{"id":57,"date":"2008-05-05T16:08:47","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T00:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dianafoss.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/buy-fresh-buy-local\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T15:21:13","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T23:21:13","slug":"buy-fresh-buy-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dianafoss.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/buy-fresh-buy-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy fresh, buy local"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may recall that the Landscape Advisory Committee, back on April 10, recommended<\/a> that the District raise water rates by more than the suggested amounts, to encourage water conservation and to fund other needed capital projects.<\/p>\n

The Agricultural Water Advisory Committee did no such thing today. After the groundwater charges presentation (my fourth viewing; this one tailored to its South County audience) the committee asked for a short break to talk amongst themselves. All present recognized that the South County agricultural price increase of $1 per acre-foot was small both in relative and in absolute terms, but there was significant sentiment that the District should try to control its own costs better before passing the increases along to customers. The committee did pass a motion endorsing the proposed increases, but with a rider that the public should understand that farmers pay more than $16.50 per acre-foot to get water out of the ground, that pumping costs were many times that. <\/p>\n

There were three Board members in attendance: Directors Sanchez, Wilson and Judge. Director Wilson pointed out that the law governing the District allowed them to charge farmers 25% of the M&I cost for water, which would be $68.75 per acre-foot. Director Judge did not repeat his previous assertions that it may be time to eliminate the North County subsidy for open space in South County.<\/p>\n

There was also a presentation on the amended District Act, and the glossy FAQ I posted about this morning was distributed. Scott Wilson, a member of District staff, dwelled on the cost savings to be realized from avoiding runoff elections under the new law, ironic, since uncontested seats are the norm. The South County farmers on the committee were concerned that that region would lose political clout in losing their at-large representative. And one member raised the spectre of seven new Board members’ being elected in 2012, and how the lack of experience would hurt the District. Since AB 2122 is designed to keep the present Directors in place, I’m not too worried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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