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AWBA NEWS
ARIZONA WATER BANKING AUTHORITY
Final Minutes
June 28, 2000
Arizona Department of Water Resources
This was a special meeting called to obtain a Commission vote on the approval of the Fiscal year 2001 operating budget and obtain authorization for AWBA staff to proceed with negotiations with Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) and the Colorado River Commission of Nevada.
Members present were Rita Pearson Maguire and Bill Chase. Present via teleconference were Tom Griffin, George Renner and Richard Walden.
FY 2001 Operating Budget
The Authority approved the FY
2001 Operating budget.
Initiation of Interstate Negotiations
Mr. Renner commented that it
was time to take the next step in the negotiation process and asked if
there was a planned method to keep the Authority members updated as
the negotiations proceed. Ms. Maguire stated that at the June 21st
meeting a subcommittee was established and all members of the
Authority volunteered to participate. She viewed the subcommittee
meetings as the means of keeping Authority members and the public
informed as all meetings would be publicly noticed and open for public
attendance.
Mr. Chase wanted to reiterate that both of the agreements that were distributed at the last Authority meeting are still in draft form and that the Authority is not being asked to approve these agreements at this time. Ms. Maguire concurred that the statement was correct and added that substantial portions of the agreements remain to be drafted.
Mr. Renner moved to authorize AWBA staff to begin negotiations. The motion was adopted.
Jim Davenport, Senior Deputy Attorney General for the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, expressed their gratitude that the Authority authorized initiation of negotiations.
Pima Mine Road Recharge Project
Ms. Maguire stated that this
agenda item was included due to the questions asked by the Authority
members at the June 21st AWBA meeting. To provide
information regarding the project, she requested that ADWR staff
prepare a status report of the permit application for the Pima Mine
Road Recharge (PMR) project. ADWR and CAWCD staff met prior to this
meeting to resolve outstanding issues regarding the PMR application.
Greg Wallace, Assistant Director and Chief Hydrologist at ADWR briefed the AWBA members on the site and the history of the application. He stated that the status meeting had resolved the outstanding issues. In general, there were four areas that ADWR and CAWCD needed to resolve: monitoring to protect other parties from unreasonable harm; monitoring in the northeast corner of the site; clarification of some application components (would be done in the form of more detailed narrative descriptions); and setting of alert levels.
At the status meeting, it was agreed that CAWCD would submit their response to ADWR’s incomplete and incorrect letter in draft form within 10 days. ADWR would review the submittal and respond to CAWCD within 10 days. A final response to the incomplete and incorrect letter would then be submitted. Once the application is determined to be complete and correct by ADWR, the public notice process begins.
Barbara Goldberg, a representative of Tucson Water Company, stated that they are very pleased to see the permit process moving forward.
Call to the Public
With no other questions or
comments from the public, the meeting was adjourned at 10:20 a.m.
