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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-07-23 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Joint Agency Committee Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 4:00 p.m. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The July 23, 2013 meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District’s Joint Agency Committee with MWDOC and OCWD was called to order by Director Melton at 4:00 p.m. The meeting was held in the Admin Conference Room at the District’s Administration Building located at 1717 East Miraloma Avenue in Placentia, California 92870. 2. ROLL CALL YLWD COMMITTEE MEMBERS YLWD STAFF Director Michael J. Beverage Steve Conklin, Acting General Manager Director Gary T. Melton MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF Director Brett Barbre Karl Seckel, Interim General Manager OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF Director Roger Yoh Mike Markus, General Manager 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.1. Colorado River Water Supplies Messrs. Barbre and Seckel reported on the continuing water supply shortage on the Colorado River system as reflected in the receding water level in Lake Mead. Unless there is a wet winter ahead, it may be necessary to implement the water shortage provisions, which would be the first time on this system. We were invited to attend the MWD/MWDOC Joint Workshop, 8:30 am on August 7, 2013 at MWDOC, to hear a presentation by Mr. Bill Hazencamp regarding the situation. 4.2. Huntington Beach Desalination Project Mr. Markus reported that the OCWD Water Issues Committee on July 17, 2013 had an extensive discussion on the above and voted to recommend that the Board “authorize execution of a confidentiality agreement and receive information from Poseidon Resources to study the economic feasibility of a seawater desalination facility in Huntington Beach that may lead to a water purchase agreement for the entire productive capacity of the plant” and secondly, “establish a ‘Citizens Advisory Committee’ for the 2 potential project” and thirdly, “authorize staff to hire financial and technical consultants up to $100,000 if necessary to assist with the review of Poseidon documents and research questions posed by the Committee.” There was discussion if this is about helping Poseidon in its application for the Coastal Commission permit and/or OCWD wanting to expand its water supply mix. Probably both. Also discussed how MWDOC is a part of this, which lead to the next item below. 4.3. Consolidation of MWDOC and OCWD Mr. Barbre reported that interest has been revived in examining potential consolidation between the above. He described the issues that would have to be addressed and how it might be administered among the various water entities, boards and existing directors. He noted that this will be a topic of discussion at the July 31, 2013 Joint MWDOC and OCWD Directors meeting, at which time an Ad Hoc Committee may be established to investigate the matter. 4.4. Replenishment Assessment / Basin Production Percentage Mr. Markus reported that the OCWD Board approved for FY 13/14 an RA of $276/af and a BPP of 70%. He also noted that the 30 mgd expansion of GWRS plant will be operational in 2015. 4.5. Groundwater Basin Conditions Mr. Markus reported that the current groundwater basin overdraft is estimated at 280,000 acre-feet. He noted that the desired overdraft is 100,000 acre-feet, so the current condition is not unusual or considered problematic. He cautioned, however, that if we have another dry year next year, and the basin overdraft increases towards 400,000 acre-feet, the BPP may be reduced back to something in the high 60% range. Mr. Markus also reported that flow in the river is considerably less, due to the dry winter and due to increased well demand and increased water reuse in the upper watershed. 4.6. OCWD Annexation Mr. Markus reported that in response to comments on the draft EIR, additional groundwater basin modeling was necessary. This work and related revisions to the EIR will delay completion of the EIR to the end of August, after which it will be ready to present to WIC and the Board in September. On a parallel path, meetings continue among the Groundwater Producers and the three annexing applicants to discuss offsets to address concerns of the financial impact of the annexations on the other GWPs. This issue relates to the separate agreements being drafted between OCWD and each of the annexing applicants. These agreements will have to be approved by the OCWD at the same time as the approval of the EIR. This will come to the OCWD Board no earlier than September. 3 4.7. YLWD Well Project Mr. Conklin reported that plans are proceeding for Well 21, for which a drilling contract should be awarded this fall. 4.8. Future Agenda Items None. 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m. The next YLWD-MWDOC- OCWD Joint Agency Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.