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YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD
May 22, 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 Mike Markus, General Manager
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
2.1. OC Grand Jury Report and Response
Mr. Hunt reported that MWDOC staff is organizing a workgroup of
representatives from interested member agencies to discuss and
collaborate responses to the OC Grand Jury Report "Let There be Light:
Dragging Special Districts from the Shadows." The Committee briefly
discussed that the assumptions, findings and recommendations are
strongly biased against special districts with no new information or
findings.
2.2. SDCWA/MET Lawsuit and Public Outreach Efforts
The Committee discussed the magnitude of the costs associated with the
legal battle between Metropolitan and its member agency, the San Diego
County Water Authority. Mr. Hunt shared some of the findings and costs
associated with SDCWA's alternative water sources.
2.3. OCWD Replenishment Assessment and Basin Production Percentage
Budget
Mr. Markus reported the OCWD Board adopted a Replenishment
Assessment increase from $254 to $267 per acre foot with an associated
increase in the BPP from 65% to 68%. Even with the increase in the RA,
the subsequent increase in the BPP provides groundwater producers to
lower their overall cost since they will need to purchase less import water
at the higher Met prices.
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2.4. OCWD Groundwater Replenishment System Initial Expansion
Mr. Markus shared that construction on the expansion of the treatment
plant has commenced. The $114M project is a plant capacity expansion
from 70 million gallons per day (MGD) to 100 MGD and is being financed
by OCWD through reserves and a $1M grant through the Prop. 84
Integrated Water Resources Management Program (IWRMP).
2.5. YLWD Annexation to OCWD
Mr. Markus reiterated that the final basin modeling is underway in support
of the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), which
should be available for distribution in a few months.
2.6. YLWD/OCWD Well 21 Site Lease Agreement
Director Yoh reported the OCWD Board authorized staff to proceed with
terms and negotiations for a well lease on OCWD property along the
Warner Basin perimeter access road. The latest proposed site change
was agreed to be more favorable and less intrusive to existing uses and to
other potential land uses in the future. Mr. Vecchiarelli reported staff is
preparing draft terms for OCWD's consideration to begin the discussions
and negotiations.
2.7. Future Agenda Items and Staff Tasks
None.
3. ADJOURNMENT
3.1. The Committee adjourned at 5:46 p.m. The next meeting of the YLWD-
MWDOC-OCWD Joint Agency Committee will be held July 24, 2012 at
4:00 p.m.
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