MONTEREY
PENINSULA
WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
POST OFFICE BOX 85
FAX (831) 644-9560 • http://www.mpwmd.dst.ca.us
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION
AND
PROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
For MPWMD Board review on June 22, 2006
1. PROJECT TITLE: Adoption of Ordinance No. 125: “2006 Water Permit and Water Credit Clarification Ordinance of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District”
DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF PROJECT: Proposed Ordinance No. 125 (Attachment 3 to the Initial Study) updates permit and credit-related rules to conform with adopted policies and administrative practices. This is accomplished by adding new language and definitions, by deleting obsolete and redundant text, by simplifying text to make it understandable to the public, and by focusing the subject matter of the rules. This draft ordinance also serves to fill in the gaps where practices are not supported by language in the existing rules, but where administrative memorandums, Board-approved policies not incorporated in the rules, past practice and other Board directives have supported staff’s actions and policy interpretations.
Ordinance No. 125 applies within the boundaries of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD), including the cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Sand City, Seaside, portions of Monterey County (primarily Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach Carmel Highlands and the Highway 68 corridor), and the Monterey Peninsula Airport District. Each of these jurisdictions regulates land use within its individual boundaries and is responsible for CEQA review of individual projects that are proposed. The District does not regulate land use.
2. REVIEW PERIOD: The Review Period is June 2, 2006 through June 22, 2006. CEQA allows a 20-day comment period for issues of local importance.
3. PUBLIC
MEETINGS: The first reading of Ordinance No. 125 will be considered at the
MPWMD Board meeting of June 22, 2006.
The second reading and adoption of the Ordinance and Negative
Declaration is scheduled for public hearing on July 17, 2006 at 7:00 PM at the
Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (conference room),
4. LOCATION
OF DOCUMENTS: The proposed Negative Declaration and Initial Study,
including supporting documentation and the administrative record upon which the
Negative Declaration and Initial Study are based, and copies of proposed
Ordinance No. 125, are available for review at the Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District office located at
5. PROPOSED FINDING SUPPORTING NEGATIVE DECLARATION: Based on the Initial Study and the analysis, documents and record supporting the Initial Study, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Board of Directors finds that adoption of Ordinance No. 125 does not have a significant effect on the environment.
PROPOSED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION
Based on the finding that adoption of Ordinance No.
125, the 2006 Water Permit and Water Credit Clarification Ordinance of the
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, has no significant effect on the environment, the Monterey Peninsula
Water Management District makes this Negative Declaration regarding
MPWMD Ordinance No. 125 under the California Environmental Quality Act.