NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF …...2017/03/15 · Update Related to the Cal WaterFix...

ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ZONE 7

100 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY LIVERMORE, CA 94551 PHONE (925) 454-5000 FAX (925) 454-5727

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DATE: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

TIME: 5:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION

7:00 p.m. OPEN SESSION (time approximate)

LOCATION: Zone 7 Administration Building

100 North Canyons Parkway, Livermore, California

Any member of the public desiring to address the Board on an item under discussion may do so upon receiving recognition from the President. After receiving recognition, please step to the podium and state your name and address. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the meeting room is wheelchair accessible and disabled parking is available at the Zone 7 Administrative Building lot. If you are a person with a disability and you need disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the Zone 7 Board Secretary, Linda Van Buskirk, at (925) 454-5007 or fax (925) 454-5724. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable Zone 7 to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. {28 CFR 35.102-35, 104 ADA Title II}

AGENDA

1. Call Meeting to Order

2. CLOSED SESSION – OPEN SESSION TO FOLLOW AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 p.m.

(a) Conference with Labor Negotiators pursuant to Government Code section 54954.5:

Agency Negotiator: G. F. Duerig

Employee Organizations: Alameda County Management Employees Association; Alameda

County Building and Construction Trades Council, Local 342, AFL-CIO; International

Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO; Local 1021 of the

Service Employees International Union, CTW; Unrepresented Management – Assistant General Manager, Finance

(b) Conference with Legal Counsel - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov't Code section 54956.9(d) (2):

3 cases

(c) Conference with Legal Counsel - Potential litigation pursuant to Gov't Code section 54956.9(d) (4): 2 cases

(d) Conference with Real Property Negotiator.

Property: APN 099A-1650-003-09

Agency Negotiator: G.F. Duerig

Negotiating Party: Sandra Weck, Colliers International

Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment

(e) Conference with Real Property Negotiator

Property: APN 905-0015-024

Agency Negotiator: G.F. Duerig

Negotiating Party: Dwain Berry, Round Rock Properties, LLC


3. Open Session and Report Out of Closed Session (approximate time: 7:00 p.m.)

4. Pledge of Allegiance

Materials related to an item on this agenda that have been provided to the Board less than 72 hours prior to the meeting are available for public

inspection at the Zone 7 office at the time of, and prior to, the meeting and at www.zone7water.com.

All other material otherwise provided to the Board will be available at the public meeting.

5. Citizens Forum

This is an opportunity for members of the public to speak on an item not listed on the agenda.

The Board cannot deliberate or take action on a non-agenda item unless it is an emergency as

defined under Government Code Section 54954.2.

6. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 15, 2017

7. Consent Calendar

a. Declaration of March 20-26, 2017 as Fix a Leak Week and Declaration of May 2017 as Water

Awareness Month

Recommended Action: Adopt resolution approving item as presented

8. Staffing Update

a. New Employee Introduction

b. Employee of the Month Recognition

9. Declaration of Local State of Flood Emergency and Authorization of Amendment to Fanfa Contract to do

Emergency Repairs

Recommended Action: Adopt resolutions

10. Private Landowner Request for Assistance on Arroyo De La Laguna

Recommended Action: Provide direction to staff and consider adopting resolution

11. Authorization for LARPD to Manage Weed Control Spraying Services

Recommended Action: Adopt resolution

12. Contract Amendment for Emergency Repair of the Hopyard Pipeline

Recommended Action: Adopt resolution

13. Committees - none

14. Reports - Directors

a. Verbal comments by President

b. Written Report by President Quigley

c. Verbal reports

15. Items for Future Agenda - Directors

16. Staff Reports (Information items. No action will be taken.)

a. General Manager’s Report

b. Legislative Update

c. Outreach Activities

d. Water Inventory and Demand Update

e. Update Related to the Cal WaterFix (former Bay Delta Conservation Plan)

f. Verbal reports

17. Adjournment

Materials related to an item on this agenda that have been provided to the Board less than 72 hours prior to the meeting are available for public

inspection at the Zone 7 office at the time of, and prior to, the meeting and at www.zone7water.com.

All other material otherwise provided to the Board will be available at the public meeting.

18. Upcoming Board Schedule: (All meeting locations are in the Boardroom at 100 North Canyons

Parkway, Livermore, unless otherwise noted.)

a) Regular Board Meeting: April 19, 2017, 7:00 p.m.

b) Tri-Valley Water Liaison Committee Meeting: April 26, 2017, 4:00 p.m. at DSRSD, 7051 Dublin

Boulevard, Dublin, CA 94568.

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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ZONE 7

ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING

February 15, 2017

The following were present:

DIRECTORS: SANDS FIGUERS

JOHN GRECI

ANGELA RAMIREZ HOLMES

JIM McGRAIL

SARAH PALMER

RICHARD QUIGLEY

BILL STEVENS

DIRECTORS ABSENT: NONE

ZONE 7 STAFF: JILL DUERIG, GENERAL MANAGER

KURT ARENDS, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, ENGINEERING

OSBORN SOLITEI, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, FINANCE

RHETT ALZONA, PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, FACILITIES ENGINEERING

AMPARO FLORES, MANAGER, INTEGRATED PLANNING

LINDA VAN BUSKIRK, BOARD SECRETARY

COUNSEL: DAVID ALADJEM, DOWNEY BRAND

Item 1 - Call Meeting to Order

Vice President Greci called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and the board went into Closed

Session immediately.

Item 2 - Closed Session

(a) Conference with Labor Negotiators pursuant to Government Code section 54954.5:

Agency Negotiators: G.F. Duerig and David Aladjem

Employee Organizations: Alameda County Management Employees Association; Alameda

County Building and Construction Trades Council, Local 342, AFL-CIO; International

Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO; Local 1021 of the

Service Employees International Union, CTW; Unrepresented Management – General Manager and

Assistant General Manager, Finance

(b) Conference with Legal Counsel - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Gov't Code section

54956.9(d) (2): 1 case

(c) Conference with Legal Counsel - Potential litigation pursuant to Gov't Code section 54956.9(d) (4): 2 cases

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(d) Conference with Real Property Negotiator

Property: APN 099A-1650-003-09

Agency Negotiator G.F. Duerig

Negotiating Party: Sandra Weck, Colliers International


(e) Conference with Real Property Negotiator

Property: APN 905-0015-024

Agency Negotiator G.F. Duerig

Negotiating Party: Dwain Berry, Round Rock Properties, LLC


Item 3 - Open Session and Report Out of Closed Session

The Board came out of Closed Session at 6:45 p.m. and took a 15-minute break. At 7:00 p.m.,

President Quigley called the meeting back into session and said that no reportable actions had

been taken in Closed Session.

Item 4 - Pledge of Allegiance

President Quigley led the Salute to the Flag.

Item 5 - Citizens Forum

Paul Zullo, Water Treatment Plant Operator, addressed the Board regarding lengthy contract

negotiations held through a consultant negotiator. He expressed concern that many SEIU

members have been negatively impacted as a result of the main contract with the County of

Alameda and Zone 7’s cost of living increases that may or may not have kept up with inflation.

He urged the Board to give retro pay to the members to July 1st.

Darren Putman, Water Quality Laboratory Technician, addressed the Board regarding the SEIU

contract agreement with Zone 7. He expressed concern that the denial of retro pay is patently

unfair given that the Board approved retro pay for the highest paid employee of Zone 7. He

stated they are not asking for anything in addition to the cost of living increases that Zone 7 has

offered, but are only asking that the increase be applied retroactively to the beginning of July in

the same way it was offered to others at Zone 7. He urged the Board to allow the negotiations to

come to an end and to honor retro pay.

Barry Lindsay, Water Treatment Plant Operator, addressed the Board regarding retro pay. He

stated that in December the Board approved retro pay for the General Manager, while at the

same time refusing retro pay for members of SEIU. He asked how members are to look at this

action as anything other than some sort of punitive action for merely engaging in negotiation.

He respectfully urged the Board to direct the Zone 7 negotiator to offer SEIU members retro pay

just as retro pay has historically been offered.

Vin Pohray, a resident of Pleasanton, thanked the Board for allowing the setup of the

informational workshop held on January 30th

. He then addressed the Board about concerns of

the citizen’s coalition regarding Zone 7’s reserve transfers to the expansion fund and asked that

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the Board revisit the transfer and reserve policy to provide relief to the ratepayers from undue

burdens, especially now in an atmosphere where there is no longer a water crisis.

Linda Kelly, a member of the Facebook group she called Citizens for Sensible Water Rates,

addressed the Board regarding a communication chasm between the water rate payers and Zone

7’s Board and staff. She urged the Board to consider ways in addition to postcards and

newspaper ads to increase public awareness of Zone 7 meetings and to foster better

communication so that folks can take action and have a say in issues.

Item 6 - Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 18, 2017

Director Palmer moved that the minutes of January 18, 2017 be accepted and approved and

Director Greci seconded the motion. The minutes were approved by a voice vote of 7-0.

Item 7 - Consent Calendar

a. Fee Deferral Agreement – 16980 Tesla Rd., Livermore, CA 94550 APN 99A-2200-1-25

Director Palmer moved to approve Item 7(a) and Director Greci seconded the motion. The item

was passed by a voice vote of 7-0.

Resolution No. 17-05 Authorized a Fee Deferral Agreement with the property owner at

16980 Tesla Rd., Livermore, CA (Item 7a)

Item 10 - Staffing Update

General Manager, Jill Duerig asked that Item 10 be heard before Items 8 and 9. There being no

objections, President Quigley agreed to the change in order.

December Employee of the Month Recognition – Diana Gaines

Ms. Duerig announced that Diana Gaines, Senior Engineer in Zone 7’s Flood Control division,

was selected as the December Employee of the Month and was present in the audience. Diana

came to Zone 7 in 1993 as an Associate Civil Engineer having worked with a local engineering

consultant and also three years with the Alameda County Public Works Agency. She is

recognized for her positive attitude and being a “jack of all trades” serving the agency in various

capacities for over 20 years. The Board congratulated Ms. Gaines for her accomplishments.

Item 8 – FY 2016/17 Municipal & Industrial Connection Fee Program Update

Amparo Flores, Manager of Integrated Planning, gave a brief overview of the Zone 7 Water

Agency Water Connection Fee Update, a study which is performed every five years.

Recommended fees are developed in compliance with California Government Code Section

66000, et seq. (also referred to as the California Mitigation Fee Act). She explained that data is

collected from Retailers via Master Plans, UWMPs and growth and demand data and also from

various Zone 7 financial planning documents and projected Expansion Fund Expenditures

through buildout.

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Public outreach was accomplished through various meetings from June 2016 through February

2017. Dr. Flores then introduced Carmen Narayanan, a consultant with NBS who conducted the

study, continued the presentation and discussed key program objectives of the Expansion

Program (Fund 130) targets, the basis for Zone 7’s connection fees, projected water demand by

retailers, a 23% projected increase in area population between 2015-2040, demand and growth

projections by retailer through buildout, DUE projections (with growth cycling) and a discussion

on expansion program expenses which total $898,658,357 through buildout. The New Proposed

Connection Fee in Zone 7’s service area is $27,180 and in the Dougherty Valley service area is

$26,080.

Staff recommended the Board adopt the resolution approving the FY 2016/17 M&I Connection

Fee Update Report and adopting the recommended fees.

President Quigley advised the Board and audience that the Finance Committee had met on

February 6, 2017 and voted to support the staff recommendations and forward to the full Board

for adoption. He then opened the public hearing for this item. No public comments were

received, and President Quigley closed the public hearing at 7:33 p.m. He then asked for Board

discussion and comments.

Director Ramirez Holmes thanked Staff for working with and inviting the consultant NBS. She

expressed appreciation for the follow-up that took place after the Finance Committee meeting to

ensure that further questions of the public were answered. She suggested that looking forward,

Staff should pursue outreach sooner in order to provide an opportunity for deeper discussions

earlier on in the process.

A motion was made by Director Stevens, seconded by Director Palmer to adopt the FY 2016/17

Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Connection Fee Program Update Report and direct staff to

finalize it. The motion was passed by a roll call vote of 7-0.

Resolution No. 17-06 Approved the 2017 update and adopted the Municipal and Industrial

(M&I) Connection Fees (Item 8)

Item 9 – Contract Amendment for Phase 2 of Arroyo Mocho Medeiros Parkway Project to

include Arroyo Mocho Granada Project

Ms. Duerig introduced Rhett Alzona, Principal Engineer in the Facilities Engineering section.

Mr. Alzona gave a brief presentation which highlighted the original project scope of the

Medeiros Parkway reach along with the proposed addition of the Granada-Murrieta reach; the

benefits and risks of adding the Granada-Murrieta reach, impacts to the project schedule, and

estimated project costs and cash flow needs.

In response to Director Palmer’s question about how much of the project the agency expects

could be covered by a grant, Mr. Alzona responded that it depends upon the grant. The agency

currently has a $500K River Parkways Grant for flood management and recreational aspects on

the Medeiros Reach. An additional Urban Rivers Grant application for up to $3,000,000 is

currently in the review stage.

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President Quigley suggested incorporating reasonable numbers for capture and recharge when

applying for the grant. The addition of best case or worst case scenarios in storm water retention

may be big later this year with the new bill. Mr. Alzona agreed that when the agency applies for

grants, those are some of the typical questions that get asked so the information is incorporated.

Director Palmer mentioned this is a highly used recreational area and asked who oversees the

bike/hiking trails? Mr. Alzona replied that the City of Livermore is responsible for the existing

main bike path. Zone 7 could be responsible for the other features on site such as gravel roads

for maintenance access.

Director Ramirez Holmes suggested that alerting the residents affected by the work early on so

that they can be a part of the process and understand the concepts earlier should be a priority.

She said it is important for them to understand the long-term benefits and safety issues. Director

Palmer agreed so that they can see from the beginning how it will protect their homes and

property values. It’s a win-win situation.

In response to questions from Director McGrail regarding the amount spent to date and if this

additional amount requested will complete the project, Mr. Alzona explained that in August 2015

the project was budgeted for Phase 1 for preliminary planning and initial conceptual design

activities for a not-to-exceed amount of $346,500, of which approximately $200,000 has been

spent. The additional request is for the full detailed design, permitting and CEQA. Construction

will come later. Staff recommends combining the design, permitting and construction of the AM

Medeiros Parkway and the AM Granada projects as one project to recognize savings of scale and

project management efficiencies. The overall project cost is $16.3M. Now is the opportune time

to combine the projects and move forward seamlessly.

Director Figuers added that it is important to remember that this is based on a 100-year flood

scenario, which exceeds most people’s lifespans. Anything under 100-year flood is going to be

fine.

Director Palmer stated that it is important to do the Granada reach because that area is much

more liable to experience flood damage. Director Stevens agreed that completing the

improvements to the Granada reach is the right thing to do.

President Quigley asked if there were any public comments. None were received.

Director Figuers moved to approve Item 9 and Director Palmer seconded the motion. The item

was passed by a roll call vote of 7-0.

Resolution No. 17-07 Authorized the Arroyo Mocho Medeiros-Granada Project (Item 9)

Resolution No. 17-08 Approved the Application for Grant Funds for the Arroyo Mocho

Medeiros Parkway Project, Arroyo Mocho Granada Project or

Combined Arroyo Mocho Medeiros-Granada Project (Item 9)

Item 11 - Committees

a. Finance Committee Meeting – February 6, 2017 – notes

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No comments were received.

Item 12 - Reports - Directors

a. Verbal comments by President

b. Written Report by President Quigley

c. Verbal reports

Director Figuers reported that he had attended the ACWA Groundwater Committee meeting

earlier in the day.

Director Ramirez Holmes reported that she attended the January 25, 2017 Recycled Water

Celebration at DSRSD along with a couple of her colleagues. On January 30th

, she attended the

Zone 7 Public Workshop on water rates. There was a full house and it was quite a lengthy

meeting. On February 6th

she attended the Finance Committee meeting. On February 10th

she

attended the Elected Women’s Luncheon.

Director Palmer reported that she had also attended the DSRSD Recycled Water Celebration and

commended DSRSD staff for conducting such an informative tour of the RO plant. She also

attended the H2O Women Conference in Santa Barbara January 27-28. She commended Zone

7’s General Manager, Jill Duerig, who spoke at the conference about the value of imported

water, saying that she did a very nice job. Felicia Marcus from the State Water Resources

Control Board was the keynote speaker. Other topics discussed were Investing in Water

Infrastructure, Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and The Role

of Communication in Advancing Water Policy. She said that overall it was a good networking

experience with people attending from all parts of the state and she learned a lot from it.

President Quigley attended the DSRSD Recycled Water Celebration and spoke on behalf of

Zone 7. His talking points are listed in his written report. He also attended an ACWA Region 5

meeting earlier in the day in Scotts Valley. The ACWA Region 5 Board has decided to give a

presentation at its Spring Conference on water rates. They may call on Zone 7’s expert on the

matter, Osborn Solitei, to discuss reserve funds, etc.

Item 13 - Items for Future Agenda - Directors

No future items were discussed.

Item 14 - Staff Reports (Information items. No action will be taken.)

a. General Manager’s Report

b. Legislative Update

c. Outreach Activities

d. Water Inventory and Demand Update

e. FY 2016-17 Second Quarter Revenue and Expenditure (R&E) Report

f. Capital Projects Status Report

g. January Storm Damage to Regional Flood Protection Facilities

h. Verbal reports

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Ms. Duerig discussed information from the State Water Contractors, providing an overview on

the Oroville Dam facilities and recent events. She also mentioned that this weekend is the

Spring Home and Garden Show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, Friday through Sunday,

and there will be a Zone 7 booth there to visit.

Item 15 - Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 8:18 p.m.


100 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY, LIVERMORE, CA 94551 PHONE (925) 454-5000 FAX (925) 454-5727

ORIGINATING SECTION: INTEGRATED PLANNING

CONTACT: Robyn Navarra/Amparo Flores

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 7a

SUBJECT: Declaration of March 20-26, 2017 as Fix a Leak Week and Declaration of May 2017

as Water Awareness Month

SUMMARY:

As a program partner in the “Save Our Water” program—a partnership between the

Association of California Water Agencies and the Department of Water Resources—

Zone 7 works with the retailers to manage and reduce local water demands through water

conservation and water use efficiency.

Zone 7 is also a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense partner,

supporting and promoting public awareness about WaterSense-labeled products and water

efficiency, providing water-saving tips and resources, and encouraging customers to look for

WaterSense labels on indoor and outdoor products.

The Tri-Valley Water Conservation Task Force (made up of staff from Zone 7 and the

retailers) recommends promoting the EPA WaterSense program’s Fix a Leak Week

campaign (March 20-26, 2017) to bring awareness of water leaks inside and outside the

home and the amount of water wasted in homes each year.

Water Awareness Month is celebrated in May in California. During this month, water

agencies throughout the state conduct public outreach and education events to heighten

public awareness about water supply and the need for conservation and water use efficiency.

Zone 7 traditionally recognizes the significance of Water Awareness Month with a Board

Resolution of Support and various community activities that highlight the vital role of water

and the importance of conservation. Fix a Leak Week will kick off activities leading up to

Water Awareness Month.

Staff recommends that the Board adopt the attached resolution, declaring March 20-26,

2017 as Fix a Leak Week and May 2017 as Water Awareness Month.

FUNDING:

Fund 100 (70%) Water Enterprise Fund and Fund 130 (30%) Capital Expansion.

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt attached resolution declaring March 20-26, 2017 as Fix a Leak Week and May 2017 as

Water Awareness Month.

ATTACHMENTS:

Interoffice Memo

Resolution

Interoffice Memo

Date: March 15, 2017

To: Jill Duerig, General Manager

From: Robyn Navarra, Water Conservation Coordinator

Subject: Declaration of March 20-26, 2017 as Fix a Leak Week and Declaration of May 2017

as Water Awareness Month

BACKGROUND:

On April 21, 2010, the Zone 7 Water Agency (Zone 7) Board adopted a resolution declaring

Zone 7’s support for the “Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Policy Principles

on Water Conservation and Water Use Efficiency.” The fifteen principles cover a wide range of

issues including wise use of water for both urban and agricultural applications. The first principle

states, “Water conservation and water use efficiency are central elements of the state’s strategy

to enhance water supply reliability, restore ecosystems, and respond to climate change and a

growing population. While much has been accomplished in the past, significant increases in

water conservation and water use efficiency will be required to assure reliable water supplies in

the future.”

In accordance with these principles, Zone 7 has continued to implement a water conservation

program in the Tri-Valley in partnership with the retailers (Cal Water Service – Livermore, City

of Livermore, City of Pleasanton, and Dublin San Ramon Services District). Together, staff from

Zone 7 and the retailers formed the Tri-Valley Water Conservation Task Force for regional

collaboration on programs and outreach for water use efficiency.

Created in 2009 by the Association of California Water Agencies and the California Department

of Water Resources, the “Save Our Water” program is a statewide effort to make water

conservation a way of life in California. As a partner in the program, Zone 7 works with the local

retailers to manage and reduce local water demands through water conservation and water use

efficiency. Zone 7 is also a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense partner,

supporting and promoting public awareness about WaterSense-labeled products and water

efficiency, providing water-saving tips and resources, and encouraging customers to look for

WaterSense labels on indoor and outdoor products.

The EPA WaterSense program promotes Fix a Leak Week annually in the spring to bring awareness

to water leaks inside and outside the home and the amount of water wasted in homes each year.

Also, May has historically been celebrated as Water Awareness Month in California. During this

month, water agencies throughout the state conduct public outreach and education events to

heighten public awareness about water supply and the need for conservation and water use

efficiency.

DISCUSSION:

Zone 7 has traditionally recognized the significance of Water Awareness Month with a Board

Resolution of Support and various community activities that highlight the vital role of water and the

importance of conservation. Fix a Leak Week will kick off activities leading up to Water Awareness

Month. Activities will also occur during Water Awareness Month. The following section describes

planned activities for Fix a Leak Week and Water Awareness Month.

Fix a Leak Week Campaign

The Tri-Valley Water Conservation Task Force recommends promoting the WaterSense program’s

Fix a Leak Week campaign for the second year to heighten public awareness about water

conservation, supply, quality, and distribution. This year, the campaign is scheduled for March 20-

26, 2017. Staff has been working with the retailers on various activities leading up to Fix a Leak

Week, including bill stuffers reminding customers to fix leaks in their home. The Tri-Valley

Water Conservation Task Force’s message is to encourage customers to detect and fix any leaks

inside and outside their homes. Other activities include:

Dublin San Ramon Services District plans to display magnetic messaging boards

showing a dripping faucet on their vehicles during the month of March and will use

social media (i.e., Twitter, Facebook) to convey the importance of fixing leaks.

Public Service Announcements will air during the month of March on local radio

stations to promote the campaign.

Zone 7 and the retailers will distribute various public outreach materials, such as

WaterSense bookmarks, Kids’ Activities Guides, and Dye Tab Table Cards, at the local

libraries, schools, public events, and retailers’ customer service counters.

Zone 7 and the retailers will encourage customers to go to the EPA Twitter site

@ifixleaks to share their stories.

Water Awareness Month

The Water Awareness Month campaign occurs every year in May, beginning with a proclamation

from the Governor. For the past few years, the campaign messages have encouraged Californians

to “make conservation a daily habit,” promoting the fact that water is essential for farms,

businesses, and communities, and that its use must be managed appropriately. In 2017, the “Save

our Water” campaign kicked-off the calendar year with a new message: “Water Conservation,

It’s for Life.” The message is focused on changing behaviors, such as taking shorter showers,

installing water-efficient toilets and appliances, and transforming outdoor landscapes to be more

California-friendly. Planned activities for Water Awareness Month include:

Zone 7 is co-sponsoring the East Bay Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour

(http:///www.bringingbackthenatives.net/) on May 7, 2017. This self-guided tour is very

popular. This year, tour participants have the option of choosing between receiving a free

electronic copy of the 80-page garden guide or pay $10 for the printed guide. There are six

Tri-Valley homes on the tour this year.

The Board will be asked at the May Board meeting to recognize winners of the Zone 7

Water Awards chosen during the 2017 Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair

scheduled on March 11, 2017. The winning students will present their projects to the Board.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the Board adopt the attached resolution, declaring March 20-26, 2017 as Fix

a Leak Week and May 2017 as Water Awareness Month.

http://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/

ZONE 7


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY

SECONDED BY

“Declaration of March 20-26, 2017 as Fix a Leak Week and May as Water Awareness

Month”

WHEREAS, the Board supports the Association of California Water Agencies’ Policy

Principles on Water Conservation and Water Use Efficiency; and

WHEREAS, May has historically been designated as Water Awareness Month to

highlight the vital role of water and the importance of conservation and water use efficiency; and

WHEREAS, public outreach and educational activities will be hosted in collaboration

with the retailers for this year’s Water Awareness Month; and

WHEREAS, March 20-26, 2017 has been declared by the WaterSense Program as Fix a

Leak Week as an annual reminder to the public to check their household plumbing fixtures for leaks

both inside and outside their homes.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the

Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District declares March 20-26, 2017 as

Fix a Leak Week and May as Water Awareness Month.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of a Resolution

adopted by the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the Alameda

County Flood Control and Water Conservation District on

March 15, 2017.

By__________________________________________

President, Board of Directors



ORIGINATING SECTION: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

CONTACT PERSON: Osborn Solitei

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO: 8a

SUBJECT: New Employee Introduction

SUMMARY:

One new employee has joined the Zone 7 team since our last Board meeting.

Justin West, Water Plant Operator III

Justin West joined the Zone 7 team on Tuesday, February 14th

as a Water Plant Operator III in

the Operations Section, reporting to the site-specific Water Facilities Supervisor, as assigned.

Justin comes to us with over three years of operations experience, most recently as Water Plant

Operator II at the City of Fairfield. Prior to this, he completed a Water Treatment Plant Operator

internship for East Bay Municipal Utilities District. Justin holds an Associate’s degree in Water

and Wastewater Technology from Solano Community College in partnership with the Bay Area

Consortium for Water and Wastewater Education (BACWWE) program. He holds both Grade 3

Water Treatment and Grade 2 Water Distribution certifications from the State of California.

Please join us in welcoming Justin to the Zone 7 team!

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Information only.



ORIGINATING SECTION: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

CONTACT PERSON: Osborn Solitei

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO: 8b

SUBJECT: Employee of the Month

SUMMARY:

The Employee Recognition Program Nomination Committee met in February and reviewed the

nominations received. The committee selected a candidate who was then recommended to

Management for approval and there was a subsequent announcement of the selection to all

Agency employees.

Jesus Bautista, Construction Maintenance Laborer, has been chosen as January 2017 Employee

of the Month. Jesus joined Zone 7 in June 2010 and works in the Maintenance Section, reporting

to Barry Ivy, Facilities Maintenance and Construction Supervisor.

Jesus was recommended through an external nomination due to the professionalism and courtesy

he showed to a community member in need. Laura Mercier, Executive Director of the Tri-

Valley Conservancy, contacted the agency to communicate the positive impression made by

Jesus. According to Laura, on a Tuesday morning she had a flat tire on the road that leads to the

Del Valle Water Treatment Plant. She stopped at Kalthoff Common to call AAA for assistance

but it would likely be an hour before they arrived. As she was stranded on the road, several

residents drove by and waved but did not stop. Jesus Bautista drove by, stopped, backed up and

got out to offer his help to her. She said he took care of her issue, assuring she did not get

muddy in the process. She contacted Zone 7 to advise what a true gentleman he is and to

recognize the service he provided to another in need.

The selection committee supported the recommendation, thanking Jesus for his service and

dedication to the Agency, his positive attitude and willingness to devote extra effort at work,

with management approving the selection. We applaud Jesus for taking positive action to help a

community member in need.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommend that the Zone 7 Board of Directors recognize and congratulate Jesus Bautista as

January 2017 Employee of the Month.

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ORIGINATING SECTION: FLOOD PROTECTION

CONTACT: Joe Seto / Carol Mahoney

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 9

SUBJECT: Declaration of Local State of Flood Emergency and Authorization of Amendment to

Fanfa Contract to do Emergency Repairs

SUMMARY:

During the months of January and February 2017, higher than normal frequency and intensity storms

have caused significant damage to Zone 7’s flood control facilities. Some of this damage also

threatens utility lines and infrastructure.

In response to widespread storm damage throughout California, on January 23, 2017, Governor Jerry

Brown declared a state of emergency for 50 counties across California, including Alameda County,

enabling state resources to help communities recover from storm damage.

Similarly, on February 14, 2017, President Donald Trump issued a disaster declaration for California,

enabling federal assistance through FEMA for debris removal emergency protective measures.

Pursuant to the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA), Zone 7 staff recommend that a Local

State of Flood Emergency be declared.

The initial cost estimate for repair and construction costs to address the damage to Zone 7’s flood

facilities is over $7.2M. This exceeds Zone 7’s normal annual expenditures on channel repair

(usually about $1.1 million) and requires amendment of existing contracts and, most likely, the

addition of new contracts.

To address the damage caused to Zone 7 facilities throughout the service area, staff recommend

adopting the two attached Resolutions: 1) Declaring a Local State of Flood Emergency; and 2) As an

initial step, directing the General Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Fanfa, Inc.,

contract (A15-06-FAN) to support additional slope repairs in response to the flood damage.

FUNDING:

Fund 200 – Flood Protection Operations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Adopt attached resolutions.

ATTACHMENTS:

Memo providing additional background on agenda item

Zone 7 Board Resolutions (2)

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Interoffice Memo



From: Joe Seto, Flood Protection Manager

Subject: Declaration of Local State of Flood Emergency

BACKGROUND:

The storms of January-February 2017 have resulted in significant damage to Zone 7 flood control facilities.

As of March 3, over 60 bank slides have been documented along Arroyo de la Laguna, Alamo Creek / Canal,

Arroyo Mocho, Altamont Creek, South San Ramon Creek, Chabot Canal, and Line F-4 (old South San

Ramon Creek). This does not include numbers for estimates of toe erosion of slopes or minor toe-of-slope

slumping because such damage may not have immediate impacts to slope stability or be an impediment to

flow. Some areas where the embankments continue to slump and fall away can threaten utility lines and

infrastructure. For contrast, in recent years Zone 7 has experienced about eight bank slides annually. These

exceptional circumstances necessitate a different approach to stream maintenance in the coming months in

order to return the expected level of service to Zone 7 owned or maintained channels.

A more comprehensive assessment of flood damage, along with a map of general locations of damaged sites,

was provided to the Board on February 15, 2017. This memo covers the declaration of a Local State of Flood

Emergency and a contract amendment necessary to address a portion of the flood damage sites. Two stand-

alone resolutions address the flood emergency declaration and requested contract changes to provide support

to staff to implement projects to address the damage caused by recent storms.

1) Declaration of Local Flood Emergency

In order to comply with the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA), staff recommend that Zone 7

declare a Local State of Flood Emergency and request assistance from the Director of the California

Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). Cal OES administers the assistance program that

provides financial assistance from the state for costs incurred by local governments as a result of a disaster or

emergency situation. Funding is available for the repair, restoration, or replacement of public facilities and

properties that are damaged by the emergency event(s). The program also provides for reimbursement of

costs associated with certain emergency activities undertaken in response to a state of emergency proclaimed

by the Governor. The program may provide matching fund assistance for cost sharing required under federal

public assistance programs in response to a Presidential Emergency Declaration. Thus far, Zone 7 staff

estimate that construction costs to address the damage incurred in January and February is over $7.2 million

- plus engineering, planning, biological assessment, CEQA, permitting, construction management and

mitigation costs. Staff are engaged with personnel from the State Office of Emergency Services, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, and Federal Emergency Management Agency to explore funding assistance

opportunities and have already submitted initial forms and cost estimates to meet required external

deadlines.

Staff recommends declaring a Local Flood Emergency, thereby easing some of the procurement process to

secure labor, equipment and materials to expedite certain emergency repairs.

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2) Amend Contract with Fanfa, Inc., for Emergency Work for Flood Control Facilities

Zone 7 has an existing contract with Fanfa, Inc. (A15-06-FAN) to provide routine maintenance assistance.

Given the vast number of storm-related damage experienced since January and February, it is imperative that

swift action be taken by Zone 7, whenever possible, to address the channel maintenance needs. To this end,

Staff intends to expand the current contract with Fanfa, Inc. to repair approximately eight to ten additional

top priority sites. This requires a contract amendment to increase the contract amount, adjust the scope where

necessary if repairs are more complex than usual, and extend the time to allow for environmental permits to

be obtained and construction to be completed.

Fanfa, Inc. was selected previously through a competitive bid process as the lowest responsive and

responsible bidder for the Operated Equipment Supply Contract for Maintenance and Emergency Work for

Flood Control Facilities. The contract started in FY 14/15 and is now in the third and final year at a value

not to exceed $985,000. Work includes, but is not limited to, construction and repair of flood control

channels, access roads, driveways, V-ditches, drainage culverts and structures, drop inlets and outfall

structures, sediment removal and miscellaneous work as directed by staff. Staff intends to hold a regular

bidding and contract award process in the coming months to select a contractor for a new 3-year term to

address regular, ongoing maintenance needs; however, the extraordinary circumstances require immediate

construction and maintenance assistance to address the most urgent eight to ten priority sites.

To address the remaining 50+ mid-priority sites, staff have requested external assistance. The Flood Control

Section has had recent retirements that warrant the request for outside assistance through other contract

avenues. Public Contract code section 21151, allows Zone 7 to procure a contract for work related to flood

control facilities without a formal bid process. Typically, however, Zone 7 has used a formal bid process in

order to be in compliance with FEMA and other programs. A GM contract was initiated with PMA

Consultants (John Mahoney) to augment staff and explore eligibility for state or federal reimbursement. Staff

anticipates that, once the consultant can determine the scope and breadth of the damage from the mid-

priority sites, construction plans and additional contracts will be brought before the Board at a later date that

meet the CalOES, USACE, and FEMA requirements.

Notwithstanding and in order for Zone 7 to continue to provide for adequate maintenance and emergency

repairs to the flood control channels this fiscal year, staff recommends that the Board authorize the General

Manager to amend the Fanfa contract for maintenance and emergency work, including a one-year extension

to June 30, 2018, and an increased contract limit not-to-exceed $2.3 million dollars. Again, this contract

plans to address approximately eight to ten additional repair sites, and includes contingency for

unanticipated, more substantial repairs.

Funds are available in Fund 200 – Flood Protection Operations.

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ZONE 7 ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY

SECONDED BY

Declaration of Local State of Flood Emergency

WHEREAS, Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is

responsible for providing flood protection services to the Livermore-Amador Valley;

WHEREAS, heavy winter storms have been damaging flood control channels throughout the

Livermore-Amador Valley since January 2017; and

WHEREAS, California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for 50 counties

across California, including Alameda County; and

WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration for California; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the Alameda

County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby declare a local state of flood

emergency within its service area.


AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of a

Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of

Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and

Water Conservation District on March 15, 2017.

By___________________________________


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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY

SECONDED BY

Amend Contract with Fanfa, Inc., for Emergency Work for Flood Control Facilities

WHEREAS, Zone 7 has an existing contract with Fanfa, Inc. for general contractor services to

supplement Zone 7 in-house resources for as needed on-call construction and emergency support

services for Flood Control facilities including chain of lakes under contract number A15-06-FAN; and

WHEREAS, additional funding is needed for the Fanfa, Inc. contract for existing high-priority

maintenance repairs due to extensive damage from the frequency and intensity of winter storms; and

WHEREAS, public contract code section 21151, allows Zone 7 to procure a contract for work

related to flood control facilities without a formal bidding process,


County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby authorize the General Manager to

amend the existing contract (A15-06-FAN) with Fanfa, Inc. thereby extending the terms of the contract

by one year to June 30, 2018, and increasing the contract limit to a not-to-exceed amount of $2,300,000.


AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:





By:______________________________________


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SUBJECT: Private Landowner Request for Assistance on Arroyo De La Laguna

SUMMARY:

During the months of January and February 2017, higher than normal frequency and intensity storms

occurred, resulting in a staff recommendation to declare a local flood emergency.

On February 24, 2017, Zone 7 staff were contacted by property owners at 7852 Foothill Road in Pleasanton to request assistance due to significant erosion on their property. Staff from Zone 7, City of Pleasanton, and Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS), met with the homeowner that afternoon to discuss potential solutions. The NRCS has an Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program to assist private landowners, with a local public agency sponsor.

Zone 7 holds an easement along the arroyo and across the subject properties to “construct, maintain, operate, inspect, and repair flood control facilities and appurtenances.”

To date, Zone 7 has not had any projects in this reach and, by extension, does not have any flood control facilities within the easement area. The arroyo is largely in a natural state although some slope hardening enhancements were placed by private landowners within this stretch. No such slope protection exists at the property in question.

Since February 24th, Staff have been working with NRCS and Zone 7’s on-call contractors to assess the changed conditions. Previous surveys are no longer valid due to the changed geometry of the arroyo. A preliminary design was submitted to the regulatory agencies on February 28th to allow emergency permitting to be initiated. These permits are necessary for any temporary construction activities. Work on an interim project cannot be initiated until the regulatory agencies receive and evaluate hydraulic modeling showing the updated channel geometry and the anticipated effects of an interim project on properties upstream and downstream of 7852 Foothill. The purpose of this requirement is to avoid shifting the problem from one location to another. The initial emergency construction repair project may be required to be removed at a later date and a more permanent design and construction installed later.

The initial cost estimate for the emergency construction at this site is in excess of $1 million, but this work would have to be removed and, should a long-term solution be required by the regulatory agencies, the estimate could go up to an estimated $5 million.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other regulatory agencies have suggested that a more comprehensive reach-wide solution is needed between Castlewood Drive bridge and Verona Road bridge. It is likely that a reach-wide solution could cost well over $10 million.

FUNDING:

Funding is available from Fund 200 – Flood Protection Operations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Provide direction to staff and consider adopting the attached example resolution.

ATTACHMENTS:

Memorandum and Resolutions

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Interoffice Memo



From: Joe Seto, Flood Protection Manager

Subject: Private Landowner Request for Assistance on Arroyo De La Laguna

BACKGROUND:

Mr. and Mrs. Belshe, the property owners at 7852 Foothill Road, Pleasanton contacted staff to request

emergency assistance. That request resulted in responses from the City of Pleasanton, Zone 7, and the

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS may be able to assist through their Emergency

Watershed Protection (EWP) program. The stream banks along this section of Arroyo De La Laguna

(ADLL) have been the subject of several studies over the years. In the early 1990s, an easement was

provided to Zone 7 over nine parcels by a local developer in advance of construction of housing along

Foothill Road in Pleasanton. 7852 Foothill Road is one of the parcels that contain a portion of that easement.

The intent of the easement was to provide access and land should Zone 7 construct any flood protection

facility projects in this area. The easement specifically states that Zone 7 has the right to “construct,

maintain, operate, inspect, and repair flood control facilities and appurtenances.” However, such Zone 7

projects have not been constructed in this area to date.

A brief outline of Zone 7’s involvement in plans, studies, and grants regarding the area near 7852 Foothill

Road is provided below. Areas along ADLL downstream of Castlewood Road bridge were identified in the

2006 Stream Management Master Plan as locations where potential partnerships could enhance the stream

corridor. Although the area does not experience flooding, it provides a riparian corridor for various species

of concern and the area was identified by outside agencies and stakeholders as a location where additional

recreation and enhancement of stream features would be desirable. Due to concerns of local residents in the

reach between Castlewood Drive bridge and Verona Road bridge (known as “Verona Reach”), Zone 7

initiated a pilot education and assistance program in April 2009 for local landowners that sought to:

Educate landowners about the causes of erosion and flooding in the ADLL,

Educate landowners about the limits of what Zone 7 can do to address these causes,

Help landowners share concerns and perceptions of stream management issues,

Explore strategies and identify/evaluate potential projects and funding opportunities to abate

flooding and erosion problems along the arroyo;

Examine opportunities for broader partnering and the opportunity for identifying a larger, more

comprehensive restoration/erosion abatement project.

Several meetings were held with the landowners throughout 2009 and 2010 to hear concerns and provide

information. Through these meetings, Zone 7 determined that a pilot grant program to assist local

landowners in developing a comprehensive design for multiple properties would facilitate applying for

grants and would likely lessen the financial burden on any one landowner to enable a project to be

constructed.

A pilot grant program was approved by the Board for this reach in April 2010. The pilot grant program was

envisioned to meet certain minimum criteria, such as the Grantee providing a 25% match for the requested

grant funds and the potential for grant funds to be provided, upon request, to non-governmental

organizations, non-profits, home owners associations or similar groups assisting the private landowners. This

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grant consisted of $100,000 from Zone 7 and was matched by $50,000 from Urban Creeks Council’s EPA

grant on behalf of the landowners to facilitate design options. As a part of this effort, a Watershed

Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply (WARSSS) report was generated by Stantec along with

a conceptual design. The WARSSS protocol requires a follow up survey to be completed roughly one year

later in 2011. Zone 7 sought support from the landowners regarding the preliminary design which included

laying back the existing slopes to a two-to-one configuration (two feet vertical for every one foot horizontal)

and providing toe-of-slope protection. The majority of landowners were not interested in moving forward

with the design since laying back the slope would significantly reduce their usable land at the higher

elevations overlooking and adjacent to the stream.

Subsequently, staff focused on seeking grant opportunities for the remaining land owner at 3 Verona Road

who was still concerned and was interested in seeking options. In late 2015, Zone 7 assisted the Alameda

County Resource Conservation District (RCD) and the landowner in submitting a grant application to

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to explore funding for work to be performed at 3

Verona Road to abate mass wasting of the slopes and to enhance habitat. The grant request was denied by

CDFW in 2016. During the grant application preparation, 7852 Foothill Road was identified as starting to

have bank erosion and Zone 7 staff had discussions with the owners of the property regarding the erosion

that was occurring. Zone 7 performed topographic assessments at the site and estimated that the property at

7852 Foothill Road had lost up to 28 feet at the higher elevation or roughly 2,000 cubic yards between 2010

and 2015. These results were discussed with the landowner. Zone 7 had a follow up meeting with NRCS,

RCD, and CDFW to discuss potential funding options to assist the landowners and potential collaboration on

searching for solutions to the erosion issues in this reach.

DISCUSSION:

It has been Zone 7’s policy, consistent with the policies of other flood protection agencies in the state, to not

perform maintenance activities on private property but instead to focus on property owned by Zone 7 and/or

projects constructed or owned by Zone 7. Staff have upheld this practice, but in keeping with the Board’s

willingness to explore partnerships to facilitate projects for the regional benefit of the Valley, previous

efforts have been explored for the Verona Reach of ADLL and the private properties that contain the stream

in this area. Zone 7’s involvement with this area is further complicated by the fact that flooding does not

occur here, but it is the erosion of the stream that has caused local landowner concerns. Since 2009, Zone 7

has attempted to assist the landowners in this reach to explore options for what they could do themselves, to

help identify and apply for funding through grants and partnerships, and to have provided data and studies to

facilitate potential projects. Not all of the efforts undertaken that benefit this reach are documented in the

chronology/outline above, but it highlights the significant milestones related to the subject parcel.

In February 2017, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released an announcement

concerning the availability of post-flood assistance for private landowners. It indicated that in the wake of

California flooding, the NRCS in California is meeting with landowners and other agencies to assess damage

and offer technical and financial assistance where possible. Assistance programs through NRCS include the

Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program

(EQIP).

The property owner at 7852 Foothill Rd. in Pleasanton contacted Zone 7 and the City of Pleasanton on

Friday, February 24th

about the continuing, significant bank erosion at the property. Staff from Zone 7, the

City of Pleasanton, and NRCS were onsite within a few hours. Staff observed that a very large portion of the

landowner’s backyard had been eroded. In comparing current conditions to a survey done in March 2015,

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the property had retreated approximately 44 feet. The homeowner suggested that the majority occurred in the

February 2017 storms. Staff documented a 35 foot vertical slope located about 13 feet from the landowner’s

pool and 63 feet from the house. A visual assessment about one week later revealed that the bank had

retreated an additional 3-5 feet. NRCS immediately initiated the EWP process, which allows NRCS to

provide immediate assistance to communities to mitigate potential hazards to life and property resulting from

flooding and erosion. This process requires a local agency sponsor to request assistance from NRCS on

behalf of the landowner. In a nutshell, requirements include providing funding up-front and having contracts

for design, permitting, construction, mitigation, and long-term operation and maintenance for the project

constructed with EWP funding. EWP can provide up to 75% of the costs (estimates are capped at the value

of the threatened structures) of construction, only. All other costs must be borne by the local sponsor or the

landowner. There are no guarantees of reimbursement from the program. More information regarding the

EWP program, the damage at the site, and options are provided below.

After reviewing the program and the Belshe situation, it was determined that the landowner would likely

quality for the EWP program.

The photo below was taken on March 2, 2017, revealing continued erosion of the property.

EWP requires a public agency to act as the “Local Sponsor” to sponsor on-the-ground work including

concrete barriers, streambank protection, and other damage control measures. Through this program, the

NRCS would cover 75% of the emergency project cost. Design, permitting, and project management would

be the responsibility of the Local Sponsor. Project costs would be fronted by the Local Sponsor and a

portion would be later reimbursed. Cost limits are determined by a cost-benefit analysis; Preliminary

estimates indicate that the project cost ceiling would be in the neighborhood of $920,000, with the

possibility of EWP contributing 75% of this amount. Total project cost estimates to stabilize the property

are still being developed, but are expected to be between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. The requirements of

the EWP program dictate that the Local Sponsor also be responsible in perpetuity for the constructed project

facilities and provide on-going maintenance. Emergency regulatory permits from the US Army Corps of

Engineers often require any temporary solutions to be removed within a certain amount of time with a more

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permanent solution to be constructed at a later date. Should this be the case at the property, the project could

cost as much as $5,000,000 for the local solution without even considering the reach-wide needs.

To be expeditious, staff acted as though a Local Sponsor would be found among the partners (Zone 7 or the

City of Pleasanton) and initiated the permitting process with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

Early discussions with the regulatory agencies indicate that a larger, reach-wide solution would be expected

once the initial slope stabilization was completed at that site. A reach-wide solution could cost in excess of

$10 million on top of the $5 million for the temporary project construction and removal. USACE requested a

hydraulic analysis to ensure that the emergency repair would not negatively impact any of the surrounding

parcels or cause and flow impedance. In order to provide this information, Zone 7 determined that an

updated survey would be needed to establish the new configuration of the streambed to accurately assess

impacts. Zone 7’s Board could choose to be the local sponsor, and, if so, staff would anticipate needing

contracts with FlowWest and Fanfa, Inc., to facilitate final design and construction. A portion of the up-front

costs might be reimbursed by the EWP program, but there is no guarantee and EWP would not cover the

longer-term requirements that are anticipated in any USACE emergency permitting.

Staff have been using existing consultants for preliminary design and permitting work under an initial

General Manager’s contract with FlowWest and their subconsultants to initiate work quickly and prepare

enough information to be provided to USACE. This information can also assist the Board and other potential

Local Sponsors in understanding the scope of the required work. Staff, NRCS, and the consultants met with

the landowner at Zone 7 on March 1st to discuss options for the site and plan for what information was

needed to assess the situation and provide a design that would answer regulatory questions, provide adequate

slope protection, and identify any construction and safety issues.

On March 6th

, a site visit attended by staff from Zone 7, consultants, NRCS, City of Pleasanton, and the

landowner was conducted to discuss permitting, design, and construction options to provide the most

flexibility to assist whomever becomes the local sponsor. On March 7th

staff met with representatives from

the City of Pleasanton and Representative Swalwell’s office representative, Tim Sbranti, to discuss

constraints and explore options for administering sponsorship and long-term solutions. Staff continue to

work with the City of Pleasanton and the local landowners to explore options to permit emergency repairs.

Staff recommends that the Board discuss the information provided and, upon consideration, direct staff on

next steps. Staff offer the following possible options for Board consideration:

1.) An example resolution has been provided should the Board decide to offer grants to possible local

sponsors under the NRCS EWP or to landowners. This would be a similar grant program for

landowner improvements as the one provided in 2010. This grant program could focus on

construction improvements and improvement of the bank stability, and the efforts undertaken by the

previous studies and preliminary design could be used by landowners as a basis. An example grant

resolution has been prepared for the Board’s consideration.

2.) Consider whether Zone 7 should be the local sponsor. An example resolution that would follow this

path has also been prepared for the Board’s consideration, including recommendations for consultant

and contractor engagements.

3.) Do not move forward as the local sponsor, but instead direct staff to continue working on a more

regional, reach-wide solution, exploring partnerships and future funding opportunities.

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For all options show above as well as the contracts below, funds are available in Fund 200 – Flood

Protection Operations. If the board decides to pursue a project in the Arroyo de la Laguna – Verona Reach,

the following additional contract support will be needed.

If Pursuing Local Sponsorship, First Amend Contract for Design Services with FlowWest and

Subconsultants

Periodically, Zone 7 has a need to contract certain specialty design and engineering support services to

outside contractors. FlowWest currently is working on two such project teams for Zone 7, both of which

required an RFP or RFQ process: the Medeiros Parkway Floodplain Restoration project (prime engineering

consultant); and the Programmatic Stream Maintenance Permits project (subconsultant). Should the Board

decide to pursue a project, then staff will need assistance since the nature of the repairs at this site require

specialty design.

On February 27, staff engaged FlowWest through a General Manager’s contract to assist with the time-

sensitive work requiring specialty engineering work outside of staff expertise. At this time, staff is requesting

an amendment to the contract in order for FlowWest to fulfill the full scope of work requested necessary to

complete the design per the EWP program guidelines and the requirements of regulatory agencies – should

the Board decide to become the local sponsor for the property.

Staff recommends that the Board authorize the General Manager to amend the Flow West contract by

$200,000, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $250,000.

If Pursuing Local Sponsorship, Second Amend Contract for Construction Services with Fanfa, Inc.

Zone 7 currently has an existing construction and maintenance contract with Fanfa Inc. (A15-06-FAN). Staff

recommends that, should the Board choose to pursue a project in this reach, the existing contract be amended

to include funding for the related construction.

The Board authorization would be for modifying the existing contract to include an additional $1,500,000 to

cover the costs of construction activities at the 7852 Foothill Road parcel with the understanding that up to

roughly $690,000 may be reimbursable through the EWP program.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY SECONDED BY

Establishing Local Emergency Grant Program for Verona Reach WHEREAS, certain landowners adjacent to the Arroyo de la Laguna between Castlewood

Drive and Verona Bridge, collectively the “Verona Reach,” have experienced significant erosion in recent years and have limited means to facilitate projects to address stream stabilization, erosion prevention, and habitat enhancements; and

WHEREAS, grants for construction for the purposes listed above could have a regional

benefit to the overall health of the Arroyo de la Laguna, reducing downstream sediment loading and reducing risks of untimely flow blockage from collapsing banks;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of Alameda

County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby allocate funds and direct the General Manager to facilitate the Verona Reach Emergency Grant Program for FY17-18 and FY18-19 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $___________________.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Board of Directors hereby directs staff to create a

formal process by which landowners or Local Sponsors may request local emergency grant funding under this program; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that landowners within the Verona Reach of Arroyo de la

Laguna may make a formal request, through the process established by staff, for an individual grant under this program in an amount not-to-exceed $________________ per parcel; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any public agency willing to become the Local Sponsor for

a project under EWP may make a formal request, through the process established by Zone 7 staff, for a grant in an amount not-to-exceed $________________ per project.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of a Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District on March 15, 2017.

By:______________________________________ President, Board of Directors

EXAMPLE RESOLUTION NO. 1

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY SECONDED BY

Local Sponsorship of Emergency Watershed Protection Program

WHEREAS, heavy winter storms have been damaging flood control channels throughout the Livermore-Amador Valley since January 2017; and

WHEREAS, California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for 50 counties across California, including Alameda County; and

WHEREAS, U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration for California;

and WHEREAS, rapid erosion along the banks of the Arroyo de la Laguna in Pleasanton has put

the upper level of the property at 7852 Foothill Road in imminent danger of caving into the arroyo; and

WHEREAS, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Emergency

Watershed Protection Program (EWP) provides immediate assistance to private landowners to mitigate potential hazards to life and property resulting from flooding and erosion, provided a local government body sponsors the work; and

WHEREAS, Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is

responsible for providing flood protection services to the Livermore-Amador Valley;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District directs the General Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement thereby allowing Zone 7 to serve as the Local Sponsor for emergency watershed protection work through the NRCS EWP. ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:



EXAMPLE RESOLUTION NO. 2

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO. INTRODUCED BY SECONDED BY

Design Services Contract with FlowWest for Emergency Work

WHEREAS, Zone 7 has an existing General Manager’s contract (A17-71-FLO) with FlowWest for engineering and related design services to supplement Zone 7 in-house resources for as needed on-call construction and emergency support services for Flood Control facilities; and

WHEREAS, additional funding is needed for FlowWest for emergency work in the Arroyo de la Laguna, Verona Reach due to extensive damage from the frequency and intensity of this winter’s storms; and

WHEREAS, FlowWest has previously responded to Zone 7 Requests for Proposals for

similar (but non-urgent) engineering services and has been awarded contracts that are in good standing; and


County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby authorize the General Manager to amend the Flow West contract by $200,000, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $250,000 for professional services related to an emergency repair project at 7852 Foothill Road.




EXAMPLE RESOLUTION NO. 3a

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO. INTRODUCED BY SECONDED BY

Amend Contract for Fanfa, Inc., for Emergency Work

WHEREAS, Zone 7 has an existing contract with Fanfa, Inc. (A15-06-FAN) for general contractor services to supplement Zone 7 in-house resources for as needed on-call construction and emergency support services for Flood Control facilities including chain of lakes; and

WHEREAS, additional funding is needed for Fanfa to perform emergency work in the Arroyo de la Laguna, Verona Reach due to extensive damage from the frequency and intensity of this winter’s storms; and

WHEREAS, Public Contract Code section 21151, allows Zone 7 to procure a contract for

work related to flood control facilities without a formal bidding process, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the Alameda

County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby authorize the General Manager to amend the existing contract with Fanfa, Inc., increasing the contract limit by 1,500,000 to cover the construction costs of an emergency repair project at 7852 Foothill Road.




EXAMPLE RESOLUTION NO. 3b

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Revised






SUBJECT: Authorization for LARPD to Manage Weed Control Spraying Services

SUMMARY:

The Weed Control Spraying Services up to two additional one-year optional extensions for

FY 2015/16 and FY 2016/17. The contract was executed as a Task Order under the

Intergovernmental Reciprocal Services Master Agreement (IRSMA).

This is the last and final year for the Board’s previous authorization. Staff recommends continued use

of Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD) because it is a local government entity

functioning within the Tri-Valley region, has a good knowledge of required procedures and Zone 7

facilities, and satisfactory results with weed control management.

Due to the high level of demands on staff resources during the current flood emergency, staff are

recommending another one-year extension before re-bidding this project.

In accordance with the IRSMA, a new draft task order in a not-to-exceed amount of $250,000 for

Fiscal Year FY 2017/18 has been provided for sole-source consideration.

Zone 7 staff also seek to provide the best service to the residents by using common resources

effectively and find that promoting the coordination of interagency efforts in the Tri-Valley Region is

in the public’s interest by reducing cost and increasing efficiency.

LARPD has an adequately trained and certified crew available to Zone 7 throughout the year to meet

assigned weed control application and its commitment in the Integrated Pest Management program

that will help to reduce the amount of chemical use in the creeks and established safety program

procedures related to serving the public around trails and open space.

Based on contract conditions in the amended Service Agreement between Zone 7 and LARPD,

issued September 24, 2014, staff recommends executing an IRWMA task order with LARPD for

weed control spraying services in an amount not-to-exceed $250,000 for FY 17/18.

FUNDING: Funding is budgeted and available from Fund 200 – Flood Protection Operations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt attached resolution.

ATTACHMENTS: Memorandum and Resolution

Interoffice Memorandum



From: Joe Seto/Carol Mahoney

Subject: Authorization for LARPD to Manage Weed Control Spraying Services

BACKGROUND:

In April 2014, after a Request for Proposal (RFP) process, the Board approved and authorized the General

Manager to execute a one-year contract with the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD),

which also allowed for two additional one-year extensions (FY 2015/16 and FY2016/17) with provisions for

adjustments of unit bid prices based on changes in the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index as

published by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (ENR Index).

The existing contract is in the third and final year under the original authority from the Board granted in

2014. The majority of the services provided by LARPD under the current contract are for vegetation

spraying (weed control) in and along Zone 7 flood control facilities and the Chain of Lakes. Zone 7 staff find

the services provided by LARPD since 2014 to be satisfactory. In general, the scope of work for Weed

Control Spraying Services includes the follows:

# Type of Treatment Typical Spray

Period

Approximately

Quantity of Area

1 Pre-emergent application on channel access

roads and Chain of Lakes access roads

Between October

and January

250 Acres

2 Non-native broadleaf plant control application on

channel bank slopes

Between February

and April

300 Acres

3 Aquatic plant control application on channel

bottom

Between June and

October

200 Acres

4 Fence line/concrete lined channel treatment

application

Between February

and September

10 Miles

DISCUSSION:

Zone 7 has an ongoing need for weed control spraying services in our flood control facilities and the Chain

of Lakes area in order to properly manage and maintain the facilities. At the time of the original RFP process

in 2014, the IRSMA had not yet been used. Since that time, Zone 7 and LARPD have had three years to

review procedures, train staff, and evaluate performance. LARPD’s established Integrated Pest Management

(IPM) program demonstrated a good understanding of Zone 7’s needs and regulatory requirements as well as

their experience and established safety program procedures related to serving the public around trails and

open space. The IPM program has reduced the amount of chemical used around the creek facilities and the

Chain of Lakes.

As discussed in a separate agenda item, the demands on staff for various flood damage has resulted in a staff

recommendation to declare a local flood emergency. In response to that emergency, staff are recommending

a sole-source, one-year extension of the LARPD contract which was based on a competitive bidding process.

Staff finds LARPD’s performance satisfactory based on LARPD’s knowledge of the procedures needed to

maintain the channels and Chain of Lakes, and its knowledge of the terrain and service area and the general

advantages of contracting under an Intergovernmental Reciprocal Services Master Agreement (IRSMA)

Task Order.. Consequently, staff is recommending that Zone 7 continue to use LARPD for these services

under a task order under the IRSMA. Based on the unit rates provided by LARPD, staff recommends

approval of a new task order in an amount not-to-exceed $250,000 for FY 17/18. The task order will allow

payment to LARPD for labor, equipment and supplies used based on an actual time and materials basis. Staff

proposes to rebid this item during FY 2017-18 to conserve limited staff resources available in the flood

control group at this time.

FUNDING:

Funding is budgeted and available from Fund 200 – Flood Protection Operations.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the Board authorize the General Manager to:

Negotiate and execute a task order with LARPD under the IRSMA in an amount not-to-exceed

$250,000 for FY17/18 for weed control spraying services

ZONE 7


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY

SECONDED BY

Authorization for LARPD to Manage Weed Control Spraying Services Contract

WHEREAS, Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District has a

need to contract for weed control spraying services for flood protection facilities and the Chain of Lakes

area; and

WHEREAS, there is a high level of demands on staff resources during the current flood emergency,

staff are recommending another one-year extension before re-bidding this project; and

WHEREAS, LARPD was selected under a competitive bidding process and has been satisfactorily

performing the required work; and

WHEREAS, further engagement of LARPD for management of Weed Control Spraying Services

could be accomplished through a new task order under the Intergovernmental Reciprocal Services Master

Agreement; and

WHEREAS, an updated proposal was submitted by LARPD to manage weed control spraying

services for Zone 7 Water Agency and, after staff review, was determined to be reasonable.


County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby authorize the General Manager to

negotiate and execute a task order under the Intergovernmental Reciprocal Services Master Agreement with

Livermore Area Recreation and Park District in an amount not-to-exceed $250,000 for FY 17/18.


AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:





By:______________________________________




ORIGINATING SECTION: FACILITIES ENGINEERING

CONTACT: John Koltz / Rhett Alzona


SUBJECT: Contract Amendment for Emergency Repair of the Hopyard Pipeline

SUMMARY:

In December 2016, staff discovered a leak on Zone 7’s Hopyard Pipeline where it crosses

under Arroyo Mocho, requiring shutdown of the Hopyard Pipeline between Pleasanton’s

Turnout #2 and Turnout #4 until repair is completed.

The scope to investigate and repair the Hopyard Pipeline includes excavating around the

pipeline in the south embankment of Arroyo Mocho, locating and repairing the leak, restoring

the embankment and associated facilities, and as-needed environmental mitigation measures

including diversion of flow around the construction site. The exact scope of work cannot be

determined prior to excavating around the pipe and identifying the exact location of leak. The

total cost for this work is estimated not-to-exceed $200,000.

Zone 7 went through the competitive bid process for an existing On-Call Construction and

Emergency Support Services Contract resulting in an award to Monterey Mechanical Company

for a not-to-exceed amount of $280,000 for FY 16/17.

The majority of the existing contract budget has been spent with approximately $60,000

remaining for potential emergency repairs that may occur before the end of the fiscal year.

Staff has ordered longer lead time materials for the repair under the existing contract with

Monterey Mechanical; however, the exact scope of work cannot be determined without

exposing the Hopyard Pipeline.

Due to the need to engage a contractor as soon as possible and the unknown scope of work,

staff recommends foregoing the formal bid process and performing the repair work under a

sole source contract amendment to the existing On-Call Construction and Emergency Support

Services Contract with Monterey Mechanical Company.

Staff recommends that the Board authorize the General Manager to amend Monterey

Mechanical Company’s contract to include services for the Hopyard Pipeline repair, increasing

the contract amount by $200,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $480,000 for FY

16/17. All work will be paid for on a time and materials basis.

FUNDING: The contract will be funded from available funds budgeted in Fund 120 –

Renewal/Replacement.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt attached resolution.

ATTACHMENTS: 1) Memo providing additional background and discussion of agenda item,

2) Zone 7 Board Resolution

Interoffice Memo



From: John Koltz, Senior Engineer

Subject: Contract Amendment for Emergency Repair of the Hopyard Pipeline

The following provides additional background and discussion of the above-referenced agenda item.

BACKGROUND:

On December 28, 2016, a small water flow was discovered coming from the south bank of the Arroyo

Mocho in the vicinity of the Hopyard Pipeline. Zone 7 staff proceeded to isolate this reach of the

Hopyard Pipeline which stopped the running water. The exact location or cause of the leak could not

be identified as the pipeline is buried underground and wet weather conditions prevent excavation. As

the Hopyard Pipeline crosses under the Arroyo Mocho, there are several joints, valves, pipeline

segments and a blow-off assembly, any of which could be the cause of the leak.

Since the construction work related to the investigation and repair will be located in the south bank of

Arroyo Mocho, regulatory approvals from US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) and California

Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) must be obtained before excavation can occur. Zone 7 staff

requested that Zone 7 be allowed to perform the repair work under emergency conditions. However,

the regulatory agencies denied the request and require that Zone 7 submit a permit application and

obtain approval prior to starting the repair.

DISCUSSION:

The work effort needed for the Hopyard Pipeline repair at Arroyo Mocho includes draining the

pipeline, excavating around the pipeline section in the south embankment of Arroyo Mocho, locating

and repairing the leak, restoring the embankment and associated facilities, and implementing as-

needed environmental mitigation measures including dewatering the site and diversion of Arroyo

Mocho around the construction site. Assuming the leak is near the toe of the slope in the main pipe,

the total cost for this work is estimated to not exceed $200,000.

Zone 7 staff has begun planning, permitting, design, and ordering longer lead time materials for the

repair via Monterey Mechanical Company’s existing On-Call Construction and Emergency Support

Services Contract with Zone 7. As the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for Zone 7’s on-call

construction and emergency services, the Zone 7 Board authorized an annual contract with Monterey

Mechanical for up to three years, starting in FY15/16, to provide general contractor services for repairs

and emergency work. To date Zone 7 has been satisfied with services provided by Monterey

Mechanical.

Zone 7’s existing On-Call Construction and Emergency Support Services Contract with Monterey

Mechanical Company is for a not-to-exceed amount of $280,000 for FY 16/17. Most of the existing

Monterey Mechanical Company contract for FY 2016/17 is being utilized for Chain of Lakes (COL)

well #1 facility utility relocations (approximately $150,000) and the Mocho Groundwater

Demineralization Plant (MGDP) flush line connection installation from the distribution system to the

concentrate line (approximately $70,000). The remaining $60,000 is recommended to be set aside for

potential other small emergency repairs that may still occur before the end of the fiscal year.

The exact scope of work cannot be determined without exposing the Hopyard Pipeline. Because

Monterey Mechanical was selected through a competitive bidding process, is qualified to perform the

work, is familiar with the required scope, and it is essential to engage a contractor as soon as possible

to begin planning to make the repair at the soonest possible date, staff recommends that Zone 7 forego

the formal bid process and perform the repair work under a sole source contract amendment to the

existing On-Call Construction and Emergency Support Services Contract with Monterey Mechanical

Company.

Staff recommends that the Board authorize the General Manager to: a) Amend the existing Monterey

Mechanical Company contract to include services for the Hopyard Pipeline repair, increasing the

contract amount by $200,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $480,000 for FY 16/17; b)

Issue change orders as and when needed in an amount not-to-exceed $48,000 (10% of the contract

amount) for FY 2016/17. The actual contractor payments will be based on actual time and material

quantities.

Funding for this work will be provided from available funds budgeted in Fund 120 –

Renewal/Replacement.

The regulatory agency approvals for the Hopyard pipeline leak repair work are anticipated by mid-

April 2017 and construction is anticipated to be completed by mid-May 2017.

ZONE 7


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RESOLUTION NO.

INTRODUCED BY

SECONDED BY

Contract Amendment for Emergency Repair of the Hopyard Pipeline

WHEREAS, a leak was discovered on Zone 7’s Hopyard Pipeline where it crosses under

the Arroyo Mocho, requiring further investigation to determine the exact location of the leak and

define the scope of repair; and

WHEREAS, Zone 7 has an existing contract with Monterey Mechanical Company for On-

Call Construction and Emergency Support Services to supplement Zone 7 in-house resources for

as-needed on-call construction and emergency support services; and

WHEREAS, the exact scope of work for the investigation and repair cannot be determined

without exposing the pipe in the south bank of Arroyo Mocho and a contractor is needed to begin

work as soon as permitted, it is necessary to forgo the formal bidding process and perform the

repair under a sole source contract amendment to the existing On-Call Construction and

Emergency Support Services Contract with Monterey Mechanical Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Zone 7 of the

Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District does hereby authorize the

General Manager to negotiate and execute a sole source contract amendment with Monterey

Mechanical Company, increasing the contract amount by $200,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract

amount of $480,000 for FY 16/17; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Manager be authorized to negotiate and

issue contract change orders as and when needed in an amount not-to-exceed $48,000 (10% of the

Contract) for FY 2016/17.


AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:





By:______________________________________


ITEM NO. 14b

Board Written/Narrative Comments by Dick Quigley

March 15, 2017

Wednesday, February 15: Attended ACWA Region 5 Board Meeting at Scotts Valley

Water District. ACWD, SFPUC, EBMUD, Scotts Valley, Carpenteria Water were at the

table in addition to yours truly representing Zone 7. Region 5 will be putting on an

educational session at the spring conference and the group consensus was to go or a

robust rate presentation/demonstration and possibly a panel of experts on ratemaking &

reserves and case study lessons learned.

Friday, February 17: Attended a special joint board meeting with Contra Costa Water

District at Los Vaqueros. My recap of a good facilities tour with Board and staff.

Angela, Sarah, and Jim attended with me, as well as Osborne, Kurt, Carol, Amparo and

Jarnail from staff. Several members of the State Board staff were also in attendance.The

purpose was for COCO to bring our folks up to speed on the Los Vaqueros Reservoir and

expansion project, and take a tour of Dam head, Old river Intake facility and transfer

pumping or lift station.

Some of my board members had not seen big pumping systems. I learned that in 2004

COCO made a deal with EBMUD for an inter-tie with Freeport Water, and cumulative to

date according to Jerry has received about 5,000 AF. I also learned that one of Jerry’s

favorite projects is a small in conduit turbo that I have been touting for years. Jerry says it

just keeps giving! Dollars! He will be sending me some information through you I hope.

Could be a game changer integrated with solar and wind, which we have plenty of.

Margarete did a nice job presenting and since Bill, Sandy, and John were not in

attendance, would suggest a possible short 10-minute joint staff presentation (Margariete/

Jerry and Amparo, Carol and Jarnail) to our Board. Might simulate a path forward.

Be glad to discuss further.

Friday, February 19: I visited our booth Sunday at the Home and Garden Show at the

Alameda County Fair Grounds and was pleased with what I saw on Water Educational

Outreach! Manpower and material were very professional and put Zone 7 out in a good

light toward conservation and environmental stewardship! Just thought I would pass the

word along and give kudos to Carl’s crew.

Monday, February 27-Thursday, March 2: Attended ACWA Annual DC Conference

and Tuesday spent the day lobbing for water infrastructure help from our federal

legislators. Sensed a different tone in DC, which I hope, is a sign of good things to come.

Staff seemed willing to work toward solutions on our water platform. On Wednesday,

Feinstein and McCarthy were honored for successfully steering California drought

legislation through Congress and helping to pass in 2016 the Water Infrastructure

Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which included drought legislation and the

Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). In 2016, passage of a bipartisan drought

bill and a WRDA bill were two of ACWA’s highest federal priorities.

ITEM NO. 14b

The WIIN Act is considered one of the most significant pieces of federal water legislation

in 25 years. It authorizes $558 million in water infrastructure spending for storage, water

recycling and reuse, desalination and environmental restoration projects in California and

provides California water managers with a diverse package of tools to meet the state’s

water needs while protecting the environment. ACWA is a statewide association of public

agencies whose more than 430 members are responsible for about 90% of the water

delivered in California. For more information, visit www.acwa.com. I have been proud

to represent Zone 7 for many years and was pleased to be accompanied by Sarah and

Kurt. ACWA members representing agencies from around the state underscored the

importance of water facilities in the wake of dramatic flooding and drought in California

and made the case for water facilities and projects to be included in any infrastructure

investment package that advances in Congress this year.

Conference attendees heard from Trump Administration officials and got an update on

2017 legislative priorities. Speakers included Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Majority

Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-23) and U.S. Reps. John Garamendi (D-3), Doug LaMalfa

(R-1), Jeff Denham (D-2), Ken Calvert (R-42) and Jim Costa (D-16). A panel discussion

featuring water journalists was very informative and educational as they provided their

perspectives on possible changes in environmental and water policy under Trump. On

Thursday, Scott Mason, Senior Policy Advisor with Holland and Knight and former

Director of Government and Congressional Relations for the Trump campaign and

transition, shared his views on the new administration, and his comments were

enlightening. NIMS letter on Oroville dam was a hot topic! The February 24 letter from

officials with the National Marine Fisheries Service to the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission. In that letter, NMFS asks the FERC to enforce 12 recommendations

intended to protect endangered fish species as the repairs to the dam proceed. One

recommendation asks that flows from the dam be reduced as slowly as possible to protect

fish. In the letter to Ross, to which ACWA is one of 21 signatories, the California water

districts assert that the NMFS recommendations would impose “unworkable, costly and

unsafe fishery demands before the needs of the people of Butte, Yuba, and Sutter

counties.” “At a time when cooperation and flexibility are needed to accomplish a

variety of economic, safety, infrastructure and biological needs, NMFS has chosen to

throw up roadblocks instead,” the letter reads. “We respectfully ask for your assistance in

ensuring that the federal agencies work collaboratively with the state and the water

agencies to ensure proper management of our natural resources.” The letter also asks that

Ross “follow Governor Brown’s lead in suspending the application of CEQA to repair

work at Oroville Dam by exempting from the Endangered Species Act and the National

Environmental Policy Act all repair work at the dam, the spillways, and other facilities

damaged during the February 2017 storm events, for the duration of this work.”

http://www.acwa.com/

ITEM NO. 14b

Some photos of folks you may recognize:

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Thanks DQ



ORIGINATING SECTION: ADMINISTRATION CONTACT: Jill Duerig

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 16a

SUBJECT: GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT

SUMMARY: The following highlights a few of the key activities which occurred last month. Also

attached is a list of the General Manager (GM) contracts executed during February.

Environmental and External Affairs:

Activities at Oroville continue to dominate the news. With the ongoing emergency, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) established an Oroville Spillway Incident web page (see http://www.water.ca.gov/oroville-spillway/index.cfm), which includes links to photos and videos. As a State Water Contractor, Zone 7 will be responsible for 2% of DWR’s repair costs.

Work is proceeding on the environmental documents and the grant application for the Sites Reservoir project. The Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the environmental documents has been issued and public scoping meetings have taken place. Lobbying for federal funding is also planned.

Engineering and Flood Control:

Major storms in February are covered in separate agenda items. Ongoing maintenance activities throughout another rainy month involved placing plastic sheeting on new slide areas and removing debris from Zone 7’s flood facilities so that buildups don’t impede flow and cause backwatering conditions and associated upstream flooding:

(before and after pictures)

When storms escaped adjacent or nearby arroyos, the major storms in February also damaged Zone 7’s access road and improvements at Cope Lake, with minor damage reported by quarry owners at Lakes A and B.

http://www.water.ca.gov/oroville-spillway/index.cfm

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At the Chain of Lakes (COL) Well No. 1 site, Zone 7’s on-call structural engineer, Bluestone, is reviewing site data to determine if a possible separation of the well pedestal from the building floor slab would be beneficial; they will provide a technical memo outlining the feasibility of such a separation, whether it will do any good, recommendations and, if recommended, design details outlining how to best accomplish it. The geotechnical consultant, Cal Engineering and Geology, was also active, performing cone penetration tests (CPT’s) on February 8th and 9th and installing inclinometers at COL 1 (northwest corner of the building) and COL 2 (southwest corner of the building). Additional soil borings were drilled near the end of the month.

Operations and Maintenance:

With all the storms making the source water more turbid, coagulant demands have been relatively high at the online plants (38 mg/L at Patterson Pass and 49 mg/L at Del Valle).

Staff have been dealing with excessive water intrusion at many of our underground facilities necessitating sump pump replacements, for instance at the WTPs and many of the retailer turnouts. Long-term damage will take longer to evaluate.

Administration:

The County notified Zone 7 that indirect costs for FY 2017-18 will be 27% higher than they were in FY 2016-17, increasing from $516,860 to $656,567. Staff are reviewing the background information provided by the County.

Staff continue to work on reviewing and approving Position Description Questionnaires (PDQs). The PDQs are the first part of Koff and Associates’ work on the “Classification and Staffing Studies” phase of work, which will then form the basis for developing a Succession Plan for the agency.

Staff have begun collecting the data and working with ICF Jones & Stokes to begin preparing the 2016 Consumer Confidence Report which has a June 30, 2017 regulatory due date for distribution to customers.

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Monthly List of GM Contracts

February 2017

Contracts: IEDA, Inc. $28,800.00 Labor relations support services

Thermo Electron North America LLC

$25,707.29 3-year Unity Essential Support Plan for Thermo Scientific instrumentation

ACME Security Systems

$14,398.67 Security system installation at Hopyard Well No. 6

Pictometry International Corp. $ 6,975.00 Shared contract with DSRSD for aerial imagery over relevant portion of Contra Costa County

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP $50,000.00 Legal support services

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore $ 2,490.00 Employment relations Northern California consortium

TOTAL February 2017 $128,370.96



ORIGINATING SECTION: ADMINISTRATION

CONTACT: Jill Duerig

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 16b

SUBJECT: Legislative Update

SUMMARY:

Zone 7 staff, with the support of Agency consultants, monitors legislation that is being

considered in Sacramento, as well as other political activities of interest to the Agency.

February 17th

was the last day for bills to be introduced in this first year of the 2017-2018

Legislative Session. This deadline does not apply to committee-authored bills, resolutions,

or Special Session bills. Between December 5th

(the first day of session) and February 17th

, a

total of 2,495 bills were introduced -- 1,687 in the Assembly and 808 in the Senate.

Because of the emergency situation at Oroville Dam, the Senate Natural Resources & Water

Committee cancelled the two informational hearings it had scheduled on the California

WaterFix. The first hearing was to have focused on the state’s perspectives and the second

would have been from the stakeholder’s perspectives.

The Senate Natural Resources & Water Committee also postponed, at the request of the

Brown Administration, a joint hearing with the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency

Management entitled “The Incident At Orville Dam: What Happened & What Happens

Next.” New dates have yet to be scheduled for this and the California WaterFix hearings.

The deadline to amend bills prior to their first policy committee hearing, is March 13th

. The

deadline for bills that need to be heard in a fiscal committee to be reported out of their policy

committee(s) is April 28th

. Legislative Spring Recess will be from April 6th

to 17th

.

Governor Brown held a press conference on February 24th

to highlight the need for short- and

long-term financing for deteriorating and aging infrastructure, emergency preparedness and

dam safety. He sent a letter to President Trump asking for funding assistance and expedited

environmental review for necessary repairs on 10 projects. The request includes projects on

the initial list of 51 priority infrastructure projects, which California submitted to the federal

government earlier last month.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information Only

ITEM NO. 16b

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

State Legislation

Prepared for the Zone 7 Water Agency

by The Gualco Group, Inc.

Bill Topic Synopsis Staff

Recommendation Status of the

Bill/Comments as of

03/01/2017 CEQA

AB 1117 (Fong) California Environmental Quality Act

This bill would prohibit a lead agency from being required to evaluate the aesthetic effects of a project subject to CEQA and would prohibit aesthetic effects from being considered significant effects on the environment, except in certain circumstances.

Watch In Print

AB 594 (Irwin) Water supply planning:

California Environmental

Quality Act: photovoltaic or wind energy generation facility

Current law requires a city or county that determines that a

project, as defined, is subject to the California Environmental

Quality Act to identify any public water system that may supply water for the project and to request those public water systems

to prepare a specified water supply assessment. If no public water system is identified, the city or county is required to

prepare the water supply assessment. Current law, until

January 1, 2018, exempts from the definition of “project” a proposed photovoltaic or wind energy generation facility that

would demand no more than 75 acre-feet of water annually. This bill would indefinitely exempt from the definition of

“project” a proposed photovoltaic or wind energy generation facility that would demand no more than 50 acre-feet of water

annually.

Watch In Assembly

Committee on

Water, Parks, and Wildlife

http://ct3k1.capitoltrack.com/Bills/17Bills/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1117_99_I_bill.pdf


ITEM NO. 16b Climate Change

SB 584 (de León

California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program

This bill would state that the goal of the program is to achieve that 50% target by December 31, 2025, and for all electricity sold at retail to be generated by eligible renewable energy resources by December 31, 2045.

Watch In Senate Committee on Rules

Delta

AB 732 (Frazier)

Delta Flood Protection Fund Current law abolished the Delta Flood Protection Fund on July 1, 2010.This bill would repeal obsolete provisions establishing the Delta Flood Protection Fund and would make conforming changes to current law.

Watch In Print

AB 793 (Frazier)

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: financing

The bill would state that the maintenance and repair of the Delta are eligible for the same forms of financing as other water collection and treatment infrastructure and would specify the maintenance and repair activities that are eligible are limited to certain cleanup and abatement-related restoration and conservation activities.

Watch In Print

Drinking Water

AB 166 (Salas) Drinking water Current law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Watch In Print

AB 554 (Cunningham)

Desalination: statewide goal This bill would establish a goal to desalinate 300,000 acre-feet of drinking water per year by the year 2025 and 500,000 acre-feet of drinking water per year by the year 2030.

Watch In Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife










ITEM NO. 16b AB 1490 (Gray)

State Water Resources Control Board: school drinking water

This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, before adopting or approving a water quality control plan, water quality objectives, or a program of implementation, to evaluate impacts on primary drinking water standards and secondary drinking water standards for, and impacts on groundwater basins that provide drinking water to, impacted local education agencies located in whole or in part in a disadvantaged community.

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1671 (Caballero)

Backflow prevention devices This bill would, on or before January 1, 2020, require the State

Water Resources Control Board to update its backflow

protection regulations and to adopt regulations establishing

the minimum standards for a backflow prevention device

tester for purposes of certification by a local health official.

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SB 623 (Monning)

Safe and Affordable Drinking Water

This bill would establish the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury and would provide that moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Water Resources Control Board.


Employment

AB 5 (Gonzalez Fletcher)

Employers: Opportunity to Work Act

This bill would create the Opportunity to Work Act. The bill would require an employer with 10 or more employees to offer additional hours of work to an existing nonexempt employee before hiring an additional employee or subcontractor, except as specified, would require an employer to post a notice of employee rights, as specified, and would require the employer to maintain certain documentation. The bill would authorize an employee to file a complaint for violation of these provisions with the division and to, in the alternative, bring a civil action for remedies under the act.

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ITEM NO. 16b AB 20 (Kalra)

Public employee retirement systems: divestment: Dakota Access Pipeline

This bill would prohibit the boards of administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System, on and after January 1, 2018, from making additional investments or renewing investments in a company constructing, or funding the construction of, the Dakota Access Pipeline, as defined. This bill would require the boards, on or before July 1, 2018, to liquidate their investments in a company constructing, or funding the construction of, the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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AB 46 (Cooper) Employers: wage discrimination

Under current law, an employer or other person who violates or causes a violation of that prohibition, or who reduces the wages of any employee in order to comply with that prohibition, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would define “employer” for those purposes to include public and private employers. The bill would specify that a public employer is not subject to the misdemeanor provision.

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AB 52 (Cooper)

Public employees: orientation and informational programs: exclusive representatives

Current law, including the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the Ralph C. Dills Act, the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act, the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act, as well as provisions commonly referred to as the Educational Employment Relations Act and the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, regulates the labor relations of the state, the courts, and specified local public agencies and their employees. This bill would require the public employers regulated by the acts described above to provide all employees an orientation. The bill would also require these public employers to permit the exclusive representative, if applicable, to participate.

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ITEM NO. 16b AB 92 (Bonta)

Public contracts: payment

Current law until January 1, 2018, authorizes the retention proceeds withheld from any payment by an awarding entity, as described, from the original contractor, by the original contractor from any subcontractor, and by a subcontractor from any subcontractor to exceed 5% on specific projects where the director of the applicable department, as specified, has made, or the governing body of the public entity or designated official of the public entity has approved, a finding prior to the bid that the project is substantially complex and requires a higher retention and the department or public entity includes both this finding and the actual retention amount in the bid documents. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to January 1, 2023.

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In Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review

AB 241 (Dababneh)

Personal information: privacy: state and local agency breach

This bill would require a state or local agency, if it was the source of the data breach, to offer to provide appropriate identity theft prevention and mitigation services at no cost to a person whose information was or may have been breached if the breach exposed or may have exposed the person’s social security number, driver’s license number, or California identification card number.

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Fish and Wildlife

AB 947 (Gallagher)

Department of Fish and Wildlife: lake or streambed alteration agreements

Current law prohibits an entity from substantially diverting or obstructing the natural flow of, or substantially changing or using any material from the bed, channel, or bank of, any river, stream, or lake, or from depositing certain material where it may pass into any river, stream, or lake, without first notifying the Department of Fish and Wildlife of that activity, and entering into a lake or streambed alteration agreement if required by the department to protect fish and wildlife resources. This bill would define “bed, channel, or bank” for purposes of these provisions to mean the land containing the river, stream, or lake during its ordinary course

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ITEM NO. 16b AB 975 (Friedman)

Natural resources: wild and scenic rivers

Current law establishes that it is the policy of the state that certain rivers that possess extraordinary scenic, recreational, fishery, or wildlife values shall be preserved in their free-flowing state, together with their immediate environments, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the state. This bill would revise that policy to specify that certain rivers that possess scenic, recreational, fishery, wildlife, historical, cultural, geological, ecological, hydrological, botanical, or other values shall be preserved in their free-flowing state, together with their immediate environments, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the state, and would revise the definition of “immediate environments,” and define the term “extraordinary value” for purposes of that policy.

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AB 1133 (Dahle)

California Endangered Species Act: experimental populations

This bill would provide that a person who obtains a federal enhancement of survival permit that authorizes the take of endangered or threatened species that is also listed as endangered, threatened, or candidate under CESA, in order to establish or maintain an experimental population of the species pursuant to FESA, requires no further authorization or approval under CESA for that person to take that species as identified in, and in accordance with, the enhancement of survival permit, if specified requirements are met.

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SB 144 (McGuire)

Fish and Wildlife: steelhead trout: fishing report-restoration card

Current law requires revenues from steelhead trout fishing license fees to be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and to be available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to monitor, restore, or enhance steelhead trout resources consistent with specified law, and to administer the fishing report-restoration card program. These provisions become inoperative as of July 1, 2017, and are repealed as of January 1, 2018. This bill would extend the operation of those provisions to July 1, 2022, to be repealed as of January 1, 2023.

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ITEM NO. 16b SB 473 (Hertzberg)

Protected species: incidental take: consistency determinations

This bill would make certain provisions that authorize the taking of an endangered species or threatened species inoperative on the effective date of any amendment to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 or regulation adopted pursuant to the federal act.

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SB 506 (Nielsen)

Department of Fish and Wildlife: lake or streambed alteration agreements

The bill would exempt routine maintenance and repair of facilities for instream agricultural diversions from the alteration agreement requirements.


SB 532 (Dodd) California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act: tricolored blackbird

The bill would extend the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act indefinitely and would exempt the approval of a safe harbor agreement covering only tricolored blackbird from CEQA.


SB 667 (Atkins) Department of Water Resources: riverine and riparian stewardship improvements

This bill, upon an appropriation of funds from the Legislature, would require the Department of Water Resources to establish a program to implement watershed-based riverine and riparian stewardship improvements by providing technical and financial assistance in support of projects with certain benefits.


General

AB 161 (Levine)

Department of Finance: infrastructure investment

This bill would authorize the Department of Finance to identify infrastructure projects in the state for which the department will guarantee a rate of return on investment for an investment made in that infrastructure project by the Public Employees’ Retirement System. The bill would create the Reinvesting in California Special Fund as a continuously appropriated fund and would require the moneys in the fund to be used to pay the rate of return on investment. The bill would require the rate of return on investment to be subject to the availability of moneys in the fund.

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ITEM NO. 16b AB 1673 (Aguiar-Curry)

The California Water Plan

Current law requires the Department of Water Resources to update every 5 years the plan for the orderly and coordinated control, protection, conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the state, which is known as The California Water Plan. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.

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SB 244 (Lara) Privacy: agencies: personal information

This bill would require that personal information, as defined, and records containing personal information that are collected or obtained by the state, any state agency, or any subdivision of the state, including agents of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, as well as any private persons contracted to administer public services or programs, from an applicant for public services or programs only be collected, used, and retained for the purpose of assessing eligibility for and providing those public services and programs for which the application has been submitted.

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SB 657 (Bates) California Public Records Act: reverse public records actions

The bill would require a court in a reverse public records action to apply the provisions of the California Public Records Act as if the action had been initiated by a person requesting disclosure of a public record. This bill would require the requestor, as defined, to be named as a real party of interest in a reverse public records action, and would require a court to allow the requestor, at his or her request, to be heard on the merits of the reverse public records action.

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SB 701 (Hueso) State Resources Obligations Act of 2018

The bill would enact the State Resources Obligations Act of 2018, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in an unspecified amount pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a program to comply with specified state obligations relating to natural resources. This bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to the voters at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election.







ITEM NO. 16b Governance

AB 187 (Gloria) Political Reform Act of 1974: local ballot measures expenditure reporting

This bill would require a committee to file a report each time it makes independent expenditures aggregating $5,000 or more to support or oppose the qualification of a single local initiative or referendum ballot measure. The bill would require that the report be filed in the same manner as the filing of campaign statements pursuant to existing law within 10 business days of reaching the aggregated dollar threshold.

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AB 1089 (Mullin)

Local elective offices: contribution limitations

This bill would, commencing January 1, 2019, prohibit a person from making to a candidate for local elective office, and would prohibit a candidate for local elective office from accepting from a person, a contribution totaling more than the amount set forth in the act for limitations on contributions to a candidate for elective state office.

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AB 1323 (Weber)

Sustainable water use and demand reduction: stakeholder workgroup

This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to convene a stakeholder workgroup with prescribed representatives invited to participate, including, among others, representatives of the department and the State Water Resources Control Board, no later than February 1, 2018. The bill would require the stakeholder workgroup to develop, evaluate, and recommend proposals for establishing new water use targets for urban water suppliers and to examine and report to the Governor and the Legislature by December 31, 2018, as specified.

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ITEM NO. 16b AB 1603 (Ridley-Thomas)

Meyers-Milias-Brown Act: local public agencies

The MMBA rules and regulations may include exclusive recognition of employee organizations formally recognized pursuant to a vote of the employees of the agency or an appropriate unit thereof, subject to the right of an employee to represent himself or herself. This bill instead would specify that those rules and regulations may provide for exclusive recognition of employee organizations formally recognized pursuant to a vote of the employees of the agency or an appropriate unit thereof, subject to the employee’s right to represent himself or herself, and provided that an otherwise appropriate unit of a public agency and one or more joint employers do not require the agency or joint employer’s consent.

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SB 371 (Moorlach)

Local public employee organizations

This bill would prohibit an individual who will be covered by a memorandum of understanding between a local public agency and a recognized public employee organization from representing the public agency in negotiations with the recognized employee organization.

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SB 519 (Beall) Santa Clara Valley Water District

This bill would specify that the Santa Clara Valley Water District has the authority to engage in acts the board of the district deems appropriate and beneficial to reduce impacts on the waters from activity in and around waterways in the district, as specified.


SB 634 (Wilk) Santa Clarita Valley Water District

Current law, the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law, created the Castaic Lake Water Agency and authorizes the agency to acquire water and water rights, including water from the State Water Project, and to provide, sell, and deliver water at wholesale for municipal, industrial, domestic, and other purposes. This bill would repeal the Castaic Lake Water Agency Law.









ITEM NO. 16b SB 691 (Lara)

Local agency elections: party preference

Existing law requires a candidate for an elective office in a local agency to include an affidavit with his or her nomination papers, indicating the candidate’s name, designation, and residence address, as specified. This bill would additionally require that the candidate disclose his or her party preference, or indicate that he or she declines to disclose a party preference, on the affidavit of the nominee.

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Groundwater

AB 313 (Gray) Water Current law establishes the State Water Resources Control Board in the California Environmental Protection Agency consisting of 5 members appointed by the Governor, including one member required to be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state who is qualified in the fields of water supply and water rights and one registered civil engineer under the laws of this state qualified in the fields of water supply and water rights. This bill would revise the qualifications for the membership to the board by eliminating those requirements for qualification in the field of water rights.


AB 321 (Mathis)

Groundwater sustainability plans

This bill would require the groundwater sustainability agency to solicit the participation of farmers, ranchers, and other qualified professionals within the groundwater basin prior to and during the development and implementation of the plan.


AB 487 (Mathis)

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes relating to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

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AB 851 (Caballero)

Local agency design-build projects

Current law authorizes a city or county or a special district that falls within the definition of a local agency to use the design-build procurement process for specified types of public works projects. Current law requires specified information submitted by a design-build entity, as defined, in the design-build procurement process to be certified under penalty of perjury. This bill would modify the definition of “local agency” for those purposes to include special districts that provide specified types of services, or that operate specified types of facilities.

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ITEM NO. 16b

SB 193 (Cannella)

Groundwater sustainability agencies

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022.

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SB 252 (Dodd) Water wells: permits: critically overdrafted groundwater basins.

This bill would require an applicant for a new well permit in a city or county overlying a critically overdrafted basin, as defined, to comply with certain requirements as part of an application for a well permit. The bill would require a city or county overlying a critically overdrafted basin to make certain information about the new well included in the application for a well permit publicly available and easily accessible and, before issuing any new well permit, to undertake a notice and comment period.


Invasive Species

SB 704 (Galgiani)

Division of Boating and Waterways: water hyacinth control programs

This bill would require that Division of Boating and Waterways to collaborate with the California Conservation Corps and use members of the corps in implementing its water hyacinth control programs, as provided.







ITEM NO. 16b

Taxation

AB 219 (McCarty)

Property taxes: revenue allocations

Current property tax law requires the county auditor to allocate and pay certain property tax revenues to designated local jurisdictions within the county in accordance with specified formulas, including allocating and paying additional revenues generated by a rate levied in excess of the 1% limitation prescribed by the California Constitution on ad valorem taxes on real property, as specified. This bill would instead require those allocations and payments to be made on a timely basis no later than 31 calendar days after the close of the preceding monthly or 4-weekly accounting period.

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SCA 9 (Glazer) Property tax: new construction exclusion: rain water capture system

This bill would authorize the Legislature to exclude from classification as “newly constructed” the construction or addition, completed on or after January 1, 2018, of a rain water capture system.


Water Bond

AB 18 (Garcia, E.)

California Clean Water, Climate, and Costal Protection and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018

This bill would enact the California Clean Water, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in an amount of $3,105,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a clean water, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program

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SB 5 (de Léon) California Drought, Water, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018

This bill would enact the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in an amount of $3,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program.




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ITEM NO. 16b

Water Conservation

AB 1000 (Friedman)

Water conservation: certification

Current law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish minimum levels of operating efficiency to promote the use of energy and water efficient appliances. This bill would require the commission to certify innovative water conservation and water loss detection and control technologies that meet certain criteria.

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AB 1668 (Friedman)

Water conservation: guidelines

This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, on or before July 1, 2018, in consultation with the department and other appropriate state agencies, to adopt water conservation guidelines that are consistent with a specified report issued in response to Executive Order B-37-16.

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Water Management

AB 176 (Salas) Water project: Friant-Kern Canal

Current law requires the Department of Water Resources, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide funding for a project that substantially conforms to the project description for the Reverse Flow Pump-back Facilities on the Friant-Kern Canal Restoration Project, as specified, provided that certain conditions are met. Current law requires that the appropriation be no more than $7,000,000. This bill would appropriate $7,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for this project.


AB 200 (Eggman)

Reclamation District No. 1614: Pump No. 7

This bill would appropriate $1,175,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Water Resources for the purpose of constructing a new pump station to replace Pump Station No. 7 of Reclamation District No. 1614 – Smith Tract. The bill would require the department to grant the $1,175,000 appropriated for the purpose of replacing the pump station to Reclamation District No. 1614 — Smith Tract to construct a new pump station to replace Pump Station No. 7.









ITEM NO. 16b

Water Quality

AB 1369 (Gray) Water quality and storage Current law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. This bill would require the Department of Water Resources to increase statewide water storage capacity by 25% by January 1, 2025, and 50% by January 1, 2050, as specified.

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AB 1605 (Caballero)

Maximum contaminant levels: nitrate: replacement water

This bill would deem a person that causes or permits, or threatens to cause or permit, any waste to be discharged that contributes to the exceedance of the maximum contaminant level for nitrate in drinking water to not have caused pollution or a nuisance or to not be liable for negligence or trespass, as specified, if the person or entity takes certain actions relating to replacement water until the maximum contaminant level for nitrate is no longer exceeded.

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Water Recycling

AB 574 (Quirk) Potable reuse Current law required the State Department of Public Health to develop and adopt uniform water recycling criteria for surface water augmentation, as defined, by December 31, 2016. Current law defined the terms “direct potable reuse,” “indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge,” and “surface water augmentation” for these purposes. This bill would remove certain references to “direct potable reuse,” “indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge,” and “surface water augmentation,” and would instead specify the four different types of potable reuse projects as “potable reuse through groundwater augmentation,” “potable reuse through reservoir

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ITEM NO. 16b augmentation,” “ potable reuse through raw water augmentation,” and “potable reuse through treated water augmentation.”

SB 740 (Wiener)

Onsite treated water

This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with other state agencies, to adopt regulations, as specified, for a comprehensive risk-based framework to assist local jurisdictions in developing a program for the oversight and management of onsite treatment of water for nonpotable use.

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Water Rights

AB 1420 (Aguiar-Curry)

Water rights: small irrigation use: lake or streambed alteration agreements

This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board to give priority to adopting, on or before June 30, 2021, except as provided, general conditions that permit a registrant to store water for small irrigation use during times of high streamflow in exchange for the registrant reducing diversions during periods of low streamflow, as specified. The bill would require that the actions of the board under these provisions be deemed an action taken for the protection of the environment for purposes of specified California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, if those actions do not result in the relaxation of streamflow standards.

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Water Supply

AB 355 (Chu) State Water Resources Control

Board: public water systems:

collaboration

This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board

to collaborate with all public water systems to improve drinking

water infrastructure and ensure adequate, safe, and clean

drinking water supplies.

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Committee on

Environmental Safety and Toxic

Materials








ORIGINATING SECTION: ADMINISTRATION

CONTACT: Jill Duerig

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 16c

SUBJECT: February Outreach Activities

E-newsletter, February 22, 2017

The February 22, 2017 eNewsletter included articles: 1) combining the Arroyo Mocho Medeiros

Parkway Project and the Arroyo Mocho Granada-Murrieta Project in order to maximize

efficiencies and benefits; 2) summarizing recent storm damage to Zone 7’s flood protection

facilities and the implementation of emergency measures to address the damaged sites; and 3)

approving the connection fee update. The eNewsletter was opened by 250 of the 622 recipients.

This is an open rate of 40.3% (22.5% is the industry average) and local papers picked up the

article on recent storm damage to Zone 7’s flood protection facilities.

Livermore Science Odyssey, February 16, 2017

The floodplain model was used; both model and presentation were very well received.

Spring Home & Garden Show, February 17-19, 2017

The three-day show at the Alameda County Fairground was well attended, with an estimated

8,000 people visiting the Zone 7 booth. Water conservation, pollution prevention messaging and

flood information was provided in addition to the main focus on drought-tolerant gardening.

Website & E-news Subscription Activity

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2,959

2,552 2498

3054 3020

2,357 2,120

1,753 1752

2250 2247

617 621 604 606 610 622

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ORIGINATING SECTION: INTEGRATED PLANNING

CONTACT: Sal Segura/Amparo Flores

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 16d

SUBJECT: Water Inventory and Demand Update (February 2017)

SUMMARY:

This staff report summarizes Zone 7‘s water supply, usage and storage conditions as of the end

of February 2017. The report takes into account the various sources of supply and storage

available to Zone 7 locally and in State facilities, as well as in remote groundwater storage

banks. Water usage is presented as municipal water, agricultural/untreated water, and

groundwater recharge. The report also includes calculated watershed outflow. This is water from

the Northern Alameda Creek Watershed that exits the Tri-Valley via Arroyo de la Laguna, and is

presented as an indication of local hydrologic conditions; note that in some cases, flows out of

the Tri-Valley are mandated for other downstream benefits. A monthly summary of treated water

demands is also included, with comparisons to previous years‘ conditions. Finally, to provide a

state-level perspective on water supply conditions, this report also presents the precipitation

conditions in the Northern Sierras, as well as the storage levels in key State Water Project (SWP)

reservoirs.

The SWP on average provides approximately 80% of Zone 7‘s water. This includes Table A,

Article 56 and Turnback Pool Program water. The remainder comes from local surface water

stored in Lake Del Valle (natural surface water inflow to the reservoir from Arroyo Valle) or

water purchased from other sources [Byron Bethany Irrigation District (BBID), Yuba Accord,

etc.]. SWP water can be stored in SWP surface water reservoirs (i.e., Carryover Water), in the

local groundwater basin, or in groundwater banks in Kern County (Semitropic and Cawelo).

Occasionally, there are small supplies available via transfer from agreements such as those with

BBID, the Yuba Accord, Dry-Year Transfer Program and Multi-Year Pool Program (MYPP).

All surface water is delivered via the SWP facilities. Although groundwater makes up 15% to

20% of Zone 7‘s municipal demands, it is not considered a separate source of water supply

because Zone 7 only extracts groundwater previously imported and stored underground via

artificial recharge. Using the groundwater basin as a reservoir is critical for long-term reliability

in the Tri-Valley. Through conjunctive use, excess water imported in wet years is banked in the

groundwater basin via recharge and subsequently recovered in dry years to augment low SWP

allocations, as well as during emergencies and facility shutdowns for maintenance.

The 2017 surface water supplies include a 60% allocation of SWP Table A, Article 56

(Carryover), Yuba Accord Water, and local water stored in Lake Del Valle; these supplies

totaled 71,500 acre-feet (AF) at the beginning of 2017. Although 9,400 AF from 2016 was

carried over into 2017 under Article 56, it is only available for use until it is ―spilled‖ or lost due

to lack of storage in San Luis Reservoir. Because of this winter‘s wet conditions, 2,400 AF of

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Carryover was lost as of the end of February (with an additional 2,250 AF used), leaving 66,900

AF1 of water available for the remainder of 2017. In addition, the local groundwater basin

typically supplies 5,000 to 10,000 AF annually, with increased pumping during South Bay

Aqueduct (SBA) outages or severe drought events. Zone 7‘s maximum pumping capacity is

34,000 AF in one year. The groundwater banks, Semitropic and Cawelo, can provide on demand

19,000 AF per year (delivered via the SWP as surface water). This brings the 2017 Zone 7 water

supply remaining to approximately 90,100 AF2.

On May 18, 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board directed water providers to

determine the level of local conservation necessary to sustain another three years of drought

following 2016. As reported to the State Board, given Zone 7‘s 2016 supply and storage

conditions, there was no need for mandatory conservation within the service area for the

foreseeable future. On June 15, 2016, the Zone 7 Board lifted the local drought emergency, set a

voluntary 10% conservation target to support ongoing statewide water conservation efforts, and

directed staff to continue working with the water retailers to promote wise use of water. On

February 8, 2017, the State Board adopted an emergency water conservation regulation to amend

and extend the May 18, 2016 regulation; the amended regulation allows certain suppliers the

opportunity to submit or resubmit their water supply reliability assessments by March 15, 2017

and it does not require mandatory conservation unless water suppliers determine that they have a

shortfall. Since Zone 7 continues to have sufficient water supplies to meet demands without the

need for mandatory conservation, Zone 7 does not intend to resubmit the water supply reliability

assessment. Prohibitions against water waste remain and the extension maintains urban water

supplier monthly reporting and basic water conservation measures. For planning purposes, Zone

7 is assuming 20% conservation based on 2013 demands or 39,400 vs 49,300 acre-feet. Zone 7

will add any surplus supplies to storage via SWP carryover, local groundwater recharge, Lake

Del Valle carryover, and groundwater bank storage in Kern County.

The following is a breakdown of the various supplies, use, storage and runoff within Zone 7.

Unless otherwise noted, ―year‖ refers to calendar year 2017.

Total water supplied and stored. In the first quarter of 2017 (January through March

2017), Zone 7 supplied a total of 3,900 AF, with 900 AF of this amount going to storage.

For comparison, a total of 9,150 AF was supplied last quarter and 55,480 AF during all of

2016.

Balances in offsite groundwater banks. Offsite groundwater banks (Semitropic and

Cawelo) contributed zero (0 AF) water this quarter ending February 2017. By

comparison, 320 AF was supplied in 2016. In 2017, the beginning balance in offsite

groundwater banks was 82,100 AF (63,400 AF in Semitropic and 18,700 AF in Cawelo).

In 2016, Zone 7 sent 12,000 AF to Kern County for offsite groundwater bank storage

(Semitropic – 5,000 AF, Cawelo – 7,000 AF). Of this amount, 8,000 AF went into actual

1 48,400 (Table A) + 13,200 (Local Yield) + 9,400 (Art 56) + 500 (Yuba) - 2,400 (Article 56 Lost) – 2,250 AF (Art

56 used) = 66,900 AF Potential Remaining Surface Water Supply for 2017 2 66,900 + 5,000 (Local Groundwater) + 19,000 (Groundwater Banks) - 850 (Groundwater Use) = 90,100 AF Total

Potential Water Supply Remaining for 2017

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storage due to losses3 (Semitropic – 4,500 AF, Cawelo – 3,500 AF). In the first quarter

of 2017, Zone 7 sent 800 AF to Semitropic bank storage raising the balance to about

82,800 AF.

Contributions from SWP carryover. 2,250 AF of SWP carryover was used and 2,400

AF spilled4 in February. For comparison, none was supplied last quarter and 6,400 AF in

2016.

Pumping from local groundwater basin. Zone 7‘s groundwater pumping made up 800

AF of supply provided to retailers in the first quarter and 250 AF the previous quarter.

For comparison, a total of 1,800 AF was supplied in year 2016. Operational groundwater

storage (volume of groundwater currently stored in the main basin above historical lows)

has risen to approximately 112,000 AF (89% of usable storage) at the end of February

2017, based on groundwater level measurements. The long-term average pumping is

8,000 AF per year and the estimated pumping in 2017 is 3,500 AF.

SWP Allocation. The current SWP allocation is 60%, which is equivalent to 48,400 AF

of new water for 2017. At the end of February, none has been used, leaving 48,400 AF

available in 2017.

Lake Del Valle Storage. There was a significant amount of natural runoff from the Del

Valle Watershed. Local surface water from Lake Del Valle has been used this quarter

while the reservoir was in flood stage. A total of 850 AF was used at DVWTP under

spillover conditions. This is flood water released to the SBA and is taken free of charge

under Zone 7‘s water rights permit. In 2016, 100 AF was used and a current total of

13,200 AF is available of which 8,900 AF must be used in 2017. As of the end of

February, Lake Del Valle holds about 39,700 AF of which Zone 7 holds right to the

13,200 AF of local surface water held in storage by DWR. Natural runoff caused the

water level to exceed Flood Zone II (716‘), which is equivalent to 50,000 AF, prompting

DWR to make flood releases throughout the month to bring the lake level down to Top of

Conservation (701.7‘), which is approximately 39,000 AF. The month began with the

lake at around 703‘ and eventually escalated to 716‘ on February 20 prompting DWR to

resume flood releases. An estimated 40,000 AF came into the lake in February with most

of this inflow released for flood control management. The level at the end of February is

approximately 703‘, which is just over Top of Conservation.

Water from the Multi-Year Pool Program is not available in 2017. This two-year pilot

program ended in 2016, but may be reconsidered in the future.

Overall supplies at the end of February 2017 (including available Table A, Yuba Accord

supply, and water in storage), are estimated at 261,700 AF (Total Storage + Incoming

Supplies, from Table 1).

Treated water demands decreased in February to 73% of 2013 demands.

3 Water supply stored in the Kern County banks is associated with a 10% loss at Semitropic and a 50% loss at

Cawelo. 4 Individual SWP contractor‘s carryover water stored in the SWP system is ―spilled‖ or lost when there is

insufficient storage capacity in the system.

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Watershed outflow is estimated at 142,000 AF (i.e., flows above the 10 cfs baseflow) this

quarter (January through March) compared to 9,500 AF in the previous quarter. This was

due to 14.1 inches of rainfall in January - February. The year-to-date outflow of 142,000

AF, compared to 29,700 AF in calendar year 2016, represents an increase of over 300%

in runoff in just two months of 2017.

BACKGROUND:

Zone 7 water supplies are comprised of SWP, local groundwater (previously recharged) and

surface water as well as water stored in offsite groundwater banks. Most of Zone 7‘s water is

delivered via the SWP as one of several water types (sources) including Table A, Carryover,

Yuba Accord, BBID, groundwater bank recovery or other short-term purchases. Water demands

(use) are made up of municipal, industrial, and agricultural demands, and groundwater recharge.

Demands are commonly referred to as retailer and agricultural deliveries and recharge releases.

The following describes the available water sources to Zone 7:

Table A: This source is Zone 7‘s portion of the SWP annual allocation. Our maximum

allocation is 80,619 AF annually. Currently, Zone 7‘s allocation is 60% of this amount or

48,400 AF for Calendar Year 2017.

Article 56 (Carryover): This is unused annual allocation of Table A water which rolls

over as carryover for use in future years. In most years this water will remain in San Luis

Reservoir but in wet years such as 2017, as the reservoir fills due to Delta pumping,

stored water will convert to Table A water and be allocated to the 29 SWP contractors as

Table A. When this happens, DWR makes an equal amount of water available to

contractors who have available storage outside of SWP facilities. This is done in

accordance with Article 21 of Zone 7‘s and DWR‘s Water Supply Agreement. Zone 7

began the year with 9,400 AF of carryover of which 2,400 AF was lost in February.

Offsite Groundwater Banks: This is Zone 7‘s stored supply in Semitropic and Cawelo

groundwater banks in Kern County.

Turnback and Multi-Year Pools (MYP): This is water made available by other SWP

Contractors who wish to sell excess supply. Zone 7 got about 800 AF of this water in

2016. In 2017, one contractor has offered to sell 9,000 AF via Turnback Pool A. Zone 7

has requested to buy 1,000 AF but will likely only get a few hundred AF due to larger

contractors‘ requests.

Yuba Accord: This water is available mostly in dry years through agreement with the

Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Yuba County Water Agency. Zone 7 gets

about 1% of available water. Because 2017 will most likely be classified as ‗wet‘ (not

‗dry‘), 60,000 AF of Component 1 Yuba water will be made available. This amount is

estimated at 500 AF for Zone 7.

Byron Bethany Irrigation District (BBID): Whenever BBID has surplus supply, water can

be made available through a transfer agreement with BBID, a non-SWP Contractor,

subject to approvals by DWR and the Bureau of Reclamation. The amount varies up to

5

5,000 AF annually. For planning purposes, BBID water is presumed unavailable this

year.

Surface Water Outflow: Also known as natural runoff, this amount is estimated using the

flow at USGS gauge Arroyo de la Laguna at Verona (ADLLV), which captures all runoff

leaving the Northern Alameda Creek Watershed, above the baseflow, assumed at 10 cfs.

Precipitation is also shown for comparison.

DISCUSSION:

A. Water Inventory

In years of abundant supply, Zone 7 strives to maximize storage both locally and outside its

service area. Arroyo Valle runoff is captured and stored in Lake Del Valle. Water is also stored

in the Livermore-Amador Valley Groundwater Basin (main groundwater basin) through artificial

recharge when surface water is available from either the SWP or from Arroyo Valle runoff

stored in Lake Del Valle. Once local recharge capacity has been exhausted, SWP water is

transferred to offsite storage in Kern County groundwater banks, namely, Semitropic Water

Storage District or Cawelo Water District. Zone 7 plans to maximize recharge in 2017 by

recharging the main groundwater basin and sending water to Kern County groundwater banks.

Zone 7 will recover water from these offsite groundwater banks in future dry years, as was done

in 2014 and 2015.

Table 1 shows the amount of water supplied to Zone 7 and delivered to its customers as well as

watershed outflow. The storage shown represents a running balance. Groundwater storage

balance is estimated based on monthly groundwater level measurements. An empirical rating

curve has been developed for each sub-basin as a quantitative estimation of volume based on

average groundwater levels. Surface water outflow is estimated as natural runoff greater than

roughly 10 cfs (baseflow) as measured at the USGS ADLLV gauge.

Zone 7‘s initial Article 56 (Carryover) balance at the beginning of 2017 was 9,400 AF resulting

from unused Table A in 2016. All Groundwater Bank Carryover water was used up in 2016

leaving Zone 7 with only SWP carryover. As San Luis Reservoir neared capacity, some Zone 7

carryover was lost (2,400 AF as of the end of February). The premise is that DWR allows SWP

contractors to store unused water supplies in San Luis Reservoir as long as DWR cannot fill the

space. When DWR has sufficient water to fill its storage, the SWP contractor‘s water must be

moved elsewhere, otherwise, displacement occurs. Water used prior to such displacement is

exempt from this rule.

In February, Zone 7‘s storage increased to 82,800 AF in groundwater banks, 112,000 AF is

stored locally in the main basin (operational storage above historical low), 4,750 AF remains as

Article 56 Carryover, and 13,200 AF is held in Lake Del Valle for a total of 261,700 AF of

available water supply going forward (212,800 AF in storage).

Watershed outflow is natural water above roughly 10 cfs that leaves the Northern Alameda

Creek Watershed. In the first quarter, this amount is estimated at 142,000 AF compared to

29,700 AF in all of 2016. Precipitation in Livermore totaled 14.1 inches in the first quarter

compared to 17.3 inches in 2016 (January through December).

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Attachment 1 provides a schematic summary of water supply and use in the Livermore-Amador

Valley, including groundwater pumping by the retailers and recycled water irrigation in lieu of

potable water use.

B. Treated Water Demands

Local demands for treated water decreased about 3% between January and February to 1,440 AF,

which is 73% of February 2013 demands. This was largely due to the fewer days in February—

the daily average use actually went up from 16 to 17 MGD. Surface treated water made up 86%

of the water supply in February. The Del Valle Water Treatment Plant (DVWTP) and the

Patterson Pass Water Treatment Plant (PPWTP) together produced an average of 14.3 MGD,

with wells supplying 2.4 MGD. The daily treated water production values for February 2017 are

shown on Figure 1. Figure 2 compares surface water versus groundwater production amounts

for February 2017. Figures 3a and 3b present a monthly summary of treated water production

(MGD and AF, respectively) for February 2017, compared to 2013-2016 values. For the period

of February 1-28, Zone 7 conservation is 27% relative to 2013 demands. Production on the MGD

graph appears to go up relative to the previous month on Figure 3a, due to the fact that February

only has 28 days, so the monthly average appears higher.

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Table 1. Water Inventory for Zone 7 Water Agency (Acre-Feet) (February 2017) Note: Values Are Rounded

2016 - YTD

2017 - Q1

2017 - Q2

2017 - Q3

2017 - Q4

2017 - YTD

Jan-Dec Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec Jan-Dec

Supply

SWP Deliveries

From Table A 39,050 0

0

From SWP Carryover 6,400 4,650

4,650

From Groundwater Bank Carryover 7,000 0

0

Zone 7 Groundwater Pumping 1,810 800

800

Local Surface Water (LDV) 100 850

850

Supplemental Water (MYPP/Yuba) 800 0

0 Surface water recovered from offsite banks 320 0

0

Total Supply 55,480 6,300

6,300

Demand 1

Municipal Water 28,460 2,990

2,990

Untreated Water 4,660 50

50

Recharge (to local GW storage) 10,360 60

60

Recharge (to Kern GW Banks) 12,000 800

800

Carryover Converted to Article 21 2,400

2,400

Total Demand 55,480 6,300 6,300

AVAILABLE WATER SUPPLIES

Incoming Supplies (Amount Remaining) 2016 Table A Allocation (60%) 48,400 48,400

Multi-Year Pool (MYPP) and Yuba Accord 500 500

Storage (End of Period)

Local GW Basin (Above Historical Low)

2 103,000 112,000 112,000

Offsite Groundwater banks 3 82,100 82,800 82,800

LDV Storage 8,900 13,200 13,200

SWP Carryover Balance 4 9,400 4,750 4,750

Groundwater Bank Carryover Balance 5 0 0 0

Total Storage 203,400 212,750

212,750

Watershed Conditions

Precipitation-Liv (in) 17.3 14.1 14.1

Surface Water Outflow (AF)

6 29,700 142,000 142,000

1 Includes a small amount of unaccounted for water

2 Groundwater estimate based on most recent groundwater level data.

3 Beginning Balance 82,100 AF, Jan 2017

4 SWP Carryover balance includes Article 56 water stored in San Luis Reservoir. Some carryover has been lost due to spilling.

5 Groundwater Bank Carryover balance includes Semitropic and Cawelo water stored in San Luis Reservoir.

6 Surface Water Outflow is estimated based on flow at USGS gage Arroyo De La Laguna at Verona.

7 Reported deliveries are subject to verification per DWR.

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Figure 1. Daily Treated Water Production for February 2017

Figure 2. Surface Water (blue) versus Groundwater Production (brown) for February 2017

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Figure 3. Monthly Summary of Treated Water Production expressed as a) MGD,

b) AF for Calendar Year 2017

a. Note: Although February average production increased, monthly production decreased due to the shortened month period.

b.

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C. SWP Conditions

Lake Del Valle storage levels are shown on Figure 4. After Labor Day weekend, lake releases

are made to create adequate space for storm water runoff for both water supply and flood risk

management. Prior to summer months, the lake elevation is raised as needed for recreational

purposes. The conservation pool designates the amount of water that can be stored for water

supply purposes. In 2016, DWR filled the lake to 40,000 AF, which marks the Top of

Conservation pool. DWR released water intermittently for various purposes as needed

throughout the summer. In October 2016, DWR began making steady releases to serve the SBA

contractors. The lake level began 2017 at 691‘ elevation. By the end of February 2017, storage

in the lake increased to 39,700 AF (702.7‘ elevation). Releases will continue from the lake into

early spring. Zone 7 currently has a claim to about 13,200 AF of local watershed runoff stored in

the lake. An estimated 800 AF will inevitably be lost to evaporation throughout the year.

Tabular information regarding Lake Del Valle operations by DWR can be found at the following

website: https://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?DLV. Graphical information on lake

storage can be found at the following website:

http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/operationscontrol/docs/stordlv.pdf

Figure 4. Lake Del Valle Storage for Calendar Year 2017 YTD

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryDaily?DLV

http://www.water.ca.gov/swp/operationscontrol/docs/stordlv.pdf

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The Northern Sierra precipitation is critical as it determines DWR‘s ability to refill Lake

Oroville, which is the primary source of SWP water for Zone 7 (water is released from Lake

Oroville into the Feather and then the Sacramento River and from there it is conveyed through

the Delta by a series of levees that direct Oroville releases to Banks Pumping Plant which brings

water to the Livermore-Amador Valley and other SWP contractors).

There was a significant amount of rainfall (23.3 inches) in the North Sierra in February 2017.

The water year to date precipitation total is 219% of average as of March 1 (Figure 5), tracking

much wetter than the wettest water year (1982-1983). Updates to this figure can be downloaded

daily via web link at: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/PLOT_ESI.pdf.

Figure 5. Northern Sierra Precipitation

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/PLOT_ESI.pdf

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On March 1, 2017, the storage level at Lake Oroville was around 2,706,003 AF (Figure 6). This

storage level represents a decrease of more than 135 TAF in February and currently holds 76%

of total capacity, significantly higher than last year‘s at this time of year. In February, Lake

Oroville filled to unprecedented levels prompting DWR officials to make flood releases of up to

100,000 cfs. Releases caused significant damage to the main spillway liner. More than one

million AF (1 MAF) were released for flood management in February. Lake Oroville storage

levels can be tracked on the DWR data website at

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=ORO

Figure 6. Lake Oroville Storage Levels, Water Year 2017

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=ORO

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On March 1, 2017, the storage level at San Luis Reservoir was 1,991,481 AF, more than double

that of last year‘s level at this time (Figure 7). The current storage level represents an increase of

more than 291 TAF in February and currently holds 98% of San Luis Reservoir‘s total capacity

and 115% of the historical average. The reservoir filled faster than during the 1982-83 water

year, the wettest year on record. San Luis Reservoir storage levels can be tracked on the DWR

data website at http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=SNL

Figure 7. San Luis Storage Levels, Water Year 2017

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/resDetailOrig.action?resid=SNL

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ATTACHMENT 1: Livermore-Amador Valley Water Supply & Use



ORIGINATING SECTION: ENGINEERING

CONTACT: Kurt Arends

AGENDA DATE: March 15, 2017 ITEM NO. 16e

SUBJECT: Update Related to the Cal WaterFix (former Bay Delta Conservation Plan)

BACKGROUND:

The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) effort began in 2006 with the co-equal goals of

achieving water supply reliability while improving the ecosystem. The BDCP was a voluntary

effort to obtain long-term, incidental take permits for the operations and infrastructure

improvements of the State Water Project (SWP) and the Central Valley Project (CVP) through

development of a comprehensive Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) under the federal Endangered

Species Act, and a Natural Community Conservation Plan (NCCP) under the California Natural

Community Conservation Planning Act.

Although the BDCP was a key element of the Delta planning framework established by the State

Legislature in 2009, it was not the only effort needed to accomplish the “co-equal goals” of

restoring the Delta ecosystem and water supply reliability for California. The Delta Stewardship

Council, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Conservancy and State Water Resources Control

Board all have important roles in the planning framework.

In 2014, the California State Administration developed the California Water Action Plan (see

http://resources.ca.gov/california_water_action_plan/) to address the long-term sustainability of

the State’s water supply. This Plan lays the foundation for implementing broader, statewide

measures including water use efficiency, groundwater management, integrated regional water

management, expanded recycling and potential development of surface storage as well as

achieving the co-equal goals for the Delta of water supply reliability and to protect, restore and

enhance the Delta ecosystem.

After several years of ongoing debate about the science and operation of the BDCP, resource

agencies were still reluctant to guarantee a 50 year permit given the large uncertainty about the

future. Unknowns about the effectiveness of habitat restoration and the impacts of climate

change further muddied the waters until efforts to move a solution forward were at a near

standstill.

In April 2015, Governor Brown introduced “California WaterFix,” a revised approach to secure

water reliability, and “California EcoRestore,” a parallel program to restore habitat in the

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Together, these two efforts represent an alternative approach to

implement related components of the California Water Action Plan. No longer seeking a 50 year

permit, these new programs aim to modernize Delta conveyance and restore habitat through

separate tracks.

http://resources.ca.gov/california_water_action_plan/

California EcoRestore will pursue more than 30,000 acres of fish and wildlife habitat restoration

(http://resources.ca.gov/ecorestore/). California WaterFix is focused on a new sub-alternative

called Alternative 4a, comprised of two 30 mile long, 40 foot diameter tunnels linking the

Sacramento River to the existing pump facilities in the South Delta. For more information, see:

https://www.californiawaterfix.com/. Zone 7’s interest in the success of these programs is to

restore water supply reliability lost to recent regulation and court actions, guard against future

reductions in supply reliability, and to improve the delta ecosystem.

DISCUSSION:

The California WaterFix is currently moving towards some key milestones and decision points.

The proponents (DWR and the Bureau of Reclamation) have completed the Biological

Assessment (BA) and the resource agencies are now preparing the Biological Opinion (BO) for

the project.

The California Natural Resources Agency just released a new fact sheet looking at the progress

made to date, current status and important next steps. A copy of the fact sheet is attached. In

addition, to help their Special Committee on the Bay-Delta understand some of the

considerations for implementing the California WaterFix, staff of the Metropolitan Water

District of Southern California (MET) presented an overview of the facilities to be constructed

under California WaterFix. The following is a summary of that presentation.

Overview of the facilities

The infrastructure for the California Water Fix stretches about 38 miles from the intakes on the

Sacramento River to Clifton Court. There are three intakes on the Sacramento River, each at

3,000 cfs. The water from those intakes is collected into the north tunnels and then flows to the

intermediate forebay where the water is commingled together. The hydraulic grade for the twin

tunnels is set and the water flows then through the main tunnels down to the Clifton Court

pumping plant where the water is lifted into Clifton court and then can be distributed to either the

Jones Pumping Plant or the Banks pumping plant, which are south of Clifton Court.

http://resources.ca.gov/ecorestore/

https://www.californiawaterfix.com/

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The three north tunnels are approximately 9 miles. The tunnels are fairly large because they are

part of a gravity fed system. Those tunnels range from 28 feet to 40 feet in diameter. They

convey the water from the intakes to the intermediate forebay; at that point, the water is split into

the 40-foot diameter twin tunnels, which then carry the water 30 miles to the south to the Clifton

Court pumping facilities.

There is a total of 69 miles of tunnel which will be about 150 feet below grade. The main tunnels

will be designed with a 100-year lifespan; primarily this means that the tunnel segment design

will be very robust. The gasket liner will be the primary liner for the system; there will be no

steel liner inside.

The excavated diameter of the tunnels is 45 feet. The tunnel segments themselves are about a

little over two feet thick; the inside diameter is about 40 feet. In terms of the relative size of the

tunnels, the California Water Fix is in the middle of large tunnel boring machines.

Tunnel construction will use over 700,000 tunnel segments, which is about 80,000 segmental

rings. Excavation of the tunnels will remove 23 million cubic yards of material, all of which has





been accounted for in the EIR/EIS. The material will be stock piled near the tunneling sites on

the islands as construction moves through the Delta.

Ten to twelve tunnel boring machines will be in operation simultaneously during the program.

To power the machines, almost 200 megawatts of power will be needed to be brought to each of

the launching shafts for these machines. Although there are large, high voltage transmission

lines already in the Delta, those are not available as they are used to transport power up and

down the state. So they are working with a number of different power providers in the Delta to

ensure they can bring in the requisite amount of power needed to run the machines.

There will be three intakes, ranging in length from 1250 to 1600 feet long, depending on the

morphology of the river at the different locations. The outlet shaft is at the back of the

sedimentation basins. At that point, the water will drop into the tunnel system and then carried

south to Clifton Court.

At the terminus of the tunnels at Clifton Court, there will be two large pumping stations at 4500

cfs each; they will lift the water about 15 to 20 feet out of the bottom of the tunnels and deposit it





into Clifton court where it will then flow by gravity to both the Jones and the Banks pumping

facilities.

Cost of the tunnels

There have been two cost estimates that have been prepared in 2014 and 2015; they are within

7% of each other.

Organization of the Construction Enterprise

Above is an organizational chart that will be used once the Design and Construction Enterprise

(DCE) agreement and other documents are in place and funding has been secured. The program

will be led by the program director; direct reports to the program director include finance,

accounting, and legal counsel.

Below the program director is the program manager, a position that will be responsible for

managing the entire program. Directly below that, the Chief Engineer and then below that, the





Engineering Design Manager, who will be leading the design for all of the activities to be

constructed.

Schedule

Once the program is authorized, they anticipate 16 years to implement the project. In the first 12

to 15 months, they will be hiring staff to fill key positions and hiring the consultants that will be

performing key work activities.

About four years after the commencement of the project, they will begin working on awarding

the tunnel construction contracts.

Construction of the tunnels is anticipated to last for about 11 years; they are anticipating that 10

to 12 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be operating simultaneously during periods of

construction, especially in years 7, 8, and 9.

https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/02/08/metropolitan-special-committee-on-the-bay-delta-project-implementation-considerations-for-california-water-fix-dr-jacob-katz-on-managing-floodplain-productivity-for-multiple-benefits/jan-3b_presentation_page_12/




CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | CALIFORNIAWATERFIX.COM

ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

California WaterFix is the state’s plan to upgrade outdated infrastructure in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) to secure California’s water supplies and improve the Delta’s ecosystem. Over the last ten years the project has made significant progress, with 2016 marking completion of the environmental review documents.

An unprecedented level of public review, comment, and scientific input has helped refine and improve the proposed project. Below is a snapshot of major WaterFix milestones.

CALIFORNIA WATERFIX: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND NEXT STEPS

Two tunnels up to 150’ below ground designed to protect California’s water supplies from sea

level rise, earthquakes, floods and levee failure.

Three new intakes located farther upstream closer to higher quality water and away

from endangered species habitats.

Gravity-fed tunnels to move water naturally and more efficiently with reduced harm to fish

WATER DELIVERY UPGRADE

www.baydeltaconservationplan.com

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT & INPUT

3 Public review environmental documents

OVER

650Working group meetings, stakeholder presentations / Q&As, and public meetings

OVER

10kFact sheets, executive summaries, DVDs, comment cards, etc. distributed to the public

1 Notice and review of final environmental document

341 Days of public comment

A full suite of online information – videos, animations, webinars, frequently asked

questions, multilingual materials, toll-free hotline, and brochures – available at

and

DRAFT BDCP

DRAFT EIR/EIS

FINAL EIR/EIS

RDEIR/ SDEIS

www.californiawaterfix.com

http://www.californiawaterfix.com

http://www.baydeltaconservationplan.com

http://www.baydeltaconservationplan.com




ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) release Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). The documents describe and analyze alternatives, including the preferred alternative, discuss potential environmental impacts, identify mitigation measures that would help avoid or minimize impacts, and provide responses to all substantive comments received on the draft environmental review documents.

Aquatic Science Peer Review Phase 2B conducted by the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program, representing an independent scientific evaluation of draft sections of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Biological Opinions on California WaterFix for all federal Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed aquatic species and their critical habitat

DWR submits incidental take permit application to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) pursuant to Section 2081(b) of the California Endangered Species Act

Publication of map depicting areas dependent on water imported through the Delta

Op-ed by DWR Director on the need to operate as “one state” to find water solutions together

Op-ed by California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Secretary on the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake as a reminder that California needs to safeguard it’s water supplies against eventual future disasters

Aquatic Science Peer Review Phase 2A conducted by the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program, representing an independent scientific evaluation of the Adaptive Management Framework and use of best available scientific information in the 2081(b) permit application analyses

DECEMBER

JANUARY

OCTOBER

Fact Sheet: Moving Toward Environmental Review Process Completion

Incidental Take Permit Application

Delta Dependency Map

Op-ed: Unity Needed forStatewide Water Solutions

Op-ed: Loma Prieta MemoriesShould Remind of Delta’s Peril

Press Release

More Information on the Aquatic Science Peer Review Phase 2B

More Information on theAquatic Science Peer Review Phase 2A

2016

2017

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2017

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http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/DeltaDependencyMap_WaterFixFinal.pdf

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-utbg-water-supply-california-20161028-story.html

http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/16/laird-loma-prieta-memories-should-remind-of-deltas-peril/

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/FINAL_WaterFixEIREISRelease.pdf

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/central_valley/WaterFix/WaterFixReviewBiOp.html

http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/central_valley/WaterFix/CaliforniaWaterFixBiopReviewPhase2A.html


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

DWR and Reclamation submit the biological assessment to USFWS and NMFS, which is required to obtain incidental take authorization under the federal ESA

Publication of fact sheet outlining how much water could have been captured and stored in early 2016 if WaterFix were in place

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER

Adaptive Management FrameworkBiological Assessment

Fact Sheet: How Much WaterCould We Have Stored?

2016

Release of fact sheet covering project details and outlining critical importance to California

JUNE 2016

Op-ed by DWR Director discusses critical need to strategically plan for California’s water future, including upgrading outdated infrastructure

Op-ed: Planning forCalifornia’s Water Future

DWR and Reclamation begin presenting their case in chief during Part 1A of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) WaterFix Water Right Change Petition hearings. The public hearings are focused on DWR’s request to add three new points of diversion to the State Water Project, with coordinated operations for the Central Valley Project

JULY

Intake Construction SequenceAnimation

California Natural Resources Agency Press Release

Updates on the State Water Board Change Petition Hearing

2016

16 DAYS OF DIRECT TESTIMONYAND CROSS EXAMINATION

16 EXPERT WITNESSES

Fact Sheet: Fast Facts

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http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/FIX_eBlast_BioAssessment_8216_Rev1.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/CWF_WaterNotCapturedStored_Factsheet.pdf

https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/07/14/mark-cowin-planning-for-californias-water-future

https://youtu.be/Bsb8Jy2ww5g

http://resources.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/State-Water-Board-Hearings-Opening-PR-FINAL.pdf

https://www.californiawaterfix.com/state-water-board/

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/CWF_FastFacts5.pdf


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

DWR and Reclamation submit testimony and evidence to the SWRCB for the Water Right hearings

MAY 2016

Exhibit List

DWR and Public Water Agencies release tentative agreement that seeks to ensure accountability, transparency, and safe, timely, cost-effective and efficient project completion

DWR and Reclamation release a working draft biological assessment for California WaterFix

JANUARY - FEBRUARY

Biological Assessment Modeling DataWorking Draft Biological Assessment

Tentative Design and Construction Enterprise Agreement

2016

Op-ed by CNRA Secretary covers the importance of improving the current system to allow for the capture of high flows when available, including specific details on missed opportunities to capture and store a significant amount of water this winter

FEBRUARY

Op-ed: To Make the Most of Rain,State Needs Delta Tunnels

2016

Aquatic Science Peer Review conducted by the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program, representing an independent scientific evaluation of the methods and approaches (including the working draft biological assessment) for developing the joint Biological Opinion requirements and analyses prepared for the CDFW 2081(b) Incidental Take Permit application

Publication of new fact sheet discussing Delta water quality and associated project impacts

Fact Sheet: Water Quality

More Information on theAquatic Science Peer Review

MARCH 2016

Op-ed by CNRA Secretary highlights the state’s significant reliance on water from the Delta, and the integral role it plays in implementing local water projects

APRIL 2016

Op-ed: California LifestyleRelies on Delta Water

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http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/CWF_ChangePetition_TOC_V21.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/lveo5_BA_ModelingData.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/rkv8k_FIX_eBlast_BioAssessment_115161.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/Draft_Final_DCE_Agreement_Combined.pdf

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article58494508.html

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/6gwmq_FIX_FS_WaterQuality_V26.pdf

http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/central_valley/WaterFix/index.html

http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-lifestyle-relies-on-delta-water-7294746.php


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

REGULATORY PROCESSES AND PERMITS STATUS

1 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT / NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (CEQA/NEPA)

CURRENT Final EIR/ EIS released on December 22, 2016

Reclamation issued NEPA required 30-day Notice of Availability for the Final EIR/EIS on December 30, 2016

NEXT STEPS Reclamation issues Record of Decision (ROD), which will also include consideration of final biological opinions issued under ESA Section 7

EXPECTEDSPRING 2017

� DWR certifies the Final EIR/EIS, including that it is in compliance with CEQA

� If DWR chooses to approve a project, it will adopt “CEQA Findings,” an MMRP, and if appropriate, a Statement of Overriding Considerations as part of project approval

� DWR issues a Notice of Detertmination (NOD)

EXPECTEDSPRING 2017

2 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) SECTION 7 CONSULTATION

CURRENT Biological assessment submitted to USFWS and NMFS and engaged in formal consultation

NEXT STEPS USFWS and NMFS issue final Biological OpinionEXPECTED

SPRING 2017

3 NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA) SECTION 106 COMPLIANCE

CURRENT Final Programmatic Agreement completed and signedEXPECTED

FEBRUARY 2017

NEXT STEPS Develop Draft Programmatic Historic Properties Treatment Plan EXPECTEDSPRING 2017

4 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (CDFW) 2081(B) PERMIT

CURRENT Incidental take permit application submitted to CDFW on October 5, 2016

NEXT STEPS CDFW determines whether to issue permitEXPECTED

SPRING 2017

5 SECTION 401 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT – WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION

CURRENT Application for Water Quality Certification submitted to SWRCB on September 24, 2015

NEXT STEPS SWRCB determines whether to issue certificationEXPECTEDLATE 2017

6 CDFW LAKE AND STREAMBED ALTERATION AGREEMENT, SECTION 1602

CURRENT DWR preparing permit application for submittal to CDFWEXPECTED

SPRING 2017

NEXT STEPS CDFW determines whether to issue permitEXPECTED

SUMMER 2017

Below is an update on the status of the regulatory and permitting actions associated with California WaterFix.



ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

REGULATORY PROCESSES AND PERMITS STATUS

7 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) SECTION 404 PERMIT

CURRENT Section 404 Permit application submitted on September 9, 2015

Compensatory Mitigation Strategy completed Fall 2016

NEXT STEPS Finalize alternatives analysisEXPECTED

SUMMER 2017

USACE determines whether to issue permitEXPECTEDLATE 2017

8 STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (SWRCB) CHANGE PETITION

CURRENT Presentation of Part 1B cases-in-chief concluded on December 14, 2016

NEXT STEPS Conduct rebuttal for Part 1 cases-in-chief, and then conduct Part 2 of the Water Right hearing addressing the effects of the project on fish and wildlife

ANTICIPATED START INSPRING - FALL 2017

9 DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL

NEXT STEPS DWR may determine that California WaterFix is a covered action consistent with the Delta Plan and regulations, and in such event, would file a certification of consistency with the Council. The Council would have appellate authority over DWR’s consistency determination

ANTICIPATEDSUMMER 2017

10 DESIGN & ENGINEERING

CURRENT Completion of the initial design phase, which includes 10 percent design and preliminary work

NEXT STEPS Once the ROD/NOD has been issued, engineering and design work progresses toward construction EXPECTED

SPRING 2017

11 CONSTRUCTION

NEXT STEPS Groundbreaking activitiesEXPECTED

2018

12 USACE SECTION 408 PERMIT

NEXT STEPS Prior to work commencing on a jurisdictional levee, DWR will prepare and submit apermit application to USACE

Application developed in conjunction with

continued facility design



ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

Progress made from 2012 to 2015 is outlined below:

Close of Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIR/SDEIS) Public Review Period

2015

6,200UNIQUE COMMENT LETTERS RECEIVED

OVER

OCTOBER 2015

New fact sheet outlines how the proposed California WaterFix would benefit the Delta’s native fish

Securing Solutions for theSacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s

Native Fish Fact Sheet

DWR submits Section 404 Permit application to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

DWR and Reclamation submit change petition to SWRCB

SEPTEMBER 2015

More Info on Section 404 Permit

AUGUST 2015

SWRCB Fact Sheet

DWR releases revised information regarding parcels potentially impacted by the project; reduced number of permanent and surface impacts

Facts about Parcels Potentially Impacted by California WaterFix

Publication of new Conceptual Engineering Report (CER) with engineering and design details for redesigned Modified Pipeline Tunnel Option – Clifton Court Forebay Pumping Plant

DWR and Reclamation hold two public open house meetings in Sacramento and Walnut Grove to collect comments on the RDEIR/SDEIS and answer questions 370 PEOPLE IN

ATTENDANCE

JULY 2015

CER

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http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/Regulatory-Public-Notices/Article/616568/spk-2008-00861-california-waterfix-project/

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/california_waterfix/docs/ca_waterfix_factsheet.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/6tfe0_Facts_about_parcels_FINAL.pdf

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/Conceptual_Engineering_Report-Modified_Pipeline_Tunnel_Option-Clifton_Court_Forebay_Pumping_Plant.sflb.ashx


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

RDEIR/SDEIS Public Comment Period extended 60 days

JULY 2015

Visual animations depicting proposed design changes and Delta flows released

Delta Flow Animation Intakes Animation Clifton Court ForebayAnimation

Press Release

RDEIR/SDEIS available for public review and comment

RDEIR/SDEIS Fast Facts RDEIR/SDEIS FrequentlyAsked Questions

Governor Brown announces California WaterFix as joint state and federal preferred alternative and unveils plans to accelerate restoration of the Delta’s ecosystem through California EcoRestore

APRIL 2015

California EcoRestore Fact Sheet California WaterFix /California EcoRestore FAQs

Refined Tunnel Option& Intake Fact SheetState of the Art Solution Fact SheetProtecting Water Supplies

Protecting Fish Fact Sheet

California WaterFix Website

Further refinements made to conveyance facilities to reduce impacts. Proposed changes include eliminating pumping plants at north Delta intakes and consolidating at Clifton Court Forebay; reduced construction impacts to Delta communities; improved tunnel reliability and operation

DECEMBER 2014

2014

Modified Tunnel OptionFact Sheet

NEWSLETTER: Additional Refinements to Proposed Water Delivery Facility Reduce Impacts

Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP): Expanding Greater Sandhill

Crane Habitat Fact Sheet

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lblKcVclHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ClSGp8CWF4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK2nQZA29DU

http://resources.ca.gov/docs/press_release/150722-Public_Comment_Period_on_Revised_Delta_Conveyance_Document.pdf

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/RDEIR-SDEIS_Fast_Facts_7-9-15.sflb.ashx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/California_WaterFix_RDEIR-SDEIS_FAQ_Aug-15.sflb.ashx

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/ax5q7_ECO_FS_Overview.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/r1acu_pivot_QA_FINAL_revised.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/c9j5y_FIX_FS_Optimization.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/FIX_FS_Solution.pdf

http://cms.capitoltechsolutions.com/ClientData/CaliforniaWaterFix/uploads/revxo_FIX_FS_Protection_Letter_V31_web.pdf


http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BCDP_Modified_Pipeline_Tunnel_Option_Factsheet_12-19-14.sflb.ashx

http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=34af1e1ad420807a39b3724f6&id=f90ddca9d0

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/Expanding_Greater_Sandhill_Crane_Factsheet_12-19-14.sflb.ashx


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

DWR landowner liaisons begin communication with all impacted landowners regarding the right-of-way process as it relates to field studies (for the environmental impact analysis) and temporary easements needed for geotechnical drilling

OCTOBER 2014

A series of meetings conducted between September 2014 and February 2015 with over 75 local residents, elected officials, Cooperating and Responsible agencies, and other interested parties to gather input and feedback on proposed facility design changes and how to minimize potential impacts from the proposed design optimization

SEPTEMBER 2014

VISUAL SIMULATION:Modified Intake #3

VISUAL SIMULATION: Modified Clifton Court Pumping Facility

Agency review of public comments, project refinements

Lead agencies announce Partial Recirculation of Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/ Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address project changes

AUGUST 2014

Newsletter:Planning for Climate Change

Blog: Refinements WarrantAdditional Public Review

Close of the 228-day Public Review and Comment Period on Draft BDCP and Associated Environmental Impact Report / Environmental Impact Statement 10,000

UNIQUE COMMENT LETTERS RECEIVED

JULY 2014

OVER

Informational video featuring visual simulations of water conveyance facility

BDCP could create and protect 1,135,812 California jobs

JUNE 2014

eNewsletter:How Many Jobs Wil BDCP Create?

Infographic:Job Creation & Protection

Episode:Jobs & Local Economic Benefits

Visual Animation & Presentation:Water Conveyance Facility

eNewsletter:Reliable Water for About $5 / mo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hliBalFsCW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTUrkHxB7mc&feature=youtu.be

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BDCP_eNews_Planning_for_Climate_Change_092614.sflb.ashx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/news/2010-2014news/2012-2014bdcpblog/14-08-29/Refinements_Warrant_Additional_Public_Review.aspx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BDCP_eNewsletter_6-23-14.sflb.ashx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/Job_Creation_and_Protection_InfoGraphic_6-23-14.sflb.ashx

http://prezi.com/_fustwumkwhi/bdcp-local-jobs-economic-benefits/

https://prezi.com/puhaad6wbfsa/bdcp-water-conveyance-facility-intakes-copy/?utm_source=prezi-view&utm_medium=ending-bar&utm_content=Title-link&utm_campaign=ending-bar-tryout

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BCDP_ENewsletter_6_18_2014_FINAL.sflb.ashx


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

Evaluation concludes BDCP is affordable for urban ratepayers: costs as low as $2-3 per month for some water users

BDCP proponents agree on draft implementation strategy, open for 60-day public review period

Report:LA Office of Public Accountability

News:Agreement & Comment Extension

DWR establishes the “BDCP Office” to guide BDCP implementation

Blog: Principles for Sharing Designand Construction Oversight

MAY 2014

Public Review and Comment Period Extension

FEBRUARY 2014

News:Draft BDCP & Comment Extension

Final California Water Action Plan released Governor Brown declares Drought State of Emergency

Website:State Water Action Plan

News:Declaration Press Release

JANUARY 2014

BDCP holds 12 public open house meetings throughout the state to collect comments on the draft documents and answer questions

Distribution of highlights, DVDs and response tweets to #whereinBDCP

DWR and Reclamation release public draft BDCP and EIR/EIS for review and comment

Publication of video reiterating BDCP would not take more water and would modernize our current system

DECEMBER

OCTOBER

2013

2013

Video: How Much Water?

2013

Press Release Draft EIR/EIS Highlights BDCP Highlights

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http://ens.lacity.org/opa/importantdoc/opaimportantdoc324987350_05022014.pdf

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/news/2010-2014news/2010-2014news/14-05-30/Draft_Implementing_Agreement_Available_Draft_BDCP_and_associated_Draft_EIR_EIS_Comment_Period_Extended.aspx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/News/14-05-22/Principles_for_Sharing_Design_and_Construction_Oversight_for_Proposed_New_Water_Facilities-2160149611.aspx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/news/2010-2014news/2010-2014news/14-02-21/Draft_BDCP_and_Associated_Draft_EIR_EIS_Comment_Period_Extended_by_60_Days_to_June_13_2014.aspx

http://resources.ca.gov/california_water_action_plan/

http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18368

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6eHdY2HgKE

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/BDCP_Public_Review_Release.sflb.ashx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/Highlights_of_the_Draft_EIR-EIS_12-9-13.sflb.ashx

http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/Draft_BDCP_Highlights_12-9-13.sflb.ashx


ALTERNATIVE 4A

FEBRUARY 2017

DWR announces changes to BDCP that would reduce the project footprint by one-half and reduce local impacts

BDCP Refinements Respond to Community and Statewide Needs

News: Changes to BDCP Would Reduce Impacts to Landowners and Residents

Governor Brown outlines revisions to the BDCP: Intake capacity reduced from 15,000 cubic feet per-second (cfs) to 9,000 cfs

AUGUST

JULY

2013

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California’s Water Future FrameworkBrochure

BDCP Administrative Draft EIR/EIS available for public review

Preliminary Draft BDCP available for public review

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http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Libraries/Dynamic_Document_Library/California_s_Water_Future_Framework_Brochure-7-25-12.sflb.ashx

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