Draft Environmental Impact Report

The Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Concord Community Reuse Project is available for review. The DEIR addresses the seven alternative concepts for the site approved by the Concord City Council, acting as the Local Reuse Authority, in October 2007.

A meeting to collect written and oral comments from the public will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2008 from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Concord Civic Center, 1950 Parkside Dr. in the City Council Chamber. The deadline for all public comment is Friday, August 8, 2008 at 5 p.m.

Written comments may also be submitted at any time up until the August 8 deadline. Comments should be sent to Michael W. Wright, Director of Community Reuse Planning, City of Concord, 1950 Parkside Drive, MS/56, Concord, CA 94519, or may be submitted by e-mail to Pamela.Laperchia@ci.concord.ca.us.

Background Phase 2

The City held two public scoping hearings to gather input about the Environmental Checklist / Initial Study as well as about any other environmental factors that should be studied in the EIR. The hearings took place on Thursday, Nov. 29 at Concord Civic Center, 1950 Parkside Drive in the City Council Chambers.

EIR Scoping Summary (6.15MB)

Presentation from Nov. 29 EIR Scoping Hearings (1.16MB)

Background / Phase 1

In May 2007, an Environmental Checklist / Initial Study was prepared and circulated to initiate the EIR process. It included a description of the planning that had been undertaken up to that date and an initial identification of issues to be addressed in the EIR. Two initial scoping meetings were held in June and a Scoping Summary Report was prepared that contains a description of how the initial scoping effort was conducted and includes a record of the comments received. The Scoping Summary Report can be downloaded from the City’s Web site at the address below.
The planning has since progressed through a series of public workshops and meetings, and a mix and range of possible future uses has been assembled into seven alternative concepts for reuse of the CNWS. Because more specific information about the possible reuse of the CNWS is now available, a revised Environmental Checklist / Initial Study is being circulated to solicit additional agency and public input about what should be addressed in the EIR.