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Planning Commission updates general plan water and wastewater map; recommends City Council approval
Summary
The commission voted to recommend City Council approve an amendment to the General Plan's water and wastewater element that updates the map of capacity‑constrained wastewater areas based on new monitoring and modeling; the recommendation includes a CEQA finding under categorical exemptions 15307 and 15308.
The San Luis Obispo Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that City Council approve an amendment to the General Plan’s water and wastewater element that updates the city’s wastewater capacity‑constrained area map, Special Projects Manager Shauna Scott told the commission.
The amendment updates which San Luis Obispo neighborhoods are subject to the city’s wastewater flow offset program and reflects data from December 2023–March 2024 peak wet‑weather monitoring and new hydraulic modeling.
Shauna Scott, Special Projects Manager with the Public Utilities Department, told commissioners the water and wastewater element dates to 1987 and that the 2018 update had incorporated a capacity‑constrained map based on older studies (2012 flow study and 2016 renewal strategy). Scott said the updated map was prepared by consultant West Yost using additional elevation data, current inspection records from the city’s Sewer Lateral Inspection Program, and flow…
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