1990-03-27
SAN DIEGUITO WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
CITY OF ENCINITAS COUNCIL CHAMBERS
535 ENCINITAS BLVD., ENCINITAS
TUESDAY. MARCH 27. 1990. 4:00 P.M.
If you wish to speak to an item on the agenda, please fill out
the appropriate speaker's slip and hand it to the District
Secretary.
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
2 . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (15 Minutes)
oral comments (Maximum of three minutes) will be heard from
people who submit a white speaker's Slip to the District
Secretary. The law precludes the Board from discussing or
taking action upon such non-agenda items. They will be
referred to the District Manager.
5. CLOSING AND ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR
Items on the Consent Calendar are routine matters and there
will be no discussion unless an item is removed from the
Consent Calendar. Items removed by a "Request to Speak" form
from the pUblic will be handled immediately following adoption
of the Consent Calendar. Items removed by a Board Member will
be handled at the end of the agenda.
* Public hearing may not be heard if no speaker slips are
turned in.
A.
Approval of Minutes:
1990.
A Regular Meeting February 27,
B. Approval of February 1990 warrants list and revolving
fund.
C. Adoption of Resolution No. 90-11, amending Administrative
Code Article 21, Billing Procedures, Section 21.1.,
Deposits and section 21.11.1, Deposit for Non-Payment.
D. Approval of Addendum No. 1 to Resolution No. 90-4,
"Revising Water Rates and Charges", revising Tanker Meter
Water Charges (Construction Meter).
E. Adoption of Resolution No. 90-12, finding the District to
be excluded from the Gann Appropriations Limitation (Also
known as Article XIII B. of the Constitution).
SDWD Agenda Report
Meeting Date: March 27, 1990
Page 2
F.
Adoption of Resolution No.
surplus funds with the San
Agencies Excess Fund.
90-13, authorizing depositing
Diego County Treasurer's Local
G. Approval of Encroachment Permit across San Dieguito Water
District pipeline easement to Mr. & Mrs. Harder, APN 266-
091-17.
H. Approval of II Agreement to Improve Development Water
Facilities" to Daniel Sanders for Rossini Park Estates, TM
4559.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. NEW BUSINESS
8. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
A.
Discussion
Authority,
Program.
and
Bill
presentation by
Jacoby, regarding
San Diego County Water
CWA's Water Conservation
B. Status report on San Dieguito Water District I s current
water conservation activities.
C. San Diego County Water Authority meeting report.
D. Water Agency Reclamation Advisory Committee meeting
report.
E.
Completion
(Information
of first
Only)
annual
Water
Quality
Report.
9. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
10. BOARD/DISTRICT MANAGERS REPORT
Information items -- no discussion or action to be taken.
11. ADJOURNMENT
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above Agenda was posted at the City
of Encinitas Office by 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 23, 1990.
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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SAN DIEGUITO WATER DISTRICT
MARCH 27. 1990
A Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San
Dieguito Water District was held Tuesday, March 27, 1990, at
4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the City of Encinitas,
535 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas, California.
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
President Omsted called the meeting to order at 5:57 p.m.
The District Secretary called role.
Attendance was as follows:
DIRECTORS PRESENT:
President
Pamela C.
Marjorie F.
Anne Omsted, Vice-President
Slater, Richard P. Shea,
Gaines and Gail Hana.
DIRECTORS ABSENT:
None.
OTHERS PRESENT:
District Manager Warren H. Shafer,
District Engineer Morton F. August,
Operations Manager Joseph V. Palmer,
Engineer & Planning Supervisor victor R.
Graves, Jeff Moss utility Planner, Kathleen
Pfendler District Secretary, guest, San
Diego County Water Authority Water
Resources Specialist, Bill Jacoby,
representatives of local newspapers, and
others.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Salute to the flag was conducted at the preceding meeting
of the Encinitas Sanitation District.
3. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
None.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (15 Minutes)
There were no questions or comments directed to the
meeting of the San Dieguito Water District.
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5. CLOSING AND ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR
President Omsted requested Item D. be deleted from the
Consent Calendar. In order to satisfy legal requirements, this
item will be scheduled as a public hearing in April.
Upon motion by Director Shea, seconded by Vice-President
Slater and unanimously carried, the San Dieguito Water District
Board of Directors adopted the following amended consent
calendar, Items A" B., C., E., F., G. and H.
A.
Approval of Minutes:
1990.
A Regular Meeting, February 27,
Entered in Book 31, Pages 121 through 131.
B. Approval of February 1990 warrants list and revolving
fund.
February warrants 1183 through 1232, in the amount of
$297,383.09.
February revolving fund 11605 through 11857, in
the amount of $23,648.22.
C.
Adoption of Resolution No. 90-11, amending
Code Article 21, Billing Procedures,
Deposits. and Section 21.11.1. Deposit for
Administrative
Section 21.1,
Non-Pavment.
In 1979, the San Dieguito Water District initiated the
collection of deposits form all new customers and customers
that have been turned off for non-payment.
The necessity for
the collection of deposits was to stop the loss of
approximately $2,000 per year; plus postage, personnel time and
materials used in the attempts to collect.
with the adoption of the new rates in February, the
current deposits will not cover a bi-monthly billing of 24
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hundred cubic feet of water. The raises requested are $10.00
per deposits for all domestic meters, and a $40.00 per
agricultural and combination meters.
Customers whose water
service has been turned off for non-payment shall pay a
deposit, in excess of the regular deposit, in the amount equal
to the highest billing of the last year as described in said
Resolution, entitled
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SAN DIEGUITO WATER
DISTRICT AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REGARDING DEPOSITS &
DEPOSIT FOR NON-PAYMENT
and entered in Book 12 of Resolutions, Page 19.
E. Adoption of Resolution No. 90-12, finding the District to
be excluded from the Gann Appropriations Limitation (Also
known as Article XIII B. of the Constitution).
In 1980-81, the Legislature adopted implementing guidance
procedures to be followed in fixing and determining the Gann
Limit. Many agencies were not aware of two exclusions provided
in the Gann Limit.
The District calculated in FY 1977-78 that its tax rate
was 26 cents per $100 assessed valuation. This was in error as
the amount collected included Debt Service, which is subject to
exclusion as outlined in Article XIII B., Government Spending
Limitation,
Section 9.,
for the appropriations limit
calculation. The exclusion language is reflected on Attachment
"A" of said Resolution, entitled
RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SAN DIEGUITO
WATER DISTRICT FINDING THE DISTRICT TO BE EXCLUDED
FROM THE GANN APPROPRIATIONS LIMITATION (Also know as
Article XIII B. of the Constitution)
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and entered in Book 12 of Resolutions, Page 20.
F.
Adoption of Resolution No.
surplus funds with the San
Aqencies Excess Fund.
90-13, authorizing depositing
Diego County Treasurer's Local
Government Code, section 53684, allows local agencies to
deposit excess funds with the San Diego County Treasurer's
Local Agencies Excess Fund for the purpose of investment by the
County Treasurer.
The benefits derived by participating
agencies in the county pool is a higher interest rate, and the
availability of funds within five days.
The funds with the County are readily available for
withdrawals without penalties, as interest is figured on an
average daily balance of deposits as described in Investment
statistics, Attachment "A", said Resolution, entitled
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SAN DIEGUITO WATER
DISTRICT AUTHORIZING DEPOSITING SURPLUS FUNDS WITH THE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY TREASURER'S LOCAL AGENCIES EXCESS FUND
and entered in Book 12 of Resolutions, Page 21.
G. Approval of Encroachment Permit across San Dieguito Water
District pipeline easement to Mr. & Mrs. Harder, APN 266-
091-17.
The San Dieguito Water District currently has a 25'
easement for the District's 30" low pressure main.
This water
main begins at San Dieguito Reservoir in Rancho Santa Fe ending
in the southern portion of Cardiff.
Mr. & Mrs. Harder, owner1s of Parcel No. 266-091-17 in
Rancho Santa Fe, requested that San Dieguito Water District
allow them to cross the District's easement in order to install
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a 411 sewer lateral.
The Owner1s agreed to follow San Dieguito Water District's
encroachment policy. The 4" sewer lateral is designed to cross
in a manner that is acceptable to the District and meets the
health department's criteria.
H. Approval of "Agreement to Improve Development Water
Facilities: to Daniel Sanders for Rossini Park Estates, TM
4559.
On September 25, 1986, Rossini Park Estates received
approval by the San Diego County Planning Environmental Review
Board for a tentative subdivision map for 12 units, located
between Warwick Avenue and Sheffield Avenue east of Rossini
Drive, APN 260-281-01, 02, 11 & 12.
In order to meet project
requirements, new water mains are required to be relocated and
upgraded to provide domestic and fire flow needs.
The manpower and equipment necessary for these water
improvements would create a hardship on normal operations and
leave the District short-handed if an unexpected emergency
occurred.
For this reason, the District has requested the
Owner/Developer, Daniel Sanders, to enter into an "Agreement
with San Dieguito Water District to provide a properly licensed
contractor to install the water improvements under District
inspection.
After completion of the facilities in accordance
with the approved plans and specifications, the water pipelines
will then be owned and operated by San Dieguito Water District.
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The District has been provided with the required
information for this subdivision.
The Owner/Developer agrees
to bear all costs for improvements and abide by District
specifications, as described in Agreement No. A-0006.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
7. NEW BUSINESS
None.
8. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
A.
Discussion
Authority,
Proqram.
and
Bill
presentation by
Jacoby, regarding
San Diego County Water
CWA's Water Conservation
San Diego County Water Authority's Water Resource
Specialist, Bill Jacoby, gave a presentation concerning CWA 1 s
water conservation program and plans to implement a variety of
water conservation measures over the next five years, targeting
specific water consumer groups.
Mr. Jacoby stated that the SDCWA is currently in the
process of developing a Water Resources Plan.
A portion of
that plan addresses conservation measures to be considered for
implementation by the Authority, its member agencies and the
Metropolitan water District of Southern California.
Mr. Jacoby informed the Board that the Bay/Delta Process
also needs to be considered in the Authority's water
conservation process.
The work groups currently examining the
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role of urban conservation in the Bay/Delta process have
developed a list of Best Management Practices (BMP). It is
anticipated that major urban water agencies, like the
Authority, may agree to implement the list of BMP over a given
period of time in exchange for a guarantee of a reliable supply
of water exports from the Delta.
Mr. Jacoby stated that the MWD approved a Conservation
Credits Program using the following criteria in selecting
conservation measures for consideration.
L The costs must be comparable to costs of importing
and delivering additional imported water to the end user.
2. The measures cannot rely on long-term daily habit
changes by the domestic user to achieve savings.
3. The measures will incorporate statistically valid
follow-up analyses to determine the long-term savings from each
measure.
Mr. Jacoby gave a slide presentation on plans for
implementing conservation measures structured in two phases.
1. Local retail water users will be involved in limited
scale implementation of five of the measures. It is
anticipated that the results would be available for analysis as
early as FY 1992.
2. Will include full-scale implementation of those
measures that prove to warrant those resource commitments.
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Mr. Jacoby continued, stating the water authority's role
in this plan is to serve as the lead local agency on
conservation measures. Included in that lead role is the
responsibility of assisting member agencies in planning
conservation measures, securing funding for local measures
through MWD's Conservation Credits Program, providing CWA funds
along with managing implementation of some of the measures.
The projected cost over a five year period will be
approximately $10,700,000.
Mr. Jacoby reported that the state of California requires
every urban water supplier, providing water for municipal
purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than
3,000 acre-feet of water annually, is required to update their
1985 Urban Water Management Plan annually. The due date is
December 1991.
Mr. Jacoby reviewed potential San Diego area water
conservation measures by targeted type of water use for
implementation over a five year period for Single and Multi-
Family Residential, Commercial and Industrial consumers.
1. Plumbing Retrofit including retrofit with toilet flush
reducing devices, water conserving shower heads, and landscape
irrigation audits.
2. Single Family Surveys includes retrofit with toilet flush
reducing devices and water conserving shower heads, and
landscape irrigation audit.
2. Toilet Rebate to retail customers who purchase and
installs ultra low flush toilets.
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4. Xeriscape Assistance includes landscape architects to give
specific landscape design assistance to home owners for new
landscape, or retrofit of existing landscape.
5.
MUlti-Family,
Commercial and Industrial turf audits
includes water use audit of large turf areas providing specific
irrigation assistance and direction.
Board Member Slater left the meeting at 6:12 p.m.
Mr. Jacoby stated that there is also a leak detection
program that includes a sonic leak detection team to provide
assistance to member agencies in locating mainline water leaks.
Mr. Jacoby added that all the above program funding
sources could include CWA, MWD, participating member agencies,
and other local agencies.
B. Status report on San Dieguito Water District's current
water conservation activities.
District Engineer August stated that the water
conservation activities status report is for the Board's
information.
Director Omsted requested that the following items be
added to the April agenda.
1. Staff compile a comprehensive list of water conservation
measures to be considered for implementation by the District
individually, and in conjunction with CWA.
2. Staff report on gray water.
Director Omsted read a brief article in the April Sunset
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Magazine on gray water.
"Still considered a health hazard and
outlawed by most health departments, the use of household gray
water to maintain landscape plants is being looked at in a new
light.
Santa Barbara is the first county to legalize its use
(with certain restrictions) outdoors."
3. Review San Dieguito Water District's Resolution No. 88-22,
Water Conservation Program.
The Director stated that she attended a CWA retreat in
March. A report is in preparation and will be submitted to the
Board next meeting.
The topic of discussion was San Diego County 1 s drought
status, the probability of initiating a minimum Stage I water
alert and the possibly of proceeding to Stage III mandatory
compliance.
Director Gaines reported that she attended the Regional
Water Quality Control meeting that was held in Encinitas, March
5, 1990.
The Board voted not to implement the SWQCB 1 s
proposal that bays and estuary and inland stream numbers be
modified from the current suggested levels.
C. San Oieqo County Water Authoritv meetinq report.
President Omsted, district representative to the San Diego
County Water Authority, submitted a report on the CWA board
meeting of 03/08/90.
D. Water Agency Reclamation Advisory Committee meeting
report.
President Omsted reported that the Water Reclamation
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Advisory Committee did not meet in March.
E. Completion of first annual Water Quality Report.
(Information Only)
In order to meet the Safe Dr'nk'ng Water Act
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the
California Legislature adopted the California Domestic Water
Quality and Monitoring Regulations (Title 22). Beginning April
1, 1990, each water agency is required to provide information
to their customers concerning the quality of their water.
At the January 23, 1990 board meeting, the Board approved
the San Dieguito Water District I s draft text Water Quality
Report and authorized staff to proceed with its production and
distribution.
Printing of the reports have been completed and are
scheduled to be mailed by the end of March.
9. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
5.D. Approval of Addendum No. 1 to Resolution No.
"Revising Water Rates and Charges", revising Tanker
Water Charqes (Construction Meter).
90-4,
Meter
This item continued to public hearing, April 24, 1990.
10. BOARD/DISTRICT MANAGER'S REPORT
Information items -- no discussion or action to be taken.
President Omsted reported that she attended the Presidents
and Managers Council of Water utili ties breakfast along with
District Manager Shafer.
A representative from Metropolitan
Water District discussed water quality improvement acts. More
information will be available at a later date.
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11. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board,
President Omsted adjourned the meeting at 6:26 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Anne Omsted, Presldent
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Warren H. Shafer, se&;etary
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