HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 97-01RESOLUTION NO.97-01
AUTHORIZING ACTIONS TO PROCEED WITH ORANGE
COUNTY REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,13
AND 14 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,AUTHORIZING
INCLUSION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY RECLAMATION
PROJECTAS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND
APPROVAL OF A COST SHARING AGREEMENT
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WHEREAS,Districts are preparing a Strategic Plan,projecting population,
wastewater flows and needed collection,treatment and disposal facilities through the
Year 2020;and,
WHEREAS,Districts have long supported water reclamation and are currently
studying the benefits of water conservation and water reclamation for Districts’
Wastewater Program,as well as water supply options for the County of Orange;and,
WHEREAS,the Orange County Water District,hereinafter referred to as OCWD,
is projecting water supply needs for a similar planning period;and,
WHEREAS,Districts and OCWD have,for many years,cooperated to jointly
reclaim water for the beneficial use of the citizens served by both agencies;and,
WHEREAS,Districts’Ad Hoc Committee re Strategic Plan and OCWD’s Water
Issues Committee jointly met on January 20,1997,to discuss water reclamation;and,
WHEREAS,Staffs of Districts and OCWD have,for several years,jointly studied
water reclamation projects and most recently have prepared a study on the Orange
County Regional Water Reclamation Project (OCR Project);and,
WHEREAS,Districts believe that the OCR Project offers an opportunity to
reduce peak hydraulic flows to its limited capacity ocean outfall system,thereby helping
to defer the need for a second ocean outfall.
NOW,THEREFORE,the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.
1,2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of Orange County,California,
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DO HEREBY RESOLVE,DETERMINE AND ORDER:
Section 1 Because the OCR Project offers long-term water supply and
wastewater disposal benefits,Districts’Joint Chair is authorized to appoint Directors to
a Joint District-OCWD Committee,comprised of Directors of each agency to review
studies,oversee the development of the OCR Project,and make recommendations to
Districts’and OCWD’s Boards of Directors.
Section 2 In order to fund preliminary studies,including site layout work and
environmental work,Districts’General Manager is authorized to approve a joint funding
agreement with OCWD,providing for 50-50 joint funding of activities deemed
necessary by Districts’General Manager to further the project,said agreement to be
prepared in a manner approved by Districts’General Counsel,in an amount not to
exceed $250,000.00.
Section 3 Districts’Staff is directed to include the OCR Project as an element
in the Districts’Strategic Plan,in order to fully identify potential benefits and costs from
set project with the final determination as to the feasibility of the project to be included
for future approval by the Boards of Directors.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held February 26,1997.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTYOF ORANGE )
I,PENNY KYLE,Secretary of the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation
Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of Orange County,California,do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No.97-01 was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of said Boards on the 26th day of February,1997,by the following vote,to wit:
AYES:Steve Anderson,George Brown,John Collins,Barry Denes,Brian
Donahue,Burnie Dunlap,Norman Z.Eckenrode,Tom Harman,
Patsy Marshall,Eva Miner-Bradford,Pat McGuigan,Chris Norby,
John E.Noyes,Margie L.Rice,Arlene Schafer,Christina Shea,
Sheldon S.Singer,Todd Spitzer,William G.Steiner,Dave
Sullivan,Peer A.Swan,Charles E.Sylvia,Hank Wedaa,Bob
Zemel
NOES:None
ABSENT:Tom Carroll,Jan Debay,Mark A.Murphy,Thomas R.Saltarelli
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of County Sanitation District No.I on behalf of itself and Districts Nos.2,3,5,6,7,
11,13 and 14 of Orange County,California,this 26th day of February,1997.
Penny KyIe,(~c~r,e1~ry
Boards of Direct&g,County Sanitation
Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of
Orange County,California
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