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Minutes of the December 28 & 29 1999 SWRCB Board Meeting

STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

December 28 - 29, 1999

Note: Copies of the orders, decisions, and resolutions mentioned in these minutes can be obtained

from Maureen Marché, State Water Resources Control Board, Post Office Box 100, Sacramento, California, 95812-0100; or call (916) 657-0990. (Transcription available by contacting Esther F.

Wiatre (916) 923-5447.)

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by James M. Stubchaer, Chairman, December 28, 1999, at 9:00 a.m., at the Secretary of State, First-Floor Auditorium, 1500 11^th Street, Sacramento, California.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

James M. Stubchaer, Mary Jane Forster, John Brown and Arthur G. Baggett, Jr.

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT

None

STAFF PRESENT

Walt Pettit, William Attwater, Tom Howard, Victoria Whitney, Barbara Leidigh and Dana Differding.

OTHERS PRESENT

Greg Zlotnick, Santa Clara Valley Water District; Thomas Birmingham, Westlands Water District,

San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority; Steven Chappell, Suisun Resource Conservation District; Janet Goldsmith, Carmichael Water District; LaNell Little, Carmichael Water District; Mark Emmerson, Carmichael Water District; Sanford Kozlew, Carmichael Water District; Gary Sawyers, Friant Water

Users Authority; Christopher Campbell, Westlands Water District Landowners; Patrick Porgans, Porgans

& Associates; Greg Wilkinson, State Water Contractors; Jeanne Zolezzi, Stockton Water District, North San Joaquin Water Conservation District and Solano County Water Agency; Greg Thomas, Natural Heritage Institute and Bay Institute; Alan Lilly, Sacramento Valley Water Users; John Herrick, South

Delta Water Agency; Dante John Nomellini, Central Delta Parties; Thomas Shephard and DeeAnne Watkins, San Joaquin County; Timothy O'Laurghlin, San Joaquin River Group Authority; Dave Anderson, Department of Water Resources; Dan Gallery, Woodridge Irrigation District; Michael B. Jackson, Regional Council of Rural Counties; Matthew Campbell, Department of Fish and Game; Paul Simmons, City of Stockton and Glenn Colusa Irrigation District; Virginia Cahill, City of Stockton Paul Minasian, Feather River Districts; Clifford Schulz, Kern County Water Agency; Ernest Conant, Arvin-Edison Water Storage District and Del Puerto Water District; Robert Maddow, Contra Costa Water District; Dan Suyeyasu, Environmental Defense Fund; Fred Etheridge, East Bay Municipal Utility District; Alf Brandt, U S Department of the Interior; Thomas Keene, San Luis Water District; Kenneth Robbins, Merced Irrigation District; Arthur Godwin, Turlock Irrigation District; David Aladjem, Sacramento Valley water users; Michael Sexton, San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors.

PUBLIC FORUM

No one addressed the Board.

WATER RIGHTS

1. Proposed Water Right Order Regarding Natomas Central Mutual Water Company's Petition for a Temporary Water Transfer (Licensed Applications 534, 1056, 1203, 1413, 15572, and 22309).

As directed by the Board at the December 15, 1999 Board Meeting, no additional comments would be accepted. No staff presentation was made. The Board considered the two errata sheets prepared for the December 15 meeting and a third errata sheet prepared for this meeting.

Motion: By roll call vote, the Board unanimously adopted the proposed order approving in part and denying in part Natomas's petition, including the revisions contained in the three errata sheets. Water Rights Order 99-012

Roll call vote:

John W. Brown Yes

Mary Jane Forster Yes

Arthur G. Baggett, Jr. Yes

James M. Stubchaer Yes

2. Consideration of Adoption of a Resolution Certifying: (1) the Final Environmental Impact Report

for Implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San

Joaquin Delta Estuary (SCH # 97-122056), and (2) the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Consolidated and Conformed Place of Use (SCH # 97-122042).

3. Consideration of a Proposed Decision Which: (1) Implements the Water Quality Objectives for

the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, (2) Approves a Petition to Change

Points of Diversion of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project in the Southern Delta,

and (3) Approves a Petition to Change Places of Use and Purposes of Use of the Central Valley Project.

Tom Howard, Division of Water Rights, presented Item Nos. 2 and 3. Mr. Howard noted that there were changes to the FEIR for the Consolidated and Conformed Place of Use, and an errata sheet showing revisions to the draft decision. Mr. Howard recommended adoption of the resolution (certifying the FEIRs) and the draft decision, including the staff recommended revisions to the draft decision.

G. Zlotnick, M. Sexton, T. Birmingham, S. Chappelle, J. Goldsmith, L. Little, M. Emmerson,

S. Kozlew, G. Sawyers, C. Campbell, P. Porgans, G. Wilkinson, J. Zolezzi, G. Thomas, A. Lilly

and J. Herrick, addressed the Board.

After the lunch recess the following parties addressed the Board.

D.J. Nomellini, T. Shephard, T. O'Laughlin, D. Anderson, D. Gallery, M. Jackson, M. Campbell,

P. Simmons, V. Cahill, P. Minasian, C. Schulz, E. Conant, R. Maddow, D. Suyeyasu, F. Etheridge, A. Brandt, T. Keene, K. Robbins, A. Godwin and D. Aladjem addressed the Board.

The Board directed the staff to consider the December 28 comments and, if necessary, prepare a revised errata sheet with recommendations for Board consideration on December 29, 1999.

The Board also directed that no further public comment would be heard.

The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 4:05 p.m. on December 28 and reconvened the meeting at 9:17 a.m. on December 29, 1999.

As directed on December 28, a second errata sheet with suggested revisions to the draft decision was prepared for Board consideration.

Motion: By roll call vote, the Board unanimously adopted the resolution certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for Implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta Estuary and the Final Environmental Impact Report for Consolidated and Conformed Place of Use. Resolution No. 99-117

Roll call vote:

Arthur G. Baggett, Jr. Yes

John W. Brown Yes

Mary Jane Forster Yes

James M. Stubchaer Yes

Motion: By roll call vote, the Board unanimously adopted the proposed draft decision dated December 2, 1999, including the revisions contained in the two errata sheets.

Water Right Decision 1641

Roll call vote:

John W. Brown Yes

James M. Stubchaer Yes

Mary Jane Forster Yes

Arthur G. Baggett, Jr. Yes

ADJOURNMENT

The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 9:42 a.m.