MVWD's Board of Directors (Board) will hold a public hearing to receive public input on a proposed application to the Local Agency Formation Commission of San Bernardino County (LAFCO) to activate the District's latent powers to provide sewer service collection. The public hearing, previously scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, 2022, has been continued to and will be held on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.
Prior to that, at their April 27, 2022 regularly schedule meeting, the Board adopted (through Resolution 813-22) a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), and associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the District to activate its latent power to provide sewer collection service within the unincorporated portions of its service area. The draft Initial Study/MND (IS/MND) was published and distributed as required by CEQA, with the public comment period ending March 4, 2022. The District reviewed all comments received and prepared responses to comments and minor clarifications to the IS/MND ("Response to Comments").The Draft IS/MND, MMRP, Response to Comments and other CEQA and project documents are available here.
Following completion of CEQA review, the District will hold a public hearing to receive input on a proposed application to LAFCO to activate the District's latent powers to provide sewer collection service. The public hearing is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on June 15, 2022. The public is invited to attend this hearing and to provide public comment, in person or via teleconference or in writing. All Board meeting materials will be posted in the Agenda Center.