REVISED DRAFT MINUTES
Water Commission
Christopher Cooper, Commission Chair
Bryan Bondy, Commission Vice Chair
Ted Cook, Commission Member
Gerhardt Hubner, Commission Member
Don Mills, Commission Member
Scott McCarty, Commission Member
Suzanne McCombs, Commission Member
Grant Burton, Alternate Commission Member
Parker Mann, Alternate Commission Member
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2015
The Ventura Water Commission met in regular session at the Community Meeting Room,
501 Poli Street, Ventura, at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Commissioners Cooper, Cook, Hubner, McCarty, Mills,
McCombs and Alternate Commissioner Burton and Mann.
Absent:
Commissioner Bondy.
WATER COMMISSION ITEMS
1. MINUTES
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Commission approve the minutes of the
November 24, 2015 regular session.
SPEAKERS
Staff: None.
Members of the public: None.
DOCUMENTS:
None.
Commissioner McCombs moved to approve the recommendation. Commissioner
McCarty seconded. The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Commissioners McCombs, McCarty, Mills, Hubner, Cook, Burton,
Cooper.
NOES:
None.
Commission Chair Cooper declared the motion carried.
2. FINAL PROPOSED 2016-2022 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Recommendation
Staff recommends to the Water Commission to review and receive this
written report and to recommend the Final Proposed 2016-2022 Capital
Improvement Program for Water and Wastewater Projects to the City
Council.
SPEAKERS
Staff: Assistant General Manager Joe McDermott.
Members of the public: Mr. Dan Cormode.
DOCUMENTS
Written document titled “Estimated Yield For Net Zero Projects, Dan
Cormode.
Commissioner Cook moved to approve the recommendation. Commissioner Cooper
seconded. The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Commissioners McCombs, McCarty, Mills, Hubner, Cook, Burton,
Cooper.
NOES:
None.
Commission Chair Cooper declared the motion carried.
3. NET ZERO POLICY CONTINUED WITH EMPHASIS ON THE NET ZERO
POLICY FEE
Recommendation
Staff recommends to the Water Commission to review and receive this written
report and an oral report and approve elements of the Net Zero Policy as
follows:
1) Use Selected Projects Scenario No. 3 to calculate the Net Zero Fee.
2) Approve the recommended methodology for adjusting the unit Net Zero Fee
on an annual basis to account for inflationary costs by tying the fee to the
Engineering News Record (ENR) Index as described in this report.
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3) Confirm that the proposed fee has no equity adjustment to account for new
water supply costs that will be paid through on-going water and wastewater
rates, but that the fee should be reevaluated in synchronicity with the rates to
ensure development will not be paying disproportionally for new water
supply.
4) Do not include a water supply risk discount for water rights provided to the
City associated with the Oxnard Plain, Santa Paula and Mound groundwater
basins.
SPEAKERS
Staff: Water Resources Manager Susan Rungren and Water Consultancy
Lynn Takaichi.
Commissioner McCarty moved to approve the recommendation. Commissioner Burton
seconded. The vote was as follows:
AYES:
Commissioners McCombs, McCarty, Mills, Hubner, Cook, Burton,
Cooper.
NOES:
None.
Commission Chair Cooper declared the motion carried.
DOCUMENTS
None.
4. GENERAL MANAGER REPORT
SPEAKERS
Staff: General Manager Shana Epstein.
The next regular Commission meeting is scheduled on January 26, 2016 at
6:00p.m. at the City of Ventura City Hall Community Meeting Room.
Upper Ventura River Stakeholder Forum January 28, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at Oak
View Community Center, Knuckle Hall, 18 Valley Road, Oak View.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
SPEAKERS
Members of the public: None.
AUDIENCE ATTENDEES ACKNOWLEDGED
Dan Cormode.
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6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55p.m.
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