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MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT and CITY OF PLACENTIA
AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING
June 10, 2009
A meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District and City of Placentia Ad Hoc Committee
was called to order by Director Beverage at 4:00 p.m. The meeting was held at the
District Administrative Office at 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870.
YLWD COMMITTEE MEMBER YLWD STAFF
Michael J. Beverage, Director Ken Vecchiarelli, General Manager
PLACENTIA COMMITTEE MEMBER PLACENTIA STAFF
Greg Sowards, Mayor Ken Domer, Asst. City Administrator
OTHER ATTENDEES
Frank Heldman, Manager OC District Manager, Golden State Water Company
Stan Yarbrough, District Engineer, GSWC
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.1 Increasing Water Supply Costs and Supply Allocations
Mr. Heldman explained in detail, Golden State Water Company's
proposed rate increases and how they plan to apply a block tiered rate
structure to their single family residential customers. The allocation for
each customer is based on the historic usage from 2004-2006, which is
the base period used by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
(MWD) and the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) for
water supply allocations in Fiscal Year 2009-2010. Mr. Vecchiarelli stated
that the District's Board of Directors will consider rate adjustments in the
very near future and may also consider a tiered rate structure. The
Committee discussed these matters at some length.
2.2 Water Conservation Ordinance and Public Outreach
Mr. Heldman and Mr. Vecchiarelli also compared and contrasted the two
agencies' respective Water Conservation Ordinances which were modeled
to be very close in structure and form as well as in the water waste
prohibitions. GSWC's ordinance has seven stages of mandatory
conservation and rationing, compared to YLWD's four stages of water
supply shortage. Mr. Vecchiarelli reported while YLWD and GSWC will
both fall into a Stage 2 condition effective July 1, 2009, YLWD will be
targeting a 10% conservation goal while GSWC is establishing a 6%
allocation to its customers. Unfortunately, the affects of allocation from
the water wholesalers varies across the retail agencies in Orange County.
The Committee discussed the challenges to the agencies and to the public
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with this lack of continuity in the public information and messaging
outreach. Mr. Heldman left the meeting following these discussions.
2.3 City Sewer System
Mr. Domer reported on regional efforts and discussions between Placentia
and four other cities in an effort to create synergy through resource
sharing and other ideas for partnering to create efficiencies in a fiscally
challenging time. Mr. Vecchiarelli stated that he would set up a meeting to
discuss the possibility of providing sewer cleaning and maintenance
services to the City under a multi-year contract. Director Beverage
recounted other ideas discussed in prior meetings including GIS services.
2.4 Future Agenda Items and Staff Tasks
None.
3. ADJOURNMENT
3.1 The Committee adjourned at approximately 5:15 p.m. The next meeting
of the Yorba Linda Water District and City of Placentia Ad Hoc Committee
meeting will be determined.
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