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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 11071995 - C104 C.102, C.103 and C. 104 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on November 7, 1995 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Bishop NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Correspondence C. 102 LETTER dated October 5, 1995, from Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO of the Bay Area Economic Forum, and Tom Torlakson, President, Executive Board, Association of Bay Area Governments, 181 Fremont St., Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94105, on behalf of the Bay Area Defense Conversion Action Team, requesting the Board's support for their position paper, " Expediting Economic Development on Closing Bay Area Military Bases: A Proposal To Improve the Base Conversion Process." ****REFERRED TO DIRECTOR, GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, FOR REPORT C.103 LETTER dated October 16, 1995, from Clifford J. Bates, Manager, The Beacon Ridge Association, P.O. Box 3428, Danville, CA 94526, requesting the Board initiate action on several Lafayette properties with regard to their hazardous debris. ****REFERRED TO CHIEF, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AND BUILDING INSPECTOR C. 104 LETTER dated October 19, 1995, from Bert Michalczyk, Authority Manager, Dublin San Ramon Services District - East Bay Municipal Utility District, 7051 Dublin Boulevard, Dublin, CA 94568, explaining their progress regarding the recycled water project for the San Ramon Valley. ***REFERRED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the recommendations as noted (****) are approved. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the c.c. Director, GMEDA Board ofSupRe,rr,v�.s�oors��o��nvU�pdatea . Chief, CCC Fire Protection District ATTESTED:._11d1�'JtY= Building Inspector PHIL BATCHELOR, lerk of Board 9 P Supervisors and n Adminis Community Development, Director By .Deputy DjFI?WA DSRSD*1--8 111.%D hrycfid RATER AudloR%Ty P RINERS iN Na rEir Rft vVCANy RECEIVE® OCT 19 19% October 1995 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA CO. am pleased to submit for your review the attached fact sheet explaining our progress in the recycled water project for the San Ramon Valley. The project will be provided through a Joint Powers Authority established between Dublin San Ramon Services District and East Bay Municipal Utility District ("DERWA"), in an effort to supply recycled water within the San Ramon Valley. We are very excited about the project and believe the use of recycled water is good public policy in California today. We are confident that this project will affect all of us in a positive way. Please review the attached fact sheet, and if you have further questions concerning this project, I urge you to contact the appropriate representative as described in the fact sheet. Sincerely, BERT MICHALCZYK Authority Manager DSRSD/EBMUD Recycled Water Authority BLM:ng t:\bo-d\oe I aV—tsht.It, 1 cam' i f SANRAMONVALL ' ' ' q , 0 "MmWC,' y.+ A' w J1% AL r NUMBER 1 OCTOBER 1995 DSRSD & EBMUD FORM JOINT RECYCLED WATER AUTHORITY The Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) and the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) recently formed a joint powers authority and held the first meeting on August 21 in San Ramon. The joint powers authority is called the DSRSD/EBMUD Recycled Water Authority. It was formed after an extensive, 12-month study confirmed the benefits of a joint project to deliver recycled water to the San Ramon Valley. The project calls for construction of three or four new pump stations and storage tanks, a"backbone" DUBLIN/SAN RAMON PROJECT PROPOSED USE AREA RECYCLED WATER transmission pipeline, and distribution pipelines to TRANSMISSION PIPELINE customers in Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville. 1 (POSSIBLE ALIGNMENT) �j s� oaac�caar��c DSRSD will sell its recycled water to the joint agency which will,in turn, sell it back to each agency 680 " Rd for delivery to their respective customers. �QD The project cost is estimated at $55 million (in "Yp° today's dollars)for a 5,860 acre-foot-per-year project BOMONIE Tyr VALLEY to be financed through revenue bonds. Repayment of the capital costs will come from sales revenue of recycled water over the next 20 years. XAM RAMOM pA4'TAfJA63L^Q Over the next year,work will include environmen- tal review, facilities planning, engineering and eco- o�Nn nomic analysis to further refine project costs. Plan- �•.�,. ro-f ning and environmental review are expected to be ., CAMP PARKS `0 completed in the summer of 1996. rA��aa Mn7C��YC�G3(n7 � DD NJC3d0(unl DD NJl3d�M HOW WILL THE RECYCLED WATER 580 AUTHORITY BE MANAGED? CALTRANS The DSRSD/EBMUD Recycled Water Authority pd�AgAHpCH �rWASD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT consists of two board members from each agency. NOT TO SCALE At the first meeting of the Authority, a chair and Potential pipeline routes for a distribution system to carry recycled water from the Dublin San Ramon Services District Treatment Plant to customers vice chair were elected.The board members and of- in the San Ramon valley ficers are: PLANNED PROJECTS AF/YR John A. Coleman, Chair, EBMUD Eastern Dublin 1,890 Jeffrey G. Hansen, Vice Chair, DSRSD Camp Parks 290 Dublin 510 John M. Gioia, EBMUD San Ramon 2,030 Georgean M. Vonheeder, DSRSD Danville 1,070 CalTrans 70 Total 5,860 O�v�N SAN�� O� 4/- DSRSD-EBMUD RECYCLED WATER AUTHORITY PARTNERS IN WATER RECYCLING EBMUD The Board selected Bert Michalczyk, Technical Ser- IS RECYCLED WATER A NEW vices Manager from DSRSD, as Authority Manager. TECHNOLOGY? Michalczyk will chair the Steering Committee,which No. Recycled water has been part of the state's water consists of two managers from each agency.The Steer- supply for many years. EBMUD has been involved in ing Committee will oversee, manage, and plan the water recycling since the mid-1960s,and currently has project. projects in operation, processing 15+ million gallons per day. EBMUD has set a goal of delivering an addi- WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A JOINT tional 8 mgd as part of its 1993 Updated Water Supply PROJECT? Management Program. Projects in the San Ramon Val- EBMUD provides water treatment and delivery ser- ley could account for 2.8 mgd of that amount. vices to customers in the northern portion of the San DSRSD operates recycled�water projects, and has pre- Ramon Valley. DSRSD has water and wastewater cus- pared a Recycled Water Master Plan for its existing and tomers and has a wastewater treatment plant at the future service area. southern end of the San Ramon Valley.Approximately IMA Ot.„t;o] r_+nmorC fnr,+btP rPrV('iPli[Amtor nroieC t \111r._T17 AArn C TLI[' CA rl A D Mr1Ai V A.1 1 1CV v�...�....... .. 1---- = r--i.. HYfll VVr-1J 111A- are within the boundaries of the two agencies, and SELECTED FOR A RECYCLED WATER are in close enough proximity to the wastewater treat- PROJECT? ment plant to make the project costs feasible. By teaming up on a joint recycled water project,both Large landscaped areas such as golf courses,parks,and agencies will save some costs, to the benefit of their common greenbelts are potentialcustomersfor recycled water. The San Ramon Valley, including Dublin, has respective customers. approximately 200 potential customers located near the Dublin San Ramon Services District Wastewater Treat- WHAT IS RECYCLED WATER? ment Plant. This combination of supply and demand Recycled water (also called "reclaimed water") is makes the San Ramon Valley a good prospect for a suc- wastewater that is highly treated and disinfected to cessful recycled water project. produce a clean, odorless water supply that is safe and appropriate for many uses, including landscape irri- HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED gation.The recycling process duplicates nature's own IN THE RECYCLED WATER PROJECT? cleansing process, but at a much faster rate. The public is invited to comment on issues at meet- WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLED Ings of the Recycled Water Authority. For information about the meetings and to receive agendas, please call WATER? Nancy Gamble, Authority Secretary, at(5 10)828-0515. Recycled water provides many benefits for all cus- if yo„ or a group you represent,would like a presenta- tomers, because it ultimately helps conserve a pre- tion about recycled water, please call Bob Anderson, cious resource—high quality drinking water. Recycled DSRSD Assistant General Manager at (510) 551-7230, water also: ext. 102; or Fran Morgan, EBMUD Community Affairs • Provides a reliable supply of water that is not sub- Representative, at (510) 287-0145. ject to drought restrictions. You can also find information about the project or • Provides environmental benefits by reducing the send your questions and comments via the Internet: amount of wastewater discharged into the San Fran- http://www.ebmud.com/. cisco Bay. BOARDS OF DIRECTORS • Represents efficient management of the region's wa- Dublin San Ramon (East say Municipal ter resources. Services District Utility District • Frees up fresh water to meet instream and other Jeffrey G. Hansen John A.Colemen Cynthia G.Jones Katy Foulkes environmental needs. James B. Kohnen John M.Gioia G.T. (Tom)McCormick Frank Mellon Georgean M.Vonheeder Nancy J. Nadel Mary Selkirk Kenneth H. Simmons PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER