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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/20/93 NATER BOARD M a r k S a lva gg lo, Chair C o n n i Bru n n i, Vice-Chair D a n i e 1 J. Kan e SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1993 WATER RESOURCES CONFERENCE ROOM 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD 5:15P.M. Call meeting to order. Roll Call - Board Members. 1) Approve minutes of Special Water Board meeting held March 16, 1993. 2) Annexation to City Domestic Water Service Area (Ashe Water). FOR BOARD ACTION and RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. 3) The SWRCB Decision 1630 shelved by request of Governor. FOR BOARD INFORMATION. 4) Adjournment. TOUR OF CITY'S 2800 ACRE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE PROJECT. PAUL DOW, MANAGER POSTED: April 19, 1993 1000 BUENA VISTA ROAD · BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 93311 · (805) 326-3716 SPECIAL MEETING WATER BOARD - CITY OF BAKERSFIELD TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1993 5:15P.M. The meeting was called to order' by Boardmember Salvaggio at 5:15P.M. in the Water Resources Conference Room. Present: Salvaggio, Chair: Brunni, Vice-Chair; Kane A motion was made by Boardmember Brunni to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting held February 10, 1993. Motion carried. The State Water Resources Control Board Decision 1630 was brought before the Board by Mr. Bogart, with an update on this issue by Mr. John Stovall of the Kern County Water Agency who attended the hearings in Sacramento. At the conclusion of the hearing the only action taken was to defer action indefinitely, and no hearing date was set to take action on D-1630. A workshop set to receive more comments from the federal agencies on the Endangered Species Act ramifications is set for March 29, 1993, and there will probably be no action taken until after that time. Mr. Bill Balch of the Kern County Water Agency had some comments regarding the impact of this Decision on ID4. Mr. Balch said that Berrenda Mesa Water District, had by formal board resolution, decided to sell part of their water. The City, County as well as the Agency have a very extreme interest in keeping water in the county, and with some coordination this might be accomplished in an economical way. Boardmember Brunni asked Mr. Stovall what the City could do to help in this effort. Mr. Stovall felt at this time another letter might be appropriate to respond to the changes they have suggested and said he would be glad to work with City staff to help in this effort. Mr. Dow suggested that City staff could work with the Kern County Water Agency on drafting another letter opposing D-1630 if necessary. A motion was made by Boardmember Brunni that this be done. Motion carried. Boardmember Salvaggio requested that items 5 and 6 be moved up on the agenda since he would have to leave the meeting early. Mr. Bogart brought before the Board the 1993-1994 Water Price and Sand Sale Schedule for the Agricultural Water Division. The recommended rates are very similar to previous years when there has been an above normal supply of water. The largest change would be to the miscellaneous water price which has been at $26 during the drought. The rate is now recommended at $20 per acre-foot which is competitive to the Basic Contracts and water from the federal Friant-Kern project. Mr. Bogart requested that the Board authorize the City Manger to execute the Executive Order setting these .rates which would be effective April 1, 1993. A motion was made by Boardmember Brunni for approval of these rates. Motion carried. Mr. Core presented the 1993-1994 Domestic Water Enterprise rate schedule. The proposed water rates will increase the existing rates by approximately 4%, which will raise the cost of the average residential customer's bill about $0.70 per month. The increase is to offset the rising costs to operate and maintain the Domestic Water System, due to the effects of the drought increases in power use and costs, additional pump taxes and a contractual increase in the Operations and Maintenance provider costs. Staff asks that these rates become effective July 1, 1993. Boardmember Brunni expressed concern with this rate increase, due to the fact that the City had one increase in domestic water rates over the past 8 years, which was in 1992 and she felt the customers were being penalized for conserving water. A motion was made by Boardmember Kane for approval of the rate adjustment, to approve the Schedule of Rates and authorize the City Manager to execute the Executive Order for the Domestic Water Enterprise rates to be effective July 1, 1993. Boardmembers Salvaggio and Kane voted aye with a no from Boardmember Brunni. Motion carried, two to one. An update on the Interface Project to provide 2800 acre banked water to the City's domestic water system was brought before the Board by Mr. Bogart. This project is being done in four phases. Phase 1 was the drilling of the initial two wells in the 2800 acres; Phase 2 was the 36" water transmission line which is in the ground; Phase 3 is the booster pump station which will be built behind the Water Operations Building and is scheduled for construction to begin this fall; Phase 4 would be the completion of the 8 to 10 million gallon water tank which will be built in about a year to a year and a' half. When this project is completed it will allow the City to recover its banked water and deliver it into the City Domestic Water System, which is very important for the future considering D-1630 and the future shortages of imported water. Boardmember Brunni had one comment and that was she would like to have the people who are building homes near this tank know that it is coming. Mr. Core stated that the City had gone through the conditional use permit process which notified the surrounding landowners. It was suggested by Judy Skousen, Acting City Attorney, that an informational letter be sent to Castle and Cooke putting them on notice that this water tank is to be built. A request from Don Castle of the Water Association for a contribution to the 1993 Water Awareness Campaign was presented by Mr. Core. Staff recommended that a total contribution of $1,000 ($500 Ag Water and $500 Domestic Water) be included in the 1993- 1994 budget to be payable after July 1, 1993. Boardmember Kane made a motion to this effect. Motion carried. Mr. Bogart presented a request from NKWSD to assign its City Basic Contract water to RRID in 1993. NKWSD has requested a one year transfer, City staff recommends that this contract be split over a two year period which would'allow NKWSD to transfer half this 2 year and the other half next year. A motion was made by Boardmember Kane to approve staff's recommendation. Motion carried. The date and time of the next Water Board Meeting was set for either Monday, April 19, 1993 or Tuesday, April 20, 1993 at 5:15P.M., pending approval of the Water Board Chairman, Mark Salvaggio. A motion to adjourn was made by Boardmember Kane at 6:10P.M. Mark Salvaggio, Chair City of Bakersfield Water Board Sharon Robison, Secretary City of Bakersfield Water Board CITY OF BAKERSFIELD DOMESTIC ~ATER DIVISION SERVICE AREA i~° Publication of the Kern County Water Agency April 1993 ~ chinook and the Delta smelt, supply has finally arrived. On March 19 D 1630 Sh 1d ~, officials told the SWRCB both State and Federal projects received - (~ V(~ last week that these limitations could, a boost. DWR announced an increase result in additional diversions of one to from 70 percent to 85 percent in SWP ~overnor Asks ~CB to Stop three million ag (MAF) of water for approved deliveries. The increase is the Work On D-1650 wildlife purposes, and away from urban fifth siace an initial projection cf 10 and agriculture water uses. percent deliveries in December, 1992. According to the Department of Under the 8:5 percent allocation the Water Resources (DWR), one to three Kern County Water Agency will receive MAF represents more than half of CVP a total of 980,390 acre-feet (af), with The April 1 request by the Governor and SWP water deliveries in a chT year. 879,240 ag for agricultural use and to the State Water Resources 'It is the Endangered Species Act 101,150 ag for municipal and industrial Control Board (SWRCB) to stop work which permits the federal government to use. on the interim standards for the Delta preempt the State in the allocation of On the federal side, the Bureau of was a welcome relief to Kern County water resources,' said Wilson. 'The Reclamation (Bureau) announced on and other areas of the state. Citing a U.S. SUPreme Court's interpretation of March 19 that CVP supplies available threat of federal action which would the Act makes clear that it is a blunt from the Delta will increase from 2:5 undermine efforts by the SWRCB to set instrument that can't be used to achieve percent to 40 percent of contract interim standards for protection of the a judicious balancing of the needs of entitlement. Under the 40 percent Delta, Governor Pete Wilson asked endangered species and of California's allocation, Kern County CVP board members to stop work on those endangered economy.' contractors will be receiving :51,320 ag. interim standards and instead focus their Wilson made clear that he hopes this There was also good news for CVP efforts toward the creation of permanent federal preemption is not permanent, supplies from the Friant-Kern which standards for long-term protection of 'It is my strong intention to return were increased to 100 percent of annual the delta, control of California's water allocation Class I and Class 2 entitlements on 'The federal government has rn_ude process to the State and to your Board, ' March :5. Thus the total supply will completion of my request to you for he said in his letter to Caffery. 'I equal more than 2.2 million al, or 147 ' interim standards all but impossible,' believe thc wisest course is for the percent of the Friant Division's pre- Wilson said in a letter to acting board Board to turn now to the effort of drought delivery average of 1.:5 million Chairman John Caffery. 'There exists a .establishing permanent standards for al. The Class 2 deliveries are the first threat of federal action that will so protection of the Delta.' in seven years. The new allocations will undermine essential elements of our Kern County applauds the bring Kern County CVP contractors comprehensive water policy as to make Governor's intervention and is hopeful approximately 678,000 ag from the impossible its implementation. ~ i this will serve as a catalyst toward Friant-Kern system. Wilson had originally asked the finding both an equitable and balanced Other surface .water supplies include SWRCB to promulgate interim long-term water solution for the the Kern River which (as of the April 1 standards in order to provide additional protection for fisheries prior to adoption i Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta. forecast for the 1992-93 water year) is 117 of normal percent which amounts to of a permanent solution recommended 8:52,930 ag. by the Bay-Delta Oversight Council Even though local water supplies (1BDOC). That request becameWater Supply ! immaterial when federal fisheries the curren~WP and CVP supplies agencies, acting under the Endangered : from the Delta are being impacted by Species Act (ESA), set' limits on the operations of the Central Valley Project i endangered species pum,ning (CVP) and the State Water Project I restrictions. With the above-normal Kern County's long hoped for snowpack, Kern County should be (SWP) in order to protect the winter-nm i return to near normal water receiving its full SWP entiflemeat.