Andrew N. Cohen papers

Jennifer D. Bator

Special Collections & University Archives

The UCR Library

P.O. Box 5900

University of California

Riverside, California 92517-5900

Phone: 951-827-3233

Fax: 951-827-4673

Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu

URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives

Descriptive Summary

Title: Andrew N. Cohen papers

Date (inclusive): 1913-1995

Date (bulk): 1991-1994

Collection Number: WRCA 242

Creator: Cohen, A. N. (Andrew N.)

Extent: 8 linear feet 8 linear feet; 11 oversize items

Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Abstract: The collection dates from Andrew Cohen's tenure on the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board of Directors and consists of documents pertaining to the projects and administrative work of the District. The materials consist of meeting minutes, reports, data, planning documents, drafts, policy, correspondence, news clippings.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Distinctive Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Andrew N. Cohen papers (WRCA 242). Water Resources Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Biography

Andrew N. Cohen was elected to the board of directors of the East Bay Municipal Utilities District in 1991. Prior to his election to the board Mr. Cohen sued to halt the building of a dam and reservoir near Moraga, California. He served one term and did not run for re-election in 1994. Cohen is a consultant who writes about environmental issues.

Collection Scope and Contents

The collection dates from Andrew Cohen's term on the East Bay Municipal Utilities District board of directors and consists of documents pertaining to the projects and administrative work of the District. The materials consist of articles, campaign materials, correspondence, data, financial materials, legislation, meeting minutes, newsclippings, policies and procedures, and reports.

Arrangement

When received, the materials were arranged alphabetically by the subject listed as the folder title. This arrangement has been maintained and the folder titles correspond with the original.

Collection Number

Collection number updated December 2018. Legacy collection number was MS 2010/6. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019 to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

East Bay Municipal Utility District (Calif.)

Contra Costa Water District (Calif.)

Campaign Finance Reform -- California

Droughts -- California

Water and environmental programs (Calif.)

Water Quality -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area

Wildfires -- California -- Berkeley

Wildfires -- California -- Oakland

Association thru Bluewater 1975-1995 1991-1994

Box 1, folder 1

Association of California Water Agencies Meetings and Strategic Planning 1991-1994

Box 1, folder 2

Association of California Water Agencies - Publications 1988-1991

Box 1, folder 3

Affirmative Action Program 1991-1993

Box 1, folder 4

Alameda - Zone 7 1991-1994

Box 1, folder 5

Amador Canal 1993

Box 1, folder 6

American River 1988-1994

Box 1, folder 7

Annexations - Binder (folder 1 of 2) 1991

Box 1, folder 8

Annexations - Binder (folder 2 of 2) 1991

Box 1, folder 9

Annexations - Board Resolution 1994

Box 1, folder 10

Annexations - Dougherty Valley 1991-1993

Box 1, folder 11

Annexations - Dougherty County 1990-1994

Box 1, folder 12

Annexations - Dougherty lawsuit 1993-1994

Box 1, folder 13

Annexations - Dougherty Valley - Newsclippings 1993-1995

Box 1, folder 14

Annexations - Dougherty Valley - "The Smear" EBMUD audit of expenditures 1993-1994

Box 1, folder 15

Annexations - Gale Ranch 1993-1994

Box 1, folder 16

Annexations - Information regarding annexations 10/16/91 binder (folder 1 of 2) 1991

Box 1, folder 17

Annexations - Information regarding annexations 10/16/91 binder (folder 2 of 2) 1991

Box 1, folder 18

Annexations - Lawrence Road 1990-1992

Box 1, folder 19

Annexations - Policy 1993-1994

Box 1, folder 20

Annexations - Windemann Ranch *Restricted* (folder 1 of 2) 1993

Box 1, folder 21

Annexations - Windemann Ranch *Restricted* (folder 2 of 2) 1993

Box 1, folder 22

Annual Reports - Financial Info (folder 1 of 2) 1988-1994

Box 1, folder 23

Annual Reports - Financial Info (folder 2 of 2) 1975-1987

Box 1, folder 24

Bates Bill - legislation 1984-1989

Box 1, folder 25

Bay / Delta - (EPA) standards (folder 1 of 2) 1994

Box 1, folder 26

Bay / Delta - (EPA) standards (folder 2 of 2) 1994

Box 1, folder 27

Bay / Delta - Workshops through State Water Resources Control Board 1994

Box 1, folder 28

Bay / Delta resolution 1990-1991

Box 1, folder 29

Berkeley issues of interest to the city of Berkeley 1989-1994

Box 1, folder 30

Berryman Reservoir replacement 1991-1994

Box 1, folder 31

Blackhawk Plaza 1992

Box 1, folder 32

Bluewater issue in San Ramon Valley 1991-1992

Buckhorn thru Campaign 1975-1994 1991-1994

Box 2

Buckhorn Reservoir 1988-1991

Box 2

Buckhorn Reservoir - Earthquake and flood 1975-1990

Box 2

Buckhorn - Fish 1988

Box 2

Buckhorn - Lawsuit 1989-1991

Box 2

Buckhorn - Whipsnake 1988-1994

Box 2

Budget 1991-1994

Box 2

Burke, Helen 1987-1990

Box 2

Board Meeting Minutes - October 1992-September 1993 1992-1993

Box 2

Board Meeting Minutes - January to September 1992

Box 2, folder 10>

Board Meeting Minutes - January-May (folder 1 of 2) 1991

Box 2

Board Meeting Minutes - June to December (folder 2 of 2) 1991

Box 2

Board Meeting Minutes - September 1993 binder 1993-1994

Box 2

Campaign - Committee Contributions Building Industry Association (folder 1 of 2) 1988-1991

Box 2

Campaign - Building Industry Association Committee contributions (folder 1 of 2) 1992-1993

Box 2

Campaign - Building Industry Association # 822701 (folder 1 of 2) 1989-1991

Box 2

Campaign - Building Industry Association #822701 (folder 2 of 2) 1992-1994

Box 2

Campaign - Building Industry Association # 761102 1988-1994

Box 2

Campaign - Camicia, Joseph 1992

Box 2

Campaign - Camicia, Joseph 1992

Box 2

Campaign - Citizens for Pardee 1992-1993

Box 2

Campaign - Coleman, John A 1990-1994

Box 2

Campaign - Coleman, John A - Campaign Statement 1994

Box 2

Campaign - "Dirty Tricks" 1994

Box 2

Campaign - Engineering and Utility Contractors Assn Political Action committee 1994

Box 2

Campaign - EBMUD 1990-1994

Box 2

Campaign - EBMUD campaign literature 1990

Box 2

Campaign - Engineering and Utility Contractors Assn Political Action Committee 1994

Box 2

Campaign - Finance Reform *Restricted* 1991-1994

Campaign thru Conservation 1984-1994 1990-1994

Box 3

Campaign - Foulkes, Katy 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Foulkes, Katy - Campaign statement 1994-1995

Box 3

Campaign - Gioia, John M 1988-1996

Box 3

Campaign - Gioia, John M - Campaign statement 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Mclean, Walter 1990-1991

Box 3

Campaign - Mckenne 1992-1993

Box 3

Campaign - Meagher, Dave 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Meagher, Dave - Campaign Statement 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Mellon, Frank 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Mellon, Frank - Campaign Statement 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Nadel, Nancy 1992-1994

Box 3

Campaign - Newsclippings 1978-1984

Box 3

Campaign - Pacific New Wave Corporation 1992-1994

Box 3

Campaign - Political Education Committee of Public Employees 1993-1994

Box 3

Campaign - Protect our Water (POW) 1992

Box 3

Campaign - Receipt 1996

Box 3

Campaign - Shapell Industries 1990-1994

Box 3

Campaign - Simmons, Ken Financial Statement 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Skaggs, Sanford - Law Revision Committee 1988-1993

Box 3

Campaign - Sweeney, Jim 1990

Box 3

Campaign - Violation - Building Industry Association of Northern California 1994-1995

Box 3

Campaign - Violations of Campaign Finance Rules 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Violations of Campaign Finance Rules 'Dirt' 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Violations - Contribution forms 1994-1995

Box 3

Campaign - Violation - Correspondence with the District Attorney 1995

Box 3

Campaign - EBMUD violations 1995-1996

Box 3

Campaign - Violations - News article 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Violations - Research findings 1994

Box 3

Campaign - Warren, Mary C - Campaign statement 1986-1991

Box 3

Campaign - Windemere Ranch Partners 1992

Box 3

CAP (Customer Assistance Program) 1991-1993

Box 3

CAP (Customer Assistance Program) - Cap on water usage 1991-1992

Box 3, folder 33

Contra Costa Water District - News clippings 1991-1994

Box 3, folder 34

Chabot / Lafayette Reservoirs 1994

Box 3, folder 35

Chevron Reclamation Project 1992

Box 3, folder 36

Chlorine level in Water 1992-1994

Box 3, folder 37

Chronological material - reports and plans 1969-1979

Box 3, folder 38

Chronological material - reports and plans 1980-1985

Box 3, folder 39

Chronological material - reports and plans 1986-1989

Box 3, folder 40

Citizens Advisory Committee - Minutes, plan, reports 1984

Box 3, folder 41

Compost facility 1994

Box 3, folder 42

Conflict of interest code 1991-1994

Box 3, folder 43

Conservation Best Management Practices 1991-1993

Consolidation thru Gateway 1969-1994 1991-1994

Box 4

Consolidation Peralta / Powers report 1991-1994

Box 4

Contra Costa County - News Clippings 1991-1994

Box 4

Copper in the S.F. Bay 1993

Box 4

CUWA (California Urban Water Agencies) Board Meeting 1991-1994

Box 4

Dame construction 1991

Box 4

EBMUD Water supply and demand projections 1969-1990

Box 4

District Reference Manual Policies and Procedures, Policy changes (folder 1 of 3) 1994

Box 4

District Reference Manual Policies and Procedures (folder 2 of 3) 1994

Box 4

District Reference Manual Policies and Procedures (folder 3 of 3) 1994

Box 4

Domestic Partners benefits assessment 1993-1994

Box 4

Drought 1988

Box 4

Drought economics 1991-1992

Box 4

Drought planning 1991

Box 4

Drought planning 1992

Box 4

Drought - news clippings 1991-1993

Box 4

Drought planning - memos and media 1991

Box 4

Drought planning Multi-family 1991

Box 4

Drought - Wilson / drought letter 1991

Box 4

Dunsmuir Heights housing project 1991-1993

Box 4

EBMUD - Board minutes and Agendas 1990

Box 4

EBMUD - CCWD joint project Banks/McDonnough/ Bold 1984

Box 4

EBMUD- EBRPD (East Bay Regional Park District) meetings 1991-1994

Box 4

East Bay watershed master plan (folder 1 of 2) 1991-1994

Box 4

East Bay watershed master plan (folder 2 of 2) 1991-1994

Box 4

East Bay watershed master plan - Community Advisory Committee 1991-1994

Box 4

Emergency Prepardness Program 1993

Box 4

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 1991-1994

Box 4

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) II Lower Mokelumne River project 1991-1992

Box 4

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) meetings 1994

Box 4

Fin - Admin - Planning - Transport committee binder 1991-1992

Box 4

Financial Policy 1989-1994

Box 4

Fire - October 1991 1991-1992

Box 4

Fire - Rockridge 1991-1994

Box 4

Fire - Rockridge 1992-1993

Box 4

Flashman, Stuart 1994

Box 4

Fluoridation 1990-1993

Box 4

Gateway Valley 1991-1994

Gilbert thru Legislation 1913-1994 1991-1994

Box 5

Gilbert, Jerry 1991

Box 5

Grazing 1991-1994

Box 5

Greywater 1991-1993

Box 5

Growth - Obligation to Serve 1913-1978

Box 5

Infrastructure Management Program - Planning committee binder (folder 1 of 2) 1993

Box 5

Infrastructure Management Program - Planning committee binder (folder 2 of 2) 1993

Box 5

Infrastructure Planning Policy Development 1993

Box 5

Infrastructure Project - Fire and Earthquake Planning 1994

Box 5

Infrastructure Project - Hydrant Testing 1993 1993

Box 5

Infrastructure Project - Low Pressure Services 1985-1986, 1991-1992 1985-1992

Box 5

Infrastructure Project - Seismic 1993-1994

Box 5

Infrastructure Project - Seismic improvement program 1993-1994

Box 5

Infrastructure Project - Thousand foot rule 1991-1992

Box 5

Initiative # 3 1994

Box 5

Initiatives 1992-1993

Box 5

Landscape ordinance 1991

Box 5

Lead 1991-1992

Box 5

Legislation - Assembly Bill (AB) 231 1992

Box 5

Legislation - AB 455 Cortese 1991

Box 5

Legislation - AB 2090 1992

Box 5

Legislation - SB 959 Presley 1992-1993

Box 5

Legislation - AB 2673 / SB 1250 (folder 1 of 2) 1991-1993

Box 5

Legislation - AB 2673 / SB 1250 (folder 2 of 2) 1993-1994

Box 5

Legislation - AB 2673 / SB 1250 Newsclipping 1992-1993

Box 5

Legislation - Federal HR 1306 1990-1992

Box 5

Legislation - Federal S484 1991

Box 5

Legislation - Federal HR 350, HR 1330, HR 842 1991-1993

Box 5

Legislation - Misc. State 1991-1992

Box 5

Legislation - Status of bills 1991-1992

Box 5

Legislation - Status of bills 1992-1993

Box 5

Legislation - Status of bills 1993-1994

Box 5

Legislation: 1991-1992 Session Binder (folder 1 of 2) 1991

Box 5

Legislation: 1991-1992 Session Binder (folder 2 of 2) 1992

Letterhead thru Monthly 1986-1994 1990-1994

Box 6

Letterhead nd

Box 6

Logging affect on water quality 1987-1992

Box 6

Logging - Cumulative affects 1991

Box 6

Logging initiatives 1991

Box 6

Logging lawsuit 1992-1994

Box 6

Maps 1992-1993

Box 6

Mckenney - Campaign 1992-1993

Box 6

Mission Statement - EBMUD 1992

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Committee to save Mokelumne 1990-1991

Box 6

Mokelumne River - January 1991-June 1992 binder (folder 1 of 2) 1990-1991

Box 6

Mokelumne River - January 1991-June 1992 binder (folder 2 of 2) 1991-1992

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Logging Operations in Mokelumne Watershed binder (folder 1 of 2) 1989-1991

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Logging Operations in Mokelumne Watershed binder (folder 2 of 2) 1991-1992

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Memos / Misc 1992-1993

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Middle Bar Run - Rafting - Enviro/Tribal Conflict binder 1991

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Newsclippings - Pollution and Fish Habitat protection (folder 1 of 2) 1991-1993

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Newsclippings - Pollution and Fish Habitat protection (folder 1 of 2) 1987-1991

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine 1991-1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine 1993-1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine 1 1990-1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine 2 1989-1990

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine - Clean Water Act (CWA) 1992-1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1993-1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine lawsuit 1990-1992

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine lawsuit 1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Penn Mine - Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (SCLDF) 1991-1993

Box 6

Mokelumne River - USFWS 1993-1994

Box 6

Mokelumne River - Watershed 1991

Box 6

Monthly reports 11/86-3/88 1986-1988

Box 6

Monthly reports 11/90-4/92 1990-1992

Monthly Reports thru State Water Resources Control Board 1988-1994 1990-1994

Box 7

Monthly Reports 1992-1993

Box 7

Nationwide Water Projects Task Force 1989-1990

Box 7

Nejedly, John - Correspondence 1991

Box 7

News clippings 1990-1991

Box 7

News clippings- Cohen as director 1990-1994

Box 7

News clippings - Fire in the hills 1991-1993

Box 7

News clippings - Mokelumne River 1990-1993

Box 7

News clippings - Sierra Club 'Yodeler' 1989-1993

Box 7

News clippings - 1991 Drought (folder 1 of 2) 1991-1992

Box 7

News clippings - 1991 Drought (folder 2 of 2) 1991-1992

Box 7

PCB contamination 1993-1994

Box 7

Press coverage / Op-eds 1993-1994

Box 7

Compliance with Federal Pre-treatment regulations 1990-1994

Box 7

Privatization 1991

Box 7

Public Disclosure 1990-1992

Box 7

Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform (POWER) meeting minutes and Correspondence 1991

Box 7

Rates - Water System FY 90/91 1988-1991

Box 7

Rates - Water System FY 91/92 1991

Box 7

Rates - Water System FY 92/93 1992

Box 7

Rates - Water System FY 93/94 1991-1994

Box 7

Rates - Water System FY 94/95 1994

Box 7

Rate setting - Water system 1990-1994

Box 7

Rates Structure Study - Citizens Advisory Committee 1994

Box 7

Reclamation program 1991-1994

Box 7

Recreation 1990-1994

Box 7

Recycling committee 1991-1992

Box 7

Redistricting plan 1991-1992

Box 7

San Ramon Valley service area 1984

Box 7

San Ramon Valley newsclippings 1984-1985

Box 7

System capacity charge 1989-1993

Box 7

Seismic studies - data 1977-1992

Box 7

San Joaquin County 1993-1994

Box 7

San Joaquin County negotiations 1992-1994

Box 7

San Joaquin County negotiations with San Joaquin County re: conjunctive use of groundwater binder 1993

Box 7

Status reports on issues of interest 1992-1993

Box 7

State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) hearings - FWS Mokelumne River 1992-1994

Box 7

State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) hearings - Mokelumne Water Rights 1992-1993 1992-1993

State Water Resources Control Board thru Western Urban Water Coalition 1987-1994 1991-1994

Box 8

State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) testimony - Cohen 1992

Box 8

State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) environmental meetings (W 1992-1993

Box 8

Studies Treatment plants 1990-1994

Box 8

Treatment plants - Ozonation facilities 1987-1991

Box 8

Ultra low-flow toilet program 1993-1994

Box 8

Waste Water planning 1991-1993

Box 8

Water allocations through equitable rationing (W.A.T.E.R.) 1988-1993

Box 8

Drought water conservation 1990-1994

Box 8

Water reclamation implementation plan 1994

Box 8

Woodbridge irrigation district 1991-1994

Box 8

Watershed master plan 1994

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan (Folder 1 of 3) 1992-1993

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan (Folder 2 of 3) 1992

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan (Folder 3 of 3) 1992

Box 8

Water supply management plan 1993

Box 8

Water Supply Management Program Community Advisory Committee (WSMP CAC) 1991-1992

Box 8

Water Supply Management Progam (WSMP) - Corps of Engineers (COE) Envirnmental Protection Agency (EPA) Us Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 1990-1993

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Comments 1993

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Conservation / Drought management program (DMP) 1991-1992

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Demand Projections 1991

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Environmental meetings 1992-1993

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Fisheries 1991-1992

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Follow-up to issues raised at workshop 1991-1992

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Models (need for water) model studies 1991-1992

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Notes 1991-1992

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Raising Pardee 1991

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Reclamation 1991

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Screening 1991

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Water quality 1991

Box 8

Water Supply Master Plan - Workshops, misc 1991

Box 8

Western Urban Water Coalition - Meetings 1992-1993

Oversize 1973-1993 1991

Box 9

Poster "Sierra Club endorses Cohen for E.B.M.U.D." 1990

Box 9

EBMUD District service area (10 leaves) 1973-1980

Box 9

"Ownership: Middle Bar to Electra P.A." nd

Box 9

EBMUD Ward boundaries 1991

Box 9

EBMUD Service Area Figure IV-8, III-4, IV-9, III-5 - (4 leaves) nd

Box 9

Mokelumne Watershed Prime Timber harvest zone (4 leaves) 1991

Box 9

Distribution System Schematic Diagram West of Hills 1987

Box 9

Broadway Terrace, Joaquin Miller, Dingee Pressure Zones (2 leaves) 1993

Box 9

Oakland / Berkeley Hills fire of October 20 1991

Box 9

EBMUD facility locations 1986

Box 9

Hydrants flow before and after replacement (2 leaves) nd