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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-04-17; Municipal Water District; MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COSTA REAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, HELD ON APRIL 17, 1985, AT 2:OO PM AT 5950 EL CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008. The meeting was called to order at 2:OO p.m. by President Bonas with Directors Almack, Haasl, Kelly, Maerkle and Bonas answering roll call. Also present were General Manager Meadows, Controller Brammell, Superintendent Musser, District Engineer Burzell, Legal Counsel Moser and Executive Secretary. Terry Rodgejrs, Lola Sherman, Roger Greer, Michael Coleman, Dan Bigelow, Bob. 'Karlicek and Bill Karlicek also attended. I Approval of Minutes After discussion, upon. motion of Director Maerkle, seconded by Director Haasl and unanimously carried, the minutes of the regular Board meeting of April 3, 1985, were approved as mailed. Oral Communications from the Audience Annexation of Squires Dam I1 Michael F. Coleman, a .land Site: Carlsbad or Vista planning consultant in Vista, representing owners of approx- imately 800 acres south of the Shadow Ridge section of Vista, advised our Board that they will be going before LAFCO June 3 with a proposal to annex to.Vista. Because the Squires Dam I1 site is in the Vista sphere of influence and abuts the 800 acres, LAFCO has indicated that this property will probably also be dealt with at that time. Mr. Coleman referred to a letter from the City of Vista inviting the District to "piggyback" its request to annex to either Vista or Carlsbad, A previous application to LAFCO to annex the District site to Vista was rejected by LAFCO. Legal Counsel advised. that since there is . 'still time, thismatter be referred to Staff for review as to any fees or taxes that might be incurred by annexing to Carlsbad. Mr. Greer said that there is an agreement between the City of Carlsbad and the County of San Diego on the tax split when something is annexed to the City and this property is tax exempt. Legal Counsel then felt it would be okay for the District to piggyback its request to annex to Carlsbad, onto the request of the owners of the 800 acres to annex to Vista. He added that because of the size of the District's parcel LAFCO would probably authorize its annexation to Carlsbad even without the Board's approval since it is a County island. Director Kelly made the motion direct'ing staff to prepare necessary documents for annexation of the Squires Dam I1 site to the City of Carlsbad, seconded by Director Maerkle and unanimously carried. Mr. Coleman added that he is also working with Carlsbad Planning on a 5 acre parcel to be transferred from the Carlsbad sphere to the Vista sphere. He is hopeful that the Carlsbad City Council will approve this in May. He located this parcel on a map for the Board's information. Water District Easement Mr. Meadows said that Dan Squires Dam I1 Site Bigelow (Daon Corporation) is here regarding an easement currently granted in favor of the Water District. His proposal is to quitclaim this deed and grant another easement, ' Since the District currently uses the T.A.P. easement to get to this property, the easement under discussion is not really needed, Mr. Moser disclosed that his law firm represents the Vista School District as well as our District although he doesn't feel there is any'conflict between the interests of the two. Mr. Bigelow then explained that the area under discussion is approximately 35 acres conveyed to the Vista Unified School District for their second high school. Daon is currently trying to make the property easement free so the State off ice will release the construction funds of $18 million so the building of the high school can proceed. Their proposal is to extend Shadow Ridge Drive from its currently planned intersection with Melrose I I ,; through the park site and across George Murai's property in an area roughly comparable to what has already been proposed as a roadway alignment, There would be no cost to the Water District but they would have an alternate access to the Squires Dam I1 site , After discussion Director Maerkle made the motion approving quitclaim of the existing easement in exchange for the alternate access to the site, subject to review by our Legal Counsel, seconded by Director Almack and unanimously- carried .- I Consent Calendar Ratification of Checks; Director Kelly made the motion Ratification of Investments; approving these listed consent Request for Temporary Occupancy: calendar items (see agenda Carlsbad Tract 83-2; Sea Pines, packet), seconded by Director Unit No. 1; lots 30-52, 60-65, Almack and unanimously car- 117-120, 122-125 and 127-136 ried , Old Business Discussion re: changing regular After discussion it"was agreed Board meeting day to Tuesdays to continue with Wednesday as the regular Board meeting day. Committee Reports Engineering and Operations Enkar Hydroelectric Power System Bill Karlicek, Director of Marketing, and Bob Karlicek, Director of Engineering, after showing slides of existing active Enkar systems, responded to questions, Mr. Greer was concerned about the City's emergency transmitters which are located on the District site being considered. Bill Karlicek explained that if there should be a breakdown of the Enkar system, a manual switch will get everything back to the SDG&E system. The monthly fee for this capability is approximately $13 per month per meter. He said that an automatic switch can be installed at each point for approximately $500 each, Mr. Meadows added that another problem is that the District is not hooked up to the KKOS system. In discussions with KKOS and SDG&E it was suggested that we would probably have to give up one of the four SDG&E meters the District now has and get on the KKOS system. This still has to be resolved. Use of the surplus power was discussed; i.e. selling to KKOS, operating experimental water filtration plant, making methanol alcohol by using the excess heat energy on a small bio-mass conversion and/or space heat for the caretaker's house, The installation time was given as 10-12 weeks. Enkar would like an agreement of 4-5 years for demonstration purposes, Director Almack expressed some concern as to District liability in using this as a demonstrator, Our Legal Counsel said this could be handled with a hold harmless agreement. He didn't see the necessary contract with Enkar as anything very difficult. He also didn't think we would fall under the jurisdiction of the PUC but will check on this. President Bonas directed Staff to research this more thoroughly and bring a recommendation back to the Board at the next meeting, I I ., Recess President Bonas called for a recess at 3:40 p.m. The meeting resumed at 4:OO p.m. Public Address System Mr. Meadows said that the for the Board Room vendor who was going to make this demonstration ha.s cancelled. Staff now has to make new contacts. -2- ~~-41 17 ~noc District Master Plan In accordance with Board in- struction at the last meeting, Mr. Meadows distributed copies of a suggested schedule oj activities that' should occur prior to adoption of a master plan President Bonas asked that the other Board and Staff members gel their recommendations to Mr. Meadows. The final report fro1 Woodside/Kubota was supposed to be turned in by April 15, 1985 The land use plan is supposed to be finished by July. Presideni Bonas felt that we should try to coordinate completion of OUI master plan by July also. Mr. Meadows said this might bc possible if everything runs smoothly and 'if the financia: recommendations are acceptable to the public and the City with i minimum of modification required. The question of need for a public hearing was raised. Lega: Counsel advised that this master plan is a kind of feasibilit: study and a public hearing would be required only if ou. agreement with the City requires it. If fees are to bc established it is required to give 14 days notice and havl information on which the fees are based available prior to l public meeting at which you address the fees. President Bonas recommended having the final engineering repor' by the second Board meeting in May and asked our Distric Engineer if that were possible. Mr. Burzell advised that Mr Kubota (writer of the master plan) would like to make a persona presentation. The tables and graphs, etc., are still no completed. They are to be ready in about a week. Mr. Burzel suggestedthatafterthe Boardhas had the report for a couple o weeks they might then schedule a presentation by Woodside/Kubota Finance & Administration Committee I Membership in Association of Mr. Meadows advised that. h California Water Agencies' Joint has received notification tha Powers Insurance Authority ACWA will try to have us o board effective May 15. H hopes to have the necessary resolution ready for Boar consideration at the next Board meeting. Headquarters Expansion Committee Off ice Space for Engineering Pres.ident Bonas referred to Department memorandum from Mr. Burzel reporting on a possibl interim solution for urgently needed space for the Engineerin Department. (See agenda packet.) After discussion, Direct0 Maerkle made a motion approving purchase of the mobile home i accordance with the Engineer's memorandum of April 1, 1985, wit the total project cost estimated to range from $15,000 t $17,500, seconded by Director Almack and unanimously carried. General Manager April 20 Tour - Regional Mr. Meadows advised that 3 Water Facilities people are planning on goin which leaves space for an ad ditional 10. It was decided to contact former Board member I .' : who might be interested. District Engineer No report. Lega 1 Counse 1 Mr. Moser reported that tk new contract with Woodside Kubota & Associates has been accepted and signed. -2- Bnv41 17 1QQK Letter from Paul Swirsky President Bonas repbrted that she received a letter from Mr. Swirsky over the weekend. It concerned whether the Board had ever received the letter from Mr. Madison dated October 8, 1984. Since all the Board members in office at that time had received said letter, she asked that Staff respond accordingly to Mr. Swirsky and thank him. Organizational Reports Association of Water Director Haasl reported on the Reclamation Agencies meeting of April 4 at which the speaker, Matt Tebbitts, spoke on the Economics of Water Reclamation. The group dropped "of North County" from their title in order not to restrict membership. Director Kelly felt the meeting was informative but not much different from what he has heard in the past. San Diego County Director Maerkle reported on Water Authority their last meeting. The Long Range Planning Committee is working on water reclamation. Metropolitan Water District is opening an off ice in Orange County and will coordinate Orange and San Diego Counties with their main office. Mr. Maerkle went with a group to the Los Banos Desalting and California State Water Project which uses reverse osmosis at a cost of $375/acre foot. They also went to Kesterson where the bird life is being adversely affected by excessive selenium in the agricultural runoff. Discussion followed. Directors' Reports Presidents and Managers Director Bonas reported on the Council meeting held April 16. The topic was "Health and Humar Services" conducted by Keith Dickson and Bert Edelstein, and regarding the provision of mental health counseling to the employees of water agencies. Adjournment This meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m. to the next regular meeting on May 1, 1985. I Respectfully submitted, 'mi $resid,&t, Bodi-of Directors /J 'L </&H&& '& S cretary, B rd of Directors I v -4- ADril 17. 1985