Amador County – A tentatively scheduled workshop with the East Bay Municipal Utility District is set for 10 a.m. Monday in Jackson, with the Amador County Board of Supervisors, to educate officials on the utility’s 2040 plan. Supervisor Chairman Ted Novelli told the Joint Water Committee Monday that the tentative meeting would include East Bay MUD “and hopefully some Amador Water Agency people.” County Attorney Martha Shaver said it is less a public meeting and more a “briefing for supervisors to get information.” East Bay MUD has held two public meetings on the subject of the 2040 plan, in which the utility sees a preferred project in the expansion Pardee Lake in Amador County. AWA board Vice President Bill Condrashoff said the board sent a letter opposing the Pardee expansion, but saying the agency is willing to look into the Integrated Regional Conjunctive Use Plan. The Sutter Creek City Council on Monday night passed a related resolution that “urges the Utility District to adopt higher conservation levels in its 2040 Water Management Plan instead of expanding Pardee Reservoir and destroying the Middle Bar reach of the Mokelumne River.” Councilman Tim Murphy, before the vote, said they supported the resolution and Pardee Lake, but they wanted to add stronger language urging conservation. The Sutter Creek council passed the resolution, 4-1, with Councilman Pat Crosby voting against it. Katherine Evatt of the Foothill Conservancy also spoke, saying there had “been a concerted effort the last 10 or 15 years to develop the whitewater resources” of the Mokelumne River for the rafting industry. 2 public meetings hosted by East Bay MUD in the area showed overwhelming support for preserving the Moke. 352 people spoke at the meetings and only one - a member of the Jackson Valley Irrigation District Board – spoke in support of the project. John Mottoros of Sutter Creek told the council he considered whitewater groups a minority, and if you stop the electricity and water, which are one and the same, “you go brown.” He said boaters should take the hit for the good of more people. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 00:32
Pardee Lake Expansion
Amador County – A tentatively scheduled workshop with the East Bay Municipal Utility District is set for 10 a.m. Monday in Jackson, with the Amador County Board of Supervisors, to educate officials on the utility’s 2040 plan. Supervisor Chairman Ted Novelli told the Joint Water Committee Monday that the tentative meeting would include East Bay MUD “and hopefully some Amador Water Agency people.” County Attorney Martha Shaver said it is less a public meeting and more a “briefing for supervisors to get information.” East Bay MUD has held two public meetings on the subject of the 2040 plan, in which the utility sees a preferred project in the expansion Pardee Lake in Amador County. AWA board Vice President Bill Condrashoff said the board sent a letter opposing the Pardee expansion, but saying the agency is willing to look into the Integrated Regional Conjunctive Use Plan. The Sutter Creek City Council on Monday night passed a related resolution that “urges the Utility District to adopt higher conservation levels in its 2040 Water Management Plan instead of expanding Pardee Reservoir and destroying the Middle Bar reach of the Mokelumne River.” Councilman Tim Murphy, before the vote, said they supported the resolution and Pardee Lake, but they wanted to add stronger language urging conservation. The Sutter Creek council passed the resolution, 4-1, with Councilman Pat Crosby voting against it. Katherine Evatt of the Foothill Conservancy also spoke, saying there had “been a concerted effort the last 10 or 15 years to develop the whitewater resources” of the Mokelumne River for the rafting industry. 2 public meetings hosted by East Bay MUD in the area showed overwhelming support for preserving the Moke. 352 people spoke at the meetings and only one - a member of the Jackson Valley Irrigation District Board – spoke in support of the project. John Mottoros of Sutter Creek told the council he considered whitewater groups a minority, and if you stop the electricity and water, which are one and the same, “you go brown.” He said boaters should take the hit for the good of more people. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
