EXHIBIT 20-B

Excerpt from Minutes of September 8, 2005 Strategic Planning Workshop

Question: Should members of public interest groups be invited to join the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)?

Consensus: A charge must be developed for the PAC and TAC by December. The suggestion that PAC and TAC membership should be reevaluated, or that another community committee should be developed could also be discussed in December at the Board level.

Discussion: (1) Environmental groups and other public interest organizations should be included on the PAC and TAC. This issue should be discussed in a Board meeting or workshop. (2) This issue should be placed in the Strategic Plan under the heading “Community Issues.” (3) I don’t agree that the PAC and TAC membership should be reevaluated. TAC is for technical staff, and PAC is for policy makers to weigh-in on issues. The District conducts public hearings where members of public interest and environmental groups can speak to an issue. The PAC and TAC make recommendations that are forwarded to the Board for consideration. (4) The public feels that once an issue gets to the Board, it is too late to affect a change. (5) The PAC and TAC represent the jurisdictions. They are the official representatives from local communities. Environmental groups do not represent the jurisdictions in an official capacity. (6) District staff suggested that the PAC and TAC might be renamed as the “Jurisdictions Representative Committee” or something similar. The broader committee that has been suggested could be given another name.

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