Request for Proposal

Urban Water Management Plan Updated

The San Simeon Community Service District (the “District”) is making a Request for Proposal (RFPs) from qualified engineering consulting firms to prepare an addendum to the District Master Plan based on the requirements of the Urban Water Management Plan. The District’s objective in preparing the addendum is to obtain a determination of “Water Supply Availability” for new development. In 1986, the District adopted an ordinance prohibiting the issuance of new water will-serve letters (moratorium).

Since the District established the water moratorium, the nature and extent of water conservation, water use efficiencies, implementation of water quality facilities, and an updated water license issued by the State Water Resources Control Board provide significant and substantial evidence indicating that repealing, or more likely, modifying the moratorium should be considered because objective evidence compels a conclusion that water is now available for new development.

The Board of Director’s direction to obtain proposals for preparing the update to the District’s Master Plan was approved on February 9, 2021. The agenda item is attached as Exhibit A.

Water production in 1986 and 1987 were 149.5 acre feet and 148.8 acre feet, respectively, exceeding the District’s water rights permit. Subsequent District and community efforts led to successful conservation and water use efficiencies that have reduced annual production to approximately 80 AFY. The District is seeking an update to its Master Plan, utilizing standards established pursuant to the California Water Code for Urban Water Management Plans, to determine the amount of water that is now available for new development.