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Section 5. Public Services & Facilities August 1998 October 2020

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Section 5. Public Services & Facilities 1

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Introduction 3

Development within the planning area depends on an elaborate network of public services and 4 utilities. This chapter describes these services, including law enforcement, fire protection, schools, 5 libraries, water and sewer services, drainage, solid waste, gas service, and electrical service. 6

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Public Services 8

Law Enforcement 9

Law enforcement services are provided in Loomis by the Placer County Sheriff’s Department. The 10 department operates from the South Placer Substation located at 6140 Horseshoe Bar Road and 11 Interstate 80 in Loomis. The South Placer Substation staff include one commander, 36 patrol officers, 12 a community services/school safety sergeant, eight school resource deputies, one field community 13 services officer, six patrol sergeants, three community service officers, three detectives, other 14 professional staff, and numerous. volunteers. About 27 deputies are based out of the substation and 15 are responsible for patrolling west and south Placer County. The South Placer Substation staff 16 includes 4.25 patrol deputy, 0.5 sergeant, and 0.25 detective positions patrolling for Loomis. Deputies 17 from this substation provide 24-hour protection. 18

19 The crime rate in Loomis is relatively low, and calls for law enforcement services are usually directed 20 at the protection of property rather than responding to crimes against persons emergency incidents. 21 The Department has found that community involvement programs, such as Neighborhood Watch, 22 are particularly effective in assisting the efforts of Sheriff’s patrols. Crime rates for 2018 and 2019 are 23 shown as follows: 24 25

Calls for Service 2018 2019 Percent Change Crimes Against Persons (Loomis) 50 51 +2% (although only 1 additional call) Property Crimes (Loomis) 202 188 -7% Total Service Calls 2,392 2,282 -4% (No change per the Department) Total Calls Including Deputy Initiated Calls

4,130 3,877 -6%

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Response times average about 3.5 5.2 minutes for priority one (more critical) calls and 6.57 minutes 28 for priority two calls for years 2018/19 (Town of Loomis, Heritage Park Estates Draft EIR, 1998 Silva, 29 2020). Currently, the Town pays for 0.5 Lieutenants, 4.25 Deputies, 0.5 Detectives, and one Traffic 30 Deputy, totaling 6.25 personnel paid for by the Town of Loomis; however, a total of 14 law 31 enforcement personnel work out of the South Placer Substation in Loomis and serve the area (Silva, 32 2020). The Placer County General Plan goal for service is 1:1000 residents. With an estimated 33 population of 6,866 Loomis residents in 2019, the ratio of deputies specifically paid for by the Town 34 to Loomis residents is 1:1,098 or based on the 14 personnel assigned to the South Placer Substation, 35 the ratio is 1:492 or 2:1,000 (Silva, 2020). Based on the County standard and the number of deputies 36 paid for by the Town, the ratio of deputies to residents is slightly exceeded, and payment for an 37 additional 0.62 deputies are needed to meet that standard. Based on actual sworn personnel available 38 to serve the Town out of the substation, the standard is fully met. As the Town grows or should 39 larger commercial facilities develop within the Town, funding for an additional deputy sheriff or full-40 time detective may be beneficial (Silva, 2020). Based on the industry standard of 1 sworn officer per 41 800 residents, the Town would currently need about 7.5 additional law enforcement positions 42



assigned to it. The current staffing level of fire officers also does not meet this standard. 1 2

Fire Protection 3

The Loomis Fire Protection District (LFPD) consolidated with the South Placer Fire District (SPFD) 4 in 2017 and operates as the SPFD. The SPFD serves nearly all of the planning area. Only a small 5 portion of the planning area is outside the LFPD’s service area. This portion is located in the Penryn 6 Fire District and South Placer County Fire District. CAL FIRE of the California Department of 7 Forestry also provides fire protection services, particularly with regard to rural wildland fires. These 8 agencies and their service abilities are described below, and service areas are depicted in Figure 5-1. 9

10 The Loomis Fire Protection District (LFPD) serves nearly all of the Town of Loomis as established 11 by the 1999 boundaries. Small portions of the northern Town limits are served by the Penryn Fire 12 Protection District (PFPD)and South Placer Fire District. Mutual aid and automatic aid agreements 13 are in place with the City of Rocklin, the South Placer Fire District, the Penryn Fire Protection District 14 PFPD and CAL FIRE. the State of California Division of Forestry. 15

16 LFPD SPFD provides fire protection, fire suppression, emergency medical service, open area 17 (wildlands) fire protection, assists in search and rescue operations and assists appropriate agencies 18 with site control during removal of hazardous materials. The SPFD LFPD operates out of five staffed 19 stations and one volunteer station to serve the communities of Loomis, Granite Bay, and the southern 20 areas of Penryn and Newcastle, and covering an area of 55 square miles with 42,000 residents. There 21 are two stations within Loomis. Station 18 is located at 5840 Horseshoe Bar Road in the heart of 22 downtown Loomis, and is staffed with a captain, engineer, and paramedic firefighter. Apparatus 23 located at Station 18 includes an engine, brush truck, grass unit, utility unit, and an all-terrain vehicle. 24 The location of this station allows for quick response to fire hazards along I-80, the railroad, high 25 pressure underground pipeline, and the wildland urban interface. Station 20 is located at 3505 Auburn 26 Folsom Road in Loomis and is located furthest north within the service area. This station operates 27 with a captain and a paramedic engineer, and includes a medic unit, grass unit, and an engine. The 28 location of this station provides primarily for wildland fire response and emergency medical response. 29 Both. stations provide advanced life support (ALS) services. All District personnel are Emergency 30 Medical Technicians (EMT) or Paramedics, the latter who have an expanded scope of medical 31 practice to include advanced lifesaving skills. SPFD includes an EMS Division that is headed by an 32 EMS Officer and a Medical Director who is a local emergency room physician with a paid staff of 12 33 and a volunteer base of 35 positions. The headquarters station is at Horseshoe Bar Road and 34 Magnolia, houses the permanent staff, and contains one emergency medical rescue unit and three 35 engines. The second station is not staffed except on call and is located at Horseshoe Bar and Tudsbury 36 Roads, about two miles from the headquarters station, and contains one rescue unit/grass fire truck 37 and two engines. LFPD provides response times of 5 minutes or less on 80% of all calls for service. 38 39 SPFD uses a 49/96 work schedule in which staff work two days on and four days off in rotation. 40 Approximately 8,000 responses to 6,000 calls are made annually, of which 75 percent are medical, 13 41 percent are fire-related, and 12 percent are other service or false calls. 42

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The Insurance Service Office (ISO), a national rating service sponsored by fire insurance carriers to 44 measure fire-fighting capability to reduce structural fire losses, provides rankings of fire-fighting 45 capability on a scale of 1 - 10 with 1 being best. The LFPD fire services are rated 7 in areas that do 46 not have fire hydrants and 6 in areas served by fire hydrants. 47

48 Service calls in the LFPD area of responsibility occur mainly within the limits of the Town of Loomis. 49 In 1999 LFPD responded to 735 calls of which 487, or 66%, were within the Town limits. Of the 50 487 calls 395 were for emergency medical service and 40 were for fire and other calls for service. In 51

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addition, LFPD participates in various community events, 52 in 1999, such as parades, school 1 programs etc. 2

3 LFPD SPFD operating costs are financed from three property related tax sources: a general property 4 tax of approximately 3 cents per $100 assessed valuation; a 1997 voter approved a benefit assessment 5 tax of $70 per parcel or irrigated farm, $0.05 per square foot of commercial unit, $20 per mobile home 6 unit, and an additional $2.00 per acre of land $63.46 per year per parcel that can be adjusted annually 7 based on the cost price index; and a special zone of benefit assessment limited to non-residential 8 developments that occur within the District. The separate benefit assessment applies to zones created 9 for each such new development. An impact fee is also charged on new construction to finance capital 10 costs, buildings and equipment, required to serve newly developed property. The Town of Loomis 11 collects the fees within Town limits, and Placer County collects the fees outside of Town limits. The 12 current LFPD development impact fee is $615.00 for non-residential construction less than 2,000 sq 13 ft and 31.8 cents per sq ft over 2,000. The residential development impact fee is $552.00 for single 14 family dwellings under 2,100 sq ft and 27.1 cents per sq ft over 2,100. Development fees are placed 15 into a trust account used by the District exclusively for capital improvements. Currently, new 16 development is required to pay a fire impact fee based on the type of use and size of the proposed 17 structure. These fees fund fire facilities, apparatus, and equipment. The fees are: 18 19

20 Source: SPFD 2018/2019 Annual Report, 12/13/19 21

22 In addition to the taxes and fees noted, the Town of Loomis contracts with LFPD to provide open 23 area fire protection during the fire season. This had been a responsibility of the State of California 24 Department of Forestry prior to incorporation of the Town. The Town currently pays LFPD $7,000 25 per year for this protection effort. 26

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All money collected helps pay the annual SPFD LFPD budget which was budgeted for 1999/00 28 2019/2020 for expenditures of $13,988,068 ($11,677,956. operational expenditures such as salaries 29 operations and fixed assets, $1,617,261 in capital expenditures reserve account, $355,000 in California 30 Fire Agreement Assistance through. The State Office of Emergency Services, and other general capital 31 expenditures and mitigation). The estimated revenue was $13,448,641 ($12,678,641 in general revenue, 32



$415,000 in mitigation/development fee revenue, and $355,000 in California Fire Agreement 1 Assistance funds). $404,592 ($342,822 emergency medical and fire services; $29,770 other activities; 2 and $32,000 capital). 3

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Penryn and South County Fire Protection District 5 The Penryn Fire District operates one fire station located on Church Street, off English Colony Way, 6 in Penryn. The station serves about 3,000 6,000 residents, very few of whom live within the Loomis 7 planning area. The PFPD covers an area of 10.5 square miles and serves 1,164 residences, and 63 8 businesses. Only two percent of the service area is within Loomis. The district receives about 250 500 9 calls per year, about 42 percent of which are related to fire incidents Two personnel staff the station 10 24 hours a day with assistance from Intern Firefighters. Staff provide a variety of resources including 11 equipment operation, hazardous materials, swift water rescue, fire prevention, and training and safety, 12 among others. Station equipment includes three engines and a command vehicle. (Placer County, 13 Horseshoe Bar/Penryn Community Plan EIR, 1993). Response times range from three to five to eight 14 minutes. The PFPD would like to increase staffing from two to three staff members on duty at all 15 times to expand medical response capabilities and service. Property taxes, Measure C, Measure A, and 16 other means such as inspection fees and other services fund the PFPD.The ISO rating for the district 17 is 6. (Penryn Fire Protection. District, Strategic Plan 2019-2024) 18

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All six South Placer County Fire District stations are located outside of Town. Station 3 at 7070 20 Auburn Folsom Road is the base for most responses in Loomis, which comprise a small portion of 21 the district's 1300 calls per year, about 30 percent of which are related to fire incidents. The ISO rating 22 for the district is 4 for buildings within 1000 feet of a hydrant, and 8 for other structures. 23

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California Department of Forestry CAL FIRE 25 The entire planning area is served by the CDF CAL FIRE. This agency is responsible for controlling 26 wildland fires in the unincorporated areas of the state. Loomis is served by the Nevada-Yuba-Placer 27 CAL FIRE unit, and is not located within a High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, but is adjacent to the 28 moderate fire hazard severity zone. In Placer County, the CDF CAL FIRE operates stations in 29 Auburn, Lincoln, Colfax, Foresthill, Alta, and Higgins. The Auburn or Lincoln stations are most likely 30 to serve the planning area, but all stations could respond in the event of a major wildfire. 31 32

Figure 5-1. Fire District Service Areas 33

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Schools 39

Facilities and Enrollment 40 The Loomis planning area encompasses portions of three two school districts: Placer Union High 41 School District (PUHSD) and Loomis Union School District (LUSD), and Penryn School District 42 (PSD). The entire planning area lies within the PUHSD, which serves grades 9-12, and. In addition, 43 most of the planning area lies within the LUSD, which serves grades K-8; only the far northeastern 44 portion of the area lies within the PSD. The facilities and enrollments within these districts are 45 described below. 46

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Placer Union High School District. Placer Union High School District operates several high 48 schools within its far-reaching boundaries. Del Oro High School lies within the planning area, and is 49



the only one to serve planning area residents. Its permanent current capacity is of 1,084 1,750 is 1 augmented by 12 portable classrooms. The school’s enrollment of about 1,750, which includes the 2 school’s acceptance of approximately 300 inter-district transfers from other communities, indicates it 3 operates at capacity (Sziraki, 2020) 1,400 exceeds the permanent capacity by about 29 percent. Table 4 5-1 shows the enrollment and capacity of Del Oro High School. 5

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Loomis Union School District. There are three seven elementary schools within the LUSD, 7 including one charter school. Loomis Elementary School serves grades K-6, while both Franklin and 8 Placer Elementary schools Each of the schools serve grades TK-8. The current enrollment 9 districtwide exceeds is essentially equal to the existing permanent capacity of the facilities, with some 10 schools operating above the capacity limit as shown in Table 5-1. by about 5 percent. Only Loomis 11 Elementary School has any remaining capacity, but this is offset by over-enrollment at the other 12 schools. Portable classrooms are used to house excess enrollment. With the recent introduction of 13 the statewide Class Size Reduction Program and ongoing growth in Loomis, Rocklin, and the 14 surrounding County, the demand for new facilities has increased, and the shortage of space is 15 exacerbated. Table 5-1 shows the current capacity and enrollment within planning area schools. The 16 District’s 2018-2020 Report to the Community estimates a 2% annual growth rate, gaining 17 approximately 300 students between 2019 and 2025. 18

Table 5-1. Planning Area School Capacity & Enrollment 19

20 School Capacity Enrollment (1997

2018-2019)

Percent of Capacity

Loomis USD

Franklin Elementary (K-8) 530 500 602 498

114% 100%

Loomis Basin Charter 500 436 87%

H. Clarke Powers Elementary 500 505 101%

Loomis Grammar School (K-6) 659500 607 498

92% 100%

Ophir STEAM Academy 250 214 86%

Penryn Elementary 250 243 97%

Placer Elementary(K-8) 537500 603 515

112% 103%

Total LUSD 1,726 3,000

1,812 2,909*

105% 97%

Placer UHSD

Del Oro High (9-12) 1,084 1,750

1,400 1,750

129% 100%

TOTAL all schools

2,810 4,750

3,212 4,659

114% 98%

Source: Debbie Wickwire, LUSD, 1997; Placer Union High School District, 1997 2018-2019 School Accountability 21 Report Cards 22 *Total enrollment at LUSD was cited as 2,998 in the LUSD Report to the Community 2018-2020 23

24 Penryn School District. Although a small unincorporated portion of the planning area lies within 25 the PSD, the only school within the district is Penryn School, a K-8 facility located on English Colony 26 Way in Penryn, about 3 miles northeast of Loomis. The current capacity is 360, and enrollment is 27 about the same. 28

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Facilities Funding 30 Revenue for facilities construction comes from both state and local sources, including developer fees. 31 Both the PUHSD and LUSD participate in school construction programs, whereby new development 32



contributes half of the cost of new facilities, while the remainder is supplied by state and local resident 1 taxes. 2

3 A statutory fee that also contributes to funding facilities is the Stirling fee. This fee, currently $1.93 4 per square foot, is based on the amount of building construction proposed and is adjusted annually. 5 The fee is split between the LUSD and PUHSD, with the two districts receiving $1.11 and $0.73, 6 respectively. However, it has been found that reliance on such developer fees is insufficient to meet 7 the facilities needs. 8

9 Consequently, the LUSD has implemented its Mutual Benefit School Impact Fee Agreement, which 10 imposes the following fees on residential developments: $5,211 per single-family home; $3,138 per 11 duplex; and $2,012 per multi-family unit. A similar agreement was initiated by the PUHSD in March 12 1998, with fees as follows: $3,483 per single-family home; $2,589 per duplex; and $656 per multi-13 family unit. 14 15 PUHSD recently passed a general obligation bond (Measure D); which provides $40 million to 16 address facilities needs at Del Oro High School. 2020 improvements at Del Oro High School using 17 Measure D funds include modernization and repairs to Building 100, CTE classroom reconfigurations 18 and renovations, Learning Commons modernization, and development of Buildings #1 and #2 19 containing 12 classrooms each, followed by construction of Building #3 (10 classrooms). Other 20 projects to be completed in 2021 with Measure D funds include parking lot modernization and 21 renovations to the Art and Ceramics room. 22

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Libraries 24 The Auburn-Placer County Library provides service to the region and operates several branches 25 throughout the County. The Loomis Branch Library and Community Learning Center (CLC) is the 26 only one library within the planning area, and is located at 6050 Library Drive in Loomis. While 27 previously a branch of the Auburn Placer county library, the Loomis Library and CLC became an 28 entity of the Town on March 1, 2019. As a Town entity, the library operates under appointees to the 29 Mayor’s Library Board. According to the Library Long-Range Plan, this branch may undergo a 30 reduction in operating hours. However, a future expansion of the Loomis Library may occur 31 according to the Plan, though no timetable has been established. Other nearby branches that could 32 serve area residents are located in Penryn, Rocklin, Auburn, and Granite Bay. 33

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Water & Sewer Services 35

Water 36 Supply. Most of the Town of Loomis is supplied by the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA). 37 However, some of the more rural portions of the planning area are not connected to the PCWA’s 38 infrastructure, and are supplied by private wells. Each source of water is described in greater detail 39 below. 40

Placer County Water Agency 41 The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) provides domestic water service throughout Placer County, 42 including the Loomis community, which is located in PCWA’s lower Zone 1. Zone 1 includes the 43 watershed below Auburn, extending west to Lincoln and south to Granite Bay. Water is delivered in 44 Zone 1 by contract through Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Drum-Spaulding hydroelectric 45 system. Water is also supplied to Zone 1 through the Middle Fork American River Project. It is 46 estimated that Zone 1 will receive 100,400 acre-feet of water per year (AFY) from the PG&E contract 47 and 120,000 AFY from PCWA’s Middle Fork American River water rights, for a total of 220,400 AFY. 48 The Agency’s water supplies include 125,000 acre-feet of water per year (AFY) from the Yuba-Bear 49 River watershed and 120,000 AFY from the Middle Fork of the American and Rubicon rivers. An 50

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additional 117,000 AFY can be purchased from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Table 5-2 summarizes 1 the water supply available to the PCWA. 2

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Table 5-2. Water Available to the PCWA 4

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Water Source Amount (AFY)

Yuba-Bear rivers River PG&E contract 125,000 125,400

American-Rubicon rivers River Middle Fork Project water rights

120,000

Folsom Reservoir Central Valley Project contract (Bureau of Reclamation) 117,000 35,000

Canyon Creek Pre-1914 water rights ~5,000

TOTALMiddle Fork Project Reservoirs Storage Capacity 362,000 340,000

Source: PCWA, 2020 6 7 PCWA estimates normal year demand to be 158,800 AFY, compared to a current delivery capacity 8 of 236,900 AFY. This includes water deliveries to a service population of over 248,000 and 7,000 9 acres of agricultural land. 10

Service Area. Loomis is within PCWA’s Zone 1 service area, which also extends from as far north 11 and east as Auburn, west to Lincoln, and south to Granite Bay. PCWA operates five water treatment 12 plants in Zone 1: the Auburn, Bowman and Newcastle treatment plants serve the upper portion of 13 Zone 1, while the Foothill and Sunset plants serve the lower portion of the service area. 14

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Distribution and Storage Facilities. While PCWA operates eight total water treatment plants, 16

two water treatment plants (WTP) serve Zone 1: the Foothill WTP and Sunset WTP. The 17

treatment plants are located northwest of Loomis in the southern portion of Newcastle. Foothill 18

WTP has a capacity of 55 million gallons per day (mgd) and Sunset WTP has a capacity of 8 mgd. 19 The Foothill Water Treatment Plant near Newcastle provides the required water treatment for the 20 domestic water supplied to the Loomis community. The design capacity of the plant is 25 million 21 gallons per day (mgd), which is sufficient to serve the present needs of its service area (about 7,500 22 connections). However, the plant is in the preliminary stages of being expanded to increase its capacity 23 to 35 mgd. PCWA operates 600 miles of pipeline, and 165 miles of canals. Water reaches the Foothill 24 Water Treatment Plant from two conduits: PG&E’s South Canal is the main source, while the 25 PCWA’s Boardman Canal is a secondary source. The water is stored in two reservoirs, the Penryn 26 Tank in Penryn and Mammoth Reservoir between King and Horseshoe Bar roads. Both are located 27 outside the planning area. The Penryn Tank stores about 1 million gallons of treated water, while 28 Mammoth Reservoir stores canal water. A 120,000-gallon storage tank on Taylor Road across from 29 Del Oro High School can hold additional water for the community. 30

31 The Cross-Basin Pipeline connects to the Foothill Water Treatment Plant to the Sunset Water 32 Treatment Plant providing additional service to Loomis and the areas north and east of Loomis. 33 Phases I and II of the Cross Basin Pipeline were recently completed and are currently in service. 34

35 Residential, commercial and industrial customers in the Town receive water service by feeder lines 36 that branch from a 24-inch main running along the Union Pacific Railroad corridor on the west side 37 of Taylor Road. The primary north-south main in the community is a 12-inch pipeline along Laird 38 Road. 39

40 Figure 5-12 shows the major lines in the PCWA water distribution network within the Loomis planning area. 41

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System Deficiencies. PCWA’s Zone 1 Water System Master Plan identifies no major transmission 1 problems with the distribution system in the planning area. 2 Commented [CC3]: Update



Figure 5-12. Water Distribution Network

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Private Wells. Portions of the Loomis community do not have access to the PCWA’s 1 distribution system and are supplied by private wells. The rural residential properties along 2 Barton Road are within the largest area in Loomis not served by the PCWA. Groundwater 3 distribution in the planning area is sporadic and well yield is highly variable. The average 4 production of wells in the area is 4 to 9 gallons per minute. Water quality varies with the 5 source. Granitic rock wells provide the best water quality in the area and many of the area’s 6 wells are of this type. Wells overlying alluvial deposits vary from low to moderate quality. 7 Many wells in the area experience iron and manganese contamination, sometimes associated 8 with low yield. Please refer to Section 4.2.3, Groundwater, for further discussion of this issue. 9

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Wastewater 11

Most of the planning area is connected to wastewater collection infrastructure, a service 12 provided by the South Placer Municipal Utility District (SPMUD). SPMUD operates under 13 a joint-powers agreement between the City of Roseville, SPMUD, and Placer County, and 14 funds a recycled water facility, sewer trunk lines, and two wastewater treatment plants. 15 Serving Loomis, Rocklin, Penryn, Newcastle, and portions of Granite Bay, SPMUD’s service 16 area covers over 18,560 acres and serves 34,530 equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) through 17 280 miles of mainline pipe that ranges in size from 4 to 54 inches in diameter, 6,000 18 manholes, 13 lift stations and 10 permanent flow monitoring stations. Most connections are 19 residential. Currently SPMUD averages dry-weather flows of 4.62 mgd and wet-weather 20 flows of 8.67 mgd. By 2060, SPMUD projects the total number of EDUs served will increase 21 to 46,850, resulting in average dry-weather flows of 6.95 mgd and average wet-weather flows 22 of 15.99 mgd (SPMUD Sewer Participation Nexus Fee Study 2020). 23 24 The Town of Loomis falls within three SPMUD Wards. Ward 3 includes the portions of 25 Loomis south of I-80, Ward 4 includes the portion of Loomis north of King Road, and Ward 26 5 includes west and central portions of Loomis between I-80 and King Road. (SPMUD 2020) 27 28 There are three larger sized sewer lines that serve the Town of Loomis, including a 15-inch 29 line near Taylor Road (Lower Loomis Trunk), a combination 15-inch and 18-inch line south 30 of Horseshoe Bar Road and along Brace Road and Dias Lane (Loomis Diversion Line), and 31 a 10-inch line that serves the southern portion of the Town near Barton Road and Monte 32 Claire Lane. SPMUD provides access to a district-wide interactive map showing the location 33 and size of the service lines and sewer facilities in Loomis at: https://spmud.ca.gov/district-34 map. In total, there are over 183,311 feet of sewer lines serving the Town of Loomis as 35 detailed in the table below: 36 37

Pipe Diameter (inches) Number of Pipelines Total Length (feet)

4 7 4,135

6 383 88,183

8 259 54,606

10 78 18,479

12 40 11,015

15 19 5,112

18 7 1,781

Total: 793 183,311

Source: SPMUD, 2020 38 39 North of Interstate 80, the Town is served by sewer lines ranging from six to 12 inches in 40 diameter. The primary service line is a 15-inch pipe near Taylor Road, known as the Lower 41 Loomis Trunk Sewer. South of the freeway, the Middle Secret Ravine Trunk extends to 42

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Barton Road and a tributary pipe network serves portions of the community in this area. 1 2

The SPMUD Sewer Master Plan (1986) identifies the need for an 18-inch Middle Antelope 3 Creek Trunk Sewer to serve future development in the western portion of the community. 4 SPMUD would extend this trunk northward along the general alignment of Antelope Creek 5 as growth requires. This plan would be most easily implemented if growth occurred from 6 south to north along this corridor, so infrastructure could be extended logically. 7

8 The South Placer Wastewater Authority (SPWA) was created by the City of Roseville, Placer 9 County and SPMUD to provide regional wastewater and recycled water facilities in 10 southwestern Placer County. SPWA oversees two regional facilities: the Dry Creek and 11 Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs), both of which receive flows from 12 SPMUD. All of the sewer generated within the Town of Loomis flows to the Dry Creek 13 WWTP, located at 1800 Booth Road in Roseville. Treatment at the Dry Creek WWTP 14 includes screening, primary clarification, aeration, secondary clarification, filtering, and 15 disinfection, and the recycled water is used for landscape irrigation in Roseville. The trunk 16 sewer system collects wastewater from residential and commercial uses and transports it to 17 the Roseville Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (RRWWTP). The RRWWTP currently 18 treats an inflow of about 13 million gallons per day (mgd), and was recently expanded to 19 accommodate up to 18 mgd. 20 21 To project future regional wastewater needs, the SPWA prepared the South Placer Regional 22 Wastewater and Recycled Water Systems Evaluation (Evaluation) in June 2007 and is 23 currently in the process of completing an updated Evaluation. Background data for the 24 Evaluation update indicates that as of 2019, flows to both WWTPs were below design flows. 25 Both WWTPs are permitted discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 26 System (NPDES). Specifically, the Dry Creek WWTP is permitted to discharge an average 27 dry weather flow not to exceed 18 mgd, while the Pleasant Grove WWTP is permitted to 28 discharge an average dry weather flow not to exceed 12 mgd. For fiscal year 2019-2020 the 29 Dry Creek WWTP had an average dry weather inflow of 8.6 mgd, with SPMUD’s portion 30 being 1.9 mgd, and the Pleasant Grove WWTP had an average dry weather inflow of 7.6 31 mgd, with SPMUD’s portion being 2.2 mgd (SPMUD, 2020). Therefore, there is currently 32 adequate capacity at the WWTPs to serve the area, based on the existing intensity of 33 development in the region. 34 35 It should be noted that the two WWTPs are limited not only by capacity but by the amount 36 of nutrients they can receive and treat. The State Water Board regulates nutrient levels such 37 as biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids and the WWTPs must meet those 38 regulatory thresholds. Although total flow volumes have decreased with water efficiency, the 39 concentration of nutrients in those flows has increased. To date, this nutrient capacity volume 40 has been accommodated at the WWTPs, but as water efficiency continues to improve and as 41 new development occurs in the region served by SPWA, nutrient levels will continue to 42 concentrate and increase, resulting in a need for improved infrastructure to treat nutrient 43 loads. This could also be exacerbated should regulatory requirements for nutrient removal 44 become more stringent. Improvements at the WWTPs may require additional nutrient 45 handling infrastructure or conversion of infrastructure to newer technologies and systems 46 with increased efficiency. A 2009 Systems Efficiency study identifies improvements to the 47 WWTPs to ensure the WWTPs continue to meet State standards (RMC 2009 South Placer 48 Regional Wastewater and Recycled Water Systems Evaluation). Therefore, future 49 development in Loomis may need to assess not only total flow capacity, but also nutrient 50 volume capacity for the Dry Creek WWTP serving the Town. 51 52



According to the 2020 Sewer Participation Fee Nexus Study and the 2020 System Evaluation 1 and Capacity Assurance Plan (SECAP), SPMUD plans to improve the Boyington Road 2 Diversion Trunk in the near term (by 2025). This project includes 3,240 feet of 12-inch 3 diameter trunk line along the Boyington Road frontage at I-80. This improvement allows for 4 the abandonment of two aging sewer lift stations. Long-term system improvements include 5 replacing various sections of pipe with larger diameter pipe within the service area, such as 6 replacing the 8-inch and 12-inch diameter pipe in Bankhead Road with new 15-inch diameter 7 pipe, as well as the installation of new trunklines and a pump station in underserved areas, 8 notably areas south of I-80 in east Loomis and areas near Antelope Creek. However, it is 9 critical to note that these improvements are based on development assumptions and 10 estimates to help SPMUD plan for future improvements and establish estimated 11 improvements and timeframes for those improvements. These improvement assumptions in 12 the 2020 SECAP are subject to change depending on the actual pace, scale, and location of 13 future development within the Town, which fluctuates over time. 14

15 SPMUD is funded through connection fees and service charges, as well as through inspection 16 fees, taxes and bond revenues, interest income and other revenues. 17 18 Some of the wastewater in the planning area is treated by on-site private septic systems, 19 particularly within larger rural residential lots on the periphery of the planning area, especially 20 (but not exclusively) in unincorporated areas. Some septic systems in the area have a history 21 of discharge and maintenance problems. However, because the placement and maintenance 22 of septic systems is up to private individuals and not public agencies, issues related to septic 23 systems are discussed in more detail in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of this report, Water Resources and 24 Soil and Mineral Resources, respectively. 25

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Drainage & Flood Control 27

The planning area is within the Dry Creek watershed, which covers about 101 square miles 28 in Placer and Sacramento counties. Antelope Creek, Secret Ravine, and their tributaries are 29 the primary drainages in the area. 30

31 The Placer County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (PCFCWCD) is 32 responsible for developing flood control management strategies within the County. The 2011 33 Update to the Dry Creek Watershed Flood Control Plan (James M. Montgomery, 1992) 34 prepared for the PCFCWCD and the Sacramento County Water Agency addresses flood 35 control within the watershed, and suggests the following recommendations development 36 principles: 37 38

1. Implement the two phases of the Antelope Creek at Atlantic Street project and 39 ALERT system upgrades to mitigate for development impacts as funding becomes 40 available. 41

2. Pursue other regional flood flow reduction projects with consideration for additional 42 multi-objective components along with stream corridor if and when opportunities 43 for funding develop. 44

3. Implement bridge and culvert improvements in a manner that does not exacerbate 45 flooding at other locations in the watershed. Stream crossing modifications may 46 provide opportunities for additional projects that could improve the flood control 47 benefit of the existing floodplain. 48

4. Support building elevation and floodplain property buy-outs as these programs are 49 expected to be the most effective means available to reduce future flood damage to 50 existing structures. 51

5. Require onsite (local) detention where mitigation is necessary due to local flood 52

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impact considerations. 1 6. Incorporate [low impact development] LID measures into future development 2

design that promotes infiltration. 3 4

New development should provide on-site detention; 5

Local policies should be implemented to restrict the removal of riparian vegetation 6 along channels, (except as necessary to mitigate flooding potential); 7

Regional detention basins should be constructed; 8

Inadequate bridges and culverts should be replaced; and 9

Procedures for flood preparedness should be formulated. 10

The Town of Loomis Resolution 97-70 establishes an agreement between PCFCWCD and 11 the Town to coordinate the development, support and operation of PCFCWCD facilities. 12 Within the planning area, the Loomis Town Manager is the Town Floodplain Administrator. 13 The PCFCWCD provides guidance to the Town in dealing with potential flooding impacts. 14 To help implement the above recommendations principles, on-site detention that reduces 15 runoff to 90 percent of existing flows is required of new development within the Dry Creek 16 watershed. 17

18 No regional flood control facilities are located within the Loomis planning area. However, 19 several small unnamed reservoirs provide local flood detention within the Town. 20

21 Please refer to Section 7, Safety & Noise Issues, Flooding Hazards, for additional information 22 regarding the location of flood-prone areas in the Town. 23

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Solid Waste Management 25

The Auburn Placer Disposal Service (APDS) Recology Auburn Placer (Recology) provides 26 solid waste disposal for the planning area, including residential and commercial yard waste, 27 recycling, and garbage collection. If households elect to subscribe to the service, each is 28 provided with a 32- or 90-gallon container for weekly collection of domestic refuse. 29 Customers may choose to supply and use their own 32-gallon container; however, no green 30 waste container is supplied by Recology at that service level and containers may weigh no 31 more than 50 pounds when full. Recology also offers the “One Big Bin” recycling service. 32 Recyclable materials are collected in one bin and sorted at the materials recovery facility at 33 the Western Regional Sanitary Landfill. APDS places a 180-pound weight limit for refuse 34 within these containers. At this time, subscription to APDS is not mandatory. It is expected 35 that the issue of mandatory collection will be brought before the Town Council in late 36 2000/early 2001. 37

38 APDS estimates that individual households produce about 100 pounds of solid waste per 39 week (Town of Loomis, Heritage Park Estates Draft EIR, 1998). This estimate is somewhat 40 higher than that of the Placer County Solid Waste Management Plan, which estimates about 41 3.5 pounds per person per day, or about 65 pounds per household per week; however, it is 42 lower than suggested by a recent survey in Rocklin. 43 44 Calrecycle data collected between 2007 and 2018 indicates the per capita production of solid 45 waste in Loomis was 6.7 pounds per day (ppd) in 2007 and 6.6 ppd in 2018. For per capita 46 employees, the rate was 10.8 ppd in 2007 and 11.3 ppd in. 2018. The target per resident 47 disposal rate is 6.2 ppd and the target employee disposal rate is 10.8 ppd, indicating that both 48 targets continue to be exceeded. 49

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Solid waste is taken to the Western Regional Sanitary Landfill (WRSL) in western Placer 1 County at the intersection of Athens Avenue and Fiddyment Road. The landfill is managed 2 by the Western Placer Waste Management Authority, which consists of representatives from 3 Rocklin, Lincoln, Roseville, and Placer County. The 800-acre landfill has been operating since 4 1979. 5 6 The maximum permitted throughput at the WRSL is 1,900 tons per day (tpd), with a total 7 maximum permitted capacity of 36.4 million cubic yards. According to the California 8 Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), the remaining capacity at 9 the WRSL is approximately 29.1 million cubic yards and it has an anticipated closure date of 10 January 1, 2058. Loomis’s solid waste has been sent to the WRSL since 2003. Calrecycle 11 disposal data indicates Loomis has an increasing volume of disposal tonnage, with 4,916 tons 12 generated by Loomis in 2010 and 8,214 tons generated by Loomis in 2018. 13

14 A materials recovery facility (MRF) at the landfill was opened in 1997. The MRF recovers 15 recyclable materials from mixed waste, process green and wood wastes for composting or 16 biomass, receive and process source-separated recyclables, and receive, recycle, and dispose 17 of household hazardous waste. The facility currently has a 750-ton capacity per 8-hour shift, 18 and processes an average of 600 tons per day (Smith, 1996). The facility can is expandable to 19 handle up to 2,000 tons per day with a 16-hour shift, with a 17 percent guaranteed minimum 20 recovery rate. The materials recovery facility includes a compacted residential waste tipping 21 area and recyclables drop- off/buy back center. 22

23 Currently, recyclable materials are co-mingled with household garbage or collected in “blue 24 bags” and transported to the materials recovery facility. In accordance with AB 939, 25 recyclables are sorted from the refuse, and the residual is transferred to the landfill. With the 26 introduction of the materials recovery facility, the effective lifespan of the WRSL is estimated 27 at 50-75 years. 28

29 Loomis participates in the Placer County Solid Waste Task Force, which assists in the review, 30 revision and implementation of county and city source reduction and recycling elements, 31 household hazardous waste elements and non-disposal facility elements. 32 33 The Western Placer Waste Management Authority is a regional agency that provides recycling 34 and waste disposal opportunities to the Town of Loomis. The WPWMA oversees operations 35 of the WRSL, MRF, and permanent household hazardous waste collection facility. 36 37 The Placer County Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) was approved in 1994, 38 pursuant to the requirements of AB 939. The SRRE describes the existing waste stream, 39 evaluates reduction and recycling alternatives, and indicates how the county will divert 50 40 percent of solid waste from its landfills and incinerators by 2000. 41

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Utilities 43

Gas and Electricity 44 The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) supplies natural gas and electricity to homes 45 and businesses in Loomis. These services are provided in accordance with Public Utilities 46 Commission (PUC) rules and regulations. Some rural locations on the periphery of the 47 community are not connected to the existing gas distribution network, and are instead on 48 individual propane hookups. This service is currently provided by many private propane 49 providers on an individual basis. 50



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Telephone 2 Pacific Bell AT&T currently provides phone service to homes and businesses in the Loomis 3 area and is responsible for maintaining telephone infrastructure in the area. However, many 4 alternative local and long-distance companies are available to provide service using Pacific 5 Bell’s AT&T’s network of phone lines. Cellular service is provided by AT&T, Verizon, 6 Sprint, and T-Mobile. 7

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Cable/Satellite Television and Internet 9 Starstream Communications of Rocklin is the cable television provider to the Loomis 10 community. No service deficiencies have been identified. A variety of home internet and 11 cable or satellite service providers are available in Loomis including AT&T, Wave Cable, 12 DISH, DirectTV, HughesNet, Cal.net, Pivotal Global Capacity, Winters Broadband, and 13 South Valley Internet. Internet speeds range from 6 to 1,000 megabytes per second. 14 Approximately 98.8% of homes in Loomis can be served by fixed-line service, with residents 15 having between three to five competitive options for wired service at their home. While fiber 16 service is limited, access through wireless internet, DSL, and cable are widely available 17 through multiple providers (DecisionData.org, April 24, 2020). 18

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Findings 20

5-1 Law enforcement services to the Loomis community are provided by the Placer 21 County Sheriff’s Department. Response times average about 3.5 to 7 minutes. 22

5-2 The Town of Loomis tries to maintain a standard of one sworn officer per 800 23 residents. Current staffing levels do not meet this standard. 24

5-3 The Loomis Fire Protection District (LFPD) serves nearly all of the planning area. 25 Only a small portion of the planning area is outside the LFPD’s service area and is 26 located in the Penryn Fire District. The California Department of Forestry also 27 provides fire protection services, particularly with regard to rural wildland fires. 28

5-4 LFPD personnel provide first response to emergency calls, emergency medical care, 29 hazardous spill removal, and rescue assistance. 30

5-5 The LFPD receives about 600 emergency calls per year, about 45 percent of which are 31 for medical assistance. Only about 10 percent of these calls are for fires or mutual aid 32 assistance. 33

5-6 Emergency response times for fire assistance typically range from three to four minutes. 34

5-7 The Loomis planning area encompasses portions of three school districts: Placer 35 Union High School District (PUHSD), Loomis Union School District (LUSD), and 36 Penryn School District (PSD). The entire planning area lies within the PUHSD, which 37 serves grades 9-12. Most of the planning area lies within and the LUSD, which serves 38 K-8 while only the far northeastern portion of the area lies within the PSD. 39

5-8 Del Oro High School is the only high school to serve planning area residents. The 40 school’s enrollment of about 1,400 exceeds the permanent capacity by about 29 41 percent. 42

5-9 There are three schools within the LUSD. The current enrollment districtwide exceeds 43 the permanent capacity of the facilities by about five percent. Only Loomis Elementary 44



School has any remaining capacity. Portable classrooms are used to house excess 1 enrollment, which is about 3,200 districtwide. 2

5-10 Revenue for facilities construction comes from both state and local sources. Both the 3 PUHSD and LUSD participate in the Office of Public School Construction 50/50 4 program. A statutory fee, currently $1.84 per square foot, also provides funding to area 5 schools. However, reliance on such developer fees is insufficient to meet facilities 6 needs. 7

5-11 The LUSD has implemented its Mutual Benefit School Impact Fee Agreement, which 8 imposes the following fees on residential developments: $5,015 per single-family 9 home; $3,023 per duplex; and $1,937 per multi-family unit. A similar agreement was 10 initiated by the PUHSD in March 1998, with fees as follows: $3,483 per single-family 11 home; $2,589 per duplex; and $656 per multi-family unit. 12

5-12 The Auburn-Placer County Library provides service to the region, and operates several 13 branches throughout the County. The Loomis Branch Library is the only one within 14 the planning area and is located at 6050 Library Drive in Loomis. 15

5-13 Most of the Town of Loomis is supplied by the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA). 16 Some of the more rural portions of the planning area are supplied by private wells. 17

5-14 The Foothill Water Treatment Plant near Newcastle provides the required water 18 treatment for the domestic water supplied to Loomis. Water reaches the Foothill Water 19 Treatment Plant from two conduits: PG&E’s South Canal is the main source, while 20 the PCWA’s Boardman Canal is a secondary source. Water is stored in two reservoirs, 21 the Penryn Tank in Penryn, and Mammoth Reservoir between King and Horseshoe 22 Bar roads. Both are located outside the planning area. 23

5-15 Residential, commercial and industrial customers in Loomis receive water service by 24 feeder lines that branch from a 24-inch main running along the Union Pacific Railroad 25 corridor on the west side of Taylor Road. The primary north-south main in the 26 community is a 12-inch pipeline along Laird Road. 27

5-16 Most of the planning area is connected to wastewater collection infrastructure, a 28 service provided by the South Placer Municipal Utility District (SPMUD). North of 29 Interstate 80, the Town is served by sewer lines ranging from six to 12 inches in 30 diameter. The primary service line is a 15-inch pipe near Taylor Road, known as the 31 Lower Loomis Trunk Sewer. South of the freeway, a 10-inch line the Middle Secret 32 Ravine Trunk extends to Barton Road, and a tributary pipe network serves portions 33 of the community in this area. 34

5-17 The Placer County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (PCFCWCD) is 35 responsible for developing flood control management strategies within the County. 36 The Dry Creek Watershed Flood Control Plan (James M. Montgomery, 1992) 37 prepared for the PCFCWCD and the Sacramento County Water Agency addresses 38 flood control within the watershed, and provides guidance for area development. 39

5-18 There are no regional flood control facilities within the Loomis planning area. 40 However, several small unnamed reservoirs provide local flood detention within the 41 Town. 42

5-19 The Auburn Placer Disposal Service (APDS) provides solid waste disposal for the 43 planning area. At this time, subscription to this service is not required. It is expected 44 that the issue of mandatory collection will be brought before the Town Council in 45



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5-20 Solid waste is taken to the Western Regional Sanitary Landfill (WRSL). A materials 2 recovery facility (MRF) at the WRSL was opened in 1997. The facility currently has a 3 750 -ton capacity per 8-hour shift, and processes an average of 600 tons per day (Smith, 4 1996). With the introduction of the MRF, the effective lifespan of the WRSL is 5 estimated at 75 years (Dominguez, 1997). 6

5-21 The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) supplies natural gas and electricity to 7 homes and businesses in Loomis. Pacific Bell currently provides phone service to 8 homes and businesses. Starstream Communications of Rocklin is the cable television 9 provider to the Loomis community. No service deficiencies have been identified. 10

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