Title
Consider receiving an update on the Monterey County Water Resources Agency priorities for deferred maintenance at the San Antonio and Nacimiento dams, timing of funding mechanism to pay for deferred maintenance, and how deferred maintenance funding interrelates to the Interlake Tunnel project funding.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
Receive an update on the Monterey County Water Resources Agency priorities for deferred maintenance at the San Antonio and Nacimiento dams, timing of funding mechanism to pay for deferred maintenance, and how deferred maintenance funding interrelates to the Interlake Tunnel project funding.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On April 26, 2019, the Water Resources Agency Board of Directors held a special workshop and Agency staff presented an overview of 40 projects and 21 programs that were identified as either unfunded and/or underfunded. The aggregate total of these projects and programs summed approximately $85 million.
On September 19, 2019, a follow-up joint workshop was held with the Agency Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors. Staff brought back the recommendations from the April 26th workshop and further examined the costs of the projects/programs to a revised total of approximately $145 million. The workshop consensus was that the Agency should focus on funding deferred maintenance at the San Antonio and Nacimiento Reservoirs due to deadlines set by the Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) to rehabilitate the spillway at San Antonio by November 2024, and conduct a Proposition 218 special assessment election to obtain funding for this work. The attendees at the workshop also recommended that the deferred maintenance election be kept separate from any elections necessary for the Interlake Tunnel project due to project schedules and DSOD deadlines.
On November 5, 2019, staff recommended to the Board of Supervisors that the Agency proceed with t...
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