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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/23/91 C A L I F O R N I A -~-.~--:~.~--~'-~-~.~ ~:---- WATER AND SANITATION DEPARTMENT 7~ - --~-~ PAUL DOW, Manager GENE BOGART, Director of Water Resources FLORN CORE, Assistant Director of Water Resou,rces MIKE SIDES, Sanilalion Superintendent, 326-3114 MEETING NOTICE .... A Special Meeting of the City of Bakersfield Water Board will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 1991 at 5:15 p.m,, in the Water Resources Conference Room, 4101 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield. Call meeting to order. Roll Call - Board Members: Salvaggio, Chairman; Peterson; Brunni The following items will be discussed: 1. Approve minutes of Special Meeting held April 5,' 1991. 2. Water Price and Sand Sale Schedule. FOR BOARD APPROVAL. 3. Update on development of City Water Policy. FOR BOARD DISCUSSION. 4. Closed session pursuant to Government Code 54956.9 (b)(1). 5. Adjournment. Paul Dow, Water and Sanitation Manager POSTED; April 19, 1991 4101 TRUXTUN AVENUE ,, BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93309 · (805) 326-3715 SPECIAL MEETING WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1991 5:15p.m. The meeting was called to order at 5:20p.m. by Chairman Salvaggio in the Water Resources Conference Room. The roll was called as follows: Present: Salvaggio (Chairman); Peterson, Brunni A motion was made by Boardmember Peterson to approve minutes of the Special Meeting held December 10, 1990. Motion passed. Mr. Robert Bellue, Chief Engineer of the Kern County Water Agency introduced Agency Directors on the Urban Bakersfield Committee, as well as others attending from the Agency. Mr. Bellue presented the proposed Domestic Water Distribution Plan. The plan involved pipeline facilities, additional storage tanks, booster stations and one newsurface water treatment plant. Cost range would be in the $80-120 million range, with funding to be determined by financial consultants. Following the presentation, the financing, bene- ficiaries and implementation of the plan Were discussed at length. City Water Board and staff have major concerns regarding the acceptance and support of the plan. As presented, the primary beneficiaries would be the non-groundwater and/or newly developed unincorporated areas of urban Bakersfield. City staff expressed concern over the drilling of 6 new water wells by the Agency, in the urban area, especially within the City's domestic water service area. The Agency wells would apparently be used to pump and transport groundwater from the urban area and delivered to unincorpo- rated areas of Bakersfield and to non-groundwater Agency agricultural districts on the west side of the valley. Agency staff responded that 3 of the wells would be used for extraction and delivery to the ID #4 treatment plant to meet basic needs of the plant. The other 3 wells are to be Agency wells used for extraction and export of water to Agency west side districts, Agency staff indicating the extracted water was banked by the Agency in 1981. Agency staff also stated CEQA requirements were met because of the Agency drought emergency declaration and were determined to be categorically exempt. City staff presented a plan developed to provide water service to the incorporated northeast area of the City and to the City areas to the northwest. The northwest area would be served by transmission mains, sur- face storage and sourced from stored groundwater in the "2800 Acres." This portion of the plan is in progress, with some major well facilities and water mains in place. The northeast area will be served via a treatment plant, storage facilities and trunk mains, taking City water from the Kern River as source water. City water would be purchased by the beneficiaries of the project and facilities paid for through an assessment district. Mr. Lunardini/ the City Attorney, suggested that the Water Board direct staff to enter into discussions with the Agency to determine appropriate direction City should take on the overall plan. Boardmember Peterson made a motion to authorize staff to meet with Agency staff to discuss the Domestic Water Plan and the 3 Agency wells to be drilled in the urban area and to direct staff to develop'a City Water Policy for areas within the City's sphere of influence. Motion passed. A letter to the Kern County Board of Supervisors from the County Administrative Office regarding an Advisory Committee on Improvement District No. 4 was presented and discussed before the Board. The Urban Bakersfield Advisory Committee was created to handle the occurrence of the problems spoken of in this letter. It was recommended by Mr. Dow that Mr. Weygand receive notices of these meetings so he might have someone in attendance. Also, Mr. Dow suggested that a memo be prepared by the Water Board and sent to all Council members stating that the letter is no longer in effect. For Board information Mr. Bogart gave a Water Supply Update. The City will have an adequate water supply to handle the Basic Ag Water Contracts due to the late winter storms that the Kern River watershed area has re- ceived. Mr. Bogart presented before the Board a request from the Water Association of Kern County for funding of the 1991 Water Awareness Campaign. He recommended a contribution of $1,000 from the Ag Water Division and $1,000 from the Domestic Water Division. A motion was made by Boardmember Brunni to approve these amounts. Boardmember Peterson stated the funding should be the same as last year, which was $500/Division; Boardmember Brunni's motion passed with a yes vote from Boardmember Salvaggio and a no vote from Boardmember Peterson. The water sale and repayment proposal with Olcese Water District was brought before the Board by Mr. Bogart. This agreement is to repay Olcese with approximately 22,000 acre-feet of City stored groundwater in lieu of cash for the 6 (six) wells Olcese constructed in the City 2800 Acres. A motion for approval was made by Boardmember Brunni. Motion passed. Mr. Bogart presented before the Board the groundwater sale to Kern County Water Agency. The Agency is in a program this year of putting to- gether a block of water from all sources in order to provide water to Agency member water districts. The Agency is interested in a 20,000 acre-foot block of water the City has spread in the "2800 Acres." The City considers this "imported water" since the source of this supply was from the Friant- Kern Canal. The City is willing to sell this water to the Agency in place, in the 2800 Acres for $50/acre foot. After discussion, a motion was made by Boardmember Brunni to approve an agreement to sell the groundwater to the Kern County Water Agency. Motion passed. Boardmember Peterson requested that Item 11 on the Agenda (set date of next Water Board meeting) be moved up. It was decided that the next Water Board meeting would be held Tuesday, April 23, 1991 at 5:15p.m. The proposed annexation to the City Domestic Water Service area was presented before the Board by Mr. Core. The proposed annexation area is south of Panama Lane on the west side of Stine Road and encompasses about 750 acres. A motion was made by Boardmember Peterson to recommend approval by City Council. Motion passed. Mr. Core presented before the Board the Water Use Agreement between the Kern River Interests and Southern California Edison Company (SCE). The City is part of the Kern River Interests. This agreement is an assign- ment resulting from the original agreement that allows SCE to transmit the power generated with Kern River water through specific facilities, but does not entitle SCE to any new or additional Kern River water rights. A motion for approval was made by Boardmember Brunni. Motion passed. For Board information Mr. Core presented two Mainline Extension Agreements with DeWalt Corporation. The meeting adjourned at 7:56p.m. Mark Salvaggio Chairman, City of Bakersfield Water Board ( ~ Sharon Robison Secretary, City of Bakersfield Water Board -2- \~ -_--. ....~ ....... ~ · _ . ; ' ~,.~ ..................................................... AGRICULTURAL WATER ENTERPRISE 1991 WATER PRICE AND SAND SALE SCHEDULE The following water prices for 1991 reflect, the current, below normal water supply conditions occurring throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Of the eight (8) water price categories shown below, items 1 and 2 are established by existing contracts. The water rates for items 3 through 8 are dependent upon supply and would remain in effect until conditions warranted changes or adjustments to these prices. For information and reference, the 1989 and 1990 schedule for surface water rates are shown for comparison (price per acre-foot). Actual 1989 Actual 1990 Effective May 1, 1991 (50% of Normal (24% of Normal (65% of Normal Type of Water Water Year) Water Year) Water Year) 1) Basic Contract Water .......... $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 2) City "Borrow/Payback" Contract Water ..................... $18.41 $19.18 $19.85 *3) Miscellaneous Kern River Water sold for surface irrigation ................................. $20.00 $22.00 $26.00 *4) Miscellaneous Water that would otherwise be used for groundwater banking ..... $10.54 $10.98 $11.36 *5) City non-Kern River Water Sales (oilfield discharge, etc.) ......................................... $16.00 $18.00 $18.00 6) 2800 Acre "banked" ground- water sold for surface irrigation ................................. $40.00 $40.00 $47.00 7) City water sold for incidental Ag. and Domestic use upstream of First Pt. of Measurement .... $52.00 $52.00 $58.00 8) Kern River Canal & Irrigating Co .......................... $16.30 $18.48 $18.48 * To encourage maximum use within the Kern River groundwater basin, water prices in categories number 3,4 and 5 are reduced 50% during periods of mandatory flood control release and/or encroachment into the flood, control storage space at Isabella Reservoir. For annual and/or temporary pumping agreements from Canal and River facilities, and for sand sales from City-owned river channel properties, the following rates would remain in effect until conditions warranted changes: ITEM PRICE 1) Temporary Pumping Agreements .................................. $ 45.00 per day 2) Annual Pumping Agreements 5 Truck units or less ......................................................... $400.00 (minimum charge) 6 Truck units or more ...................................................... $600.00 (or greater proportionately, depending upon volume) 3) Sand Removal Sales .......................................................... $ 0.50 per cubic yard (plus sales tax when applicable) OVF~CE OV T.E CITY OF BAKERSFIELD 1501 TRUXTUN-AVENUE CITY ATTORNEY CALIFORNIA BAKERSFIELD. CA 93301 LAWRENCE M. LUNARD1NI CITY ATTORNEY PH. 805-326-3721 FAX 805-323-3780 ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS: ROBERT M. SHERFY DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS: ALAN D. DANIEL LAURA C. MARINO LOUISE T. CLOSS A~ril ~2 ~99~ ALLEN M. SHAW 3OHN D. CLOSS " WALTER H. PORR. IR. INVESTIGATOR: KRISTEN M. BORTON ADMINISTRATION: Mr. S. Michael Radon PAMELA A. McCARTHY Kern County Water Agency 3200 Rio Mirada Drive Bakersfield, CA 93308 Dear Mr. Radon: I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with you and other members of your staff and technical experts last Friday concerning your proposal for implementing an ambitious plan to' manage water. As you know, one of the concerns of the City of Bakers- field's Water Board is the status of the wells currently being drilled by your Agency. In particular, the City Water Board asked staff to review the issue of whether a true emergency now exists requiring the drilling of the wells. After detailed discussions, and consideration of your views, it is the City's. opinion the' emergency situation which may have existed in January for your surface water treatment plant does not exist today. Our reasons for this are well-known and have been stated to you. Consequently, I must ask you to immediately cease all activities having to do with the three emergency wells until you have carried out the proper .environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act. As 'to the three wells located between Stockdale Highway and Allen Road in ID4, if these wells are being drilled under your emergency mandate then such' activity also must cease until you have completed an environmental review. If environmental review has been done for these wells,, and the City is not aware of any, then I must respectfully request these activities, cease in view of 'the Letter to Mr. Radon Kern County Water Agency April 12, 1991 Page 2 unfortunate results you have obtained from one of the so-called emergency wells. It is my understanding this well has water' quality problems which, of course, would be a changed condition for any environmental review that had been conducted. In short, the City feels the drilling of all wells located within ID4 should cease immediately and the normal environmental review should be conducted so we can measure the impact on our respective water systems. While I am certain you will agree with this request, I must for the record tell you that in the event you do not, this office will be obligated to recommend to the City's Water Board and to the .City Council that it take appropriate legal steps to protect its interests. I know you will recognize what we are doing is simply designed to protect the City's legal interests. Further, the City Water Board has instructed staff to meet with the Kern County Water A~ency staff to further discuss and understand your proposed water management Project. In this regard, I emphasize that the City Water Board has not taken any position on this project as of this date. Once again, thanking you for your courtesy, I remain Very truly yours, LAWRENCE M. LUNARDiNI City Attorney LML/meg KCWATER.LTR cc: Tom Clark J. Dale Hawley Paul Dow Gene Bogart