STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING & WORKSHOP AGENDA

Wednesday -- February 4, 1998 -- 9:00 a.m.

First-Floor Hearing Room

Paul R. Bonderson Building

901 P Street, Sacramento

Questions regarding this agenda - call Maureen Marché (916) 657-0990 or fax 657-0932. This notice and associated staff reports can be accessed electronically through our Internet address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov. (Note: agenda items should be available electronically on January 28, 1998.)

Workshop includes informal discussion of items to be presented for action at a future business meeting. People who are interested in items on the agenda are urged to attend workshops as they may miss valuable discussion that will not be repeated at the Board meeting. NOTE: There is no voting at workshops. Items requiring Board action must come to a Board meeting.

Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed. The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized. Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Board.*

ITEMS 1-11 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1998 -- Note: Item # 11 won't be discussed before 1:00 p.m.

Workshop

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board's jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board's agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.

WATER QUALITY

1. Update by Katy Pye (Yolo County RCD) on Willow Slough Watershed and 319 Grant Disposition Project. (Information item only)

**2. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Provide a Grant to the Salton Sea Authority for the Purpose of Providing the Nonfederal Share of Costs for the Salton Sea Research Project. (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt a resolution to approve a $2,425,000 grant to the Salton Sea Authority for the nonfederal share of the costs specified in the Federal Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 [Public Law 102-575] for the Salton Sea Research Project [Section 1101].)

WATER RIGHTS

3. Consideration of a Proposed Order Approving Petition for Reconsideration of Order Rejecting and Canceling Applications 29567, 29568, and 29569 of Green Gulch Ranch. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order approving the petition for reconsideration.)

CALIFORNIA WATER PLAN

4. The Department of Water Resources Will Brief the Board on the Draft Update of the California Water Plan (Bulletin 160-98). (Information Item only)

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

**5. Consideration of a Proposal to Amend Loan Commitment for the City of Escondido, State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Project No. C-06-4156-110 and Approve a Water Recycling Loan for a Portion of the Project. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the amendment and the loan.)

**6 Consideration of a Request from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) for $24,000 from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account to Continue CAA Project C/A 134 for Oversight of the Turlock PCE Remediation Project through June 30, 2000. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the CVRWQCB request.)

**7. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the City of La Canada Flintridge for a Sewer Collection System; SRF Loan No. C-06-4252-310. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the loan.)

**8. Consideration of Approval of a $2.3 Million Recommitment to State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the City of Alameda for the Construction of Phase VI of the Infiltration and Inflow Correction Program, SRF Project No. C-06-4007-410. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving the $2.3 million loan recommitment to the City of Alameda.)

**9. Consideration of Approval of a $26 Million State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the City of Benicia to Improve the Wastewater Treatment Facilities, SRF No. C-06-4528-11. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution approving a preliminary loan commitment to the City of Benicia to improve the wastewater treatment facilities.)

**10. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Decommitment for Forestville County Sanitation District and Graton County Service Area, SRF Loan Project Nos. C-06-4103-110 and C-06-4104-110 Respectively. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution to decommit SRF Loan Funds from Forestville County Sanitation District and Graton County Service Area.)

Closed Session Item

(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

LITIGATION -- (This is authorized under Government Code Section 11126(e)(2) (A).

Closed Session to Confer With and Receive Advice of Legal Counsel Regarding Petitions for Writ for Mandate filed Against the State Water Resources Control Board in: (A) Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, et al. v State Water Resources Control Board, Case No. 32519 and Case No. 32530, Monterey County Superior Court; and (B) Sierra Club, et al., v State Water Resources Control Board, Case No. 105610, Monterey County Superior Court

Board Meeting

Note Item #11 will not be discussed before 1:00 p.m.

WATER RIGHTS

11. Consideration of a Proposed Order Approving Amendments to Decision 1632 and Order WR 95-10 to Implement the Settlement of Pending Litigation (Case Nos. 32519, 32530, and 105610, Monterey County Superior Court. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed order.)

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, all written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., January 30, 1998. Mailing address: PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA 95812-0100; FAX 916-657-0932

**These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial and there will be no discussion unless requested by a Board Member, staff or interested party. If such a request is made, the item will be considered separately.


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