EXHIBIT 3-A

 

DRAFT MINUTES

 

Community Advisory Committee of the

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

April 23, 2007

 

Members Present:

Janet Brennan - League of Women Voters

Paul Bruno - Water For Us

Greg Pickens – Monterey Alliance of Neighborhoods

Tom Rowley – Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association

Roy Thomas – Carmel River Steelhead Association (arrived at 2:15 PM)

Dewey Baird; Manuel Fierro; Robert Greenwood; Sheryl McKenzie

 

Members Absent: 

David Dilworth – Helping Our Peninsula’s Environment (HOPE)

Bob McKenzie – Monterey County Hospitality Association (notified in advance of absence)

Ron Chesshire

Bruce Crist (notified in advance of absence)

Peter Dausen (notified in advance of absence)

 

District Staff Present: 

David A. Berger – General Manager (and CAC Chair)

Andy Bell – Planning and Engineering Division Manager

Joe Oliver – Senior Hydrogeologist

Heidi Quinn – Associate Counsel

Arlene Tavani – Executive Assistant

 

Presenters:

Andy Bell, Planning and Engineering Manager

 

1.                  Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 2 PM in the Conference Room of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.

 

2.                  Comments from Public

No comments. 

 

3.                  Receive Action Minutes of March 26, 2007 Committee Meetings

The minutes were received.  Staff was directed to note in past and future minutes the names of committee members who have provided, or will provide advance notice of their absence from a meeting. 

 

 

4.                  Presentation on MPWMD Long-Term Water Supply Project/Desalination in Sand City from Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Andy Bell gave the presentation.  A summary of the presentation is on file at the District office and on the District’s website.  Mr. Bell and Mr. Oliver responded to questions raised by Baird, Brennan, Bruno, Dausen, Fierro, Greenwood, Rowley and Thomas.  Mr. Bell offered to provide to the committee members a memorandum by District Counsel, David Laredo, regarding legal requirements for authorizing votes on water supply projects.  He will also submit to the committee members an estimate of the aggregate cost for an acre-foot of water charged by California American Water in the Monterey District.

 

5.                  Public Comment on the MPWMD Long-Term Water Supply Project/Desalination in Sand City from Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Steven Leonard, California American Water, expressed confidence in the CAC’s project review process, and said that the committee members were asking good questions.

 

6.                  Committee Comments on MPWMD Long-Term Water Supply Project/Desalination in Sand City from Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Comments from the committee members are recorded on Attachment 1. 

 

7.                  Approach to Development of Final Report and Report Format

            This item was not discussed.    

 

8.                  Adjourn

Prior to adjournment, Mr. Rowley announced that he could not participate in the May 29, 2007 meeting, and that Dick Donagon from the Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association will be in the audience.  Sheryl McKenzie also noted that she will not be in attendance at the May 29 meeting.  The meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:00 PM.

 

 

Note:  An audio recording of the meeting is available for review and copies can be purchased.  Contact Arlene Tavani at 658-5652 or arlene@mpwmd.dst.ca.us.  Written comments submitted by committee members are also available upon request.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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