WHEREAS:

1. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), on February 16, 1995, adopted the “Policy for Implementing the State Revolving Fund for Construction of Wastewater Treatment Facilities,” and revised it on June 18, 1998;
 

2. The SWRCB, on June 17, 1999, adopted the SFY 2000 SRF Loan Program Priority List which included the Wastewater Treatment Facility Interim Improvements and Expansion for the City in Priority Class D;
 

3. The Division of Clean Water Programs (Division) has approved the facilities plan for the City's project; and
 

4. The City has certified an EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 97062009) which has been reviewed and considered, and it has been determined that:

a) The project could result in the following significant and unavoidable direct impacts and indirect impacts resulting from growth inducement related to the construction of residential and commercial developments throughout the City service area accommodated by the proposed plant expansion:
 

· Air quality impacts from short-term emissions during construction;

· Air quality impacts from potential nuisance odor problems;

· Noise impacts from short-term construction noise;

· Noise impacts from short-duration noise events during operation; Indirect

 transportation and circulation impacts from increased traffic volumes beyond the existing capacity of Interstate 80;

· Indirect air quality impacts involving ozone from increased vehicle emissions;

· Indirect noise impacts from generation of excessive noise levels in residential

 communities along major transportation routes;

· Indirect water supply and distribution impacts from an increased demand that exceeds

 entitlements;

· Indirect wastewater collection and treatment impacts from increased flows;

· Indirect visual quality and community image impacts from development resulting in a

 change in the community's visual character;

· Indirect open space and agricultural land impacts from the loss of prime farmland and

 conversion of visual open space separators; and

· Indirect biotic resource impacts from the loss of open space and agricultural land.
 

 The project will result in the following benefits:
 

· Providing adequate wastewater treatment facilities for future anticipated growth, through

 the year 2012, as described in the City's 1990 General Plan;

· Promoting the protection of water quality and public health by reducing peak wet weather flows and by upgrading other treatment processes to comply with applicable regulations;

· Reducing the current odor and noise impacts on local area residents and plant employees; and

· Strengthening and diversifying the local economy, advancing social goals, and promoting coordinated balanced growth, consistent with the City's 1990 General Plan.
 

 Having balanced the benefits of the project against its unavoidable environmental impacts it has been determined that the benefits of the project outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental effects and the project is therefore acceptable.
 

b) Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into the proposed project which avoid or reduce to less than significant levels the other potentially significant environmental effects identified in the EIR with respect to: (1) water quality impacts which will be mitigated by designing the wastewater treatment plant to meet Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board standards; (2) threatened and endangered species impacts which will be mitigated by avoiding impacts to the valley elderberry longhorn beetle and dedicating vernal pool credits within an approved wetland mitigation bank; (3) soil erosion impacts which will be mitigated by covering or watering all exposed soils and maintaining two feet of freeboard or covering all haul/dump trucks; and (4) cultural resources impacts which will be mitigated by using qualified archeologists and Native American representatives to identify and treat any cultural resources that are encountered, stopping work, notifying the County Coroner if human bones or bones of unknown origin are encountered, and notifying the Native American Heritage Commission if remains are encountered.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
 

The State Water Resources Control Board:

1. Approves a SRF loan commitment of $64.3 million from SFY 2001, 2002, and 2003 to the City of Vacaville for the construction of the Phase II Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion, with a repayment period of 20 years, and the first repayment due one year after completion of construction; and
 

2. Will withdraw this preliminary SRF loan commitment if the City of Vacaville does not initiate project construction by January 31, 2001.  The Division may approve up to a 90-day extension for good cause.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on September 16, 1999.
 

/s/

  Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board