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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-10-16; Encina Joint Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; Minuteso Minutes of JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE October 16, 197A Cha i rma n, Ed Stiles Vice-Chairman, Stanley Mahr Present:Buena : Carlsbad: Enc i n i tas: Leucad i a : San Diego County: San Marcos: Vista: Oceans i de: Brown and Caldwell Blade-Tribune: Ed Stiles, Bill Dominguez David Dunne, Lew Chase, Ron Beckman, Herb Ketay, Diane Edmunds Mark Schneider, Lee Arnold, Jack Kubota Richard Hanson, G. Stanley VanSickle Jim Frandsen Scott Dow Paul Pressman, Joseph Zapotocky, Bob Foo, Wayne Elliott Al Ruden Eric M i sche Liz Harris Minutes of September 18 Meeting Minutes were approved as submitted. Operations and Maintenance Reports Flow and cost reports revealed that costs were running according to the budget. Flows are highest they have ever been. The "New Careers Program" funding is in danger of having their funds cut down. This would reduce the number of personnel used under this program by Encina and may result in a need for more operators to per- form the work now being done by the trainees under the program. The laboratory modifications are proceeding satisfactorily. It expected that the work will be finished in about a month. i s There were two industrial waste violations during the month. Singer- Kearfott had a spill which occurred due to an inherent weakness in the design of their pretreatment system; Burroughs had another violation of their heavy metal discharge requirements. Plans for Burroughs' long- range system have been submitted and are now being reviewed by the County It was pointed out by the County Counsel that the County does not have the authority to direct industries to make corrections with regard to industrial waste violations. It is up to the agencies to enforce the ordinance. It was suggested by Mr. Frandsen that the agencies might want to consider changing their ordinances. Mr. Pressman advised that one agreement among all entities and the County for the County to provide enforcement services would be the easiest method of handling the problem. The Chairman suggested that everyone discuss this with their respective councils and get their opinions. C 3 Joint Advisory Committee October 16, 197** Page Two 2. Operations and Maintenance Reports, cont'd. The other items were of routine nature for maintenance record. 3. Review of Existing and Projected Flows Total flow was 7.239 up from 7-0 MGD. The biggest increase in conn- ections was in San Marcos. A. Progress Report on Construction of Phase II and Phase MA Construction is proceeding well, with Phase II being %~J% complete and Phase MA 78% complete. Copies of letters advising of delays in equipment delivery were included in the agenda packet. 5. Report by Special Sub-Committee on "Independent Management Study" Mr. Beckman reported that proposals had been sent to a number of firms; he had received telephone communications from at least 5 of the firms, requesting more information. So far, he had received only one written response, declining the offer because of the amount of money allowed. He expected responses from at least 2 other firms, and would be having a meeting of the sub-committee in the latter part of the month; then a special meeting of the JAC will be requested in order to advise the members of the specific recommendation. The amount of money allocated to the study was discussed, and the possibility of increasing the total. The sub-committee will consider this in their recommendation to the Joint Advisory Committee. 6. Progress Report on Phase III Eric Mische of Brown and Caldwell related that they had done most of the background work on the environmental impact report. They are at a point now where they cannot go any further without the direction of the members as to flow. He had developed projected flows based on the projected populations given to him by the member agencies and his projection would equal a need for a capacity of approximately 2k MGD. However, as the eligible population, as established by the State, would be 12^,400 in 1986, the eligible capacity would be approximately 12 MGD. Mr. Mische suggested that we design to our present capacity of 13-75 MGD. This, to the State, would not be g rowth-i nduc i ng , as opposed to the 2*t MGD, which would be considered growth-inducing. The possibility of re- rating the primary tanks to 16 MGD with secondary treatment was discussed After considerable discussion, it was moved (Chase-Foo) that the pro- fessionals of each agency sit down with Eric and decide what point would be a good gamble on the amount of flow. 7. Report by Oceanside on Future Plans Mr. Ruden from the City of Oceanside reported that, since the submittal Joint Advisory October 16, \3 Page Three Committee Report by Oceanside on Future Plans, cont'd. of a letter to the Joint Advisory Committee about 6 months ago, Ocean- side has had Brown and Caldwell do a study. His Council has authorized staff to write a letter formally requesting inclusion, in the joint system, of that area of Oceanside in the Agua Hedionda Watershed. He was asking for guidance as to what steps we want them to take in sub- mitting this request. After considerable discussion of the proposal and possible limitations to be put on the joint system with regard to Phase III, it was suggested to Mr. Ruden that he write a letter to the Joint Advisory Committee outlining his request and, when the professional staff meets with Eric Mische, they will include Oceanside in their discussion at that time. 0 ther Business Ron Beckman introduced Herb Ketay, the new Utilities/Maintenance Director for the City of Carlsbad. He will be attending the JAC meetings now instead of Tim Flanagan. Set Date for Next Meeting Next meeting was set for November 20. Respectfully submitted, Diane Edmunds