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Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors approve the Policy Relating to the Reconstruction of Structures Damaged by the 2016 Chimney Fire ("Reconstruction Policy"), which will grant permission to allow reconstruction in the Agency's Floodage Easement at Nacimiento Reservoir and authorize the General Manager to execute the required agreements.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve the Policy Relating to the Reconstruction of Structures Damaged by the 2016 Chimney Fire, which will grant permission to allow reconstruction in the Agency's Floodage Easement at Nacimiento Reservoir; and
b. Authorize the General Manager to execute the required agreements.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Water Resources Agency ("MCWRA") has received requests to grant permission to allow the continued and previously unauthorized use of the Floodage Easement ("Easement") that surrounds Nacimiento Reservoir at the Cal Shasta Club. San Luis Obispo County officials have requested that MCWRA allow existing structures previously located in the Easement to be rebuilt due to recent fire damages. The structures that were destroyed in the Chimney Fire were originally built without the permission of the MCWRA Board of Supervisors.
In August 2016, 28 privately owned structures were destroyed at the Cal-Shasta Club as a result of the Chimney Fire. Eight of these structures were located within the Easement at or below 825 (NGVD29). Owners of these structures have requested that MCWRA grant permission to replace these eight fire-damaged structures. MCWRA staff made an initial conclusion that these structures should not be reconstructed in the Easement area. However, MCWRA and Monterey County Counsel have been working with Cal Shasta Club representatives and their attorne...
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