Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: James C. Porter, Director of Public Works
Subject: Certification and Adoption of the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration for the San Mateo Medical Center - Water Tank Replacement Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the certification of the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, dated May 2017, for the County of San Mateo, San Mateo Medical Center, Water Tank Replacement Project.
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BACKGROUND:
The existing water tank is located on a sloping hillside adjacent to the San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) campus parking lot. The water tank was constructed in 1938, before California had well-established seismic codes and before acute-care general hospitals were under Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) jurisdiction. The tank has undergone significant deterioration over the past seven decades.
DISCUSSION:
The Department plans to construct a new replacement tank in the southwestern corner of the SMMC parking lot behind the existing tank, which would remain fully operational during construction of the new tank. Upon completion of the new tank, the existing tank would be demolished. The new water tank would be constructed in compliance with current seismic building standards, and would comply with the OSHPD Emergency Water Supply requirements for hospitals for 2030, which requires hospitals to have an on-site water supply sufficient to continuously operate essential acute-care general hospital buildings on the campus for 72 hours in the event of an emergency.
The County, working with environmental consultant Circlepoint, determined that an Initial Study (IS) and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was required for this project. The IS/MND has been completed and potential impacts were identified in a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MM...
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