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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-03-27; Encina Joint Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; Minutesc Minutes of JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Encina Water Pollution Control Fac • * * ii i i ty March 27, Chairman, Ed Stiles V i ce-C ha ? rma n, Stanley Ma h r 'resent Guests: Buena: Ca r1sbad: Enci ni tas: San Diego County; San Marcos: Vista: L.C.W.D. Ed Stiles, Bill Domihguez David Dunne, Lew Chase, Mary Anne Carson """ Mark Schneider, Jack Kubota Chuck Oldsen Stanley Mahr, Jim McKay Paul Pressman, Wayne Elliott, Mayor Meyer, Joseph Zapotocky Richard Hanson League of Women Voters: Ruth Honnold, Jane Skotnicki Blade Tribune: Mike Hart Lowry £- Associates: Dennis 0'.,Leary 1. Minutes of February 20, 197** meeting The minutes of the February 20, 197^ meeting were approved as submi tted. 2. Movie on Underwater Pictures Taken of New Outfall Extension and Sealing Problem of Existing Port Covers. An X-rated movie was run showing the new outfall and portions of the existing section. The leaking port covers were shown to be very obviously leaking and the rock ballast almost covering l: the pipe in many areas. The photography was excellent consider- ing the underwater conditions and the movie was considered a success. 3. Operations and Maintenance Reports . Mr. Oldsen reported that the February flows were down over January, Significant items were: a) February ^^lk sewage flow was 6.6kk MGD which is .582 MGD above February 1973 flows. b) The operation and maintenance costs for February, 197^ were still below the prorated budget. c) There was a.problem in the primary digester possibly caused c oby an experimental solution injected into the system a short time before the digester imbalance began to occur. d) An automatic sampling device was installed at Burroughs Corp. to monitor plant wastewater discharge. 4. Review of Existing and Projected Flows of Participating Agencies Every agency had its report in on time for the month of February. The number of new connections is down and it looks as if growth has slowed down considerably. 5. Report of Progress Hade on the Construction of the Phase I I and "TlA Enlargements of the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility Mr. Oldsen reported that Phase IT is 35% completed and Phase MA is 22% completed. A letter from Weardco, dated February 21, 197^, was discussed in which Weardco asked for an extension of time on their contract. They are having delivery problems and estimate that completion will be delayed for Phase II until December 197^-, and for Phase MA until January, 1975. The County advised Weardco that they resubmit their request fifteen or twenty days prior to the contract expiration date,, at which time they will be able to be more definite as to completion dates. 6. Progress Report on Discussion with Executive Officer of California Regional Water Qua 1ity Control Board, San Diego Region Regarding Findings of Interim Chemica1 Treament Investigation. Mr. Oldsen reported ^hat he talked to the Water Quality Control Board's Leonard Burtman and he advised that as long as we could produce the effluent quality that the present order from the Board requires there would be no problem in terms of exceeding the flow volumes mentioned in the Resolution.. Mr. Burtman requested that the report study findings and recommendations from Brown and Caldwell be provided him as backup to our treat- ment capabi1i ty. 7. Continued Discussion on Best Method to Resolve Problem of Disburse- ment of Fifth Supplement Excess Buy-in Monies After some discussion, a motion (Chase-Zapotocky) was passed authorizing the preparation of the Seventh Supplement in accor- dance with the terms of the last draft approved by JAC plus parts of the draft of Nov. 1, 1973 relating to full membership in JAC with voting rights for Leucadia and Encinitas, ownership rights equal to capacity rights, and the distribution of the buy- in monies in accordance with the letter of February 13, 197^, to Leucadia signed by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Zapotocky. An exhibit will be added to this setting forth percentages of capacity and owner- ship of all the participants. This draft will be sent out for review by each agency before the next meeting. 8. Continued Discussion of Phase III Enlargement and Request for Direction to Staff and Consulting Engineer. This item will be reviewed in draft form at the next meeting. -EL- W It was also noted that Vista is now free to hire Brown & Galdwel1. 9. Report of Findings Resulting from Study on Use of Reclaimed Water for Proposed Macario Independent Refinery Mr. O'Leary, of Lowry & Associates, reviewed the possibilities for reclaiming water and explained to the JAC that, because the expense of pumping the effluent uphill to their plant plus the expense of secondary treatment made the cost prohibitive, the Macario Plant would buy water from CMWD. If and when the Encina Plant is required to install secondary treatment, they will reconsider using the effluent, which method will save approxim- ately $45.00 per acre foot over secondary treatment. 10. Other Business Mr. Oldsen informed the JAC that the proposed budget for 197^-75 contains several inaccuracies and will have to be redone. Next month a more accurate version will be presented to the Committee for the!r review. Mr. Chase requested comments from the Board regarding reorganiza- tion of the JAC. A motion (Dominguez-Zapotocky) was passed that Mr. Alex Bowie, who specializes in agency reorganization, be invited to speak at.the next meeting, if possible. Mr. Oldsen advised JAC members to take a look at Brown and Caldwell's Master Survey, Chapter 10, on reorganization. Mr. Chase suggested that a special study be instituted regarding the existing and future needs on trunk lines. Mr. Chase reported that he had contacted "the owner of the land adjacent to the north side of the Encina Plant regarding purchase of the property. Mr. Chase will be meeting with him shortly. 11. Set Date for Next Meeting The date for the next JAC meeting was set for Wednesday, April 17, 1974. Respectfully submitted, Mary Anne Carson Acting Recording Secretary