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Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.14 Utilities and Service SystemsSignificance After Mitigation. Impacts would be less than significant withoutmitigation.c. Cumulative Impacts. The 2005 General Plan FEIR estimated the increase in citywidewater demand through 2025 at 4,528 AFY. This increase would bring total citywide demand to26,028 AFY, which is within the projected 2025 supplies (28,262 AFY. This forecast ofcumulative water demand has not changed since certification of the 2005 General Plan FEIR.Because projected water supplies are adequate to meet citywide demand increases, cumulativewater supply impacts would be less than significant.The 2005 General Plan FEIR estimated the increase in wastewater flow to the VWRF through2025 at 2.88 mgd. This total, which includes development of the Project Area, is within theremaining plant capacity of 4 mgd. This cumulative forecast has not changed since certificationof the 2005 General Plan FEIR. Because projected wastewater generation is within the availablecapacity at the VWRF, cumulative wastewater impacts would be less than significant.The 2005 General Plan FEIR estimated the citywide increase in solid waste generation through2025 at 84 tons per day. As noted in the 2005 General Plan FEIR, this increase, in combinationwith increased solid waste generation in other Ventura County communities, would exceed theavailable capacity at Toland Road Landfill. Because other landfills had not been identified atthat time, this impact was identified as unavoidably significant and the City adopted aStatement of Overriding Considerations with respect to solid waste generation. This situationhas not changed since certification of the 2005 General Plan FEIR and the Project is within thegeneral parameter of what was considered in the 2005 General Plan FEIR. Therefore, althoughthe cumulative solid waste impact remains potentially significant, this impact has not changedand no new significant impact would occur as a result of current cumulative development,including the Project. As noted above, 2005 General Plan Action 5.18 calls for the City to workwith the County Sanitation District to identify new or expanded landfill sites or alternativemeans of providing sufficient solid waste disposal capacity. However, because siting of newlandfills and waste disposal facilities is subject to the approval of another agency (the RegionalSanitation District), the City cannot guarantee the siting of a new landfill within the timeframeof the 2005 General Plan. In addition, though any new or expanded facility would likely besubject to separate environmental review under CEQA, the siting of a new facility would likelyhave unavoidably significant secondary environmental impacts. As such, impacts relating tosolid waste disposal facilities are considered unavoidably significant. As such, the City ofVentura adopted a statement of overriding considerations for regional solid waste impacts aspart of city council resolution No. 2007-049 for the 2005 General Plan.4.14-15City of Ventura