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FINAL MINUTES Regular
Meeting Board of
Directors Monterey
Peninsula Water Management District July 16, 2007 |
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The meeting was called to
order at 7:00 PM in the District Conference Room. Board
members present: Larry
Foy – Division 5 David
Potter – Monterey County Board of Supervisors (arrived at 7:10 PM and
departed at 9:30 PM) Board
members absent: General
Manager present: David A. Berger District
Counsel present: The
assembly recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Roy
Thomas, representing the Carmel River Steelhead Association, opined that the
1990 Final Five
Year Mitigation Program for Option V--16,700 AF Cal-Am Production Water
Allocation Program requires the District to provide a water source to the
Carmel River Lagoon. He urged the
Board to take responsibility for salvaging fish that may die due to low flows
into the lagoon. He warned that
emergency conditions existed at the lagoon that must be acted upon
immediately. On a motion by Director
Foy and second by Director Knight the Consent Calendar was approved
unanimously on a vote of 4 – 0.
Directors Potter, Markey and Edwards were absent. Approved. Approved. Approved. Approved. Approved. Approved. General Manager Berger
reviewed progress made on completion of the Three-Year Goals and Six-Month
Strategic Objectives listed in the Strategic Plan. A summary of his comments are on file at
the District office and available on the District website. The report was presented by
Water Demand Manager,
Stephanie Pintar, presented the report.
A summary is on file at the District office and is available on the
District website. The report was presented by
During the public comment
period on this item, Roy Thomas of the CRSA, reminded the Board that fish in
the lagoon may die due to dry conditions. General Manager Berger
introduced Tom Bunosky, Director of Network, American Water Western Region,
who will be serving as Acting General Manager for the CAW Monterey Division
while Mr. Berger advised the
Board that due to a change in the business arrangement between The meeting was called to
order at 5:30 PM. There were no
comments from the public. The open
session was adjourned to Closed Session at 5:35 PM. District Counsel Laredo reported that the
following action was taken during the Closed Session. Item
3.A – On a motion by Director Edwards and second by Director Knight, the
Board authorized execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the General
Staff Unit for a two-year period, from July 1, 2007 through June 2009. The motion was approved unanimously on a
vote of 5 – 0. Directors Edwards, Foy,
Lehman, Knight and Pendergrass voted in favor of the motion. Directors Potter and Markey were
absent. On a motion by Director
Edwards and second by Director Knight, the Board authorized execution of a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Management Staff Bargaining Unit for a
two-year period, from July 1, 2007 through June 2009. The motion was adopted unanimously on a
vote of 5 – 0. Directors Edwards, Foy,
Lehman, Knight and Pendergrass voted in favor of the motion. Directors Potter and Markey were
absent. Item 3.B – On a motion by Director Foy and second by Director
Edwards, the Board authorized execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Confidential Staff unit for a two-year period, from July 1, 2007 through
June 2009. The motion was adopted
unanimously on a vote of 5 – 0.
Directors Edwards, Foy, Lehman, Knight and Pendergrass voted in favor
of the motion. Directors Potter and
Markey were absent. Regarding items 4. A
through 4.F, District Counsel provided status reports to the Board. No reportable action was taken. Director Knight reported
that the July 4, 2007 Watermaster meeting was cancelled. The committee would meet again on August 1,
2007. She noted that the California
Coastal Commission had issued a waiver to allow drilling of monitoring wells
required in the adjudication decision.
Also, the Watermaster had entered into a contract with Director Foy offered a
motion to adopt the first reading version of Ordinance No. 129 and schedule
the item for second reading and adoption at the August 20, 2007 Board
meeting. The motion was seconded by
Director Knight and approved unanimously on a vote of 5 – 0.
Directors Foy, Lehman, Knight, Potter and Pendergrass voted in favor
of the motion. Directors Edwards and
Markey were absent. No public comment was presented during the
public hearing on this item. On a motion by Director
Potter and second by Director Knight, the Board voted unanimously to adopt
the recommendation outlined in the staff report: (1) conduct public outreach
in areas that may be affected by the Draft IRWMP but have not been involved
in the process; (2) address and consider in the Final IRWMP the comments and
input that may be received as a result of the outreach; (3) request that the
Water Management Group be formally established for overseeing implementation
of the IRWMP; (4) authorize the General Manager to make minor or
non-substantive modifications to the MOU as requested by other Water
Management Group entities. The motion
was adopted on a vote of 5 – 0.
Directors Foy, Lehman, Knight, Potter and Pendergrass voted in favor
of the motion. Directors Edwards and
Markey were absent. Robert Greenwood
representing the Carmel Valley Association, addressed the Board during the
public hearing on this item. He
requested that the northeast boundary of the planning area be clarified. He recommended that the goal of the
planning effort should be to develop an adequate water supply. Director Potter departed from the meeting at
approximately 9:30 PM. On a motion by Director
Knight and second by Director Lehman, the Board unanimously approved the
staff recommendation to establish a 30-day comment period. The motion was approved on a vote of 4 –
0. Directors Foy, Lehman, Knight and
Pendergrass voted in favor of the motion.
Directors Edwards, Markey and Potter were absent. No comments
were directed to the Board during the public comment period on this item. There was no discussion of
the Informational Items/Staff Reports. The meeting was adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Consider Adoption of Minutes of the May
31, 2007 Special Meeting/Board Workshop and the June 18, 2007 Regular Board
Meeting 2. Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds
for geographical Information System 3. Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds
to Install Window in the District’s 4. Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds
for Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility Stand-by Generator Maintenance
Service with Quinn Power Systems for Fiscal Year 2007-08 5. Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds
for Fabrication of Replacement Protective Debris Screen for the Cooling Tower
at the Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility 6. Consider Adoption of Treasurer’s Report
for May 2007 PRESENTATIONS 7. Strategic Plan Update 8. Water Supply Project Alternatives Update 9. Update on Conservation Program from
Catherine Bowie of GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT 10. Status Report on 11. Oral Report on Flow Measured at
Tributaries to the ATTORNEY’S REPORT 12. Report on 5:30 PM Closed Session of the
Board 3. Conference with Labor Negotiators
(Gov. Code 54957.6) A. Agency
Designated Representatives: Rick Dickhaut, Cynthia Schmidlin, David A. Berger and Ellen Aldrich Employee Organization: General Staff and Management Staff Bargaining Unit Represented
by Laborer’s International Union of North America, AFL CIO, (LIUNA/UPEC) Local 270 B Agency
Designated Representative: David A. Berger Unrepresented Employees: Confidential
Staff Unit 4. Conference with Legal Counsel
– Existing Litigation (Gov. Code
54956.9 (a)) A. Application of California American Water Company to the B. Application of California American Water Company to the California Public Utilities Commission -- Application No. 07-02-023 -- Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC) for its San Clemente
Dam Memorandum Account C. State Water Resources Control
Board Permit No. 7130B D. State
Water Resources Control Board Permit No. 20808 E. MPWMD v. Nick Marotta, Jr., Gerda Marotta, and Does 1-100 -- F. MPWMD v. Roy Woods, Woods 1995 Trust, and Does 1-100 -- DIRECTORS’ REPORTS (INCLUDING AB 1234 REPORTS ON
TRIPS, CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AND MEETINGS) 13. Oral Reports on Activities of County,
Cities, Other Agencies/Committees/Associations PUBLIC HEARINGS 14. Consider First Reading of Ordinance No. 129
– An Ordinance of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Adding the
Rebate Program to the Rules and Regulations of the District, Amending the
Rebate Amounts, Excluding Areas within the District that Receive Water from
Water Distribution Systems Not Regulated by the District from the Rebate
Program, and Adding Rebates for Certain Water Saving Irrigation System
Retrofits 15. Integrated Regional Water Management A. Receive
Report and Take Public Comment on B. Consider
Approval of Memorandum of Understanding to Form a Water Management Group to
Implement Integrated Regional Water Management for the Monterey Peninsula,
Carmel Bay and South Monterey Bay Plan ACTION ITEMS 16. Receive Draft Report from
Bookman-Edmonston/GEI Consultants on Evaluation of Seawater Desalination
Projects Proposed for the INFORMTIONAL ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS 17. Letters Received 18. Committee Reports 19. 20. Water Conservation Program Report 21. Monthly Allocation Report 22. Monthly 23. Monthly Water Supply Status Report 24. Quarterly Water Supply Project Status
Report 25. Quarterly Irrigation Program and Riparian Projects
Report 26. 27. Quarterly Water Use Credit Transfer Status
Report ADJOURNMENT |
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David A. Berger, Secretary to the Board
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