HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-09-02; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAI WATER DISTRICT, HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1981, AT 2:OO P.M. AT 5950 EL CAMINO REAL,
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008:
The meeting was called to order at 2:lO P.M. by President MacLeod with Director Almack, Bonas, Kelly , Maerkle and MacLeod answering roll call. Also present were General Manager Meadows, Accounting Manager Jackson, Superintendent of Operations Musser, District Engineer Kubota, Rose Grim, Harold Engelmann,
Ruth Honnold, Roger Greer and Executive Secretary. I Approval of Minutes : Upon motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried the minutes of the regular meeting of August 19, 1981, were approved as mailed.
President MacLeod welcomed Director Bonas back from her trip to Washington, D.C where she attended the "Water Reuse Symposium 11. I' (report below)
Committee Reports:
San Diego County Water Authority Director Maerkle advised that the next
ferred to a picture in the Carlsbad Journal of our General Manager.
General Manager Meadows said the picture was a part of an intensive public awareness program of the Southern California Water Watch Campaign presently going on. He was representing our District when he went to downtown San Diego several weekends ago and participated in welcoming the bicycle rider who had carried water from the Colorado River. Director Maerkle added that several of the television channels have been carrying similar types of water conservation advertising.
Director Kelly added that Ed Jeffries, the most recent speaker at Rotary, had mentioned a three-year drought in Colorado back in the thirties. It is not in conceivable that this could happen again and if it occurred at the same time as a shortage of water in Northern California, then Southern California would really be in trouble. Director Kelly feels that we should quit quarreling over the proposed Peripheral Canal and direct our efforts to developing sea water.
Water Conservation, Reclamation Director Bonas advised that Rose Grimm h and Reuse: brought her up-to-date on the water con- servation program for the drought-resist garden. She asked if anything has been done about a sign recognizing Ralph Wrisley's contribution as well as the Costa Real sign. General Manager Meadoh
asked for Board concurrence to get whatever awards are appropriate. Discussic followed on the ribbon-cutting for the drought-resistant garden on September i
at 1O:OO A.M. State and local political figures have been invited to attend as well as other water agencies, civic groups, etc. A water conservation "Schedule of Events'' was distributed.
mee.ting is September 10th. He then re-
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Water ' Reuse Sympos i um I I Director Bonas reported that this was a most interesting and beneficial seminar and expressed her appreciation for the opportunity. People (mostly technical
and professional ) from all over- the world attended with about 55 from Cal iforl There were three large auditoriums set up with one for posters and the other
two for oral presentations. She met some interesting people at the buffet luncheons; the first one being the man in charge of water reclamation and potable water service for the city of Haifa, where potable water is used for domestic purposes only and reclaimed water is for orchards, cotton, industria' etc. They have found that reclaimed water is giving them stronger cotton and a better crop yield. On orchards the practice is to switch to potable water about a month before harvest. This same gentleman gave an oral and a poster presentation.
Director Bonas also met a group of engineers with Montgomery Engineering who are doing a considerable amount of water reclamation experimentation in the
Washington, D.C. area.
She was very impressed by how serious people were over the water situation a1 over the world, and felt that this meeting was probably the most important on concerning water that she could attend.
One interesting presentation was given by a Dr. Lowe of Hawaii concerning ex-
perimentations with sugar cane which is .a two-year crop. A greater yield (one ton more per acre) was obtained when they watered the first year with reclaimed water and the second year with potable water. Virus studies showed no virus in .the sugar cane or the soil , even though there had been a high virus count in
the reclaimed water.
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Another presentation concerned Japan (Tokyo in particular) , where there is not
only a water shortage but not enough land to use for reclaiming water. What they are doing is reclaiming water in individual government owned and controllt
apartment buildings, for outside landscaping and for flushing toilets. This is also being done in large business buildings and industrial buildings. They are really individual reclamation plants, and while expensive, they are still not as expensive as potable water in that country.
One presentation made by a Californian was given by Wiley Horne on financing and cost. Director Bonas is going to ask him to come down for next month's meeting of AWRA. Larry Michaels of the San Diego County Water Authority made a presentation on the San Diego Region Water Reuse Study. Philip Hall, Vice
President of C.H.M.M. Hill of the San Francisco Bay area, had one of the most interesting presentations as far as Southern California is concerned as to water reuse. One of his proposals to alleviate the water shortage in Southern California is enlargement of Shasta Dan). He felt this would probably be the least expensive and most acceptable way of increasing potable water for the
State.
Director Bonas said there were also three excellent movies: "Water Passages" funded by the EPA, describing the use and success of land treatment in Muskego
Michigan, Clayton County, Georgia, Irvine, California, Walt Disney World, Flor and Houghton Lake, Michigan; "Wetlands - Our Natural Partners in Wastewater Management'' produced by The National Science Foundation; and "America's Wetlan produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and EPA. Each were roughly ha1 hour films.
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She was able to bring back a poster presentation done by a Mr. Whittaker of tt- Arc0 Corporation, about a planned community in Dublin, California, where they plan to use reclaimed water on all the green areas.
Director Bonas added that the main themes of the symposium were water conser- vation and reclamation and she felt proud that our area was ahead of some of t rest of the country.
President MacLeod complimented Director Bonas on a very comprehensive report and felt, along with Directors Kelly and Almack that the report should be givc to the news media.
General Manager:
Operations: Superintendent of Operations Musser adv that the lake level was 494.2 feet with
22 c.f.s. from Station No. 1, 3 c.f.s. from No. 3 and 1% c.f.s. from No. 4.
Everything has been routine operation.
Recess : President MacLeod called for a recess a
2:55 P.M. The meeting reconvened at
3:09 P.M. "
Presentation of Audio Visual John Logan of Maxima I1 ran the 11 minu
Program film for the Board meeting. General Manager Meadows explained that the basi
idea was to give an overview on water service and adequate public.ity on water resources with brief description of water problems. He gave a test run at Director Kelly's church recently and plans to show it to any group that wants to see it. President MacLeod will make arrangements to have it presented to
the Lions Club.
Finance and Administration:
1981 -82 Budget General Manager Meadows referred to col of the proposed budget as presented to
the Board. He advised that the financial condition of the District is excel' there is plenty of revenue and we can meet all of the expenses in the budget
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\ with no increase in rates. As soon as the audit is completed we will have an
up-to-date financial statement.
He referred briefly to the new interruptible water pricing program of the Metr .politan Water District which involves a $6.00 per acre foot increase in the pr of water purchased. This will be adjusted at the end of the year. Over one- half of the increase in this year's budget is due to the increase in the cost of water purchased. The Water Authority will consider all of the interruptibl
water together so that the pooled storage will net a savings to the Water Authority as an entity. These savings will be allocated on an equitable basis among the various member agencies. At the end of the year we expect to have some type of a .rebate so that even.though we show a sizeable increase in the cost of water purchased, we expect this to be a safe figure and, if anything, the actual expense wi11.go down. Director Kelly recommended that any rebates
should be put back into-conservation and reclamation.
The Manager then referred to the charts, distributed along with the budget, which indicate what the District has been doing in terms of level of activity, types of services, etc. Discussion followed, with several of the directors commenting on the ease of understanding the new format with compliments to the staff for a job well done. Director Maerkle made a motion to accept and adopt the budget as presented, seconded by Director Kelly. After further discussion the motion was unanimously carried.
Purchase Orders:
P. 0. 91-2954 - Rockwell Manager Meadows requested Board approval International of P.O. 91-2954 to Rockwell Internationa
$4038.18 plus freight if applicable. Director Maerkle made the motion to rati seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried.
P.O. 91-2956 - Marden Susco The Manager asked for Board approval of P.O. 91-2956 to Marden Susco for 24 - 2" Jones ball valves for a total of $1297.44 plus freiqht. Director Maerkle made
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for 16 - 2" meters in the amount of
I the motion approving the purchase, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried .
" Other Matters: Director Bonas advised that the next AWR,
meeting is here at the District tomorrow at 9:00 A.M. Bill Fannon will make his preliminary report for the association Also, Margaret Ferguson's management committee will give their report, with di cussion to follow.
District Engineer:
Bank of America - Palomar Airport District Engineer Kubota recommended ac- Business Park - CMWD 80-206 ceptance of the easement deed from the Bank of America granting right-of-way to
their property in the business park. Director Kelly made the motion to accept seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried.
Mola Development - CMWD 79-401 The Engineer advised that this apartment complex has been approved for conversion to condo-miniums. They have offered CMWD new easements for the changes that have been made to meet the City of Carlsbad's new standards and District Enginl Kubota recommended acceptance as shown on Carlsbad Tract map 81-3. Because th is an additional easement there is also a consent certificate that we must sigl Director Bonas made the motion, seconded by Director Kelly and unanimously I carried.
Lot 405, LaCosta South #5
CMWD 79-405, CT 79-11
The District Engineer advised that a request has been received that the Distr accept the public water system facility
for this development. It has a value of $7382 and has had it final inspection and he recommended acceptance. Director Maerkle made the motion to accept the public water system, seconded by Director Bonas and unanimously carried.
Lot 10, Birtcher Business Center The developer had planned to be in today
Engineer requested the Board approve tern CMWD 80-21 2., CT 79-14 with the Offer and Acceptance. The
porary occupancy until the paperwork can be completed; probably by the next
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regular Board meeting. The entire water system is completed and approved.
/ After discussion Director Kelly made the motion approving temporary occupancy,
seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously'carried.
.Squires Access Road District Engineer Kubota advised that
repair areas and have onl'y the seal coating to do. He recommended a progress payment not to exceed $10,000, of which we will -hold back 10% .per our policy.
After discussion Director Maerkle made a motion approving progress payment, seconded by Director Almack-and unanimously carried.
Annexation to City of Carl sbad The Engineer advised that Frank Mola has received the- zoning approval from the Ci at the pre-annexation of 18 acres to the City of Carlsbad to be another commer development. The Engineer has advised LAFCO that because the City of Carlsbad has sent to this District a formal notice of their intention to terminate the water service agreement of 1972, he is recommending that LAFCO make as a condi
of any, annexations to the City of Carlsbad within our service area, that publi water service will be provided by Costa Real and not the City of Carl sbad. He has discussed this with our management and legal counsel.
Daon Corporation The Engineer mentioned that Daon Corpora
LaCosta and advised that he has had a recent meeting with their representative He indicated on the map the extension of Alga Road.
Cari 1 1 o Ranch For information only, the District Engin advised that a request has just been fil with the City to change this proposed development from a combination of residc and industrial to all industrial. He is getting ready to do the land use stuc
Koll Development District Engineer Kubota indicated on tt map the location of this development (01 posite Palmer .Way) which has received City approval to start grading operatior They must have permission from our Board in writing to work in the area of OUI
pipe1 ine, and the Engineer recommended (subject to concurrence of our legal counsel) an.agreement with the developer to put in a 16" pipeline to replace
the existing 16" line which will eventually be cut off. The estimated cost of the relocation is $180,000 (totally funded by the developer). A deposit tc the District of $6,000 has been requested. After discussion Director Kelly made a motion approving an agreement subject to legal counsel's approval, sec. onded by Director Maerkle. The vote carried except for Director Bonas who sa' 'no' and felt that we should wait until the attorney gets back.
Preparation of Master Plan District Engineer Kubota advised that a poll of the property owners in the only area still needing a master plan, has indicated an interest and willingness t pay a pro rata share. As of today responses from 2800 acres representing $12,600 (at $5 per acre) in pledges have been received. He then asked for a motion if the Board wishes him to go ahead with the master plan which will co a maximum of $15,000, with an advance of $2400 from the District's planning fund. After discussion Director Bonas made a motion to prepare the master pl seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried.
Ratification of Checks: Upon motion of Director Maerkle , second by Director Bonas and unanimously carri the Board ratified the issuance of checks No. 6981 through 7034 for the perio from August 19, 1981, to Se.ptember 2, 1981, in the sum of $356,796.18.
Capitol. Paving has completed the pavemen-
is moving actively in several areas of
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Closed Session At 4:31 P.M. Director Maerkle made a mc to qo into closed session on matters 01
personnel , seconded by Director Kelly and-unanimously carried.
Director Maerkle advised that upon motion of Director Bonas, seconded by Dirt Kelly and unanimously carried, the Board went out of closed session at 5:12 I and returned to regular session with all Board members present.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:13 P.M. the next regular meeting on September "
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