EXHIBIT 21-C

Final

MINUTES

MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

CARMEL RIVER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10:00 A.M.Regular Meeting at

Mid-Carmel Valley Fire Station Community Room

DECEMBER 1, 2006

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

MEMBERS PRESENT: Susan Rogers, Tom House, John Dalessio, Marjorie Ingram Viales, Larry Levine, Richard H. Rosenthal, Clive Sanders

MEMBERS ABSENT: None

PUBLIC PRESENT: No members of the public were present

STAFF PRESENT: Andy Bell, Thomas Christensen, and Larry Hampson

2. PUBLIC COMMENT – Susan Rogers reported that a wall was being constructed adjacent to the Carmel River Lagoon and next to the Carmel River School at the end of 16^th Street in Carmel.

3. CONSENT CALENDAR – Clive Sanders made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 17, 2006 Field Session and Regular Meeting. Tom House seconded. The motion was approved unanimously.

4. REVIEW CHARGE TO THE CARMEL RIVER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

House said that the process used to define the charge was incomplete. He stated that because the charge recommended by staff and adopted by the Board differed from the recommendation made by the Committee, the Committee and the Board should meet to discuss this difference.

John Dalessio suggested forming a committee to meet with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board to review the Committee’s charge and terms of service and nominated Tom House, Clive Sanders and volunteered himself to be on the subcommittee. The Committee agreed by consensus.

House then made the following motion: That the subcommittee [comprised of John Dalessio, Tom House, and Clive Sanders] meet with the MPWMD Board Chair and Vice-Chair to review the Committee charge and terms of service. Sanders seconded. The motion was approved unanimously.

5. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON CARMEL RIVER WATERSHED CONSERVANCY (CRWC) ACTIVITIES

Sanders provided copies of the most recent draft by the CRWC of the proposed matrix of projects to manage, enhance, and restore the Carmel River watershed and asked for Committee input. He stated that the e-mail address for CRWC had been changed to steelheadCRWC@sbcglobal.net and that Committee members could send comments to the new address.

6. PRESENTATION ON INTERPRETING WEB DATA FOR THE CARMEL RIVER

Thomas Christensen described several sources of data available on the web for Carmel River stage, flow, and weather conditions and gave some basic guidelines on understanding and interpreting the data.

7. DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES TO OFFSET IMPACTS OF WATER WITHDRAWALS FROM THE CARMEL RIVER

MPWMD staff gave a brief summary of the NOAA Fisheries/Cal-Am Settlement Agreement. The Committee discussed the process for funding projects and requested that MPWMD contact Congressman Sam Farr’s office to inquire about the status of the agreement (Andy Bell to follow up).

8. STAFF REPORTS – under item c) “Summer/Fall 2006 vegetation management (Christensen),” the Committee recommended that fish passage barriers in the Carmel River, such as small hand-built summer dams, be removed during vegetation management activities. Christensen noted that when MPWMD staff find such dams on the river blocking fish migration, a portion is removed to allow fish and flow to pass.

9. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDAS

Committee members requested that the following items be placed on a future agenda:

a. Awareness and enforcement of MPWMD Rules and Regulations for the Carmel River riparian corridor.

b. Review the charge to the Committee.

c. Review the IRWM Plan and invite BSLT to a meeting.

d. Request that Sidney Reade give a presentation on being prepared for emergencies.

10. ADJOURNMENT – the meeting was adjourned at 12:16 p.m.

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