REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Santa Clara Valley Water District for Collaboration on Assessing the Feasibility of Water Reuse Alternatives and Find that the Action is Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15262
Report
BACKGROUND
Approval is requested of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale) and the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) for Collaboration on Assessing the Feasibility of Water Reuse Alternatives. Over the last three years the City has been working in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) to further the development of recycled water and potable re-use projects in the County. The City currently has several cost share agreements and Memoranda of Understanding with the District outlining our mutual interests in these various projects and pursuits (Attachment 1). This MOU describes the parties' further commitments to identify the requirements, issues, activities, resources, costs, and funding necessary to implement potable and non-potable water reuse alternatives.
EXISTING POLICY
Sunnyvale General Plan, Chapter 7, Environmental Management
Goal EM-1 Adequate Water Supplies: Acquire and manage water supplies so that existing and future reasonable demands for water, as projected in the 20-year forecast, are reliably met.
Policy EM-1.2: Maximize recycled water use for all approved purposes both within and in areas adjacent to the City, where feasible.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Approval of the MOU is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it authorizes feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which have not been approved, adopted, or funded (CEQA Guidelines Section 15262). Section 8 of the MOU specifies that it does not commit or obligate either party to any particular course of action, and that the parties shall not approve a selected Water Reuse Alternative u...
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