KXO RADIO - IID - Discussing How to Put the Entity Back Together Again

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Todays is : Thursday, 20 November 2008

Written by George Gale
Monday, 07 August 2006
(LAST MEETING THEY TOOK IT APART. THIS MEETING THEY DISCUSS HOW TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER)….THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS LAST MEETING VOTED TO RESCIND THE ORDINANCE ALLOWING FOR A LOCAL ENTITY, SAYING IT WAS TOO BIG FOR IT TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS. THE ENTITY WAS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF LAND FALLOWING, UNDER THE REVISED FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE QUANTIFICATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. TUESDAY THE IID BOARD WILL MEET AND DISCUSS THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE TO RECONSTITUTE THE LOCAL ENTITY. THE GENERAL MANAGER, CHARLES HOSKINS, HAS SAID HE AND IID STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER A SMALLER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE ENTITY THAT WILL ADDRESS THE MITIGATION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS FROM THE FALLOWING NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH THE SAN DIEGO WATER TRANSFER AND TO MAINTAIN WATER LEVELS OF THE SALTON SEA. THE IID BOARD MEETING BEGINS AT 1:00pm TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND WILL BE HELD IN CONDIT AUDITORIUM ON BROADWAY IN EL CENTRO.