1 miramar beach resort and bungalows project 2 - Santa Barbara ...

1 don't they deed their water rights to the groundwater
2 that they have underneath their property now to the
3 Montecito Water District which is a common policy in
4 things like this. There's precedent for this in the
5 past.
6 They have refused to do so so far. I'd like
7 to know why they're refusing to deed over the
8 groundwater rights to the Montecito Water District, and
9 let the Montecito Water District work with them as they
10 claim they like working with them. Why won't they do
11 that? I'd like to know why. No one here can tell us
12 why so far. And I think you should want to know why
13 also.
14 So that's the impetus of us trying to protect
15 our portion of the groundwater basin and, therefore,
16 eliminating any possibility of damage to us. So there's
17 no reason why they can't deed those groundwater rights
18 over. Would you please push that issue.
19 MR. BIERIG: Thank you.
20 Richard Plunkett.
21 Gianna Marcyan (pronouncing). I'm not doing
22 a very good job on names.
23 MS. MARCYAN: My name is Gianna Marcyan.
24 MR. BIERIG: If I say anything that sounds
25 like your name, just come up.
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