Reso 1664 02/2024RESOLUTION NO. 1664
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 NORTH SAN DIEGO WATER REUSE
COALITION REGIONAL RECYCLED WATER PROJECT PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH # 2014081028)
WHEREAS, on October 21, 2015, the Board of Directors for the Olivenhain Municipal
Water District certified the North San Diego Water Reuse Coalition Regional Recycled Water
Project Environmental Impact Report (SCH # 2014081028) ("PEIR"), and adopted a
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act ("CEQA"); and
WHEREAS, the 2015 PEIR included a number of individual projects, including the
Chlorine Contact Tank Expansion Project ("Project"), and the PEIR analyzed the impacts of
such included projects; and
WHEREAS, the District proposes to make minor improvements to the Project, to
include concrete coating refurbishment and aluminum covers for the existing two chlorine
contact tank basins; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA, when taking subsequent discretionary actions in
furtherance of a project for which an EIR has been certified, 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 proposed changes 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 proposed changes 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 PEIR and
therefore no subsequent EIR or mitigated negative declaration is required; and
WHEREAS, the proposed improvements would nonetheless necessitate minor
changes or additions to the PEIR and thus, the District has prepared an Addendum to the
PEIR ("Addendum No. 1") pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15164; and
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2024, the Board of Directors of the District held a duly
noticed public meeting to consider the Project improvements and the Addendum, at which
members of the public were afforded an opportunity to comment on the Design Review
application and Addendum No. 1; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has carefully considered the PEIR, the Addendum
No. 1, the staff report, and all pertinent testimony offered at the public meeting held on
February 7, 2024; and
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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
PEIR; 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
requires lead agencies to prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some
changes or additions to the project are necessary, but none of the conditions requiring
preparation of a subsequent EIR are present. The Board of Directors has reviewed and
considered the administrative record, including but not limited to the PEIR 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, including the Project improvements. 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 EIR 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 PEIR 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 Project, including the Project
improvements,:
a) does not constitute substantial changes that would require major revisions to
the PEIR 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, including the Project improvements, were developed
that would require major revisions of the PEIR 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 PEIR was certified, showing any of the following: (i)
that the Project, including the Project improvements, 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. The Board of Directors hereby approves and
adopts the Addendum to the PEIR and confirms that all the mitigation measures previously
imposed as part of the Olivenhain Municipal Water District's 2015 approvals remain fully
applicable to the modifications to the Project.
SECTION 5: Location of Documents. The certified PEIR, and Addendum 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 regular meeting held on the 7th day of February 2024, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: BOYD-HODGSON, ELITHARP, GROSET, HERNANDEZ
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT: PENNOCK�
any Boydgson, President
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District
ATTEST:
es umpel, Secr tary
Board of Directors
Vallecitos Water District