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• April 2, 2001 - _69 Stony,Circle
- . Santa Rosa,-CA'�95401 •.,
To the Members-of the Water Advisory Committee: Fax. 707-543-3936 .
.RE: • Facilitation for Development of a New Agreement . - •
I have reviewed the necessary work and the likelihood of reaching a New Agreement within a !
short period of time with the use`of professionalifacilitation: This review'has"led'to two - '
concerns:. - - .
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' 1. Based on past history, we could;be working on the development of this New Agreements
for a period of 2-3 years or more. .
2: My guess 15'we will be expending in excess of$100,000.00 per year on required services, .
- _ _: :including:facilitation;,research and'independent=legal:counsel'.at a minimum level and- , --
much higher-if a broader process is requested.. .- - '.
In March the Water'Advisory,Committee meeting focused on a goal to reduce the Sonoma .
- County Water Agency's budgetto an absolute minimum. If this succeeds,;it leaves only
• $30,000:00 for use by the-Water Advisory Committeerand no additional funding tb support a- -
- long-term, facilitated and,,hopefully, comprehensive process. •
' ' `-Although therSacramento.experience involved•moretindividual:groups, the staff and'facilitation •
costs equaled approximately $1•3 million over a period offless-than.ten years.
_ With this in mind, it does not appear reasonable to attempt to engage,in a comprehensive process •
for development of a New'Agreementunless member agencies,are;willing"to place appropriate
rnoniesinto the Agency's-budget iri order to carry outtheproposed processes-as yet, not defined.
Sincerely, I•. r ' . . .
Miles A. Ferris, .: ' • •
Director,of Utilities . -
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