Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority

MINUTES MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY Thursday, March 22, 2012 ______________________________________________________________ 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority was held in Chautauqua Hall in the City of Pacific Grove, on the above stated date at the stated hour of 6:04 p.m. President Della Sala called the meeting to order. 2. ROLL CALL AND INTRODUCTIONS Present: Directors Bachofner; Della Sala; Edelen; Garcia, McCloud and Pendergrass. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Directors and public joined in the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. REPORT FROM AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF Director Bachofner said the Website domain name/hosting for the Authority should be ready within the next week or two. Director Garcia welcomed everyone to Pacific Grove. President Della Sala reported that he had received a letter from Supervisor Potter about representation for the unincorporated areas. Potter requested information from the Authority that he can share with the Board of Supervisors to help them decide whether it is appropriate to designate him to represent the unincorporated areas serviced by Cal-Am on the Authority. Carmel City Administrator Stilwell will provide information at the next meeting about this. Della Sala also said that Stilwell is still working on the issue of insurance for the Authority and will have more information soon. Finally, Della Sala referred to a letter received from the Coalition of Peninsula Businesses urging the Authority to support developing sufficient water for both replacement water and water for future growth. 5. RECEIVE REPORT FROM THE TECHNICALADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION, AS NEEDED Roger Dolan, who is acting as spokesman for the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), presented the report. He said that the TAC first met on March 15, and held its second meeting earlier today. The group intends to meet weekly, on Thursdays, at 1 :00 pm at Seaside City Hall. Highlights of his report included: seeking funding from the Authority, the Water Management District, and Water Pollution Control Agency for independent analysis; receiving presentations from the WMD (presenting its GWR project) and WPCA (presenting its ASR project); and planned field trips to the Moss Landing site and the Sand City reverse osmosis plant. The TAC also expressed a need for adding a member with CEQA expertise. 6. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA President Della Sala opened the meeting to public comment at 6:18 p.m. Nelson Vega addressed the Authority about having a mission and strategy that avoids duplication with other agencies. George Brehmer spoke about the need to begin water awareness and conservation education in young people. Ray Dandridge spoke about finding water for future growth needs. George Riley spoke about an assessment/population formula. Ron Weitzman spoke about finding the least expensive, drought-proof water supply. President Della Sala closed the meeting to public comment at 6:40 p.m. 7. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Vice President McCloud moved to approve the Minutes of March 8, 2012, seconded by Director Bachofner, but Director Garcia asked that the recording be reviewed as she felt one of her motions had not been accurately described. The Authority unanimously voted to continue this item and have the Minutes for review and approval at the next meeting. 8. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE SCOPE AND FOCUS OF THE AUTHORITY President Della Sala opened the meeting to public comment at 7:00 p.m. Speaking to this issue were: Dale Hekhuis; Nelson Vega; Sand City City Administrator Steve Matarazzo; Lawson Little; Harvey Billig; Ray Dandridge; Roger Dolan; Richard Stillwell; and Ron Weitzman. President Della Sala closed the meeting to public comment at 7:24 p.m. President Della SaJa moved to approve the document as amended by the ad hoc committee but to replace the word 'supplemental' with the word 'replcni hwent" throughout the document and to deletc the pbrase "supplemcntal and replacement" in tbeMission Statement itself, seconded by Director Edelen, and passed 5-1 (Director Bachofner dissenting). 9. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS Items recommended for future agendas included: representation for the unincorporated area of the Cal-Am service area; Authority insurance; seeking an expert in environmental impact reports (requested by the T AC). Vice President McCloud requested that Items 1-7 of the previous agendas remain as standard items for subsequent meetings. President Della Sala announced that the next two meetings of the Authority will be held on Thursday, April 12 and again on Thursday, April 26. Both meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be held in the Pacific Grove City Council Chambers, 300 Forest A venue. 10. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m. ______________________________ Carmelita Garcia, Secretary