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Home My WebLink About09.09.2015 WB Minutes Regular Mtg.. t5 . t r B A K E R S F 1 E L D MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ^v A i E F � OO �•�."!� -CITY � F . ,• � �- � �: ', i� Wednesday, September 9, 2015 — 2:00 p.m. Water Resources Building Conference Room 1000 Buena Vista Road, Bakersfield, CA 93311 CALL TO ORDER Chairman Hanson called the meeting to order at 2:03p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: Chairman Hanson, Member Maxwell Absent: Member Smith 3. MINUTES A. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 5, 2015 for approval. Motion by Maxwell to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Al g',, t ,h I i APPROVED, ALL AYES WITH SMli!' ABSENT 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS- None KER�� RI`✓ `b'�F DIST'�I�T ivo��- 6. DEPORTS A. Kern River & Isabella Reservoir Operations Report John Ryan, Hydrographic Supervisor, stated the graph remains the same; the good news is the water year ends in September, so we can get off that bottom flat line. Current operations at Isabella: midnight storage is at 30,901 acre feet; the inflow pre - project is 65 second feet per day, normally it should be 314 on average, but averaging 65 cfs; the April -July run off estimate is at 57,665 acre feet, that is still at 13 percent of normal, the worst on record. Information only, no action taken. Bakersfield, California, September 9, 2015 - Page 2 Update on Water Usage in the City's Domestic Water Service Area for July 2015. Jason Meadors, Water Resources Director, provided the monthly usage for the month of July. The total water produced, the domestic water service area had a reduction of 31.5% over July 2013. Population growth was approximately 7,000 people over the last two years, which equates to about 2,000 connections. There was a reduction in the residential per capita per day of about 32% over the same time period. The City did not achieve the 36% target the state is requiring The state is tracking our cumulative savings from June until February of next year. The cumulative savings for June was 33.9% and July 32.6 %. Currently the cumulative savings is 32.6 %, under the required 36 %. Higher reductions will be needed through late summer and early fall to meet the requirement. Mr. Meadors stated itis going to be very difficult to achieve because of the cooling off period approaching. Staff answered questions. Chairman Hanson recognized Rudy Valles, Manager, California WaterService Company. Mr. Valles stated Cal Water has met their required numbers but has been struggling with the surcharge. Cal Water's reduction is 32% and they are at 35.9% reduction. Mr. Valles stated Cal Water started conservation efforts in 2006 and they have an advantage. He stated Cal Water's surcharge process has not been as smooth as hoped and Cal Water is reviewing. Member Maxwell asked if Cal Water is meeting the required reduction why is Cal Water charging a surcharge to itscustomers. Mr. Valles stated the intent was to meet a budget that would be available in the event the required reduction was not met. It was never the intent of Cal Water to hurt anyoneand an appeal process is in place. Art Chianello, Water Resources Manager, stated at the request of Chairman Hanson, staff compared water usage for the months of June /July 2015 to June /July 2013. Mr. Chianello stated the largest users were commercial and industrial, large entities such as the City. He stated City parks had a 50 -56% reduction; Cal State Bakersfield had a huge reduction of approximately 36 %; Nestles Ice Cream also reduced their water usage substantially. It was good to see because these were some of the users that when we first started talking about the drought they called us and wanted to talk about how we can use water more wisely and conserve and we saw that in the result for the most part. We are not giving up hope that we cannot meet our 36% conservation standard and are still looking at the top 50 water users to continue conserving. The area that we can conserve the most is outside irrigation on residential lawns. Our major water users are 73 -74% residential, for them to cut back a little bit more would be a very large percentage swing in our favor as we go into the fall. We still need to meet our conservation standards set by the state. I would say that we would still encourage private residential water users to continue to cutback and use water wisely. Bakersfield, California, September 9, 2015 - Page 3 HEARINGS -None 8. DEFERRED BUSINESS - None 9. NEW BUSINESS A. Administrative Citations: Emergency Ordinance Amending Chapter 14.02 to the Bakersfield Municipal Code relating to Regulations for Urban Water Conservation to Limit Irrigation of Turf and Landscapes. City Attorney Virginia Gennaro gave a brief presentation and stated the Governor declared a state of emergency in January 2015 requiring water conservation reduction levels to 36 %. The Council passed an emergency ordinance in April 2015 with the intention of having residents limit outside irrigation. The target was not met in June or July. In light of the fact that the City has missed that target level in the last two months, the City Manager, City Attorney's Office and the Water Board are concerned that if the City does not meet the state reduction target the City may be on schedule and on tract for a cease and desist order from the State Water Control Board that will trigger the $10,000 a day penalty. Staff has been exploring methods that can emphasize to the community the importance of water conservation. City Attorney Gennaro distributed a draft ordinance for review and gave dorief overview of the proposed ordinance authorizing an administrative process to issue an administrativeticket. The City needs to meet the 36% reduction, and the administrative process is more practical at this time than the criminal process. City Manager Alan Tandy stated the education process did not work. It is fairerto cite the violators locally rat her than to assess a state penalty and pass it onto everyone whet her they conserved or not. It does provide additional remedies to demonstrate to the State Water Board we aretrying our best to get to their number. Staff answered questions. Chairman Hanson stated the goal is not to fine people; it is to reduce consumption and reach the water conservation goal. M�ii. • • - �It�C,f��rove��.En, c�- - C�l�•��, r� �ll,� fir.,;,• +�,_,! City Council for adoption. APPROVED ALL AYES,WITH SMITH ABSENT. B. Independent Contractor'sAgreementwith Carollo Engineers, Inc., ($90,000) for On -call Services for Implementation of the 2014 Storm Water Management Plan Motion by Maxwell 1 • approve agreement with Carollo Engineers, I n � . a; • refer to the full C I f y Council for final approval. !' P ' Or 1 ALL AYES, WI SMITH ABSENT Bakersfield, California, September 9, 2015 - Page 4 10. MISCELLANEOUS - None 11. WATER BOARD STATEMENTS- None 12. CLOSED SESSION A. Conference with Legal Counsel- Potential Litigation Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2),(e)(1) (One matter) Recess to Closed Session at 2:35 p.m. Closed Session was adjourned at3:04 p.m. 13. CLOSED SESSION ACTION Virginia Gennaro, City Attorney, stated staff was given direction on Closed Session Item 12. A. 14. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Hanson adjourned the meeting at 3:05 p.m. Harold Hanson t Chairmndn City of Bakersfield Water Board i Bobbie Z ago a, C C Secretary, ify of Bakersfield Water Board