Meeting Time: October 21, 2025 at 9:00am PDT

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Agenda Item

4b) Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of Resolution of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Regarding the Potter Valley Project and the Loss of Water Supply Reliability (Sponsors: Supervisor Cline and Supervisor Norvell)

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    Julia Carrera at October 19, 2025 at 12:44pm PDT

    Thank you Supervisors Cline and Norvell for bringing this item forward. My name is Julia Carrera and I am running for 3rd District Supervisor in the June 2026 election, the District where Lake Pillsbury resides in Lake County. I am a descendent of the Potter Valley Pomo Tribe and an Environmental Scientist. I do appreciate all the hard work that has been done thus far regarding this project. And, the current basin solution does not appear to be the best solution. The economic, cultural, and environmental impacts over 3-4 California Counties have not been thoroughly vetted. Mitigation measures can not be recommended without a transparent and complete understanding of these total impacts and the cumulative impacts in their totality across 3-4 Counties. The discussion needs to expand to the other solution options that have never made it to the table to be considered, including non removal of the dams. Lake Pillsbury has served Lake County as a climate and wildlife resource and economic asset for centuries. The multitude of negative impacts to the 3rd District and Lake County as a whole have yet to be considered in their totality. Thank you for bringing this forward and for having the discussion.