Reso 0836-01/1989 RESOLUTION NO. 836
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
SAN MARCOS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
IN OPPOSITION OF THE RIPARIAN PRESERVATION ACT OF 1989
WHEREAS, the San Diego Association of Governments
(SANDAG) has a task force working on development of a
Comprehensive Species Management Plan (CSMP) for recovery of
the least Bell's vireo; and,
WHEREAS, the SANDAG Task Force has drafted the
"Riparian Preservation Act of 1989" for introduction in the
State legislature next spring; and,
WHEREAS, this bill is intended to generate a vehicle
for financing maintenance of least Bell's vireo habitat within
adopted Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP); and,
WHEREAS, the "Riparian Preservation Act of 1989"
targets imported water as the cause of damage to least Bell's
vireo habitat and establishes a means to assess imported water
users living within the drainage basin of an HCP; and,
WHEREAS, local water districts would be the agencies
to collect these assessments on their customers' water bills,
thereby creating an administrative nightmare that will be
grossly inefficient as a revenue collection device and infers
the local districts imposed the fee; and,
WHEREAS, the persons determining the assessments the
water districts would collect would not be elected by the
public;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIIRECTORS OF THE SAN
MARCOS COUNTY WATR DISTRICT DOES HEREBY disagree with the
premise that imported water is the cause of damage to least
Bell's vireo habitat and finds that the financing mechanism
contained in the "Riparian Preservation Act of 1989" is not in
the best intrests of this District or any other water district
and urges SANDAG to seek other means of financing habitat
maintenance within HCP's that might be developed for protection
and enhancement of endangered species.
Resolution No. 836
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of
the Board of Directors of the San Marcos County Water District
held on January 16, 1989, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Directors: Burton, Ferguson, Newport, Mahr
NOES: Directors:
ABSTAIN: Directors:
ABSENT: Directors: Mason
William W. Rucker, Secretary
Board of Directors
San Marcos County Water District