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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-08-19; Municipal Water District; MinutesI MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, HELD ON AUGUST 19, 1987, AT 2:OO P.M. AT 5950 EL CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA. The meeting was called to order at 2:OO p.m. by President Haasl, with Directors Bonas, Henley, Maerkle and Woodward present. Also in attendance were General Manager Brammell, District Engineer Greaney, Superintendent Musser, Legal Counsel Moser,, Administrative Analyst Poole and Executive Secretary Woodward. Lola Sherman, Katheryn Horton, J. Bonasia, Pat Guevara, Ralph Anderson, Barbara Hallman, Hilary Horton and two representatives of Hernandez Associates also attended. Pledge of Allegiance 5 The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Approval of Minutes Director Bonas made a motion that the minutes of the ad- journed Board'meeting of July 29, 1987 reflect verbatim President Haasl's speech as well as Director Bonas's complete County Water Authority report, seconded by.Director Maerkle and carried with Directors Woodward and Haasl voting no. I After Mr. Moser made a correction on page 2 of the minutes of the Special Board meeting of July 29, 1'987, Director Henley made a motion approving the minutes of both meetings as changed, seconded by Director Woodward and unanimously carried. Oral Communications from the Audience President Haasl introduced the new Director of Utilities for the City of Carlsbad, Ralph Anderson. I Consent Calendar A. Ratification of Checks B. Ratification of Investments C. Purchase Orders (none) D. Notice of Completion - Santa Fe 11 Reservoir, CRMWD 83-109 E. Notice of Completion - Santa Fe 11 Reservoir Transmission Main, CRMWD 83-109(B) RESOLUTION NO. 552 RESOLUTION NO. 553 F. 1st Amendment to Water Service Agreement for Calavera Hills L-1, CT 85-30, CRMWD 85-502 G. Information Item on Water Conservation Ordinance H. Information Item on FPPC In- igation of Jack Kubota After pulling items B, D and E for discussion, Director Bonas made a motion to approve the balance of the items which .include Resolution No. 552, "RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIREC- TORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AUTHORIZING AC- CEPTANCE OF SANTA FE I1 RESER- VOIR," and Resolution No. 553, "RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIREC- TORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AUTHORIZING AC- CEPTANCE OF SANTA FE 11 RESER- VOIR TRANSMISSION MAIN," sec- onded by Director Henley and unanimously carried. After I discussion of the pulled items, Director Bonas made a motion approving those items (B, D and E), seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried. Unfinished Business I Consideration of Water Education Director Bonas advised that Specialist Position the Personnel Committee recom- mends Board approval of the RESOLUTION NQ, 554 job description so the General Manager can fill the position as soon as possible. She proposed Board consideration of filling the position with a part time person or hiring a consultant. After some discussion and an inquiry to Legal Counsel, Mr. Moser responded that under the Administrative Code, when the Board establishes a position the General Manager has the right to employ people on a parttime basis as long as the position's been established. If you authorize the position you can then direct the Manager to fill the position on either. full or part time subject to change in the future. You then have to consider what kind of person would want to walk into that type of situation. After further discussion, Director Henley made a motion that the Administrative Code be amended to include the position of Water Education Specialist by Resolution No. 554,. "RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT CRE- ATING THE POSITION OF WATER EDUCATION SPECIALIST AND ADDING A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THAT POSITION," with the General Manager to decide how it is handled, seconded by DireCtor Woodward. The motion carried with Director Maerkle voting no. He gave his reason as being that he felt it should be in the motion that we are going to try it out for awhile. Committee Reports Engineering and Operations Information Item on Mount Israel Mr. Brammell advised that this report will have to be re- scheduled. Legal and Legislative Consideration of Opposing Director Bonas reviewed the Assembly Bill 859 (Sher) urgency of MWD's request for support of their opposition to this Bill. They have now revised their opinion due to con- cessions by Mr. Sher and are now in support of the Bill. No action required by our Board. I Consideration of Contracting with Director Maerkle made a motion Endeman, Lincoln, Turek and Heater that we have the firm of for Santa--Fe I1 Proceedings Endeman, Lincoln, Turek and Heater finish up on the em- -2- August 19, 1987 I inent domain proceedings for Costa Real Municipal Water District versus MeadowlarkFarms sothatwe canget it finished up as fast as possible, seconded by Director Henley, President Haasl called for discussion. After discussing the two proposals including fees, qualifications and experience, a vote was called. The motion passed with Directors Bonas and Haasl voting no. Staff Reports District Engineer Mr. Greaney said they will be filing the Notices of Completion approved on the Consent Calendar earlier in this meeting. He offered a tour of the projects to any interested Board member. Discussion followed on landscaping of the projects and the necessary irrigation, as well as fencing for the sites - that are having a lot of vandalism, Superintendent Mr. Musser gave the lake level as 499.0, and we are taking 29 c.f.s. He added that we are currently installing 8 foot fencing at TAP. We will then do the same at La Costa Hi. I Attorney Mr. Moser said he will have a draft lea'se for Cablevision ready for review at our next Board meeting. Manager ' Insurance from Outside Groups Mr. Brammell advised that none Using District Facilities of the groups using our facil- ities has insurance (see memo- randum in agenda packet), but his recommendation is to continue to allow them the use of our Boardroom. Discussion followed in which Director Bonas asked Mr. Moser to check on our current ACWA policy to ascertain if our insurance covers outside groups using our facility. Mr. Moser advised that the basic liability would come back to this District. Director Woodward then made a motion that the General Manager investigate what the insurance would cost to provide liability coverage for the current groups and any additional groups or individuals using the facility, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried. (See results and Board action on page 4 of these minutes.) Water Reuse Symposium IV Mr. Brammell suggested that the time might be appropriate for this District and the City of Carlsbad to consider a joint master plan for water facilities. (See memorandum in agenda packet,) Discussion followed. Director Woodward made a motion thatMr.Brammellbeauthorizedtoproceedwiththe first stepof his recommendation; contacting the City Utilities Director to determine if the City is interested in working with the District on a joint master plan for water facilities, seconded by Director Maerkle and carried with Director Haasl voting no, I -3- August 19, 1987 I I Speaker for Quarterly Water Mr. Brammell advised that an Association Meeting exceptional speaker that he heard at the Water Reuse Sym- posium, might be available for the Quarterly Water Association Meeting in October and recommended that he be authorized to contact her. (See memorandum in agenda packet,) After dis- cussion, Director Henley made a motion authorizing the Manager to arrange for .Ms. Lohman to be our speaker, seconded by Director Woodward and carried with Directors Maerkle and Bonas voting no. Consideration of Property Tax Mr. Brammell reported on this, Rates for 1987-88 matter (see memorandum in a- genda packet) and recommended RESOLUTION NO, 555 Board approval of the reso- lution. After discussion, Director Maerkle made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 555, "RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT DETERMINING THE AMOUNTS NECESSARY TO BE RAISED BY TAX- ATION IN THE COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 OF THE COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATR DISTRICT, IM- PROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3 OF THE COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 4 OF THE COSTA REAL MUNI- CIPAL WATER DISTRICT, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 1987, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1988, AND FIXING THE RATES OF TAX TO BE LEVIED FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR," seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried. Recess President Haasl called for a recess at 3:17 p.m. The meet- ing resumed at 3:32 p.m. (continuation) - Insurance from Mr. Moser reported that he has Outside Groups Using District checked the District's insur- Facilities (see page 3) ance policy .and staff has con- tacted ACWA. There is no special events coverage exclusion in our policy and ACWA confirms that we have coverage for special events. Director Woodward then made a motion that we allow the continued use of our facility by organizations, to be screened in the proper manner by the General Manager as he's been doing, seconded by Director Henley and unanimously carried. Organizational Reports I San Diego County Water Authority Director Bonas advised that their meeting is tomorrow. She has received a notice from Ralph Grahl, Acting General Manager, regarding another delay on Pam0 Dam. She also received a notice from Henry Lazano regarding an in lieu charge that will be acted on at tomorrow's meeting. Costa Real is now allowed 680 votes as determined by assessed evaluation. Association of Water Reclamation Agencies President Haasl advised that this meeting was held while -4- August 19, 1987 I she was in Denver so there is no report. Directors' Reports Requested Reports on Water Delivery System Planning Director Haerkle - re County Water Authority past planning processes for water treatment and distribution: "Well, the Water Authority as you know, are the people that import the water from the Metropolitan. They have the pipelines come down, but it is up to each agency to have their own storage. And, evidently, according to VID as set out, they have local, their Lake Henshaw, as they have so much to use that VID put out a letter the other day saying that under Santa Ana conditionsthe Vista Irrigation District will require a flow of 10,800 gallons a minute of imported filtered water to meet demands of its users. The Water Authority will only allocate 9,900 gallons per minute so you can see that everybody is going to be cut back down and if you don't have the proper storage that's where it comes in. Now they have four barrels andwehave the fifthonewhich bringsthe water to us here in Carlsbad. And, with the flows that we're getting at the present time these barrels are all running to full capacity and over. In other words, ,there's about 18 days in the month of June when they were beyond what the capacity is. And, so it comes back to the fact that if you don't have your proper storage you don't have any water, And, as far as the planning on it is concerned, I think that the, everybody planned; they endeavored to buy water from up in Colorado, and the Metropolitan is endeavoring at the present time to make a deal with the Impe.ria1 Irrigation District. The Water Authority is doing everything they can to .get water, but it's just only so much water and nothing you can do about it. I' 1 I When President Haasl asked if that was Director Maerkle's expla- nation for the past planning processes for water treatment and distribution in the last 25 years at the Water Authority, Director Maerkle responded, "They have planned, we planned. In 1970 this District bought what is known as Squires Dam No. I1 in order to give us additional storage. About 19.., somewhere, 3-4 years ago, it was kind of put on the shelf/back burner. If we hadn't of, we would probably be working on it now and I think that the proper thing for us to do is not stop but to go ahead and get ahold of the City of Carlsbad, the City of Oceanside, the City of Vista and ourselves, put up a reservoir and make it a park up there; make it a joint powers.the same as Helix did, If we do that, we'll be in and able to get some money from the State of California to help out. And we have tried, we've planned, but somehow the plans got shelved. But, I think it's time that we proceed on it so that we don't get caught again. It's one of these things; when the drought comes that's it." -5- August 19, 1987 I Director BonaS - re County Water Authority current water delivery problems, solution and cost: (The following is in response to thequestions of President Haasl at the July 29, 1987 Board meeting. 1 "My philosophy is not to seek an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth or we would be blind and toothless. With the tone set I'll proceed . "Question 1: Extent of current problem. Answer: The extent of. the current water year is classed critical1.y dry; not a "crisis," Hence our Stage I1 water conservation action which was prompted by Operations and staff of the County Water Authority. They requested all member agencies to fire up their water conservation plans, As demand exceeds supply CWA will issue "Water Conservation Alerts." Customers are requested to minimize water use thru the hot months. "Question 2: How long with the solution? Answer: United we stand, divided we fall. It requires the cooperation of all member agencies. Immediate conservation techniques and building of additional storage. DWR has determined no surplus water will be available from 1990 on except during exceptionally wet periods. I can't answer how long (5 to 10 years) or how high right now. If nothing is done to increase the dependable water supplies of the DWR by the year 2000 Agri contractors will receive an insufficient supply in two out of three years and muni and industrial contractors will be short of water in one out of three years. CWA pipeline planning must begin this fall for I -service in 1995. "Question 3: What is recommendation for CRMWD to do while CWA is coming,up with a solution? Answer: I do not wish to preempt management's domain but my recommendation is to await the Luke- Dudek report on Squires Dam and then decide on the best course of action. Meanwhile get the word out to consumers about using serious water conservation practices. CWA, MET and the California Water Committee are all eager to give us ready releases and P.R. assistance, free for the most part. Ours for the asking. "Question 4: How much will it cost? Solution. Answer: The cost is to be borne by all statewide agencies. The proposed new S.W. Project facilities would cost $1.298 billion and require the selling of $2.2 billion of bonds to finance construction, thereby requiring an annual repayment of $200 million by the S.W. P. contractors i.e., MET, SDCWA, etc. CWA's proposed pipeline improvement plan should be ready in six weeks for preview. 1 'Question 5: Where do they propose to get the money? Answer: Partly thru (see answer to Question 4) sale of bonds and the bottom line is the consumerpays, you andme - against the world? and into the hereafter. "Question 6: Long and short term solution - should be defined. -6- August 19, 1987 I Answer: There are no quick fixes. Where water facilities are concerned completion time can be from 5 to 40 years. Design, permits from a dozen agencies and financing are some of the hurdles which are more difficult to overcome with each passing month. Let's not forget legislation - the big tactical delay. (a) Southern California will face a shortage of more than 850,000 A.F. per year in the year 2000 (during a drought). Six million more people are projected to live here by the year 2010. Urban demand not agri demand drives the need for additional water. (b) Southern California State Project contractors will pay 60% of cost for the new water conservation facilities, and they will receive 57% of the dry period water supply benefits at year 2000. Soon after turn of century Southern California will receive 60% of the water. (c) I see as CRMWD's objective - Having enough water to satisfy all demands year round of our current population. I recommend that the District staff study and research the number of con- sumers our present facilities will serve with potable water. Are we at our capacity? If not, what is our max with our current facilities? I request the results be presented to the Board by our next Board meeting.. (d) Recommend staff develop a ready to serve letter of availa- bility. The number to be determined by staff's report on item (c) above, i.e. zero to 500 pop. ann. (e) I move that staff be directed to set up a joint workshop meeting of the entire Boardof CRMWD and the City Council totake place within 4 weeks. Purpose: to discuss water issues, local and State and discuss any other subject of mutual concern. .Many changes are due in the ,near future and we should be working together in harmony in honor of the Harmonic Convergence. (1) Safety Center: suggested meeting place. (2) Other attendees: both Managers and our Administrative Assistants, Utilities Man- ager, Mr. Moser, Mr. Biondo and his Secretary (free association, not orchestrated). Agenda of topics O.K.. (f) Near the bottom but not last, water reclamation programs including storage facilities and dual pipelines are important and dialogue could begin with the Item (e) workshop. (9) The Squires Reservoir project is CRMWD's most important project in terms of protecting the District against short tern water shortage. What is the status of this project (Tom) and estimated cost? Wait!! I I (h) Long term the water philosophy of the CWA has been to meet the member agencies supply demands on request. The immense growth in San Diego County may influence a new effect on past policies and procedures of CWA. Also the water industry must recognize the inevitable impact and opposition that environmental groups have on future developments. The financial impact will certainly put the brakes on many new facilities. (Pertinent] -7- August 19, 1987 I Last week (evening 8/12/87) I attended the Delta Bay Hearings in Irvine. The State Water Resources Control Board listened to hours of testimony by groups from all over Southern California, It was pointed out that not only Orange County's booming population is outstripping its water supply - all of Southern California is creating an escalating need for more not less water! I can safely say it's not my fault. "In closing I wish to announce that the Acting General Manager of the County Water Authority, Ralph Grahl, and Mr. Lin Burzell, consulting engineer re new pipelines and acqueducts,.will make a presentation on September 2, 1987 to our Board and guests. They will answer any technical questions anyone may have re pipeline sizes, locations, and costs in more detail than I have given." Consideration of Authorization Director Maerkle made a motion for Attending the CSDA Meeting that any Directors wishing to in October go, be authorized to attend this meeting, seconded by Di- rector Bonas and unanimously carried. Closed Session (Pursuant to Government Code Section 549.57 1 Request for Closed Session Director Bonas made a motion Regarding Manager's Performance to go into closed session for matters of'personnel, seconded by Director Maerkle. The vote was called and the motion failed with Directors Haasl, Henley and Woodward voting no, Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 4:06. I Respectfully submitted, fi dchL P sident, Board of Directors I -8- August 19, 1987