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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-09-24 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Joint Agency Committee Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT JOINT AGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 4:00 p.m. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The September 24, 2013 meeting of the Yorba Linda W ater District’s Joint Agency Committee with MWDOC and OCWD was called to order 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 Gary T. Melton Steve Conklin, Acting General Manager Director Michael J. Beverage MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF Director Brett Barbre Rob Hunter, General Manager OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF Director Roger Yoh Mike Markus, General Manager OTHER ATTENDEES Daniel Mole, Chair, YLWD CAC 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.1. Introduction of Rob Hunter, General Manager, MWDOC Director Barbre introduced Mr. Hunter, the new MWDOC GM. Mr. Hunter thanked Dir Barbre and said that he will be attending these bi-monthly meetings and plans to attend a YLWD Board meeting soon to introduce himself to the entire Board. 4.2. Huntington Beach Desalination Project Mr. Markus reported that OCWD is preparing a study examining the merits of OCWD purchasing the entire 56,000 AF/yr capacity of the proposed Project. A “white paper” on the matter should be complete by the end of 2013. Dir Barbre reported that he is assisting OCWD with its application to MWD for a $250/AF subsidy under the LRP. He expects that it will ultimately be approved. Dir Yoh noted that the Executive Committee of the OCWD Board is in the process of selecting a Citizens Advisory 2 Committee for the Project. Dir Barbre noted that Mr. Mole has submitted his application for membership on the CAC. 4.3. Consolidation of MWDOC and OCWD Dir Barbre reported that an Ad Hoc Committee with three directors each from the two districts has been established and had its first meeting. It was noted that the request to investigate consolidation originated from the directors. 4.4. OCWD Annexation Dir Yoh reported that on September 23, the IRWD Board approved the last conditions determined necessary by the Groundwater Producers group to achieve “cost neutrality.” With this last element in place, it is anticipated that the Groundwater Producers and the facilitator for the negotiations, Mr. Howard Johnson, will now acknowledge support for the annexations at the Oct 2 OCWD Board meeting. Dir Yoh was cautiously optimistic that this support will lead to a majority vote by the Board in favor of the annexation. 4.5. Status of OCWD Groundwater Basin Cleanup Projects Dir Yoh and Mr. Markus described the status of the two groundwater basin cleanup projects, noting that both are separately in court, and that the rulings from the judges so far have not been in favor of the District. This issue will remain as a standing item on future agendas for updates. 4.6. YLWD Well Project Mr. Conklin reported that he will be bringing an item to his Board on Oct 10 for award of the drilling contract for Well 21, north of OCWD’s Conrock Basin. He noted that this will be followed by a request to his Board for approval of an agreement for engineering services for equipping of that well. 4.7. Future Agenda Items None. 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m. The next YLWD-MWDOC- OCWD Joint Agency Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.