CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT
AGENDA APPROVAL FOR WATER AGENCY
PRESENTATIONS – None.
CONSENT CALENDAR

Item #3 - Five-Year On-Call Professional Services Agreements
PUBLIC HEARINGS – None.
BUSINESS ITEMS

Item #4 -  PHWA Monthly Operational Report

Item #5 - Fluoride System Removal
AGENCY MEMBERS’ REPORTS, COMMENTS, & REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT
Good afternoon, everyone. 00:01:41
Welcome to the Port Hueneme Water Agency regular meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order at 4:00 PM. 00:01:44
Madam Clerk, may we have a roll call, please? Member Bouchard. 00:01:51
Present member McQueen Lejeune. 00:01:56
Member Perez here. 00:01:59
Vice Chair Debley here and Chair Hernandez here. 00:02:01
Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody. Do we have any public comments? 00:02:05
No public comments, right? Let's do the agenda approval for the water agency. May I have a motion, a second to approve the agenda? 00:02:09
Move to. 00:02:18
Thank you. 00:02:20
Did you get those? 00:02:21
Yes. 00:02:22
Can we take a vote? All in favor? Aye, aye. All opposed. 00:02:25
Hearing none motion passes unanimously. 00:02:29
We have no presentation, so let's go on to the consent calendar. I will now consider the items listed under the consent calendar. 00:02:32
And we'll enact in one motion, unless an agency member has a request to remove any item for discussion. 00:02:41
I'm I'm yeah, I'm willing to move to approve, but I I just like to ask maybe a question on on item 3. 00:02:51
Which is the five year on call professional services agreement. I'm prepared to approve it. I just want to ask a question. 00:02:58
It it looks as though the city went out to bid and so now it's going to be combined and I have no problem with that procurement 00:03:06
process. 00:03:09
In and of itself, I guess my concern comes. 00:03:13
Oftentimes, right, you get engaged with a contractor, something that may just start to blend the lines. 00:03:16
What protocols or does the city have in place to ensure that? 00:03:22
PHWA is not picking up additional costs that maybe that blended line where city projects PHW. 00:03:28
A projects would kind of blend themselves together. 00:03:36
Sarah Broussard. 00:03:42
So the way I understand it is of being that the city is operator PHWA. 00:03:44
We're able to piggyback off that RFP process which you mentioned. 00:03:49
Umm. 00:03:53
So I just wanted to bring this as a just a receiving. 00:03:54
In case we did bring any any on call consultants for any future projects. 00:03:58
And that was the whole idea behind it. 00:04:03
Maybe we should, if we have further discussion, maybe. 00:04:07
But we can, if we want, we can bring it back as a separate item. For PHW only we can do that. 00:04:11
I think what I'm hearing is maybe a request that might be a couple departments working together to come back and explain probably 00:04:18
our finance and public works teams coming back and explaining. 00:04:23
Sort of how we track those two things and how we keep them, make sure. 00:04:28
Keeping them sort of separate and not blending the agencies. 00:04:33
I think my thought would be we had put it on. 00:04:38
Sort of a receiving file to let everybody know that we had just gone through this process. 00:04:42
So we can pull that and then we'd come back at a future meeting to have Finance and public Works sort of walk through. 00:04:46
What safeguards we have in place, I think, is really the question. 00:04:53
So we can do that. 00:04:58
I will move to improve the consent calendar in its entirety at this point. 00:05:03
I. 00:05:08
I can. I assume there's direction to on the next meeting. We'll explain, we'll come back with an answer to that question please. 00:05:10
We take a vote, Madam Clerk. 00:05:18
All in favor. 00:05:20
All. 00:05:22
Hearing none motion passes unanimously. 00:05:23
I have no public hearings on today's agenda. Let's move on to business items. Item number four is the PHWA Monthly Operational 00:05:27
Report and I believe we have staff here to present. 00:05:32
Thank you, Chair Hernandez. Good afternoon board. 00:05:39
So I'll be presenting the operational report for the month of October. 00:05:43
I'll go through our October water purchase. 00:05:48
And then I'll touch on the end of the water year because we didn't meet last month. So I'll go over into water year allocation 00:05:51
where we fell. 00:05:54
And then a couple of projects that we have going out to PHW facility. 00:05:57
So for the month of October, water purchase from United, 292 acre feet. 00:06:03
Or 89% of our. 00:06:08
And then kayak is 37 acre. 00:06:11
And 11% of this? 00:06:13
So the Caius purchase is continues to stay down. 00:06:15
Again, and that's our goal as as. 00:06:19
Here's our our split. So this is United to Cayegas. This is water. 00:06:24
Again. 00:06:30
Our state water, it's still it's staying down and this is kudos to the operators keeping that plant running. 00:06:31
44. 00:06:37
We're maximizing our groundwater take in this. That's evident here on this chart. 00:06:38
So even some months were in single digits. 00:06:43
Which is all good things. 00:06:45
Here's our tier consumption comparison. 00:06:49
This is United Water, as you can see. 00:06:52
The demands continue to stay. 00:06:55
Even with the city going but rolling back the water conservation measures. 00:06:57
Level 2 to level. 00:07:01
We're still seeing demand staying down continuously. 00:07:03
And then here's call. 00:07:09
This one again, kudos are the operators We're we're really maximizing the groundwater and you can see it here. 00:07:11
It's a lot lower than in the future year. 00:07:18
And again, that's the goal moving forward. 00:07:21
But can we go back really quick and ask a question what happened in February? 00:07:25
So that was, yeah, two years ago we had an electrical failure at the. 00:07:29
So the main breaker went out, and so we were on. 00:07:33
I believe it was 7 weeks. 00:07:37
So that's why that. 00:07:39
So here's our actual end of water year, what we purchased from. 00:07:45
So the number on the top, that's our take or pay allocation 3467. 00:07:50
And we purchased 2973 acre. 00:07:55
So we're getting closer to that number and again, that's the goal. 00:07:59
We're trying to minimize that take or pay penalty. 00:08:02
And we're kind of working in that direction. And then there's a project I'll touch on. 00:08:05
Later. 00:08:10
And which will get us even closer to that goal. 00:08:11
Doing allocation so for last. 00:08:16
Our allocation is 39 O one and then we had a carryover 654 acre feet. 00:08:20
So our utilization we use about 76% or 2973 acre feet. 00:08:28
There's our member agency slash customer monthly consumption as you can see the cities. 00:08:36
Our biggest? 00:08:42
And then coming in second is the beach district and then both Navy bases. And these numbers are pretty consistent month to month. 00:08:44
They don't change a whole lot. 00:08:48
SDI So this is a daily sample we take every morning at the treatment facility. 00:08:56
This is. 00:09:01
Giving us a number on iron and manganese coming into the plant. 00:09:02
This number has been pretty low with all the rains United water is running their. 00:09:06
Shallow. 00:09:11
The SDI tends to stay. 00:09:13
United did have their ribbon cutting a few months back. 00:09:15
That facility is is complete, but it's not online. They're just running it to test right now. 00:09:19
So there's no need for them to run it at this time, so just wanted to share that information. 00:09:25
The new Scala system. 00:09:32
So in 2019, the 2019 facility master plan was approved by the board. 00:09:34
The new SCADA system was one of those items. 00:09:40
This was started about two years ago, kind of got stalled out management, we had some turnover. 00:09:43
I'm proud to say now it is complete, we're on the new Scala system 100%. 00:09:49
Works well. Really no bugs. It's the operators. 00:09:54
So so far so good. 00:09:59
And then I just include some information on what SCADA is just for maybe some of the new. 00:10:01
New. 00:10:05
But I won't bore you with all that information. 00:10:08
And then the low flow pump project. So this is another project that was identified in the 2019 Water Master plan. 00:10:14
It was a high priority. 00:10:22
So this is going to allow us to really maximize. 00:10:24
Our groundwater take and minimize the state water the expensive. 00:10:26
Purchase water. 00:10:31
This. 00:10:33
We kind of got some preliminary propos. 00:10:34
It was coming in pretty high just for design. It was coming in like a 5050. 00:10:38
So I got with our city engineering staff. We designed it in house. 00:10:42
The construction is done. We're about $9500 into it. The construction is done. 00:10:47
There is some electrical that still needs to happen. 00:10:54
But we're hoping to get. 00:10:58
You know, complete this project for about $25,000. 00:10:59
Original bids are coming back. 00:11:03
$220,000. 00:11:05
I just wanted to share. 00:11:07
And again, this project is going to allow us to maximize groundwater and. 00:11:10
Get that delta to move in the other direction with the take or pay penalty that we pay every year. So this is a simple project but 00:11:15
but very important. 00:11:19
And we hope to complete this within the next two months. 00:11:23
So. 00:11:27
And that's all I have for the OPS report. 00:11:30
I answer any questions. Thank you. Mr. Martinez, sounds like you brought us some good news this afternoon. Does anybody have any 00:11:33
questions from staff? 00:11:36
Yes. 00:11:42
Just to clarify the the 60 acre feet of water that's monthly or annually additionally that we think that project will be able to 00:11:45
do that's annually, annually, OK. 00:11:50
OK, so just to give it just a quick background. 00:11:55
So during the winter time. 00:11:59
We have issues with low flow because our booster pump station is oversized. 00:12:01
United has the same issue. They just dropped a bunch of money into projects to to deal with that. 00:12:06
Umm. 00:12:12
So during the winter time. 00:12:12
About 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. 00:12:14
We have to go on Kayaks 100. 00:12:16
So with once this project is. 00:12:19
That's going to go away. We'll be able to use our groundwater all day long 24. 00:12:22
We still will use at high demand times during the summer. 00:12:27
It's just a good project, simple project but all around good thing for the for the facility. 00:12:33
So. 00:12:38
Thank you. That's good. 00:12:40
Good to know and good job there bringing that forward on the take or pay piece, would you just remind all of? 00:12:43
If if we don't purchase it, is it bought at a per acre foot cost or that's to backfill the fixed cost on United? 00:12:51
Proposed. 00:13:00
And I, I think General Manager Martinez I think gave us a lesson in this about a year ago and I'm just trying to recall if I'm 00:13:02
recalling that correctly. Yeah, so it's on an acre foot basis. 00:13:07
Umm, what if we don't hit that number, that 3467 acre feet at the end of the water year? 00:13:14
We start getting billed in January over six month. 00:13:20
For every acre foot in which I believe is about $363 an acre foot that we are built. 00:13:24
Member Perez So how much can you estimate? How much do you think this is going to save us now each year? 00:13:31
Is there a? 00:13:37
I would have to calculate that I don't have that number now, but I can. I can bring that back. OK. Thank you. 00:13:39
Any more questions from? 00:13:47
Panel here OK. 00:13:51
All right. Well, thank you very much. Keep up the good work. 00:13:53
We'll move on. Now let's see what do we need to do with this? Is this a receiving file? May I have a motion to receive and file 00:13:57
Please move to receive. 00:14:01
Hello. 00:14:09
All in favor. 00:14:11
All. 00:14:13
Hearing none motion passes unanimously. 00:14:14
Oh, this brings us to the fluoride system System removal we. 00:14:17
We're getting rid of a fluoride system. 00:14:22
Got a SCADA system? 00:14:25
And so we've got new and old, new coming in, old going out, right. 00:14:26
All right. So again, this is another project that was identified in the 2019 facility master plan. 00:14:32
Just a little background. 00:14:40
So what is? Why is flora used in water? So this is a practice known to help prevent tooth decay and reduce occurrence of cavities. 00:14:42
And then I'll kind of go. 00:14:50
Kind of the rationale and why staff thinks we should decommission. 00:14:53
So we have two sources currently unite and C. 00:14:57
Both of these sources are coming in with fluoride. 00:15:00
There was a time when the plant first went online in 90. 00:15:05
So at that time Cayegas was sending us fluoride fluoridated water, but it was very low and in 2004 MWD. 00:15:10
So at. 00:15:20
We're kind of in the optimal range without dosing at that time. 00:15:22
Um. 00:15:26
We are on the lower level. 00:15:27
The optimal range for Florida is between .6 parts per million and 1.2 parts per million. 00:15:29
Um. 00:15:35
If we do decommission and stop dosing and we will be around .6 to .8 parts per million. 00:15:36
Which is well within range. 00:15:42
So just wanted to share that. 00:15:46
And then I've had multiple conversations with the state. 00:15:47
They're on board. They have Granite's PHW the ability to decommission. 00:15:52
On the operator side, it's a dangerous chemical to handle. 00:15:58
So I think the operators, operators will appreciate eliminating this chemical. 00:16:02
And then there's a lot of time admin time used on monthly reports. 00:16:08
So that we can eliminate. 00:16:13
And then a cost saving. 00:16:15
$30,000 annually. 00:16:17
And then neighboring agencies. So city of Oxnard they do not fluid city of Camarillo, same thing. And city of Ventura. 00:16:21
Those three cities do not add fluoride to the. 00:16:28
So I think this could be a bigger issue if we're removing fluoride completely. 00:16:32
But with us not dosing, our customers are still going to benefit. 00:16:37
The use of Florida, it's still going to be in the water, just at a slightly lower level. 00:16:42
I think it's it's a no brainer. I just wanted to share that information with the board and this isn't a new idea, this was 00:16:48
identified in the in the master plan. So I'm just trying to implement what was kind of already approved at that point. 00:16:53
So I'll answer any questions. I'm sure there'll be a few any questions for staff. 00:17:00
Yes, Mr. Martinez, if we decommit, are we decommissioning the equipment or are we? 00:17:05
Turning it off. 00:17:13
So and what would the consequence be if periodic Mon? 00:17:14
Demonstrated that we were below the .6. What would division of drinking water require us to do? Yeah, so once we once we do the 00:17:18
permit amendment with. 00:17:23
We're not required to be in a certain range at that point, even though we will be an optimal range. 00:17:27
Were not required. If you're not dosing, you're not required to stay within range if you drop. 00:17:33
It's not an issue with. 00:17:37
Great. Thank you. 00:17:40
Any other questions? 00:17:42
Remember Bert? 00:17:44
I just like to thank you for bringing this forward this this issue. 00:17:45
Goes way back there. There was a time when Beach District Board members would not even vote to approve the PHWA budget because 00:17:49
fluoride. 00:17:54
So. 00:17:59
And so some time ago we had asked knowing that those numbers were. 00:18:02
So I'm just. 00:18:07
Pleased to see you bringing forward what have been initiatives that have been asked for to be done. 00:18:09
For many years now, and I'm glad to see it coming forward. And just so the board knows, I actually wrote a little bit of a paper 00:18:14
on this back before I got it. Got educated on it. 00:18:19
We're targeting less than .006% of the population who does not have access. 00:18:25
To dental care or in need of fluoride by putting it in the water. 00:18:31
There are issues that they know from a health standpoint for elderly folks and osteoporosis. 00:18:36
And other issues related to the higher dose of fluoride in the water. 00:18:42
And going way back when we started fluoridating water back in the 60s, you can go find this. It's actually documented that. 00:18:48
The type of fluoride that we put in water and fluorosilic acid is not the same fluoride that you receive at the dental office or 00:18:56
dental care. 00:19:01
It's actually the byproduct of the production of manure and it's a Class 6 toxin that the EPA recognized at the time had nowhere 00:19:06
to put it and they decided let's put it in the water and we'll have a place to get rid of it and and and so anyhow, I'm pleased to 00:19:12
see this coming forward and appreciate it. Thank you. 00:19:19
Yeah, thank you. I I love the history on that. 00:19:28
Mr. Martinez Did the other cities stop dosing for the same reasons, or did they have other reasons for? 00:19:32
Changes to their fluoride program from what I understand they they never they have never dosed the neighboring cities from what I 00:19:37
understand. 00:19:41
Yeah, we're one of the only. 00:19:45
Agencies that were. 00:19:47
No more questions then I'll entertain a motion. And a second please. 00:19:52
Move to approve staff's recommendation. I didn't ask for public comment. Any public comments? 00:19:58
No public comments. 00:20:03
Remember. 00:20:05
I'll move to approve staff's recommendation. 00:20:06
We have a motion to 2nd May we have a vote. Please all in favor. 00:20:11
All opposed hearing, None motion passes unanimously. 00:20:15
Be a very short meeting, so I'd like to remind member agency members that all requested items will require a motion and a second 00:20:20
if you desire. 00:20:25
To request a future agenda item. Does anybody have any reports, comments? 00:20:30
Or requests for a future agenda items. 00:20:36
Hearing none, I don't have any requests for just just for future agenda items or opportunity to make comment. If this is comments, 00:20:41
reports and requests, I just asked this board to indulge the Beach district in closing this meeting in honor of one of our staff 00:20:49
members who we lost tragically in a motorcycle accident. 00:20:56
The Beach district just over 2 1/2 weeks ago. 00:21:03
And so if. 00:21:09
Adjourn this meeting in honor of Mr. Casey Dylan Johnson and indulge us in that we'd appreciate it. 00:21:11
All right, I'm going to go ahead and adjourn in memory of Casey Dillon Johnson. 00:21:20
We regret that loss and. 00:21:27
Offer your condolences. 00:21:29
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 18th to 2023 at 4:00 PM. I'm adjourning the meeting now at 4:20 PM. 00:21:32
Thank you everybody. 00:21:37
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Good afternoon, everyone. 00:01:41
Welcome to the Port Hueneme Water Agency regular meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order at 4:00 PM. 00:01:44
Madam Clerk, may we have a roll call, please? Member Bouchard. 00:01:51
Present member McQueen Lejeune. 00:01:56
Member Perez here. 00:01:59
Vice Chair Debley here and Chair Hernandez here. 00:02:01
Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody. Do we have any public comments? 00:02:05
No public comments, right? Let's do the agenda approval for the water agency. May I have a motion, a second to approve the agenda? 00:02:09
Move to. 00:02:18
Thank you. 00:02:20
Did you get those? 00:02:21
Yes. 00:02:22
Can we take a vote? All in favor? Aye, aye. All opposed. 00:02:25
Hearing none motion passes unanimously. 00:02:29
We have no presentation, so let's go on to the consent calendar. I will now consider the items listed under the consent calendar. 00:02:32
And we'll enact in one motion, unless an agency member has a request to remove any item for discussion. 00:02:41
I'm I'm yeah, I'm willing to move to approve, but I I just like to ask maybe a question on on item 3. 00:02:51
Which is the five year on call professional services agreement. I'm prepared to approve it. I just want to ask a question. 00:02:58
It it looks as though the city went out to bid and so now it's going to be combined and I have no problem with that procurement 00:03:06
process. 00:03:09
In and of itself, I guess my concern comes. 00:03:13
Oftentimes, right, you get engaged with a contractor, something that may just start to blend the lines. 00:03:16
What protocols or does the city have in place to ensure that? 00:03:22
PHWA is not picking up additional costs that maybe that blended line where city projects PHW. 00:03:28
A projects would kind of blend themselves together. 00:03:36
Sarah Broussard. 00:03:42
So the way I understand it is of being that the city is operator PHWA. 00:03:44
We're able to piggyback off that RFP process which you mentioned. 00:03:49
Umm. 00:03:53
So I just wanted to bring this as a just a receiving. 00:03:54
In case we did bring any any on call consultants for any future projects. 00:03:58
And that was the whole idea behind it. 00:04:03
Maybe we should, if we have further discussion, maybe. 00:04:07
But we can, if we want, we can bring it back as a separate item. For PHW only we can do that. 00:04:11
I think what I'm hearing is maybe a request that might be a couple departments working together to come back and explain probably 00:04:18
our finance and public works teams coming back and explaining. 00:04:23
Sort of how we track those two things and how we keep them, make sure. 00:04:28
Keeping them sort of separate and not blending the agencies. 00:04:33
I think my thought would be we had put it on. 00:04:38
Sort of a receiving file to let everybody know that we had just gone through this process. 00:04:42
So we can pull that and then we'd come back at a future meeting to have Finance and public Works sort of walk through. 00:04:46
What safeguards we have in place, I think, is really the question. 00:04:53
So we can do that. 00:04:58
I will move to improve the consent calendar in its entirety at this point. 00:05:03
I. 00:05:08
I can. I assume there's direction to on the next meeting. We'll explain, we'll come back with an answer to that question please. 00:05:10
We take a vote, Madam Clerk. 00:05:18
All in favor. 00:05:20
All. 00:05:22
Hearing none motion passes unanimously. 00:05:23
I have no public hearings on today's agenda. Let's move on to business items. Item number four is the PHWA Monthly Operational 00:05:27
Report and I believe we have staff here to present. 00:05:32
Thank you, Chair Hernandez. Good afternoon board. 00:05:39
So I'll be presenting the operational report for the month of October. 00:05:43
I'll go through our October water purchase. 00:05:48
And then I'll touch on the end of the water year because we didn't meet last month. So I'll go over into water year allocation 00:05:51
where we fell. 00:05:54
And then a couple of projects that we have going out to PHW facility. 00:05:57
So for the month of October, water purchase from United, 292 acre feet. 00:06:03
Or 89% of our. 00:06:08
And then kayak is 37 acre. 00:06:11
And 11% of this? 00:06:13
So the Caius purchase is continues to stay down. 00:06:15
Again, and that's our goal as as. 00:06:19
Here's our our split. So this is United to Cayegas. This is water. 00:06:24
Again. 00:06:30
Our state water, it's still it's staying down and this is kudos to the operators keeping that plant running. 00:06:31
44. 00:06:37
We're maximizing our groundwater take in this. That's evident here on this chart. 00:06:38
So even some months were in single digits. 00:06:43
Which is all good things. 00:06:45
Here's our tier consumption comparison. 00:06:49
This is United Water, as you can see. 00:06:52
The demands continue to stay. 00:06:55
Even with the city going but rolling back the water conservation measures. 00:06:57
Level 2 to level. 00:07:01
We're still seeing demand staying down continuously. 00:07:03
And then here's call. 00:07:09
This one again, kudos are the operators We're we're really maximizing the groundwater and you can see it here. 00:07:11
It's a lot lower than in the future year. 00:07:18
And again, that's the goal moving forward. 00:07:21
But can we go back really quick and ask a question what happened in February? 00:07:25
So that was, yeah, two years ago we had an electrical failure at the. 00:07:29
So the main breaker went out, and so we were on. 00:07:33
I believe it was 7 weeks. 00:07:37
So that's why that. 00:07:39
So here's our actual end of water year, what we purchased from. 00:07:45
So the number on the top, that's our take or pay allocation 3467. 00:07:50
And we purchased 2973 acre. 00:07:55
So we're getting closer to that number and again, that's the goal. 00:07:59
We're trying to minimize that take or pay penalty. 00:08:02
And we're kind of working in that direction. And then there's a project I'll touch on. 00:08:05
Later. 00:08:10
And which will get us even closer to that goal. 00:08:11
Doing allocation so for last. 00:08:16
Our allocation is 39 O one and then we had a carryover 654 acre feet. 00:08:20
So our utilization we use about 76% or 2973 acre feet. 00:08:28
There's our member agency slash customer monthly consumption as you can see the cities. 00:08:36
Our biggest? 00:08:42
And then coming in second is the beach district and then both Navy bases. And these numbers are pretty consistent month to month. 00:08:44
They don't change a whole lot. 00:08:48
SDI So this is a daily sample we take every morning at the treatment facility. 00:08:56
This is. 00:09:01
Giving us a number on iron and manganese coming into the plant. 00:09:02
This number has been pretty low with all the rains United water is running their. 00:09:06
Shallow. 00:09:11
The SDI tends to stay. 00:09:13
United did have their ribbon cutting a few months back. 00:09:15
That facility is is complete, but it's not online. They're just running it to test right now. 00:09:19
So there's no need for them to run it at this time, so just wanted to share that information. 00:09:25
The new Scala system. 00:09:32
So in 2019, the 2019 facility master plan was approved by the board. 00:09:34
The new SCADA system was one of those items. 00:09:40
This was started about two years ago, kind of got stalled out management, we had some turnover. 00:09:43
I'm proud to say now it is complete, we're on the new Scala system 100%. 00:09:49
Works well. Really no bugs. It's the operators. 00:09:54
So so far so good. 00:09:59
And then I just include some information on what SCADA is just for maybe some of the new. 00:10:01
New. 00:10:05
But I won't bore you with all that information. 00:10:08
And then the low flow pump project. So this is another project that was identified in the 2019 Water Master plan. 00:10:14
It was a high priority. 00:10:22
So this is going to allow us to really maximize. 00:10:24
Our groundwater take and minimize the state water the expensive. 00:10:26
Purchase water. 00:10:31
This. 00:10:33
We kind of got some preliminary propos. 00:10:34
It was coming in pretty high just for design. It was coming in like a 5050. 00:10:38
So I got with our city engineering staff. We designed it in house. 00:10:42
The construction is done. We're about $9500 into it. The construction is done. 00:10:47
There is some electrical that still needs to happen. 00:10:54
But we're hoping to get. 00:10:58
You know, complete this project for about $25,000. 00:10:59
Original bids are coming back. 00:11:03
$220,000. 00:11:05
I just wanted to share. 00:11:07
And again, this project is going to allow us to maximize groundwater and. 00:11:10
Get that delta to move in the other direction with the take or pay penalty that we pay every year. So this is a simple project but 00:11:15
but very important. 00:11:19
And we hope to complete this within the next two months. 00:11:23
So. 00:11:27
And that's all I have for the OPS report. 00:11:30
I answer any questions. Thank you. Mr. Martinez, sounds like you brought us some good news this afternoon. Does anybody have any 00:11:33
questions from staff? 00:11:36
Yes. 00:11:42
Just to clarify the the 60 acre feet of water that's monthly or annually additionally that we think that project will be able to 00:11:45
do that's annually, annually, OK. 00:11:50
OK, so just to give it just a quick background. 00:11:55
So during the winter time. 00:11:59
We have issues with low flow because our booster pump station is oversized. 00:12:01
United has the same issue. They just dropped a bunch of money into projects to to deal with that. 00:12:06
Umm. 00:12:12
So during the winter time. 00:12:12
About 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM. 00:12:14
We have to go on Kayaks 100. 00:12:16
So with once this project is. 00:12:19
That's going to go away. We'll be able to use our groundwater all day long 24. 00:12:22
We still will use at high demand times during the summer. 00:12:27
It's just a good project, simple project but all around good thing for the for the facility. 00:12:33
So. 00:12:38
Thank you. That's good. 00:12:40
Good to know and good job there bringing that forward on the take or pay piece, would you just remind all of? 00:12:43
If if we don't purchase it, is it bought at a per acre foot cost or that's to backfill the fixed cost on United? 00:12:51
Proposed. 00:13:00
And I, I think General Manager Martinez I think gave us a lesson in this about a year ago and I'm just trying to recall if I'm 00:13:02
recalling that correctly. Yeah, so it's on an acre foot basis. 00:13:07
Umm, what if we don't hit that number, that 3467 acre feet at the end of the water year? 00:13:14
We start getting billed in January over six month. 00:13:20
For every acre foot in which I believe is about $363 an acre foot that we are built. 00:13:24
Member Perez So how much can you estimate? How much do you think this is going to save us now each year? 00:13:31
Is there a? 00:13:37
I would have to calculate that I don't have that number now, but I can. I can bring that back. OK. Thank you. 00:13:39
Any more questions from? 00:13:47
Panel here OK. 00:13:51
All right. Well, thank you very much. Keep up the good work. 00:13:53
We'll move on. Now let's see what do we need to do with this? Is this a receiving file? May I have a motion to receive and file 00:13:57
Please move to receive. 00:14:01
Hello. 00:14:09
All in favor. 00:14:11
All. 00:14:13
Hearing none motion passes unanimously. 00:14:14
Oh, this brings us to the fluoride system System removal we. 00:14:17
We're getting rid of a fluoride system. 00:14:22
Got a SCADA system? 00:14:25
And so we've got new and old, new coming in, old going out, right. 00:14:26
All right. So again, this is another project that was identified in the 2019 facility master plan. 00:14:32
Just a little background. 00:14:40
So what is? Why is flora used in water? So this is a practice known to help prevent tooth decay and reduce occurrence of cavities. 00:14:42
And then I'll kind of go. 00:14:50
Kind of the rationale and why staff thinks we should decommission. 00:14:53
So we have two sources currently unite and C. 00:14:57
Both of these sources are coming in with fluoride. 00:15:00
There was a time when the plant first went online in 90. 00:15:05
So at that time Cayegas was sending us fluoride fluoridated water, but it was very low and in 2004 MWD. 00:15:10
So at. 00:15:20
We're kind of in the optimal range without dosing at that time. 00:15:22
Um. 00:15:26
We are on the lower level. 00:15:27
The optimal range for Florida is between .6 parts per million and 1.2 parts per million. 00:15:29
Um. 00:15:35
If we do decommission and stop dosing and we will be around .6 to .8 parts per million. 00:15:36
Which is well within range. 00:15:42
So just wanted to share that. 00:15:46
And then I've had multiple conversations with the state. 00:15:47
They're on board. They have Granite's PHW the ability to decommission. 00:15:52
On the operator side, it's a dangerous chemical to handle. 00:15:58
So I think the operators, operators will appreciate eliminating this chemical. 00:16:02
And then there's a lot of time admin time used on monthly reports. 00:16:08
So that we can eliminate. 00:16:13
And then a cost saving. 00:16:15
$30,000 annually. 00:16:17
And then neighboring agencies. So city of Oxnard they do not fluid city of Camarillo, same thing. And city of Ventura. 00:16:21
Those three cities do not add fluoride to the. 00:16:28
So I think this could be a bigger issue if we're removing fluoride completely. 00:16:32
But with us not dosing, our customers are still going to benefit. 00:16:37
The use of Florida, it's still going to be in the water, just at a slightly lower level. 00:16:42
I think it's it's a no brainer. I just wanted to share that information with the board and this isn't a new idea, this was 00:16:48
identified in the in the master plan. So I'm just trying to implement what was kind of already approved at that point. 00:16:53
So I'll answer any questions. I'm sure there'll be a few any questions for staff. 00:17:00
Yes, Mr. Martinez, if we decommit, are we decommissioning the equipment or are we? 00:17:05
Turning it off. 00:17:13
So and what would the consequence be if periodic Mon? 00:17:14
Demonstrated that we were below the .6. What would division of drinking water require us to do? Yeah, so once we once we do the 00:17:18
permit amendment with. 00:17:23
We're not required to be in a certain range at that point, even though we will be an optimal range. 00:17:27
Were not required. If you're not dosing, you're not required to stay within range if you drop. 00:17:33
It's not an issue with. 00:17:37
Great. Thank you. 00:17:40
Any other questions? 00:17:42
Remember Bert? 00:17:44
I just like to thank you for bringing this forward this this issue. 00:17:45
Goes way back there. There was a time when Beach District Board members would not even vote to approve the PHWA budget because 00:17:49
fluoride. 00:17:54
So. 00:17:59
And so some time ago we had asked knowing that those numbers were. 00:18:02
So I'm just. 00:18:07
Pleased to see you bringing forward what have been initiatives that have been asked for to be done. 00:18:09
For many years now, and I'm glad to see it coming forward. And just so the board knows, I actually wrote a little bit of a paper 00:18:14
on this back before I got it. Got educated on it. 00:18:19
We're targeting less than .006% of the population who does not have access. 00:18:25
To dental care or in need of fluoride by putting it in the water. 00:18:31
There are issues that they know from a health standpoint for elderly folks and osteoporosis. 00:18:36
And other issues related to the higher dose of fluoride in the water. 00:18:42
And going way back when we started fluoridating water back in the 60s, you can go find this. It's actually documented that. 00:18:48
The type of fluoride that we put in water and fluorosilic acid is not the same fluoride that you receive at the dental office or 00:18:56
dental care. 00:19:01
It's actually the byproduct of the production of manure and it's a Class 6 toxin that the EPA recognized at the time had nowhere 00:19:06
to put it and they decided let's put it in the water and we'll have a place to get rid of it and and and so anyhow, I'm pleased to 00:19:12
see this coming forward and appreciate it. Thank you. 00:19:19
Yeah, thank you. I I love the history on that. 00:19:28
Mr. Martinez Did the other cities stop dosing for the same reasons, or did they have other reasons for? 00:19:32
Changes to their fluoride program from what I understand they they never they have never dosed the neighboring cities from what I 00:19:37
understand. 00:19:41
Yeah, we're one of the only. 00:19:45
Agencies that were. 00:19:47
No more questions then I'll entertain a motion. And a second please. 00:19:52
Move to approve staff's recommendation. I didn't ask for public comment. Any public comments? 00:19:58
No public comments. 00:20:03
Remember. 00:20:05
I'll move to approve staff's recommendation. 00:20:06
We have a motion to 2nd May we have a vote. Please all in favor. 00:20:11
All opposed hearing, None motion passes unanimously. 00:20:15
Be a very short meeting, so I'd like to remind member agency members that all requested items will require a motion and a second 00:20:20
if you desire. 00:20:25
To request a future agenda item. Does anybody have any reports, comments? 00:20:30
Or requests for a future agenda items. 00:20:36
Hearing none, I don't have any requests for just just for future agenda items or opportunity to make comment. If this is comments, 00:20:41
reports and requests, I just asked this board to indulge the Beach district in closing this meeting in honor of one of our staff 00:20:49
members who we lost tragically in a motorcycle accident. 00:20:56
The Beach district just over 2 1/2 weeks ago. 00:21:03
And so if. 00:21:09
Adjourn this meeting in honor of Mr. Casey Dylan Johnson and indulge us in that we'd appreciate it. 00:21:11
All right, I'm going to go ahead and adjourn in memory of Casey Dillon Johnson. 00:21:20
We regret that loss and. 00:21:27
Offer your condolences. 00:21:29
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 18th to 2023 at 4:00 PM. I'm adjourning the meeting now at 4:20 PM. 00:21:32
Thank you everybody. 00:21:37
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