STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING AND WORKSHOP AGENDA

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2002 – 9:00 a.m.

 

The Joe Serna Jr./Cal/EPA Building

Coastal Hearing Room – Second Floor

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.

 

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 1-15 WILL BE DISCUSSED STARTING AT 9:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 6, 2002

 

Report on any new staff by Division/Office Chiefs

 

Board Meeting

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.

 

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

1.  Consideration of Approval of The WateReuse Foundation to Enter Into Two Subcontracts to Conduct Research Related to Analytical Methods For and Removal/Destruction of N-Nitrosodimethyl Amine. (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

2.  Consideration of Authorization to Coordinate With the Trade and Commerce Agency – California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to Increase the Sale of Revenue Bonds to Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) For the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program.  (The Board will consider whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

Workshop

 

WATER QUALITY

3.  Consideration of a Resolution Approving with Partial Remand an Amendment to the

Water Quality Control Plan for the Colorado River Basin Region to Establish the Alamo River Sedimentation/Siltation Total Maximum Daily Load.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

4.  Consideration of Approval of an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the

Los Angeles Region Incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load for Trash for the Los Angeles River. (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to amend the contract.)

 

5.  Consideration of Approval of an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region Incorporating a Total Maximum Daily Load for the Trash for Ballona Creek and Wetland.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**6.  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 Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) Chino Basin Facilities Improvements Project From the Southern California Integrated Watershed Program (SCIWP) Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 (2000 Bond Act).  (The Board will consider, at a Board Meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

**7.  Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling Construction Program Grant to the City of Redlands; Water Reclamation and Treatment Plant Upgrade Project; WRCP Grant Project No. 3804-110.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**8.  Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling Construction Program Grant to the City of San Luis Obispo; Water Reuse Project; WRCP Grant Project No. 3304-010.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**9.  Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling Construction Program Grant to the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District; Recycled Water Line Extension-Parkway Calabasas Project; WRCP Grant Project No. 3405-110.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**10.  Consideration of Approval of a Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant for the City of Modesto, Northern San Joaquin Valley Water Reclamation Project.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**11.  Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Coronado for Funding the Coronado Island Dry/Wet Weather Diversion Structures and Devices Project From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount 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 Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the City of Newport Beach for Funding the Newport Bay Diversions and Surface Water Treatment Systems From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**13.  Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of Los Angeles for Funding of the Marina Beach Project to Reduce Contamination at Marina Beach From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

**14.  Consideration of Approval of a Clean Beaches Initiative Grant for the County of Ventura for Funding of the Kiddie and Hobie Beaches Project to Reduce Contamination at Channel Islands Harbor From the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount Established in the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

ADMINISTRATION

**15.  Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Negotiate, Execute and Amend if Necessary a Contract for up to $484,800 to Conduct Rainbow Trout Toxicity Monitoring in the Sacramento River Watershed.  (The Board will consider, at a Board meeting, whether to adopt the proposed resolution.)

 

NOTICE OF TOUR/EASTERLY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

Note:  Following the workshop, a quorum of the Board will conduct a field tour of portions of Old Alamo Creek, New Alamo Creek, Ulatis Creek and, if time permits, Cache Slough.  The tour will begin at the Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant site, located at 6040 Vaca Station Road, Elmira, California 95625.  The plant site is approximately 4.5 miles east of central Vacaville.

 

The field tour is part of the Board’s review of waste discharge requirements Order No. 5-01-044 for the Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant.  (SWRCB/OCC File A-1375).  All parties and interested persons may be present during the tour but may not present testimony, evidence or arguments related to the issues currently under consideration by the Board.  If you wish to be present during the tour, you must arrange for your own transportation.

 

Closed Session Item

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

 

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., February 1, 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.

 

Note:  Individuals who require special accommodations are requested to contact Adrian Perez at (916) 341-5880 at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.  TTY users may contact the California Relay service at 1-800-735-2929 or voice line at 1-800-735-2922.

 

Note:  On February 5, a quorum of the Board will be participating in a joint meeting with the California Coastal Commission regarding a joint staff presentation on the status of the Nonpoint Source Implementation Programs.  This meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m., in San Diego, Hyatt Regency Islandia Hotel, 1441 Quivira Road.


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