MPWMD BOARD MEETING--APRIL 21, 2008--ITEM 22--RECEIVE REPORT FROM AD-HOC COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (SWRCB) DRAFT CEASE AND DESIST ORDER (CDO)

ITEM:		ACTION ITEMS

22.	RECEIVE REPORT FROM AD-HOC COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (SWRCB) DRAFT CEASE AND DESIST ORDER (CDO)

Meeting Date:			April 21, 2008	Budgeted:	No

From:			Darby Fuerst	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item No.:	N/A

Prepared By:			Arlene Tavani,	Cost Estimate:	N/A
			Executive Assistant

General Counsel Approval: N/A
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A

SUMMARY: Attached as Exhibit 22-A is the Final Report from the Community Advisory Committee to the MPWMD Board – Potential Impacts on the Community that Could Occur and Strategies to Address the Negative Impacts if the State Water Resources Control Board Adopts the January 15, 2008 Cease and Desist Order Filed Against California American Water. This report was prepared at the Board’s request upon reconvening the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in March 2008. The CAC met twice in April to develop its findings on the draft CDO. A subcommittee appointed by the CAC completed the report and submitted it for Board review on April 21, 2008, as prescribed in the committee’s charge.

Re-establishment of the CAC and receipt of the final report of the committee’s findings completes one of the strategic objectives from the Board’s Strategic Plan: The CAC will be reconvened to discuss impacts of the draft CDO and recommend strategies to the Board to address negative impacts of the draft CDO.

RECOMMENDATION: The Board should receive the final report from the CAC and consider the committee’s recommendations in future deliberations regarding strategies to address the draft CDO.

BACKGROUND: At its March 17, 2008 meeting, the Board agreed to reconvene the Ad Hoc CAC with a charge to: (a) discuss the potential impacts on the community that could occur if the SWRCB adopts the draft CDO issued on January 15, 2008 against California American Water; and (b) recommend strategies to address negative impacts of the draft CDO. The CAC was requested to submit a written report for receipt by the Board on April 21, 2008. On March 17, the Board also received and acknowledged the list of committee members that had been appointed by each Director.

The CAC meet on April 3 and April 9, 2008 to discuss the potential impacts of the draft CDO and develop a list of strategies to address those impacts. The committee appointed a subcommittee (Janet Brennan and John Tilley) to prepare the final report. The subcommittee met on April 11, 2008, wrote the final report, and requested that staff submit it by email to the full committee for review on April 14, 2008. Comments received from committee members between April 14 and April 15, 2008 are contained in Appendix E of the final report.

EXHIBITS

22-A Final Report from the Community Advisory Committee to the MPWMD Board – Potential Impacts on the Community that Could Occur and Strategies to Address the Negative Impacts if the State Water Resources Control Board Adopts the January 15, 2008 Cease and Desist Order Filed Against California American Water

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