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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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~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
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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.
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~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.
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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
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