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LCENTRAL SAN
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA
SANITARY DISTRICT
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENTAL
& PLANNING COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
9:00 a.m.
(All attendees participated via videoconference)
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Chair Barbara Hockett
Member Tad Pilecki (alternate for Member D. Williams)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
DAVID R. WILLIAMS
President
BARBARA D. HOCKETT
President Pro Tem
MARIAHN. LAURITZEN
MICHAEL R. MCGILL
TAD J PILECKI
PHONE: (925) 228-9500
FAX.- (925) 372-0192
www.centralsan.org
Staff. -
Katie Young, Secretary of the District
Steve McDonald, Director of Operations (joined after Item 5.a.)
Philip Leiber, Director of Finance and Administration (joined after Item 5.b.)
Danea Gemmell, Planning and Development Services Division Manager
Melody LaBella, Resource Recovery Program Manager
Lori Schectel, Environmental and Regularoty Compliance Division Manager
Dan Frost, Senior Engineer
Dana Lawson, Senior Engineer (left after Item 5.b.)
Mary Lou Esparza, Laboratory Program Administrator
Rita Cheng, Senior Engineer
Blake Brown, Supervising Chemist
Richard Foss, Associate Engineer
Khang Nguyen, Associate Engineer
Stacey Durocher, Administrative Services Assistant
Notice
This meeting was conducted virtually in accordance with the provisions stipulated in
Assembly Bill 361 and adopted on November 3, 2022, by the Central San Board of
Directors. The agenda included instructions for options in which the public could
participate in the meeting.
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2. Call Meetina to Order
Chair Hockett called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
3. Public Comments
None.
4. Consent Calendar
a. Review draft Position Paper to adopt Resolution No. 2022- accepting an
irrevocable offer of dedication for a sanitary sewer easement from HD 134 El
Dorado Member, LLC as related to Job 6730 in Danville and authorizing staff
to record documents with the Contra Costa County Clerk -Recorder's Office
b. Review draft Position Paper to adopt Resolution No. 2022- to accept a
grant of easement from Contra Costa County and to authorize execution of a
quitclaim deed to Contra Costa County as both actions are related to Job 6728
at Buchanan Field Airport in the unincorporated area of Concord, and to
authorize staff to record documents with Contra Costa County Clerk -
Recorder's Office
The Committee had no questions.
Committee Action: Recommended Board approval.
5. Items for Committee Recommendation to Board
a. Review draft Position paper to authorize the General Manager to continue to
waive the volumetric fee for commercial recycled water truck fill program for
customers up to a limit of 100,000 gallons per year, per customer for calendar
years 2023, 2024 and 2025
Mr. Foss discussed the program as outlined in the agenda materials and
mentioned they are looking to extend the program for commercial customers
for another three years.
Member Pilecki asked for clarification about what is included in the commercial
truck fill program, such as whether it included the various hydrants for mobile
meters.
Mr. Foss replied that it does include the entire commercial program, including
the Recycled Water Fill Station and meters that are currently checked out.
In response to a question posed by Member Pilecki regarding the number of
assigned meters, Mr. Foss replied there are approximately five or six meters
currently checked out. He added that in the future the department would like to
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review the hydrant program, including recalling those meters not in use and
matching what other agencies do for fee rental of meters. Currently there is no
charge, but staff is considering assessing a monthly fee for the customers who
have checked out a meter and are actually using it as well as a failure to read
fee.
Member Pilecki requested that this information be added to the report to the
Board for their information.
Committee Action: Reviewed and recommended Board approval.
b. Review draft Position Paper to adopt Resolution No. 2022- (1) authorizing
execution of a quitclaim deed -easement to relinquish rights of the Temporary
Construction Easement from SFPP, a Delaware limited partnership (Kinder
Morgan), related to the "Lagiss property"; (2) accepting the quitclaim deed
easement, and (3) authorizing staff to record the documents with the Contra
Costa County Clerk -Recorder's Office
Ms. Lawson discussed issues with getting the quitclaim through the process
even though it was a temporary construction easement, it had been recorded.
This clouded the title for the Solar Project on Lagiss property and needed to be
resolved before that project could move forward. District Counsel
recommended that the document be countersigned to expedite the process.
Member Pilecki mentioned that past practice has been to record temporary
construction easements that were for more than one year. Normally with a
quitclaim deed easement, the property owner does not have to sign, but since
this was for three years that is why it was recorded. Information will be passed
on to the right-of-way group for future reference.
Committee Action: Reviewed and recommended Board approval.
6. Other Items
a. Receive update on the most recent meeting of the Bay Area Clean Water
Agencies (BACWA)
Ms. Schectel updated the Committee on the October 21 BACWA meeting and
discussed the materials in the agenda packet. The next BACWA Board
meeting is November 18, 2022.
The Air District and BACWA workgroup held its quarterly meeting in October.
Collaboration, permitting, and staffing, among other items were discussed. An
Executive Officer recruitment is in process and the position is expected to be
filled soon.
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Nutrients: Direction for the nutrient permit is still a Bay -wide low cap using
antidegradation as the basis. Central San is supposed to be below agency
specific load caps in the next permit. However, the Regional Board is now
talking about long term planning for nutrient reductions due to the recent
significant algal bloom. The Water Board wants to know what can be done in
the short term as well.
The Annual Regional Nutrient Watershed Permit report data is due
November 23, 2022 for review and is on track to be released in February 2023
to the Regional Water Board.
The renewal effort for the Mercury and PCB Watershed permit is moving
along. The draft order was released last month. No real impact for Central San
or most other Bay Area Agencies. PCB congeners monitoring was reduced
from quarterly to twice a year. Mercury monitoring also went down from
monthly to quarterly.
Sanitary Sewer Systems Waste Discharge Requirements (SSSWDR):
The revised draft was released and a State Water Board workshop was held
on Monday. Collection System Operations Division Manager Paul Seitz
attended but there were no significant updates to report. The permit is
expected to be adopted on December 6, 2022 by the Water Board.
Member Pilecki asked if there was a time frame indicated by the Regional
Board regarding long-term planning.
Ms. Schectel responded that further discussions need to happen with the
Water Board in order to forecast nutrient level planning.
Committee Action: Received update.
b. Receive a periodic update on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Staff reviewed the presentation included in the agenda packet and responded
to questions posed by the Committee.
Committee Action: Received update.
C. Receive update on Central San's Net Zero initiative and related activities
Ms. LaBella updated the Committee that after initially attempting to get
assistance on Net Zero from an existing Central San consultant under an as -
needed contract, the associated fee was beyond the General Manager's
signature authority; therefore, a competitive procurement will take place. In
the meantime, her focus has shifted to procuring a consultant to assist
Central San with planning for the electrification of its fleet due to impending
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regulatory requirements. That procurement is currently underway with
interviews of the top three teams scheduled for this Friday.
Fleet electrification is an important component and an achievable goal for
Central San's Net Zero efforts. The information from Central San's Fleet
Electrification Strategic Plan will be a part of the baseline for evaluating
Net Zero. Ms. LaBella anticipates issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for
Net Zero soon, procuring a consultant in early 2023. She will present
information for Board consideration later next year to determine if they would
like to move forward with a Net Zero commitment and/or policy, if additional
information is needed to make a decision, or if they would like to postpone an
action on Net Zero until a later time.
Committee Action: Received update.
6. Announcements
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7. Suggestions for future agenda items
a. Receive list of upcoming agenda items and provide suggestions for any other
future agenda items
Committee Action: Received list.
8. Future scheduled meeti
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.
2023 Dates To Be Determined
9. Adiournment — at 10:07 AM
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