PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Pismo Beach City Council will hold a public hearing in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, for the following purpose:
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST BLUE PROJECT.
Pursuant to requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City of Pismo Beach has previously certified a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for the proposed Central Coast Blue Project (SCH # 2019120560). The Pismo Beach City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of an Addendum to the Final EIR, which was prepared to evaluate the environmental impacts of refined project component locations. Central Coast Blue is a regional, multi-agency collaboration between the Cities of Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, and Arroyo Grande and the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District to construct an advanced purified water project intended to enhance supply reliability by reducing the Santa Maria Groundwater Basin’s vulnerability to drought and seawater intrusion. The project consists of an advanced treatment facility complex, pipelines, injection wells, monitoring wells, and one new production well. The project would also include groundwater injection via the proposed injection wells to create a seawater intrusion barrier and to augment local groundwater supplies and would facilitate increased groundwater pumping from existing production wells. Groundwater.
Details about ways to participate in this hearing will be provided on the agenda posted for the meeting online at pismobeach.org/agenda, and on the bulletin board at City Hall. The agenda will be posted in the afternoon of August 31, 2023.
Environmental Review
The Addendum to the Final EIR consists of the written comments received on the Addendum and presents responses to environmental issues raised in the comments. In addition to the responses to comments, the Final EIR contains necessary revisions, updates, and clarifications in response to public comment on the Draft EIR. The Final EIR is available at the project website ( www.centralcoastblue.com) .
You have a right to comment on these projects and their effect on our community.
Interested persons are invited to participate in the hearing or otherwise express their views and opinions regarding the proposed projects. Emailed comments may be submitted to [email protected]; staff cannot guarantee that emailed comments submitted after the start of the meeting will be given full consideration before action is taken. Written comments may be delivered or mailed to the City Clerk’s Office at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, prior to the meeting, or hand-delivered during the meeting no later than the comment period for this item. Oral comment may be provided prior to the meeting by calling 805-773-7005 and leaving a voice message. Please state and spell your name, and identify your item of interest. Oral comment may also be made during the meeting, either by joining the virtual meeting using the link provided on the agenda document, or by attending the meeting in person in the Council
Chamber at City Hall. Please refer to the agenda for this meeting for specific instructions for participation.
Staff reports, plans and other information related to these projects are available for public review from the City Clerk's Office, by emailing City Clerk Erica Inderlied at [email protected].
The meeting agenda and staff report will be available no later than the Thursday before the meeting and may be obtained upon request by mail or by visiting www.pismobeach.org/agenda .
The Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and streamed on the City's website.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you challenge the action taken on this item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Pismo Beach at, or prior to, the public hearing.
For further information, please contact Erica Inderlied, City Clerk, at [email protected] or 805-773-7003.
Erica Inderlied
City Clerk