Board Meeting Minutes 12-20-18 – Willow Creek Community Services District

WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thursday, December 20, 2018
8:00 a.m.
Regular Meeting
135 Willow Rd., Willow Creek – District Office

MINUTES

1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL & DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM

Board Chair, J. Gower called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. Directors, B. Nelson, E. Duggan and Tyler Holmes present, Joe O’Hara absent. Staff, Manager O’Gorman, and Lynn White. Four others in attendance.

2. ADOPT AGENDA

Copy of Agenda for this meeting Dec. 20, 2018: For review and approval.

MSC (Nelson/Holmes) move to approve the agenda. Motion Carried.

3. ADOPT MINUTES

Of the Nov. 15, 2018 regular meeting. Minutes in Board folder for review and approval.

MSC (Holmes/Nelson) move to approve the minutes. Motion Carried.

4. CONSENT ITEMS FOR BOARD APPROVAL

Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial, too be acted upon by the Board of Directors at one time without discussion. If any Board member, staff member, or interested person requests that an item be removed from the Consent Calendar, it shall be removed so that it be acted upon separately.

4.1. Financial Statements for November 2018; and payables for December 2018.

4.2. Manager’s Report

4.3. Safety Meeting – Before you Turn the Key.

4.4. Parks and Recreation

Manager O’Gorman pulled 4.4, We have not heard anything regarding NOI on the Brizard property.

MSC (Holmes/Duggan) move to approve the consent Items. Motion Carried.

5. STAFF REPORTS

5.1. Water Department Report (O’Gorman)

The treatment plant is averaging 390,000 gallons per day. Staff replaced the old Chlorine analyzer this month. This will be useful charting the chlorine levels. The old one died, and no parts were available. The State was good with the new one, of the same make, newer model. We are still working on leaks, they never end.

5.2. Wastewater Report (O’Gorman & Kaspari, GHD)

Manager O’Gorman to discuss new plan for disposal site location (leach field) at Veteran’s park below soccor field. If we get the 1 acre for the treatment facility, we hope to pipe the clean filtered water to Veterans Park to the socor field. Leach lines will be buried down 5 to 6 feet. Manager O’Gorman has met with Roy O’Conner with North Coast Regional Water Board said that would be the perfect location. If this takes place we will also put in a new automatic sprinkler systerm for the socer field.

6. Board Member Report

No report

7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

No Unfinished Business this month

8. NEW BUSINESS

8.1 Board to review Draft Section 4(f) De Minimis finding prepared by Caltrans for the seismic retrofit of the bridge over Willow Creek, planned for next year. The project will require Caltrans to access to the south end of the bridge through Creekside Park.

Board discussion.

Board is happy with the seismic retrofit and State and Federal environmental law will protect us. Our main line under this bridge and it is right at our intake galleries. Staff will be watching this project very closely.

8.2 Board to discuss request by community member Steve Brunner for a WCCSD sponsored digital bulletin board in Willow Creek.

Board discussion.

This will be tabled until later.

8.3 Manager O’Gorman to update board regarding the Humboldt County proposed zoning changes in Willow Creek and discuss District support of upcoming Community Plan update process.

Board discussion

Manager O’Gorman, has been in contact with John Miller with the county and this spring will be holding planning meetings here in Willow Creek to update the Community Plan.

8.4 Shel Barsanti with May, Abrahamsen & Barsanti to present 2017-2018 audit.

Board vote needed to accept the audit.

MSC (Duggan/Bruce) move to approve the audit. Motion Carried.

9. COMMUNICATIONS

All non Willow Creek Community Services District reports should not exceed 3 minutes.

No action is required on these items, but the Board may discuss any particular item as required.