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Home My WebLink About1976-02-26; Encina Joint Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; Minutesc 0<L 9 .?•',J *""""->'" i JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE February 26, 1976 Chairman, Ed Stiles Vice-chairman, Stanley Mahr Present:Buena: Carlsbad: Encinitas: Leucadia: San Diego Co: San Marcos: Vista: Blade-Tribune: Brown & Caldwell: Carlsbad Council; LOWV: Ed Stiles, Bill Dorainguez Lew Chase, Dave Dunne, Ron Beckman, Diane Hubbard C.D. Bricks, Mark Schneider, Jack Kubota Dick Hanson, Caroline Lash Chuck Oldsen, G.M. Bowman, Gary Decker Stanley Mahr, Jim McKay Bob Foo, Joe Zapotocky, Paul Pressman Liz Harris Lynn Hartford A.J. Skotnicki Ruth Honnold, Jane Skotnicki Minutes of 28 January Meeting The minutes of the January 28 meeting were approved as submitted. Operations and Maintenance Report The. digester cleaning has been completed, with the contractor doing a fine job. Weardco.started reconstruction of the supernatant box that was corroded immediately upon the completion of the digester cleaning. The interior will be fiberglass to prevent future corrosion. There are a few items in the digester that need to be taken care of by staff. No odor complaints were phoned in .this past month. Weardco has commenced clean up -work on Phase IIA and is moving along with the punch list. The flow was just about the same as December, with Encinitas1 flow still down and Oceanside's flow a little high. Encinitas reported that their recorder will be adjusted this week. Cost accounting chart had an error; where Agua Hedionda .shows $29,956, it should be $20,956. Existing and Projected Flows 116 new connections. Action Report on Hydrogen Sulfide Problem Leucadia's Board of Directors authorized an agreement with Lathrop Labs for a demonstration testing program of 90 days of a new process for controlling sulfide odors. They are hopeful that it will be a solution to the problem. However, during the test period, they will terminate chlorine and air injection. Joint Advisory Committee February 25, 1976 Page Two 4. Action Report, cont'd. San Marcos is continuing to chlorinate and is getting zero readings. They feel that their problem is in the junction with Buena and not with sulfides. Encinitas has their engineers working on the problem; Jack Kubota advised that he had just received the draft of the reoort from the consultant. They will be going to a flushing system and will also experiment with air injection. 5. Phase II and IIA Progress Report This item was covered under the 0 & M report. 6. Phase III Progress Report The appeal of the coastal permit was covered by Paul Pressman. He related that a meeting with staff and other agencies involved would be held the following week, along with the opponents to look at the situation and discuss it. Staff will make a recommendation to the Commission and then a decision will be made. He did not feel that there was a possibility that the permit would be denied, but rather that more stringent conditions would be placed on it. The primary issue seemed to be growth and our staff is trying to show that the San Diego area is far ahead of others in the State on air quality and associated problems of growth. Chuck talked about the design contract; revisions have been made to the contract to make it agree with new regulations imposed by EPA. A meeting was held with the negotiating committee and they reviewed the approach, finding it reasonable and understandable. The final draft will be available for review by Counsel and then EPA and then Vista will make the award of contract. • San Marcos brought up the fact that they were having a problem in adopting the resolution regarding the financial plan, project report and EIR. The revenue program and financial plan was where their hang-up was; they could not follow the plan completely and were having a problem with the numbers and the approach. Their board wanted the assurance that they would not be stuck with the methods outlined in the plan. Jim McKay will be meeting with Paul Pressman to discuss the resolution and variations of it that can be made to suit their situation. Vista, Encinitas, Carlsbad and Buena have all adopted the resolution; Leucadia will also meet with the Counsel on the problems involved with the resolution. Joint Advisory Committee February 25, 1976 Page Three 7. Direction from JAC on Allocations After discussion, it was agreed that the agreements spell out that all O & M costs are to be allocated on the basis of flow, while capital items are based on ownership. Ed Stiles will obtain a breakdown on the capital items for insurance purposes. 8. Independent Management Study Subcommittee Only Buena has not approved the management study, and Bill Dominguez advised that this was the first time he had seen the resolution. Ron Beckman asked that each agency forward copies of their respective resolutions to Carlsbad. He further continued that a draft had been prepared, to be sent later to each agency, on qualifications and job description for the manager to be hired. He asked for comments and discussion at the next meeting on the draft. However, the actual job description will be prepared by Carlsbad, taking into considera- tion the advice of JAC. He felt that it would be appropriate if JAC affirmed that the personnel at the plant would be invited to stay on after the take-over by the joint agencies. Lew Chase suggested that Chuck Oldsen inform the personnel of their having the option to stay if they wanted. After considerable discussion and a motion by Bill Dominguez that was.withdrawn, it was finally decided by. motion (Dunne- McKay) that staff was to prepare a statement on this matter to be given to plant personnel, that would be presented at the next meeting. 9. Other Business Chuck advised that he is working on the budget and that, prior to the next meeting, he will have a preliminary copy of it. If there is sufficient lead time, he will send a copy of this draft to each agency for their review prior to the meeting. Respectfully submitted, ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ASSISTANT CAO-- COMMUNITY SERVICES CSA ADVISORY BOARD SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE ORGANIZATION 1. PURELY ADVISORY IN NATURE. 2. SINCE AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD COMMENT IS REQUIRED ONLY ON "MAJOR PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS DIRECTLY AFFECTING PUBLIC SERVICES," IT IS ASSUMED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE SIMILARLY RESTRICTED. 3. POLICY A-40 GOVERNS PROCEDURE FOR CREATION. 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