Item 27 - Water Supply Assessment for Cabrillo Town Center Project

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Cabrillo Town Center WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT NOVEMBER 21, 2022 4 1.WSA PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND This Water supply Assessment (WSA) was prepared for FRH Reality LLC as the project sponsor/applicant, and the City of Santa Ana (“City” or “Santa Ana”) as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), by C&V Consulting, Inc. (C&V), as the consultant, regarding the Cabrillo Town Center Project (“Cabrillo Town Center” or “Project”). SB 610 is an act that amended Section 21151.9 of the Public Resources Code, and Sections 10656, 10910, 10911, 10912, and 10915 of the Water Code. SB 610 was approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State on October 9, 2001, and became effective January 1, 2002. Under SB 610, WSAs must be furnished to local governments for inclusion in environmental documentation for certain projects (as defined in Water Code 10912 [a]) subject to CEQA. Due to increased population, land use changes and water demands, this water bill seeks to improve the link between information on water availability and certain land use decisions made by cities and counties. SB 610 takes a significant step toward managing the demand of California’s water supply as it provides regulations and incentives to preserve and protect future water needs. The intent of this bill is to coordinate local water supply and land use decisions to help provide California’s cities, farms, and industrial developments with adequate water supplies. With the introduction of SB 610, any project under CEQA shall provide a WSA if the project meets the definition of the Water Code Section 10912. “Project” means any of the following: A proposed residential development of more than 500 dwelling units. A proposed shopping center or business establishment employing more than 1,000 persons or having more than 500,000 square feet of floor space. A proposed commercial office building employing more than 1,000 persons or having more than 250,000 square feet of floor space. A proposed hotel or motel, or both, having more than 500 rooms. A proposed industrial, manufacturing, or processing plant, or industrial park planned to house more than 1,000 persons, occupying more than 40 acres of land, or having more than 650,000 square feet of floor area. A mixed-use project that includes one or more of the projects specified in this subdivision. A project that would demand an amount of water equivalent to, or greater than, the amount of water required by a 500 dwelling unit project. If a public water system has fewer than 5,000 service connections, then “project” means any proposed residential, business, commercial, hotel or motel, or industrial development that would account for an increase of 10 percent or more in the number of the public water system’s existing service connections, or mixed-use project that would demand an amount of water equivalent to, or greater than, the