EXHIBIT 23-B

 

Final

MINUTES

MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

CARMEL RIVER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10:00 A.M.Regular Meeting at

  Mid-Carmel Valley Fire Station Community Room

June 28, 2007

 

1.         CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:     Tom House, John Dalessio, Marjorie Ingram Viales, Susan Rogers, Clive Sanders

MEMBERS ABSENT:       Richard H. Rosenthal, Larry Levine

PUBLIC PRESENT:          None

 

STAFF PRESENT:            Thomas Christensen, Larry Hampson

 

2.                  PUBLIC COMMENT  There were no comments under this item.

 

3.                  CONSENT CALENDAR  Tom House made a motion to approve the minutes from the February 8, 2007 Regular Meeting.  Clive Sanders seconded.  The motion was approved unanimously.

 

4.                  REPORT BY SUBCOMMITTEE ON REVIEWING THE CHARGE TO THE CARMEL RIVER ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEW CHARGE TO THE CARMEL RIVER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

John Dalessio requested that this item be postponed until after the newly elected MPWMD Directors are sworn in to service. [Note: The new MPWMD Directors are Robert Brower, who replaces Larry Foy, and Regina Doyle, who replaces Michelle Knight.  They are both being sworn into service on December 10, 2007.]

 

5.                  UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON CARMEL RIVER WATERSHED CONSERVANCY (CRWC) ACTIVITIES

 

Sanders reported on efforts to help manage the lagoon during the spring of 2007 including assisting with steelhead kelt rescues.  The Committee discussed the potential for using recycled water from the Carmel Area Wastewater District to augment lagoon volume.  John Dalessio suggested that the Committee recommend to MPWMD that the Board of Directors consider making a request to state and federal legislators to authorize the discharge of tertiary treated water to the lagoon. 

 

Tom House made a motion that John Dalessio work with MPWMD staff to make a recommendation to the MPWMD Board.  Susan Rogers seconded the motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

6.                              STAFF REPORTS  There were no comments by the Committee under this item.

 

7.                              ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDAS

 

Committee members requested that the following items be placed on a future agenda:

 

a.       Report on Final San Clemente Dam Retrofit Project EIR

b.      Update on water augmentation projects

 

8.                              ADJOURNMENT – the meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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