Zanker Material Processing Facility Stormwater Basins Project

Website: Zanker Material Processing Facility Stormwater Basins Project | City of San José (sanjoseca.gov)

FILE NOS: PD23-004, PDC22-007, ER22-072
The project consists of a Planned Development rezoning and permit (File No. PD23-004) to allow the construction of two separate, unlined stormwater basins (northwest and southwest basins) to retain, treat, and store stormwater runoff from the existing ZMPF site.

The northwest basin (NW Basin) would be located within the existing Planned Development Zoning boundary of the ZMPF, at the base of landfill perimeter levee in the northwest area of the ZMPF site. The NW Basin would have a total capacity of approximately 8.4-acre feet (approximately 366,000 cubic feet or 2.7 million gallons) and a footprint of approximately 1.55 acres. The NW Basin site is undeveloped and is currently used as an unpaved temporary parking lot.

The southwest basin (SW Basin) would be located adjacent to the ZMPF site but outside of the existing Planned Development Zoning boundary at the southwest corner of the ZMPF site along Los Esteros Road. The applicant proposes to expand the PD Zoning boundary in order to include the SW Basin site within the ZMPF boundary. The SW Basin would have a total capacity of approximately 21.9-acre feet (approximately 950,000 cubic feet or 7.1 million gallons) and a footprint of approximately 3.03 acres. The area where the SW Basin would be located is undeveloped and consists of historically diked baylands that have had limited to no tidal connectivity since at least 1948. The habitat in this area is considered transitional upland, which is a non-sensitive natural community.

LOCATION
The project site is located at 675 Los Esteros Road in San José, California. The project site consists of land immediately adjacent to the ZMPF, east of the community of Alviso in north San José, and the ZMPF property. 

ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBERS
015-30-071 and 015-30-106

PUBLIC CIRCULATION PERIOD
October 11, 2024 to November 12, 2024

The Draft subsequent Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) will be circulated for 30 days, from Friday, October 11, 2024 to 5:00 PM on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. The draft subsequent IS/MND and associated appendices are available for review below, as well as at the Alviso Branch Library and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Main Library in San José. 

The public is welcome to review and comment on the draft documents linked below. Public comments on the Draft subsequent IS/MND and associated appendices ad technical reports must be submitted to the Environmental Project Manager no later than 5:00 PM on November 12, 2024.

PROJECT DOCUMENTS
Zanker MPF Stormwater Basins Initial Study
Appendix A-1 Biological Resources Report
Appendix A-2 Wetland Delineation
Appendix B Preliminary Geotechnical Investigation
Appendix C Limited Environmental Site Assessment
Appendix D Hydrogeologic Memorandum
Notice Of Intent (NOI) - Zanker MPF Stormwater Basins
Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) - Zanker MPF Stormwater Basins

ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER
Cort Hitchens
408-794-7386
Cort.Hitchens@sanjoseca.gov