HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-23-2016 Steering Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was called to order by Chair Nielsen on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at
5:02 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
John Nielsen, Chair
Keith Curry, Administration Committee
Chair
John Withers, Operations Committee
Chair
Tom Beamish, Member-At-Large
Lucille Kring, Member-At-Large
David Shawver, Member-At-Large
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Greg Sebourn, Vice-Chair
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided.
REPORTS
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Resources
Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Jim Colston
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Mike Markus, General Manager OCWD
Bill Hunt, Director of Special Projects,
OCWD
Patrick Shields, IRWD
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Chair Nielsen provided information from the March 15th legislative visit to Sacramento
where he, Vice-Chair Sebourn and Mr. Herberg met with Senator Hertzberg's office;
Assembly Member Gordon; State Water Control Board and the Assembly Committee
on Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials offices. Chair Nielsen noted that due to
timing issues, Item No. 2 is on the agenda for this committee rather than Legislative
and Public Affairs.
General Manager Jim Herberg reminded the committee of the upcoming Honor Walk
Ceremony, which will be held on May 25, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED. SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Minutes of the
February 24, 2016 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Shawver and Withers
None
None
Sebourn
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli provided a brief overview of the history of the
proposed bill and noted the time constraints for which this is being brought forward.
2. OPPOSE SENATE BILL 885 (WOLK) (Bob Ghirelli)
MOVED. SECONDED. AND DULY CARRIED TO: Authorize the Chair to sign
a letter of opposition for: Construction Contracts: Indemnity. An act to amend
Section 2782 of the Civil Code, relating to contracts (SB 885).
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
INFORMATION ITEMS:
Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Shawver and Withers
None
None
Sebourn
3. PROPOSED ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NORTH BASIN
GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (Bob Ghirelli)
Mr. Ghirelli introduced Mike Markus, General Manager, OCWD who provided
information of the proposed groundwater extraction system. Mr. Markus
distributed documents illustrating the contamination of the aquifer monitoring
wells and generally discussed the following: pending litigation against potential
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contributors; urgency of the problem and the proposed preventative measures
to halt contamination; OCSD's discharge fees and a possible partnership for
initial clean-up efforts. Mr. Markus and General Counsel Brad Hogin fielded
questions from the committee regarding: alternative measures; date certain
deferment of fees; recovering fees from responsible parties; budgeting and
possible Prop. 1 funding. Mr. Markus stated that he will work together with
Mr . Herberg to hopefully find a solution; an Ad Hoc Committee was also
suggested to possibly address this issue.
CLOSED SESSION:
None.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None .
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m. to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 5 :00 p .m .
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