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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-08-24; Encina Joint Advisory Committee Ad Hoc; MinutesENCINA JOINT POWERS CITY CLERK MINUTES OF THE JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1977 AT THE ENCINA WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY CONFERENCE ROOM Ed Stiles, Chairman Stanley Mahr, Vice Chairman 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Ed Stiles called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM. ROLL CALL Present: County of San Diego Buena Sanitation District San Marcos County Water District Vista Sanitation District Leucadia County Water District Encinitas Sanitary District City of Carlsbad JAC Counsel Encina Joint Powers League of Women Voters Guests: Broadmoor Homes, Inc. Citizens Jim Frandsen Chuck B. Oldsen Ed Stiles Bill Dominguez Jim McKay Stanley Mahr J. J. Zapotocky Bob Foo Richard Hanson Stan Van Sickle Mark Schneider Jack Kubota A. J. Skotnicki Mary Casler Roger Greer Roy H. Gann Les Evans Ruth Honnold Jane Skotnicki W. Wm.Gaboury Fred Wilson Regina R. Ash Arnold D.Almos C. R. Grant 2. The minutes of the July JAC meeting were approved by motion of J. Zapotocky, seconded by S. Mahr and unanimous vote. ORAL PETITION Mr. Herman Wood, resident of the Lanikai Lane Mobil Home Park, appeared in regard to his letter of petition dated August 19th, addressed to Les Evans, General Manager, covering residential complaints of foul odors, coming from the manholes located on the north side of the park. Mr. Stiles read the letter to the JAC, as it was not received early enough to mail with the monthly agenda. Mr. Stiles asked Les Evans to inform Mr. Wood and the JAC what action had been taken to alleviate the situation. Mr. Evans explained that the manholes had been sealed with plastic and since that time no further complaints had been received from Mr. Wood. Mr. Wood feels that there has not been enough time lapse to have a fair test and would like more permanent steps be taken to cover the three manholes, as well as have sulphide tests taken at 11:00 PM to give a more accurate test. He was assured by the JAC that all agencies would work deligently to solve the problem. INFORMATION 3. SENATE BILL 1952 Les Evans stated that this bill had passed the Senate with no opposition and that it had been referred to the House. All the sources he has conferred with feel the bill will be passed, which would eliminate the need for secondary treatment at the Encina Plant. The actual language of the bill is not completely clear at this time. We should know by mid-October if the bill will pass and in what form. Early next month (September), we should know who will be on the Joint House Senate Committee that is going to work with this legislation, and should start writing our legislators, insuring that they are in favor of the legis- lation and that some clarification will be made in the wording of Section 27. Assuming the legislation passes, the standard which Encina would be required to meet, would be the Ocean Plan, which is also being modified. Encina would not be able to meet that standard with the present process. Mr. Evans further said that he will be sen- ding the JAC a package of material including analysis of the bill and a suggested position for modification of the language. Mr. Dominguez informed the Board that the Senate Bill may not be adopted in its present form, but it seemed assured that the dead line for compliance with secondary standards would be extended. Les Evans stated that if any board member would like copies of what he has on this legislation, to contact him. - 2 - 4. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE REPORT Re-Rating Mr. Evans had no good news on the re-rating study. Testing was begun again in July after modifying almost all of the test equipment including the points of chlorination and the chlorine feed equipment. During the first week of testing, a sampler went out and testing was stopped. Later in the month, the other sam- pler which had been borrowed from the RWQCB, had to be returned. Two more samplers were borrowed and one didn't work. Testing also stopped during the rains as the flow rose from 9.7 mgd to 11.8 mgd and has yet to go all the way down. The report on re- rating will take about six weeks and very little has been accom- plished so far. Flow Meter Councilman Skotnicki asked about the accuracy of the plant flow meter. Les Evans informed the JAC of the replacement of the components of the propeller meter, the recalibrations and testing of the equipment on Tuesday, August 23rd, and the test results which showed the meter reading 1.9% high. There will be more testing in order to get an accuracy of plus or minus two percent. Mr. VanSickle asked over what range was this accuracy taken and Mr. Evans replied at maximum, minimum and several points in be- tween . Phase III Les Evans continued discussing the Operations & Maintenance Re- port. On Phase III he has requested that the Encina Projects be scheduled for a public hearing before the Coastal Commission at their meeting in September. With the permit expected to be issued at the meeting in October. Foaming Digester Under the Maintenance Section of the Operations Report, Les Evans explained that the staff has developed a way to heat Digester No. 1 without using the steam injection system. The system has been in operation now for several weeks and has shown some encouraging re- sults. Two months ago, the only way Digester No. 1 could be con- trolled was by allowing the temperature to drop down to about 80° and to mix the Digester only 15 minutes on the hour. Last Friday, August 19th, the operators were mixing 24 hours per day with no substantial foaming with the temperature of the Digester gradually being raised to a goal of 95°. - 3 - Burroughs Councilman Skotnicki asked Mr. Evans if there has been any'furthur information received regarding the Burroughs wastewater system. Mr. Evans replied that he had received a letter from the County In- dustrial Waste people, indicating that Burrough's expects the eva- porator shipment in September which is the main stay of the process they intend to use to treat their wastewater. In September, they should be making some changes to do some pretreatment, which will improve the quality of the wastewater they pump into here. The letter also indicated that the evaporator system will allow a sub- stantial reduction in discharges and waste usage. They will likely have to remove the residue from the system and haul it away, and are already reclaiming some of the more costly metals. 5. FLOW REPORT Les Evans reported difficulties in preparing the EDU report this month due to people vacationing during August. Mailing time for the Agenda is usually Wednesday prior to the monthly meeting, and this month, we had not been able to get Vista" information. 6. SULFIDE CONDITION REPORT Les Evans explained that sulphide problems are occurring at the • ""• Carlsbad manhole (upstream of the junction with Ehcinitas and Leii- cadia), the San Marcos vent structure and the Buena manhole down- stream of the force main. 7. EXPENDITURE REPORT Mr. Evans asked that each agency look at the charges made against them for reasonableness and question any ususual items as soon as possible following the month the charge is made. 8. A request to purchase a dissolved oxygen meter was approved on motion by Mr. Zapotocky and seconded by Mr. Mahr. 9. A request to prepare a descriptive brochure was discussed. A motion was made by Mr. Zapotocky and seconded by Mr. Hanson, to appoint a committee to study preparation of a brochure describing the Encina operation which could be easily updated. Committee mem- bers are: Scotnicki, Schneider, Zapotocky and Dominguez. 10. A motion to approve transfer of funds from Vista Phase II accounts to Vista Phase III was made by Mr. Dominguez, seconded by Mr. Hanson and carried. 11. A motion to accept payment for damages from Winslow Pacific's in-- surance company was made by Mr. Dominguez and seconded by Mr. Schneider, motion carried. - 4 - o o 12. Discussion took place regarding Brown & Caldwell services to complete the compilation and packaging of population data for the SWRCB. Motion was made by Mr. Zapotocky and seconded by Mr. Dominguez, that Brown and Caldwell be authorized to com- pile the data pending the outcome of Senate Bill 1952. Motion carried. Meeting Adjourned at 10:45 AM Next meeting will be Thursday, September 29th. Submitted by: E. D. Underwood - 5 -