WATER SUPPLY PLANNING COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION ITEM
5.	DISCUSS REINSTATEMENT OF DISTRICT RESERVE AND POLICY FOR USE
Meeting Date:		February 21, 2018	Budgeted:	N/A
From:		David J. Stoldt	Program/
		General Manager	Line Item No.:	N/A
Prepared By:		David J. Stoldt	Cost Estimate:	N/A
General Counsel Approval: N/A
Committee Recommendation:
CEQA Compliance: Action does not constitute a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15378.

SUMMARY:  Section 5 of Ordinance 168 which established the City of Pacific Grove Water Entitlement states:

“Simultaneous with the creation of the Pacific Grove Water Entitlement pursuant to Rule 23.9, the District shall reserve 9 AFA of conserved water for its exclusive use for future Jurisdictional Allocation pursuant to Rule 30 or to be held in reserve.”

District Rule 30 cited above states:

“From any new supply of water, the District shall establish a specific Allocation for each Jurisdiction, and may also establish a District Reserve Allocation.”

However, the “District Reserve Allocation” as a defined term was established by Ordinance 60 in 1992, but rescinded by Ordinance 73 in 1995 when all District water in the Reserve Allocation was re-allocated to all of the Jurisdictions. When first established in 1992, use of the water was restricted to “Regional Projects of special benefit, or for drought or other reserve purposes.”

District Rules and Regulations define Regional Projects as:

“…a non-profit endeavor which provides for the health, safety and/or welfare of the community, and provides regional nondenominational benefit to residents of the greater Monterey Peninsula area.” Ordinance 60 stated “Examples of Regional Projects include regional health care, homeless or transitional shelters, and protection from natural disasters (but not local police protection). A June 1991 Technical Advisory Committee Report, attached as Exhibit 5-A, made additional efforts to define such projects.

In 1993, the District passed Ordinance 70 which established the District Reserve Allocation to be 50 acre feet.

In addition to rescinding the definition of District Reserve Allocation, Ordinance 73 in 1995 deleted the text of Rule 33 B and stated “the District Reserve shall no longer exist.”

RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Committee direct staff to reestablish a District Reserve by Ordinance, recommend a framework for developing a policy on the use of a District Reserve, and to direct staff to bring a draft of such a policy back to the Committee and to the Water Demand Committee for recommendation to the Board for approval.

EXHIBIT

5-A June 1991 Technical Advisory Committee Report

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