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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/09/1990J 1 1 City Council Minutes Tuesday, January 9, 1990 - 12:10 p.m. Whale Rock Commission Members Page 2 Present: John Dunn, City of San Luis Obispo, Commissioner Doug Gerard, California Polytechnic State University, Chair Carlos Madrid, California Department of Water, Commissioner Carmen Salvato, California Men's Colony, Commissioner Bill Statler, City of San Luis Obispo, Commissioner Absent: City Staff Mayor Ron Dunin Present: Kenneth Hampian, Assistant City Administrative Officer; Jeffrey Jorgensen, City Attorney; Pam Voges, City Clerk; Bill Hetland, Utilities Director; Allen Short, Water Division Manager; Barry Daffern, Whale Rock Supervisor Mayor Pro -Tem Jerry Reiss presiding. There was no public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDY SESSION 1. COASTAL STREAMS DIVERSION AND STORAGE PROJECT (File No. 902) Bill Hetland, Utilities Director, introduced Bill Bardin and Polly Boissevain, with Leedshill- Herkenhoff, Inc., stating they would provide an analysis of the institutional and financial issues from their study. He was recommending that the Council and Whale Rock Commission review and provide direction to staff as necessary. Bill Bardin then explained the Coastal Streams Diversion and Storage Project concepts and alternatives, showing a series of slides and giving the status as to where they wera'at this time. Leedshill- Herkenhoff, Inc. has completed the feasibility study for the project. Morro Bay had filed the water rights and were preparing to file a new loan application. They still needed to complete the Environmental Impact report. Polly Boissevain reviewed the water sharing, cost allocation and institutional contractual arrangements by the various entities. Commissioner Dunn stated he would like to go a step further by having a third party objectively review and give comments back to the Commission and Council. Commissioner Gerard suggested looking at possibly a third reservoir. Mr. Bardin said they could look at some sort of conjunctive use. Commissioner Madrid suggested that they also look at groundwater recharge. 103 104 City Council Minutes Page 3 Tuesday, January 9, 1990 - 12:10 p.m. Councilwoman Raova suggested that a "banking" concept was extremely important. Bill Hetland explained that they still needed to wait for the fisheries analysis, which could be another year unless we got more rain water. He questioned the Commission and the Council as to what they would want staff to do in regard to negotiating with the other agencies. Councilwoman Pinard felt that they still needed to look at the alternative of desalinization, and didn't feel that Council could count on a rain -based system. Bruce Risley, a former Morro Bay councilmember, stated he was in favor of the staff's recommendation in the report. He urged that the Commission and other entities work together to jointly solve each others problems, and urged a quick decision be made, not more studies. After discussion and upon general consensus by the Whale Rock Commission and City Council, conceptual approval was given to the staff's recommendations and request to each of the various agencies to report back with suggestions to the Whale Rock Commission. 2:30 p.m., Mayor Pro -Tem Reiss declared a recess; 2:45 p.m., Mayor Pro -Tem Reiss called the meeting to order, and adjourned the City Council to Closed Session to discuss litigation regarding the Court Street Lease. 4:05 p.m., there being no further business to come befora the " ty Council, Mayor Pro -Tem Reiss adjourned the meeting. APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 2/6/90 i PV:nlo P Voges, C' J Clerk M I N U T E S REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1990 - 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER - CITY HALL - 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Vice -Mayor Jerry Reiss, Councilmembers Peg Pinard, Penny Rappa, Bill Roalman and Mayor Ron Dunin Absent: None Ll