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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-11-24 - YLWD-MWDOC-OCWD Interagency Committee Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH MWDOC AND OCWD Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 4:00 p.m. 1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870 1. CALL TO ORDER The November 24, 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 Damon Micalizzi, Public Information Mgr John DeCriscio, Operations Mgr MWDOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MWDOC STAFF Director Brett Barbre Rob Hunter, General Manager OCWD COMMITTEE MEMBER OCWD STAFF Director Roger Yoh Mike Markus, General Manager 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4.1. State Water Resources Control Board's Drought Response Mandate and Projection for Greater Conservation It was reported that Governor Brown had issued a new Executive Order extending the Emergency Drought Response Mandate through October 31, 2016, unless there is an extremely wet winter and high snow pack. On December 7, 2015, the SWRCB will receive public comment on the proposed extension of the drought mandate. Mr. Rob Hunter, Mr. Mike Markus and Mr. Marc Marcantonio indicated that they each plan to attend the December 7, 2015 meeting in Sacramento and to provide comments. 4.2. MWDOC Member Agencies Response to Drought and Turf Replacement Rebate Program It was reported that the MWDOC member agencies have exceeded their cumulative water conservation goal of 22%, having achieved 26.6% through September 2015. It was also noted that it will become more 1 difficult to meet the goal in the following months unless there is significant rain and residents essentially stop all outside watering. Mr. Marcantonio reported that YLWD's savings was 35.2% for October and anticipates that the savings will be less than that for November. 4.3. MWD Water Supply Conditions and Outlook Director Brett Barbre reported that MWD's water supply condition remains more than adequate, due primarily to prior planning and good water supply conditions from the Colorado River. Conditions on the State Water Project remain unchanged. 4.4. MWDOC's OC Water Reliability Investigation Mr. Hunter reported that Phase 1 of the above is nearing completion. Meetings with the MWDOC member agencies to review and discuss the various projects identified to address the supply gap in the future are planned for November 30, 2015 and dates to be determined in mid- December and early January. At the January meeting or thereafter, there will be discussion of the work scope for Phase 2 to further define and develop cost estimates for the supply gap projects that will be identified as most promising. Mr. Hunter commented that an important finding of the Phase 1 study was how important the "Delta Fix" project would be to Orange County as a means of meeting long-term water demands. 4.5. OCWD Groundwater Basin Condition, Basin Production Percentage, and Replenishment Assessment Mr. Markus reported that total demands for FY15/16 are currently projected to be approximately 350,000 AF for the GW Basin agencies. With the BPP currently 76% for the remainder of the FY, the anticipated total pumping is estimated to be in the range of 260,000 AF, which is considerably less that projected before the emergency conservation mandate. As a result the basin overdraft is less than expected, which is the good news. The bad news is that OCWD is selling less water and may need to raise rates higher next year to meet revenue requirements for operations and capital projects. 4.6. Huntington Beach Desalination Project and Next Steps Mr. Markus reported that there will be an OCWD Board workshop in January to brief the board on status of staff work on alternatives for potential use of the product water, and status of Poseidon's work to bring the project back to the Coastal Commission planned for March. He noted that the Carlsbad project is scheduled to begin normal operation in December. 4.7. Potential Projects for the Water Bond and Outlook for Bay Delta Conservation Plan There was little new to report. Dir Barbre commented that MWD is looking at the possibility of participating with other agencies in the purchase of five islands in the Delta. The potential benefits of owning the islands include 2 the associated water rights and the use of those sites for access for construction of the Delta Fix tunnels and/or use for environmental offsets. 4.8. Status of North Basin and South Basin Projects Mr. Markus reported that EPA staff will be making a presentation to his Board on December 16, 2015 regarding the North Basin Project. Regarding the South Basin project, he noted that OCWD is working with the state regulatory agencies on a potential interim clean-up project that would pump out contaminated water from the groundwater plume in the vicinity of the 55 Fwy and Dyer Road and discharge it to the OCSD sewer. 4.9. YLWD Well Projects and Proposal for Dual-Use Mr. Conklin reported that YLWD staff met with OCWD staff on November 16, 2015 and reached consensus on the deal points for the proposed lease agreement for the Well 22 site near OCWD's Huckleberry Basin, whereby YLWD will be providing water at no cost to OCWD for landscape irrigation in exchange for OCWD providing the well site to YLWD at no cost. The next steps are for YLWD to prepare the boundary survey and legal descriptions for the easement areas and for OCWD to prepare the draft lease agreement. At the same time, YLWD is proceeding with construction of its Well 21 project near Conrock Basin, which will include a pipeline turnout from Well 21 for the irrigation water for OCWD. 4.10. Future Agenda Items None. 5. ADJOURNMENT 5.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:36 p.m. The next YLWD/MWDOC/OCWD Interagency Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. SC 3