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TO:
FROM:
January 26, 2015
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council through City Manager
Dan St. John, F. ASCE — Director, Public Works and Utilities
Curtis M. Bates, P.E. — City Engineer
SUBJECT: Resolution Conditionally Authorizing a Water Connection Outside the Urban
Growth Boundary for the Pacific Gas and Electric Substation Facility Located at
3600 Old Adobe Road, APN: 017-140-010 and Providing for Application to the
Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission for Approval of an
Outside Area Service Agreement.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a Resolution Conditionally Authorizing a Water
Connection Outside the Urban Growth Boundary for the Pacific Gas and Electric Substation
Facility Located at 3600 Old Adobe Road, APN: 017-140-010 and Providing for Application to
the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission for Approval of an Outside Area
Service Agreement.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has requested to connect one new water service to
the City of Petaluma's public water system. The service is proposed to be a two-inch connection
with a one -inch meter, and will be for domestic use only. The water service will provide potable
water to the restrooms and small kitchen in the existing maintenance yard office and substation
control buildings. There is an existing fire protection storage tank located on the PG&E site that
is served by an existing well.
On January 22, 1991, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 91-16 updating policies for
extension of water service outside of City limits. Policy 1-P-30 of the City's General Plan 2025
also restates these policies. The policy allows connection to the City's system upon approval by
the City Council for non-residential purposes including public and quasi -public uses existing as
of July 20, 1998.
Additionally, PG&E has provided a letter dated October 16, 2014 indicating that the existing on-
site well does not meet current standards for public water systems and that the well is
unacceptable as a public water source. The letter further states that water quality sampling for the
well indicated exceedance of maximum contaminant levels for specific conductance and
chloride.
The outside water service policy limits connection size to three-quarter inches unless otherwise
specifically approved by the City Council. PG&E has requested a two-inch connection with a
one -inch meter in order to maintain sufficient water pressure at the site. PG&E's Civil Engineer
has provided water pressure and flow calculations that demonstrate the need for the two-inch
connection with one inch -meter. There is an existing City public water main in Old Adobe Road
that PG&E could connect to.
Approval by the Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) would be
required for the requested service connection outside City boundaries subsequent to City Council
approval and prior to issuing construction permits to perform the work. The City is responsible
for submitting an application to LAFCO upon Council approval. PG&E would be required to pay
City water capacity fees and other connection and meter fees as required. PG&E will also be
required to obtain an encroachment permit from both the City of Petaluma and County of
Sonoma. In addition, the City requires that PG&E enter into an agreement that runs with the
land, which commits PG&E and any future property owner to construct roadway frontage
improvements and dedicate necessary right of way should the property be annexed into the City
of Petaluma, among other requirements.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
PG&E has submitted a development application and deposited the corresponding fees for this
request. Staff time is fully recovered through the City's cost recovery system. PG&E is
responsible for paying all construction document review and permitting fees, application fees for
LAFCO, and water connection fees prior to the issuance of any permits. The current water
capacity fee associated with a one -inch meter is $6,130.87
ATTACHMENTS
1. Draft Resolution
2. Lakeville Substation Map
3. Letter dated October 16, 2014 from the California State Water Resources Control Board
Attaclunent l
RESOLUTION CONDITIONALLY AUTHORIZING A WATER CONNECTION
OUTSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR THE PACIFIC GAS AND
ELECTRIC SUBSTATION FACILITY LOCATED AT 3600 OLD ADOBE ROAD, APN:
017-140-010 AND PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION TO THE SONOMA COUNTY
LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF AN OUTSIDE
AREA SERVICE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has requested an outside
service connection to the City of Petaluma Public Water System; and
WHEREAS, PG&E has provided documentation that the existing on-site well is
unacceptable as a potable water source, does not meet well standards for public water systems
and has provided documentation indicating that water quality sampling for the well indicated
exceedance of maximum contaminant levels for specific conductance and chloride; and
WHEREAS, this action has been determined to be categorically exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15301 (existing facilities); and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Resolution No. 91-16 and General Plan 2025 Policy 1-P-30(5),
City of Petaluma policy allows extending water service connections outside City boundaries for
non-residential proposes including public and quasi -public uses existing as of July 20, 1998,
upon approval by the Petaluma City Council, and
WHEREAS, Sonoma County Local Agency Formation Commission ("LAFCO")
policies, as well as Government Code section 56133 permit approval of agreements for extension
of city utility services outside city corporate boundaries where certain specified requirements are
met, including extension of such services within a city's sphere of influence in anticipation of a
later change of organization or in response to an existing or impending threat to public health or
safety, including such threats in the form of an impacted water supply;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Petaluma hereby:
1. Determines that this request is consistent with City outside water service policies
concerning non-residential/public and quasi -public users, and the General Plan 2025,
including Policy 1-P-30(5).
2. Conditionally approves one two-inch water service connection to the existing water main
within Old Adobe Road, with a one -inch meter, for the purposes of providing City
domestic potable water service to the existing PG&E maintenance yard office and
substation control buildings located at 3600 Old Adobe Road, APN: 017-140-010,
subject to required approval of Sonoma County LAFCO.
3. Directs the City Engineer and Planning Manager to submit an application to the Sonoma
County LAFCO for approval of an Outside Area Service Agreement ("OSA") between
the City and PG&E in a form approved by the City Attorney and City Manager, and to
file a Notice of Exemption with the Sonoma County Clerk's Office and to issue the
necessary construction permits upon confirmation of LAFCO approval of the OSA and
subject to full reimbursement by PG&E for all costs incurred by the City arising from the
proposed extension of City services .
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Attachment 2
Water Boards
State Water Resources Control Board
Divislon of DtlNdng Water
October 16, 2014
Andrea Flores
PG&E
3401 Crow Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA 94583
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System No. 4901429
RE: PG&E Lakeville Yard and Substation — 3600 Adobe Road, Petaluma, CA
The State Water Resources Control Board — Division of Drinking Water (Division) was
contacted by you in June 2014. A request was made for a water supply permit
application to be sent as this facility is serving 25 or more of the same persons for more
than six months a year which classifies it as a nontransient -noncommunity public water
system. A water supply permit application was mailed to you on July 2, 2014.
PG&E (System) was able to locate the well drillers log for the well serving this facility. A
review of the driller's log showed this well was drilled in 1957 by cable tool method and
the "proposed use" noted on the log was "other". The well has no annular sea] and to
the question "Were any strata sealed against pollution?", the well driller checked "no"
This well is unacceptable as a potable water source as it does not meet well standards
for public water systems.
Water quality results from an October 16, 2009 sample indicate that the Specific
Conductance and Chloride concentrations exceeded the respective Maximum
Contaminant Levels.
The Division sent a letter to PG&E on July 21, 2014 stating support for the consolidation
of small water systems with larger ones. In light of deficiencies of the well, efforts to
connect to a nearby municipal supply are encouraged.
Please note that the original permit application had a deadline of August 8, 2014. Either
a full, complete permit application including an acceptable water source that meets all
drinking water standards or a secured water supply connection to a nearby municipal
water supply must be completed by December 1, 2014.
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If you have any questions, please contact me at (707) 576-2006.
Sincerely,
Janice Thomas, Sonoma District Engineer
Divisionlof Drinking Water
CSTA�TEATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
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4901429/Permit
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