STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

January 25, 2001

Note: Copies of the orders, decisions, and resolutions mentioned in these minutes can be obtained from Maureen Marché, State Water Resources Control Board, Post Office Box 100, Sacramento, California, 95812-0100; or call (916) 341-5600.

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Acting Chair, January 25, 2001, at 9:05 a.m., in the First-Floor Hearing Room, 901 "P" Street, Sacramento, California.

BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT

Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Mary Jane Forster, John W. Brown and Peter S. Silva.

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT

None

STAFF PRESENT

Ed Anton, Thomas Howard, Craig M. Wilson, Maureen Marché and Walt Shannon.

OTHERS PRESENT

Annette Hubbell, Rincon del Diablo W.D.; Richard Harris, Water REUSE and Rich Mills, Office of Water Recycling.

PUBLIC FORUM

Annette Hubbell, thanked the Board for project funding approval.

Richard Harris, Water REUSE and Rich Mills, Office of Water Recycling presented outgoing Board Member Mary Jane Forster with plaques of appreciation for her involvement in water recycling issues.

UNCONTESTED ITEMS

The Board unanimously approved items 1-15 at one time.

WATER RIGHTS

1. Consideration of a Proposed Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Navarro Watershed Protection Association’s Petition for Reconsideration of the Order Dated October 30, 2000, Approving an Extension of Time and Amending Water Right Permit 20563.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed order. Water Rights Order 2001-02

CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS

2. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Amending the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Fund Priority List - Amendment No. 81.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-001

3. Consideration of a Request From the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board for $740,000 From the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account Fund to Investigate and Abate Groundwater Contamination Near West College Avenue and Clover Drive, Santa Rosa, California.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-002

4. Consideration of Adoption of the Water Recycling Construction Program Priority List.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-003

5. Consideration of Approval of a Time Extension for San Simeon Community Services District for a Grant From the Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant Program.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-004

6. Consideration of Approval of a Time Extension for South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District for a Grant from the Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant Program.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-005

7. Consideration of Approval of a State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan for the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authorities Treatment Plant Expansion Project, SRF Project No. C-06-4574-110.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-006

8. Consideration of Approval of the Amended Small Communities Grant (SCG) Program Project Priority List.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-007

9. Consideration of an Amendment to Continue Cleanup at the Abandoned Penn Mine (C/A 138) in the Amount of $1.3 million from the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-008

WATER QUALITY
10. Consideration of a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Los Angeles Region to Incorporate a Septic System Prohibition in the Oxnard Forebay.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-009

11. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Amend a Contract With California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) to Expand an Ongoing Bacterial Source Identification Study in Morro Bay.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-010

12. Consideration of Adoption of a Resolution Rescinding State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 95-68 for Creation of a Linked Deposit Program and Authorizing a $2.2 Million State Revolving Fund Loan to the County Of Santa Cruz to Establish a Mini-Loan Program for Upgrades of Individual Onsite Sewage Disposal Systems in the San Lorenzo River Watershed Project (Loan Number C-06-6036-11).

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-011

13. Consideration of Approval of a Resolution to Rescind State Water Resources Control Board Resolution Number 2000-52 Authorizing a $500,000 Agricultural Drainage Management Program Loan to the Pacheco Water District for a Canal Lining Project.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-012

ADMINISTRATION

14. Consideration of a Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director or his Designee

to Negotiate, Execute and Amend the Foundation for California Community Colleges Student Assistant Contract.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-013

15. Consideration of the Renewal of Interagency Agreement Between the State Water Resources Control Board and the California Health and Human Services Data Center for Electronic Data Processing Services to Support the SWRCB Accounting System (CALSTARS).

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-014

WATER QUALITY

16. Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Selection of Agricultural Drainage Consultants to Analyze Potential Alternatives to Address Problems Related to Subsurface Agricultural Drainage in the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project.

Walt Shannon, Division of Water Quality, presented the item recommending adoption of the

resolution.

Motion: The Board unanimously adopted the proposed resolution. Resolution 2001-015

BOARD MEMBER REPORTS

None.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

The Executive Director submitted a written report summarizing current significant issues.

ADJOURNMENT

The Acting Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:17 a.m.