Agenda - Rural ForumThe Anaheim Marriott Hotel
Orange County Ballroom Salon 3
Anaheim, California
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Presiding:
Susan Davis, Chairman
Bradley Garbutt, Vice Chair
Karen O’Brien, Vice Chair
Irma Vargas, Committee LiaisonC.A.R. Staff
Elizabeth BrodeI.  Opening Comments: Chairman Davis
II. Guest Speaker: Jill Willis, Best Best & KriegerJill Willis is a Partner in the Environmental Law and Natural Resources Practice Group of the law firm of Best Best & Krieger LLP. Currently, Best Best & Krieger LLP is representing Lake Arrowhead Community Services District in a water rights dispute atLake Arrowhead. Jill specializes in water rights and related issues, has significant litigation experience and is also actively involved in one of the State's largest and most complex groundwater adjudications involving the Santa Maria Groundwater Basin.She represents numerous public and private clients in actions involving surface and groundwater rights throughout Southern California, including the Antelope Valley, the Cucamonga Basin, the Chino Basin, the Santa Ana River, and the Colorado River. Jillalso represents the Friant Water Users Authority in a federal environmental matter involving the Federal Central Valley Project.Jill will be presenting a legal discussion on the perfection of water rights in California with an emphasis on the currently pending Lake Arrowhead decision. Her presentation will be followed by a Q & A session.
III. Rural Issues to be addressed in C.A.R. Policy Committees
IV. Information Sharing
A. Status of AB 885 Draft Septic Regulations
B. Williamson Act updates from around the state
C. Fire policy – Access, shake roofs, upcoming Strategic Plan
V. Other
VI. Adjournment