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September 24, 1998
MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING
September 24, 1998
The September 24, 1998, Regular Meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District Board of Directors
was called to order by President Sterling Fox at 8:30 a.m. The meeting was held at District
Headquarters, 4622 Plumosa Drive, Yorba Linda.
Directors present at Roll Call:
President Sterling L. Fox
Vice President Carl T. Scanlin
Paul R. Armstrong
Michael J. Beverage
Arthur C. Korn
Directors absent at roll
none
Visitors
Mark Abramowitz
Staff present:
William J. Robertson, General Manager
Arthur G. Kidman, General counsel
Lee Cory, Operations Superintendent
Leon De Los Reyes, Water Quality Technician
Raquel Lazo, Secretary to the General Manager
Roger Lubin, Executive Asst. to the General Manager
Beverly Meza, Business Manager
Mike Robinson, Assistant Administrator
Mike Payne, Assistant General Manager
Ken Vecchiarelli, Assistant Engineering Manager
CONSENT CALENDAR
On a motion by Director Beverage, seconded by Director Armstrong the Board of Directors
voted 5-0 to approve the Consent Calendar.
Item 1. Approve minutes of regular meeting, September 10, 1998.
Item 2. Approve minutes of adjourned regular meeting, September 17, 1998.
Item 3. Authorize Directors to leave the State of California prior to next meeting.
Item 4. Disburse checks and wire transfers totaling $199,352.63.
Beverly Meza left the meeting at the conclusion of this item.
ACTION CALENDAR
Item 5. Consider sodium hypochlorite generation project. Assistant Engineering Manager
Ken Vecchiarelli reported that sodium hypochlorite generation systems at Highland Booster
Station, and Wells 11,15,16, and 17 will replace gas chlorinators and chlorine scrubber systems
at these sites. The District is the lead agency for the project and prepared a negative declaration
in conformance with State guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
There were no objections to the project.
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On a motion by Director Beverage, seconded by Director Armstrong, the Board of Directors
voted 5-0 to:
• adopt the negative declaration for the sodium hypochlorite generation project;
• determine there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant impact on
the environment;
• authorize staff to file a Notice of Determination with the Orange County Clerk's office; and,
• authorize staff to solicit bids for construction of the project.
Item 6. Consider California Accidental Release Prevention Program (CalARP) Assistant
Engineering Manager Ken Vecchiarelli reported that staff solicited proposals to revise the
District's Chlorine Risk Management and Prevention Program to meet the new requirements of
CalARP. Staff reviewed proposals and determined that the proposal submitted by the firm
Risk, Reliability, and Safety Engineering, meets the District's requirements at the lowest cost.
On a motion by Director Armstrong, seconded by Director Beverage, the Board of Directors
voted 5-0 to transfer $14,500 from the unallocated capital improvement fund for the Western
Service Area and authorize the General Manager to execute an agreement with Risk, Reliability,
and Safety Engineering, in the amount of $14,500, to revise the District's Chlorine Risk
Management and Prevention Program.
GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT
Item 7. General Manager's oral report and comments:
a) report by General Counsel. General Counsel Arthur G. Kidman reported that OCWD
completed its annexation of the Shell property. He also indicated that a report summarizing
the recently concluded legislative session would be forthcoming shortly.
b) Report on Highland Avenue easements. This item was deferred until a future Board meeting.
c) Show new vehicle. Lee Cory showed the District's new fire hydrant maintenance vehicle to
the Board of Directors.
d) Shamrock Lane status report. Repairs have been completed to a broken 8-inch water line that
occurred in an easement on Shamrock Lane.
e) District Activities. General Manager William J. Robertson reported that the VEPO
(emergency) radio system is now operational; and provided a status report on the District's
reservoir system. This report was in response to concerns arising after the catastrophic
failure of an above-ground reservoir owned and operated by the City of Westminster.
President Fox declared a recess at 9:04 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:14 a.m.
Ken Vecchiarelli and Leon De Los Reyes left the meeting at the recess.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Item 8. Executive-Administration Committee. No report.
Item 9. Finance-Accounting Committee. No report.
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Item 10. Legislative Ad-Hoc Committee. No report.
Item 11. Orange County Water District Ad Hoc Committee. No report.
Item 12. Personnel-Risk Management Committee. No report.
Item 13. Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee. No report.
Item 14. Public Information Committee. The Committee met September 22 at 4:00 p.m.
Attending were Directors Beverage and Armstrong, and staff members Robertson and Robinson.
The Committee discussed providing refrigerator magnets with the District's telephone number;
brochures; the District's Waterlines Newsletter; facilities tours; a tour by Fullerton College
environmental studies students; District participation at the upcoming Fiesta Days and Heritage
Days parades.
Item 15. Shell Ad-Hoc Committee. The Committee scheduled a meeting for October 1, at 4:00
p.m.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS
Item 16. Yorba Linda City Council meeting, September 15 (Korn): Director Korn reported
that nothing of concern to the District transpired.
Item 17. MWDOC Board meeting, September 16 (Armstrong): Director Armstrong reported
that the program to encourage conversion to ultra low-flow toilets is in full swing, and that Russ
Perris has been nominated for the California Special Districts Association Board of Directors.
Item 18. OCWD Meeting, September 16 (Scanlin): Director Scanlin reported that the
annexation of the Shell property to OCWD is complete.
Item 19. LAFCO meeting, September 17 (Fox): Director Fox reported that the meeting was
canceled.
Item 20. Yorba Linda Planning Commission, September 23 (Armstrong): Nothing of concern
to the District transpired.
Assistant General Manager Michael Payne entered the meeting at 9:50 a.m.
Item 21. OCWD annexation meeting, September 18 (Scanlin): Director Scanlin reported that
the development of a master plan should meet its timetable for completion.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION
Director Armstrong: Described the tour of the City of Corona's new wastewater treatment
facility.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACTIVITY CALENDAR
The Board of Directors reviewed the Activity Calendar and made assignment changes.
President Fox declared a recess at 10:07 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:12 a.m. in closed
session.
CLOSED SESSION:
Item 22. Discussion with designated representative regarding proposed compensation policy.
The Board exited closed session at 10:34 a.m.
In open session the Board of Directors reported these actions:
• On a motion by Director Beverage, seconded by Director Scanlin, the Board of Directors
voted 5-0 to adopt the following policy: "It is the policy of the Board of Directors that the
District be staffed and paid competitively."
• On a motion by Director Beverage, seconded by Director Scanlin, the Board of Directors
voted 4-1 (Nay: Korn) that the General Manager is authorized to administer the policy
beginning in fiscal 1999-00 (and biannually thereafter), with salary adjustments made only
when Step 3 of a classification deviates from the arithmetical mean (achieved by discarding
the high and low values, then adding all the remaining individual values and dividing by the
number of items) by a minimum of five percent; and the adjustment would not adversely
affect the internal relationship between the survey position, career ladders, and similar jobs
within the District. Regardless of salary adjustments, similar fringe benefits will be provided
to all employee classes, and any individual recruiting incentives will be evaluated and
presented to the Board of Directors on a case-by-case basis.
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Director Korn, seconded by Director Armstrong, the Board of Directors voted 5-
0, at 10:35 a.m., to adjourn. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 8, 1998, at
8:30 a.m. in the District Boardroom.
Wil m . obe on
Secretary/General Manager