EXHIBIT 1-A
DRAFT MINUTES
Water Demand Committee of the
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
March 29, 2012
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 9:03 am in the conference room of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District office.
Committee members present: Kristi Markey, Chair
Brenda Lewis
Jeanne Byrne
Committee members absent: None
Staff members present: David Stoldt, General Manager
Rachel Martinez, Community Relations Liaison
District Counsel present: David Laredo, De Lay and Laredo
Comments from Public
No comments.
Action Items
1. Receive Minutes of February 22, 2012 Committee Meeting
Byrne
made a motion to adopt the minutes with an amendment to Item 3, number 7, by
deleting the words “for installation of water efficient toilets” and replacing
that phrase with the words “all water efficient appliances.” Lewis
seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously on a vote of 3 – 0.
2. Consider Development of a
Recommendation to the Board re First Reading of an Ordinance re High Efficiency
Toilets, Water Credits and Rainwater Harvesting
Pintar reviewed the ordinance and responded to
questions from the committee. The
committee discussed the ordinance and requested the following. (1)
Remove the requirement for installation of timers in residential and
commercial showers that contain multiple showerheads. (2) Staff should review the definition of
“Shower, Each Additional Fixture” and determine if the language “that operate
on a separate valve” should remain or be replaced with alternate text. (3) Consensus that water credit for the
ultra- high efficiency toilet should be 0.8 and the full Board should decide if
water credit will be given for retrofit to a 1.3 gallon toilet. (4)
Table 4, High Efficiency Appliance Credits, under the description of
Instant-Access Hot Water System, should be amended to change the words “or
other device” to “or other devices.” (5)
Amendment of Rule 90, Variance, should refer only to water permits, and an
application for variance should only be accepted at the time the permit is
requested. (6) Amendment of Rule 141,
Water Conservation Rebates should be amended as follows, “The Rebate for
Cistern water tanks installed on Sites supplied with water from the Monterey
Peninsula Water Resource System shall be $50 per 100 gallons per Qualifying
Property for the first 500 gallons, and $25 per 100 gallons for water storage
capacity between 500 and 25,000 gallons.”
(7) Staff was requested to review
the requirement to provide the cistern rebates to areas within the Monterey
Peninsula Water Resources System and decide if that meets the goals of the
rebate program, considering that funding is derived from the Cal-Am main
system. (8) Staff was requested to
review the requirement that Private Lavatory Sinks emit a maximum of 2.2
gallons of water per minute at 60 psi. (9)
Amendment of Rule 172 – Landscape Water Audits, staff will check the government
code to determine if the District’s
definition of open space refers to government agencies. If it does not, the amended rule should
specify “public” open space. (10) Rule
172-E, Landscape Irrigation Restrictions, shall not limit the days on which a
landscape can be irrigated if the water source is a cistern.
Discussion Items
3. Review
District Deed Restriction Process
No discussion. Item deferred to the next committee meeting.
4. Update
on Interior Use of Graywater/Rainwater in Monterey County
No discussion. Item deferred to the next committee meeting.
Set Next Meeting Date
The committee will meet on April 12, 2012 at 4 pm.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:25 a.m.
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