Mendocino LAFCO adopts Potter Valley Irrigation District MSR and affirms existing sphere of influence

The Mendocino County Local Agency Formation Commission on a recorded vote adopted a municipal service review (MSR) and affirmed the existing sphere of influence for the Potter Valley Irrigation District, approving a staff-recommended notice of exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act and a resolution transmitted in the staff report.

The action implements staff recommendations to find the MSR and sphere update exempt from CEQA and to adopt the accompanying notice of exemption, and was moved by Commissioner Marty Roden and seconded by Commissioner Gonzales. The roll call vote recorded Commissioners Ward, Klein, Gonzales, Horsley, Mahoney, Roden and Chair Mulhern as voting in favor.

The MSR and sphere update packet, prepared by Executive Officer Uma Henman, describes the Potter Valley Irrigation District (PVID) as a single-service irrigation provider formed in April 1924 that serves roughly 275 customers within about 7,000 acres and diverts water from the Eel River through the Potter Valley project. Henman told the commission the draft includes MSR determinations (staff noted they appear on pages 65 and 73 of the report) and that staff had worked with the district to incorporate comments from a February workshop. Staff also noted that the 21-day public hearing notice was published, posted and distributed on March 9 and that no public comments had been received prior to the hearing…