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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-11-24; City Council; MinutesCOUNCiL "%A"" "7 ROLL CALL: [29] 1. CAPITAL. IMPROVEPENT PRWWI a. Report on Contin- Appropriations The staff report was presented by Bill Baldwin, Assistant placed in the police property across the purchased for an int preclude staff plans central location in directed by Council. Mr. Balctwin continued indicating that for a long-range solution to the problem, Council could either proceed with condemnation of the entire Law property, or proceed to acquire one acre for use as a parking lot for City Hall and Library. Council discussed what property in the vicinity of City Hall could be acquired, noting what property the City currently owns, and discussed the possibility of expanding on &sting City-owned property. Council then carpared 'the proposal to construct a Corrrmmity Development Center on the Law property, with the possibility of constructing a 'two-s tory office and parking facility on the existing parking lot along Fio Pico, Frcmthe standpoint of land acquisition costs, development expenses and efficient operation of administration, Council agreed that the latter would be less expensive and mre efficient, if the needs of the City at total build out could be met. In this regard, Council requested staff to evaluate the needs for City Hall facilities.in terms of .the total build aut program, and de a reconmendation in order to determine if all, needs could be met without acquiring any of .the Law . The City Attorney then actvised that if Council elected to abandon the condamation proceedings previously instituted on the Law property, such decision should be made prior to Christmas to avoid substantial penalties. Council authorized staff to obtain an appraisal on parcel on Laguna, including an additicmal adjacent acre also available, and proceed to negotiate with the owner for the acquisition of same. For the record, Councilman Lewis indicated his negative vote was predicated on the opinion that a parking lot -in a predminately residential area would be inapprapriate. COUNCiL -2- Ncveniber 24, 1980 8 c. Revised 1980-81 Capital Improvment Budget. - .The staff report was presented by Frank Matmen, Assistant City Manager/Administration, Fkro referenced his Yoveniber 21, '1980 . Mmrandm to the City Manager, and detailed the deletions and other changes in the programs as set forth therein. The City Manager added that the sunnary of ~rupos'ed Capital Improvement Program, attached to Mr. Ymen's Memorandum, . reflected those projects proposed for the 1980-81 year. If the Council concurred, a Resolution adopting the same-would be prepared and presented to Council. Following brief discussion, Council directed staff to prepare the necessary Resolutim to adopt the Capital Inprovemait Program Budget, in concept, construction of any such project to occur only following Council review and approval of specific plans. 921 2. Wmm RECLAMATION a. Introduction The introduction was presented by Ron BecM, Assistant City &nager/Development, who detailed the history of the wastewater reclamation issue. b. Encina Water Pollutim Control -Facility Dennis Reid, Encina General Manager, distributed graphs depicting population figures ampred to cayacities of the 2000 which illustrat sewer, and detaiJed the same. Addressing the issue of wastewater reclamation, W. Reid explained that sa was not practical at the Encina plant and detailed the techical reasons therefor. Council then recognized Mr. A. J. Sko&cki, '3535 Bedford Circle, Carlsbad, CA. , who expressed the opinion that it was fortuitous that the refeTenced graphs illustrated capacity concurrent with demand in that a portion of such capacity would be derived frm satellite plants which were not scheduled at the time projections were made for Encina expansidn. Mr. Skotnicki questioned, therefore, whether an excess armunt of sewer capacity was being created. RECESS : &yor Packard announced a recess at 8:19 P.M. and Council reconvened at 8:31 P.M., with all members present. c. Lake Calavera Hills A status report was who indicated the essentially camp1 distributed to Co general partner. - * .sewer system ne coutwL -3- Mr. Evans continue& explaining that it appeared that there was sufficient -capacity in Encina at the present time to handle th demand from the Lake Calavera Hills sewer service area. In su circumstance, it would be mre cost effective to utilize same rather than operate the LCH plant until either the capacity at Encina was exhated, or there was a need for reclaimed With the aid of wall map exhibits, Mr. Evans further explained that based on the above, staff was recamending that the effluent disposal line not be constructed at this t~. Sthe the develaper would furnish a bond to ensure consmition at such time as needed. capacity, although at a greater cost. d. Capital Facilities Requirements With regard to this element, Mr. Evans indicated that based on the Master Pian prepared by Brawn. & Caldwell, the collection system, the public improvements, the only difference between having a regional facility at Encina and having the satellite .plants would be the deletion of the lines discussed above. e. Palomar Treatmsnt and Reclamation Facility Rqort. Mr. Don Owens made this presentation, referencing his October 1980 report entitled '!Financing Feasibility Study . . . , . . Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Program for the Palm Airport Reclamation Facility." Essentially, 3k. Owens related the projected water needs and sources of water available, the statistics on which conclude that by the year 2000 there will be a shortage of water under While use of water at that time will not be affected, there will be no major augmentation which will , hmever, affect the ability to provide water for future develqent. There- 'fore local origins of water will need to be developed. This can be accamplished through wastewater reclamatim, better use of water through conjunctive uses, or desalting ocean terms of vested rights. With regard to the plant at Palmar Airport, Xr.. Owens expla the advantage of that location near the ocean in that the large storage requirmts usually reqyired were negated by th proximity to the ocean outfall:. Therefore, reclaimed water could be discharged according to the market dmd and/or discharged into the ocean. Since water could be discharged at any given time throughout the year, the costs of storage would be alleviated. COUNCIL -4- Mr. Owens concluded his report stating that while *e cost of preparing the Palm Airport plant for reclamation would be higher at this tk, the cost of reclaiming water at Encina in tenns of energy and other costs would increase considerably in the future over the costs of Palmar today. f. Water Availability This presentaticm was made by Ek. Bill Meadows , General Manager of the Costa Real Municipal kter District who stated that the dmd for water was less than when the State Water Project was designed; therefore there exists a "cushion*', although there ramin significant challenges in term of providing water and detailed sane current projects in that regard. However, Mr. Meadows explained there exists the. possibility of a water shortage in the event of another drought in Northern California as experienced a few years ago. Such reoccurrence would measurably affect the water supply for Southern California. With regard to supplying water, Mr. Yeadm explained the Mr. Beckman utilized wall charts and graphs illustrating the need ccmpared with capacity and the areas (time as represented on the graphs) when the need may exceed the capacity and ccmcluded the matter is a subjective issue. To be considered further is the fact that all future sewage treatxmt and reclamation facilities will be 100% locally funded -- there are no more state or federal funds available Mayor Packard then invited public-testimony . Council recognized Mr. A. J . Skotnicki, 3535 Bedford Circle,/ 1 Carlsbad, who posed the ques tion: In view of continuing expansion at Encina, when will the Lake Calavera Hills capacity be used, and qressed the opinion that the Master Plan of Encina must be agreed upon by all member agencies. Council recognized Mr. Steve Kissick, 7912 Las Nueces Place, Carlsbad, who indicated he was a der of the Leucadia County Water District. Mr. Kissick expressed the opinion that the Council must make their determination based upon at which point the cost of water is not justified by the cost of producing water. It was his opinion that the desired objective be to obtain the most water for the least COUNClL -5- Council recognized I&. Dm Woodward, 141 Jefferson,' Carlsbad, who indicated he was a property owner in the Palm Sewer Service Area and that their collective group have invested considerable iuIlDunts of mney in the area of water reclamation and were prepared to advance substantially more. The future needs of the City will be protected by water reclamation proj ects, if the projects are funded by the land owners. "his, then resolves the many political prol&m inherent in the Joint Advisory Comnittee, referenced by&. Skotnicki. Council recognized Bernie Fipp , principal of the Koll Campany, with off ices in San Diego and Carlsbad. Mr. Fipp concurred with the statements of Mr. WooctWard expressing the opinion that a satellite system by the .City would avdd the problems of JAC, the Coastal corranission and PA. Followiry: very brief discussion and comt, Council directed staff to proceed in the same direction which the City has been pursuing in the area of water reclamation for the past years, and directed staff to prepare such docunents as necessary to implement future step. Councilwanan Kulchin expressed the opinia that the letter should specifically endorse the inclusion of a sand replenishem program, as well as advocating a continuous sand bypass system. Council directed staff to forward the. letter, as drafted. ADJOURNMENT By proper mtion, cil adjourned at 10:28 P.M.