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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-26 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Joint Agency Committee Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT JOINT AGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 4:00 p.m. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The May 26, 2015 meeting of the Yorba Linda Water 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 Ric Collett Marc Marcantonio, General Manager Director Gary Melton Steve Conklin, Engineering Manager John DeCriscio, Operations Manager 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 None. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.1. State Water Resources Control Board's Drought Response Mandate and Projection for Greater Conservation General Manager Marcantonio briefed the Committee on the proposed Drought-Penalties Ordinance that he will be presenting to the YLWD Board on May 28, 2015 for consideration. If approved, this ordinance along with the current Water Conservation Ordinance, Stage 3 Limits, will be used in concert in an effort to achieve the 36% reduction in water use mandated by the State. 4.2. MWDOC Member Agencies Response to Drought and Turf Replacement Rebate Program Director Barbre reported that, due to the massive response to the turf- replacement program, MWD is proposing to increase the budget for that 1 program from its current $100 million to $450 million, with max caps for residential and commercial requests. 4.3. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook Dir Barbre reported that conditions remain good for southern California, relative to the conditions in northern California, though it was noted that the long-term outlook for the Colorado River basin is less promising. 4.4. MWDOC's OC Water Reliability Investigation Gen Manager Hunter reported that progress continues with work products planned to be released for review this summer. 4.5. OCWD Groundwater Basin Condition, Basin Production Percentage, and Replenishment Assessment Gen Manager Markus reported that conditions remain about the same, with the basin at about 400,000 AF overdraft. They anticipate that they may be able to hold the line on overdraft, with recharge supplies in the range of 98,000 AF from GWRS, 50-55,000 AF MWD untreated, and 65,000 AF baseflow in the SAR. 4.6. Huntington Beach Desalination Project and Next Steps Gen Manager Markus reported that the OCWD Board approved proceeding with further consideration and investigation of the Poseidon term sheet conditions. The Board also approved a budget of $230,000 to retain specialty consultants for various aspects of the investigation, which he estimates will take in the range of 9 months to complete before returning to the Board with findings. 4.7. Potential Projects for the Water Bond and Outlook for Bay Delta Conservation Plan Gen Manager Markus reported that OCWD has identified several projects for which they will apply for grant money under the Bond. Concerning the BDCP, the outlook was less than rosy. 4.8. Status of North Basin and South Basin Projects Gen Manager Markus reported that meetings are continuing with Federal and State agencies. 4.9. YLWD Well Projects and Proposal for Dual-Use Engineering Manager Conklin reported that the YLWD Board has authorized staff to move ahead with construction of the Well 21 Equipping Project and the Richfield Road Pipeline Project. Completion will be about one-year out. He noted that staff has been tied up with other projects and plans to meet in the near future with OCWD staff regarding terms and conditions for the agreement for the proposed Well 22 project on OCWD property. 2 4.10. Future Agenda Items None. 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m. The next YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Joint Agency Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. SC 3