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Commission pushes to form water‑plan subcommittee after delays with DRI timeline
Summary
Commissioner expressed frustration with the pace of the county water resource management plan and proposed forming a three‑member subcommittee; staff said DRI has an aggressive timeline and will finalize scope and a memorandum of agreement for technical work.
Commissioners spent a substantial portion of the meeting on updates to the county water resource management plan and next steps. Committee member (Speaker 2) said the process is taking too long and urged forming a small subcommittee to accelerate policy decisions: "This is taking forever, and I'm kinda getting upset at it," the member said. He proposed appointing three commissioners to meet regularly to advance the plan and bring recommendations back to the full commission.
Staff replied that the Desert Research Institute (DRI) is completing technical work and a memorandum of agreement to support policy drafting; staff said DRI had set an aggressive timeline and that, for the commission to take substantive action, items will need to be agendized with clear deliverables. The group agreed to place a proposal to form a water‑plan subcommittee and DRI updates on the next meeting agenda.
