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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.a.3) Written Announcements�v • a 3 � Board Meeting- of Janua!X Written Announcements District Awards a) Melody LaBefla Recognized by CWEA San Francisco Bay Section Assistant Engineer Melody LaBella was named Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention, and Stormwater Person of the Year by the San Francisco Bay Section of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA). The award was given at the 01st Annual Awards and Installation Banquet in Walnut Creek on January 7, 2011. Melody was recognized for her contribution to the District's Pollution Prevention Program as well as her leadership and contribution to the Bay Area Pollution Prevention Group of the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies. E b) St. Mary's Road CAD Community Meeting A community meeting to discuss the possible formation of a contractual assessment district on St. Mary's Road in Lafayette will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2011, at the Lafayette community Center cedar Room located at 500 St. Mary's Road. The project would involve properties along the portion of St. Mary's Road, between Burton Vista Road and Glenside Drive, including the city of Lafayette ball fields. c) Attendance of District Staff at Out of State Training Associate Engineer Gail Chesler will be attending a treatment process model training in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 7 and 8, 2011. The treatment process model, known as "BioWin," will be used to evaluate different treatment processes and sludge handling scenarios for the Treatment Plant Master Plan. The Master Plan effort will be completed over the next one to two years. Gail is the Project Manager for the Treatment Plant Master Plan Project. The cost of this training will be covered by the 2010 -11 Engineering Department training budget. d) Delta Discovery Vovage Invitation The Marine Science Institute which operates the Delta Discovery Voyage Program (of which the District is a major sponsor) will hold its annual donor appreciation voyage on the SS Brownlee on the afternoon of Saturday, February 12 2011, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Official invitations will be forthcoming. District Water /Wastewater Operator Training Program e) Bay Area Consortium of Water and Wastewater Education Since the fail of 2007, the District has participated in the Bay Area consortium of Water and Wastewater Education (BACWWE). BACVWIIE is sponsored by 19 different water and wastewater agencies in the Bay Area. Sponsorship fees for each agency are based on the flow treated by that agency. For the District, the fee is $6,000 per semester and is shown in the expenditures this week. BACWWVE provides Water/Wastewater Operator Training through Solano Community college. courses are taught at various participating agencies by instructors from the industry. The District has acted as the registrar for the program as well as providing facilities for some of the classes. There have been eight semesters of classes offered to date for a total of 35 classes. Class size has averaged 20 students per class. Twenty -one District employees have participated as students. Since the beginning of the program, ten District BACWWIlE students have been promoted and the District has hired four BACWWVE students as Plant Operators. As you are aware, there is an industry shortage of operating personnel and this program is helping to fill that gap. The total cost of the BACWWE program to date is $400,000, of which the District has provided $49,200 ($0,000 per semester plus $1,200 to cover shared cost of additional classes).