Governance
Committee for the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project |
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California American Water Monterey County Board of Supervisors Monterey Peninsula Regional
Water Authority Monterey Peninsula Water Management District EXHIBIT 1-B |
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DRAFT
MINUTES Regular
Meeting Governance
Committee for
the Monterey
Peninsula Water Supply Project May 28, 2013 |
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Call to Order: |
The meeting was
called to order at 2:05 pm in the conference room of the Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District offices. |
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Members Present: |
Jason Burnett,
Chair, representing Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority (JPA) Jeanne Byrne
(alternate to Robert S. Brower, Sr.) representing Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District (Water District) David Potter,
representing Monterey County Board of Supervisors Richard
Svindland, representing California American Water (Cal Am) |
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Members Absent: |
Robert S. Brower,
Sr., representing Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Robert MacLean,
representing California American Water |
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Pledge of Allegiance: |
The assembly
recited the Pledge of Allegiance. |
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Public Comments: |
No comments
directed to the Committee. |
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Agenda Items |
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The Chair
received public comment on each agenda item. |
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1. |
Adopt Minutes of May 23, 2013 Committee
Meetings |
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Potter offered a
motion to adopt the minutes with one correction: on page 5, the last sentence
in paragraph 1, replace the words 15-horsepower motors with the words
1500-horsepower motors. The motion was seconded by Byrne, and adopted
unanimously on a vote of 3 0 by Burnett, Byrne and Potter. |
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2. |
Review and Comment on Final Draft Design
Build Request for Proposals Prepared by California-American Water |
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Cal-Am staff
updated the committee on the status of the request for proposals, asked for
clarification on specific issues and responded to questions from the
committee and members of the public. |
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On a motion of Byrne and second by Potter, the committee voted to
recommend that Cal-Am incorporate into the request for proposals items 1 6
listed on Attachment 1. The motion was adopted on a vote of 3 0
by Burnett, Byrne and Potter. |
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3. |
Consider Approval
of Revised Groundwater Replenishment Project Go/No-Go Criteria for
Presentation at June 12, 2013 California Public Utilities Commission Workshop |
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A document titled Criteria for the
GWR Recommendation by Governance Committee for the Monterey Peninsula Water
Supply Project was submitted for committee review by Robert Wellington,
attorney for the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency. Burnett asked for comments on Section 4 of
the document, as he was scheduled to discuss the criteria with staff from the
Division of Ratepayer Advocates. The
committee members reviewed and commented on the criteria but took no action. An amended version of the criteria will be
submitted for consideration at a future meeting. |
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4. |
Discussion of
Items to be Placed on Future Agendas |
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Svindland stated that on June 13, 2013, the Cal Poly design teams will
present the next phase of their designs based on comments that were received
from the committee on May 17, 2013. He
advised the teams that cost is an important factor in project development,
and that instead of planning only for the 9.6 mgd plant size, their plans should
be modified to accommodate both the 6.4 mgd and 9.6 mgd plant sizes. |
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There was a brief discussion about the desalination project
construction schedule. On a motion
of Byrne and second of Potter, the committee voted to recommend that Cal-Am incorporate into the
request for proposals item 7 listed on Attachment
1. The motion was adopted on a
vote of 3 0 by Burnett, Byrne and Potter. |
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Adjournment |
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The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 pm. |
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