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01/21/2003 - Packet
Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Serving Tigard, King City, Durham and Unincorporated Area AGENDA Tuesday, January 21, 2003 5:30 p.m. 1. Call to Order/Roll Call and Introductions Motion to call meeting to order, staff to take roll call. 2. Approval of Minutes-November 19,2002 Motion from Board for minute approval. 3. Assistant PW Director's Utility Report—Dennis Koellermeier(15 minutes) 4. Informational Items Items will be discussed briefly if time allows—otherwise printed info will be distributed. 5. Public Comments Call for any comments from public. 6. Non Agenda Items Call for non-agenda items from Board. Next meeting date Feb. 18, 2003, at the Water Auditorium. Z Adjournment—Approximate time 6:30 p.m. Motion for adjournment. Move to Town Hall for joint workshop meeting with Tigard City Council. A light dinner will be provided. Executive Session: The Intergovernmental Water Board may go into Executive Session under the provisions of ORS 192.660(1) (d), (e), (0&(h)to discuss labor relations, real property transactions, current and pending litigation issues and to consider records that are exempt by law from public inspection. All discussions within this session are confidential; therefore nothing from this meeting may be disclosed by those present. Representatives of the news media are allowed to attend this session, but must not disclose any information discussed during this session. _ r Y Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Minutes November 19, 2002 Members Present: Jan Drangsholt, Norm Penner, Brian Moore, Patrick Carroll, and Bill Scheiderich Staff Present: Ed Wegner, Dennis Koellermeier, Twila Willson, and Sally Mills Visitors. Paul Owen and Roel Lur:?auist 1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Introductions Commissioner Patrick Carroll called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Commissioner Bill Scheiderich arrived late (at 5:52 p.m.). 2. Approval of Minutes—August 14, 2002 and October 15, 2002 Commissioner Jan Drangsholt motioned to accept the August 14, and October 15, 2002, minutes and Commissioner Norm Penner seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous to accept both sets of minutes. Ed Wegner introduced Twila Willson and announced that due to recent reorganization within the Public Works organization, she would be taking over the responsibilities of the full-time recording secretary for the Intergovernmental Water Board. 3. Assistant PW Director's Utility Report— Dennis hnellermeier ASR— Favorable news and results are still being received on the ASR project. A preliminary review was received from the consultant at the end of the withdrawal period and all indications appear favorable, but the draft report will not be received until sometime in mid-December. About a month will be taken to review the report before forwarding it to the Water Resources Department. The second injection period will probably start in December. The injection capacity is somewhere between 675—850 gpm, with the withdrawal certification at 1,000 gpm. A second well at the same site will be recommended in the report. The water quality issues have been good and all regulated contaminants were well below or non-detectable on all standards. A flavor panel was being conducted in the Clackamas River Water District for their ASR project and we submitted some of our water for the testing. The water from Tigard's ASR well outranked all other water being tested by their panel. Intergovernmental Water Board 1 November 19,2002 DRAFT COPY The next well site has not yet been specifically pinpointed, but will probably be at least 100 ft. away from the existing well. The report will include a model update. The tentative plan for a$3,000,000 investment for 8-10 wells would have a payback in less than 10 years. Rate StudV—A rate study process is being embarked upon to put together the background and information for foundation data for upcoming revenue bond sales for the anticipated Bull Mountain projects. The selection process concluded with the selection of FCSG and Gollardi. Tomorrow's kick off meeting will include new CIP updates and a SDC review. The work on this study will take place within the next 60-90 days. Rider School/Reservoir Prosect—The management of this project will be divided into three projects in order to be most economical. The RFP process will begin this month and the primary engineering team should be in place to start by February. The land use process will be coordinated with the school district's land use process. Commissioner Patrick Carroll asked if problems were anticipated with the land use issue and Mr. Koellermeier stated everything looked pretty straight-forward. The permit would be obtained from the City of Tigard as a co-application process with the school district. 4. Informational Items— Ed Wegner Informational items were distributed and briefly reviewed with the board members by Ed Wegner and points of information and discussion included the following points: • The City of Portland's request to the EPA to waive any or all treatment standards for the Bull Run. • Treatment plant idea wili be put on hold for several months while Portland and suburbs come to an agreement or scale back the treatment facility and add capacity to the system. • Letter signed by Oregon's three congressional delegates requesting funding to be restored to help with water study. • Portland Utility Review Board had three members quit, they do not have a quorum, and meetings have been suspended. • Newsletter from the City of Portland shows water usage and wholesaler's information. • Commissioner Dan Saltzman is in charge of Portland's Water Bureau • Sten and Saltzman in favor of the regional agency, Francesconi and Mayor Katz skeptical and undecided, Randy Leonard won the Portland election and he opposes the Bull Run agency. • Votes are needed for Portland to pursue regional agency. • Portland just realizing the financial impact of losing revenue from water funds to their general fund. Totals are greater than they thought. • Mayer Katz turned it over to Office of Management and Finance (OM&F) to review impacts. They are currently examining the PGE/PUD concept and may put the water issues off for several months. • Elected members of neighboring agencies gave Portland the strong message that both issues needed to be handled on a parallel track and negotiations needed to continue. • The `critical mass' (the 12-13 original interested agencies) need to show they are willing to negotiate and show a sign of force to continue or the dilemma will continue. Intergovernmental Water Board 2 November 19,2002 DRAFT COPY t • Commissioner Saltzman wants to bring a Resolution before Portland Council in December. • The buy-in price is a key issue and the larger the amount, the longer the payback time. • Tigard's financial advisors are investigating and studying our negotiating points and what our top dollar buy-in could be.. • Portland's Council tone and election results created discouragement with the other agencies interested in pursuing the regional concept. • Portland will not have to make a Charter change. • The anticipated February negotiating timeline will be pushed back several months until the bottom line from Portland is decided on. • Tonight's Council presentation meeting will proceed as though we are moving ahead on track with the next phase of decisions. • All suburb agencies proceeding and putting pressure on Portland to make a decision. • Mayor Katz has concerns and is worried about the loss to general funds and how Portland will replace those funds. • Portland's Capital Improvement Program needs $400,000,000 for distribution improvements, and could have that off-set substantially if suburbs agree to buy-in at $300,000,000. • Portland cannot afford to lose the amount of money they receive from the sale of water to the wholesale buyers, yet many of those buyers are looking elsewhere to meet their water needs. Losing those buyers would impact Portland financially. • If the Bureau of Reclamation comes through with the funding to complete the feasibility study and biological assessments, the Scoggins Dam raise could become a reality. It is along 10-12 year process. Funds were lost with September 11th. • Wholesale contract negotiations are in limbo. 5. Public Comments— None 6. Non-Agenda Items 7. Adjournment Commissioner Drangsholt motioned to adjourn the meeting and Patrick Carroll seconded the motion. All board members voted in favor of adjournment and the meeting adjourned at 6:17 p.m. Intergovernmental Water Board 3 November 19,2002 DRAFT COPY MEMORANDUM TO: Intergovernmental Water Board FROM: Tom Imdieke, Financial Operations Manag RE: Greenburg Oaks Apartments DATE: January 8, 2003 Greenburg Oaks Apartments, formerly know as Villa LaPaz, has been experiencing high water consumption over the past couple of years. There has been many attempts by both Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH), Inc. and City of Tigard staff to try and identify potential leak sites on the property. However, it was not until recently that the actual source of the leak was determined. The events are outlined in the attached letter from Martin Soloway who is the Deputy Director of CPAH. CPAH recently contacted our office to determine what level of credit CPAH could receive under the City guidelines. In conversations with Mr. Soloway, City staff came to an agreement with CPAH as to the methodoiogy used in determining how the credit would be calculated. CPAH agreed that the credit would be calculated from January 1, 2002 using their most recent consumption after the leak was repaired and using an adjustment factor for peak usage periods during the summer. The amount of the credit has been determined to be $4,026.81. Tigard Municipal Code requires that any reques, for credit above $500 be in writing and approved by the Intergovernmental Water Board (IWB). Staff and CPAH are requesting that the IWB approve the credit as calculated by staff and agreed to by CPAH. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact me before your meeting scheduled for January 21, 2003 at 503-718-2488. REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT DUE TO A LEAK The City of Tigard Utility Department has a policy of issuing partial credits for leaks that are repaired in a timely manner. Generally, we expect leaks to be repaired within ten days of discovery. Credits are based on your average usage for the same period in previous years. This average is deducted from the total consumption used during the time of the leak. The excess usage is charged at the wholesale rate of water,with the difference between wholesale and resale cost deducted from the utility account as the Credit for Leak Please//describe the specific circumstances of your request: Date leak found:���—G'�L00 Z Date leak repaired: Account#• Z � Location of Service: P -S J �� l/Sc ��P Customer Name: i (q Lc, �� Gl' V Mailing Address: . C . �:�?�G� Street address City State Zip Phone DOCUMENTATION PLEASE SUBMIT COPIES OF PLUMBER'S BILLS AND/OR RECEIPTS FOR PARTS, REQUIRED TO FIX THE LEAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR OFFICE USE ONLY $1.56 $1.54 $1.81 $1.50 $1.93 - .91¢ _ ¢ RES MUR COM IND IRR Markup Previous years usage: rL<tCt c� #periods used X ¢ _ Average Leak Period Leak ccf Markup Credit Adjustment ' ! Date Issued: � Issued By: - Total Credit:$ ) - Greenberg Oaks Apts, Villa Meter Information: 1/24/01-11/22/02 Daiiv Consumption. Amount to Prev Read Date Read Date # Days Consumption Consumption Calculation Adjust by Rate Amount 9/26/02 11/22/02 57 592 10 7/25/02 9/26/02 63 1,820 654 1,234 0.64 790.05 5/22/02 7/25/02 64 1,780 665 1,283 0.64 820.86 3/28/02 5/22/02 55 1,686 571 1,115 0.64 .713.45 1/24/02 3/28/02 63 2,022 654 1,368 0.64 875.32 11/29/01 1/24/02 56 1,874 582 1,292 0.64 827.13 Total 6,292 4,026.81 *Adj Consumption for 5/22/02-7/ 5/02 includes 15% increase for seasonal peak usage "Adj Consumption for 7/25/02-9/26/02 includes 5.9% increase for seasonal peak usage I:\FIN\Michelle\Volunteer-Tracy\Greenberg Oaks.xlsGreenberg Oaks.xis AMP RDABLE HOUSING, INC. FOR AFFO PO Box 23206 •Tigard OR 97281-3206 •Te1:503.968.2724•Fax:503.598.8923 •www.cpahinc.org • info@cpahinc.org mevv To: Tom Imdieke, City of Tigard From: Martin Soloway Deputy Director, Housing Re: Request For Adjustment Due To A Leak Date: 12/20/2002 Greenburg Oaks Apartments Acct.#017359 Greenburg Oaks has been working for a long time to identify the source of a significant water leak that appears to have begun sometime in early January 1999. We have made repeated efforts over the years to identify why our water usage was so high. We brought in plumbers, checked with the city,hired a leak detection specialist but we could not locate the source or even confirm that there was a leak. We were advised to implement water conservation methods which we did,but which had only an incremental effect on usage. Finally,this summer,we were able to obtain enough data to confirm that the usage could only be attributable to a large leak. Attached is the data and a graph of the consumption for this account. We brought in a different leak detection specialist who this time was able to locate the source as coming from a main feeding from the meter to one of the four buildings on the site. We hired a plumber to repair the leak as soon as we could. Fortunately(or unfortunately)the leak occurred very near to where a storm drain could pick up the leaking water. This prevented creation of a sinkhole,but it also allowed the leak to hide itself more effectively. We understand that the size and extended duration of the leak is beyond the intended scope of the adjustment policy,but we also believe we made our best efforts at all times to identify and close the leak. Our Water and Sewer bills have been an incredibly difficult burden to bear over the years but we have worked hard to pay them and have been motivated to try to reduce them according to the best advice we could get. Now that we believe we have finally resolved the leak, we have worked out an agreement with the city to request an adjustment only for losses since January 1 2002. City staff have calculated this to be $4,026.81. While this is only about one fifth of the potential adjustment for the entire duration of the leak, we acknowledge that it would make no sense, nor would it be fair to ask the city to bear such a burden. Under the circumstances, we believe that the amount proposed by city staff is a fair and acceptable credit and are hereby requesting approval of it. As a non-profit provider of low-income housing we are very limited in our ability to pass increased operating costs on to our tenants, so we have had to absorb the burden of the extra expense of this leak and the property has been affected by the added water and sewer expense. Any help we can get to reduce our operating costs will be used to improve the quality of the property and will help us with our mission of providing sustainable affordable housing for those who are most in need of it. While we believe that we have the right to apply for an adjustment for the full period of the leak,we recognize that it would not be an appropriate action for us to take. We are grateful to the City of Tigard and to the Intergovernmental Water Board for their help and cooperation in this very difficult matter. INVOTCE Page:1 ME?CHANICAL SERVICES 1NT'L,LLC 1NVOTCE NUMBER: 0009306-IN 21185 NW EVERGREEN PARKWAY INVOICE DATE: 10/09/2002 SYJrM 106 mn L.SBORO,OR 97124 (503)439-9999 SALE3I'ERSON: SVCS . CUS'I.OrER NO: 0195000 JOB NUMBER 9306-000 SEAROLD CONSTRUCT ION 9965 S.W.ARCTTCDRNH TERMS: NET 30 BEAVIItTON,OR 97005-4194 CONTACT: JOB DESC: WATER SERVICE LEAKING 1N GROZJN BILL METHOD: TIME&MA.'IERLUS COQ: ORIGNAL CONTRACT AMOUNT: . 0.00 TA.XABIE AMOVN!': 0.00 NON TAXABLE ANDUNI': 5,506.03 AMOUNT BUM THIS INVOICE 5,506.03 ''NVOICE TOTAL: 5,506.03 A.405 tiro: W143H V.c: WAIVER: INS: Via: ' !!•'rn E .'T: riF�PHO,VEO 3Y: DATE: �n Ir�i z DEALER NUMBPleam PW From 7M kwOLM a - ' J 0A Patton oATEGFVWfA E►GiCEF[��DAEtan-Y OMdE0A1�OP5�Xf6J ^�'��GVQ C1 � � � IT30FT1 M� pp�E pF T+MIY ii1 f as lE FE2FiA STifFST9S►OAE PORnM METROPOLITAN AREA -- , P.0,SOXamB PORTLMDa OR ifl gcl g o �O_ womc oON STATE CGHTPACf fliSSO QY Ct�U ( � /m�25 C-D 1 ADORM o �, 3- ZL• 331 ,m PHONE diy sTATE •Z6 2 RRr:n ecv: o �o W� 14 ��om •Lr ll� Cc, .u7t-• 0� "taw � 0 _ -- Jp=SZ 4u0V W YltH ocO _ ,Y. •s� OC02 Alk% op LEU, 7i d� O � - o-z z< a _ p A-�rz q> '`� nETEGTn"{PER BID}:S zr4� 7cebr tr T --- sEPAlBS(PER BIAi:S �.4�f IE�U T{)'�[-%$ a3il 3oaO1 ERED�9C` ►� ---- - - - --- pKom DATE PAYMITS MAAM S{Cii11ED '= WMPLEfEM rj 200 AMT DATE 1 RND THE WORK S,4TtSfACTORY AAD I"HE QWGESASAGREED,AND Ai;REE TO PAY THEE TOTALAL40UNT DUE ON PRESEWAl10N dF r,is wvoicE WnHOU7 ANY DEDUMbW V41AMOUVEFi I WR7HER AGREE'TO PAY RF.ASOri M E.CMARGES FOa-COt.LEG't1m INMUCTPtG A'�TOAN EYS FEES.IN'fHE E VWr ORMY DEVAUEr.AS WRLAS PE?%YY pJTMESTASALLO4NE0 6V LAW. - CUSTOMER#: 162 = , r INVOICE#: 50897 J�YOICE DATE: 10/22/02 CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. i GENERAL CONTRACTOR - - _ ... _.. .. ._... ._. 9002 BILL TO: JOB: 202634 COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR GREENBURG OAKS PLUMBING AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC._ 91st STREET PO BOX 23206 TIGARD, OR TIGARD, OR 97281 DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE AMOUNT BILLING FOR PLLMBING !EAK DETECTION 6,951.00 LABOR, MATERIAL, SUBCONTRACT (see attached) WORK COMPLETED. PLEASE PAY FROM THIS INVOKE. SUBTOTAL: 6.951.00 NET DUE: 6.951.00 8865 S.W.ARCTIC CR.•BEAVERTON,OREGON 87005 wa coyrR�Croa.�CsttsEMSEnevcC'• Ay no rnuranrTnRc ir.FNRF*4WV3 PHONE(503)62b-soso•FAX(503)626.0331 AGENDA ITEM# FOR AGENDA OF January 21, 2003 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE Bull Run Regional Drinking Water A eg_ngy: Phase II Report—Part 3 PREPARED BY: Ed Wegner DEPT HEAD OK CITY MGR OK ISSUE BEFORE THE COUNCIL The Phase II Report of the Bull Run Regional Drinking Water Agency has been accepted by the Policy Steering Committee and the complete document was distributed at the October 15, 2002 study session. The process now calls for all 13 participating agencies to review the document, provide an opportunity for public input, and reach a conclusion by March 2003. Staff has prepared a schedule of workshops, public presentations, displays and a public hearing where the City Council, Intergovernmental Water Board, and local citizens can review and discuss the report. Staff made presentations in October and November of 2002 to review the areas of the report concerning Engineering and Governance and Finance and Public Involvement. Staff is now prepared to present an overview on the possibility of Tigard's membership into the JWC and ownership of water rights. This presentation is intended to provide the background so that membership in the Bull Run Regional Drinking Water Agency can be compared to membership with the Joint Nater Commission(i WC). STAFF RECOMMENDATION Provide continued review of the report. rNFORMATION SUMMARY Tigard has been participating in a 13-member agreement to explore the formation of a new regional water supply agency. The initial phase of that project was concluded in December of 2001, and the Tigard City Council decided to participate in Phase II of that process. The Phase II work document is now complete and being distributed and considered by the member agencies. The Policy Steering Committee (PSC), which is comprised of an elected official of each of the 13 member agencies, voted to accept the report on September 26, 2002. The report answers most of the questions an agency would have in their effort to decide to continue on in the process. Some questions cannot be specifically answered yet, but the report proposes possible alternatives and ranges between which the final decision is likely to fall. By design the review and decision process has been structured so that the member agencies would provide local public participation as they so choose as they go through their respective processes. Staff recommended four joint work sessions between the IWB and City Council due to the volume of material and the benefit each body would receive by interaction. Press releases, displays, Web pages, CIT and the CI71'SCAIPE all will be used. Our process was scheduled to end February 25, 2003 with a public hearing and a decision by the City Council. This date will likely be postponed due to Portland's schedule of developing a buy in number. Tonight's presentation on the JWC is based on work completed by the JWC and other agencies exploring expanding water availability in the Tualatin River Basin. This work includes completion of a capital improvement program in which the cornerstone is the Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study (Scoggins Dam Raise, or alternatives) as well as the Raw Water Pipeline Project. Both of these projects are anticipated to develop new supply, of which, Tigard could obtain ownership based on our investment. OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED Tigard is continuing to participate with the Bull Run Regional Drinking Water Agency as well as participating in projects viit" the Joint Water Commission (JV;C) which, if fe-.sible, -xill allow-Tigard membership into the JWC and ownership of water rights. VISION TASK FORCE GOAL AND ACTION COIVMRTTEE STRATEGY Urban and Public Services chapter of"Tigard Beyond Tomorrow" has a goal, which states"actively participate in a regional development of drinking water sources" ATTACHMENT LIST N/A FISCAL NOTES Acceptance of this plan will not have any fiscal impact this fiscal year. COPY MEMORANDUM TO: Intergovernmental Water Board FROM: Tom Imdieke, Financial Operations Manage RE: Scholls Soft Cloth Car Wash Request for Credi DATE: January 17, 2003 At your October 15, 2002 meeting, the consideration of this agenda item was postponed until further review of the customer request for credit could be done by City staff. Both Public Works and Utility Billing staff have been involved since that time looking at the data and reviewing what steps have been taken to correct/reduce the high water consumption at the site. There has also been an unfortunate delay in providing a timely response to the customer. This request for credit has been placed on your January 21, 2003 meeting agenda for a decision by the Board. A copy of the letter from Scholls Soft Cloth Car Wash requesting .the credit and the data they submitted is attached for your reference. Also, it is my understanding from both the customer and City staff that any equipment and/or leak problems that were occurring at the site have been corrected. This is reflected in the reduced consumption levels being recorded by the meter as early as the billing cycle ending December 14, 2001. It is my understanding that work was done on the optics at that time and also the meter was actually replaced on June 13, 2002. Any questions you might have regarding the steps taken at the site can be addressed by Public Works staff at your meeting. An analysis of the data submitted by the customer was conducted by Utility Billing staff. There were some minor discrepancies in how the customer calculated the consumption and how utility bills are actually computed. This difference has recently been explained to the customer and they have agreed to the changes. In computing/estimating a potential credit, City staff did use the data of the average use of 19.9 gallons per car provided by the customer. This data is obtained through a computer program used at their locations. A copy of the analysis performed by City staff is attached and labeled Exhibit A and B. Based on this analysis, a credit of$3,987.04 for water would be given to the customer if the credit for leak procedures were followed under Tigard Municipal Code. A credit of $3,027.49 would be given to the customer for a credit of the sanitary service. However, the customer has requested that they be reimbursed for the total amount of $8,676.93 for the water being shown as used and the total for sanitary of$3,027.49. Staff met with the customer on Wednesday, January 15 and reviewed the past practice of the Board when considering credits for leaks. That being splitting the difference between what the credits would have been under the credit for leak policy and the total amount of water used. The customer has still expressed interest in requesting a credit for the full amount. A representative from the company will be attending your meeting so that their request can be made to the Board and answer any questions you might have. In the meantime, if you have any questions of me, please feel free to call at 503-718-2488. Exhibit A A B C D E F G H I Gallons that should have been used based on Average Amont Over gallons per car given billed based #of cars Gallon's by Car Wash -19.9 on Billing Gallons Billed per billing Billed Per Cost per gallons (19.9 Over billing in Over billing in CCF Cost per Dates CCF Billed (CCF x 748) cycle Car CCF gal x#of cars) gallons (gallons =748) CCF 4/6/99 1591 1190068 24900 47.79 1.53 495510 694558.00 928.55 1420.69 6/8/99 120 89760 11642 7.71 1.53 231675.8 -141915.80 -189.73 -290.28 8/10/99 691 516868 13252 39.00 1.53 263714.8 253153.20 338.44 517.81 10/12/99 736 550528 13397 41.09 1.53 266600.3 283927.70 379.58 580.76 12/9/99 453 338844 8152 41.57 1.53 162224.8 176619.20 236.12 361.27 2/11/00 681 509388 13789 36.94 1.53 274401.1 234986.90 314.15 480.66 4/6/00 696 520608 14386 36.19 1.53 286281.4 234326.60 313.27 479.30 4968 2320.40 $3,550.21 6/8/00 659 492932 13690 36.01 1.57 272431 220501.00 294.79 462.82 8/9/00 864 646272 17948 36.01 1.57 357165.2 289106.80 386.51 606.82 10/11/00 780 583440 14301 40.80 1.57 284589.9 298850.10 399.53 627.27 12/8/00 566 423368 10414 40.65 1.57 207238.6 216129.40 288.94 453.64 2/8/01 801 599148 15433 38.82 1.57 307116.7 292031.30 390.42 612.95 4/11/01 696 520608 17025 30.58 1.57 338797.5 181810.50 243.06 381.61 4366 2003.25 $3,145.10 6/7/01 850 635800 17570 36.19 1.81 349643 286157.00 382.56 692.44 8/8/01 894 668712 16191 41.30 1.81 322200.9 346511.10 463.25 838.48 10/11/01 910 680680 17159 39.67 1.81 341464.1 339215.90 453.50 820.83 2654 1299.31 $2,351.75 Totals 11988 5622.95 $9,047.05 Water Credit Already Given 6/13/02 ($370.12) Amount remaining if full credit given: $8,676.93 Amount of credit following credit for leak procedures: $4,357.16 Exhibit B Note: This provides an explanation of how the calculations were made on Exhibit A A comparison was done between the water consumption that was billed by the City and the number of cars that was serviced by Scholls Car Wash during the same billing period—See Exhibit A. The total hundred cubic feet(CCF) of water billed(Column A) was broken down to gallons (Column B) since that is how Scholls Car Wash calculates their usage per car. Then the number of cars serviced during that billing period(furnished by Scholls Car Wash)—(Column C) was divided by the number of gallons billed to arrive at the total number of gallons used per car that was billed(Column D). Based on data supplied by Scholls Car Wash their computer system is set to use an average of 19.9 gallons per car. Therefore,the number of gallons that should have been billed was calculated using the 19.9 gallons, (Column F). The overage of gallons billed was then determined, (Column B—Column F= Column G),those results were then converted to CCF, since that is how the City bills, (Column H). The total dollar amount over billed was then determined by the overage CCF multiplied by the billing rate during the corresponding billing period, (Column E x Column H= Column I). 01/16/03 THU 10:07 FAX 503 639 6795 CITY OF TIGARD Z001 `F Scholls Soft Cloth Car Wash 12390 SW Scholls Ferry Road (503)620--2184- Mailing address: 9295 SW Electric St Tigard, OR 97223 Post-it!Fax Note 7671 Date /Alpaoof To From i/a CoJOept. Co. August: 5, 2002 Phone# Phone# Fax# Fax# Intergovernmental Water Board c/o City of Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd Tigard, OR 97223 On March 9, 2001 we became aware of a leak at Scholls Soft Cloth Car Wash caused by construction near the water meter. After the leak was resolved, we analyzed water usage before and after the leak at this location and found that a significantly larger amount of water was metered at Scholls compared to our two locations which have the same equipment. I informed Tigard Water of this and showed them the water amounts of Scholls Car Wash and the other two locations. Tigard Water replaced the optics in the water meter in November 2001. With no change in Scholls Car Wash equipment, our water usage was cut in half. The amount of water used after that was consistent with the other locations. We found we'd been overcharged for water from September 1998 when the business opened to the time when the optics were changed. The complete meter was changed on June 13, 2002. The amount of water used was still consistent with the other locations. Scholls Car Wash requests refund due to malfunctioning water meter beginning in September 1998: Dif`Lren:c between amount metered and actual water and sewer use 5,597 ccf Feel free to contact me if you need additional information. Sincerely, Jim Dedmon 01/16/03 THU 10:08 FAX 503 639 6795 CITY .OF TIGARD Ij004 1/s ki b36 Gly 27- 26 22zs" 1 lg.� Iota _ 5 2-le7 y91z do (7,033 �°61r7z5 Z�' � vtiloivs IHU I 08 FAX 503 639 6795 CTIGARD -- I --TY--O-F Z003 7,6/r 3- a� zap l 5 , 33 71L/Z 21.S y- oa 1S6, 332 7Z,62Z 3L15- 2 s a -� Z3y, 28-/ LSI q2, - orf 8 13 I z,-C-O i 26 zee 23.3 -b/ Z 3 off/ l 23. 6 Ll 9 '73 2,6, 26. 9 �e -o� � z3 qz, :3 -q41 zs,1/ qj 2`19 - vz /�;3 c, 9� 244 `?O - 1-oZ Toga/ 3, 35 41, T1c30 1�19:g6� ��. 3 vliIV/vo inu lu:vi ran ava tiny blUb CITY OF T1GARD CO 002 9 9. 7 94 13125' 35 ' Ilol 5.;� Z i� .... .._._.�f .�_.. 3 Z- 49 too_ °,�'`�� :3 - ./ 4/10 •• S�z 8 1 S r 6 , acp .� 111V iV VO rL1 V 010i) V11Y Ub 11hAKL 7- Ate _�?lpCi � �•s+3 7o�.F/ �b� J GC�' , Tv�.� � GES City of Tigard's Long Term Water Supply Options Work Timeline k- � 4� 09/26/02 PSC MeetingFinal booklet is presented regarding Bull Run Drinking Water Agency Proposal Dennis&Sally 10/01/02 Prep for 10-15-02 Council Meeting Materials that are to be included in the packet for the Oct. 15 . Council Meeting are due by noon. Kathyy Ad TAM 10/15/02 IWB&Council Workshop Present proposal to IWB and Council-discuss governance Ed and engineering topics }} w 11/05/02 Prep for 11-19-02 Council Meeting Materials that are to be included in the packet for the Oct. 19 . Council Meeting are due by noon. Kathyy An 12/05/02 CIT 20 min. presentation of what has been presented to the IWB& Sally Council regarding Tigard's long term water supply options COMMENTS/NOTES: City of Tigard's Long Term Water Supply Options Work Timeline 4-4 Tr 01/03/03 CityScape Articles for February's CityScape issue are due Cathy W. t, 01/21/03 IWB&Council Workshop Continue presentation of proposal to IWB and Council- Ed Cebron Comparison of Options 02/06/03 CIT 20 min. presentation of what has been presented to the IWB& Sally Council regarding Tigard's long term water supply options 02/11/03 Prep for 02-25-03 Council Meeting Materials that are to be included in the packet for the 2-25 . Council meeting are due by noon Kathyy 02/19/03 IWB MeetingIWB makes its final recommendation to City Council regarding Tigard's long term water supply options Ed&Dennis 03/31/03 DEADLINE COMMENTS/NOTES: Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study Project Progress Report- November 20, 2002 These are the project elements completed since the last report of Water Managers Group meeting of November 18, 2003. 1. Feasibility Study Project Review • The cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation has been completed. The agreement provides for BOR to complete the Study tasks of dam engineering, Indian trust assets, cultural resources and social and environmental justice with funding frorn is-.parr;ier� and BO' . • As part of the public review process, Jeanna Cernazanu and I presented a Study update to the Tualatin River Watershed Council. They have accepted the role as the main stakeholder review body. We asked them to provide a formal recommendation on the key source options. Greg Edwards, a Hagg Lake landowner that is opposed to the dam raise options, attended the meeting. The Council granted him the opportunity to present his views at the February meeting The Council asked to have additional information on the alternatives review process, which will be providing to them soon. The Council will consider this action item at their March meeting. The Clean Water Services Advisory (CWAC) committee received an update and further information on the public review process. • A coordination meeting for the three Oregon feasibility studies occurred in early December. The three project managers and BOR have agreed to continue to coordinate the efforts with the Congressional staffs. The decision to combine the legislation for federal authority is still pending, due to the status of the progress of each study. The WSFS is further ahead in the federal funding process than the Rogue vi. Desc �utes Projects. • I presented a Study update to the Tualatin Valley Irrigation District Board and attended their annual meeting. The discussion focused on the Irrigation Exchange Pipeline from the Willamette River,which would impact the district. I asked them to review the specific issues that would influence this key option and forward them to me. An update was presented at the monthly meeting of the Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District. • The governmental affairs consultant interviews were conducted this morning. The selection committee of Tim Erwert, Greg DiLoreto, Tom VanderPlaat and Dennis Mulvihill, Washington County Governmental Affairs.staff served as the interview panel. Two firms were interviewed: Reed Smith, LLP and Ball Janik LLP. The committee is requesting and checking references. The committee will be making a recommendation in January. Progress Report 1 12/18/2002 Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study • The six Hagg Lake neighbors have requested water level benchmarks be placed on or near their property. Due to the lack of responses, Jeanna and I are contacting some of the neighbors by phone. • A draft scope of work for the fish survey work has been completed. The survey would occur over the months of January through April of 2003. The estimated cost is estimated at $13,000. The existing budget will be reviewed to figure out if the survey work can be funded. • The process to review the tasks to be completed for next year's budget has been started. Happy Holidays! Submitted by Tom VanderPlaat, WSFS Project Manager - Progress Report 2 12/18/2002 x Public Review Process Update Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study Revised December 2002 Introduction The purpose of this Update is to document the public review process for the Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study (WSFS). The need for this study was determined through an Integrated Water Resource Management(IWRM) strategy to ensure adequate water in the Tualatin Basin for instream flow, agricultural irrigation and municipal and industrial demands. The study is evaluating reliable, safe and cost-effective water supply options to provide an additional 50,000 acre feet of water by the year 2050. This Update reflects the major steps in the study that have been completed in 2002 —the scoping process and identifying/receiving input on key source options for further study. Scoping Process: January— February 2002 On December 13, 2001, a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was placed in the Federal Register by the US Bureau of Reclamation, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The first step in preparing an EIS is called Scoping; a process of information-gathering relevant to the study, including important resources, opportunities and constraints. Scoping is accomplished through notification and provision of opportunities to comment on the study. For the WSFS, the Scoping process was intended to inform stakeholders and the general public about proposed evaluation criteria and a range of source options to be studied and to solicit their initial feedback. A notice for four(4) scoping meetings was distributed with a fact sheet to a combined mailing list of about 1500 developed by Clean Water Services. The list included Hagg Lake property owners, environmental groups, elected officials, CPOs, businesses and interested citizens. A press release was distributed to all area newspapers announcing the scoping meetings. The notice was printed in The Oregonian. Scoping meetings were held on January 8 from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm at a Clean Water Services facility in Hillsboro and January 9 from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm at Metro in downtown Portland. A total of 23 people attended the scoping meetings. Comment cards were distributed at the meetings and four comment cards were received. A Scoping Report summarizing the process with copies of all materials and comments was prepared by the project consultant(Montgomery Watson Harza) and distributed to the Water Managers Group who serve as the technical staff from each partner city/district for the project. Most comments were consistent with previous comments from meetings and other communications, with several questions about Hagg Lake as a source. Other comments were received via e-mail. 1 Key Stakeholder Groups Tualatin River Watershed Council Tom VanderPlaat attended the January meeting to provide an update and receive comments from this group about the evaluation criteria. Clean Water Services Advisory Commission (CWAC) In January, Clean Water Services staff attended the commission and presented an update on the study process and comments. Coordination with Hagg Lake Resource Management Plan RMP Clean Water Services staff attended an open house tor the-Hagg Lake RMP and provided fact sheets, comment cards and other information. Regulatory Agencies Clean Water Services staff held a meeting for regulatory agencies to provide an overview and solicit comments on the study. Agencies attending included Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Oregon Dept. of State Lands (ODSL). A summary of the meeting is contained in the project file. Summary of Issues from Scoping Concerns about raising Scoggins Dam as a supply option, including: • impacts home owners around Hagg Lake including geologic impacts • impacts to wetlands, fish and wildlife and upstream tributaries • whether the dam is structurally sound enough to hold the additional volume of water and whether it is seismically sound Concerns about building a pipeline from the Willamette River, including: • impacts to natural resources from construction • inefficient use of water due to annual energy cost to pump it, cost to build it and uncertainty of its availability because of senior water rights • impacts from mixing the water with local water on fish and other habitat • concern that the Willamette River water would be used exclusively for irrigation and not for drinking and assurance that the water is safe for irrigation of crops Questions and comments about conservation and reuse, including: • important that the public (homeowners, businesses, golf courses and farmers) practices water conservation • need for a thorough analysis of both voluntary and mandatory measures • need to examine reuse of treated effluent as a strategy to reduce temperature loading and provide irrigation source • what types of conservation would be recommended? • what amount of total supply could be attained with conservation and reuse? 2 Comments about aquifer storage and recovery, including: • need to do analysis to identify suitable aquifers • what are the impacts to ground water, neighboring wells and historic hydrologic function? Comment that the study should identify options for restoration of the watershed in addition to options for water supply—they are inter-related. Concern about building in-channel water detention facilities as a supply option because of the impacts to fish and wildlife. Concern about water rights and need to insure that farmers who wish to continue to irrigate will be able to do so. Concern that the study is promoting growth by projecting a larger water need rather than seeking ways to discourage growth. Source Options Review: April — December 2002 Water managers proposed three key source options and several other source options to reach a total need of 50,000 acre feet. Public involvement for this step included meetings with key stakeholders and community groups, newsletter articles and accompanying public information materials -a 2002 Spring Update, frequently asked questions, source option display and survey. Key stakeholder groups Hagg Lake neighbors Staff from the study met with 26 residents of the Hagg Lake area to present the proposed key source options and preliminary information on road relocation. Maps of the proposed road relocation were distributed to those whose property was impacted. A summary of the meeting is contained in the project file. Individual meetings were heio with six (6) with property owners to answer specific questions. Letters were sent in November to 23 owners directly adjacent to the lake to determine their interest in using a surveyor to measure approximate water levels on individual properties with a dam raise. Tualatin River Watershed Council Staff attended the June and December meetings to provide an update and receive comments from this group about the key source options being recommended for further study. Members of the group were asked to take the web survey and provide individual feedback about the source options. Clean Water Services Advisory Commission (CWAC) Updates about the study were provided by mail in June, including a survey about the source options that CWAC was asked to assist in testing and revising. In November, Clean Water Services staff attended the commission and presented an update on the study process and survey responses. 3 Public Information on Source Options • Clean Water Connection to 9,000 (elected officials, stakeholder groups, Friends Groups, CPOs) • Article in CPO newsletters • Article in Westside Economic Alliance newsletter • Article in billing insert to all customers in Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec (Water Words - 50,000) • Water Supply Study display sites (all partner facilities, libraries, PCC, Pacific University) • Events (Crawfish Festival, Washington County Fair, Hillsboro Tuesday Market) • Web site page with overview of the study, survey and all public information materials Web Survey and Display A survey was designed to obtain feedback through the internet about the key source options, other source options and criteria for the water supply study. The benefit of a web survey is that it can be taken at any time anonymously and provides a good opportunity for responses to open-ended questions. A limitation of the web survey is that responses are self-selected and therefore, the results are not a representative sample. There is no assurance that responses are not duplicated. The web survey went online in August on the Water Supply Feasibility Study page on the Clean Water Services web site. At the same time the web survey was promoted, the survey was also available at sites with a display describing the source options. The display was scheduled for consecutive weeks (see details in the chronology at the end of this report)at events, libraries, colleges and local partner buildings from August through November. Total number of responses to both the web survey and display surveys as of November 18, 2002 was 102. Many respondents made additional comments, especially on the web survey. Web survey 65 responses (most from reading Clean Water Connection, Water Words and TRWC; zip codes are Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Aloha — includes stakeholders and general public) Events/display 37 responses (most'trom Hillsboro, Beaverton, some Portland—students and general public) TOTAL: 102 Summary of comments Key Source Options There was greater support among web survey respondents for a 20 ft. dam raise than either the Irrigation Exchange Pipeline or 40 ft dam raise, although those expressing a preference (52 total) chose the 40 ft raise by a margin of one response. Among the surveys received at events and display locations, almost half of those who responded (36 total) indicated the 40 ft raise was unacceptable and (23 total) preferred the pipeline. Dam raise: • what are impacts to wetlands • how is fish passage addressed • need fair compensation to residents who are impacted 4 • need for more data before comparing or making a preference • recreational features should be enhanced Pipeline: • impacts of removing water from the Willamette River • impacts on water quality • fewer environmental impacts than dam raise • opposed to using Willamette water on food crops Other Source Options Both the web survey and event survey respondQnts selected conservation as one of the two most important other sources. Web respondents selected Portland supply as the second preference while respondents from events selected wastewater reuse. Water supply criteria The respondents from both the web survey and events rated "meeting water quality standards"the highest, and "reliability of supply" as the second highest. "Ability to withstand catastrophes" was ranked third by the web respondents but among the event respondents the third ranking was tied between that and "protecting from intentional harm." Additional factors to consider in selecting key source options: • Impact of silting • Compatible with overall restoration of watershed • Diversifies water sources • Encourages conservation • Protects instream flow for aquatic species and ecosystem functions • Support sound land and water conservation efforts • Progressive rate structures to induce conservation • Less susceptible to cyclic drought years and climate changes • Meets longterm supply needs General comments: • Waiting will cost many times more...now is the time to be wise and expand our water sources • Conservation through wise use and low impact on the land is the best way to go • Price water fairly to all users and develop more programs to encourage conservation • Do not consider any further the use of the Willamette water for drinking or agricultural purposes until the political will is there to fully return this river to the condition in which our pioneers found it. 5 Listing of Presentations and Publications - 2002 Hagg Lake Property Owner Meetings Feb 25 Bill Stoller Tom V, Jeanna C June 4 John Kelly Tom V June 13 all residents for Source Options update Tom V, Jeanna C, BoR July 3 Doug Hogue about road relocation Tom V, Jeanna C June 26 Dan &Beth Irwin about road relocation Tom V Sept 23 John Heistad, John Kelly-survey prep Tom V Dec 3 Doris & Larry Beman-general information Tom V, Jeanna C Public Presentations on Water Supply Feasibility Study Scoping January 8 2 Scoping Meetings,Water Quality Lab Tom V, Lisa O, Jeanna C, BoR January 9 2 Scoping Meetings, Metro Jeanna C, Lisa O, BoR January 9 Tualatin River Watershed Council Tom V January 17 Hagg Lake RMP open house Tom V, Jeanna C January 18 Joint Water Commission Tom V February 6 Tigard Open House Tom V, Lisa O, Jeanna C, BoR February 15 Regulatory agencies Tom V, Lisa O, Jeanna C, BoR February 21 Washington County Parks Advisory Board Tom V Source Options May 21 CCI (representatives from all CPOs) Jack Franklin (CWAC member) May 30 WA County League of Women Voters Mark Jockers June 3 Congressional staff: tour of Hagg Lake Tom V June 5 Tualatin River Watershed Council Tom V, Jeanna C July 11 West Beaverton NAC Jeanna C July 12 Washington County Elected Officials update Chair Tom Brian, staff Aug 16 Senator Wyden staff: tour of Hagg Lake Tom V Aug 29 Westside Economic Alliance Chair Tom Brian Sept 16 Cornelius: amend contract Tom V Sept 17 Tigard: amend contract Tom V Sept 18 TVWD: amend contract Tom V Oct 7 Beaverton: amend contract Tom V Nov 1 Senator Smith staff: watershed tour Tom V November 12 WA County Soil &Water Conservation District Tom V November 20 CWAC-update and process review Jeanna C, Tom V December 3 TRWC -update and process review Jeanna C, Tom V Source Options Display and Survey July 25-28 Washington County Fair Aug 5-9 Tualatin Library&Crawfish festival Aug 12- 16 Hillsboro Public Service Bldg, Tuesday Market Aug 17 & 18 North Plains Garlic Festival Aug 19-23 TVWD Aug 26-30 Tigard City Hall Sept 3-6 Beaverton Library Sept 9- 13 Beaverton City Hall Sept 16-20 Forest Grove library 6 Sept 23—27 Cornelius City Hall/Library Oct 21 - Nov 8 PCC Rock Creek Nov 11 —25 Pacific University Related Newspaper Articles and Broadcast Coverage January 7 The Oregonian Community Snapshot-"water study meetings" January 16 Forest Grove News Times "Hagg Lake raise topic of meeting"(RMP) January 24 Forest Grove News Times "Planning for the Future" (RMP and WSFS) January 31 Tigard Times "Clean Water Services sets Water Supply Meeting" June 10 The Oregonian Community Snapshot-"Hagg Lake Meeting" June 12 Forest Grove News Times "Hagg Lake meeting set' J�,r o 19 Forst Grov= News Times "Enginepr;ng not the on'v w,-Dble.., i^ ssrurinq v.ater" June 20 The Oregonian "Future a worry for Hagg Lake neighbors" June 27 Tigard Times "Search for water supply options goes deeper" Sept 19 The Oregonian "Tunnel to Tualatin River considered" Newsletter Articles February 2002 newsletters for Washington County CPOs-WSFS Fact Sheet and notice for Tigard open house February 2002 Tigard Cityscape—Finding enough water to meet future demand July 2002 newsletters for Washington County CPOs —Tualatin Water Supply Feasibility Study Identifies Source Options Summer 2002 Clean Water Connection (Clean Water Services newsletter)—Tualatin Basin Water Supply Study Proposes Key Water Sources, Studying the Major Source Options Sept/October Water Words(TVWD&Clean Water Services billing insert)—Planning for Future Water Supply Nov/Dec Water Words—Tell us your ideas about future water supply options 2001 Public Presentations of IWRM Overview and Water Supply Feasibility Study February 15 CPO 3 (W.Slope/R. Hills/Garden Home) Mark Jockers March 7 Tualatin River Watershed Council Tom VanderPlaat March 13 TVID Board Tom V March 13 Hillsboro Utilities Commission Tom V/Sheri Wantland March 13 Banks City Council Mayor Orlowski March 13 Sherwood City Council Todd Heidgerken March 19 Beaverton City Council Sheri Wantland March 20 Washington County CCI Mark Jockers March 21 TVWD Board Lisa Obermeyer/Sheri March 27 Clean Water Services Board (Ginner Meeting) Tom V April 2 North Plains City Council Tom V April 10 Tigard City Council Tom V April 13 Joint Water Commission Tom V 7 April 18 Clean Water Advisory Commission Tom V/Sheri W June 5 CPO 1 (Cedar Hills/Cedar Mill) Mark Jockers July 13 Joint Water Commission Tom V August 2 Tour of Scoggins Dam (CWS Board) Tom V August 8 Hillsboro Optimist Club Tom V August 22 Clean Water Advisory Commission Sheri W September 6 Tualatin Riverkeepers Citizen Action Committee Tom V September 24 Washington County Public Affairs Forum Bill Gaffi October 16 CCI Chair Tom Brian October 19 Mayors Meeting on Westside Water Supply Chair Tom Brian November 7 Tualatin River Watershed Council Tom V November 27 Mayor/City Manager Meeting Chair Brian and Bill Gaffi December 5 Regional Water Supply Consortium Board Tom V Hagg Lake Property Owner Meetings May 16 All owners for general information Tom V, Sheri W,Wally Otto, Chris June 19 Repeat of May 16 (media invited) Wayland, Dave Nelson, reporters Oct 9 Heistand,Watkins, Stutz Tom V, Sheri W Oct 16 Edwards Tom V, Sheri W Oct 24 All owners to view map Tom V, Sheri W,Wally Otto, Chris W Related Newspaper Articles and Broadcast Coverage 2001 Date publication/station headline March 21 Oregonian "Cornelius will take part in study to raise Scoggins Dam" March 22 Hillsboro Argus 'Cities, agencies set water supply study' April 5 Oregonian "Face-lift for Scoggins Dam?" April 12 Hillsboro Argus "Water supply below earlier expectations" May 10 Hillsboro Argus "Banks joins study on water" May 10 Hillsboro Argus "Hagg Lake lowest in 23 years,water conservation urged" June 19 Oregonian "Plan to raise Scoggins Dam subject of meeting tonight" June 21 Oregonian "Hagg Lake-area residents ask for answers on possibly raising dam" June 21 Hillsboro Argus "Water Source Sought" June 26 Koin TV 6 "Hagg Lake Dam Expansion" June 27 Forest Grove News Times "Low water, rising concerns . . . " Sept 4 Oregonian "Water Supply Meeting" notice in Community Snapshot Oct 16 Oregonian "Scoggins Dam meeting" notice in Community News Oct 17 Forest Grove News Times "Future of Hagg Lake Oct 24 Topic" Oct 26 Oregonian "Net effect of Hagg Lake options remains uncertain" Oct 31 Forest Grove News Times " Raising Hagg Lake at issue" Oct 31 FG Editorial "Listen to People" Nov 15 Tualatin Times Editorial "Charter change about water more than trust" Newsletter Articles 2001 Washington County Extension Service"Friends"publication, Spring 2001 issue featured half page IWRM fact sheet. 8 Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Informational Items Supplement January 21 , 2003 • Regional Water Providers Consortium Board Meeting, Minutes of September 4, 2002 • Portland Tribune articles in PDX Update section on November 19, 2002, Environment, West side gets piped and Utilities, Water has its price Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study, Project Progress Report— November 20, 2002 • November 21, 2002 article in USA Todav, Global warming mayleave Westin the dust • Portland Tribune article on November 26, 2002, Critics scoff at Bull Run price tag • Utilities rethink Bull Run buy-in article in November 29, 2002, The Oregonian, Metro/Northwest section • Portland Tribune article dated December 3, 2002, Water plan:A slippery deal? King City WatLr Tux issue Memorandum from Bill wlonaran dateu Dumber 19, 2002; letter from Mayor Drangsholt dated December 10, 2002; letter from Bill Monahan dated December 18, 2002; letter dated January 7, 2003, from Tom Imdieke • The Oregonian, Metro/NW section, dated December 19, 2002, Water rates may rise by at least 10% • Bull Run treatment decision put off a year article dated December 27, 2002, in The Oregonian • Portland Tribune article dated January 7, 2003, City won't budge on reservoirs • Safeguard Portland's water supply, The Oregonian dated January 9, 2003 • Joint Water Commission, January 10, 2003 The Oregonian, Hagg Lake sinks to half usual fall level • Portland Tribune article dated January 17, 2003, Drowning reinforces reservoir concerns REGIONAL WATER PROVIDERS CONSORTIUM BOARD MEETING Minutes of September 4, 2002 Consortium Board Chairman John Huffinan called the Regional Water Providers Consortium Board Meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The meeting was held in the Metro Council Chambers/Annex. Elected representatives from twelve Consortium member agencies were present at the meeting (which is a quorum), including City of Beaverton, City of Gresham, City of Hillsboro, City of Lake Oswego, Metro, Oak Lodge Water District, Powell Valley Road Water District, Rockwood Water PUD, City of Sandy, Sunrise Water Authority, Tualatin Valley Water District and City of Wilsonville. Consortium member agencies not represented by elected officials at this meeting included Clackamas River Water, City of Fairview, City of Forest Grove, City of Gladstone, City of Milwaukie, City of Portland, Raleigh Water District, South Fork Water Board, City of Tigard, City of Tualatin and West Slope Water District. Introductions: Introductions were made. Those in attendance included Dale Jutila and Susan Adams-Gunn from Clackamas River Water; Councilor Susan McLain from Metro; Commissioner John Huffinan and Tom Pokorny from Powell Valley Road Water District; Commissioner Les Larson from Oak Lodge Water District; Vice President Jim Duggan and Greg DiLoreto from Tualatin Valley Water District; District Board President Sandra Ramaker and Herb Brown from Rockwood Water PUD; Mayor Charlotte Lehan and Jeff Bauman from the City of Wilsonville; Commissioner Mike Grimm and John Thomas from Sunrise Water Authority; Mayor Charles Becker,Dale Anderson, and Keely Thompson from the City of Gresham; Councilor Don Allen from the City of Sandy; Dan Bradley from South Fork Water Board; Councilor Forrest Soth and Mayor Rob Drake from the City of Beaverton; Commissioner Bill Crandall and Tacy Steele from the City of Hillsboro; Councilor Ellie McPeak and Joel Komarek from the City of Lake Oswego; Pat Brown, citizen; Lindsey Berman, citizen; and Lorna Stickel, Rebecca Geisen and Patty Burk from the City of Portland/Consortium Staff. Approval of Minutes for June 5, 2002: The Consortium Board unanimously approved the June 5, 2002 minutes as written. Public Comment: Herb Brown from Rockwood PUD gave public comment. Mr. Brown commented that he was hopeful that the Consortium would utilize all of the information and resources available from the American Water Works Association(AWWA). He noted that the AWWA has many programs and meetings throughout the United States and felt that the Consortium was not fully making use of the programs offered by AWWA. Mr. Brown further commented that Rockwood PUD voted not to approve the Consortium budget for FY 2002-03. He explained he felt the Consortium dues were high especially during a time when Rockwood had lost approximately$600,000 of revenue as a result of the closure of Fujitsu. Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 Executive Committee Report: Consortium Board Chairman Jon Huffman gave a report of the Executive Committee(EC). Chair Huffinan noted that the EC met on August 14, 2002. Chair Huffman commented that the Executive Committee's focus is to review and comment on items to be presented at the Consortium Board meetings, therefore, many of the items discussed at the EC meeting were available in the Board meeting material packets. The EC discussed and approved the September Consortium Board agenda. Chair Huffinan reported that Kate Marx from the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA) attended the EC meeting. Ms. Marx was interested in how the Consortium was developing a Regional Water Supply Plan. Chair Huffinan explained that TVA is facing severe water shortages. Chair Huffinan commented that it is important to remember that there are two separate regional efforts being work on simultaneously,the Proposed Bull Run Regional Drinking Water Agency and the Regional Water Providers Consortium. He noted that both are equally important but different even though many of the same entities are involved in both efforts. The Consortium is a regional body interested in regional water supply planning that includes more than just the Bull Run system. Status Report on the Proposed Bull Run Regional Drinking Water Agency: Greg DiLoreto reported that the Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) continues to meet weekly. Mr. DiLoreto said the TAC has been working on the Principals of Agreement and the financial issues that accompany the formation of the Agency. The TAC's recommendation for ownership will be a system capacity method based on a peak day nomination as a percentage of a total peak day amount of the Bull Run system. Method of voting for this Agency is also being discussed. There are two voting options being considered. Two votes will be required on any major issue. One vote is based on the number of providers involved in the Agency. Whether a super majority or a simply majority vote is required is still to be determined. The second vote is based on a provider's percentage of ownership. It will take a passage of those two votes for an action on any major activity. Mr. DiLoreto said the Principles of Agreement will be completed within the next week. A Policy Steering Committee meeting will be held on September 26 at which time the final draft will be presented to the elected officials on that committee. A meeting has been scheduled for November 14 for the elected official to take testimony on the final draft. Interested agencies have until the end of the year to decide if they want to go forward in phase III. Mr. DiLoreto said phase III will be the actual creation of the Agreement for the Regional Bull Run Drinking Water Agency. Councilor Forrest Soth asked if financial information that would outline what a particular provider's cost to join the agency will be is available. Mr. DiLoreto advised that the buy-in amount based on four different valuation methods has been determined and each provider has been assigned a share based on if everyone still at the table joins, if only the current wholesale customers join or if just four providers join the Agency, however, the City of Portland has provided a number that is different. Mr. DiLoreto commented that individual agencies are working on their own break even number for the project. 2 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 Conservation Committee Report: Rebecca Geisen began the conservation committee report with a contest. She asked the Consortium Board members two questions, what is the Consortium website address and what was the main summer campaign message. Ms. Geisen advised that on the Consortium website, free indoor or outdoor conservation kits are being given away to those persons that fill out a brief survey. Approximately 140 kits have been given away. A majority of the recipients said they had heard about the Consortium website through the television and radio advertisements. The prize for answering the contest questions correctly was a conservation web kit. Commissioner Jim Duggan was the first to answer that the Consortium website address is conserveh2o.org and Councilor Susan McLain knew the summer marketing campaign was one inch of water a week is enough for a green healthy lawn. The summer marketing campaign began July 1 and will run through mid-September. Ms. Geisen noted that she did an interview on the Garden Doctor Show talking about the summer conservation program. She said recently Mike Darcy talked about the Consortium and it's conservation efforts on his show. Rebecca has also done interviews on KEX and KXL radio stations. Ms. Geisen reported that part of the marketing media buy with KKSN radio included participation in the Street of Dreams. She noted that the Consortium Conservation Committee (CCC)partnered with the landscapers of the Lion Heart Manor, one of the participating homes, to include water-conserving landscaping. Conservation materials were also available at the home for distribution. The CCC is partnering with Drakes 7 Dees on the Legacy House. The Legacy House, which was built seventy-five years ago, is being remolded with sustainable, energy efficient building material made in Oregon. A new kind of lawn seed is being used in the landscaping. Ms. Geisen reported that the CCC will now begin planning for their fall conservation events. She noted that the Salmon Festival is October 12-13, 2002 at Oxbow Park. The CCC will again participate in the Yard, Garden and Patio Show in February. Ms. Geisen advised that an offer has been made to a candidate for the Conservation Program Coordinator position. The interview panel is waiting to hear back. Ms. Geisen said she hoped to be able to introduce the new Conservation Program Coordinator at the next Consortium Board meeting. The conservation radio and television advertisement was played for the Board members. Regional Water Supply Plan Update: Lorna Stickel commented that the first year of the Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) Update is complete. Ms. Stickel said the Consortium is approaching a time in RWSP Update when involvement from the Executive Committee and the Board will begin to intensify. Water Demand Forecast—Ms. Stickel reported that she met with Metro staff and determined that a long-range forecast from Metro was not going to be available in time for the project. 3 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 Twenty-year forecasts that can be allocated to the water provider level are available from Metro, but only for four scenarios for future growth. Ms. Stickel said Staff determined that the base case forecast would be used for the Update. Once the actual allocated forecasts based on planning scenarios selected for future growth are available; the water demand forecast will be updated. Metro anticipates the actual forecasts to be available at the beginning of 2003. Ms. Stickel advised that Metro has been working on producing forecast information for the base case, but Staff has yet to receive this data. Conservation Review—Ms. Stickel reported that Planning Management and Consultants, Ltd. (PMCL)has produced an initial set of conservation programs with cost and water savings at the regional level. The water providers are reviewing these programs. Based on this review, the set of programs will be narrowed down to those that will be analyzed at the provider level. These programs will then be incorporated into the Integration Model. Source Options—Economic and Engineering Services (EES)has produced a final technical memorandum on Water Source Issues. Ms. Stickel reminded the Consortium Board members that technical memorandums are not the official Update materials. Technical memorandums are background information and if there are still additions, deletions or changes that need to be made, it can still be done. Ms. Stickel informed the Board members that EES has prepared a draft Water Rights memorandum that has been reviewed by the Technical Committee members. EES has received comments and feedback from the Technical committee members and a final Water Rights memorandum will be available soon. Other Source Option work includes extending hydrological records for regional scale water sources and updating cost information for the sources evaluated in the RWSP as well as other new sources being considered in the Update. Integration Modeling—Ms. Stickel reported that Gary Fiske and Associates and the Consortium staff have been working with the water providers to obtain information on the transmission linkages and the existing water sources in the region. This data is being put into the base case of the model and that work is near completion. The model is currently being beta tested. Ms. Stickel noted that Mr. Fiske has also been working with various water providers to establish the logic and modeling methods that will be used to represent the Joint Water Commission(JWQ system and the Clackamas River sources. Public Involvement—Ms. Stickel commented that in August, the second RWSP Update newsletter was developed and sent to the 300 persons on the RWSP Update mailing list. The newsletter included a mail back questionnaire,which focused on conservation. To date, 23 questionnaires have been received. The newsletters are available on the Consortium website. Two public workshops on the RWSP Update were held on August 27 in Tigard and August 29 in Gresham. Councilor McLain commented that Metro staff is very busy and not trying to be difficult with regards to providing the population numbers needed for the water demand forecast. Councilor McLain noted that Metro has many projects and big decisions to make coming up and they are 4 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 not done in a vacuum. Metro has many partners they work with so information is not always quick to come. Councilor McLain said a lot of conversation and decision-making must be done. Councilor Forrest Soth asked if the Consortium Board members could get a brief update on the proposed water rights permit extension rules. Dan Bradley commented the period for comments on the proposed rules has been completed. He noted a water rights holder will be able to ask for as many years as it believes it will take to perfect that permit. If the timeframe is fifty years or less, there will be less stringent documentation requirements to get an extension. If the timeframe is more than fifty years, more detail on how you based your guess on what is going to happen past the fifty-year mark will be required. The Water Resources Commission will have the final rule hearing on October 11, 2002. Mr. Bradley said he expects the final rules to be pretty much as they have been drafted. Breakout Sessions on the Key Policy Obiectives and Source Options for the RWSP Update: The Consortium Board members broke out into two sessions to discuss policy objectives and source options for the RWSP Update. Following the breakout sessions, each group returned to the Metro Council Chambers/Annex to summarize their group's discussion. Greg DiLoreto and Commissioner Mike Grimm were the spokespersons for each of the breakout sessions. Attached are the notes and summaries from those breakout sessions. A motion was voiced to adjourn the Consortium Board Meeting. The motion was seconded. The Consortium Board meeting was adjourned at 8:48 p.m. The next meeting of the Regional Water Providers Consortium Board is Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Metro Council Chamber/Annex. Submitted by Patty Burk, Consortium Staff 5 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 Regional Water Providers Consortium Consortium Board Meeting Breakout Sessions On Policy Objectives and Source Options September 4, 2002 BREAKOUT SESSION#1 Attendees: Ellie McPeak and Joel Komarek(City of Lake Oswego), Dan Bradley(South Fork Water Board), Bill Crandall and Tacy Steele (City of Hillsboro), Forest Soth and Rob Drake (City of Beaverton), Greg DiLoreto and Jim Duggan(Tualatin Valley Water District), Sandra Ramaker(Rockwood PUD), Pat and Herb Brown(Rockwood PUD) and Keely Thompson(City of Gresham). Facilitator: Rebecca Geisen, Consortium Staff Regional Water Supply Plan Policy Objectives Questions: (Chartpack Notes) Do you think the current set of policy objectives still should be used in revising the RWSP? ♦ Yes. All are still relevant. Are there any new ones or changes that you think should be made to the list of objectives? ♦ Broaden"catastrophic events"to include security and terrorism. ♦ Acknowledge changes in regulations, e.g., ESA, Clean Water Act. Should we still use the same set of key policy objectives or should it be changed and if so how? ♦ How easily are these benchmarked? ♦ We should be able to track and measure results e.g., conservation. ♦ Set dates for demonstrating results. ♦ Establish"pilot" benchmarks- for very important policy objectives. Would you recommend that we prioritize the key policy objectives or treat them as all equal? If we prioritize them, how would you recommend we do that(e.g. 1- 5, or high, medium, low, or some other way)? ♦ Hard to prioritize since many are interrelated. ♦ Keep overall objectives of the Regional Water Supply Plan at the forefront. 6 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 Regional Water Supply Plan Source Options Questions: (Chartpack Notes) Are there sources of supply that should be considered in the update of the Plan that have not been already been listed in either the adopted Plan or the update materials? ♦ Still lacking in connections between water supplies. ♦ Have identified all sources. What issues do you think the water providers should be looking at regarding particular sources as we revise the Plan? ♦ Cost efficiency. ♦ ESA- 4(d)rule. ♦ Objectivity in evaluation process of sources. ♦ Reliability. ♦ Optimizing permitted water rights. ♦ Optimizing source expansion per criteria. ♦ Diversity of sources for emergency and operational flexibility. How do you think the various sources fit the key policy objectives discussed earlier? ♦ Pretty well. ♦ Some meet objectives better than others do. What information would you need to see before deciding on a new set of source strategies for inclusion in the RWSP? ♦ Cost. ♦ How well are we doing on questions 1-7 first or how well does the new strategy meet the first seven questions. ♦ Levels of public acceptability through a public involvement process. 7 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 BREAKOUT SESSION#2 Attendees: Charlotte Lehan and Jeff Bauman(City of Wilsonville), Les Larson(Oak Lodge Water District), John Hufftnan and Tom Pokorny(Powell Valley Water District), Rob Foster (City of Forest Grove), Charles Becker and Dale Anderson(City of Gresham), John Thomas and Mike Grimm (Sunrise Water Authority), Don Allen(City of Sandy). Facilitator: Lorna Stickel, Consortium Staff Regional Water Supply Plan Policy Objectives Questions: (Chartpack Notes) Do you think the current set of policy objectives still should be used in revising the RWSP? ♦ Concern over"highest" in water quality policy statement#2. ♦ Look ok, none seem out of date. John Hufftnan commented that the RWSP policy objectives looked good. Les Larson felt none looked out of date. Mike Grimm expressed concerns over the water quality policy objective that reads "utilize sources with the highest raw water quality". The breakout session participants felt having the "est" qualifier could limit source choices. Mike Grimm commented that it could create a subjective comparison between sources instead of setting a standard that can be used for all sources. Are there any new ones or changes that you think should be made to the list of objectives? ♦ Include source vulnerability aspects to policy objectives and policy statements. ♦ Combine some policy objective categories and some policy statements (such as handling operational flexibility, flexibility with future uncertainty, and security/vulnerability issues). Should we still use the same set of key policy objectives or should it be changed and if so how? ♦ Answered in conjunction with the above question. ♦ Should use them all if we combine them as suggested above. 8 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 Would you recommend that we prioritize the key policy objectives or treat them as all equal? If we prioritize them, how would you recommend we do that(e.g. 1- 5,or high, medium, low, or some other way)? ♦ No real desire to create new key priorities apart from the above changes/reorganization of policy objectives outlined above. John Huffinan commented that all the key objectives should be weighted equally. Charlotte Lehan commented that if some of the policy objectives are combined as discussed earlier, they could all become "key" objectives. Les Larson noted that all the policy objectives would need to be looked at in order to address everyone's interests. Regional Water Supply Plan Source Options Questions: (Chartpack Notes) Are there sources of supply that should be considered in the update of the Plan that have not been already been listed in either the adopted Plan or the update materials? ♦ No. What issues do you think the water providers should be looking at regarding particular sources as we revise the Plan? ♦ Issues related to previously stated policy objectives. ♦ Dealing with public perception as water providers look to sources in the long-term future that are not currently popular. ® Timing of source utilization and implementation and development. ♦ Governing readiness to move ahead when it is needed. How do you think the various sources fit the key policy objectives discussed earlier? (Did not discuss) 9 a Consortium Board Meeting Minutes September 4, 2002 What information would you need to see before deciding on a new set of source strategies for inclusion in the RWSP? ♦ How does that new source strategy fit with the current set of policy objectives and policy statements. ♦ Consider all policy objectives before proceeding forward. 10 a��. ad�Ps� .,n�(1j��/ ..".:" "-#',s %�%" -� w•-�`�=-�'��&'a. F`�� ."�v# ""�( '�`�-:Vii#kms "�'Sfi+.9"°' _ _. "� .- _ .. _-" x-'v�- '#�° __ - '�'�°a° - PDXUP News of Portland in brief be the result of Hispanic gang vio- Lumumba Ford withdrew his re- ENVIRONMENT lence. quest for a hearing after Jones no- Last Friday morning, Deaustin tified him that it would be open.In ; West sideets piped Vondale Duckett was found dead in his opinion, Jones wrote-that he ; g p p the passenger seat of a plum-col- would have allowed prosecutors to Despite questions raised by the ored 1999 Honda Accord LX parked play portions of a secretly record- U.S. Environmental Protection outside an apartment complex at ed conversation between a govern- Agency, work continues on Port- 508 N.E.Graham St.Police say the ment informant and suspect Jef- land's$1 billion project to eliminate 20-year-old man died of a gunshot fret' Leon' Battle. According to sewage overflows into the wound or wounds. Jones,the contents of the tape al- Kasandra Griffin Willamette,River. Then earl Sunda 25-year-old read had been revealed b of the Bicycle Y Y, Y Y y prose- Although EPA officials recently Domingo Lee Gonzales was shot tutors at a previous bail hearing Transportation - questioned whether Alliance watches the project and killed near the intersection of for Battle's ex-wife,October Mar- will actually eliminate the over- Northeast.22nd Avenue and Lom- tinique Lewis. "The government the Jitters 3 flows that occur almost every time bard Street.He may have been at- had already read excerpts of the play at the it rains,a groundbreaking ceremo- tending a party in an abandoned most damaging portions of that ex- pro-environment ny for the"West Side Big Pipe"por- house in the area.Neighbors say hibit,"Jones wrote. All Species Bail, tion of the project is set for this af- the house has been used for early It is not clear whether Jones sponsored by the ternoon on Swan Island.This por- morning weekend parties for at would have allowed other evidence Audubon Society, tion of the project will install a 120- least six months: The gatheringsto be presented or discussed in at the Lucky hoot-deep, 4 n;ie lon6, 14-foot-di- typically uttratt hundreds of peo- open court however.He still was ;. --`•odor Public ameter pipe along the west side of ple and gunshots are not unusual, making up his mind.when Ford's Nouse on the river,crossing under the river neighbors say. attorney canceled the hearing.Ac Saturday in to a new pump station that will be Anyone with information on the cording to the opinion,in order to = Southwest completed by 2006.It will cost ap cases is asked to call detectives; be admitted,the evidence"would Portland; proximately$300 million. 503-823-0400. have to be highly relevant to the is TRIBUNE PHOTO. City Commissioner Dan Saltz sues of dangerousness and flight nRciNu uErERs man,who is in charge of the prod- risk and outweigh any unfair prej; tem over to a yet-to-be-created re- process before making any further such an important decision.In re- ect, is arranging a meeting with COURTS udice to the clients involved." gional authority. decisions. sponse to a question from him,bu- EPA officials to address their con- The idea, first proposed two Water bureau officials and con-- read officials estimated that 25 terns. Judges rudetails ears ago b cit Commissioner sultants saythe system is worth Portlanders have attended various UTILITIES Erik Sten, has attracted support between$106 million and$530 mil meetings on the idea so far. CRIMEU.S.District Judge Robert Jones from several other cities and water lion.City Commissioner Dan Saltz- Saltzman said setting a firm released a written opinion Friday Water has its price providers in the tri-county region. man wants more information on price should take two or three about his reasons for ruling that But,during aninformal meeting on how the figures were determined. months,after which a citizens re- Two homicides studied bail hearings for the six Portland The Portland City Council is tak- the subject last Tuesday,the conn- Saltzman took over the bureau view panel will be appointed to ; Muslim terror suspects be open to ing half a step back before going cil decided to determine how much from Sten earlier this year. help guide the council in its deci- Portland police are investigating the public, Iany further with plans to turn man- the system is worth and to develop Commissioner Jim Francesconi sions. whether two recent homicides may The attorney for suspect Patrice agement of the Bull Run water sys- a formal . public 'involvement wants more people involved in `'' ! — Tribu4 staff Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study Project Progress Report- November 20, 2002 These are the project elements completed since the last report of Water Managers Group meeting of October 16, 2002. 1. Feasibility Study Project Review • The Study work has been focusing on developing and approval of a cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation. The agreement provides for BOR to complete the Study tasks of dam engineering, Indian trust assets, cultural resources and social and environmental Justice with funding from the partners and BOR. The BOR staff has restarted the dam engineering work and the schedule has only slowed slightly and still planned to be competed in June of 2003. As discussed last meeting, MWH is developing an amendment to the consultant contract to include the fish passage, Sain Creek tunnel feasibility and economics. • Congressional staff from Representative Wu and Senator Smith offices has been provided tours of Hagg Lake and briefing on the Study. For a key congressional staff person, a helicopter trip was arranged to tour the Bull Run, Clackamas and Tualatin Watersheds. • In coordination with our governmental affairs consultant, we are working on the federal authorization language. Based on the guidance of the congressional staff, the Tualatin with be submitted separately froin the other studies. The Rogue aiid Deschutes Feasibility Studies have not progressed as far as the Tualatin; however, I will continue to coordinate with them and have a meeting scheduled with their representatives and BOR staff in early December. • The Governmental Affairs Request for Proposals was issued in late October November and was due on November 14. I asked Tim Frwert, Greg DiLoreto, Dennis Mulvihill, Washington County Governmental Affairs staff to serve with me as the consultant selection committee. There were three proposals submitted. The firms submitting were: Reed Smith, LLP; Ball Janik LLP and Biota. The committee will review and analyze the proposals and make a recommendation. • With the assistance of Jeanna Cemazanu, a letter was sent to the Hagg Lake neighbors to have them request that water level benchmarks be placed on or near their property. To date there has only been one request presented. This work should be completed in the next few months. Submitted by Tom VanderPlaat, WSFS Project Manager Progress Report i 11/19/2002 P i:1 ingma leave West in the ust ( Dry forAcast for the west Global warnsi Predicted percentage changes in intense daily i precipitation(the to 5%of rainfalls normally ;regicncr,.,. :;° tea: ,s?by the r-.;die_,f!N, B2e�5Q water supplies dictions for a specific region over the next five dec- and cause dramatic increases in saltiness in the Sacra- century: E December through Februaiy YYY ades. Such predictions are common in Europe, but mento Delta and San Francisco Bay. June through August couldplummet 30% this project represents a first U.S.global-to-local cli- "The physics are very simple: Higher temperatures Cascades(Washington state) Y I mate-change estimate overseen by the same team of mean there is more rain than snow, and the spring -s.9osa climate scientists warn scientists from beginning to end. melt comes earlier,"says the Scripps Institution's Bar- -1.50% Paid for largely by the Energy Department, the nett,who headed the two-year project. Columbia Basin(Washington state) supercomputer-based projection contains a lot of bad Scientists of Scripps,the Pacific Northwest National -0.30%1 By Dan Vergano news: Laboratory,the National Center for Atmospheric Re- .2.1.30% � USA TODAY ►Reduced rainfall and mountain snow runoff will search and the University of Washington contributed Northern Pockies(Montana) reduce water released by the Colorado River to cities to the study,which will be published in a number of e 3.ao% Western states face a significant drop in rain and like Phoenix and Los Angeles by 17%and cut hydro- papers in the journal Climate Change.The researchers -23.90% - Northern sierra(California) snowpack runoff because of global warming that electric power from dams along the river by 40%. released the ACPI results before a federal climate X2.10 ould cl ukc off water supplies as much as 30% by 0-Aior the Columbia Rivers stem in the Pacific workshop next month. g 2050,climate scientists report. Northwest,water levels will drop so low that simulta- Their estimates of (tential changes to water re- intermountain Wes(utak,Nevada) "This is just one study where we didn't find any- neous use for irrigation and power will not permit sources are fairly modest,I have seen other estimates thing good: It's a train wreck;"says marine physicist any salmon spawning.Snowpacks that supply the riv- that are much more dramatic,"says climate research- -21.00% Tim Barnett of the Scripps Institution of Oceanog- er will drop 30%,moving the peak runoff time forward er Martyn Clark of the University of Colorado- Southwest(Arizona,New Mexico) raphy in San Diego. one month. Boulder, who was not part of the project but re- 0.70% A U.N. climate science panel found last year that ► In California's Central Valley,"it will be impossible viewed its findings.The results raise immediate ques- 28.30%. average temperatures worldwide could increase as to meet current water system performance levels," tions about ensuring that there is enough water for l much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. In June, a which will hurt water supplies, reduce hydropower people,farms and the environment,Clark says. SOOfCe Accelerated C°O1ate Prediction Initiative `'S,aY Parker.V SA,ODAY Bush administration report found"general agreement that the observed warming is real:' The global effects of adding"greenhouse"gases to the atmosphere,through burning fossil fuels and agri- cultural development,have long been studied.But re- liable estimates of regional effects have been harder to come by. Seeking to provide such information for Western states, the Accelerated Climate Prediction !nitiative (ACPI)Pilot effort today releases snow and rain pre- City seeks regional buyers Jor priceless water system ripiti.cs coff at, Bull Rin. Maintenance• costs loom 0 Bull RunFrom page 1 were built today and all permits rector of the Tualatin Valley Water could be obta?ned. District,worries that even the$320 John Wish, a member of the According to Knudson,the most million estimate is beyond his dis Portland Utilities Review Board, realistic figure of actual worth is trict's means. said the city is setting the price un- about$320 million,which accounts "That would require a 30 per- realistically low to ensure that the for both inflation and depreciation. cent increase in our rates,which is rice ta sale goes through."Tree city is not But that would not include the in- more than our customers are will- looking out for the best interests of terest paid on the bonds that were ing to pay,"he said. its residents,"he said. sold to build the system. Hasson But how low can the city go? By JIM REDDEN Pricing the priceless estimates tLe payments at be- One bottom line is$104 million, g p tween$60 million and$65 million. which is approximately how much The Tribune In many respects, the value of Hasson argues that the interest the city would have to lay to retire While the Bull Run water supply system even- the Bull Run water supply system should not be included in the sales all outstanding revenue bonds that t-,rally may be sold for less than what it's actually cannot be measured in dollars. price. have been issued for bureau proj- n-ces city officials argue that the low price is Located in the mountains east of "The asset value excludes inter- ects. Portland, the river is fed by the est because interest is not the cost The investors would require n cessary to attract partners willing to help pay , for maintenance and improvement projects cost- Bull Run Watershed,owned by the of the facility/asset itself,"Hasson that at least those bonds be fully ir;.;hundreds of millions of dollars: federal government. President wrote in a memo dated Nov. 13. paid off if the system was sold," The City Council is looking into selling the supply. Benjamin Harrison designated the "interest is a cost of the borrowed Knudson said. sr:,tem to a yet-to-be-created consortium of regional, watershed a 142,000-acre natural money(i.e.,time value of money), He said money raised through N,,,,,-ter providers that would share future repair and forest reserve with the sole pui and time vahie of money is differ the sale in excess of$104 million upgrade costs.Although the final sales price has yet pose of meeting the region's water ent from the acility value." could be used to reduce Portland to be set,it probably would be somewhere between needs in 1892.The Oregon Legisla- Wish sai!.' the water rates, al- $; 3 million and$553 million. lure later granted exclusive water city is intentional- though the rates rights to the city of Portland. ly low-balling the Bull Run suitors would go up again hese figures—prepared by the Portland Water The city harnessed this remark- price to make the to pay the city's .,: !'(1 1�'111dfi]' of h:rerl,consultants do not. Potential regional partners �� able gift;•y building a dam in t£,�. deal go thr ci ;;h. �; include;the cities ci 6eavar- share of the $400 Itake into account the fact that the supply system.is watershed and channeling the wa- "Water 11i.reau ton,Gresham,Portland, million in repair practically irreplaceable. Current federal environ- 'f mental regulations probably prevent the city from ter to local residents and busi- managers,s, -le of Tigard and Tualatin;Clean and improvement nesses through a S Stem of Con the politicians and Water Services;and metro- projects. e ,^r again damming a wild river in a pristine federal g y' area utilities Powell Valley The sales rice fcrest for its own purposes,which is how Bull Run duns and reservoirs. all of the myriad Road Water District,Raleigh p Improvements have included a consultants and Water District,Rockwood Wa could be set early sy„tem originally was created. second dam in the watershed,wa- contractors want ter People's utility District, next year. During Nor do the estimates include Sunrise water Authority,Tu the$65 million in interest paid on ter quality facilities and a backup to get the water alatin valley Water District he informal Nov.5 the bonds used to build and main "The city is well system to provide water dor bureau out from and West Slope Water District hearing on the loin the system's infrastructure, ing droughts or otter emergen City Council con proposal, the which includes two dams in the not looking cies. trol,” he said. "The water engi- council asked the city's Office of Bvhi Rein watershed, four large out for the The system provides Portland neers of the'burbs also want to get Management and hinance to re- B,,,,,ts, a sophisticatedwatershed, water with so much water that it has a portion of the assets at what is view the work done on the propos- quality control laboratory, the best been selling its surplus to other re- obviously a`fire sale'price." al to date. Powell Butte Reservoir and a interests gional jurisdictions for many The bottom line "The office will decide if this is backup source called the Colum- years. economically a good deal for the l,i South Shore Wellfield. of Its How can you set a price on that? A "fire sale" price may be re- city of Portland,"Knudson said.If But the council faces a looming residents." "With growing population and quired to close the dell,however. the answer is yes,a team of city of- financial crisis.The system needs finite water supply, whatever the The potential partners are all ficials will begin negotiating with more than$400 million in mainte- —.„►ohn Wish, Bull Run is worth today it will be much smaller than Portland,rang- the potential regional partners to nance, upgrades and improve- Portland Utilities worth more 10 or 20 years from ing in size from the city of Gre- determine an acceptable sales rents.Paying for this work could Review Board now,"Wish said. sham to the West Slope Water Dis price. push Portland's already sky-high member At the same time,the system is triet.Most, 5.'not all,would have to The discussions are expected to vrater rates beyond all reason.So, i a man-made collection of dams, raise water rates to help pay for take approximately three months. Portland officials are looking for pipes,holding tanks,wells,pumps the new system. If a price is agreed upon,the coun- partners to underwrite the work in exchange for own- and test equipment.The construc- In fact, some of them already cil then will launch a public in- in shares of the system. tion cost of each component is are balking at the city's price fig- volvement process to help deter- The city is negotiating the deal with a dozen other known, allowing city officials to ures. mine what Portlarders think of j:.-risdictions in the tri-county region. Most of the apply recognized accounting prin- The small Rockwood Water Dis- the deal. cities and water districts already are buying Bull Run ciples to determine the low book triet recently dropped out of the iti--iter from the city on long-term contract, many of value at$106 million and the high negotiations, calling the figures Contact Jim Redden at jred- w ilich are scheduled to expire in coming y,;ars. end at$553 million--if the system tob high. Axid Greg DiLoreto, di- denCaportlandtribune.com. '.f all of the parties can agree on a sales price,a new rc,gional authority will be created to manage the sys- tom in the future, So is the city desperate enough to let the system go for a song? Portland officials defend their current estimates as f,--'r and realistic ways of valuing an aging,et of pub- licly owned assets in need of repair. "These are accepted ways of accounting for public assets,"said Mark Knudson,the water bureau official in charge of the project. But:critics of the proposed deal say the city is on the verge of shortchanging the generations of Port- landcrs who have underwritten the supply system. See BULL RUN/Page 5 i Uti,oliot'i8es riethink Bull Run buymin northwest of Mount Hood. BULL RUN Areas supplied by Bull Run Cities and water districts invited Th*: Bull Run is a premier water source,the reasoning goes,still relatively ' Portland wants to share control of the Bull Run water system,but the city's to share ownershipwith {Sauviea, ro osed price to Is making clean and with vast, untapped capacity. Island p p .P 9 9 otherjurisdictions balk. Portland say$320 million is too With stable rates and a consortium of 14 x owne.:-s sharing costly improvements, it ,rn, high, but the rice could change w Pr g ' Pcould quench the region's thirst for an- - � �,k�� WASHINGTON other 100 ears. WASH.co. fira s..: By ERIC MORTENSON Y "�.. � „4 ,�'�:°• .�� ,� ,. THE OREGONIAN But Portland's s Offer to give `" surprising � ooster,-� _ The people who support forming a re- up sole control of Bull Run,greeted with PORTLAND ROCK , brional drinking water agency like to enthusiasm in 2001,is snagged on dollar HlusaoRo ' GRESHAM %OREGON Bull Run dredge up history.The Portland area has signs now. Cities and water districts Reserve the opportunity, they argue, to emulate invited to share ownership are gulping TIGARo hard at the projected "buy-in"in" cost to >_ the visionaries who in 1895 first drew P J Y-� •_-------------- water _____________water from the Bull Run wateished Please see BULL RUN,Page BG MICHAEL MODE/THE OREGONIAN -, r,.'.,<w. 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Below,an open reservoir surrounded by wrought iron reflects rare Jovember sun- light.Beyond the water lie the buildings of downtown Portland,the bridges over the Willamette River and the'West Hills. "This has got to be the most beautiful, most romantic view in the city,"Jones says. Jones,47,wants to keep it that way.She was born and raised near Mount Tabor Park,the 200-acre jewel of Portland's east side, and she goes walking and sightseen. ing there practice.1y every,day. "This has Her family has been using the park as long as it has existed,and got to be the she wants to preserve that history most by blocking a cite plan to replace the park's three open reservoirs beautiful, with undergrounc water tanks. most Jones is one of a growing num- ber of Portlanders to organize romantic against the construction project, which is scheduled to start next fall. view in the Almost 70 percent of Port- city. land's drinking water passes `y through the open Mount Tabor —ROY Jnnes, reservoirs, flowing untreated to Mount Tabor the tap. The city has been con- resident sidering covering the reservoirs for more than 30 pears. Water bureau spokeswoman Ross Walk- er said Portland is the only city in the na tion with drinking water_reservoirs that are both exposed and easily accessible to the public — and potential terrorists. "That's like being the only airport in the nation without security checks,"she said. But Jones and other rrembers of the new citizens group Friends of the Reser- voirs question whether the $65 million !, project is a necessary investment for the cash-strapped water bureau. They wonder whether tl:e reservoirs can be saved,for less money, without sacrific= ing water quality. And they criticize the city for using far-from-neural private con- sultants to initiate a supposedly public process, after the decisi-ri to cover the See TABOR/Page 4 a Some neighbors of r Mount Tabor Park don't like the city's plan for covering reser- voirs to prevent sabotage.From _ left,Roy Jones, :. Charles Heying, - Chad Blasi,John Wish and Lois Heying gather to discuss ways to t is keep them uncov- ered without compromising sa ty- TRIBUNEPHOTO: LE.BASKOW Tabor: Foes say other options a safe ® From page 1 Then came the terrorist attacks sign and build the underground The water bureau's Walker ac- of Sept."11.The con,;ultants dust- reservoir tanks. knowledges that so-called".back- reservoirs already had been made. ed off their report and subcon- "The problem is that the people flow" attacks ara serious con- The, City Council officially ap- tracted with a Maryland-based se- running the public process have terns. "Every hydrant, every proved the reservoir:plandt}ring:' curjtyfirrt{,Veridia*.i,headed by a something to gain,"Heying said. faucet has the potential for back- budget sessions last spring;`voting former CIA agent.'The water bu "And we aren't even allowed to flow contaminati;)n,"she said. to boost water rates;$i per,month feau was presented,with'evidence talk about options that involve But that doesn't mean the city to ra sa the-necessary money. that poisoning a water system is saving the reservoirs.You need a should stop worrying about the The council's decision came at much easier and mot e likely than neutral facilitator to have an open risk of open reservoirs,she said: the r�,commendation of the water officials had previc:isly known. process.Anything else is just an "We realize that these reservoirs bureau, which has been advised The timeline quickl} ^hanged. information campaign." are icons in the community, but by a:camber of consultants.The While there were no public Water bureau spokeswoman water quality and public health lead consultant is Denver-based hearings on whethrt-, the reser- Walker points out that Mont- are the city's responsibility." Montgomery Watson Harza Inc., voirs should be replaced,the pub- gomery Watson Harza hasn't Friends of the Reservoir mem- the firm now in charge of the pub- lic now is invited to participate in won the contract for designing bers wonder if there might be a lic process that Jones and other the process of decid rg what will and building the structures.That way to preserve the reservoirs neighbors object to. be placed atop the buried tanks. decision won't come until next without risking th:?water supply. Mum water supply Employees of Montgomery Wat- spring, and three other compa- They point to a precedent in son Harza,the water bureau and nies also are bidding for the job. Pittsburgh, where a neighbor- Montgomery Watson Harza, a Portland parks are working with a Montgomery Watson Harza hood group led by a transplanted 6,000-employee global company committee of citizens to brain- has built similar structures in Oregonian fought for 10 years with:pore than$850 million in an- storm ideas for 22 aer s of"new" Seattle and Utah and at Powell and eventually saved a historic nual revenues,employs 40 people parkland.Ideas have ranged from Butte Park in East Portland. reservoir that the•city wanted to in its Portland office, including wetlands and wateri'alls to dogbury.Pittsburgh's engineers end- Vice I-resident Joe Glicker,a for- runs and skateboard parks. Threat Of COI1taII110at100 ed up building a"micro-filtration" mer chief engineer with the Port- Still, Friends of th,: Reservoirs The decision to replace the water treatment plant instead,at land Water Bureau. says it wants to prese::e the reser- reservoirs"was not made quick- less than half the cost. The firm has landed many siz- voirs and remains frustrated that ly,and it was not made lightly," Jones said the story from Pitts- able contracts throughout the re- this option is not open for discus- Glicker said."We're not willing to burgh gives her hope that she and gion, including the $48 million sion at the city's planning meetings. take the risk that someone could her colleagues mp; still be able to drinking water filtration plant on ConfllCt Of IfiterMt alleged contaminate the water supply." save the reservoirs at Mount Tabor. the Willamette River in Wilsonville. Heying counters that covering "I can't imagine the thought that The consultants assessed the Charles Heying, an associate the .reservoirs will hardly do this could be the end of these views "vulnerability"of Portland's wa- professor of urban studies and away with the threats to Port- and all this history,"she said. "It ter supply in a$1 million,five-vol- planning at PortlanU` State Uni- land's water.For example,anyone makes me sad to think about that." ume study,completed in March versity,wonders if it is a conflict with a bike pump or a vacuum Friends of the Reservoirs has 2001.Their report recommended of interest for the planning dis- cleaner can reverse the flow of scheduled a meeting from 6:45 p.m. replacing the reservoirs—a prat- cussions to be led by%consulting the water from a home or a fire to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, at the tice now standard in the industry firm that stands to benefit from a hydrant, with potentially cat& Western Baptist Seminary chapel, —within 20 to 25 years. multimillion-dollar contract to de- strophic results. 5,511 S.E.Hawthorne Blvd. SIS +I : iilUtilri' ,,l:tlz MEMORANDUM CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON TO: Ed Wegner, Craig Prosser FROM: Bill Monahan DATE: December 19, 2002 SUBJECT: King City Water Tax Attached is a letter received today from Mayor Jan Drangsholt of King City, along with my response. Please work out an analysis of the cost which would be associated with imposing a new tax. You may need to contact Jan or King City staff for greater detail regarding the amount of potential tax, implementation date, plan for advance notice, and process proposed for handling consumer calls. Please emphasize the need for advance notice with questions directed to King City staff. It is my objective to keep King City's administrative charge for Tigard as low as possible. This will only be achieved by King City doing adequate up front preparation and assigning King City staff to handle questions and comments. Any increased call volume or customer service effort required of our staff must be accounted for, included in the cost analysis, and charged to King City. Please prepare a response that we can direct back to Mayor Drangsholt in the next two weeks. Thank you for your assistance. aft I:VAMABILLWEMOS\2002WING CITY WATER.DOC KING CITY 15300 S.W.116th Avenue,King City,Oregon 97224-2693 Phone:(503)639-4082•FAX(503)639-3771 RECER �-� -O,T d ini tr- Ition 12/10/2002 Honorable Mayor Jim Griffith City Councilors City of Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd. Tigard, Oregon 97223 Dear Mayor Griffith and City Councilors, The City of King City has had previous dialogue with the Tigard Water District regarding the implementation of a water tax. Our Council is still interested in placing such a tax on our citizen's water bill. Previously, we had been informed that implementing such a tax would be costly for the city. At this time, we would like to pursue this endeavor and would appreciate an analysis of what the projected cost would be. Your interest and support is sincerely appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Jan Dra g1sholt Mayor December 18, 2002 CITY OF TIGARD OREGON Mayor Jan Drangsholt City of King City 15700 SW 116th Avenue King City, OR 97224-2693 RE: Implementation of a Water Tax Dear Jan: Your letter of December 10, 2002, directed to Mayor Griffith was received today. I will ask Ed Wegner and Craig Prosser to respond to your request for an analysis of the projected cost of implementing a tax. Our staff will prepare the analysis in consultation with your staff. I will direct our staff to offer assistance to King City staff to prepare up front public information materials to assist you to "get the word out" before the first bills are sent. To keep your costs down, we will work out the details of how consumer questions and issues may be directed to your staff, rather than have Tigard need to charge you for additional expenses related to implementation. I expect that an analysis of projected costs will be sent to you in the next two weeks. Sincerely, William A. Monahan City Manager I:WOM\BILULETTERS12002\KING CITY WATER.00C 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 (503)639-4171 TDD (503)684-2772 January 7, 2003 COPY Jane Turner CITY OF TIGARD City Manager OREGON King City 15300 S.W. 116t' Avenue King City, Oregon 97224-2693 Dear Ms. Turner Per your request, I'm sending this letter to request additional information regarding your City's interest in having the City of Tigard bill for a water tax that your Council is considering adopting. This additional information is necessary in order to accurately calculate both what the implementation and ongoing processing costs would be. 1. Does King City plan to ask City of Tigard staff to prepare and mail advance notice of fee implementation to our customers? The City of Tigard would prefer that this be done at least 60 to 90 days before actual implementation. 2. How does King City plan to handle customer inquiries regarding the tax on an ongoing basis? The City of Tigard would prefer that all inquiries be handled by a member of your staff. 3. What is the targeted implementation date? It is my understanding that you plan to solicit input from your Council on their meeting scheduled for January 15. It is also my understanding from you that the amount of the potential tax has not been determined yet. If you have any further questions of me, please feel free to contact me at 503-718-2488. Upon receipt of the additional information from you, I will calculate what the related costs would be to King City and forward that to you and Mayor Drangsholt. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, Tom Imdieke Financial Operations Manager Cc: Bill Monahan Ed Wegner 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 (503)639-4171 TDD (503)684-2772 s J 3M L F What's going on? Columnist David Reinhard INSIDE [3: THIS SECTION wonders why other large school districts around the nation spend less per pupil than Portland while ♦OPINION,B6 providing considerably longer school years. *OBITUARIES,Blo COMMENTARY, Page B7 ♦CLASSIFIED,B11 MANAGING EDITOR/NEWS:THERESE BOTTOMLY x.503-221-8434 THURSDAY ♦DECEMBER 19,2002 0 by at I st w.. ater - rates may rise ea o the first glimpse of what replacing the Dan Saltzman,who oversees the bureau, PROPOSED WATER AND SEWER RATE INCREASES The Portland bureau says. computer system could cost ratepayers pledged to work to reduce both the rate Portland's water and sewer bureaus have proposed rate`;ncreases that would go into effect beginning next July. The system, increase and the estimated computer July 1.This chart shows quarterly bills for the"average"homeowner,defined as using 24 ccf replacing a computer billing switched on in February 2000, led to costs by the time the city adopts new of water every three months,or about 200 gallons a day. thousands of delayed and stuck bills, rates in the spring. system could account for One- millions in lost collections and the resi - Current cost ■Sewer ■Water Total bill Past increases . g Saltzman said his working assumption Proposed third to one-half of the Jump nation of the bureau's director. is that the increase will total 8 percent to $161.25 Sn0 rate The forecast predicts rate increases of 12 percent. The bureau has not hada MW 150 increases By SCOTT LEARN 10.6 percent to 14.4 percent for the water double-digit rate increase in at least 10 Proposed low-end $173.51 130 THE OREGONIAN portion of the combined water and sew ears. Portland's Water Bureau is proposing er bill beginning in July for the typical "We regret the need to replace our Increase 110 double-digit rate increases for next year, homeowner. A replacement computer p proos phigh-end $175.18 90 citing a drop in water use, an agipeople(computer) system, but I think eo ng sys- system,which the bureau estimates will will understand by now that this is the � � 8.6% ,'97-, '99- 'Ot- '03- tem and a multimillion-dollar price tag cost$26 million,could account for one- Increase ' `98 '00 '02 '04 for replacing the bureau's faulty comput- third to one-half of that jump,according right course of action for us to follow, er system. to the forecast. said Saltzman,who took over the bureau �. Sources:Portland Water Bureau,Portland Bureau of Environmental Seryces The bureau's financial forecast marks Mayor Vera Katz and Commissioner Please see WATER,Page B8 — — — —�MICHAEL M^DEM;EOREGONIAN` Water.,* Newsy stern will not affect suburbs Continued from Page Bl hamson said. "And no one is sit- fields will also help reduce the size April pegged total budget overruns ting in there reviewing that stuff of the rate increase, Hasson said. and lost collecdons tied to the bill- in June from Commissioner Erik from a citizen's perspective." And the bureau expects a settle- ing system at'oetween $17 million Sten. "I'm doing my best to make ment with the computer system's and$29 million.A request for pro- sure that no cost goes unchal- Business water use falls off vendor, Severn Trent Systems of posals for a new vendor will go out lenged. The economic dormtum that Houston. The forecast assumes soon,city officials said,and the city Most city residents are billed makes rate increases so tough to several million for the settlement, should pick a vendor by the end of quarterly for the combined cost of stomach is also driving the need Hasson said, declining to specify May. water and sewer services.In recent for rate increases, said David Has- exactly how much. It could be years, the Water Bureau's rate in- son,the Water Bureau's finance di- more,he said. creases have been less than in- rector. Water use has dropped Scott Learn:503-294-7657; creases for the Bureau of Environ- about 6 percent across the board, An analysis by The Oregonian in scottleani@news.oregonian.com. mental Services, which steadily he said, with the h'ggest drops boosted bills to clean up sewer aniong iarge business users. overflows into the Willamette River That drop means less revenue to and Columbia Slough. cover the bureau's operating and Environmental Services is pro- building costs, meaning the bu- posing a 6.5 percent increase in its reau has to make cuts or raise rates for July 1. Despite the lower rates. percentage increase, the dollar in- Bureau officials say they have al- i crease ;n sewer bills will be higher ready made big cuts, in large part because sewer costs are higher. to cover the losses ties'to the com- Combined,Portland's water and puter billing system The bureau sewer bills for residential custom- has cut about 10 per(ont of its 523- ers ranked second highest among person staff through attrition, bu- 50 big cities in an industry survey reau officials say, and cut nearly last year,trailing only Seattle. $30 million in build,ig costs, de- ferring road, bridge and distribu- As proposed,the increase in the tion system maintenance.Before it average Portland homeowner's bill disbanded,the utility review board for both water and sewer would to- expressed concerns about the tal about $5 a month at the high maintenance cuts. end.New rates for the city's subur- ban customers haven't been fore cast yet, but bureau officials said increases as high as 18 percent to suburban customers will see al- 22 percent,according to"the Water most no increase related to the Bureau financial forecast. But it billing system, which bills only plans to hold down the size of'the Portland customers. increase in part by temporarily re- ducing its debt coverage. That Some businesses hurt more strategy risks a poorer debt rating The timing is bad for an unusu- and higher interest costs. But ally high rate increase because of that risk is small for a temporary the region s,down economyy said decrease,Hasson said; r Kent Craford, spokesman fo the A$6. n,yw uit settlement Portland: Water.:Users :Cgalitwri. from Bo urge`Ai 04"s6de for'�sol- The rate'increase would particular- vent pollution near`t'e city's well ly sting businesses such as hotels, food processors and restaurants, he said. The coalition,a group of 18 Port- land businesses and business groups, opposes spending $200 million to treat water from the city's Bull .Run reservoirs near Mount.:1ood, a potential bureau project. "The question is, is this just the beginri;tg?" Craford said. "And that answer, I would guess,.is yes, especially with the filtration pro- posal and all the other transmis- sion investments we have to make. It looks like we're on a track that is simply not sustainable." The Water Bureau's five-year forecast shows increases returning to a more,normal 6 percent in- crease in three years. Jim Abrahamson, former chair- man of the now dormant Portland Utilities Review Board, said the Water Bureau's proposal is a good reason for Katz to resurrect the rate watchdoggro up, which;dissolved.i earlier this year amid personality conflicts. "If the Water Bureau starts talk- ing about that kind of money, that's a substantial hit, Abra- THE OREGONIAN ♦ FRIDAY,DECEMBER 27,2002 Bull Run treatment . . Bull Run. Commissionerdecision put off a year says time line wiff be met A Portland commissioner says that the cost outlook Continued from Page El hun treatment panel's majority would change if�-: regional agency were created — recommendations and its minori- must move the treatment discus- ty report. The Water Bureau also By HENRY STERN sion to the bac.' burner. ,rill present information on the THE OREGONIAN In a memo to other members treatment options. The Portland commissioner in charge of the Water Bureau of the City Council on Thur.-,.!a),, Paul Arhuthnot, nresident of will wait at least a year before deciding which treatment method Saltzman said the city must se- Sunshine Dairy Foods and a to use for Bull Run water. cure cost-sharing agreements for member of the Portland Water Commissioner Dan Saltzman said Thursday that choosing a g treatment option must be put on hold until the city and its sub- treatment through regionaliza- Users Coalition, opposed Saltz- urban water customers decide whether to convert the city- tion or wholesale water contracts man's decision to delay the owned water system into a regional agency.If the system is re- before price tags can be com- choice. gional,Saltzman said,that changes all the cost comparisons for pared. "To hold off the unknown for the treatment choices. The announcement comes as the city "I don't believe we'll lose any another year makes it that much gears up to meet pending federal rules on controlling a potenti time in the final process," Saltz- harder to do budgeting and plan ally lethal parasite known as cryptosporidium. In June,a citizens'panel recommended a$202 million mem- man said. "It would be dramati- ning," Arbuthnot said. "I don't brane filter plant that would remove the microbes and the mud cally different costs for mem- understand the procrastination." that can shut doom Bull Run water. brane versus ultraviolet." The water users coalition, Opponents of filtration say the plant would be too expensive. Saltzman plans to introduce a which includes 18 businesses and Citing forecasts that filtration would drive up rates by 12 percent to 30 percent, filtration's foes favor ultraviolet treatment ata resolution next month that would associations, opposes filtration. cost of$55 million. authorize a city negotiations team Other filtration opponents in The bureau already forecasts rate increases of 10.6 percent to to establish a price for the Bull dude supporters of the Powell 14.4 percent next July as it deals with replacement of its flawed Run system. Butte nature preserve and the billing system and reduced water use by business in the eco- Water Bureau officials say the now-inactive Portland Utilities noetic downturn. Saltzman --,id bureau managers said earlier Review Board,a ratepayer watch- this month that the bureau's pilling system and other priorities plant would need to be on line by dog group. Please see BULL RUN,Page E4 2012, but it needs an eight- to nine-year construction lead time. The council has scheduled a Jan. Henry Stern:503-294-5988; 14 wuik session. to hear the Bull henrystern@news.oregonian.com :.:;:kLY!'R34 'i�y b'k1 .....N..'. .-•.1.:.!j...AR�' Ai.AY..a•,r�.: r. .... ...�tiwfar�lea:...- .i ..... ,. f ': k •y`�'� y�•..': M1 '•��..i4de'r r,� �' *it 4 i y,r`tt•.. buiie :i'b >ly {r e 1 . :,..; ks3(d w'M Vit' ,�r"`i; r��'�a�+ixa ° � ' • TUESDAY,JANUARY 7,2003 PUBLISHED EACH TUESDAY&FRIDAY ' FREE i Cimty won't bu e on, reservoirs 4. r i '� � 4 Y w.r� �vKaxtr•�.,w��,Ty' � ,, ,,�y"�""". >,L '"'H� e'�} 'Fi,�b S7� �,1r F , w e . gg y n R ifin . T i. r r c t 7 .s TRIBUNE PHOTO:TIM JEWETT About 600 people encircled the lower reservoir at Mount Tabor Park on Sunday to protest a city plan to cap the reservoirs.While some granted that the drinking water should be protected from terrorist and other threats,many complained that the city did not solicitpublic advice before making its decision. Rally draws 600 but council members stied with decision to cover water By BEN JACKLET Commissioner Dan Saltzman; to protest the city's plan to bury cling the water. they believe would be a hasty and The Tribune who oversees the Portland Water the park's 100-year-old open Wendy Wiles, a volunteer for unwarranted burial. Bureau, said opponents"are Li reservoirs. the newly formed citizens group The water bureau plans to start The i ortlandCity Council is terested in changing the outcome The demonstration, held on a Friends of the Reservoirs, said burying the reservoirs within u showing no signs of changing of a City Council decision that wzs, gorgeous January afternoon,at- she was inspired by the turnout. yea:•. Construction at Mount T& its decision to cover the city's made. And I ha%°e not had orae tracted bicyclists,moms with jog- "This is fan'vstic,"she said."It's bor would last three to five years open reservoirs,despite in- council member approach me ar.d ging strollers, poodles and grass-roots action at its best.The and would involve a redesign of creasing pressure from neigh- express any interest in changing, Weimaraners, and people of all community is coming out to show the 22 acres of parkland that the borh000ctivists who say the that decision." ages.A five-piece marching drum how much they love this park and reservoirs currently occupy. $76 million choice was made More than 600 people joincd band-provided a backbeat as these reservoirs." 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Lroa- rood Ci c. - C C. _�.0 L ^y ro : bD L a rn -, O :J -Li .0 O n p o.0 o r,C eOi o`i cd C J ro o > t' C L aL� C.c O.° p :,E-" co v a c ton a n ro cro a" o U �p %,`FiI�4n ;ortland's water suppIYSafe uard Although the expense is a burden, capping or burying city's open reservoirs is a must-do in an age of terrorism y the afternoon of Sept. 11, age of horse and buggy.That doesn't di- K 2001, the Portland Water Bu- minish their appeal,but it should dilute reau had already moved to up- pure reverence for the reservoirs with grade security at Portland's an ounce or two of common sense. open drinking-water reservoirs. Every- As postcard views of Portland, the one felt vulnerable after the terrorist reservoirs are beloved.As technology to strike:,,(j'-jurse;,bait the city wasn't be- safely hold a city's drinking wa,er, - ing paranoid — it was being prudent. they're outmoded. Once common, Water officials had long known that the open reservoirs still exist around the city's open reservoirs were soft spots in country,but many are used for firefight the city's armature. ing or water reserves, not for drinking t The reservoirs hold 170 million gal- water,as we use them in Portland.If we Ions of what, in water-bureau jargon, is were starting over, the Environmental known as"finished"water.This is water Protection Agency would no longer per- that flows pretty much as is, right into mit them to be built. the taps, glasses and water bottles of Contamination by natural sources about two-thirds of Portland residents. such as seagulls, raccoons and dogs — Last spring, after a consultant's re- also human swimmers—has been the port reiterated that the open reservoirs biggest concern with these reservoirs. left the city vulnerable to sabotage, the In 1998, a study in Portland concluded = _ Portland City Council accelerated plans that "deliberate contamination" was to bury two reservoirs at Mount Tabor another potentially"high hazard." Park and cap two in Washington Park. The decision came during budget dis- The city is now spending $750,000 a cussions, and it happened fast. You Year for security at these reservoirs. could argue it was expedited. But by What exacerbated the bureau's worries Portland standards—some say the"P" last spring was the potential for relative- in Portland stands for "process" — the ly minute concentrations of chemicals .derision was rushed. to poison an entire water supply. Now a group of Mount Tabor resi= It's true that the bureau wasn't espe- dents has staged a protest at the reser- cially sensitive, initially, to the aesthetic yoirs and has suggested that the discus- value of the reservoirs, but the bureau sion should be re-opened. Revisiting a has come around. The project budget decision to spend what will amount to now includes $13.4 million to restore $76 million is probably never a bad the beauty of Mount Tabor,and a com- idea. We certainly wouldn't oppose the mittee is gathering ideas,with faux res - council taking another crack at the de- ervoirs one of many possibilities. .cision, and making sure it understands Aesthetics are important, but even if all the arguments and options. But we the council were to reopen the discus- .suspect the council would rightly come sion, it cannot make a new decision .to the same conclusion in the end. based on neighborhood nostalgia. This As charming as Portland's open-res- decision must be made, purely and ervoirs are,they were literally built in an simply,on the basis of safety. JOINT WATER COMMISSION 1/10/03 The Tigard Water Service Area includes the cities of Durham, King City, and a majority of the City of Tigard and unincorporated areas of Washington County outside the Tigard City limits. The C*f provides potable water to approximately 55,000 people, through 16,102 residential, cornmerciai and industrial serv;ce connections. Approximaie�y 35°o of those connections are residential — this includes multi-residential units. Tigard's water system contains 13 reservoirs with a combined storage capacity of approximately 24.5 million gallons. Currently, the City's primary water supply is from the City of Portland through a wholesale contract. In addition, the City receives water supply from Tualatin Valley Water District and Joint Water Commission with contracts. The City also owns and operates 3 groundwater wells (very small yields — 1 .2 mgd) to supplement existing water supplies during periods of increased water demands. The City of Tigard is currently using aquifer storage and recovery to supplement existing supplies of potable water. Last summer we supplemented our supply with 1 .2 mgd from our ASR project. We a:Iticipate drilling another ASR we'll ft,is spring/summer. Tigard's Average Daily Demand: 6.1 mgd Tigard's Average Summer Demand: 10.3 mgd Tigard's 2002 Peak Demand: 12.3 mgd Tigard is implementing a number of conservation programs that support regional, sub-regional and local conservation goals. Our goal is to continue to implement conservation programs to further the goal of meeting regional water saving targets and reduce summer season peak water use. Our program has resulted in an average annual consumption reduction of approximately 17% over the last 8 years. As you are well aware, Tigard is very interested in becoming a partner in the Joint Water Commission. We have begun to benefit from this anticipated action. We, cooperatively with the City of Beaverton, constructed an intertie that will allow us to receive up to 4 mgd. We continue to work jointly on such projects as the Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study and the Raw Water Pipeline Project. Tigard would ask that further consideration be researched and analyzed for our membership into the Joint Water Commission as soon as possible. We fully understand that certain constraints still exist with long term source water options. We feel these constraints can be addressed in the agreement process. We aiso understand the water rights issue, but would be happy to work on the "leased water concept" with the Joint Water Commission members. We would understand that any agreement would give existing owners "right of first refusal" on all water purchases. We would anticipate that "buy-in and buy-back" clauses would become part of an agreement, based on future long term water source options and projected capital improvement projects. Tigard is in a position to set a path for its long term water source. We would very much like to be a partner with our Washington County neighbors. Working on this partnership at this time would allow us to make educated and economical decisions as we continue to work together on various projects. We would respectfully request that the Commission direct staff to begin working with Tigard to become official members of the Joint Water Commission and provide a status report of acceptable terms and conditions to be considered by both parties at your next meeting. Ed Wegner Director of Public Works City of Tigard I ARM DANA E.OLSEN/THE OREGONIAN A small island has appeared in the middle of Hagg Lake near Gaston.A dry fall has caused the Washington County reservoir to be drawn down to about half of its typical level in early December.Water managers are beginning to plan what to do if rainfall doesn't start replenishing the lake and nearby Barney Reservoir soon. Ha Lake sulks to half usual fall level 00 —contains 326,000 gallons. The three cities and water dis- Both Tigard and the district Water managers aren't "I sure would like to have rain, trict make up the Joint Water Com- would then buy more expensive big time," Otto said, recalling that mission. water from Portland's Bull Run panicking but have plans in the current lake level is almost ex- Now, Hagg Lake's remaining supply, which is still adequate, case winter rains don't actly what it was two years ago storage is being used to augment `With our winter demands, that when a long dry spell was starting the Tualatin's flow to the commis- wouldn't hurt us, said Tigard's measure up to create a summer water shortage Sion's water-treatment plant south public works director, Ed Wegner, By RICHARD COLBY in 2001. That one-year shortage of Foiest Grove,lhompsun said. "but if it's happening in six THE OREGONIAN caused water managers to carefully He said Hagg Lake's 9,500 acre months,call me back." handle supplies, shorting some ir- feet available to the commission Professional weather watchers Drier-than-normal fall weather rigation district customers but not represented about 150 days' sup- can offer only general ideas as to hasn't panicked local water man- drastically affecting cities that ply. Another 6,275 acre-feet are the cause of this year's rainfall agers, but if rains don't begin re- turned to other sources. stored in Hillsboro's Barney Reser- shortage. plenishing Washington County,svofr farther west, representing "It's not uncharacteristic of an El two major reservoirs in a few At Scoggins Dam this year, Otto weeks, some water suppliers may said, November's rainfall totaled about a third of that reservoir's ca Nino situation in the equatorial Pa have to shift to other sources. just a little more than half of nor- paci ty' c i f i ,," said Steve Todd, mal.In October,it was just 21 per- "When you're still releasing meteorologist-in-charge for the As water levels in Hagg Lake and cent. rather than filling," Thompson National Weather Service's Port- the Tualatin River drop below av- said, "you have to be more cau- land office. erage,fall's lack of rain has become Because continual rains could tious." He explained that the periodic increasingly noticeable, said Wally show up at any time, Otto said, The water director said he warn-ling of the ocean's surface be- Otto, superintendent of Scoggins "I'm not ready to throw up big would meet with other water offi- tween South America and Indone- Dam for the Tualatin Valley Irriga- alarms yet." If the weather should cials next week to review the situa- sia has long been suspected of af- tion District.The dam near Gaston remain dry into mid-January or be- tion fecting weather in the western holds back Hagg Lake, yond, he said, the reservoir may If the rainfall possibilities still United States,as one appears to be With an average rainfall for this not fill by May 1, its annual target appear light, he said, the commis- doing at the moment. date for topping out. Todd said, F1 Nffio� time of year, Otto said, the dam lion's fust step would be to discon_ Normally, would have about 25,000 acre-feet Normally at this time of year, tinue serving Tigard,which is buv- every few years may help cause the of water behind it, about half the said Joe Thompson, Hillsboro's ing about 2 million gallons a day Northwest's weather to be a little lake's springtime capacity. On water director, his city along with from the commission. If rainfall drier than normal. Tuesday, however, the lake held Beaverton, Forest Grove and the doesn't stabilize the situation after "Phis is extreme,"he said of cur- only about 12,000 acre-feet. An Tualatin Valley Water District that, Thompson said, the next to rent conditions, theorizing they acre-foot—a volume equal to an would rely on the Tualatin River's be dropped would be the Tualatin probably have more than one acre covered by one foot of water natural flow to fill their needs. 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The courts have ruled bureau spokeswoman Ross sponse,a private security firm,to Plan fear that Thursday's inti- arrived minutes later and ap- that you can't arrest someone af- Walker. "We have no reason to provide 24-hour patrols seven glen; 'Jil doom their efforts to proached the man,who was un- ter they've agreed to leave." believe there is an 11e cite from removing the cooperative and did not give the Mount Tabor Park is closed to water quality,"he said. per with per mon week, k, at a cost of$50,000 " '`"'rs officers his name. the public between 10 p.m. and 5 The water bureau began drain- Behnke was spotted Thursday It Vary ;;psetting,"said Floy The man turned and walked a.m daily. a Mount Tabor resident away after the officers tole him A parks bureau spokeswoman t ects ttheop complete the .and e process by a First Response employee. The park's t lire !);Is volunteered with a to leave the park,Schmautz said. said transients frequently sleepate Saturdayor ea.-1Sundain the news lately whenrap r was roxi- callcd Friends of the The officers then saw the man in the park in spite of the nightlWalker said The reservoir will mately 800 people circleditdur- j (3cu r airs to preserve the his- climb the wrought iron, 8-foot- curfew. f <<'�'i�' ��'�el'�'��irs. "We were just high fence that surrounds the 69 Police called the city fire bu- bnInithe meantime,additioeaned and then n al se- Friends of the Reservoir.Seve al d. going,and this is going to foot-deep reservoir and jump in- reau at 1:50 a m. for help in re- curity guards have been de- opponents testified against the wholt thing." to the water,Schmautz said. covering the body, Accordingto pl �. i,:nautz said a private secu- The officers said the man spokesman Neil Heesacker, the Securoyed ity site. ityat the three reser- Wednesdays the council on �'n,ird hired by the city spot- quickly sank beneath the water's bureau's dive team was assem- voirs—built in 1911—has been ,I nrun acting strangely near surface. bled at the reservoir and '(�ry=oir shortly after l a.m. Asked why the officers did not ered the body at 4:24 a.m, recov attacka city s onrSept.11ity ,2001the •Too ret den tact Jim Redden e nd '['It(, guard called po- escort the man away from the The water bureau isolated the vent possible contamination of Jacket atlb ackletune and Ben lispatelhed a Southeast reservoir, Schmautz said: "They reservoir from the water system the open reservoirs. the water bune.com, @portlandtri a mammaime�m. , "r nn xa,mn,xm n a u• .cS+:re^��^fi��>^r w^„1 v� un ^�rca, i:.mn m^wn^w,Tnm'+nc mewew�rmm re m r ar y' Sign-in Sheet for Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting January 21, 2003 Name (Please Print) Would you like to speak to the Board? �� 2 Z�Z7 AZA,1-0 t�