<p> STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD BOARD MEETING MINUTES December 20, 2002</p><p>Note: Copies of the orders, decisions, and resolutions mentioned in these minutes can be obtained from Maureen Marché, State Water Resources Control Board, Post Office Box 100, Sacramento, California, 95812- 0100; or call (916) 341-5600.</p><p>CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Chair, Friday, December 20, 2002, at 10:15 a.m., in the Sierra Hearing Room, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California.</p><p>BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Richard Katz and Gary Carlton.</p><p>BOARD MEMBER ABSENTAINING Peter S. Silva</p><p>STAFF PRESENT Harry Schueller, Craig M. Wilson, Maureen Marché, Dana Differding, and Andy Fecko</p><p>OTHERS PRESENT Tom Virsik; Rick Rothman, Imperial County APCD; Barbara Baird, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Bob Hargreaves, Salton Sea Authority; Bill Yeates, National Audubon Society; Antonio Rossmann, County of Imperial; Stephanie Hastings, San Diego Water Authority; David Osias, IID.</p><p>WATER RIGHTS Consideration of a Proposed Order Regarding Petitions for Reconsideration of Water Rights Order 2002- 0013 Concerning the Imperial Irrigation District’s (IID) and San Diego County Water Authority’s (SDCWA) Amended Joint Petition for Approval of a Long-Term Transfer of Conserved Water from IID to SDCWA and to Change the Point of Diversion, Place of Use, and Purpose of Use Under Permit 7643. </p><p>Dana Differding, Office of Chief Counsel, presented the item noting a change to the December 17 draft order on page 8, first paragraph: “prescribes”, not proscribes.</p><p>T. Virsik, R. Rothman, B. Baird, B. Hargreaves, B. Yeates, A. Rossmann, S. Hastings and D. Osias addressed the Board.</p><p>At 11:15 a.m. the Board recessed the meeting to meet in closed session. The Chairman reconvened the Board meeting at 11:32 a.m.</p><p>At the Board’s direction, Ms. Differding noted an additional change to the draft order at the end of 11.0 CONCLUSION, to add the sentence: “This order is designated as non-precedential.”</p><p>Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed order as revised denying the petitions for reconsideration of Water Rights Order 2002-0013, modifying Order 2002-0013 and affirming Order 2002- 0013 as modified. Water Rights Order 2002-0016</p><p>ADJOURNMENT The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 11:40 a.m.</p><p>2</p>