Objective: Determine Long-Term Water Supply Options
- Finalize a single accurate and agreed set of water
supply numbers
- Further
research/establish numbers by January 2005
·
Convene Water Summit to discuss topic of
interagency cooperation on regional solutions
- Arrange
for and sponsor Water Summit by January/February 2005
·
Establish and make clear the District project
goal
- Make clear that the MPWMD
is at a different crossroad in the pursuit of augmenting water supply
(on-going)
- Work for broad regional
participation
- Show how such a regional program could distribute
the cost and describe the potential financial burden to MPWMD
constituents by March 2005
Objective: Determine Role for
MPWMD In Water Supply Issue
- Finalize the role of the District
- Commence review immediately
with final determination after County action of November 2004 and the
Water Summit in January/February 2005
- Determine whether there is
or should be a proprietary role for District by March 2005
- Determine the extent to
which the role is regulatory and, under that role, determine how the
process is controlled by March 2005
- Determine whether a Joint
Powers Authority structure is appropriate, utilizing peer/consultant
review as necessary and appropriate by March 2005
- Evaluate the fiscal impacts
of the different options and correlate them to Board fiscal capacities by
June 2005
- Develop
public input opportunities, particularly related to determination of how
fiscal constraints can be alleviated through possible fee increases by
June 2005
Objective: Clarify District’s Water Supply Project Status
- Determine the timing of the re-commencement of
currently suspended CEQA EIR (TBD)
- Finalize ASR timing beyond the temporary permit
- Determine the scope, timing
and expense related to an EIR for the State Water Board – bring to Board
in October 2004
- Set
up and conduct field trip by November 2004
- Explore feasibility of including reclamation water as
supplementary to the overall regional solution(s) under whatever potable
water project proves feasible
Note: The
Planning and Engineering Division is responsible for taking the lead on these
objectives.
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