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Resolution No. 2112r. RESOLUTION NO. 2112 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ENDORSING RESOLUTION NO. 1978 -2 OF THE LAKE TAHOE RESOURCE, CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, IN THE MATTER OF PUBLIC LAW 91 -148 " TAHOE REG- IONAL PLANNING COMPACT" WHEREAS, the Chairman of the President's Council on Environ- mental Quality has proposed certain changes in Public Law 91 -148, "Tahoe Regional Planning Compact," and WHEREAS, the modifications proposed would change the complex of the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to twelve (12) members with three local representatives and three State appointed r representatives each of California and Nevada (appointments of the Governor, Speaker of the Assembly and President Pro -Tem of the Senate,) and WHEREAS, this structure would create an imbalance of local in- volvement in the operation of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and WHEREAS, the present dual majority vote establishes an approval on issues not carrying a majority of one state and such vote results in approval of the matter before the Governing Board, and WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality would reverse this procedure to provide a negative vote in cases of a lack of dual majority which could effectively block any actions on matters pending before the Board, and WHEREAS, the proposal submitted by the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to the Governors of the States of California and Nevada, would in effect, negate the actions of the TRPA Governing Board not acceptable to local government; and local government functions would %W be diluted to the extent that it would not be effective for the protection of the environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin, and WHEREAS, proposed changes not consistent with policy of the States of Nevada and California, and other proposals involving the National En- vironmental Protection Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) are deemed to be totally unacceptable to one or both of the parties , U gn M NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the President of the United States and the Congress be advised that negotiations as pre- sently proposed are rejected by ?the six local governments comprising the Lake Tahoe Resource Conservation and Development Council, as harmful to the environmental best interests of the Tahoe Basin, and in particular to the people and residents of the Tahoe Basin, and that such negotiations are in direct conflict with the best interests of the people of the United States of America as regards a national environmental heritage, and FURTHER RESOLVED, that if there are to be three State represent- atives on each delegation, they should properly be the two Assemblymen which represent the districts involved and one appointee of the Governor or designee . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any discussion or negotiations on ''" Public Law 91 -148 must include representatives of local governments affected. ADOPTED, this 1st Day of June, 1978, by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, elected representatives of all of the political subdivisions within the jurisdiction of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, by the following vote: AYES: Directors Olson, Cocking Fieldcamp and Kashuba. NOES: Directors J.R. Jones ABSENT: None rrene L. Kashuba, President South Tahoe Public Utility District ATTEST: V Mary D. 9 Amb rose, Clerk of Board South Tahoe Public Utility District I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2 1 1 2 duly and regularly adopted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, El Dorado County, California, at a meeting thereof duly held on the 1st Day of June ; 1978, by the following Vote: Iq AYES: Directors Olson, Cocking, Fieldcamp and Kashuba NOES: Director J.R. Jones ABSENT: None M 444.."' f k— Mary D. Ambrose, Clerk of Board South Tahoe Public Utility District n SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT PRESIDENT Lorrene Kashuba r.U. box AU • South Lake Tahoe, California 95705 • Phone (916) 544 -6474 June 2, 1978 Enclosed please find a copy of our RESOLUTION NO. DIRECTORS Francis J. Cocking Raymond A. Fieldcamp James R. Jones Walter "Neal" Olson 2112, endorsing Resolution No. 1978 -2, in the matter of the Public Law 91 -148, "Tahoe Regional Planning Concept ", adopted by the Lake Tahoe Resources, Conser- vation and Development Council. The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District adopted Resolution No. 2112 at their regular meeting held June 1, 1978 at 8:00 P.m. Very truly yours, SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Lorrene L. Kashuba, President of the Board of Directors I mda Encl.