Random Reportings

ABSTRACT: Random Reportings on the State Water Resources Control Board Phase 2 Hearing, Forest and Beach Commission, Pescadero Canyon and Progress Report on Cal-Am/Monterey Peninsula Engineering Water Main Replacement Work are presented.

• The State Water Resources Control Board:
On Wednesday, July 23 through Friday, July 25, 2008, The State Water Resources Control Board continued Phase 2 of the Hearing to determine whether to Adopt Draft Cease and Desist Order 2008-00XX-DWR against California American Water.

Interesting material from the Hearings Program – California American Water CDO Hearing – List of Exhibits of The State Water Resources Control Board Water Rights website, as follows:
Master Exhibit Identification Index for the Phase I & Phase II
California American Water CDO Hearing

Declaration of Sue McCloud, Mayor, City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, including the following:

Carmel is an “urban forest of 40,000 trees”
(Note of Clarification: According to the City's General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Open Space, Conservation & Scenic Highways Element, Table 7.2: Number of Public and Private Trees in Carmel’s Urban Forest, for the period 1983-1986, the most recent figures cited, there were 28,693 total Public and Private trees in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Since reforestation has not occurred in the meantime the total number of trees would be projected to be considerably less than 28,693 now.

Water Allocations to the City of Careml-by-the-Sea, as follows:
Pre-1993: 1.081 acre-feet of water from “pre-Peralta credit”
1993: 15.07 acre-feet of water allocated from Peralta Well, Seaside.
1995: 4.34 acre-feet of water allocated from MPWMD reserve.
2008: 3.151 acre-feet of water remaining
Note: 1.9 acre-feet of total 3.151 acre-feet has been allocated by the City for future projects, including the a project involving the “construction of at least fourteen affordable senior housing units.”

The City processes 50-80 building permits annually for demolition and reconstruction or substantial alteration.

STAGE I WATER CONSERVATION AND NON-ESSENTIAL WATER USE AND WATER WASTE RULES

The Hearing Officers of the State Water Resources Control Board did not make a determination at this hearing, rather they are expected to make a recommendation to the full Board in the autumn of 2008. The State Water Resources Control Board will then make a final decision on the Cease and Desist matter by the end of 2008.

• Application to Forest and Beach Commission for Removal of Monterey Cypress Tree
"Significant" Monterey Cypress, center, Approved for Removal

At the July 3, 2008, FOREST AND BEACH COMMISSION Meeting, an application was considered regarding the removal of one 65” dbh Monterey Cypress tree on the residential lot located on Scenic Road, 3 S.E. 8th Av. for “safety reasons.” The applicant was Mike Iverson for property owner Mel Young. The Forest and Beach Commissioners voted to approve the removal of the Monterey Cypress with the stipulation that a Monterey Cypress tree be planted on private property and the property owner pay $500.00 towards the cost of a tree to be planted at another location in Carmel-by-the-Sea, according to a source who attended the meeting. However, some time ago, a “significant” Monterey Cypress tree was removed from a residential site on the S.E. Corner, Scenic Road and 8th Av. (two residences to the north of Mel Young’s residence) and not one replacement tree was ever planted on the site.

• Pescadero Canyon: Pebble Beach vs. Carmel-by-the-Sea
Photos of vegetation clearance/no vegetation clearance in Pescadero Canyon
View of Pescadero Canyon, North Side, Pebble Beach

View of Pescadero Canyon, South Side, Carmel-by-the-Sea

• Progress Report on Cal-Am/Monterey Peninsula Engineering Water Main Replacement Work:
PROJECT SITE PHASE 2 @ Ocean Av & Del Mar Av. COMPLETE
PROJECT SITE PHASE 6 @ Scenic Rd. between 8th Av. & 9th Av. COMPLETE
PROJECT SITE PHASE 3 @Torres St. & Ocean Av. COMPLETE
PROJECT SITE PHASE 8: Mission St. between 8th Av. & 10th Av. COMPLETE
PROJECT SITE PHASE 9: 12th Av. between Lincoln St. & Mission St. COMPLETE
PROJECT SITE PHASE 5: Junipero Av. @ Rio Rd & Ridgewood Rd. COMPLETE
PROJECT SITE PHASE 4: Forest Rd. between Ocean Av. & 7th Av. COMPLETE
7th Av. between Forest Rd. & Hatton Rd. COMPLETE

Pending PROJECT SITE PHASES, as follows:
PROJECT SITE PHASE 7: Hatton Rd. between Mountain View Av. and Martin Rd. Note: According to a notice from Monterey Peninusla Engineering Company, on approximately July 23, 2008, water main replacement work was to begin on Hatton Rd. between Mountain View Av. and Martin Rd. The work will take approximately 2-3 weeks.

PROJECT SITE PHASE 1: 3rd Av. between Carpenter St. & Hatton Rd.