SEP 1 2 2017 September 5, 2017 Thorovement Distr Herman Honorable Judge James Herman, Presiding Judge Santa Barbara*

Comments 1

• CO1
  Without the full context of the Board meeting discussion and complex circumstances including but not limited to the barge relocation issues related to downstream water rights, and that new point of diversion that impacted the minimum pool used for public trust resources, this statement is inflammatory and can be construed as one-sided. ID1 requests this statement be deleted. Statement on Page 11 Paragraph 3 "The U.S Bureau of Reclamation has expressed the desire that the new contract in 2020 remain with the County..."as the "single contracting entity" for this contract." Comment: This is not a foregone conclusion and ID No.1 and the City of Santa Barbara have requested that USBR explore other water service contract options available to the Cachuma Member Units. Figure 4 page 12 Surface Water Management and Operation Structure in Santa Barbara County. Comment: COMB only provides Operation and Maintenance services to the Project Works as should be shown as the Tecolote Tunnel in the diagram. This figure as depicted in the report misrepresents that COMB provides O&M to the Cachuma Project and should be corrected to accurately reflect the Contract No. 14-06-200-5222R terms and responsibilities. . . ě. The ID No.1 Board of Trustees and Management again sincerely thank those individuals serving on the Grand Jury for volunteering their time, trying to gain an understanding of the very complicated and complex issue of water, and preparing this report in a short amount of time. By incorporating the submitted comments, this report will then accurately reflect these complex water matters and provide the community an informative document. Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Grand Jury Report. Please let us know if there is anything further that you require. Sincerely, Chris Dahlstrom General Manager Board of Trustees CC:

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