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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.a.4) (Handout)Agenda Item 6•Q•� Board Meeting of April 21, 2011 Additional Written Announcements: Project Updates f) South Orinda Sewer Renovation Project, Phase 5 — Public Workshop The District hosted a public workshop on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. for an hour at the Orinda Community Center. There were 17 attendees and two well - behaved children for a total of 19 attendees. Topics discussed were; expected construction impacts, paving of private roads, restoration, and lateral reconnections. General Updates g) Prop 218 Notice The Prop 218 notice was mailed early last week and ratepayer responses began to arrive at the District on Thursday, April 14. Protests, by letter, e-mail or fax, are . sent to Secretary of the District, Elaine Boehme to tally. (Copies will be provided to the Board in advance of the June 2 Public Hearing). Questions from residents, by phone or e-mail, are directed to Communication Services Manager, Michael Scahill for response. Questions for non - residential billing are directed to Principal Engineer, Jarred Miyamoto -Mills for response. Letters, emails and phone calls received regarding Prop 218 as of this date at 10:00 a.m. are as follows: - Secretary of the District: 4 E -mails (not valid protests) 28 Letters (all valid protests) - Communications Services Manager: 18 phone calls with questions (3 protests - not valid) 4 E -mails questions (4 protests - not valid) - Principal Engineer: 1 Phone call with question Additional Written Announcements April 21, 2011 Page 2 of 2 h) California Water Environmental Association Film Award Last week at the Annual California Water Environmental Association (CWEA) Conference, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) won first place in the association's Triennial Film Festival for our Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) video, which was produced in -house last year. The video won in the Education and Public Outreach Category and can be seen on our website. i) Program for Deferred Payment of Connection Fees set to expire June 30, 2011 In June 2009, due to the failing economy, homebuilders asked the District to allow connection fees to be deferred until new homes were sold. At that time, the Board established a one -year pilot program that provided for deferral of connection fees at the developer's option. On June 4, 2010, the Board extended the program for another year, and on July 1, 2010, the Board established participation fees for the program ($450 Agreement Processing Fee and $110 Parcel Fee) to recover setup and administration costs. The ordinance provides for the automatic termination of the program and associated fees on July 1, 2011, unless extended by the Board. The program has not been used since July 1, 2010; based on no participation, staff recommends that the program be allowed to terminate on July 1, 2011. The Budget and Finance Committee will review the matter at its meeting on May 2, 2011. If the Committee recommends that the program be continued, the matter will be brought to the full Board on May 5, 2011 and a public hearing may be set at that time. j) Recycled Water Leak On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 19, 2011, staff discovered standing water along District property, north of Basin B and the BNSF railroad right -of -way. As soon as this was discovered, staff tested the standing water and found both concentration of ammonia and residual chlorine. Based on these water characteristics, staff believes this water is from a leak in our 4 -inch polyvinyl chloride (PVC) recycled water pipeline in the vicinity. This recycled water pipeline serves only Conco's Concrete Facility (for their truck washing) and our Maltby Pumping Station (for pump seal water). Conco has been notified about this recycled water service interruption. At this time, staff is pumping this water back into Basins B and C for drying. Staff has notified the Regional Water Quality Control Board about this event. Staff is continuing to monitor the migration of this water. The District currently has a maintenance contract with Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) for such repairs and we are in contact with CCWD regarding the need to repair this line as soon as possible. The General Manager may declare an emergency to get the pipeline repaired.