55A - SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION

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Mr. Robert Silverstein, Esq. is 0 Review Of The Recirculated DEIR And FEIR For The San Lorenzo Sewer Lift Station project January 12, 2012 Page 12 of 18 It would also be technically feasible to install the sewer and force main across South Bristol Street by trenchless techniques such as jacking and boring or horizontal directional drilling. If a trenchless technology is used for placing the pipes, the only work that would have to be done in South Bristol Street would be the connections of the gravity sewer to the existing manhole and connection of the force main to the existing force main. These connections would require only a small pit that could be constructed in at most three or four days each. This work could occur on weekends or at night so that the impact on traffic would be minimal. The RDEIR gives Alternative Site No. 7 credit for a reduction in the duration of construction of eight days. As discussed elsewhere, using sites other than the proposed site would avoid having to construct the temporary sewer bypass and relocate the SCE power pole, which would shorten the duration of construction by at least four weeks. The greater amount of space and the better access to the pump station in Site No. 7 would result in even more reduction in the duration of construction. The RDEIR states that impacts due to odors would slightly increase due to the decreased distance to nearby sensitive receptors, i.e, residential. This statement is incorrect. There are no nearby residences. As for Site No. 6, the RDEIR notes that construction of a pump station at this site would result in a deficit of five parking spaces after the project is completed. A deficit of five parking spaces out of the 401 required parking spaces is only slightly over one percent and seems trivial. 5.4.70 ALTERNATIVE SITE No. 8 Alternative Site No. 8 is located in the rear parking lot of a medical building located at 2810 South Bristol Street. The RDEIR concedes that the use of Site No. 8 would reduce the length of the underground sewer conveyance infrastructure by 27 percent and that Site No. 8 would also avoid any construction at all in the intersection of South Bristol Street and West Segerstrom Avenue. The two factors would result in a significant decrease in the impact on traffic and transportation. The RDEIR again includes a long description of how difficult it will be to construct a sewer and force main along South Bristol Street but fails to note that the proposed project includes 190 -feet of longitudinal sewer in South Bristol Street. 55A -161