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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1985-06-27COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,AND 13 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR ~1EETING ON JUNE 27,1985 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 10844 ELLIS AVEN1JE~ FOUNTAIN VALLEY,CALIFORNIA II I b . S ROLL CALL An adjourned regular meeting of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,11 and 13 of Orange County,California,was held on June 27,1985 at 7:00 p.m.,in the Districts’Administrative Offices.Following the Pledge of Allegiance and invocation the roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum present for Districts Nos.1, 2,3,5,6,7 and 13 as follows: ACTIVE DIRECTORS ALTERNATE DIRECTORS DISTRICT NO.1 xRobert Hanson,Chairman xRonald B.Hoesterey,Chairman pro x Dan Griset a Roger Stanton xBuck Catlin,Chairman .a Richard Buck,Chairman pro tern x Sam Cooper x Dan Griset x Carol Kawanami a William D.Mahoney x James Neal xBob Perry x Don Roth x Don Smith a Roger Stanton x Gene Wisner xDon Roth,Chairman xCarrey Nelson,Chairman pro ten _Ruth Bailey Oscar Brownell x Buck Catlin x Norman Culver x Don Griffin x Dan Griset aWilliarn D.Mahoney x James Neal x Richard Olson x Richard Partin a Richard Polis aSal Sapien a Roger Stanton xCharles Sylvia DISTRICT NO.5 xEvelyn Hart,Chairman xPhilip Maurer,Chairman pro tern a Roger Stanton DISTRICT NO.6 xJames Wahner,Chairman ~cRuthelyn Plurnrner,Chairman pro tern a Roger Stanton _____________ xDon Smith,Chairman a David Sills,Chairman pro tern xRichard Edgar x Dan Griset xPhilip Maurer a Roger Stanton x James Wahner DISTRICT NO.11 a Ruth Bailey,Chairman a Roger Stanton,Chairman x John Thomas Orma Crank tern Donald J.Saltarelli Robert Luxernbourger Harriett Wieder Chris Norby _George Ziegler Carrey Nelson Robert Luxeinbourger Wayne Silzel Dorothy Wedel George Scott Norman Culver H.Liewellyn Overholt,Jr. Gene Beyer Harriett Wieder Michael J.Beverage H.Llewellyn Overholt _Sam Cooper x John Thomas xJoyce Risner Chris Norby Bob Perry James T.Jarrell Robert Luxembourger Dorothy Wedel George Scott Bruce Finlayson John Kanel Norma Seidel Jean Siriani Harriett Wieder Anthony Selvaggi John Cox,Jr. _John Cox,Jr. Harriett Wieder James B.Gallacher John Cox,Jr. Harriett Wieder Gene Beyer Sally Anne Miller Donald J.Saltarelli Robert Luxembourger John Cox,Jr. Harriett Wieder _Harry Green Robert P.Mandic,Jr. Harriett Wieder Ruth Finley DISTRICT NO.13 xDon Smith,Chairman xSam Cooper,Chairman pro tern xMichael J.Beverage x Don Roth a Roger Stanton Gene Beyer Carrey Nelson Gene Wisner _H.Llewellyn Overholt Harriet Wieder DISTRICT NO.2: DISTRICT NO.3 DISTRICT NO.7 pro tern —2— 6/2 7/8 5 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:J.Wayne Sylvester,General Manager,Ri~a Brown,Board Secretary,William N.Clarke, Thomas M.Dawes,Blake Anderson,Bill Butler,Penny Kyle,Richard von Langen,Gary Streed,Corinne Clawson,Bob Ooten SAWPA REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT:Joe Aklufi,Howard A.Hicks,Wayne H. Holcomb,Theo Nowak,Dwight French, J.Andrew Schiange,Jennifer Ducleth OTHERS PRESENT:Suzanne Atkins,General Counsel,Ray Lewis, Scott Morgan,Darrel Cohoon,Bill Dendy,Don Martinson,Dennis M.Reid,James Anderson ************* DISTRICT 11 This being the 27th day of June,1985, Adjournment of meeting by Secretary at 7:00 p.m.,being the time and place for an Adjourned Regular Meeting of County Sanitation District No.11 of Orange County,California,and there not being a quorum of said Board present,the meeting of District No.11 was thereupon adjourned by the Secretary. DISTRICTS 1,2,3,5,6,7 &13 The Joint Chairman stated that the Review of history and background of purpose of this joint workshop with the regional Santa Ana River Inter Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority ceptor (SARI)sewerage system in (SANPA)was to review the history the management and protection of and background information on the role the upper and lower underground of regional sewerage service in the basin fresh water supplies management and protection of the Santa Ana River underground fresh water supplies.He introduced Mr.Andrew Schiange,SAWPA General Manager,and Mr.James Anderson,Executive Officer of the Santa Ana Region of the California Water Quality Control Board who presented an overview as summarized below. In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s water and wastewater officials in Orange and Riverside/San Bernardino Counties cooperated closely in initiating a plan to manage the Santa Aria River underground fresh water supplies for the three—county area. The backbone of this groundwater protection plan is the Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI)system.In 1972 the Sanitation Districts entered into agreements with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA)to provide a means whereby wastewater from Upper Santa Ana River Basin dischargers that would be harmful to the groundwater supply of both the upper (Riverside/San Bernardino Counties)and lower (Orange County)basin can be transported through a closed system,to the Sanitation Districts’treatment and disposal facilities.The agreements provide for 30 MGD capacity rights for the upper Santa Ana River Basin interests in the District No.2 Santa Aria River Interceptor and the now existing and future treatment and disposal facilities of the Joint Sanitation Districts. Litigation of water use and rights has a long history within the Santa Aria River system.Early judgments and agreements preceding 1960 were primarily concerned with quantity of water. —3— 6/27/85 ~During the mid 1960’s,Orange County Water District filed a lawsuit entitled, “Orange County Water District vs.City of Chino,et al”.This complaint involved several thousand defendants in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties and hundreds of cross—defenderits in Orange County.The defendants and cross—defendants included substantially all water users within the Santa Ana Watershed. In 1969 a stipulated judgment was entered in the case which provided a physical solution by allocation of obligation and rights to serve the best interests of all water users in the watershed.Orange County Water District,Chino Basin Municipal Water District,Western Municipal Water District and San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District were deemed to have the power and financial resources to implement the physical solution.The stipulated judgment provided for dismissal of all defendants and cross—defendants except for the four districts,providing certain parties stipulated to cooperate and support the physical solution. The physical solution provided that water users in the Orange County area have rights,as against all upper basin users,to receive an annual average supply of 42,000 acre feet of base flow at Prado Dam,together with the right to all storm flow,reaching the dam.Lower basin users may make full conservation use of Prado Dam and reservoir subject to flood control use.Water users in the upper basin have the right to pump,extract,conserve,store and use all surface and groundwater supplies within the upper area,providing lower area entitlement is met. The judgment further provided for adjustment to base flow (that portion of total surface flow passing a point of measurement,which remains after deduction of storm flow)based on water quality considerations. As a result of the litigation and stipulated judgment to ensure the supply of good quality water to Orange County,the four remaining defendants and cross—defendants (CBMWD,WMWD,SBVMWD and OCWD)determined that planning the use of water supplies in the watershed would be beneficial to all users. SAWPA,the Planning Agency,was formed in 1968 as a joint exercise of powers agency.Its members were the four water districts who have the primary responsibility of managing,preserving and protecting the groundwater supplies in the Santa Ana Basin.These districts formed SAWPA because they foresaw a threat to the water supplies that is larger than any one of the districts could cope with alone —the threat of pollution. They foresaw the possibility that pollution by mineral salts and other pollutants could pose a greater danger to the basin than even overdraft.They suspected that if programs and projects were not implemented to control this problem,there could be a gradual accumulation of pollutants in the basins that would be almost impossible to clean up,causing a total loss of the usefulness and value of the basins. SAWPA’s first task was to characterize the problem and make projections of what the future might hold if nothing were done.To aid in this effort,sophisticated mathematical models of the basins were used.The projections supported the fears of the water districts.It was clear that something had to be done. As a next step,SAWPA,in the early 1970’s,developed a long—range plan for the entire Santa Ana Watershed.The plan included both regulatory programs and projects.The regulatory portion was recomniended to the Regional Water Quality 6/27/85 Control Board and has largely been adopted in the form of standards by that .~ agency.The projects include some to be implemented by the individual districts, some by the State of California,some by the Metropolitan Water District and some by SAWPA.In total,they will result in a much safer water supply in the long term. That plan,completed in 1972,identified twelve major project areas of need.Of the identified areas,four were such that their impact overlapped more than one member district.Those four projects are: 1.Mineral and Toxicant Control —Export to the Ocean Construction of a pipeline facility (Santa Arta River Interceptor —SARI)from the Pacific Ocean to upper watershed districts for the removal of poor quality wastewater.This facility is the single most crucial element in achieving water quality management in the watershed.Primary uses of the SARI are: a.Removal of poor quality rising water in the Chino III,Temescal and Arlington Basins b.Removal of Desalter brine c.Removal of agricultural return water from areas tributary to the Arlington basin and dairy areas of Chino/Riverside d.Removal of municipal and industrial wastewater high in TDS 2.Reduction of Salt added by Agriculture The preparation of specific plans and facilities for limiting salt added by agriculture are to be determined by future feasibility level studies. 3.Provision of-Good Quality Water to Corona,Norco and Home Gardens The provision of water for domestic use meeting the delivered (3—c plan) quality objective designed to reduce quality related consumer cost and wastewater disposal.This program includes construction of facilities to serve treated State Water Project water and water from the Bunker Hill Basin. 4.Prevention of Poor Quality Rising Water from Comingling with Good Qua1it~ Water in the Santa Ana River This project was envisioned to provide an economically feasible method of exporting salt from the upper watershed groundwater basins thereby improving the mineral quality of the river water used for replenishment in the lower watershed. In 1974,upon completion of the Planning Agency work program,the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority was created and empowered to develop,plan,finance, construct and operate programs and projects related to water quality—control and management,resulting in pollution abatement and protection of the Santa Ana Watershed.The original member districts were ChinoBasin Municipal Water District,Western Municipal Water District,San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District and Orange County Water District.Eastern Municipal Water District subsequently joined in 1984. —5— 6/2 7/8 5 ~Implementation of these projects required that SAWPA contract with other public agencies.In the case of SARI,in 1972 SAWPA contracted with the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County for Interceptor Treatment and Disposal Capacity in their system.Construction of SARI,again the most critical element of the water quality management plan,was completed to Riverside and Chino in 1983. In addition to implementing the four specific project areas,SAWPA has a coordination role to assure that all of the various parts of the plan are moving ahead.SAWPA’s role is recognized by the Regional Water Quality Control Board, the State Water Resources Control Board,the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies. In general,it can be accurately said that the Basin Plan for the Santa Ana Basin is the most comprehensive water quality protection program of any river basin in the world,largely because of the active,ongoing interest and participation by the member water districts and SAWPA’s affiliation with other agencies such as the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County. Following a review of the projects completed to date by SAWPA toward the overall program objectives and the proposed projects including the Stririgfellow pretreatment facility and the interim City of Norco plan and the connection of the California Rehabilitation Center in Corona,the Directors entered into a general discussion with Mr.Schlange and Mr.Anderson of the overall program aimed at protecting the underground basins in both the lower (Orange County)and upper (San Bernardino/Riverside Counties)Santa Ana River Watershed. DISTRICT 1 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.1 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. DISTRICT 2 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.2 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. DISTRICT 3 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.3 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. DISTRICT 5 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.5 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. DISTRICT 6 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjour nment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.6 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. —6— 6/2 7/8 5 DISTRICT 7 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.7 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. DISTRICT 13 Moved,seconded and duly carried: Adjournment That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.13 be adjourned.The Joint Chairman then declared the meeting so adjourned at 8:47 p.m.,June 27,1985. Secretary,Boar~s of Directors County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3, 5,6,7,11 and 13 —7—