HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-04-05 - Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee Meeting MinutesITEM NO.02
MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
PLANNING-ENGINEERING-OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
April 5, 2007, 4:00 P.M.
A meeting of the Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee was called to order by
Committee Chair Paul Armstrong at 4:00 p.m. The meeting was held at the District
Administrative Office at 4622 Plumosa Drive, Yorba Linda.
DIRECTORS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT:
Paul R. Armstrong, Chair Ken Vecchiarelli, Assistant GM
William Mills, Alt. Member Scott Moulton, Senior Project Engineer
VISITORS PRESENT:
Mr. Tom Harder, Senior Hydrogeologist, Geoscience Support Services, Inc.
John Summerfield.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
3. Impacts of Increased Pumping by YLWD on the Groundwater Basin. Mr. Harder
presented a PowerPoint summary of a report his firm prepared for Irvine Ranch
• Water District on the impacts of increased pumping in the forebay area of the
Orange County Groundwater Basin. The report was prepared in the fall of 1998 and
considered basin demands forecast through 2020 including infill and potential
annexations. The Committee members commented on the report and suggested
having Geoscience update some of the trends and data. Mr. Harder and Mr.
Summerfield left after this discussion and presentation.
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Grandview Sewer Extension Project Update. Mr. Vecchiarelli presented two options
with incentives for short term financing on the cost of the construction for property
owners interested in connecting. Follow up discussions with District General
Counsel have not been held yet to develop an agreement with the homeowners.
The Committee suggested limiting the payment plans to just one of the alternatives
presented.
2. Seabiscuit Run. Staff presented a draft report and attached Declaration of
Restrictive Covenants prepared by Legal Counsel for easement encroachments in a
Toll Bothers Tract in Village 3 of the Vista Del Verde development. The District
Board of Directors will consider this matter for their approval at their meeting on April
12, 2007.
STANDING ITEMS:
i 4. Status report on the Meter Replacement Program. Staff presented a report on this
project through the end of March 2007. The Committee asked about the number of
new meters that have failed since the program started. Staff will get this information
for the next Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee meeting.
5. Staff presented a status report on the monthly water production percentages for
March 2007, which shows a year to date increase in demands of 9.9% compared to
the budgeted projections and also shows the District on track for using our entire
basin pumping percentage for groundwater.
6. Status report on progress of capital improvement projects in progress. Staff gave a
brief report on critical action items for projects under construction, in design and
nearing the bid phase.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Committee adjourned at 5:45 p.m. The next regularly scheduled Planning-
Engineering-Operations Committee will be held May 3, 2007.
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