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• 12. .1. UTILITIES SERVICES <br /> 12. .1. 1 . APPROVAL OF YONG "S MARKET UTILITY EASEMENT PURCHASE <br /> AGREEMENT <br /> Director of Utilities Erik Olson recapped the memorandum of June 15 , 2011 , to provide <br /> background, details, and analysis pertaining to the purchase of a utility easement owned by the <br /> proprietors of Yong ' s Market, Heon Yong Kim and Ae Ja Kim . He thereafter presented staff s <br /> recommendation to approve the purchase for the total acquisition cost of $45 ,251 . 90 . <br /> ON MOTION by Commissioner Davis , SECONDED by <br /> Commissioner Flescher, the Board unanimously approved : <br /> ( 1 ) payment in the amount of $45 ,251 . 90 to Heon Yong <br /> Kim (and Ae Ja Kim) for purchase of a utility easement; <br /> and (2) approved and authorized the Chairman to execute <br /> • the purchase agreement with Heon Yong Kim and Ae Ja <br /> Kim, Husband and Wife, for said utility easement, as <br /> recommended in the memorandum of June 15 , 2011 . <br /> AGREEMENT ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br /> 12. .1. 2. STAFF EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO CLEAN WATER ACT <br /> Director Olson reviewed the memorandum of June 14 , 2011 , to provide background and <br /> analysis regarding the Conservation Leaders Network' s initiative for the Environmental <br /> Protection Agency (EPA) to return to the original standards of the 1972 Clean Water Act <br /> (CWA) . He explained that in 2006 , a change was made to the CWA exempting water bodies <br /> adjacent to major waterways if sufficient evidence is not found showing that the smaller <br /> waterway would impact the adjoining water body, and the initiative would bring CWA standards <br /> back to a broad interpretation. He expressed staff s conviction that the 2006 changes did not <br /> change or preclude the ability to monitor the tributaries and wetlands, and was opposed to the <br /> June 21 , 2011 15 <br />