ITEM:		CONSENT CALENDAR
3.	CONSIDER FORMATION OF AD HOC LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEE
Meeting Date:			February 28, 2008	Budgeted:	N/A
From:			David A. Berger,	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item No.:
Prepared By:			Same	Cost Estimate:	N/A
General Counsel Approval: Yes
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A

SUMMARY: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Directors to take official action creating an Ad Hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee to assist the Board in addressing the draft Cease and Desist Order (CDO) regarding continued unauthorized Carmel River diversions by California American Water Company (CAW). The draft CDO was issued by the staff of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) on January 15, 2008 (Exhibit 3-A). CAW outside counsel has filed a letter objecting to and requesting a SWRCB hearing on the draft CDO. During its January 2008 regular meeting, the District Board determined its intent to intervene in a SWRCB hearing on this matter. In the February 13, 2008 strategic planning workshop the Board created several objectives involving the activation of an ad hoc Board committee to provide policy input and carryout lobbying activities in furtherance of the Board’s position on the draft CDO. The Board also tentatively determined that the Ad Hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee would be comprised of Directors Potter (chair), Brower and Lehman.

RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Board 1) approve the proposed charge that creates an Ad Hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee to support the Board’s intervention and advocacy regarding the draft CDO (Exhibit 3-B); and 2) appoint Directors Potter (chair), Brower, and Lehman to serve on this ad hoc Committee.

BACKGROUND: The Meeting Rules of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District were last amended by the Board in May 2007. Section 7 C (Committees) of the Meeting Rules authorizes the Board Chair to create ad hoc committees to advise the Board as the need arises and deemed necessary. This subsection also specifies that ad hoc committee members shall be approved by the Board, and that an adopted charge for each such ad hoc committee be appended to the meeting rules. Finally, this subsection specifies that the charge shall be removed from the Meeting Rules when the ad hoc committee has completed its task and been disbanded.

EXHIBITS

3-A Draft Cease and Desist Order issued by the SWRCB staff, dated January 15, 2008

3-B Draft Charge creating the Ad Hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee

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