EXHIBIT 23-D

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

July 16, 2009

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

MEMBERS PRESENT: John Dalessio, Lance Monosoff, Vince Frumkin, Tom House, Susan Rogers, Clive Sanders

MEMBERS ABSENT: Larry Levine (excused absence)

PUBLIC PRESENT: Margaret Robbins, Roger Williams (Carmel River Steelhead Association)

STAFF PRESENT: Thomas Christensen, Larry Hampson, Kevan Urquhart

2. PUBLIC COMMENT – Margaret Robbins asked if a change in land use to viticulture results in an increase in the runoff of sediment or chemicals in the watershed. She also stated that the Carmel Valley Association supports the hybrid regional water supply project proposed by LandWatch Monterey County.

[The hybrid plan combines several component projects described in the Coastal Water Project EIR and in other local project planning proposals and includes potential water saving activities such as reducing pipeline leaks. See

http://www.landwatch.org/pages/issuesactions/water/071909calamhearing.html

for additional information.]

3. ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009-10

Lance Monosoff made a motion to nominate John Dalessio for Chair. Tom House seconded the motion. The motion to elect John Dalessio as the Chair for the 2009-10 Fiscal Year (July1 to June 20) was approved unanimously. Committee

John Dalessio made a motion to nominate for Lance Monosoff for Vice Chair. Tom House seconded the motion The motion to elect Lance Monosoff as the Vice Chair for the 2009-10 Fiscal Year (July1 to June 20) was approved unanimously.

4. CONSENT CALENDAR – Lance Monosoff made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 9, 2009 2008 Regular Meeting. Tom House seconded. The motion to approve the minutes passed by a unanimous vote.

UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON CARMEL RIVER WATERSHED ACTIVITIES – Clive Sanders commended the steelhead rescue efforts carried out by both the Carmel River Steelhead Association and MPMD.

5. CAPTIVE STEELHEAD REARING IN THE CARMEL RIVER – Using several handouts, Kevan Urquhart, Senior Fisheries Biologist for MPWMD, described the life cycle of steelhead in the Carmel River and the ocean during an extended drought. Mr. Urquhart showed that a captive rearing program would probably not be required for droughts lasting three years or less, but that a rearing program could provide some benefits for droughts that extend four or more years. He noted that between 1902 and 2009, there had been only one five-year period [1987 through 1991] when annual surface runoff was classed as dry or critically dry [i.e. a year when annual recorded streamflow does not exceed 27,000 acre-feet per year and is in the lowest 25% of all years.] Concerns about establishing a captive rearing program include the potential for altering the native steelhead gene pool, logistics of such a program, and the costs of operating and maintaining facilities that would meet stringent federal and state requirements.

6. STAFF REPORTS – Concerning the San Clemente Dam, John Dalessio asked if Camp Steffani properties could bought to avoid potential flood impacts if San Clemente Dam were removed incrementally. Larry Hampson responded that incremental dam removal was evaluated and rejected by the California State Department of Water Resources due to the potential for increased flooding in several areas along the river.

7. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDAS

Committee members scheduled the next committee meeting for October 15, 2009. The following item was requested to be placed on a future agenda:

a. Discuss effects on the Carmel River watershed of a change in land use to viticulture.

8. ADJOURNMENT

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