FINAL MINUTES
Special Meeting
Board of Directors
Monterey Peninsula Water Management
District
March
16, 2009
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to
order at 7:05 PM in the District conference room.
Directors Present:
Alvin Edwards Division 1
Judi Lehman Division 2
Bob Brower Division 5
David Pendergrass Mayoral
Representative
Directors Absent:
Kristi Markey, Chair --
Division 3
David Potter
General Manager present:
District Counsel present: David C.
Laredo
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The assembly recited the
Pledge of Allegiance.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No comments were presented to
the Board during Oral Communications.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Schedule Date for
Hearing on Apparent Insufficient Physical Supplies to Serve Ryan Ranch Water
Distribution System and Determination as to Whether, and to What Extent, System
Capacity and/or Expansion Capacity Limits Should be Modified
This item was deferred to the March 26, 2009 meeting
of the Board of Directors.
DISCUSSION ITEM
2. Technical Review of
Draft Environmental Impact Review on
On a motion by Director Brower and second by Director
Lehman, the Board directed staff to prepare a letter to the PUC that includes
staff comments on the Draft EIR (DEIR) and comments expressed by the Board
during their discussion on March 16.
The letter should be distributed to the Board for review on March 31,
2009. The Directors should submit
additional comments to staff by April 8, 2009.
A final letter incorporating those comments will be developed and
submitted to the PUC by April 15, 2009.
The motion was adopted unanimously on a vote of 5 0. Directors Brower, Doyle, Edwards, Lehman and
Pendergrass voted in favor of the motion.
Directors Markey and Potter were absent.
Andrew Barnsdale, Energy Division of the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC), reviewed the schedule for submitting comments on
the Draft EIR (DEIR), and described the PUC process for reaching a decision on
certification of the DEIR. Eric Zigas, Environmental Science Associates, described the water supply alternatives
analyzed in the DEIR. He and Mr.
Barnsdale responded to questions from the Board.
George Riley, representing
Citizens for Public Water, addressed the Board during the public comment period
on this item. He expressed a concern
that the PUC is focused on moving forward quickly to certify the DEIR, without
allowing time to adequately analyze the projects in terms of cost to the
ratepayer. He asked the Board to
include a comment in its letter to the PUC stating that if there is a cost
effective project alternative, extra time should be taken to analyze that
project.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at
approximately 9 PM.
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