WATER SUPPLY PLANNING COMMITTEE

ITEM:		DISCUSSION ITEMS
5.	UPDATE ON STATUS OF SAN CLEMENTE DAM REMOVAL/REROUTE PROPOSAL
Meeting Date:			December 8, 2010	Budgeted:	N/A
From:			Darby Fuerst,	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item No.:
Prepared By:			Andrew Bell	Cost Estimate:	N/A
General Counsel Review: N/A
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A

The most recent activity regarding the proposal to remove San Clemente Dam and reroute a section of the Carmel River to San Clemente Creek was a set of two public information meetings, termed “community meetings,” held on November 30, 2010. An afternoon meeting was held at the Carmel Valley Community Youth Center in Carmel Valley Village and an evening meeting was held at Mission Ranch. The flyer for the meetings is attached as Exhibit 5-A, and a project update by the California State Coastal Conservancy is attached as Exhibit 5-B. Two District employees, Larry Hampson and Elizabeth Geisler, attended the afternoon meeting. Director Doyle and District Engineer Andrew Bell attended the evening meeting. A question and answer period followed a presentation by Laura Engeman of the Coastal Conservancy. Questions and comments centered on three main issues: construction traffic, impacts of sediment transport and potential flooding, and the adequacy of the Final EIR/EIS on the San Clemente Dam Seismic Safety Project regarding details of the Carmel River reroute and dam removal alternative. Ms. Engeman and Joyce Ambrosius of the National Marine Fisheries Service responded to questions and comments.

EXHIBITS

5-A Flyer for November 30, 2010 Community Meetings

5-B November 8, 2010 document by the California State Coastal Conservancy, “Update on the Carmel River Reroute and San Clemente Dam Removal Project and Upcoming Meetings”

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