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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />002231 <br />Basin Statesffribes Discussion <br /> <br />Since the February Board meeting, the Agency Managers have met on February 17, 1999 and <br />their next meeting is scheduled for March 22, 1999, I believe that substantial progress has been <br />achieved in reaching agreement on a base case condition, as well as reaching agreement on proposed <br />reservoir operations to be recommended to the Board for inclusion in its 4.4 Plan, <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder, as an informational item, are copies of two recent pieces of <br />correspondence received from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), The first is <br />Resolution No, 99-018 authorizing the SWRCB to execute a contract with, the Imperial Irrigation <br />District and the San Diego COWlty Water Authority to Wldertake certain tasks in connection with the <br />proposed transfer of conserved water from lID to the SDCW A. Pursuant to the resolution, the lID and <br />SDCW A will provide one half of the funding for the SWRCB' s costs. The second is a Notice by the <br />SWCRB dealing with the comment period concerning the long-term transfer of conserved water, It <br />indicates that the present status of the negotiations among the involved parties is unclear; that if it <br />appears progress is not being achieved, then further extension of the comment period may not be <br />warranted, Unless a further time extension is granted, all comments and protests regarding the proposed <br />transfer must be filed by April I, 1999, <br /> <br />Colorado River Endalllzered Fish Snecies <br /> <br />At the February Board meeting, the Board members were informed that there were serious cost <br />issues associated with the Ogden Environmental and Energy Services (Ogden) contract. These issues <br />were considered at the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Steering Committee <br />meeting on February 25, 1999, The Steering Committee directed the Program Subcommittee to address <br />the Ogden budget issues and report back to the Steering Committee at its March meeting, The Program <br />Subcommittee was authorized to meet with Ogden to defme a detailed scope of work with an <br />accompanying budget. The following principles were adopted to guide the discussions with Ogden: <br />1) maintain current budget and schedule; 2) reserve all contingency funds; 3) re-negotiate a product <br />oriented contract; 4) modify, as appropriate, Ogden's scope of work by assigning selected tasks to <br />MSCP Members; 5) place all of Ogden's subcontractors on hold; and 6) obtain a commitment from <br />Steering Committee members to perform delegated tasks that have been accepted by them, Further, the <br />Steering Committee directed that all contract management and coordination will be accomplished by <br />the Program Subcommittee, <br /> <br />Ogden has been directed to prepare a draft Conservation Strategies report within 90 days, The <br />Conservation Strategies report will consider options included in RP A 14, and include appropriate <br />additional strategy options and coordination with appropriate agencies and technical teams, Meetings <br />between Ogden and the Program Subcommittee were held on March 4'" and March 9"', The re-scoping <br />process is expected to be completed by March 18"', for consideration by the Steering Committee at its <br />March 25'" meeting, <br /> <br />On March 4"', Mr Zimmerman and Mr, Worthley met with attorneys from the Attorney Generals <br />office, California Department ofFish and Game, and the Board's member agencies to consider options <br />for Lead Agency to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. There was no resolution <br />regarding who should act as Lead Agency, pending further discussion by the Board, A copy of the <br /> <br />3 <br />