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Party
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6
Date Submitted
2025-04-09
Name
Justin Scott-Coe
Party
Monte Vista Water District
Question
6907.45: The OBMP Update did not amend the OBMP Implementation Plan and the Court did not order the OBMP Update to be implemented. The FY 2024/25 Approved Budget included more than $177K for this item, but less than $300 is projected to be spent. WM is once again requesting $177K. Please remove this item from the budget.
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5
Date Submitted
2025-04-09
Name
Justin Scott-Coe
Party
Monte Vista Water District
Question
Recharge Budget: Would it be possible to develop a comprehensive budget for all recharge O&M in the Chino Basin? This would include all expenditures by WM (including budget items 5931/6907.39/7200), IEUA, CBWCD, and the County, and how these expenditures are paid for (WM Assessments, IEUA Rates/Property Tax; CBWCD Property Tax, County PWD expenditures). It would also be good for a similar accounting to be conducted for all recharge capital investments. This would assist parties in understanding the full costs and benefits of this important program.
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ID
4
Date Submitted
2025-04-09
Name
Justin Scott-Coe
Party
Monte Vista Water District
Question
5945/6061.3: The Annual Report should summarize work done over the subject year. Is there a way to eliminate consultant work on the Annual Report and ask staff to develop the summary? MVWD does not believe the Annual Report should require additional engineering work (instead, it should summarize and highlight engineering work already done during the subject year, which can be done by staff) nor the services of a public affairs consultant (this is not an advocacy document).
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ID
3
Date Submitted
2025-04-09
Name
Justin Scott-Coe
Party
Monte Vista Water District
Question
Prioritization: WM parties are facing a potential significant decline in SY, a resolution of the Appellate Court's DYY ruling, and a Peace Agreement Meet and Confer process. WM and parties need to prioritize this coming year's workload to avoid distraction so that we can achieve consensus and avoid further litigation. The following projects should be eliminated/delayed to allow prioritization of our collective limited capacity (if a project is required, ask the Court for more time): 1) Data Visualization (5965); 2) WQMP/ECMP (7502/5 related to GWQMP, 7520, and new WQ model project); 3) SRMF (7610); 4) SMP (7615).
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ID
2
Date Submitted
2025-04-09
Name
Justin Scott-Coe
Party
Monte Vista Water District
Question
General: MVWD appreciates the inclusion of projected ending expenses for FY 2024/25 in the proposed FY 2025/26 budget detail (budget document #1). MVWD also appreciates WM's projection that it will underspend its FY 2024/25 budget by more than $2.3M. In agreement with the Non-Ag Pool representative's comments at the Advisory Committee budget release, MVWD believes that the proposed FY 2025/26 budget should more closely align with the prior year's projected year-end actual expenses rather than the prior year's budgeted expenses, with a goal of achieving an overall budget reduction of ~$2M.
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ID
1
Date Submitted
2025-04-09
Name
Justin Scott-Coe
Party
Monte Vista Water District
Question
General: MVWD and other paying producers are anticipating economic uncertainties over the coming year that may directly impact the affordability of water service to our customers. The following are areas where WM's proposed expenditures can be reduced without harming the Basin or negatively impacting WM's ability to administer the Judgment: 1) Reduce meeting expenses by limiting legal/staff attendance at Pool/Advisory Committee meetings, providing informational presentations only at Advisory and Board meetings, and canceling meetings when there is no business items requiring action. 2) Significantly reduce or eliminate miscellaneous, general and unanticipated expenses, relying instead on reserves or budget amendments for unanticipated expenses. 3) Eliminate items where activity is unlikely to occur during the budget year. Wherever possible, limit or forgo activities that are not explicitly required by the Judgment/CAMA or requested by a consensus of the parties. Adopt a "less is more approach.
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