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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 03/23/2016 Steering Committee Minutes Page 1 of 3 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 03/23/2016 Steering Committee Minutes Page 2 of 3 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 . Submitted by: ' . 03/23/2016 Steering Committee Minutes Page 3 of 3