ITEM:		ACTION ITEM
5.	CONSIDER GENERAL STATEMENT OF DISTRICT POSITION ON CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER APPLICATION NO.12-04-019 TO CONSTRUCT THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT
Meeting Date:			February 12, 2013	Budgeted:	N/A
From:			David J. Stoldt,	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item:
Prepared By:			David J. Stoldt	Cost Estimate:	None
General Counsel Review: N/A
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A

SUMMARY: At the January 30, 2013 Board meeting, the Board directed staff to include several positions in the District testimony due February 22, 2013 in the proceeding of A.12-04-012 at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC.) The Board, however, desired greater public input with respect to the sizing of the desalination plant capacity (Item 3 on this Agenda) as well as a general statement on the District’s position on the application - support, not support, conditional support, or neutrality.

RECOMMENDATION: The Board should determine if the District supports, does not support, conditionally supports, or is neutral with respect to Cal-Am’s application. The General Manager recommends qualified or conditional support based on Cal-Am’s incorporation of the governance and financial proposals the District made in its October 1 Public Participation filing and reaffirmed at the January 30, 2013 Board meeting (see Exhibits 5-B and 5-C). The Board may wish to include other items in a manner similar to the position statement approved January 31, 2013 by the Mayor’s Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority and attached hereto as Exhibit 5-A.

EXHIBITS

5-A Position Paper Adopted by MPRWA January 31, 2013

5-B Draft Governance Committee Agreement

5-C Public Contribution of Funds Proposal

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