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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-03-26; Encina Joint Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; Minutes* JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE March 26, 1975 Chairman, Ed Stiles Vice-chairman, Stanley Mahr Present:Buena: Carlsbad: Encinitas: Leucadia: San Diego Co: San Marcos: Vista: Blade-Tribune: Brown & Caldwell: H.B. Maynard: Oceanside: LOW: Bill Dominguez Dave Dunne, Lew Chase, Ron Beckman, Herb Ketay, Diane Edmunds Jack Kubota, Lee Arnold Dick Hanson, Stan VanSickle George Long, Sr., Chuck Oldsen Jim McKay, Stan Mahr Paul Pressman, Joe Zapotocky, Wayne Elliott, Bob Foo Liz Harris Eric Mische John Spear, Vern Helland Al Ruden Ruth Honnold, Jane SJcotnicki 1. Minutes of 26 February, 1975 Meeting After several questions by Stan Mahr, the minutes were approved as submitted. 2. Consideration of Oceanside Request to Extend Temporary Conn. Agreement Al Ruden of Oceanside asked to go beyond July 1, 1975 with their temporary connection agreement. He explained that their contract would be awarded that day for the pump station, and that construction would be complete in 210 days. He requested an indefinite extension of the agreement, as they did not think that they would need a full year. Chuck Oldsen advised that their continued flow would not do any harm to the plant. Motion (Zapotocky-Chase) passed that the City of Oceanside's request for an indefinite extension of their temporary connection be approved, provided there be a termination clause in the agreement to read "upon the completion of the Oceanside Buena Vista pump station". Further, the attorney was instructed to prepare the proper document. 3. Operations and Maintenance Reports The flow meter was still not quite what it should be, and the design engineer, Brown and Caldwell, and the manufacturing company, BIF, were requested to resolve the matter. A series of odor complaints from Lanikai mobile home park prompted investigation by Carlsbad. In the lab, a jar of ketone started a small fire that caused approxi- mately $100 damage. Problems were found in the Beckman industrial waste system; the County is spending more time reviewing their system and talking to them in greater depth. Singer-Kearfott has been working on a pH recording system that is not yet operational. Burroughs had a heavy metals discharge (copper) twice during February." They hope that all these problems will be cleared up by the end of next year. ^/oint Advisory Committee March 26, 1975 Page Two 3. Operations and Maintenance Reports/ cont'd. Grease levels in the plant have been going up, resulting in problems with the centrifuge. Cost accounting indicates no serious cost situations. Most budget items are lagging behind for normal reasons and due to the fact that there are less than a normal amount of personnel at the plant. 4. Review of Existing and Projected Flows Vista had the largest number of connections with a total of 73 over- all. Growth rate is down from what it had been. 5. Progress Report on Phase II and IIA To sum up, Phase II sedimentation tank #4 is missing the main drive shaft and sprocket, plus skimmer. The tank will- be ready to go by May 1. Phase IIA calls for bar screen to be installed, and it is due to be shipped in the next few days. It will be ready to go about the same time as tank #4. Sedimentation tank #5 equipment will be shipped during April and will be ready to go about June 15. 6. Progress Report on Phase III Eric Mische advised that he had received a letter from CPO acknow- ledging receipt of Phase III EIS. George Reem of CPO thought they would be recommending that the entire board review the application. Brown and Caldwell has sent copies of the documents to each agency for their consideration. Each agency should make a point that the constituents in their district are aware of the project and upgrading. It was requested by most of the agencies that Eric be available to come and'speak to their respective boards regarding the project. 7. Preliminary Budget for FY 1975-76 Staff of the respective agencies met on March 14 to review budget. The first three pages were 75-76 and then following was this year's budget for comparison. The County was requesting input by April so that by May the final budget could be presented. Some discrepancies were detected in the preliminary budget, also the addition of Ocean- side's revenue would change the budget. Mr. Oldsen would have the errors corrected and send out new copies to all agencies. George Long distributed sheets comparing costs from this year to next year's projected costs. 8. Report on "Independent Management Study" John Spear of H.B. Maynard and Co. reported that, on March 14, the Joint Advisory Committee March 26, 1975 Page Three 8. Report on "Independent Management Study" cont'd. staffs of the respective agencies met with him to review the findings and recommendations of their report with the subcommittee. No major changes were made, but additional information was included. He made a presentation of the findings of the report and their recommendations and gave copies of the report to Carlsbad for their distribution to the agencies. Motion (Chase-Hanson) passed to accept the report as presented to give to the respective entities. 9. Review of Agency Approvals of Leucadia's "Fourth Supplement" Buena has accepted the supplement; Vista will this month; Carlsbad has accepted, as well as Leucadia and San Marcos. Please send your original signed agreements to Carlsbad so that the agreement may be conformed and copies sent to all. 10. Review of Joint System Map The Coastal Zone had been added to the map and areas were colored in. 11. Other Business Chuck Oldsen briefly outlined Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollu- tion Control Amendment. There was a State Water Resources Control Board hearing set to study the planning area and problems. Respectfully submitted,