UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale

4. 12. 1. Water
system due to completion of the Redevelopment Plan would be adverse, but less than significant
with implementation of the mitigation measures identified in the Program EIR.
PROJECT IMPACTS
The proposed DreamWorks Animation Campus site is currently served by an 8 inch
water line along Flower Street. A reclaimed water delivery system should be completed before
project completion and may be accessible to the project site. Due to the currently low water
pressure within the Redevelopment area, project needs for water pressure for fire flow will need
to be satisfied. Glendale Fire Department review and Project compliance with fire flow
requirements will be required. Based upon the Restricted Industrial rates contained in the
Program EIR, the proposed project would consume 123,750 gpd of water, resulting in less than
significant impacts with the implementation of the recommended mitigation measures and the
reclaimed water delivery system being built by the City of Glendale.
Although water consumption for the project is included in the Redevelopment Area
generation projections, a worst case analysis is provided herein to determine the project's impact
in relation to the Redevelopment Area as a whole and to account for the project's increase in
water consumption above and beyond the Program EIR's assumptions for the Redevelopment
Area. An average sized Restricted Industrial use, based on the original 12.21 acre site (per
County Assessor's records), is taken from the estimated average Restricted Industrial use floor
area ratio, as discussed in Section 2, Project Overview, of this document. A comparison
indicates that the proposed project would consume 123,750 gpd of water, while the average
restricted industrial use on the proposed site would consume 99,640 gpd. This 24,110 gpd
increase in water consumed by the project represents approximately 0.7 percent of the total
built-out Redevelopment Plan daily water demand of 3,443.5mgd, including existing uses. As
a percentage increase in overall demand, the project demand would be less than significant
representing an anticipated variation in density which is normal and expected within the
Redevelopment Plan parameters and underlying Program EIR assumptions. Project water
consumption is almost entirely within the overall Redevelopment Plan projections for water
consumption, is well within the expected range of results for a program of this magnitude, and
does not approach the significance thresholds identified in the Program EIR.
PlaMing Consullants Research
Glendale Redevelopment Agt'ncy
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DreamWorks Animation Campus Addendum EIR
June 1996