HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-09-10; Municipal Water District; MinutesCONSOLIDATION OF CITY WATER DEPARTMENT AND
COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
MEETING OF NEGOTIATING TEAM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1980
BOARD ROOM, LEUCADIA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER - 10:15 A.M.
PRESENT - Mayor Ronald C. Packard, '/. City ofCarTsbad
Councilmember Girard Anear " " "
Glen E. McComas " "
Roger W. Greer
Donald A. MacLeod, President, Costa Real Municipal Water District
Fred W. Maerkle, Director
William C. Meadows
Shirley (Skip) Schmidt
1. Rules of Conduct: Items (a) through (f) of the rules of conduct for
this and future meetings were agreed upon. Item (g), regarding time
and agenda limitations of meetings, was questioned by Mayor Packard
as he felt it was to everyone's advantage to have all positions
negotiated and agreed to before the LAFCO meeting in November. To
that end, it might be necessary at times to lengthen the time span of
the meetings and number of agenda items discussed at each meeting, in
order to complete negotiations by that date. He does not want the
time limit to become more important than getting the work done. This
was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. MacLeod was then named chairman of this meeting, with the chairman
alternating between city and district representative for each future
meeting.
After further discussion, it was agreed to hold the meetings on a
weekly basis, every Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room
of the Leucadia County Water District, through October 29, 1980. If
the board room is not available at any time, the meeting will be moved
to another location. Mayor Packard advised that he would hot be avail-
able on October 8, 15 and 22 due to prior commitments out of state. A
substitute will be made available to represent the city on those dates.
Discussion of first item on agenda was concluded.
2. Water Reclamation: Mr. MacLeod opened the discussion by pointing out
there are two phases to water reclamation - production and distribution.
CRMWD has never been interested in production of reclaimed water - they
are interested only in distribution, and he stressed that they started
talking about reclamation and distribution years ago. Mr. MacLeod
asked if the city has a plan for distribution of non-potable water.
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Mayor Packard replied that he was perfectly willing to discuss the reclamation
issue, but it would be a moot question, depending on how the consolidation
efforts come out. He said if it comes to an election that would come out
favorably for the district, then the city would work out arrangements relative
to distribution of reclaimed water. If an election came out favorable to the
city, it would be a moot question. However, he repeated that although he was
willing to discuss reclamation, the subject is not of great significance to
the consolidation.
Discussion continued between Mayor Packard and Mr. MacLeod on the subject of
marketing reclaimed water through other districts in the area. Mr. MacLeod's
feeling was that the district has the customers - not the city (except in the
green belt areas). Mayor Packard suggested, merely as a possibility to be
considered, having the city service land that is developed or is developing,
which would fit into the generaTconcern and concepts of city planning, and
have the district continue as a separate entity and service open space and
agricultural users, who are the bulk of their customers now. Reclaimed water
would automatically fall within district jurisdiction under this arrangement.
The city would concentrate on development. If the issue goes to an election
and the election is favorable to the city, it would still be a moot point
anyway. Mayor Packard did suggest, however, that all involved look at the
possibilities of an agreement without going to an election. If, after a
certain length of time, the city and district can not agree, then it will be
necessary to go to an election, but he repeated that he hoped agreement could
be reached without an election. In any event, the subject of reclaimed water
will have to be settled with or without a consolidation. He reiterated that
this is merely a suggestion, thrown out for discussion.
Mr. Anear commented that there are lots of implications in the subject of
reclaimed water and he would not want to make a definite statement right now.
Mayor Packard agreed and again stated that although he was willing to dis-
cuss reclamation, he still felt it was an issue that had to be resolved
separately and was not a part of the discussion of the consolidation.
Chairman MacLeod called a recess at 10:55 a.m.
Meeting reconvened at 11:05 a.m.
Chairman MacLeod said he thought the subject of water reclamation had been
sufficiently discussed at this point.
He went on to discuss the city's subsidiary district proposal. Having read
this proposal, Mr. MacLeod said the district would like to bring their own
proposal up for discussion. They will present a counter proposal that they
believe would be beneficial to all citizens - considering cost and how the
citizens are going to pay for water. Mayor Packard said he would be pleased
to listen to any proposal, but would not be willing to let this interfere
with the normal processing of the application which is in LAFCO now.
Mr. Anear suggested studying the proposal and possibly adding to it and
wanted to know if all members of the negotiating team could have a copy of
it in advance of the next meeting so that it could be studied. Mr. MacLeod
said they could have it ready in two weeks, in time for the meeting of
September 24, at which time the meeting will be chaired by the district again.
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It was agreed that this subject will be on the agenda of the September 24
meeting.
The next meeting will be held Wednesday, September 17, 1980 at 10:00 a.m.
in the Board Room of the Leucadia County Water District.
Meeting adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
fully submitted
PAMELA A. BATHO
Recording Secretary
(a) MueLlngb will be held in "neutral" territory in a
comforLdble yet formal betting (e.g., the Board Room
of che Leucadia County Water District).
(b) All agenda items will be agreed to by both agencies
in advance with sufficient advance time so that Che
committee members may be thoroughly briefed by their
respective staffs; graphics should be prepared when
needed.
(c) Chairmanship should be rotated; at the first meeting
lots should be drawn Co determine rotation sequence. J
(d) The Chairman's primary duty will be to keep the dis-
cussion focused on the agreed-co agenda items; other
topics chat are brought up shall be referred to subse-
quent meetings.
(el Only the two District and two City commiCCee members
will actively participate; staff and consultants may
be prcbent but only for the purpose of taking notes
aiui monitoring progress.
(f) Pubition papers or written statements about each
aj_:,eiida item should be prepared by each agency and
LXchaiiged prior to the meeting.
(g) Each meeting should be limited in time (an hour and
a hallJ and scope (two or three agenda items).
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COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
POLICY STATEMENT REGARDING DISTRICT AND CITY RELATIONS
The purpose of this statement is to summarize the position of the Board of
Directors of Costa Real Municipal Water District regarding water service within the
Water District. This position paper is intended for consideration by the City of
Carlsbad, with which the District will be negotiating possible ways to consolidate
water service in the Costa Real/Carlsbad area; by the Local Agency Formation Commission,
wnich will consider the City of Carlsbad's application to make Costa Real MWD a subsidiary
district; and by the general public, which, due to the complexity of the subject and the
changing nature of the issues, may have difficulty understanding what effect the matters
tinder consideration roally liave on the water users.
The main objective of the Board of Directors is to satisfy its basic mission,
lhat mission is to provide cost-effective water service to water users within its
nsdicLion. The Board does not and never has wanted to deteripine how, vvhere end when
land should be used. It's only goal is to assure that an adequate supply of wator, :.it
the lowest cost, is available to meet tiie needs as'establ i shed by the land use decisions
of the City of Carlsbad and the County of San Diego. The District believes any in-
stitutional change in water service that is not based on the objective of assuring 2
more efficionl and adequate supply of water is a waste of the public's lime and money.
The City's present application falls well short of that obiective.
Following are issues that have been identified in the course of the pro-
ceedings in which the City of Carlsbad has applied to LAFCO in an attempt to acquire
political cG!!trol of Costa Real Municipal Water District by replacing the District's
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Bo;iM-J of D'l rectors v, ith ihe City Council.
COST trFL-CriVK WATER SKRVICE
The City lia.^ submitted the so-called "Andersen Rci-'ort" to LA'TO as suj-^portrng
evidence to justify tfit SLibsidiary district application. The main co'-itention of this
epori IS tfiat by el iru'iriating some District staff and the Board of [mectors, ihe City's
'u;i.r;;i, l.taLT Utili tie-: Department can cpei ate the I'.'alcr Distt ict at sa vinos of
about 5100,000 per year.
The District iias prepared a draft response which addresses the itmes
^^ontained in tfie Andersen Report. This response shows, among other things, that
The City lias tvnce the number of employees actually working on water functions than
are listed in the report. The District believes that this and several other obvious
misstatements in the "Andersen Report" render the City's application totally invalid
on grounds of improved cost-effectiveness.
In order to evaluate the CUy report and District response-., a subcommittee
of the LAFCO Cities and Special Districts Advisory Committees v<as formed. This sub-
committee and then the full Cities and Special Districts ronimittoes found that "the
City has not demonstrated that significant economic advantages would result from re-
organization of the District. Because the subcommittee could see no apparent benefits
accruing to the water users as the result of the proposed change, they expressed the
belief that the key issues of the proposal are not of a technical nature, but are
basically political."
It must be pointed out that the District's response to date has only been
irected to the specific points raised hy the City's formal application to LAFCO.
The District has not yet developed an analysis of potential cost savings to those
citizens of tho District served by the City Water Utilities Department- if the l.'ater
District v;ere to provide retail water service to the "downtown" aree now served by
the City, under a retail service agreement bet\;een the City and District.
The Board's position is that there is no economic justification for changing
political control of t.^ie District, but that there might be economic benefits to the
"downtown" retail City se'-vice area, established by agreement of the City Council, by
having Costa Real MWD assume retail water service in that part of its territory. This
is an al te;-:;ative tiiat should be explored in the cour.se of the subsidiary district
analysis, ricgotiatioiib with the City, or both.
* The District's 2.0,000 acres include the "downtown" area, etjuailyino some 7,000
acres, v/iiich receives retail water service fro^n the City.' The City Water 'Jtilities
Departn;ent is furnislied treated ^.'holesale water by Costa ucal VMD. Other parts of
the City are served hy Olivenhain Municipcl Water District and Sa.ri i-'.at'.os County
WATER RECLAMATION PI'JSE:
ritv reoresentarives agreed witli the LAFCO subcommittee that the Andersen
Report is deficient. At that point another issue was raised as justification for
Jhe subsidiary district proiiosal. This issue is wasiewater reclamation and reuse.
Since this was not included with the City's for^rial application to LAFCO, an amend-
ment to the application has been requested. The District is prepared to discuss
this issue with the City at any time, and will formally respond to the City's amended
application over the coming two weeks.
Although water reclamation and reu.se was not included with the City's
original subsidiary district application, the LAFCO subcommittee did consider it
when the issue was raised by the City. The full Cities and Special Districts Advisory
Committees unanimously suggested "that a study be prepared to investigate a regionrw'de
water plan, wriich would address such issues as the water service areas for the potable
and reclaimed water and financing for eny plans."
The wastewater portion of such a plan is already underway under the auspices
of the Encina Joint Powers, of which the City of Carlsbad is a member. The Encina
Joint Powers management will release a report in about three months which will evaluate
various aUernatives for water reclamation and reuse programs witiiin the Encina service
Irea. The District believes tliis independent study will be an essential element upon
wiiich impendinq decisions should be based, because, it will identify factors that must
be considered in planning programs for the maximum benefit of present and future
citizens of the Encina region
LAND USE PLANNING:
The City believes land use planning will be easier if it has control of the
Water District. This imp^-ies that the goals of the District are not consistent with
the goals of the City. The District believes its goals are in exact conformity with
he City's land use [ilans for the following reasons:
1. Absent an emergency caused by drought or other threatened or existing
v.ater shortaqe, a municipal \,'ater district iias no legal autiiority to
restrict the use of district water. In other wo'-ds. e municipal water
district, whether governed by an elected or ex-officie board, has no
authority to impede growth by limiting water service. The Cily alone
has tlie newer to deteri'iine wiiore g>-cwth will o'- will not occur, and the
District has always responded to land use decisions r,;aae by the City by
extendi no waler service \-.riere and wnen needed.
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?. The District has nJ^iten ti ons or intei^-est in ei tri(^iBncouragi ng or
discourca ing dL".'elop.'.ent. The Board's only concern with land use planning
is to develop watei" delivery systems that will meet the demand of both
urbanization and increased agricultural production. All of the lands
withm the District have an entitlement to the use of imported water.
The District has tho responsibility to fulfill the needs of those lands
regardless of what zoning is applied by either the City or County.
3. The recently released Interim Growth Management Program of the City
demonstrates that the presence of the District does not interfere with
the City's planning process. The very existence of the program proves
that the City has control of planning within its boundaries. Indeed, the
Interim Growth Management Program provides perhaps the best summary of
the so-called "issue" of land use planning as it relates to the District.
Quoting from the report: "development in Carlsbad is not likely to be
constrained by the lack of water. The ultimate population of 100,000
will not overtax the water distribution system" which has been developed
by the District. The City's own report removes the "issue" of land use
planning from consideration as justification for tlie City's subsidiary
district application. It is simply not an issue.
Attached as Exhibit B is the water element of the City's Interim Growth
Management Program.
DISENf^RANCHISEMENT OF VOTERS:
Approximately 60 registered voters living in unincorporated parts of the
District would lose tiieir constitutional rigiits to vote if the City Council were to
replace the Board ot Directors. These voters would have no say in the District's
pcilicy tov/ard rates and service levels since tiiey would not be able to vote in City
elections. The District believes the City should have considered this vital
ronsti tu: I dial issue before attempting to assume political control of tiie District.
POLITICAL CONTROL: IHE "FULL SERVICE CITY":
The City Councii has said the City should be the a-aency of governrnenl re-
sponi/ible to the voters for the administration and operation of the water needs of
tiiat 'ci-e-- witnin tiie boundas^s of Costa real Municipal Wat(^Oi stri ct because tiie
Citv is the predominant genWl purpose govern nent agency wlWin the District.
Attached is an article enti tied-"The Myth of th!.' Full Service City" which, among
jJther things, points out that "the full-service city may very well be a myth. And
f this is so, public officials throughout California should take a good second look
at some attitudes and beliefs Tomorrow's governmental mix--rather than consisting
of highly-structured, general purpose novernments--may well be a cooperative partner-
ship involving counties, cities, districts, multi-agency combinations, and the private
sector."
The District Board believes the City should direct its primary attention to
cost-effective water service rather than on political change fostered by obsolete
attitudes and beliefs. The Board also believes that its role is much more technically
oriented toward the specialized field of water service tlian the City Council's and
that this specialization is of paramount importance to tiie water users. The Board
also believes the complex nature of the water industry serving Southern California
demands the ex[)ertise in water matters which the City has already acknowledged the
Board as having.
On July 2, 1930, Mayor Packard told the District board: ''We recognize...
|that you men and women are dedicated to your assignments as vie certainly hope to be
in ours. We recognize that you've had a great deal of experience. Many of you, have
been on this Boa>-d for a long time and have been involved with the providing of water
in our community for many, many years. We recognize your expertise. We recognize
your in-depth understanding of the needs and the ways of providing the service you
have been providing for- some time."
The Board believes the Mayor's candid and sincere remarks should provide
the basis for resolving any misunderstandings between the Board and Council. There
is a place for botii, and that place should be as partners, not adversaries.
CONCLUSIONS ANn HFCOMMLr^D/'flOI^S:
1. The 8oai d of Directors of Costa Rea! Municipal I'.'ater DisTrict believes
the issue of optimum '.;arer service in tiie Costa Real/Carl sbad area has ;iot
yet been fully explored. The City shou'ld consider the District's alterna-
tive to the su!'? idi ary district arrancjement for consoldr r-ng v.'orer sei'vice
adiiiinistra11 on. This alternative wll he prof-ared wiiiiin ti,e iie/.t t\.'0
v.eel.s.
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ncTudinq the Local Aqency forihaticrri 2. All [larties, inouding the Local Agency Forihati Com'ni ssi on, siiould
wait for the '"i-gional wastewater reclamation and reuse study to be released
bv the Encina Joint Powers before making decisions which could have adverse
rather tiian berioficial long term effects upon the water users of Costa Real
and the City.
3. The Board of Directors reaffirms its policy of following the City's
land use decisions in the development of water facilities. The Board further
orders that all water system planning strictly conform to the City General
Plan and that all data, such as population projectsions, used in the
preparation of District documents and reports be consistent with data
used by the City Planning Department.
4. The Board reaffirms and orders that sufficient water shall be available
front the District's water sources and distribution reservoirs to supply
adequately, dependably and safely the total requirements of a'll users under
maximum demand conditions.
5. The Board reaffirms and orders that the District's proposed capital
projects be submitted annually to the City for approval regarding con-
formity to the City's General Plan.
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EXHIBIT A
Citiis 3(6 tfit; prune piovicteis oi
"mumcipal-tvpe" s.ervices Thai's
a cornmonly-accepteil view
Ciiicb beheve this So do legisla-
tors, couniy representatives, and
people generally Even districts
believe this
But, lo quote from liie hiies oi a
papula; bong "it ain't necessarily
so "
A SUI vey' ol 39 cities in two met-
ropoiiian counties conducted last
year came up with some suiprising
results E>aivrr\inc, eleven services
DODuiariy accepted as "city serv-
ices", the syvey revealed that, on
the average, eacli city provioed
only 4 3 of them, or just under 40%
The rernaifiing 6? were provided
Lv special districts, joini po'.ver
authorities, private firms, or trie
coun'y
The "WO counties irivoived m the
survey, San Dieno and Orange,
fiavc a cofTi,bsned population ot
some 3 2 million Of that amount,
tiiB bulk (2 7 million) reside wiUiin
the 39 incorporated cities in tfie
two counties
The survey ctnlered on the fol-
lowing services water suup'),
V.ater disiriDeiion, sewer collec'ron..
sewerage treaiment, police, f'.'e,
library, park:, aiid lecrcation, refjse
coh'eclion, fc;:use oispo'^ai and
puDiic tiansnnrtation
The s*.;;.:f/ tj ade no atiempt io
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Pfe-scnoofar& enjov the bright surroundings o* lhe .^i^centia LtDr.^r/ D'strict's
Cni.dron'r. Section The Distnct zsives the re-iioants o; '.he Cit)- of ,~i3C£nti£.
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evaiuah: vanie o? inesc serv-
ices, eilher as lo cost, eiticie.ncy,
or utilization by residents it sirnply
cttemotsd io determine what type
of orgamzauon provided the serv-
ice — vvhelht-r the city aid so with
Its own personnel, or out of iis ov^'n
tax base, or wfieUier some other
arrangement was employed Nor
did the .s'lucy distm.guish between
depenosnt or independent special
districts The key consideraiion
was wheiner or not the city had full
control over provision of ihe serv-
ice and i.nanceo it out of !l,s general
fund
VVi)cre cines diiJ not provide tha
service it "was provided by special
distrfcis, pnvate fifrP.s, conn!.y QOV-
ernmenl, c-f joint power autfioniics
Ail 26 cities IP Oranne and 13 in
San DipQO Counties were includeij
in the survey The tables below'
suminanze the {aadings.
il is intefcsiing to notr: that in all
but two types of services (police pro-
tection and refuse dispcsal), dis-
tricts were involvea m the provision
of services v.'ithin ciiy boundaries,
Watei supply is exclusiveiy pro-
vided by d'stfici.c (wiifi tihe Metro-
po'iian 'vVaie.' District serving as
pr'tiic; v'fiolesaler) .ii lha two-ccsai'y
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area w'ii.ie public iransii mvoived
a district in 31 o* the 39 cihes
^Sewer treaimeni was pioviiJed !)y
icts m ovef half the instance'^
't^), vvhiie the dictr'cl af^proach was
used subaianliaiiy m the provision
ot water diiirihution (14) and sewer
coliccrion n2)
VVnile a number of these were co-
caiied "aeaenJcn! districts" (as in
ine cas'; ci sewerage treatment
v.'hcire couniy sannation districts
provided trie service in tne majority
oi cases .vrieie a district was used],
this was noi universally so, for ex-
ample, several sanitary ciiitricls
and county water districts serve city
territory iri botii counties
lite only city that c^me close to
e-iiumg ine title of a "luli-i>ervice"
Clly was Oceanside in San Diego
County Of tne eleven services re-
viewed, this city prcvided all but
two — water supply and public
IransportatiGO
Two otiiei Cities, Newport Beach
in Orange and the City of San Diego,
piGviijeJ eigniof lh£ eleven services
^Li Uie oinei end of the scale, Cy-
T^sc and Yorba Linda m Orange
County and San KVd\cos in San Oisgo
County prc'ided only one of the
eleven services, whiie Ccsta f/.e&a,
irvine, Los Alamiios. San Juan Cap-
istr'ano and Vdia Park each pro-
vided iwo (it should be poirited out
that in tte case ot Cypress, Costa
Mesa anc Yorba Linda, one of the
services —- parks and recreation
IS provideo by a subsidiary aistiiCt)
There were a number of reasons
that have mafivaied cities to seek or
permit otnef .dC-jenLies to provide
de IS A goe^d c-^amph of
!ni3 !i lc i'C loend in Centia CiiGla
Cc'nry '.'-.lere 12 of 15 eities have
o.-ii'.-.u v.n Oi the hre piOiCciion b.'s-
ness In lhal County sev:;rai ccn-
soiiJaled ure nistiicts pro'-^idf serv-
ices wi'iliir ine bnunoaiies uf the
iwtiv- cce;. At Uie lure the cities
'..{) ihtir riiaponsijihly fui the
^^-•isici fiifc protoul.i'!!, ii'oy
acioniahcaiiv reuuced their tax
iCVLnue rrouifrmeni;. By lae equiv-
a:;p! apjiropr iai,on wilhrn tiieir
•.'.'V buccals For a qene'al law cay
C'Cv'f'Mig .is S1 ia>' rate Ic'-ai, set h
an arrangerneist can piove a'trdCt-
ive
Anotiier reason involves the prac-
tical difficuily a City faces in dealing
with a leg-onal service — even
lhough the service miay be fhoaght
of as "iiitiniCipal" in nature Public
transportation is a case m point
Two San Diego County cities — Es-
condido and Oceanside recently
went oul of the bus busmess in favor
-of the nevviy-formed ko(\? County
Transit District Years age. Sacra-
mento Counly government devel-
oped a county-Wide waste v.'ater
trealiTient pian based on couniy san-
itation districts covering loaical
geographical areas, regardless oi
city boundaries- County ownership
and operation of solid waste dis-
posal areas fiave resulted m a coun-
ty resDonsibiiity for refuse disposal
in most of San Diego, Orange and
Sacramento Counties, just to name
harea.
A third reason involves opercting
efficiency The growth of the "con-
tract" approach, particularly in Los
Afigai-as County, fias seen a nurpoer
of Ci'.ier enier into contraris or otner
types of rr.Lihi-agency agreements
(such as .oint powers anrfcernsnts),
thereby gaiuing the benefiis of cen-
traiizaiion wv.ile .mainlainmg some
aeyree of locaf confrol through
Cither r,::;prebSfi:3iion on the joint
powers board, or sprlim.g out ss.ry-
ice term: m ths conlract
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Wes2 County Waler Dii-Uict's waiar
system in ins City of Co.?ta .M.ssa
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' I'/hatever the reasons, the tact
remains tha! the fuii-service ci'y
may very well be a .myth And if this
IS so, pubiic officials throughout
California should take a good sec-
ond iook at sortie attitudes and be-
liefs
For the speciai dssiricts. the mes-
sage appears to be an encouraging
one Tomiorrow'c governmenfaf triix
— rsiher ihan co,''3'S,tir!3 ot hiohiy-
structuied. general purpose uovein-
menis may 'Vcif be a cooperative
partnership in'.'ofviii9 ccunUes,
Cities, districts, iTitilti-aceocy com-
bmaiions, and the ntivaie sector,
in fact, that wGultl D3 no imore than
an extension of v^'hat c.>.:sts today
— at least m the Couniies ct Oraaae
and San Diego. [.1
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V;ATER SUPPi-Y EXHIBIT B
Exisl inj C(2ndn'io!is
V/oter for residenticil, contmerciol, tndustriol ond ogriculttvroi con.surnption is
scipplied to Carlsboci by five water supply cgencies. Willi the exception of the
City of Carisbad VVater Uiilifies Division, ali of the oqencies purciiose wafer from
iine .Son Diego Crounty Vvater Authority. The C^ty Water (Jfiiities Division receives
its v/oier directly from fhe Cosfa Reai Muraicipcl Water District (MWD), v/hich
necriy serves the entire Ccisbod spfiere of ' influence. The County Wafer
Auti^iority has responsibility for the irTiporiation of oil water into San Diego
County and the regional distribufion of this wafer fhrouqh two aqueducts. Figure
7 shov/5 Ihe boundaries of ffie five agencies serving Carlsbod.
The deveioped northwest porrion of the C^ity is .-^erved by !fie City Wafer Urilifies
Disrric). This ogency i'^ currentiy ll-.e iui gest disfriburor of water in trie Ciiy, last
year hoving sold appro.xiriioleiy 5,0.10 ocre-fcet. (An ocre-foot of water is 32.5,850
gallons.) Domestic corisurnprion nccou.nts for the vast majority of wafer u'^ed (85
percent); industrial and agricultural demand are relatively rriini,ma; (about 7-8
perceni each). The ogency has no direct allocation frorn the County Wafer
.Auihority but receives its supply fro.m Cosfa F<eai MWD.
Future deve'opiTienI wnll c>ccur predominantly in the Costa Rea! service area.
Co'';s(X]uenfly, it is tfie ability of Ihis disirict to purchose woier tfiaf v/il!
de/crrnine the City's ability To meet future demands for water. Currentiy Costa
P-.ao\ MWD distributes roucriiy 2,500 acre-feel, in oddi tion to >'.-hat it supplies io
fhf. Clly Water Utiliiies Div'sion. Irs alioecrion from the Counly Wafer Auihority
far exceeds i .*s service (.rca's oresent demand. In 1 ?79, the district's cilocaied
right v.'us eslimated ic- be 2.27 percent of lhe County Woter .Authority's v/ater
c-upply (o.'' 20,3D2 oer e-feet); in 1980, it is approximately 2.''-! percent. The
"immediate question fhaf comes TO mind is, "will fhis be ad.-='quaie to meet future
de.miands?" The ciisi^rict appea.''s more than adequate 1o supply wat-ur, because c
district's aliocoted r ignt fo purchose v.'oter is Tied lo tiie grov/th of its assessed
valuation. In generol, c disr''icT's enriilemeni is cipproximafeiy t^qual to the ratio
of the assessed \aluariori of lhe district to Ihe toial assessed valuclion of ail
C-ounty Water Agency me.miber agencies. Consequently, residential, commercial,
ond industrial ctrowt-' wi-hin o district v/iil result in on increase in assessed
valuclion which enables Ine dislricT to receive an increased aiiocofed righl to
pu.'cfiesc v/uter. .As described eariier, Ine hiqh rare of qrcvv/lh cxperhenced in the
Norii- Cuvimy unj Crurisnad is likely lo conlir.ue so lhal, reioiive to oti",er oreos,
ilie ossp.sscd valuation (and inus v/afer ailocalion) v/iil ii^icrease. Mcreov'er, Ihe
Co. 1; ity Woier Aulf.ofily hos never reftised a roqijesi for v/c ler and qui + e member
oge-'Cies occasionally d-'ov- severe! Inmes Iheir allocoled rigfit,
in ierms of Ihe dislrdbution syslei---;, Cosro iRcoi biOS on odco'iole nef-./orit. Trie
district's connec iions lo the I/, o re.jione! oc'iud-ucls j^wovides a v/alcr s(.i[.-p'y
ccpoc't) of roughly ot'.bOO ncre-fcel jier year. bly corripai'ison, idol v/aler
C'lnsump! ion wiiiiin the cisiric; iri i97? v-os coly !!,i35 acre-feet. Miujor wakr
pip-Jiues iicjve been insloNed lo serve ncc; !;• oii deve|ci.,obie uc-liu.is of liie
disirict. f~T--seev'.enrs owu'^d and cocxlrc l^y Cos'o iR-. al o.-id Ihe Crity Wafer
Utilibes [Jivisio'i (.jrovidL-- a rrorcc:; cer^ordiv- of over 2C>0 iniliicin gaNo,.-)s (i95 cT
v/bicit is siored in Squires Dem).
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siA.Jan'ia! orowth is extruded in ibo 01iv.:nb.dn service areo as a result of me
Rancho L-O Cosfa de 'eloi:-menl,-}he district in conju;-,cfion wilh tbe Ser Morcos and
(--j.-,,.-,^ pr.^jl ,//iVvfDs ba-ve recently corriplcted n joint conslruclion progroii- to
pr-ovide cddiboaol .voler supply and slorage. Bi-.e,ia Colorccio //',WD end Visro
irriqalion district olso provide v/oter to the Cify, but at minimal levels. Vista
supplies woier for ogrlcuifural purposes, and Buena Colorodo serves tbe atea
around irte rocev/oy.
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Bencfimoik 1 is reoched when fhe projected demand for v/oier will fully utilize the ^
design cepocily the v/oler disTribulion system v/ltbin iivc years.
Benehmark 11 Is reoched when fhe demand fo" wafer exceeds ihe design ropQcity
of lhe v/oter distribution system,.
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Table 8 projects residenfial consurnpfIve demand, based on ihe amount of new
d-evek>pmen} v/itbin each water district, as described in Tcbie 9. TAjiv/^resideiiHal
A^velopmenl v/iil iriple present water consun,pl ion. Over 60 percent of the future;
d-rnand wili occur in Cosla Reai wliere Ine arnount of indus-rici acrerjge wiil
irvereose 3.7 iirnes over presenl ie.'e!s of devclopri-nt. Aevc;rmeiess,_deveioprnent
in CoRsbcd ic nor likely lo be constroined cy rbe iocb of water. S ne ultimore
p-i^'UlcTion Ol IcJjUC .viil nui Ov>-:iu.. i,... L.-.^-I , / _^
sysiem. Conslruction of exiensiorts of woter mains wiil be miriimai as r-ie
tnojorily of the area cun be served by exisfAig lines. Connections to hea
dislribulion r^efwoiA will be financed by The individual deveiopers requiring woier.
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POSITION PAPER
A SUMMARIZED STATEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD ON THE PROPOSED FORMATION OF A SUB-
SIDIARY DISTRICT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE
PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT.
The city of Carlsbad has become the predominant general purpose government
entity within the confines of Costa Real Municipal Water District (until recently,
known as Carlsbad Municipal Water District). The city is predominant in area,
overlaying 70.092% of the taxable land area of the district. The city is pre-
dominant in percentage of registered district voters residing within the district.
That figure, according to San Diego County Land Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCO) is 99.54%.
Carlsbad city council recognizes the importance of the role of the district
and the vitally significant influence the district has had on the development of
the entire area. The council is vividly aware of the combined efforts of members
of the district Board of Directors, efforts borne on true dedication to the
community, efforts which have been extraordinarily significant in the molding of
the character of this entire community, and efforts rewarded with what may seem
to be only a passive appreciation by its rapidly growing constituency. City
council has had occasion to examine the activities of, and the growth of the
district from its origin in 1954 to the present. That examination discloses
exemplary success, overseen and fostered by the charter directors and their
successors.
We have come to a point in time at which the growth of our city has
extended to over 70% of the district. By all reasonable calculation, that
growth will continue to expand into the remaining areas of the district.
Therefore, the legitimate question of whether the district should continue
to operate as a political entity, independent and separate of city government, or
become a subsidiary district of the city, remains to be answered.
This council believes that its responsibility to its constituency, which
makes up over 99% of the registered voters within the district, demands that the
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issue be pursued to its culmination under Section 56403, Government Code of the
State of California.
The council believes that the supply of water, including procurement,
development of distribution systems, and operation and maintenance of those
systems, is a proper and legitimate function of general purpose government.
The position of city council is, therefore:
1. City council should be the agency of government responsible to the voters
for the administration and operation of the water needs of that area within the
boundaries of Costa Real Municipal Water District.
2. The Water District, under city control, would continue to operate,
functionally, just as when under district control. The only substantive change
would be the source of political responsibility and authority. City council,
serving as Board of Directors, would form a Water Utility Services Commission,
advisory to council, to oversee the operation of the water district and the city
water department. City council anticipates that the commission would also be
responsible to the council for the development and operation of the reclaimed
water program.
3. Employees would remain in place. It is recognized that there may be
opportunity to consolidate some of the several supervisory positions which now
exist in the district and the city. However, it is anticipated that the con-
solidations can and should be coordinated with attritional changes.
4. The present Board of Directors would be asked to remain for an agreed
term of time to serve as the Water Utility Service Commission.
5. The district headquarters located at 5950 El Camino Real, Carlsbad,
California would continue to be utilized as headquarters for those functions of
current district plus any assignment agreed upon by this council and the current
board.
6. It is anticipated that there will be problems of "how to" or "how best to",
which will arise during the attritional period, but there is no anticipation of
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functional change.
This document constitutes the position of city council at the outset of
discussion between board and council representatives.
It is the desire of city council that city representatives present this
position summary at the initial meeting. Council representatives are free to
explore and discuss any facet of the underlying proposal; i.e.. Formation of a
Subsidiary District of the Costa Real Municipal Water District by the City of
Carlsbad. However, any proposals submitted by anyone, including board and council
members will be submitted for consideration by city council.