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Minutes - City/Districts Liaison - 2011-02-11AnMesa Consolidated water District CITY /DISTRICTS LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FRIDAY, February 11, 2011 8:00 a.m. COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT 628 W. 19" Street Costa Mesa, California 92627 City Committee Members: Gary Monahan, Mayor Jim Righeimer, Mayor Pro Tern Steve Mensinger, City Council Member Allan Roeder, City Manager Tom Hatch, Assistant City Manager Mesa Committee Members: Fred Bockmiller, President James F. Atkinson, First Vice President Paul E. Shoenberger, General Manager CMSD Committee Members: Robert Ooten, President Mike Scheafer, Secretary Jim Fitzpatrick, Vice Secretary Art Perry, Director Scott Carroll, General Manager Joan Revak, Office Manager /Clerk of the District 1. Orange County Fair & Events Center Sale Update (Mesa) Mayor Gary Monahan gave an update on the Orange County Fairgrounds and noted no decision has been made by the Governor. The intent of the.Fair Board is going ahead as expected with the 2011 Fair. City Manager Allan Roeder stated he expects they will announce they are coming forward with an aggressive proposal to move forward in selecting a private operator for the Pacific Amphitheater with a potential eye on closing the • facility. CITY /DISTRICTS LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES • 2. Projects on Town Center Status (Mesa) February 11, 2011 Page 2 Mr. Roeder stated they have gone through the entitlement process; however, awaiting changes in economy, there is no activity at present. The only solid activity has been with the Irvine Company acquiring the property. Mr. Roeder does not envision a lot of changes and most gratifying in informal discussions is that they want to come in and realign things and open it up and will introduce a growth of palm trees. Mr. Roeder stated it is an area that can use some energy pumped into it and there won't be any material changes. 3. Enforcement Efforts for Garbage and Recycling Scavenging (Mesa) Director Bockmiller noted Newport Beach now has an ordinance on making scavenging a misdemeanor which means the police can arrest offenders. President Ooten noted the Costa Mesa Sanitary District had a meeting on February 10, 2011 on the subject and requested comments from Director Fitzpatrick. Director Fitzpatrick and Director Bockmiller presented an overview of the scavenging problems in Costa Mesa. Mr. Carroll reported on the newspaper coverage of the Newport Beach approach to the .problem on scavengers. The CMSD has a different approach using lockable containers and Mr. Carroll demonstrated how the containers work. CR &R, the residential trash hauler for the CMSD, has agreed to purchase around 75 of the lockable containers. • CR &R will do this at no cost to the District or the residents. The second aspect is enforcement and in meeting with law enforcement it was learned an administrative citation must go through the court system and the cost is borne by the City. The CMSD Board has an administrative citation in its code which means avoiding the court system; funds go directly to the District. Director Bockmiller stated this approach will not work with the commercial bin service provided by the City. Mr. Carroll stated the CMSD has a part -time Code Enforcement Officer and he will be targeting people in trucks who are using this as a business. Director Fitzpatrick stated there are more problems with dumpsters with non- residents dumping in association's dumpsters. 4. Recycled Water Use (Mesa) Mr. Shoenberger reported on a meeting held many months ago with Newport-Mesa Unified School District, MCWD and the City about potentially expanding recycled water use mainly to Costa Mesa and Estancia High Schools. Mesa looked into grant funding and learned the State will provide grant funding up to $75,000 for studies, however, it must go through an extremely rigorous process. A retrofit could be fairly simple or it could be thousands of dollars depending upon how the irrigation /water supply system is configured. One caveat is that these are matching funds and Mesa looked into this and spoke to a provider of these kind of studies which cost around $40- 50,000. It has not yet been brought to the Mesa Board. n U CITY /DISTRICTS LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING . MINUTES • 5. Commercial Refuse (CMSD) February 11, 2011 Page 3 President Ooten stated the District and City have participated in discussions on commercial refuse and conducting a study on combining the residential and commercial refuse. Given the City's financial state, they are unable to contribute to a feasibility study and the CMSD Board's position is not to fund the $50- 75,000 study alone. Director Fitzpatrick stated, the Board voted to remove this item from its Strategic Plan and as the CMSD Recycling Committee Chair, he invites other entities to participate in the Recycling Committee to communicate why we should be doing this. Director Fitzpatrick stated he has no support from the CMSD Board in getting the CMSD evergreen contract out for bid. President Ooten stated the decision not to go out to bid comes down to the cost of conducting a study on combining commercial and residential services and the City is unable to share such costs. 6. Share Resources (CMSD) Discussion was held on sharing resources by using each agency's newsletters, billing inserts to promote programs. 7. CMSD Accomplishments (CMSD) • Mr. Carroll shared with the Committee the many CMSD accomplishments of the past calendar year. 8. CMSD Survey (CMSD) Mr. Carroll advised the Committee on the CMSD Survey on its website and encouraged participation in completing the survey by the other agencies and its constituents. Other Comments Mr. Hatch noted the increasing presence of coyotes and the method the City is dealing with the problem. Mayor Monahan mentioned the Council has now instituted something new on the agenda that is called "Announcements" at the beginning of the meeting and the Districts are encouraged to supply the City with such items. Mr. Roeder stated this would be his last City /Districts Liaison Committee meeting and his opinion that this was one of the most productive Liaison Committees'in which he has participated. • Public Comments There was no public present. CITY /DISTRICTS LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES • February 11, 2011 Page 4 The next scheduled meeting of the City /Districts Liaison Committee is Friday, April 8, 2011 at Costa Mesa City Hall. President Ooten adjourned the meeting at 9:22 a.m. -Aike Scheafer Secretary Costa Mesa Sanitary District tw • • 40 i Robert Ooten, President Costa Mesa Sanitary District