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CONTRIBUTED EDITORIAL COMMENTS

August 30, 2001

Hampton Stewart, Chair
Pebble Beach Community Services District
Forest Lake & Lopez Roads
Pebble Beach, CA 93953

Please allow me to speak to you this morning on an important issue during this open period of communication to the Board. According to your rules of engagement, anyone may address the Board on matters under the Board's purview.

Please excuse my reading, as I may hesitate due to current medical treatment of my eyes.

I would appreciate hearing from you after this presentation. I urge you to make storm water and watershed management an agenda item at a subsequent meeting of the PBCSD. I can provide you with a package of much more specific background charts and current information such as revamped planning factors regarding the problems and suggested solutions related to storm water runoff from Pebble Beach property.

Consistency of planned storm water run off and reclamation systems must address the water quality issues in ways acceptable to regulators of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and regulations currently embedded in Cal/Fed and Non-Point pollution guidelines for coastal watershed management ending in nearby ocean waters.

PBCSD and PBC are resisting efforts by neighboring communities and County planners to fully comply now with regulations requiring storm water and watershed management in these coastal areas touching upon PBC land. This factor concerned the recent Grand Jury in the February 2001 report, and should not be ignored by PBC land use experts and County managers of water quality regulations.

The recent spill of diesel fuel from DLI into Pebble Beach is one of many problems caused by runoff from adjacent land onto PBC property.

Cooperation in planning with neighboring communities for the impacts of future rain and drought will gain many benefits not now in place.

Thank you for receiving my comments this morning.

Sincerely,

/ss/

W.C. Woodworth
654 Sunder Dr.
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
(831) 373-4644

cc:
Janice O'Brien
William Gianelli
David Hendrick
Leo Laska

"Point Pollution is generally considered as Sanitary or waste water flowing through dedicated pipes to dumpong grounds (rivers or oceans).

"Non-point pollution may be stormwater, excess rains spilling over normal dranage systems while providing health problems to man and flora-fauna.

"Both point and non-point polluction threats are serious and subject to fines and worse when proper land use corrective measures are not instigated."

W.C. Woodworth
7 Sept 2001