Initial Study MND - Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and ...

Taylor MountainINITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATIONd. Would the project have sufficient water supplies available to serve the proposed projectfrom existing entitlements and resources, or would new or expanded entitlements beneeded?LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT. Potable water would be required at the Kawana Springs Resort areaand non-potable water would be required for toilets at the Petaluma Hill Road staging area.The Linwood Avenue staging area would require water for bathrooms that would be obtainedfrom harvested rainwater or a new well, The Bath-Watt and Farmers Lane staging areas wouldnot require potable water. The estimated peak water demand at full build out of the KawanaSprings Resort area is approximately 12 Equivalent Single Family Dwelling (ESD). The estimateof water requirements includes 4 ESDs for the 8 room Hotel/B & B, 2 ESDs for the café, 4 ESDsfor the campground and host site, and 2 ESDs for day use and special events. The City of SantaRosa uses 110,000 gallons per year per ESD. The estimated peak water demand at thePetaluma Hill Road trailhead restroom would be less than 1 ESD (Cleveland, 2012).The Preserve would rely on existing onsite water resources, harvested rainwater and/orpotential new wells and associated tanks and piping system. An existing well is located near theBarn, but it has not been developed to date. The existing springs at the Kawana Springs Resortstaging area could support future planned uses in that area. An existing spring could providewater for toilets at Petaluma Hill Road or a new well could be installed. Standards in theMaster Plan reflect use of these proposed water sources at each of the staging areas (see S166,S179, S218). If necessary, new wells would be developed in the future to accommodate fullimplementation of the Master Plan, but development of a well is not necessarily required forinitial operations. The Master Plan includes a standard (S145) stating that site improvementsthat require water shall not be constructed until a suitable water source is available. Given therelatively low water demand and the fact that the Kawana Springs Resort historically usedonsite water sources for residential and resort/visitor serving commercial uses, onsite watersupplies should be sufficient to serve the project.e. Would the project result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider thatserves or may serve the proposed project that it has adequate capacity to serve theproposed project’s projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments?LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT. As described in Item (b), the project would rely on septic systems.There may be several portable toilets on the property, but the amount of wastewatertreatment required for these facilities would be minimal and would not exceed availabletreatment capacity.f. Would the project be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted capacity toaccommodate the proposed project’s solid waste disposal needs?LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT. Implementing the Master Plan would result in minimal solid wastedisposal needs, which would not substantially change landfill needs. The project’s solid wastewould be taken to a Sonoma County transfer station where it would be processed and disposedof at a landfill with sufficient disposal capacity. Regional Parks would also provide and maintainSeptember 2012 B-123 Final