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<br /> <br />Rebecca R.A. Smith <br />rsmith@downeybrand.com <br />916.520.5281 Direct <br />916.520.5681 Fax <br />Downey Brand LLP <br />621 Capitol Mall, 18 th Floor <br />Sacramento, CA 95814 <br />916.444.1000 Main <br />downeybrand.com <br /> <br />November 8, 2024 <br />VIA E-MAIL <br /> <br />Aubrey Rose <br />AICP, Planner III <br />Alameda County Community Development <br />Agency Planning Department <br />224 West Winton Avenue, Room 111 <br />Hayward, CA 94544 <br />aubrey.rose@acgov.org <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Comments on the Draft Environment Impact (EIR) for the Arroyo Lago Residential <br />Project <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Rose: <br />Zone 7 Water Agency (Zone 7, or Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water <br />Conservation District) is deeply committed to its mission to deliver safe, reliable, effic ient, and <br />sustainable water and flood protection services within the Livermore-Amador Valley. Consistent <br />with that mission, Zone 7 appreciates the opportunity to provide these comments on the 2024 <br />Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Arroyo Lago Residential Project (Project). <br />Zone 7 has submitted numerous comment letters regarding prior iterations of the Project; each of <br />these comment letters are incorporated here by reference. Unfortunately, Zone 7’s key concerns <br />surrounding the sufficiency of the EIR’s water quality analysis and the reasonably foreseeable <br />water quality impacts that may result from the Project have not been addressed. <br />Unfortunately, the DEIR does not adequately analyze the Project’s water quality impacts, not <br />does it offer any assurances that the Project would be in compliance with the water quality <br />criteria of the Alternative GSP. Zone 7 urges the County to complete a more robust analysis, <br />specifically responsive to these concerns, and to plan for appropriate mitigation of the Proj ect’s <br />potential impacts. <br />The DEIR’s Water Quality analysis is insufficient to enable the public to understand and <br />meaningfully consider the impacts of the Project. <br />The Project is located adjacent to the Chain of Lakes (COLs)—a centerpiece of Zone 7’s water <br />management portfolio—and is situated immediately south of Lake I. Pursuant to reclamation <br />plans for each of the active gravel quarry operations in the Chain of Lakes, each lake is turned <br />over to Zone 7 on the completion of mining activities. As those sites are reclaimed, the resulting