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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-Water Department I ~ III I "I I i I I II c o San Bernardino Valle o p~ '~r7 .~.,- ~ ..."'~\U lIu"'/~1;. ;;; . = . 0 S ~ .. ~ 0 ~ .,.~ 'G , ~. '9S~'V-' Munici al Water District 1350 SOUTH "E" STREET - P,O, BOX 5906 - SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA 92412-5906 - (714) 824-2200 (714) 889-0433 March 5, 1985 '~~~~-l~ ~\~ ~ ~-~-Bro / ~\~ ~ +k. lOA"'d ~.... ~ =~ ~ E~~ I is. " 0') li':!! Dear City' COlDlci1 Members: !lE .... ~ At the Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Bernardin69 i~ Valley Municipal Water District held on March 4, the Board took actiou:;: ... to form a Senate Bill 148 Legislative Advisory Committee. This Commitree will study the proposed legislation relating to the management of the Bunker Hill Grotmdwater Basin and make recommendations to both the SBVM\'D Board of Directors and the High GrolDldwater Task Force. Members City COlDlcil City of San Bernardino 300 North "D" Street San Bernardino, CA 92401 The Advisory Committee will include representatives from each of the' water agencies and districts as shown on the attached sheet. At this time I would invite your organization to designate a representative to serve on this Committee. Your representative will be serving in a dual role as both a member of the Senate Bill 148 Legislative Advisory Committee to this Board and of the Basin Management Legislative Sub- Committee to the High Groundwater Task Force. The first meeting of the newly-formed Legislative Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday, March 14, at 9:00 a.m. in the offices of the San Bem.ardino Valley Mlmicipal Water District. At that time the Committee will select a neutral moderator to serve at future meetings. I would appreciate having the name of your designated representative prior to that meeting. (You may use the enclosed form and envelope for your convenience.) Due to the legislative calendar time is of the essence. We suggest that your agency and representative give this matter your immediate attention. I Thank you for your willingness to be involved in the solutions to the ~.rc- 'ha< ~i" in tho v"'oy .". Hen H. Van Mouwerik President, Board of Directors San Bernardino Valley Mlmicipal Water District HHV/jg Enclosures - 5 ...... DIrectors and Offlc81'l WILLIAM KATONA GEORGE A. AGUILAR C. PATRICK MILLIGAN HENRY H. VAN MOUWERIK MARGARET C, WRIGHT G. LOUIS FLETCHER Divi.ion I Division II Divillon m Divi.ion IV Divlllon V Gene...1 Manaacr .............. . 0' o o REPRESENTATIVES to SENATE BILL 148 LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY CCMolITIEE Yucaipa Valley Water District San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District Bear Valley l>l1tua1 Water Company City of Red1ands Water Department East Valley Water District City of San Bernardino Water Department City of Riverside Water Department City of Colton Water Department San Bernardino Valley M.micipa1 Water District Western ~tD1icipa1 Water District West San Bernardino COtDlty Water District Fontana Union Water Company San Bernardino COtDlty Flood Control District City of Rialto Water Department Santa Ana River-Mill Creek Cooperative Water Project City of Lorna Linda Water Department Ill. l 'III III o I ~ ILIII! 1 'UI III J.e:. 0 . East v~~y Water District o o R~ CFIVED February ~'Ir, n85 '85 liAR -4 ~a :27 MEMORANDUM S.B.V.M.W.O. TO: MEMBERS OF THE BASIN MANAGEMENT LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE FROM: LARRY W. ROWE~ Senator Ayala has rescheduled the Senate Water and Agriculture Committee hearing on SB 148 for March 19, 1985. In order to prov ide the Senator with local comment regarding this bill, the Basin Management Task Force is requesting you to review and comment on SB 148 by section and line number or add sections as you feel appropriate. Please provide the Task Force with your comments on or before March 8, 1985. All comments should be delivered to the East Valley Water District, 1155 Del Rosa Avenue, San Bernardino, CA. 92410 marked for my attention. Your comments will be consolidated with comments of the other agencies by the legislative subcommittee and presented to the full Task Force on March 15, 1985. In order to provide Senator Ayala with input prior to the hearing the following schedule was agreed upon at the Task Force meeting held on February 28, 1985: March h ~ Agency review and comments delivered to the offices of the East Valley Water District March 14, ~ 9:00 a.m. Legislative subcommittee review of agency comments. March 15, 1985 9:30 a.m. Presentation of legislative subcommittee recommendations to full Task Force. The Task Force has selected a legislative subcommittee comprised of the agencies as shown on the attached sheet. The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District Board of Directors will consider constituting the Task Force Legislative Subcommittee as a special advisory committee which will report to the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District Board of Directors. It is envisioned that this approach will provide a co-ordinated approach to the issues raised in SB 14. .and reduce potential confusion. .. e' . .'" . , r. Ed Mngyar ucaipa Valley Water District 2770 2nd Stl-eet ucaipa, CA. 92373 r. William Hiltgen an Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District 12 B New York :edlands, CA. 92373 [r. Laird Roddick lear Valley Mutual Water Co. ,01 E. Olive tedlands, CA. 92373 lr. David Garcia :ity of Red1ancls, Water Dept.', 10 Cajon Boulevard red1ands, CA. 92373 ,lr. Herb Wessel :ity Water Departrr.ent 300 N ''D'' Street 5an Bernardino, CA. 92401 Ilr. Fred Cray . :i ty of Riverside 3900 'Main Street Ri verside, CA. 92522 Mr. Robert Montano City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA. 92522 ~1r. Terry Lyons City of Colton 650 N La Cadena Colton, CA. 92324 fun Harriger Western Municipal Water Dist. 6377 Riverside Avenue Riverside, CA. 92500 Ira Pace West San I3em:u'dino Countv W~1.('l~ l)i ~trict .. "'~'l I H Ii' o o o Mr. Hoot Rum:e Fontana Union "later <::.olq)any 1405 Elm.voocl Upland, CA. 91786 Pete Rusher San Bernardino County Flood Control 825 E. 3rd Street, Room 120 San Bernardino, CA. 92415 Mike Walker San Bernardino County Flood Control 825 E. 3rd Street, Room 100 San Bernardino, CA. 92415 . Olarles Laird San Bernardino County Flood Control 825 E 3rd Street, Room 100 San Bernardino, CA. 92415 Lloyd Yarborough SARfMill Creel, ~p Wtr.Proj. P.O. Box 1100 RedlanC:S, CA. 92373 I Richard Wellington City of Lorna Linda 11134 Anderson Street Lorna Linda, CA. 9235--1 .. , . Tuesday, Ma,ch 5, 1985 . The Sun - B-3 c SBVMWD boa~d willing to manage basin water By JAN.CIIRISTINA SEARS Sun 5'a" WIlier SAN BERNARDINO - In a unanimous vale, the dlreclors of the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water Distrlcl said Monday they are. wllllng 10 lake on Ihe responslblllly for groundwater basin management wllhln Ihetr dlstrlcl. The question of whelher Ihe Valley DiSlrlcl should adoptlhal role arose during a discussion of Senale Bill 148, legislation pro- posed by Sen. Ruben S. Ayala, D-Chino, 10 eslabllsh such a man- . agemenl district for Ihe flooding Bunker 1111I Basin that lies be- neath San Bernardino, " Ayala Inlroduced the legislation lasl year. The senator, had been threatentng to sponsor such legislation for several years , because he felt local water agencies were taking too long,tc)' find solutions to a high groundwater problem tbal bas been causing flooding in soutb,San Bernardino for alleasllhe past four years., Director George Aguilar first raised the question of the Val- ley District laking on tbe management responsibility, saying the directors should deCide Whether they want that role before debat- Ing otber aspects of tbe proposed legislation. , Board President Henry Van Mouwerlk said the'dlstrlctsbould be tbe managing agency because it already bas some of tbe nec. essary resources, including researcb data on the area's under- ground water storage basins and a mecbanlsm for financing. Director Patrick Milligan added that the Valley District Is the only one in tbe area wllh a state contract to bring In supplemental water, It Is also tbe only agency that encompasses all of the af. fected area. "11 would be redundanlto have any other agency do It," he said, Direclor Bill Katona made the motion, which said the dlrec. tors suggest thai the proposed legislation name their district as the managing agency for groundwater within its boundaries. It was seconded by Milligan. Director Margaret Wright said she was concerned that others In the water community understand that the Valley District dlrec. tors won't use such a role to diclate water management policy, , Van Mouwerlk said the motion wlll come back to the board in a formalbed form for a second approval at Its next meeting. In related business, the directors unanimously approved hir- ing John Mann Jr" a consulting geologlsl and hydrOlogist from La Habra, to help them drafl a groundwater management bill thai can be submilled to Ayala as a substitute for the legislalion he has already Inlroduced, MllIlgan said Ills his understanding that although a draft of the bill has been Introduced, Ihe purpose of II was to hold a position open for a rewrlllen bill that would be acceptable to local water agencies. On a 4-1 vote, the dlreclors also agreed to form a Senate Bill 148 Leglslalive Advisory Committee to sludy the legislation and make recommendations to the Valley District directors and the, High Groundwater Task Force. The committee will consist of one representative from each of 16 valley waler agencies and a neu- tral moderator. ' Kalona, who seconded the motion, vOled against II because he objected to the neutral moderator. lie sald 'committee members should select a moderator from amungsl lhelll::ielv~s. A separate moderalor would be 100 expensive, he said, Valley Dlslrict General Manage" G, Louis Flelcher said the neutral moderator Is necessary becaul;ic there are contracts, be- tween many of the member agencies, resulting in conflicts of Interest, "We're trying to getl\way from any ]lOWer plays wllhin the commillee," Van Mouwerlk said, The ValleY,Dislrlcl slall will send letlers 10 the 16 agencies 011 the commlllee, asking them 10 immediately selecl a represellla, tivetoll, "We are on a fast track here, We have 10 follow the dates sel by the legislative calendar, Our aclions takelltoday show that we are leaders. We are movers," Van Mouwerlk said. . The latter comment was a reference to criticism leveled against the Valley Dlstrlcl board allls last regular meeliug by San Bernardino Mayor W.R, Holcomb, Holcomb accused Ihe dlreclora of stalllng'an agreementlhal would allow Ihe saie of some of Ihe Bunker HUI Basin's surplus water to the Orangc County Water District. ' "The mayor came here and accused us of being non.func~ tioning and obstructionists. He was very vociferous in his com- ments," Van Mouwerik said. The agreement has since been approved by all five agencies involved excepl for San Bernardino, he said, The San Bernardino Clly Council is expecled 10 consider lion Thursday, A copy of the approved agreemenl mllst be submllled 10 the courts no later Ihan March 15, The agreement must have court approval because it aiters the amounl of water being pumped out of Ihe local under. ground basin. Van Mouwerlk said he was surprised Holcomb had not called a special couneH session to get the agreement signed as soon as possible, ralher Ihan waltlllg for the Thursday meeting, "Apparently we are not the obstructionists, we are not non- functioning. we are nOllhe inactive ones, Brother Bob (Holcomb) is the non.functioning one, The ball i; in his court and has been for some time," Van Mouwerik said, During Ibe earlier meeting, Holcomb called Ihe process by which the agreement to sell water to Orange County was devel- oped a charade, "Who's playing the charades now:' Katona asked, 'II' " ~ ...