EXHIBIT 33-B
District’s Water Allocation
Program Ordinances
Ordinance
No. 1 was adopted in September
1980 to establish interim municipal water allocations based on existing water
use by the jurisdictions. Resolution
81-7 was adopted in April 1981 to modify the interim allocations and
incorporate projected water demands through the year 2000. Under the 1981 allocation, Cal-Am’s annual
production limit was set at 20,000 acre-feet.
Ordinance
No. 52 was adopted in December
1990 to implement the District’s water allocation program, modify the resource
system supply limit, and to temporarily limit new uses of water. As a result of Ordinance No. 52, a moratorium
on the issuance of most water permits within the District was established. Adoption of Ordinance No. 52 reduced Cal-Am’s
annual production limit to 16,744 acre-feet.
Ordinance
No. 70 was adopted in June 1993
to modify the resource system supply limit, establish a water allocation for
each of the jurisdictions within the District, and end the moratorium on the
issuance of water permits. Adoption of
Ordinance No. 70 was based on development of the Paralta
Well in the Seaside Groundwater Basin and increased Cal-Am’s annual production
limit to 17,619 acre-feet. More
specifically, Ordinance No. 70 allocated 308 acre-feet of water to the
jurisdictions and 50 acre-feet to a District Reserve for regional projects with
public benefit.
Ordinance
No. 73 was adopted in February
1995 to eliminate the District Reserve and allocate the remaining water equally
among the eight jurisdictions. Of the
original 50 acre-feet that was allocated to the District Reserve, 34.72
acre-feet remained and was distributed equally (4.34 acre-feet) among the
jurisdictions.
Ordinance
No. 74 was adopted in March
1995 to allow the reins\vestment of toilet retrofit water savings on
single-family residential properties.
The reinvested retrofit credits must be repaid by the jurisdiction from
the next available water allocation and are limited to a maximum of 10
acre-feet. This
ordinance sunset in July 1998.
Ordinance
No. 75 was adopted in March
1995 to allow the reinvestment of water saved through toilet retrofits and
other permanent water savings methods at publicly owned and operated
facilities. Fifteen percent of the
savings are set aside to meet the District’s long-term water conservation goal
and the remainder of the savings are credited to the
jurisdictions allocation. This ordinance sunset in July 1988.
Ordinance
No. 83 was adopted in April
1996 and set Cal-Am’s annual production limit at 17,621 acre-feet and
the non-Cal-Am annual production limit at 3,046 acre-feet. The modifications to the production limit
were made based on the agreement by non-Cal-Am water users to permanently
reduce annual water production from the Carmel Valley Alluvial Aquifer in
exchange for water service from Cal-Am.
As part of the agreement, fifteen percent of the historical non-Cal-Am
production was set aside to meet the District’s long-term water conservation
goal.
Ordinance
No. 87 was adopted in February
1997 as an urgency ordinance establishing a community benefit
allocation for the planned expansion of the Community Hospital of the Monterey
Peninsula (CHOMP). Specifically, a
special reserve allocation of 19.60 acre-feet of production was created
exclusively for the benefit of CHOMP.
With this new allocation, Cal-Am’s annual production limit was increased
to 17,641 acre-feet and the non-Cal-am annual production limit remained
at 3,046 acre-feet.
Ordinance
No. 90 was adopted in June 1998
to continue the program allowing the reinvestment of toilet retrofit water
savings on single-family residential properties for 90-days following the
expiration of Ordinance No. 74. The
reinvested retrofit credits must be repaid by the jurisdiction from the next
available water allocation and are limited to a maximum of 10 acre-feet. This ordinance sunset in
September 1998.
Ordinance
No. 90 was adopted in June 1998
to also allow the reinvestment of water saved through toilet retrofits and
other permanent water savings methods at publicly owned and operated
facilities. Fifteen percent of the
savings are set aside to meet the District’s long-term water conservation goal
and the remainder of the savings are credited to the
jurisdiction’s allocation. This ordinance
was challenged for compliance with CEQA and nullified by the Monterey Superior
Court in December 1998.