STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AND WORKSHOP AGENDA

 

Wednesday and Thursday – January 10-11, 2001 – 9:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

 

Questions regarding this agenda call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax (916) 657-0932.  Note:agenda items should be available electronically on January 3, 2001.

 

Workshop includes informal discussion of items to be presented for action at a future business meeting. People who are interested in items on the agenda are urged to attend workshops as they may miss valuable discussion that will not be repeated at the Board meeting.  NOTE:  There is no voting at workshops.  Items requiring Board action must come to a Board meeting.

 

Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.

  Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure

 that all comments will be included in the

record before the Board.*

 

ITEMS 1-15 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2001

 

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board’s jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board’s agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.Note:Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

Board Meeting

 

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.  Note:  Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

WATER RIGHTS

1.  Consideration of a Proposed Water Right Order Denying a Petition for Reconsideration Filed by the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Regarding the City of San Luis Obispo’s Petition for Extension of Time for the Salinas Reservoir Project.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order denying the petition for reconsideration.)

 

Workshop

 

WATER RIGHTS

2.  Consideration of a Proposed Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Navarro Watershed Protection Association’s Petition for Reconsideration of the Order dated October 30, 2000, Approving an Extension of Time and Amending Water Right Permit 20563.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order.)

 

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

3.  Consideration of a Request From the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board for $739,195 From the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account Fund to Investigate and Abate Groundwater Contamination Near West College Avenue and Clover Drive, Santa Rosa, California.  (Staff is recommending funding in the amount of $458,195 to provide for temporary water treatment for impacted wells, site characterization, source investigation and identification of parties responsible for the contaminant release, but not permanent connection to the city water system.)

 

4.  Consideration of Adoption of the Water Recycling Construction Program Priority List. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**5.  Consideration of Approval of a Time Extension for San Simeon Community Services District for a Grant From the Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant Program.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to extend the time for study completion.)

 

**6.  Consideration of Approval of a Time Extension for South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District for a Grant from the Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant Program.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to extend the time for study completion.)

 

**7.  Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authorities Treatment Plant Expansion Project, SRF Project No. C-06-4574-110.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to approve the SRF loan.)

 

**8.  Consideration of Approval of the Amended Small Communities Grant (SCG) Program Project Priority List.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the amended SCG Program Project Priority List.)

 

**9.  Consideration of an Amendment to Continue Cleanup at the Abandoned Penn Mine (C/A 138) in the Amount of $1.3 Million from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

WATER QUALITY

10.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the

 Los Angeles Region to Incorporate a Septic System Prohibition in the Oxnard Forebay.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**11.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Amend a Contract With California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) to Expand an Ongoing Bacterial Source Identification Study in Morro Bay.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**12.  Consideration of Adoption of a Resolution Rescinding State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 95-68 for Creation of a Linked Deposit Program and Authorizing a $2.2 Million State Revolving Fund Loan to the County Of Santa Cruz to Establish a Mini-Loan Program for Upgrades of Individual Onsite Sewage Disposal Systems in the San Lorenzo River Watershed Project (Loan Number C-06-6036-11).  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**13.  Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Rescind State Water Resources Control Board Resolution Number 2000-52 Authorizing a $500,000 Agricultural Drainage Management Program Loan to the Pacheco Water District for a Canal Lining Project.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

ADMINISTRATION

**14.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or his Designee to Negotiate, Execute and Amend the Foundation for California Community Colleges Student Assistant Contract.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**15.  Consideration of the Renewal of Interagency Agreement Between the State Water Resources Control Board and the California Health and Human Services Data Center for Electronic Data Processing Services to Support the SWRCB Accounting System (CALSTARS).  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the agreement.)

 

Closed Session Items

(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

WATER RIGHTS  (This is authorized under Government Code section 11126(c)(3).

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed decision to be reached regarding the protection of fishery resources and other issues relating to the diversion and use of water from the lower Yuba River. 

 

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss evidence taken at a hearing regarding the Delta Wetlands Project proposed to be developed in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta. 

 

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a proposed order acting on a petition for reconsideration filed by the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance in an adjudicative proceeding regarding the City of San Luis Obispo’s petition for extension of time for the Salinas Reservoir Project.

 

 
ITEM 16 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001

 

Workshop

 

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.  Note:  Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

WATER RIGHTS

16.  Discussion of the Status Of Negotiations Between Export and Upstream Interests, and Consideration of a Schedule For Resumption of the Bay-Delta Water Rights Hearing.  A copy of the Notice of Public Workshop is available on the SWRCB website at http://www@waterrights.ca.gov, or by calling Nick Wilcox at (916) 341-5424.

 

ITEM 17 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 1:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001

 

WATER RIGHTS

17.  The Board Will Meet to Hear Comments From Those Parties Who Attended the December 4th Yuba River Meeting and Did Not Have the Opportunity to be Heard.

 

 

 

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2001.   Mailing address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620

 

**These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial and there will be no discussion unless requested by a Board Member, staff or interested party.  If such a request is made, the item will be considered separately.


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