Governance Committee

for the

Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project

California American Water Monterey County Board of Supervisors

Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

EXHIBIT 1-B

DRAFT MINUTES

Regular Meeting

Governance Committee

for the

Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project

May 28, 2013

 

Call to Order:

The meeting was called to order at 2:05 pm in the conference room of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District offices.

 

 

Members Present:

Jason Burnett, Chair, representing Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority (JPA)

Jeanne Byrne (alternate to Robert S. Brower, Sr.) representing Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (Water District)

David Potter, representing Monterey County Board of Supervisors

Richard Svindland, representing California American Water (Cal Am)

 

 

Members Absent:

Robert S. Brower, Sr., representing Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Robert MacLean, representing California American Water

 

 

Pledge of Allegiance:

The assembly recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

 

Public Comments:

No comments directed to the Committee.

 

 

Agenda Items

 

The Chair received public comment on each agenda item.

 

1.

Adopt Minutes of May 23, 2013 Committee Meetings

 

Potter offered a motion to adopt the minutes with one correction: on page 5, the last sentence in paragraph 1, replace the words “15-horsepower motors” with the words “1500-horsepower motors.” The motion was seconded by Byrne, and adopted unanimously on a vote of 3 – 0 by Burnett, Byrne and Potter. 

 

 

2.

Review and Comment on Final Draft Design Build Request for Proposals Prepared by California-American Water

 

Cal-Am staff updated the committee on the status of the request for proposals, asked for clarification on specific issues and responded to questions from the committee and members of the public. 

 

 

 

 

 

On a motion of Byrne and second by Potter, the committee voted to recommend that Cal-Am incorporate into the request for proposals items 1 – 6 listed on Attachment 1.  The motion was adopted on a vote of 3 – 0 by Burnett, Byrne and Potter.

 

 

 

 

3.

Consider Approval of Revised Groundwater Replenishment Project Go/No-Go Criteria for Presentation at June 12, 2013 California Public Utilities Commission Workshop

 

A document titled Criteria for the GWR Recommendation by Governance Committee for the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project was submitted for committee review by Robert Wellington, attorney for the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.  Burnett asked for comments on Section 4 of the document, as he was scheduled to discuss the criteria with staff from the Division of Ratepayer Advocates.    The committee members reviewed and commented on the criteria but took no action.  An amended version of the criteria will be submitted for consideration at a future meeting.

 

 

 

 

4.

Discussion of Items to be Placed on Future Agendas

 

Svindland stated that on June 13, 2013, the Cal Poly design teams will present the next phase of their designs based on comments that were received from the committee on May 17, 2013.  He advised the teams that cost is an important factor in project development, and that instead of planning only for the 9.6 mgd plant size, their plans should be modified to accommodate both the 6.4 mgd and 9.6 mgd plant sizes.

 

 

 

 

 

There was a brief discussion about the desalination project construction schedule.  On a motion of Byrne and second of Potter, the committee voted  to recommend that Cal-Am incorporate into the request for proposals item 7 listed on Attachment 1.  The motion was adopted on a vote of 3 – 0 by Burnett, Byrne and Potter.

 

 

 

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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