Board Meeting 11/07/1985

• Board Meeting Date: 11/7/1985
• Description: Minutes, Memo's November 7,8 1985
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

Item 15 - H.B. 1088 Procedures (Appendix M)
Mr. McDonald briefly reviewed the Board' s past deliberations
on this matter. Following Board discussion and comments from the
audience, Mr. Johnston moved, seconded by Mr. Smith, that the
Board direct the staff to prepare a text of the H.B. 1088
procedures reflecting the Board' s comments on the outline
prepared by Mr. McDonald ( see Attachment M) for discussion and
final action at the January 1986 meeting. The motion was adopted
unanimously.
Before considering Agenda Item 16, Mr. McDonald introduced
Colonel Wayne Scholl, Division Engineer, Sacramento District,
Corps of Engineers, who briefly addressed the Board.
Item 16 - Policies and Strategies for Water Project Development
(Appendix N)
Mr. McDonald summarized the Board' s previous deliberations
concerning this item. He proposed that the statement under
consideration by the Board be reoriented to focus on the issue of
the State' s role in the future financing of water projects.
Following considerable discussion of the draft paper prepared by
Mr. McDonald, the Board, by consensus, directed Mr. McDonald to
refine the draft and distribute it for public comment.
Item 14 - Bills Pertaining to the Board Reported Out by the
Interim Committee on Water
Mr. McDonald noted that the Interim Legislative Committee on
Water and Land Resources had reported out 12 bills, 11 of which
concern water matters. The committee' s proposals are set forth
in Mr. McDonald' s memorandum to the Board (Appendix 0) . Bills 1 ,
2 and 11 are of most interest to the Board and Mr. McDonald
recommended that the Board discuss these bills.
Following lengthy Board discussion on Bills 1 and 2 (see
r}� Apendix P) , the Board, by consensus, agreed to invite proponents
of the bills and legislators sponsoring the bills to the next
Board meeting to discuss them.
With respect to Bill 11 (see Appendix Q) , Mr. McDonald
( stated that the information called for in the bill was
unavailable or could not be accomplished in the time frame
specified and that the funds proposed were insufficient. Because
of these circumstances, Mr. McDonald had prepared a draft revised
bill for the Board' s review and consideration. Following
considerable discussion, Mr. Johnston moved, seconded by Mr.
Lochhead, that the Board recommend to Representative Carpenter,
sponsor of the proposed bill, that it be revised as set forth in
Appendix R. The motion was adopted unanimously.
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