HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-07-19; Municipal Water District; ; Adoption of the 2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management PlanCA Review _RMC_
Meeting Date: July 19, 2022
To: President and Board Members
From: Scott Chadwick, Executive Manager
Staff Contact: Shoshana Aguilar, Senior Management Analyst
shoshana.aguilar@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2360
Dave Padilla, Utilities Engineering Manager
dave.padilla@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2356
Subject: Adoption of the 2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management
Plan
Districts: All
Recommended Action
Adopt a resolution adopting the 2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
to be eligible for grant funding.
Executive Summary
As part of the North San Diego Water Reuse Coalition, the Carlsbad Municipal Water District is
applying for a Proposition 1, Integrated Regional Water Management grant to fund
construction, design and other related costs for the proposed D-4 recycled water tank. The tank
is the final part of the Phase III recycled water expansion in the 2019 Recycled Water Master
Plan. One of the conditions of the Proposition 1 grant is formal adoption of the 2019 San Diego
Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. Staff recommend that the Carlsbad City Council,
acting as the CMWD Board of Directors, adopts the San Diego Integrated Regional Water
Management Plan.
Discussion
In 2002, the State Legislature passed the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act
to encourage local entities to improve water quality and water supply reliability. Since then, the
San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management has served as a local organization to bring
state dollars to local water infrastructure projects. Grant programs such as this one reduce the
financial burden on ratepayers to replace and construct critical infrastructure for water
delivery, storage and reuse. To be eligible for the funds, water agency boards must formally
adopt the Integrated Regional Water Management plans that are updated periodically.
On June 17, 2014, the CMWD board adopted the San Diego Integrated Regional Water
Management Plan, 2013 update, as a prerequisite for funding a portion of the recycled water
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system expansion. The San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management awarded $4 million
to the CMWD under Proposition 84, Round 3.
On Nov. 4, 2014, California voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and
Infrastructure Improvement Act. Proposition 1 authorized an additional $510 million in
Integrated Regional Water Management funding. The San Diego Integrated Regional Water
Management awarded an additional $4 million to the CMWD from the state’s Water Recycling
Funding Program, Proposition 1, to extend the recycled water pipeline.
Now, the San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management is soliciting grant applications for
funding under Proposition 1, Round 2. The CMWD applied for approximately $1 million in
funding to pay for construction, design, and other related costs for the proposed D-4 recycled
water tank, Capital Improvement Program Project No. 5210, as part of the North San Diego
Water Reuse Coalition. One of the conditions of the Proposition 1 grant is formal adoption of
the 2019 San Diego IRWM Plan. Staff anticipate having until Aug. 19, 2022, to adopt the plan for
this round of funding.
The 2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management Plan incorporates stakeholder
input, updated planning documents, planning studies completed since the 2007 and 2013
Integrated Regional Water Management plans, and lessons learned to identify and address the
water management needs of the region. This latest update moves the region’s water resources
management planning forward to address concerns such as sustainable water development,
valuing stormwater as a resource, investing in marginalized communities’ water systems and
optimizing regional and local infrastructure.
Staff recommend the CMWD board adopt a resolution adopting the 2019 San Diego Integrated
Regional Water Management Plan. This action will make CMWD eligible for state grant funds
that will offset the amount of future rate increases. Staff have identified no drawbacks in
adopting the plan, and not doing so will require the CMWD to use ratepayer funds for
construction instead of applying for a grant from the state.
Fiscal Analysis
The Recycled Water Phase III Reservoir, or D-4 tank, will be funded through disbursements from
a low-interest loan through the State Revolving Fund. At this time, there is sufficient budget to
pay for the project, as the loan works on a reimbursement basis.
Since the loan was established, the CMWD was awarded, and is eligible for, just under $1
million in grant funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in the Water Infrastructure
Improvement for the Nation Act Title XVI program, also through the North San Diego Water
Reuse Coalition. Olivenhain Municipal Water District is the lead agency for managing this grant
disbursement. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must still develop the terms for the funding
agreement before funds will be available. If CMWD were awarded this grant, it could further
offset loan disbursements or cover anticipated project cost increases due to inflation.
Next Steps
CMWD staff are tentatively scheduled to bring the D-4 tank Capital Improvement Project before
the Carlsbad Planning Commission in July 2022. Construction of the tank has not yet started.
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Upon the CMWD board’s adoption of the resolution, the CMWD will be eligible for the
Proposition 1, Round 2 Integrated Regional Water Management grant.
Environmental Evaluation
This action does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a “project”
within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public
Resources Code Section 21065. It has no potential to cause either a direct physical change or a
reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Public Notification
Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the state's Ralph M. Brown Act and it was
available for public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1.Carlsbad Municipal Water District board resolution
2.2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
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RESOLUTION NO. 1680
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING THE 2019 SAN DIEGO INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDING
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, or CMWD, is pursuing funding for completion
of the Phase Ill Recycled Water Project; and
WHEREAS, the CMWD is applying for a Proposition 1, Round 2 grant for approximately $1
million for the proposed D-4 recycled water tank as part of the North San Diego Water Reuse Coalition;
and
WHEREAS, water agencies, such as the CMWD, are only eligible to receive these funds if they
have adopted the 2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, or IRWM; and
WHEREAS, the Board adopted Resolution No. 1491, which adopted the 2013 San Diego IRWM
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 San Diego IRWM Plan incorporates stakeholder input, updated planning
documents, planning studies completed since the 2007 and 2013 IRWM Plans and lessons learned to
identify and address the water management needs of the region.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of the City
of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the 2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water Management Plan is hereby
adopted.
EXHIBIT 1
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Carlsbad Municipal Water District of the City of Carlsbad on the 19th day of J!!!y, 2022, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta.
None.
Norby.
.fr FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)
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Exhibit 2
2019 San Diego Integrated Regional Water
Management Plan
(on file in the Office of the City Clerk)
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