Board of
Directors finds and determines that the Addendum reflects the District's independent judgment.
SECTION 3: CEQA Findings. In this case, when taking subsequent discretionary
actions in furtherance of a project for which an IS/MND has been certified, the District is
required to review any changed circumstances under Public Resources Code section 21166
and State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 to determine whether additional environmental
review is required. Based on the substantial evidence set forth in the administrative record,
including but not limited to the 2004 IS/MND and the Addendum, the Board of Directors finds
that none of the conditions under State CEQA Guidelines section 15162 requiring subsequent
environmental review have occurred because the Improved Project:
a) does not constitute substantial changes that would require major revisions to the
2004 IS/MND due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or
a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified effects; and
b) does not constitute substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under
which the Project, is undertaken that would require major revisions of the 2004
IS/MND due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of the previously identified significant effects;
and
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c) does not present new information or substantial importance that was not known
and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the
time the 2004 IS/MND was adopted, showing any of the following: (i) that the
Improved Project would have one or more significant effects not discussed in the
earlier environmental documentation; (ii) that significant effects previously
examined would be substantially more severe than shown in the earlier
environmental documentation; (iii) that mitigation measures or alternatives
previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would
substantially reduce one or more significant effects, but the applicant declined to
adopt such measures; or (iv) that mitigation measures or alternatives
considerably different from those previously analyzed would substantially reduce
one or more significant effects on the environment, but which the applicant
declined to adopt.
SECTION 4. Board of Directors Action
adopts the Addendum to the 2004 IS/MND,
previously imposed as part of the District's
Improved Project.
The Board of Directors hereby approves and
and confirms that all the mitigation measures
2004 approvals remain fully applicable to the
SECTION 5: Location of Documents. The 2004 IS/MND and Addendum No. 1 are on
file and available for public review at https://www.vwd.org/departments/engineering/capital-
facilities/capital-facilities-updates-and-notices. The custodian of record of proceedings for this
action shall be Clerk of the District.
SECTION 6: Staff is hereby authorized and directed to file a Notice of Determination
with the San Diego County Clerk within five (5) working days following the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Vallecitos Water
District at a Special Meeting held on the 14th day of December, 2022, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: BOYD-HODGSON, ELITHARP, HERNANDEZ, PENNOCK
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT: I
Cr ' itharp,President
rd of Directors
Vallecitos Water District
ATTEST:
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Glenn Pruim, Secretary
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District