REGULAR BOARD EETING GENDA WEDNESDAY …

1 SEASIDE GROUNDWATER BASIN WATERMASTER REGULAR BOARD meeting AGENDA WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 3, 2014 - 2:00 meeting LOCATION MONTEREY REGIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY BOARD ROOM, 5 HARRIS COURT, BUILDING D RYAN RANCH MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA WATERMASTER BOARD Coastal Subarea Landowner Director Paul Bruno, Chair City of Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio, Vice Chair California American Water Director Eric Sabolsice City of Sand City Mayor David Pendergrass Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Director Bob Brower Laguna Seca Subarea Landowner Director Bob Costa City of Monterey Mayor Clyde Roberson City of Del Rey Oaks Mayor Jerry Edelen Monterey County/Monterey County Water Resources Agency Supervisor Dave Potter, District 5 I.

2 CALL TO ORDER Page # II. ROLL CALL III. MINUTES The minutes of the REGULAR and Special BOARD meetings of October 1, 2014 are attached to this agenda. The BOARD is requested to consider approving the minutes.. 5 IV. REVIEW OF AGENDA If there are any items that arose after the 72-hour posting deadline, a vote may be taken to add the item to the agenda pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section (b). (A 2/3-majority vote is required). V. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS Oral communications is on each meeting agenda in order to provide members of the public an opportunity to address the Watermaster on matters within its jurisdiction. Matters not appearing on the agenda will not receive action at this meeting but may be referred to the Watermaster Administrator or may be set for a future meeting .

3 Presentations will be limited to three minutes or as otherwise established by the Watermaster. In order that the speaker may be identified in the minutes of the meeting , it is helpful if speakers would use the microphone and state their names. Oral communications are now open. VI. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Consider Approval of Summary for Payments made during the months of October 1st through November 30, 2014 totaling $25, .. 11 B. Consider Approving Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Reports through November 30, 2014.. 13 VII. ORAL PRESENTATION None Scheduled 1 VIII. OLD BUSINESS A. Further Discussion Approving Recommendation of Budget and Finance Committee regarding Amending the Administrative Budget to Retain Counsel for Specified Legal Services such as: 1.

4 Possible Further Action Regarding Seeking Relief from 10% Pumping Reduction for Water Years 2015 through 2018 Operating Yield 2. Update the Court concerning recent regional water supply developments pertinent to the Seaside Basin 3. Update the Court concerning the recent draft modeling results and findings concerning the Laguna Seca subbasin and Watermaster s intended work plan over the following year to address long-term water reliability for the subbasin.. 17 IX. NEW BUSINESS A. COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) a. Discussion/Consider Approving the Seawater Intrusion Analysis Report (SIAR for 2014). The Executive Summary is included in the BOARD agenda packet.

5 The complete SIAR is posted on the Watermaster s website at .. 33 b. Discussion/Consider Approving Amending MPWMD s RFS No. 2015-01 by adding $1,000 to perform additional water quality monitoring and transferring the $1,000 from the Monitoring and Management Contingency line item to the MPWMD s RFS No. 2015-01.. 40 c. Discussion/Consider Approving Professional Services Agreement (PSA) and Request for Services No. 2014-01 with Todd Groundwater to perform a peer review of groundwater modeling work performed by HydroMetrics Water Resources, Inc. not to exceed the cost of $25, .. 43 B.

6 Discussion/Consider Adopting for Water Year 2015 a Declaration regarding the Unavailability of Artificial Replenishment Water (Water Year 2015 Allocation attached) .. 74 C. Discussion/Consider Approving the Watermaster s Annual Report for Water Year 2014. Attached is the body of the Draft 2014 Annual Report, reflecting input from the TAC. The complete Draft version is posted on the Watermaster s website at .. 77 X. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (No Action Required) A. Timeline Schedule of Milestone Dates (Critical date monitoring) .. 114 B. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) minutes from November 12, 2014 meeting .

7 115 XI. DIRECTOR S REPORTS XII. EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMENTS 2 XIII. NEXT meeting DATE January 7, 2015 (MRWPCA- BOARD Room) 2:00 PM or if cancelled for lack of meeting material; the next regularly scheduled meeting would be February 4, 2015 (MRWPCA - BOARD Room) at 2:00 PM. XIV. ADJOURNMENT This agenda was forwarded via e-mail to the City Clerks of Seaside, Monterey, Sand City and Del Rey Oaks; the Clerk of the Monterey BOARD of Supervisors, the Clerk to the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District; the Clerk at the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency and the California American Water Company for posting on November 26, 2014 per the Ralph M.

8 Brown Act, Government Code Section (a). 3 ITEM NO. III. MINUTES 4 REGULAR meeting MINUTES Seaside Groundwater Basin Watermaster (Watermaster) October 1, 2014 I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Bruno called the meeting to order at 2:00 II. ROLL CALL Coastal Subarea Landowner Director Paul Bruno, Chair California American Water (CAW) Director Eric Sabolsice City of Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio City of Del Rey Oaks Mayor Jerry Edelen Laguna Seca Subarea Landowner Director Bob Costa City of Sand City Mayor David Pendergrass Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Director Robert Brower Monterey County/Monterey County Water Resources Agency Supervisor Dave Potter Absent: City of Monterey Mayor Charles Chuck Della Sala III.

9 APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Mayor Pendergrass, seconded by Mayor Edelen, and unanimously carried to approve the minutes of the Watermaster REGULAR meeting held August 6, 2014. IV. REVIEW OF AGENDA President Bruno requested, and the BOARD concurred, to take up the 2015 budgets before Old Business. V. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were no public communications. VI. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Consider Approval of Summary for Payments made during the months August 1 through September 30, 2014 totaling $25, B. Consider Approving Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Reports through September 30, 2014 Moved by Mayor Edelen, seconded by Director Brower, and unanimously carried, to approve the consent calendar as presented.

10 2:03 Director Costa arrived at the meeting VII. ORAL PRESENTATION - None VIII. OLD BUSINESS A. Modeling of the Laguna Seca Subarea (continued from last meeting ). CEO Evans received on behalf of Watermaster a written letter from Eric Robinson of Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann, and Girard, legal representative for Alternative Producer Bishop, McIntosh & McIntosh (BMM), dated September 10, 2014 regarding Laguna Seca Subarea (LSSA) modeling. Mr. McIntosh addressed the BOARD , speaking to the letter provided that questioned the method used to determine safe yield in the modeling, in particular the calculation of Toro area outflow, and requested further study in that regard. The letter also included a request that BMM have input into the 2014 Annual Report to Court.