The STATE COASTAL COMMISSION HAS SAID IT MAY CHIME IN ON U.C.S.C.’S PLAN TO EXPAND the USE OF CITY WATER AND SEWER SERVICES ON CAMPUS. THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE IMPACT ON FISH HABITAT OFF THE CENTRAL COAST. AUTHORITIES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE FISHERIES AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY SUGGESTED THAT L.A.F.C.O. DELAY ITS FINAL APPROVAL, UNTIL THE AGENCIES CAN WORK OUT A PLAN WITH THE CITY TO REBUILD the SALMON HABITAT, AND REDUCE WATER DIVERSION FROM the SAN LORENZO RIVER AND NORTH COAST STREAMS.
the COASTAL COMMISSION (WHICH DOES NOT NORMALLY GET INVOLVED WITH ISSUES OUTSIDE THE COASTAL ZONE), MAY GET INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THE AFFECTED FISH ARE CONSIDERED A COASTAL RESOURCE.
A LAFCO HEARING TO FINALIZE THE APPROVAL IS SET TO BEGIN AT 9:30 THIS MORNING….AT THE SANTA CRUZ GOVERNMENT CENTER ON OCEAN STREET IN SANTA CRUZ…..ROOM 525.
The university has requested up to 100 million gallons more water each year to support new housing and other buildings — as outlined in a pact with the city and county — if student growth hits a projected maximum of 19,500 by 2020, about 3,000 more than what it is now.
