MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING
April 6, 2006
Call to Order/ Roll call – determination of a Quorum
Vice Chair Loveland called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. Secretary Lewis called roll. Directors present were Bowersox, Brammell, Croucher, Dailey, Ferguson, Johnson, Knutson, Lewanski, Lewinger, Lewis, Linden, Loveland, Pocklington, Price, Saunders, Steiner, and Williams. Directors absent were Bond, Broomell, Dixon, Haddad, Irvin, Martin, Morrison, Muir, Parker, Rhinerson, Rogers, Sundram, Thompson*, Tu, Watton* and Representative Slater-Price. Staff present was General Manager Stapleton, General Counsel Hentschke, Deputy General Manager Lanspery, Assistant General Manager Cushman, Director of Water Resources Weinberg, Principal Water Resource Specialist Friehauf and others. Nina Jazmadarian, Principal Water Resource Manager from Malcolm Pirnie was also in attendance.
Vice Chair Loveland announced there was not a quorum due to only four representatives of the City of San Diego in attendance. Vice Chair Loveland turned the meeting over to the Vice Chair of the Water Planning Committee Keith Lewinger.
Public comment
There were no members of the public that wished to comment.
Consideration of Draft Drought Management Plan
Director Lewinger began the presentation by reviewing the history of the development of the Drought Management Plan.
Director Thompson entered the room at 1:45 p.m. and there was a quorum of the Board at that time.
Mr. Weinberg continued the presentation by stating the plan was developed as part of the Water Authority’s long-range planning efforts to secure and maintain a diverse and reliable water supply for the region; the purpose of the plan was to prepare the region for potential water shortage conditions due to drought. The plan included actions necessary to avoid or minimize cutbacks to imported supplies during drought conditions. It provided a methodology to allocate limited supplies to member agencies if cutbacks were required and a communication strategy to keep the agencies and the public informed of drought conditions. Mr. Weinberg thanked the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), made up of the Water Authority’s member agencies, for the valuable input on development of the plan.
Mr. Weinberg introduced Ms. Jazmadarian who spoke on Metropolitan Water District actions prior to 1990. She reviewed the history of MWD’s Incremental Interruption and Conservation Plan (IICP) and the stages it moved through from
November 20, 1990 through April 13, 1992. She reviewed MWD’s Water Surplus and Drought Management Plan (WSDM).
Director Pocklington brought up the issue of storage and stated one of MWD’s member agencies had less than one day of storage. He stated the plan must encourage local agencies to invest in local projects.
Director Lewis left the room at 2:10 p.m. and the quorum of the Board was lost.
Mr. Weinberg introduced Ms. Friehauf who continued the presentation by reviewing the TAC questionnaire and responses. She reviewed the drought response matrix and the potential Water Authority actions.
Director Watton entered the room at 2:35 p.m. and a quorum of the Board was reestablished.
Director Lewinger reviewed the three stages of the potential drought actions: voluntary, SDCWA supply enhancement, and mandatory cutbacks.
Director Johnson asked a question regarding transfers and where they would come from. Ms. Friehauf explained the IID and canal lining projects were core projects. The types of transfers referred to in the plan were short term, temporary transfers. Most likely these transfers would come from farmers in the Central Valley and Northern California.
Director Pocklington thanked the staff for tackling a challenging project.
Ms. Friehauf provided a preview of the allocation methodology. She stated the allocation methodology would include an incentive to member agencies that had developed local supplies and the allocation methodology must avoid large and uneven retail impacts across the region.
Director Lewinger announced there would be a Special Water Planning Committee meeting on May 2, 2006.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Board, Director Lewinger adjourned the meeting at 2:55 p.m.
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James H. Bond
Chairman
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Claude A. Lewis
Secretary
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Doria F. Lore, Clerk of the Board
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