STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD WORKSHOP AGENDA

 

Wednesday, April 10, 2002 – 1:00 p.m.  (note starting time)

 

Coastal Room – Second Floor

The Joe Serna Jr./ Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento

 

Questions regarding this agenda call Maureen Marché (916) 341-5600 or fax (916) 341-5620.  

 

Workshop includes informal discussion of items to be presented for action at a future business meeting. People who are interested in items on the agenda are urged to attend workshops as they may miss valuable discussion that will not be repeated at the Board meeting.  NOTE:  there is no voting at workshops. Items requiring Board action must come to a Board meeting.

 

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Please note time limitations on presentations may be imposed.

Oral Testimony:  The State Board requests that oral testimony be summarized.

  Submittal of written comments is encouraged to ensure

 that all comments will be included in the

record before the Board.*

 

ITEMS 1-16 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2002

 

PUBLIC FORUM

Any member of the public may address and ask questions of the Board relating to any matter within the Board’s jurisdiction, provided the matter is not on the Board’s agenda or pending before the Board or a Regional Board.Note:Presentations at the Public Forum will be limited to 5 minutes or otherwise at the discretion of the Chairman.

 

WATER QUALITY PETITION

1.  In the Matter of the Petition of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Defend The Bay, Inc., Paulette Hawkins, Steve Hawkins, Karla Kyle, And Nancy Wells for Review of An Order For Water Quality Certification For The Vila Borba Project, Issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1393.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed order instructing the Regional Board to adopt Waste Discharge Requirements Following Compliance with CEQA.)

 

2.  Status Report from the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board on Schedule for Setting TMDLs for Five Impaired Watercourses and Other Regional Board Actions to Address Issues Raised By Humboldt Watershed Council.  (Information item.  The Board will receive a report from the North Coast Regional Board pursuant to the provisions of Order WQO 2002-0004, adopted on January 23, 2002.)

 

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

**3.  Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling Construction Program (WRCP) Grant for the City of Daly City – North San Mateo County Sanitation District, Wastewater Treatment Plant Recycled Water Facilities Program, WRCP Grant Project No. 3201-110.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**4.  Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling Construction Program (WRCP) Grant Commitment to the City of San Jose – Silver Creek Pipeline Project; WRCP Project No. 3208-110.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**5.  Consideration of Approval of a Clean Water State Revolving Fund State Fiscal Year 2001/2002 Intended Use Plan and Federal Fiscal Year 2002 Federal Capitalization Grant Acceptance.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution).

 

**6.  Consideration of Request to Enter a Three-Year Interagency Agreement with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment for Risk Assessment in the Amount of $1,800,000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution).

 

**7.  Consideration of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Request for Funding to Continue the Elkhorn Slough Agricultural Education Outreach Project in the Amount of $468,000 from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution).

 

**8.  Consideration of Approval of the Use of up to $100,000 of the Emergency, Abandoned, Recalcitrant (EAR) Account Funds for Ventura County, Environmental Health Division, to Clean Up Petroleum Contamination from the Former Leaking Underground Storage Tanks at the Carmona Auto Service Site Located at 703 Cooper Road, Oxnard, Ventura County. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution).

 

WATER QUALITY

**9.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and Amend a Contract with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority to Provide Funding for the Chino Basin Desalter Authority-Chino I Desalter Expansion and Chino II Desalter Project, from the Southern California Integrated Watershed Program Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**10.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and Amend a Contract with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority to Provide Funding for the City of Riverside-Riverside Canal and Tunnel Reconstruction Project, from the Southern California Integrated Watershed Program Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**11.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute, and Amend a Contract with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) to Provide Funding for the Eastern Municipal Water District-San Jacinto Water Harvesting Project, from the Southern California Integrated Watershed Program Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**12.  Consideration of Authorization of Funding from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account for Contract Support Services for Monitoring Water Quality in Central Valley Water Bodies that Receive Discharges from Irrigated Lands.  (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

ADMINISTRATION

**13.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute and Amend if Necessary a Contract for up to $600,000 for the Evaluation and Remediation of the Westley and Tracy Tire Facilities.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**14.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute and Amend if Necessary the Foundation for California Community Colleges Student Assistant Contract.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**15.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or Designee to Negotiate, Execute and Amend if Necessary a Contract with Oracle Corporation for an Amount not to Exceed $300,000 for Oracle Database Products and Services Needed for Development and Operation of the System for Water Information Management, Phase 2 (SWIM2).  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**16.  Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing Execution of an Interagency Agreement Between the State Water Resources Control Board and the California Health and Human Services Data Center for Electronic Data Processing Services to Support the Accounting System (CALSTARS).  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

Closed Session Items

(Please note Closed Sessions are not open to the public)

 

WATER QUALITY PETITION  (This is authorized by Government Code section 11126(c)(3).)

The Board will be meeting in closed session to deliberate on a decision to be reached following a Stay hearing it conducted in the Matter of the Petition of County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Flood Control District et al.; City of Los Angeles; Cities of Artesia et al.; Cities of Arcadia et al.; Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation et al.; and Playa Capital Company (Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 01‑82 For Municipal Storm Water And Urban Runoff Discharges [NPDES No. CAS004001] within Los Angeles County, except for Long Beach), Los Angeles Region.  SWRCB/OCC File A-1448. 

 

LITIGATION  (Authorized under Government Code section 11126(e)(1))

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss ongoing litigation in the case of San Francisco BayKeeper et al v. State Water Resources Control Board (Sacramento County Superior Court No. 99CS01929) and a proposed Consent Agreement with Atlantic Richfield Company regarding underground storage tank upgrade requirements.

 

Personnel  (This is authorized under Government Code Section 11126(a)(1))

The Board will be meeting in closed session to discuss the appointment, evaluation of performance or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against that employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public hearing.

 

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*In order to be fully considered at the meeting, written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m.,

Friday, April 5, 2002.   Mailing address:  PO Box 100, Sacramento, CA  95812-0100; FAX 916-341-5620

 

**These items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial and there will be no discussion unless requested by a Board Member, staff or interested party.  If such a request is made, the item will be considered separately.

 

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