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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-03-27 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Joint Agency Committee Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD March 27, 2012 A meeting of the YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Joint Agency Committee was called to order at 4:00 p.m. The meeting was held at the District's Administrative Office at 1717 East Miraloma Avenue, Placentia CA 92870. YLWD COMMITTEE MEMBERS YLWD STAFF Director Phil Hawkins Ken Vecchiarelli, General Manager Director Michael J. Beverage MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS MWDOC STAFF Director Brett Barbre Kevin Hunt, General Manager OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBERS OCWD STAFF Director Roger Yoh John Kennedy, Asst. General Manager 1. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 2. DISCUSSION ITEMS 2.1. San Diego Lawsuit and Public Outreach Efforts Mr. Hunt and Director Barbre commented on the San Diego County Water Authority's lawsuit against MWD. This is the fourth attempt at their legal challenge to Met's rate structure. If successful in the litigation, which seeks to shift $155M over 20 years, Orange County water agencies could see increases to their import water costs in excess of $1M annually. It was noted that MWD's legal and public relations budget is approximately $10M in the next fiscal year for this lawsuit. 2.2. MWDOC and MWD Rate Projections Director Barbre shared that the MWD rate increase would most likely be approved at 5% and 5% over the next two years, as opposed to the previous proposal of 7.5% yearly. The treatment charge component or the rate will increase higher but the net effect is approximately 5%. The Met Board will vote on this matter on April 10th. Mr. Hunt shared that the MWDOC Board will vote on their rates at their May 9th Meeting. MWDOC is shifting its rate structure to 100% fixed over five years. In Fiscal year 2012/13, the proportion will be 85% fixed and 15% on the commodity charge. 2.3. MWD Water Supply Status and Replenishment Water Availability Director Barbre reported the State Water project Allocation is currently at 50% and the Colorado River Watershed is having a dry year but storage 1 levels are very good. He also commented that the water replenishment program is not moving forward. 2.4. OCWD Replenishment Assessment and Basin Production Percentage Projections Mr. Kennedy reported that staff is proposing an increase to the Replenishment Assessment (RA) from $254 /AF to $267/AF with an increase in the basin pumping percentage (BPP) from 65% to 68%. He reported that the increase in the BPP more than offsets the financial impact to the basin pumpers of the increased RA. 2.5. OCWD Annexation Status Report Mr. Kennedy confirmed that basin modeling efforts are underway supporting the CEQA documentation that should be out in 5 to 6 months. He noted that there are certain agencies that have gone on the record opposing the annexation policy including the City of Fountain Valley and the Golden State Water Company. 2.6. OCWD/YLWD Well 21 Site Lease Agreement Director Yoh confirmed that the OCWD Board will consider a vote to direct OCWD staff to negotiate a well site lease with YLWD. 2.7. Future Agenda Items and Staff Tasks None. 3. ADJOURNMENT 3.1. The Committee adjourned at 4:37 p.m. The next meeting of the YLWD- MWDOC-OCWD Joint Agency Committee will be held May 22, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. 2