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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1981 - 0194RESOLUTION NO.81-194-11 ASSURANCES TO CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION REGARDING ANNEXATION OF BOLSA CHICA WETLANDS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.11 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING ASSURANCES TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION REGARDING ANNEXATION OF THE BOLSA CHICA WETLANDS AREA AND THE LOCAL COASTAL PLAN (LCP)BEING DEVELOPED BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION WHEREAS,County Sanitation District No.11 of Orange County,California,did cause to have prepared a Master Plan of Trunk Sewer Facilities to meet the needs of the District for a 25—year planning period;and, WHEREAS,said Master Plan has been prepared in accordance with the District’s policies and in harmony with the Master Plan of local sewers prepared by the City of Huntington Beach;and, WHEREAS,included in the District’s Master Plan is a backbone trunk sewer designated as Coast Highway Trunk,extending from the District’s Treatment Plant No.2 located near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Pacific Coast Highway and the mouth of the Santa Ana River,thence aligned northerly and on the beach side of Pacific Coast Highway,through the downtown section of the City of Huntington Beach around the Bolsa Chica area,terminating at Algonquin and Warner Avenue in the City of Huntington Beach;and, WHEREAS,the District has completed Reaches 1 and 2 of the Coast Trunk Sewer system along with the Newland Street Interceptor under Coastal Commission Appeal 253—78;and, WHEREAS,it is becoming increasingly important to complete Reach 3 and a portion of Reach 4 of said Coast Trunk Sewer because of potential capacity problems in the Huntington Beach area,particularly from developments approved by the City,as well as the Coastal Commission;and, WHEREAS,County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6 and 7,in conjunction with Sanitation District No.11,have approved various contracts and plans to implement a program to meet the Federal requirements for discharge of wastewaters to the marine environment;and, WHEREAS,it is essential that said Districts not alter their implementation programs to meet the discharge requirements as presently contained or anticipated to be imposed through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System contained in the provisions of the Federal Water Quality Control Act;and, WHEREAS,the District did apply for a permit from the California Coastal Commission for permission to construct said Coast Highway Trunk from Lake Street to a point approximately 5,000 feet northerly of Goldenwest Avenue in the proposed Seacliff development area;and, WHEREAS,on October 21,1981,the California Coastal Commission heard all testimony and approved the District’s permit application to construct said Coast Highway Trunk from Lake Street to a point approximately 5,000 feet northerly of Goldenwest Avenue;and, WHEREAS,the California Coastal Commission and the citizens in the area are concerned about the impact of the proposed sewer system on development which might be proposed in the Bolsa Chica wetlands area;and, WHEREAS,the District is obligated to provide the necessary trunk sewer facilities required for the development within the drainage area to the Coast Trunk Sewer;and, WHEREAS,the BolsaChica wetlands are not presently within the Sanitation District and,therefore,cannot be provided sanitary sewer service until annexation is consummated;and, WHEREAS,Section 30254 of the Coastal Act provides that new or expanded public works facilities shall be designed and limited to accommodate needs generated by development or uses permitted consistent with the provisions of this section of the Coastal Act;and, WHEREAS,Section 30254 of the Coastal Act further provides that a Special District shall not be formed or expanded except where assessment for and provision of the service would not induce new development inconsistent with this provision of the Coastal Act;and, WHEREAS,Sections 30231 and 30233 of the Coastal Act provide for protection of coastal wetlands and it cannot be determined whether or not provision of sewer service to the Bolsa Chica wetland area would be consistent with these provisins of the Act until the Local Coastal Plan (LCP)for the area has been completed and certified. NOW,THEREFORE, The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.11 of Orange County, California, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: That the District will not consider annexation of the Bo].sa Chica wetlands area,which is presently outside the District’s boundaries and is shown on Exhibit “A”,attached hereto,until the certification of the Local Coastal Plan (LCP) for this area,or until July,1983,whichever occurs first.After the certification of the Local Coastal Plan or after July,1983,any proposed annexation will be considered In terms of the merits of the annexation under existing laws,and in terms of consistency with relevant land use plans.This assurance is made in consideration of the California Coastal Commission’s approval of the District’s application for a permit to construct the Coast Highway Trunk Sewer from Lake Street to a point approximately 5,000 feet northerly of Goldenwest Avenue in the proposed Seacliff development area in the City of Huntington Beach,in order not to interfere with or delay implementation of the District’s Master Plan. 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COUNTY OF ORANGE I,J.WAYNE SYLVESTER,Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.II of Orange County,California,do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.81—194—11 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the 11th day of November,1981,by the following vote,to wit: AYES:Ruth Bailey (Chairman),Harriett Wieder and Ron Pattinson NOES:None ABSENT:None IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No.11 of Orange County,California,this 11th day of November,1981. •aynl S~’]~4ester,Secretary Bo d jf Dif~éctors of County anitftion~bistrict No.11 of Orange County,California