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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-24-2000 Steering Committee Minutes... .. i DRAFT \ MINUTES OF STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, May 24, 2000 A meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at 4 p.m., in the District's Administrative Office. (1) The roll was called and a quorum declared present, as follows: STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Directors Present: Jan Debay, Chair of the Board Peer Swan, Vice Chair Pat McGuigan, Chairman, OMTS Committee Norm Eckenrode, Chairman, PDC Committee Tom Saltarelli, Chairman, FAHR Committee Jim Silva, County Supervisor Directors Absent: (2) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR PRO TEM No appointment was necessary. (3) PUBLIC COMMENTS OTHERS PRESENT: Thomas L. Woodruff, General Counsel Don Hughes Director Steve Anderson Bill Mills, General Manager, OCWD Ron Wildermuth, OCWD Mike Wehner, OCWD Ryal Wheeler STAFF PRESENT: Blake Anderson, General Manager Jean Tappan, Committee Secretary Michelle Tuchman, Director of Communications Gary Streed, Director of Finance David Ludwin, Director of Engineering Greg Mathews, Asst. to the General Manager Jim Herberg, Engineering Supervisor Mike Moore, Manager, ECM Sam Mowbray, Manager, Laboratory Nick Arhontes, Facilities Manager FIL ED IN THE OFF ICE OF THE SE CRETAR Y ORANG E CO UNTY .'~t,hJITAT!ON DIS TRICT There were no comments by any member of the public. (4) RECEIVE, FILE AND APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the April26, 2000 Steering Committee meeting were approved as drafted. Directors Swan and Anderson abstained. Minutes of the Steering Committee Page 2 May24, 2000 (5) REPORT OF THE COMMIITEE CHAIR Steering Committee Chair Jan Debay indicated that she has asked General Counsel for a ruling on providing compensation to alternate directors who, at the request of the chair, attend meetings as representatives of the District. (6) REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER General Manager Blake Anderson reported on the status of continuing labor negotiations with the SPMT and 501 units. A. Update on Kern/Kings County Issues. Escrow has closed on the property in Kings County. Staff is working to ensure day-to- day operations meet permit applications. A site improvement plan is under development that will include a buffer strip next to road. The District will continue to wait on exercising the purchase option on the Kern County property. Discussions are underway for other sites. Michelle Tuchman, Director of Communications, reported that the Orange County Register has indicated an interest in an interview on the biosolids issues. Blake Anderson reported that the District would continue to build better working relationships with the Kern and Kings County policymakers. B. White Paper on Little Hoover Commission. A white paper has been prepared by Greg Mathews, Michelle Tuchman and Gary Streed that discusses the findings and recommendations of the Little Hoover Commission's report on Special Districts, as well as the possible impacts on the District. Action Item: At Director Swan's suggestion, the District's 1997 reserves policy will be revisited by the FAHR Committee for the benefit of the new Board members. C. Sacramento initiatives related to transfer of tax revenues. There was no movement on any of the proposed bills before the legislature. D. Bill Mills, general manager of the Orange County Water District, briefed the committee members on the presence of a recently-identified compound, NOMA, that can be found in water and wastewater streams, and addressed the steps they are taking to manage it. (7) REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL General Counsel did not make a report. l' Minutes of the Steering Committee Page 3 May 24,2000 (8) DISCUSSION ITEMS (Items A-D) A. Cooperative Projects Program. Jim Herberg reported on the Cooperative Projects Committee and the FAHR Committee recommendation to allow cities to use federal/state funds for their portion of matching funds for this program. Motion: The Steering Committee moved and seconded a recommendation to allow the use of alternative funding for the city portion for these projects, as long as the project resulted in reduced 1/1 to the District's collection system, and forwarded the recommendation to the OMTS Committee for review before submitting to the Board for approval. B. Urban Runoff Fees. Gary Streed, Director of Finance, described the five alternatives for assessing fees for dry season urban runoff connection permits that will be presented to the FAHR Committee at its June meeting. After a discussion of the many issues involved, it was recommended that an Ad Hoc Committee be formed to evaluate the impacts and make recommendations to the Steering and FAHR Committees. The Chair and General Manager will appoint members to serve on the Ad Hoc Committee. C. Budget Status. Gary Streed reported that the preliminary proposed FY 2000-01 budget was presented to the standing committees. There were no policy questions raised during these meetings. The format has been changed because of the consolidation of rates. D. The agenda items scheduled to be reviewed by the Board's working committees in June were reviewed. (9) OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY There was no other business discussed. (10) MATTERS WHICH A DIRECTOR WOULD LIKE STAFF TO REPORT ON AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING There were none. (11) MATTERS WHICH A DIRECTOR MAY WISH TO PLACE ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR ACTION AND/OR STAFF REPORT There were none. (12) CONSIDERATION OF UPCOMING MEETINGS The next Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for June 28, 2000 at 5 p.m. Minutes of the Steering Committee Page 4 May 24,2000 The next Board Meeting is scheduled for June 28, 2000 at 7 p.m. (13) CLOSED SESSION The Committee convened at 6:03 p.m. in Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6, to discuss with Labor Negotiator the contract terms and conditions for the new General Manager. Minutes of the Closed Session are on file with the Board Secretary. The minutes of the Board meeting will report on the action(s) when approved by the Board members. At 6:50 p.m., the Committee reconvened in regular session. (14) ADJOURNMENT The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. e n Tappan t ering Committee Secretary H:\wp.dla\agenda\STEER/NG COMM/TTEE\00\May00\052400 SC Minutes Form. doc