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Home My WebLink About09-22-2004 Steering Committee Minutes, . '9 DRAFT MINUTES OF STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, September 22, 2004 A meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 5 p.m., in the District's Administrative Office. (1) The roll was called and a quorum declared present, as follows: STEERING COMMITIEE MEMBERS: Directors Present: Steve Anderson, Chair Jim Ferryman, Vice Chair Carolyn Cavecche, Chair, OMTS Committee Roy Moore, Chairman, FAHR Committee Jim Silva, County Supervisor Shirley McCracken, Past Board Chair Tod Ridgeway, Director Directors Absent: Brian Donahue, Chairman, PDC Committee OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Hagin, General Counsel Chris Townsend Scott Baugh Eric Sapirstein John Freshman (2) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR PRO TEM No appointment was necessary. (3) PUBLIC COMMENTS STAFF PRESENT: Bob Ghirelli, Acting GM & Director of Technical Services Bob Ooten , Director of Operations and Maintenance Lisa Tomko, Director of Human Resources Carol Beekman, Director of Communications and Administrative Services Gail Garrett, Committee Secretary Layne Baroldi, Legal & Regulatory Affairs Liaison Jim Colston, Legal & Regulatory Affairs Liaison Jim Herberg, Engineering Manager Sam Mowbray, Laboratory Manager Ed Torres, Engineering Manager Sonja Wassgren, Principal Public Information Specialist Simon Watson, Maintenance Manager FILED IN THE OFFIC E OF THE SECRETARY ORANGE C"' '"~" ~ • .,,~,.,.,"~' DISTRICi' OCT 2 7 2004 gy li. -·--,...._,._._ -- There were no comments by any member of the public. (4) RECEIVE, FILE AND APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the August 25, 2004 Steering Committee meeting were approved as drafted. Minutes of the Steering Committee Page 2 September 22, 2004 (5) REPORT OF THE COMMITIEE CHAIR Committee Chair Steve Anderson reported on several issues, as follows: A. The Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) ground breaking ceremony was held this past Monday. The event attracted more than 150 elected officials, community leaders and industry leaders from around the state and country. The Dedication Plaque and the rendering of what the finished facility will look like are displayed in the Board room tonight. B. There will be a special GWRS Visitors Center workshop held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, September 27 in the OCWD Board room. The meeting is for Directors and alternates serving on the GWRS Steering Committee, but is open to any Director who would like to sit in and listen. C. O.C. Supervisor Jim Silva, Mayor Tod Ridgeway (Newport Beach) and Carol Beekman, Director Of Communications and Administrative Services recently traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby for federal dollars for the construction of secondary treatment facilities. D. Director Anderson announced Mr. Harvey Hunt of Carollo Engineers passed away this past Monday. Apparently, he had been in poor health for about 1-1/2 years. he was considered one of the "foundations" of the District. The Board meeting will be adjourned in his memory. (6) REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER Acting General Manage r Bob Ghirelli reported on several issues, as follows: A. Mr. Ghirelli gave an update on Blake Anderson. He should be returning to work at the end of October. B. The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board approved OCSD's NPDES permit and Time Schedule Order at their public hearing this past Friday. It establishes the schedule for OCSD to achieve compliance with secondary treatment standards. EPA approval is expected next week, our new NPDES permit will become effective 33 days later, around the end of October. C. Mr. Ghirelli announced that the District's vessel, Nerissa, was launched on August 31 51 in the state of Washington and is currently undergoing sea trails. The delivery of the vessel will be in the next few weeks. The vessel will be moored in Newport Harbor and a christening ceremony is planned for November 6. D. He reported that we are working closely with LACSD and the City of Los Angeles through CASA on the biosolids issue in Kern County. E. Several commercial property sites have been identified for the new Ellis Pump Station site. A draft EIR is being prepared. Director Shirley McCracken noted that building on commercial sites would mitigate long range problems. F. Fred O'Brien is receiving his 30 year service award at the Board meeting tonight. G. Mr. Ghirelli asked Bob Ooten, Director of Operations and Maintenance, to brief the Minutes of the Steering Committee Page 3 September 22, 2004 committee members on the Labor Day spill. He outlined possible causes, recommendations and actions taken. Director Ferryman asked whether the agency which had drenched Edison's transformer had been contacted. District filed an incident report with the Regional Water Board and investigations are currently ongoing. An in depth report will be submitted to the Board within 90 days. (7) REPORT OF GENERAL COUNSEL General Counsel did not make a report. (8) DISCUSSION ITEMS (Items A-D) A. Legislative Advocacy Briefing by Consultants The District's lobbying team who represent OCSD in Sacramento and Washington D.C. each gave updates on legislative activities. Presentation materials were handed out at the meeting. Scott Baugh urged staff and Directors to work in conjunction with all Orange County cities towards establishing a policy clarifying their needs and requirements with the California Performance Review (CPR). Mr. Ghirelli reported that staff is looking at the CPR and evaluating how OCSD will be impacted. Staff will have an update by next month. Director McCracken noted that OCSD staff needs direction from the Board on this matter. B. GVRD Oct. 21st workshop on Biosolids Planning and Options Mr. Ghirelli informed the Steering committee that one of District's staff will be traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia to attend a biosolids workshop. C. The Agenda Items scheduled to be reviewed by the Board's working committees in October were reviewed. Mr. Ooten said items 4 and 5 would not be going forward to OMTS. D. The agenda items scheduled to be presented to the Board at tonight's meeting were reviewed. Director Anderson noted that all items on the agenda tonight are consent items. There were no questions or clarifications requested. (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. Minutes of the Steering Committee Page4 September 22, 2004 (12) CONSIDERATION OF UPCOMING MEETINGS The next Steering Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at 5 p.m. The next Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at 7 p.m. (13) CLOSED SESSION The Committee convened at 6:30p.m. in Closed Session, pursuant to Sections 54956.8, 54956.9, 54957 or 54957.6, to discuss four items. Minutes of the Closed Session are on file with the Board Secretary. Confidential Minutes of the Closed Session held by the Steering Committee have been prepared in accordance with Government Code Section 54957.2, and are maintained by the Board Secretary in the Official Book of Confidential Minutes of Board and Committee Closed Meetings. A report of the recommended actions will be publicly reported at the time the approved actions become final. At 6:50p.m., the Committee reconvened in regular session. (14) ADJOURNMENT The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. Submitted by: Steering Committee Secretary H:\dept\agenda\Steering Committee\04\SC Minutes Form.5.doc ;