Notice of Completion for Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project, CWO 20-3000
Summary
SCH Number
2021070440
Public Agency
Soquel Creek Water District
Document Title
Notice of Completion for Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project, CWO 20-3000
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/22/2021
Document Description
Zim Industries, Inc. has completed the installation (drilling and construction) of the Willowbrook and Monterey Seawater Intrusion Prevention (SWIP) recharge wells and the rehabilitation of the Twin Lakes Church Well pursuant to the detailed requirements contained in the previously approved contract documents. According, on July 20, 2021, the Soquel Creek Water District’s Board of Directors ministerially accepted the Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project, CWO 20-3000, as complete, and directed staff to file a notice of completion.
Contact Information
Name
Melanie Mow Schumacher
Agency Name
Soquel Creek Water District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Aptos, Capitola
Counties
Santa Cruz
Cross Streets
Soquel Drive and Willowbrook Lane (Willowbrook Well)
Other Location Info
Monterey Avenue and Kennedy Drive (Monterey Well); Cabrillo College Drive and Soquel Drive (Twin Lakes Church Well)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines section 15378
Reasons for Exemption
The Soquel Creek Water District’s Board of Directors’ action on July 20, 2021 to accept the Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project, CWO 20-3000, as complete pursuant to the detailed requirements of the previously approved contract, and to direct staff to file a notice of completion is a ministerial action not subject to the Board’s discretionary review. In addition, and in the alternative, it does not commit the District to any activity having the “potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeably indirect physical change in the environment” per State CEQA Guidelines section 15378. Accordingly, the acceptance of the Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project as complete and directing staff to file a notice of completion is not a project subject to CEQA.
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268
Reasons for Exemption
The Soquel Creek Water District’s Board of Directors’ action on July 20, 2021 to accept the Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project, CWO 20-3000, as complete pursuant to the detailed requirements of the previously approved contract, and to direct staff to file a notice of completion is a ministerial action not subject to the Board’s discretionary review. In addition, and in the alternative, it does not commit the District to any activity having the “potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeably indirect physical change in the environment” per State CEQA Guidelines section 15378. Accordingly, the acceptance of the Pure Water Soquel Seawater Intrusion Prevention Well Drilling Project as complete and directing staff to file a notice of completion is not a project subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
Santa Cruz
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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