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06/11/2003 - Packet FILE COPY Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Serving Tigard, King City, Durham and Unincorporated Area Wednesday, June 11, 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—February 18,2003 Motion from Board for minute approval. Transcription of April 15,2003,minutes not complete;will finalize for July meeting approval. 3. City of Wilsonville Treatment Plant Update—Jeff Bauman/Mike Stone(20 minutes) 4. Assistant PW Director's Utility Report—Dennis Koellermeier(20 minutes) S. Long-Term Water Supply Report—Ed Wegner(20 minutes) 6. Informational Items—Ed Wegner Items will be discussed briefly if time allows—otherwise printed info will be distributed. 7. Public Comments Call for any comments from public. 8. Non Agenda Items Call for non-agenda items from Board. 9. Next meeting date— Wednesday,July 9,2003 at S.30 p m. in the Water Auditorium 10. Adjournment—Approximate Time 7.00 p.m. Motion for adjournment. 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), (fl&(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. 411 discussions within this session are confidential; therefore nothing from this meeting maybe 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. Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Minutes February 18, 2003 Members Present: Patrick Carroll, Brian Moore, Jan Drangsholt, Norm Penner, and Bill Scheiderich Staff Present: Ed Wegner, Dennis Koellermeier, Sally Mills, and Twila Willson Visitors: Roel Lundquist 1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Introductions Commissioner Bill Scheiderich called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. 2. Approval of Minutes—January 21, 2003 Commissioner Brian Moore motioned to accept the January 21, 2003, minutes and Commissioner Jan Drangsholt seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous to accept the minutes as presented. 3. Requests for Credit from Leaks— Tom Imdieke Tom Imdieke explained that Stevens Marine, Inc. had requested a credit for a leak that was discovered by Tigard's meter reader. Their repairman determined that the cause of the leak was from a frozen irrigation pipe. The credit of$630.02 was reached by using the regular formula for calculation of credits, however, that amount is larger than staff is authorized to approve for credit. The board members voted unanimously to approve the credit. 4. Assistant PW Director's Utility Report—Dennis Koellermeier Security Operations Mr. Koellermeier stated that on February 7, 2003, the security level for terrorist activity was raised to red, and explained that the information was received from multiple sources (Federal Office of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, American Water Works Association,Washington County ATAC System)within about an 1 Y2 hour period of time. It was thought to be a good idea to bring the new Police Chief into the awareness loop and the Police Department stepped up the security operations. There have been some other security precautions that have been created on a day-today basis that will continue to be monitored and will continue to operate at that level until further notification. Intergovernmental Water Board 1 February 18,2003 DRAFT COPY Commissioner Scheiderich requested information about whether security improvements were included in the Capital Improvement Plan and Mr. Koellermeier explained that there were three different components: • Physical security improvements, which are generic in the budget. • Vulnerability assessment, which is mandated. The Cities of Tualatin and Tigard are approaching this as a joint process to keep overhead costs down. • Focus will be on the SCADA system. • Heightening security will be a focus during the next two budget cycles. ASR Project The contract with Montgomery Watson Harza/Golder is nearly complete. The final report of the pilot program was recently submitted to the Office of Water Resources. The report was very favorable. There were no water quality problems. There are differences in opinions with the consultants about the amount of water that can be stored in the system. Injection into the ASR well started today. Heavy rains and turbidity issues delayed the anticipated start date. A filtration monitor is being installed in the injection side of the system and will be tied into the SCADA system and injection pump. Rider School/Reservoir Project(550 ft. elevation#2) Through a Request for Quote, eighteen responses were received. The work was divided into three general groups, reservoir and pre-design, pump station, and piping. The Request for Proposal document has been finalized and eight companies have been asked to submit proposals. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded in April. Coordination with the School Board is moving along well. The intergovernmental agreement (IGA) is being processed and other areas of coordination are being discussed that might save costs, such as sharing consultants. The landscaping above the reservoir would be our responsibility but details are still being worked out. A play field will be developed over our footprint of the reservoir and details will be coordinated with the school district with such issues as credit for leveling the field and the impact for use of the property. The school is handling all the land use permits. Letter from Portland A copy of a letter received last week from Portland was distributed to board members for review. The rate model was originally set at a 24% increase for Tigard, but that was rethought and lowered to 18%. All the wholesale customers will be effected by increased charges; however, Tigard is in the tier that will be effected the most. Portland will establish a summer peaking charge rather than a penalty charge. Portland claims there is an increased expense to store water in the summer months. These charges are under the old wholesale contract and are not a good indication of how a"potential partner" is treated. Commissioner Drangsholt stated Portland was charging us more because there is less demand. Mr. Koellermeier agreed with that statement and added that it was because they were not minimizing their fixed costs so they charge the wholesalers more to make up the difference. This is hitting the wholesale customers hard. Portland's retail customers will average a 7% increase. Intergovernmental Water Board 2 February 18,2003 DRAFT COPY Fluoride Issue Tigard's key to the Joint Water Commission (JWC) is through Beaverton unless we are prepared to spend a great deal more money to go around Beaverton. Beaverton has made a decision to fluoridate their water and that will effect Tigard. Current estimates are that 62% of our water comes from Portland with the remainder coming from the JWC. Those percentages will change slightly when the ASR wells are up and running. Fluoridation is a political issue. Information was distributed which contained the current raw data from the industry and AWWA standards. The water will be mixed together and the amount of fluoride will vary within the system. The system hydraulics will create constant changes where pockets of the community will receive a higher level of fluoridation than others will. Mr. Wegner stated that fluoride injections have been done on an individual community basis but doctors and dentists have been discussing this issue and their influence may create changes in what the JWC will do. Currently there are a large percentage of cities in Oregon that do fluoridate their water. 5. Informational Items—Ed Wegner Mr. Wegner stated the reasons for not attending the Council meeting following this meeting was due to a lack of financial information for that presentation. The next IWB meeting is be the third Tuesday next month, which is March 18, 2003. Mr. Wegner stated that the ASR project has finished Phase 11 and Phase III would begin to drill one more well or a series of wells. Staff feels this is a good time to make a change in consultants and will be seeking a new consultant through a Request for Proposal. The JWC membership has been requested. They agreed to begin the process and will report back in April on that process. The financial details still need to be worked out, but it looks good that we will be acquiring 4 mgd through the JWC. This will allow us to get our foot in the door and we will have the opportunity to pursue other long term options such as the Hagg Lake raise or a tunnel through the mountain from Sand Creek. If the long term sources cannot be developed, we could have buy-back option. It is possible that by the June JWC meeting,Tigard could have a seat with at JWC table. The fluoride situation is an important issue to us that needs to be addressed, but he does think it can be an issue that can be overcome. The challenge is to develop a plan to properly present the issue to the public. The Bull Run Drinking Water Agency, Technical Advisory Commission meets with the City of Portland next Monday. Rumor is that Portland says they are too busy to get involved with the regional agency at this time and they want to focus their efforts on addressing the PGE and major league baseball issues. Mr. Wegner has not heard good things about Portland wanting to proceed Two weeks ago on the"Focus in Tigard"television show, a water presentation was made: ASR information was given by Dennis and Ed, Joe Thompson talked about the JWC, and Mark Knudsen talked about the Bull Run agency. The stand was made that now is not the time for regionalization on a partnership level. They are concerned about how to pay for the treatment of the Bull Run and covering their reservoirs when many neighbors object to that: Intergovernmental Water Board 3 February 18,2003 DRAFT COPY Mr. Wegner foresees that Portland will not want to continue with the regionalization but will revamp the old wholesale contracts. Commissioner Scheiderich wanted to know what was being accomplished with the Regional Water Provider's Consortium. Mr.Wegner stated that the big issue they are looking at is the dam raise and they can't just let it die until that is decided. But the managers will be asking what the worth is in paying the annual dues for staff, which is basically Portland staff,to coordinate regional issues, if we are not going to regionalize. The Hagg Lake feasibility study should be completed in June, which will allow for the next phase of environmental assessments and biological studies to determine which alternatives are best and the costs. An amendment was passed to pick to the Bureau of Reclamation's share of the expenses. Clean Water Services has hired a lobbyist to try to get that back in the federal budget. Informational items were distributed to the board members by Ed Wegner and briefly explained. There will be no joint meeting tonight with the City Council. 6. Public Comments—None 7. Non-Agenda Items Commissioner Penner announced that the National Wildlife Refuge would be celebrating their 100th birthday. There is a National Wildlife Refuge on Highway 99. On March 14th there will be a celebration and governor and Congressman Wu have been invited. He is on the board of the friend's organization and he also invited any interested board members to attend. He went on the say that they have requested a proclamation declaring that date as National Wildlife Refuge day. In 1992 some citizens wanted a wildlife refuge and they found a farmer who donated about 12 acres. It has since grown to about 1000 plus acres along the river and they are trying to get about 3000 acres. 8. Adjournment Commissioner Carroll motioned to adjourn the meeting and all board members voted in favor of adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m. Intergovernmental Water Board 4 February 18,2003 DRAFT COPY Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Minutes June 11, 2003 Members Present: Patrick Carroll, Brian Moore, Norm Penner, Bill Scheiderich Staff Present: Ed Wegner, Dennis Koellermeier, Richard Sattler, and Jaime Dumdi Visitors: Mike Stone, Jeff Bauman, Roel Lundquist, Paul Owen, Henrietta Cochran 1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Introductions Commissioner Bill Scheiderich called the meeting to order. Ed Wegner called roll and introduced Jaime Dumdi,who would be taking minutes and recording the meeting while Twila Willson was on vacation. He also reported that Kathy Kaatz had recently resigned. 2. Approval of Minutes—February.18, 2003 Commissioner Brian Moore motioned to accept the minutes and Commissioner Norm Penner seconded the motion. The vote to accept the minutes of the February 18, 2003, meeting was unanimous. 3. City of Wilsonville Treatment Plant Update—Jeff BaumanlMike Stone Ed Wegner introduced Jeff Bauman, Public Works Director of Wilsonville, and Mike Stone, Wilsonville's City Engineer and the Project Manager for the Treatment Plant(also a resident of Tigard). Mike Stone presented information regarding construction of the Wilsonville Treatment Plant, which included the following items: • Wilsonville struggled for a solution to their long-term water supply • Groundwater sources previously were their water supply and the Water Resources Department said they could not have any more wells • They entered into an agreement with the design/build contractor, Montgomery Watson Harza • Groundbreaking for the plant was July 17, 2000 • Plant came online April 29, 2002 • 8 permits from state and federal agencies were acquired in 8 months, which was a remarkable achievement • Outside operating firm was involved during the design/build phase • Transition from the groundwater supply source to the treatment plant completed literally by flipping switches • Very few design/operational issues • Grand opening is on June 28, 2003— Invited to attend that party. • Plant has capacity for 15 mgd Intergovernmental Water Board 1 3une 11,2003 DRAFT COPY • Currently running 2-4.5 mgd • Plant is fully expandable up to 120 mgd • Tualatin Valley Water District is their partner and they paid for the over-sizing costs • Transmission from the plant is 50 mgd capability Jeff Bauman distributed handouts. He explained that construction and operation of the plant has been very controversial and they have included precautions in the operational plans of the plant. • An RFP process to obtain a private company to operate the plant • The contract with U.S. Filter calls for stricter standards than the federal government's requirements for drinking water • There is an option to terminate the contract at any time for any reason • Monitoring practices exceed requirements-no organic particles have been detected in the water since coming on line • Notification process set up with the State in the event of a spill in the river • Ozone monitoring is part of the treatment process • Every step of the process is fully redundant including a back-up generator for power supply • Adjustments to operational standards were made after September 11th and now call for someone to be on site at all times for security purposes • There have been no operational problems to date • The cost for ccf is the most expensive in the region • Operational expenses are$1.3 million per year for a billion gallons of water • The aquifer recovery to the wells has increased • Local reaction to the water has been good from Wilsonville businesses and residents and negativity is strictly from parties outside of Wilsonville Commissioner Penner wanted to point out that with the higher requirement standards that Wilsonville demands from the plant, perhaps Wilsonville's water is purer than Portland's drinking water. The board discussed making the WilsonvilleMillamette River Treatment Plant a topic for publication in Tigard's Cityscape. Commissioner Scheiderich also made it clear that the Willamette River should remain an option to explore and investigate and this information should be shared to educate citizens. 4. Assistant PW Director's Utility Report—Dennis Koellermeier Dennis Koellermeier reported that the first heat wave of the summer brought water usage to just over 11 mgd for three consecutive days. During this time the Joint Water Commission (JWC)was cutting our water back while they brought on their new transmission lines, which created some complications, but the recovery has gone well since then. Dennis also reported that Tigard was recently approached by the City of Tualatin to furnish water to the Bridgeport Commercial Development located within their area. Tigard's pressure gradients are higher in that area than Tualatin. Further pursuit of this issue would be through an Intergovernmental Agreement(IGA). There would be no need for capital improvements as the mains are already there. Tigard would receive the connection charges and it could be a good step in reaping the benefits from additional water sales. Intergovernmental Water Board 2 June 11,2003 DRAFT COPY Richard Sattler distributed handouts and reported on the summer supply plan. Several changes to this year's plan include downplaying the reservoir storage to better meet typical operational capabilities and we have also confirmed some capacities from suppliers and flow tests. This is the first year that the ability to supply the system exceeds the projected customer demands. The Beaverton intertie now brings in an additional 2 mgd and the ASR project brings in 1 mgd,which brings some security to the system. The even/odd watering days have also been successful in managing water demands. Citizens applying for rebates to conservation measures has proven to be a successful program. 5. Long Term Water Supply Report—Ed Wegner Ed Wegner updated the board on the two major water supply options that are being investigated. The Portland wholesale contract negotiations have started. Meetings are schedules every other week and three preliminary meetings have been held so far. The ground rules are being set and they are now formulating the nomination of supply and pricing negotiations. With the JWC, three project studies are going on: • Feasibility study for raising Scoggins Dam or other alternatives • Raw water pipeline to bring water to the treatment plant • Tunnel project, with or without the dam raise Negotiations have taken place for a 4 mgd buy-in partnership with the JWC. The JWC will hear recommendations at their July board meeting and hopefully will have something to adopt at their October board meeting. Mr. Wegner asked for clarification on the board's previous discussion about the Wilsonville/Willamette River issue. The board said they wanted information reported about capacity, pipe sizing, amount of water, tracking the regions total assets, quality of the water, etc. A. Willamette River Water Coalition/IGA—Tigard still is a member of the Willamette Water Supply Agency (VW11SA). Revisions for housekeeping purposes to the original IGA that was formed have been formulated and approved by the City Attorney and will be going before the City Council in July. • 180 day withdrawal period changed to be that notification be must be given by January 1 if pulling out by July 1 in order to set budgets • new funding formula;total budget cut in half and equally divided by the number of agencies,then the other half will be divided up based on the size of each agency 6. Informational Items—Ed Wegner Informational packet articles were briefly described. 7. Public Comments—None 8. Non Agenda Items -None Intergovernmental Water Board 3 ]ane ii,2003 DRAFT COPY 9. Next meeting date- Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 5:30 pm in the Water Auditorium There will also be a meeting held in conjunction with the Tigard City Council at 6:30 pm following the regular meeting. 10. Adjournment Commissioner Brian Moore motioned to adjourn the meeting, Commissioner Penner seconded the motion, and all board members voted in favor of adjournment. Intergovernmental Water Board 4 June 11,2003 DRAFT COPY Federal Wilsonville Drinking Water Drinking Standards Water Microbial Contaminants: Total Coliform less than 5%of ND Bacteria monthly samples Fecal Coliform less than 20 colonies ND Bacteria per 100 ml Giardia 99.9%inactivation ND Cryptosporidium based on treatment ND technique Turbidity 0.3 0.04 to 0.1 turbidity units turbidity units Nutrients (expressed in parts per million): Nitrate+Nitrite 10 0.2 to 0.3 Inorganic Chemicals (expressed in parts per billion): Antimony 6 ND to 2 Arsenic 50 ND Barium 2000 4 to 8 Beryllium 4 ND Cadmium 5 ND Chromium 100 ND Cyanide 200 ND Fluoride 4000 ND Mercury 2 ND Selenium 50 ND Thallium 2 ND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------=_-------------------------------- Copper ♦ action level = 1300 70 Lead ♦ action level = 15 1 ♦ Per drinking water reporting requirements,copper and lead results are measured at the customers'tap and Are expressed in terms of W,percentile values. In reading this table,it is helpful to note that: ND=not detected(i.e.,below the detection limit of EPA-approved analytical methods). One part per million is equivalent to one minute over the span of nearly two years. One part per billion is equivalent to one minute over the span of more than 19 centuries. Federal Wilsonville Drinking Water Drinking Standards Water Disinfection Byproducts (expressed in parts per billion): Bromate 10 ND Total Trihalomethanes 80 5 to 19 Total Haloacetic Acids 60 ND to 6 Radionuclides (expressed in picocuries per liter) Gross alpha particles 15 1.2 Gross beta particles 50 5.0 Radium 226/228 5 0.9 Uranium 30 0.01 Volatile Organic Chemicals (expressed in parts per billion): 1,1-Dichloroethylene 7 ND 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 200 ND 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 5 ND 1,2-Dichloroethane 5 ND 1,2-Dichloropropane 5 ND 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 70 ND Benzene 5 ND Carbon Tetrachloride 5 ND cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene 70 ND Dichloromethane 5 ND Ethylbenzene 700 ND Monochlorobenzene 100 ND o-Dichlorobenzene 600 ND p-Dichlorobenzene 75 ND Styrene 100 ND Tetrachloroethylene 5 ND Toluene 1000 ND In reading this table,it is helpful to note that: ND=not detected(i.e.,below the detection limit of EPA-approved analytical methods). One part per million is equivalent to one minute over the span of nearly two years. One part per billion is equivalent to one minute over the span of more than 19 centuries. Federal Wilsonville Drinking Water Drinking Standards Water Volatile Organic Chemicals continued (expressed in parts per billion): trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 100 ND Trichloroethylene 5 ND Vinyl Chloride 2 ND Xylenes (total) 10,000 ND Synthetic Organic Chemicals (expressed in parts per billion): 2,4-D 70 ND 2,4,5-TP (Sylvex) 50 ND Bis(2-ethylhexyl)adipate 400 ND Alachlor 2 ND Atrazine 3 ND Benzo(a)pyrene 0.2 ND Carbofuran 40 ND Chlordane 2 ND Dalapon 200 ND Dibromochloropropane 0.2 ND Dinoseb 7 ND Dioxin(2,3,7,8-TCDD) 0.00003 ND Diquat 20 ND Endothall 100 ND Endrin 2 ND Ethylene Dibromide 0.05 ND Glyphosate 700 ND Heptachlor 0.4 ND Heptachlor epoxide 0.2 ND Hexachlorobenzene 1 ND Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 50 ND In reading this table,it is helpful to note that: ND=not detected(i.e.,below the detection limit of EPA-approved analytical methods). One part per million is equivalent to one minute over the span of nearly two years. One part per billion is equivalent to one minute over the span of more than 19 centuries. • Federal Wilsonville Drinking Water Drinking Standards Water Synthetic Organic Chemicals continued(expressed in parts per billion): Lindane 0.2 ND Methoxychlor 40 ND Pentachlorophenol 1 ND Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate 6 ND Picloram 500 ND PCBs 0.5 ND Simazine 4 ND Toxaphene 3 ND Vydate(Oxamyl) 200 ND Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule Chemicals (measured in parts per billion): 2,4-Dinitrotoluene ® ND 2,6-Dinitrotoluene ® ND Acetochlor ® ND DCPA ® ND 4,4'-DDE ® ND EPTC ® ND Molinate ® ND MTBE ® ND Nitrobenzene ® ND Perchlorate ® ND Terbacil ® ND ® EPA requires monitoring of these chemicals,but there are no drinking water standards for these chemicals. In reading this table,it is helpful to note that: ND=not detected(i.e.,below the detection limit of EPA-approved analytical methods). One part per million is equivalent to one minute over the span of nearly two years. One part per billion is equivalent to one minute over the span of more than 19 centuries. Source: City of Wilsonville Public Works Department Date: December 31,2002 Jeff Bauman,Public Works Director(503) 570-1542 For more information on the City of Wilsonville's water treatment process,visit the City's website at: http�//www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/departments/pw/water/wrwtp.htm City of Tigard Public Works Department --Water Division-- Summer Operational Plan 2003 Introduction • Purpose of this plan The functional purpose of this plan was to research and record the many details, nuances and knowledge accumulated over time by the system operators and engineers and organize it into a useful format that would aid the current water management team. This effort is used to produce an operations plan that allows operators and decision-makers the information and time to make critical decisions affecting water supplies. Current maximum capacity for supply this summer is 95.1 MGD. This compares to an anticipated peak day demand in the system of approximately 13-14 MGD. By operating our system at the upper end(85-90% full), using weather forecasts and planning in advance we are taking efforts to minimize our vulnerability. This fact requires careful use of storage capacities and timely decision making_ Tigard continues to implement an active, multifaceted water conservation program and has asked citizens to voluntarily submit to an even/odd watering restriction. In addition to the voluntary water restriction we are offering the Water Smart Landscape Rebate Program. This program offers up.to $200.00 to customer annually for landscape products and services. The City of Tigard continues to evaluate and implemented internal efforts to reduce water use, through watering cutbacks, vehicle washing etc. Any further conservation efforts in Tigard will have to cross the line from voluntary to mandatory. In summary, managing the Tigard water system through the summer season is challenging and demands dose attention and critical decision making. This document was produced to aid in that process. Summer 2003 Operational Plan July 8,2002 Page 1 • System Overview Our system has the theoretical ability to store 24.4 million gallons of water in 13 reservoirs, ranging in size of.20 mg to 10 mg. However, based on system operators experience it is not possible to maintain 100% full reservoirs. For that very fact we are down playing our storage to 90 % of theoretical or 21.9 million gallons of water. Three pressure zones are supported to these reservoirVstorage volumes(pressure zones are based on elevation above sea level). Our upper zone, 713', is a pumped pressure sustaining zone and gravity system serving approximately, 4500 customers which is located at the summit of Bull Mt with current storage of 2.4 mg. The 10-mg reservoir is referred to as zone 470'and sometimes called terminal reservoir. Remaining is the 410, which includes 9 reservoirs totally 12 mg. As mentioned, Tigard purchases water from other sources with a small percentage of our water, 1.4 mgd being produced by Aquifer Storage and Recovery(ASR) and.5 MGD being produced by one deep well. Our system is able to purchase water from 3 possible to 4 outside sources during the summer months, City of Portland, Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD)Joint Water Commission (JWC) and City of Lake Oswego. The Portland(Bradley connections) gives us the ability to purchase a maximum of 6600 gpm or 9.4 mgd. TVWD (Baylor St.) has the capacity of 1250 gpm or 1.8 mgd. JWC has become a permanent source to our system through a new supply connection built in of 2002. This connection will provide us a flow of 1380 gpm or 2 mgd during summer months. Staff continues to pursue other avenues for summer water supplies. There is a good possib►l►ty that we maybe receiving Lake Oswego water this summer at a rate of 1-2 mgd(depending on their system needs). We are heavily dependent on automation of our system, which gives the ability to manipulate our system. This automation is controlled through a Supervisory Control Acquisition Data Advisor or SCADA system. All reservoirs, pumps and supply sources are monitored with the ability to make changes to each function of our water system. We currently monitor our water system 24 hours a day 7 days a week with a laptop computer and modem. Summer 2003 Operational Plan July 8,2002 Page 2 ■ Operational Plan Reservoir Levels wN be our indicators for the operation of our water system. With the aid of our master plan, consulting engineer(MSA), and experience of staff a next step"outline has been made to make time sensitive decisions. A combined total volume (million gallons of water) in reservoir volume will be one of the indicators for the necessary level of awareness. Wfih the ultimate total volume of 21.9 mg being accurate operational values of our system and minimum storage of 8.85 mg being essential for fire/safety and life we have developed color/stage bands to signify levels of awareness Stage/Condition Storage Available Action Steps Stage I — Blue 21.9 mg to 16 mg Normal Operation — no outside involvement Stage 11 — Green 16 mg to 12 mg Utilize ultimate capacities of supplies Contact City of Lake Oswego for supply Contact City of Tualatin for possible supply Forecast shortfall optimize system Transfer water between zone/reservoirs Manipulate system semi-manually with SCADA Notify TVFR of water supply Contact TVWD to exceed allotment Contact MSA Consultin Engineer) TVFR to notify us of Are Forecast shortfall and evaluate, monitor Notify media to broadcast voluntary restrictions_ Prepare for mandatory curtailment Stage IV— Red 8.85 mg to 0 mg Emergency Mandatory Curtailment Director to contact Lake Oswego for water TVFR to notify us of fire Initiate mandatory water curtailment Monitor system for optimization, shuttle water Implement mandatory curtailment Declare emergency— Council action Use media—distribute message Staff to enforce curtailment Summer 2003 Operational Plan July 8,2002 Page 3 o Briefing With the need to make timely judgements, we have put together a team of staff to evaluate the water system on a bi-weekly basis. These meeting will be held Monday's and Thursday's throughout our summer peak operations. Meetings will start at 9.35 am in Public Works, conference room. Stage 111 and/V will necessitate daily updates of current status. The Water Quality& Supply Supervisor will lead meeting with the Asst. Public Works Director as alternate. Main components of meeting: ■ Forecasted weather, • Forecasted daily demand ■ Current reservoidwater system status, • Staff member monitoring system after-hours, ■ Predict and act on level of awareness in operational decisions ■ Confirm assignments of staff ■ Resource List Organization Division Contact Number City of Beaverton Operations Rick Weaver 503-526-2646(work) 503-539-4846 (cell) Engineering Dave Winship 503-526-2434 (work) 503-807-2747(cell) City of Portland Control Center 503-823-1560 503-823-1561 503-823-4874(24hral7days) Randy Hawley 503-823-1563(work) 503-323-4171(pager) Chris Wanner 503-8234050(work) 503-323-0357(pager) TVWD Engineering Gary Pippin 503-642-1511 (daylafte_r hours) City of Tigard Public Works_ Director Ed Wegner 503-639=5789(home) Asst. Public Works Dir. Dennis Koellermeier 503-655-2732(home) City Manager Bill Monahan 503-639-9702(home) Asst to City Manager Liz Newton 503-579-9276(home) Water Quality/Supply Supr Rich Sattler 503-920-1968(pager) 503-913-6340(cell) 503-537-0834(home) Water Ops Supr Sam Morrison 503-968-7843(home) Engr Tech Ken Fisher 503-761-0232(home) 503-237=9531 (pager) City of lake Treatment Plant Henry Thompson 503-635-0394(office) Oswego City of Tualatin Duty person Mick Wilson 503-441-0479(pager) Dan Boss 503-299-5128(pager) Murray Smith& Consulting Engr Chris Uber 503-225-9010(office) Assoc 503-237-7738(pager) TVF&R South Division Chief 503-692-7298(office) 503-692-1479(fax) 503-920-1606(cell) JWC Treatment Plant Chuck IGngston 503-615-6670 Summer 2003 Operational Plan July 8,2002 Page 4 Monthly High Demand 14 r 12 10 - � i f `� -x-1998 j 8 - — 1999 1 ---2000 2001 6 -- - 2002 2003 i i 2 i I 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec High High High High High High High High High High High High HITOR#1 HITOR#2 OLD HITOR#3 _ 19.6 10 MG PUMP 10.3 STATION trmpulf RAW 13.6 Gaards PRV MENLOR RESERVOIR SAYLOR RESERVOIR CANTERBURY GAARDE 136TH AVE RESERVOIR #4 SITE#1 SITE#2 SITE#3 I I w 4.7 18.322.2 26.3 24.9 48.9 63.8 • � TVWD #1 BOOSTER PUMPS #2 PUMP STATION HUNZIKER PORTLAND FROM -5560.OGPM i= ff METER TIEDERMAN 124.2 PSI VAULT BONITA PUMP STATION VAULT TOTAL VOLUME IN STORAGE= 1843 MILLION GALLONS f, Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study Project Progress Report- May 21, 2003 These are the project elements completed since the last report of Water Managers Group meeting of April 16, 2003. 1. Feasibility Study Project Review • The majority of the Study focus has been with Bureau of Reclamation(BOR) coordination on the Study elements and reviewing technical memorandums. MWH has submitted a draft technical memo on the Sain Creek Tunnel. The estimated engineering cost is $23 million with an 18-month construction period. The permitting and coordination with the JWC Raw Water Pipeline project is an element that needs further discussion. There was a kickoff meeting with BOR staff on the economics analysis. There are several issues to be addressed such as water demands justification and alternatives analysis. In late April,MWH toured the dam and fish passage facilities to begin the technical work on fish passage feasibility. • The Congressional funding request process has been progressing with a committee hearing on S 625. The May 14 Committee hearing went very well and included supportive written testimony from Chair Tom Brian and BOR Commissioner John Keys III. The bill is scheduled to be marked up this week. The House bill(HB 1525)hearing has not been schedule yet. We are pursuing letters of support for federal funding from stakeholder groups, such as the Tualatin River Watershed Council, and several business groups. I appreciated the TVID Board providing letter of support for the funding request. • Wally Otto and I made presentation to the Lake Oswego Corporation Board of Directors meeting. The Board expressed concerns about the Study relative to their issues of flooding of Lake Oswego residents. They requested that the Study include their concerns of future development and increased flooding of the City of Lake Oswego. I encouraged them to have a representative attend the Water Managers Group. We may want to consider allow them to have a member on the Policy Steering Committee, since they are a contractor holder in Hagg Lake. • I attended two meetings on the JWC Raw Water Pipeline project and Joint Water Commission operations group. The discussion focused on the Regional Water Supply demands and technical elements of the pipeline project. • The Clean Water Services Advisory Commission was given a tour of Hagg Lake on May 1 to provide an improved understanding of the public issues and impacts to the area. Wally Otto and Larry Eisenberg,Washington County Facilities assisted in presenting to the Commission on the dam operations and recreational facilities and also explained the impacts of potential dam raise. • The drafting of the new Request of Proposal(RFP) for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement(EIS),permitting and Final EIS has started. The second amendment of Joint funding agreement will be forwarded to the partners for next phase. The updated document shows expenses of$709,179 of the$1.2 million which equates to 57 %of the Study. Several elements of the Study have taken longer to get started than anticipated, such as the Climate Change Survey and Army Corp of Engineers flood study. Submitted by Tom VanderPlaat, WSFS Project Manager—May 21, 2003 News ROME@ Unhed 0083 Seneft FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carol Guthrie, (202)224-5244 May 14,2003 Caroline Mullen,(202)228-1823 Administration Supports Smith-Wyden Bill to Fund Water Supply Studies in Washington County Senators'legislation aims to aid local efforts to ward off Washington County water supplyproblems Washington,DC—Senators Gordon Smith(R-OR)and Ron Wyden(D-OR)received the Bush Administration's support for Senate Bill 625,Smith-Wyden legislation that authorizes funding for water supply studies in the Tualatin River Basin in Washington County.With the Tualatin River as Washington County's only river and with an increased demand,suppliers will be unable to meet public water supply needs unless additional sources are made available by 2012.Funding provided through S.625 would enable studies to identify new sources of water supply. "This bill is an important first step in helping these communities meet future water supply needs,"said Smith."It is imperative that these studies move.forward quickly,since water. supplies in the basin will be strained within the next 10 years." "I support the tremendous,proactive,efforts that local leaders have put forth to get ahead of the looming water supply problem in Washington County,"said Wyden. "It is impressive that nine different water agencies were able to join together to addressfuture water supply challengesand avoid conflict at a later date." Water supply in Washington County is becoming increasingly strained due to municipal,industrial, agricultural and environmental pressures.The population in Washington County has doubled since 1990,industry and agriculture continue to grow,and the restoration of two fish species on the Tualatin River,listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act,will require more water.The Tualatin Basin Water Supply Partnership,a group of nine city water agencies,plans to complete the water study by December of 2004 and to complete construction of the selected alternative by 2010. To complete these goals,federal assistance will be necessary. Water supply balance expansion needed soon or the past two years,thecity of Portland option would add 40 feet to the dam,almost doubling has negotiated with its suburban neigh- the capacity of the reservoir.A third option would bors over the idea of selling the Bull Run pump water out of the Willamette River from south water supply system to a regional agency. of Sherwood and bring that water by pipe to irriga- Those discussions,which fell apart tion users solely for agricultural purposes.This in late March,would have allowed concept would reduce the need to use water from communities such as Beaverton,Tigard Hagg Lake for watering crops and would also and Tualatin to join with Portland in purchasing the improve the stream flows in the Tualatin River. Bull Run system.Portland,as it turned out,had an None of these options are cheap.Building onto inflated idea of what the Bull Run system was worth. Scoggin Dam could cost from$70 million to$140 When it presented a preliminary price tag of$320 million, million. The idea of pumping Willamette River water the sticker shock cleared the room of interested buyers. by pipe to farms could cost roughly$96 billion.Over With those discussions finished,suburban the next 18 months are so,water suppliers and the communities,special service districts and counties county hope to acquire federal funding to help pay for are free to concentrate on developing their own and complete a feasibility study and environmental water sources. assessment of these options.Once an option is agreed But when it comes to water in the 21 st century, upon,it would take another five to six years to gather there are more critical issues and more complexities to permits,design and build the agreed upon option. deal with thanjust price.Suburban water providers Frankly,there is little time to waste. must also evaluate the competing needs of water not As seen last summer in Klamath County,water is only for drinking purposes,but fish runs,recreation, limited.And water is a community value that touches environmental interests,industry and agriculture.And many,many aspects of Westside life,employment as evidenced by the Bull Run discussions,water use (whether farm or industrial)and our environment. and supplies on the Westside are not only Washington Meanwhile,demand is growing and may soon exceed County issues,but of regional importance.For a variety supply.Over the past 20 years,the population living in of reasons,there needs to be a balance of water sources the Tualatin River basin has nearly doubled to 470,000 throughout the Portland area.Simply,the region should people.By 2050,water use is expected to double_In not rely significantly on but one major water source some communities,the problems related to water Doing so may allow a natural disaster such as earth- supply and demand might occur sooner than later.For quake or volcanic eruption to create a regionwide example,Hillsboro and Tigard already forecast their disaster.And the region must study and provide for usage might exceed available supply by 2012. long-term needs. To accomplish the study,the county and local The alternative is not pretty nor is it acceptabk water suppliers are pledging$3.45 million of local Imagine the water crisis difficulties experienced last sum- funds and they are seeking$2.9 million of federal mer in the Klamath Basin magnified several times over. funding.Once a plan is agreed upon,a mix of local, With that in mind,we applaud the efforts of possible state and federal funding would be needed for Washington County,Clean Water Services,local cities construction.The price tags we have heard to date don't and Tualatin Valley Water District to study the ways to seem to be too much of a price to pay when you provide a dependable supply of water for the growing consider the many things that water touches and the and sometimes competing needs on the Westside.Led importance of a balanced,sustainable source of water by Clean Water Services,which for decades was most to the quality of life,environment and economy of the commonly known as a sewage treatment agency,a Westside.None of these notions will mean that the study is under way to consider a number of water Westside will drop using Bull Run water altogether, supply options for the future. but an expansion of Westside water supplies will These include adding onto the Scoggin Dam, create needed regional water balance. which creates the reservoir of water that makes up Given the importance of water,anyone who uses Hagg Lake west of Forest Grove.One proposal would a water faucet any type should support local efforts add 20 feet in height to the dam and expand the to get the federal government involved to help move reservoir's capacity by about 50 percent.A second this study effort ahead. r - r INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CREATING THE,WILLAMETTE.RIVER WATER.COALITI.ON __ _-I Deleted:wlLt AMF.TTE WATER SIJPPLV AGENCY THIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the following parties: Tualatin Valley Water District, a Domestic Water Supply District formed under Chapter 264 ("TVWD")Canby_Utility Board,a municipal utility formedpursuant to -_- Deleted:Clackamas River Water,a ORS Chapter 225("CUB"),the City of Sherwood,a municipal corporation("SHERWOOD"),The Domestic Water Supply District formed City of Gladstone, a municipal corporation ("GLADSTONE"), the City of Tigard, a municipal under Chapter 264("CRW') corporation("T IGARD")and the City of Tualatin,a municipal corporation("TUALATIN"). Deleted:q RECITALS: ;i Deleted:C. WHEREAS.the parties I'; are participants in the Regional Water It Providers Consortium("Consortium")to A. WHEREAS, the parties hereto have the authority to enter into this Agreement ;; develop and implement the Regional pursuant to their respective principal acts,charters,and ORS 190.003 et sea.;and I Water Supply Plan("RWSP-). The RWSP anticipates the use of the a Willamette River as a source for a portion B. WHEREAS, the parties with the present exception of SHERWOOD and y° ofthe entire metropolitan region': TUALATIN either hold water rights or have applications pending to appropriate water for F j domestic supply through the year 2050; (andq municipal and industrial purposes on the Willamette River within that reach of the river from Lake ; 1 Deleted:the RWSP anticipates that Oswego to Wilsonville;and ; pa t Deleted:consistent with the RWSP D. WHEREAS„some entities may desire to develop and use the Willamette River prior��` Deleted:Willamette water supply to broader application of that water throughout the metropolitan region and that the entities hereto ;` Agency("wwSA") presently or in the near future will have water supply needs that could be met by the Willamette ,;' Del`'ted` River and it may be the most economic,efficient,and available source;and ,;,,{Deleted:•and jointly evaluate and determine potential sites for a water tl; treatment plant•intake and pipeline E. WHEREAS, $hese entities wish to create the Willamette River Water Coalition +;r routing and be the lead agency within the - '- - -- -' ---- - -- ----' --------J, I Consortium concerning municipal ("WRWC*')under ORS Chapter 190 to study their local water demands and. evaluate water, i appropriation from the Willamette River € quality and the use of existing permitted rights and future rights and areas of usage,;and�eing fully%__;Delated:q advised, I q I .E..WHEREAS,the parties arc NOW,THEREFORE,the arties hereto a ee as follows: desirous ofinstitutingapublic education p effort relating to use of the Willamette River as an appropriate municipal water j SECTION I. WILLAMETTE.RIVER WATER COALITION source and to undertake efforts to keep -------------------- the Willamette River under consideration , I as a viable source for local and regional 1.1 WRWC -- . There is hereby_ createdthe Willamette River Water Coalitionneeds:and _ _ ; *_=T--- ------- ("WRWC"). The members of WRWC shall number ix 6 The governing body of each party-. Deleted:WILLAMETTE WATER shall appoint one(1) member. Members of WRWC shall serve at the pleasure of their respective L SUPPLY AGENCY appointing bodies. The addition of new members shall require the consent of a two-thirds majority J Deleted:WW of existing members. `, Deleted:Willamette Water Supply Agency("W WSA") Deleted:seven(7) Delebed:CIBITV#V1TVWD0198.1GA WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 1 • I ' r 1.2 General Powers and Duties. WRWC shall have the following powers: 1.2.1 To adopt such bylaws, rules, regulations,and policies as it deems necessary in furtherance of the purposes of this Agreement; 1..22 To study the best method to develop water sources on the Willamette River between Wilsonville and Gladstone. Scope of work for specific tasks or projects/project governance and monetary responsibilities shall be negotiated on a case by case basis which may be by addendum to this Agreement; 1.2.3 To perform and exercise pursuant to the Charter or principal Acts of the parties or by Section 190.003 through 190.250 of the Oregon Revised Statutes, all powers pursuant to applicable charter, ordinance, or state or federal law which are necessary or desirable to efficiently and effectively develop water sources on the Willamette River; 12.4 To receive and hold existing water rights and to develop water rights on the Willamette River,and all actions necessary to preserve and protect them,to take all action necessary to design, permit, construct and operate, maintain and replace water intakes, treatment, storage, transmission and distribution facilities,equipment,and rolling stock as agreed("the System"); 1.2.5 To issue, sell or otherwise dispose of bonds, securities, or other forms of indebtedness, including the power to issue revenue bonds under ORS 288.805 to 288.945; 12.6 To sell water,adopt system development charges and engage in rate making pursuant to state and federal law as authorized by the members; _^ Deleted:y `------------------------------------------------------------------�" � . 1.2,7_ To purchase, own, hold,-appropriate, and condemn land, facilities, rights of 1.2.7.Toengage inpublic education ;and.public involvement to keep the way either in its own name or in the name of the individual parties hereto to Willatnette River under consideration as �� a viable local and regional water source develop Willamette River rights. and to educate the public regarding the viability of the Willamette River as a 1.2.8 To provide support to other entities involved in efforts to improve the health domestic water soorcel of the Willamette watershed. Delete&8 X---- -- ---- -- Delebed:I 1.3 Duration. Subject to Section 3 of this Agreement dealing with termination or 1z9 The parties acknowledge that withdrawal the duration of this Agreement shall be perpetual. W WSA shall be tie lead agency and contact point between the members hereto and the water providers 1.4 Meetings: Manner of Acting. Meetings of WRWC shall be conducted in Consortium as to issues concerning municipal appropriation from the accordance with the provisions of the Oregon Public Meeting Law,Oregon Revised Statues Section Willamette River,unless otherwise 192.610 et M. Four (4) members of WRWC shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of agreed.1 _- Deleted:CIBITVWDITVWD019&IGA WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 2 business and if only a quorum is present, a majority of those present shall be necessary to decide any issue except financial matters or new membership. Any decision of WRWC seeking financing or other financial obligation,or other forms of indebtedness,shall require an affirmative vote of the governing body of each entity that will financially participate in any project. The WRWC member may bind his/her entity without governing body approval if the amount in question is within his/her delegated contracting authority. 1.5 . Officers. Annually,at the beginning of each fiscal year,WRWC shall elect from its membership a Chair and Vice-Chair who shall be officers of WRWC who shall serve a term of one (1)year. WRWC shall also appoint a Secretary who need not be a member of WRWC who shall be responsible for WRWC's records and shall keep a record of all WRWC proceedings. Officers shall serve at the pleasure of WRWC or until their successors shall be appointed and take office. 1.6 Budgeting,Accounting.Audits. WRWC shall annually prepare a work plan and an estimate for the next fiscal year and distribute it to the members by anu 1 of each year.-This__ Deleted:February work plan shall be referred to as general administrative. It is anticipated that each party shall budget its own staff and funds for costs or provision of in-kind services as necessary. Each party's apportioned share of the general administration expenses shall be determined bye the followine9forrmula: one half.of the total administrative costs for the-fiscal-scal Mr4shall be__--� De�eeed: the ane formula used to 1 divided evenly among the WRWC membership,the second half of the total administrative costs for determine annual administrative the fiscal year will be divided among the WRWC membership according to their percenta es; contributions to the Regional Water share supply Consortium: of the total number of water meters served by the members of the WRWC as of January 1 of the preceding fiscal year. For subsequent projects, for improvements and facilities, each party's apportioned share of the expenses shall be estimated and set forth in addenda to this agreement detailing the scope of work to be performed, participants and ownership, and the amounts so estimated shall be budgeted and appropriated by the participants in accordance with local budget law. WRWC shall maintain financial reports showing its expenditures and receipts by category item for each transaction through the last working day of the preceding calendar month. If necessary, WRWC shall cause an independent audit to be performed and completed by a certified public accountant in accordance with ORS 297.405 et seg.;within six(6)months following the end of each fiscal year. SECTION 2. SURFACE WATER RIGHTS&FACILITIES. 2.1 Delegation of Powers. The functions of source management, and water treatment may be performed by WRWC, pursuant to subsequent agreements authorized by the members. Transmission and storage shall be performed by the parties using those facilities. It is the primary intent and purpose of this Agreement to allow the individual entities to develop information, participate in the study and negotiate relevant agreements regarding implementation of recommendations to design, construct, finance, own and operate facilities within their respective boundaries, WRWC may contract with any entity regarding performance of services. WRWC and .- Deleted:C1a1rvWD1TMV019&1GA WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 3 each individual entity shall define the scope of individual entity contributions or individual efforts. 2.2 Contributions of Vested and Pending Water Rights. Presently permitted surface water rights to the Willamette River are held by TVWD (130 mgd) as WRD Permit No. 49240, (hereafter"existing rights"). Pending applications before the State Water Resources Department ("WRD")filed by all parties,except SHERWOOD and TUALATIN,are also set forth on Exhibit 1 (hereafter"new rights"). The existing and new rights together specify areas of usage covering the service territories of all members of WRWC. Following execution of this Agreement and formation of this entity, the parties hereto agree to execute all documents necessary to assign ownership of the existing 1973 permit to WRWC and identify WRWC as the applicant on the pending application for new rights.- Thereafter WRWC shall exclusively own and manage the resources subject to this Agreement. 2.3 Allocation of Water and Diversion Point. WRWC shall become the sole holder of these rights. WRWC and its members shall each have a duty of good faith and fair dealing with each other and commitment to reasonably allocate the Willamette River water and manage the System according to an individual member's needs,considering that member's: 2.3.1 Capital contribution determined as land is acquired,facilities are constructed or cash is contributed; I Deleted.Subject to Section 3.2 below, shall identify and approve diversion 2.3.2 Demand forecast for a rolling 20-year time period; points along the subject reach of the I Willamette River and take necessary t ; action before WRD to allow for 2.3.3 Development and implementation of a water system management and ; ' withdrawal in the following general conservation plan consistent with the requirements or guidelines of the quantities az the following diversion ; points:¶ i Regional Water Plan. ; . . . . . . . .1973 Rights. .Permit al 2.3.4 Other factors as agreed by separate addenda or written agreements. 1 r ` . .WILSONVILLE. . .154.6 cfs/99.40 mgd.492401 2.4 Administration of Water RiehtS. By asSjprr!ent of ownership_of the Willamette ' I ,V .CANBY/CRW. . . .35 cfsrz2.60 River water rights, WRWC shall have the full authority to modify,combine or abandon rights and 1 mgd.49240q permits and seek new sources through new permits or contracting for stored water for municipal 1 and industrial needs as the members approve. .d.O 4ADSTONE. . . .►z.a efs/g g 0q -1 SECTION 3. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. . . .TOTAL. . . .202 cfs/130 mgd.492401 3.1 Assets. Without limitation, the existing and new rights enumerated in attached I WhCn pests are issued for the new 1 Exhibit 1 (the"System'l shall be employed in the System and are hereby contributed by the parties. rights,water � will be consistent Future agreements or addenda will identify other assets and how they are to be accounted for under Supply Plan and the points of diversion identified in the applications unless the this Agreement. parties otherwise agree by addendum or separate afire-cat.9 32 Effect of Membership. Each party's annual contribution towards General 1 `Deleted.CIB1rVWDITVWDol98JGA j WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 4 Administration shall entitle it to member status and each party shall own an undivided interest in the system as reflected, which shall be adjusted by capital contributions over time as set forth in Addenda or by separate written agreement. If membership status is maintained,then each party will have the right to equity participation in the construction of new or expanded facilities as they are proposed, have an option to purchase an interest in new or expanded facilities at future times, and/or to be a wholesale customer. SECTION 4. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 4.1 Generally. At such time that facilities are constructed, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the entities financially participating in the facility, the system shall be operated and maintained by WRWC, WRWC may contract with members or others to provide daily management of all or a portion of the System. Operation and maintenance will be determined at that time by the equity participants through subsequent agreement or addendum. SECTION 5. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES. 5.1 Proposal to Construct. If any member should desire to construct,expand or modify the System as now or hereafter configured, including the siting of a plant at one of the designated diversion points of 2.3 or at another location on the Willamette River, it shall notify WRWC and the other members in writing of the proposed construction, expansion or modification needs ("Project'). WRWC shall have 90 days in which to determine whether to participate in the proposed project. The notification shall include cost estimates and a reasonably detailed description of the proposed project. The members,within 90 days,shall notify the WRWC of their acceptance or rejection of participation and cost shares shall be allocated. If notice of acceptance is not received within 90 days, the proposed project shall be deemed rejected by the members failing to respond. 5.2 Individual Rights. The parties intend to provide a method of decision making by anticipated diversion points. Facilities constructed shall be in the name of WRWC but decision making shall be by the participating members as set forth in the Project Agreement. If WRWC elects not to construct,expand or modify as proposed by an individual member or members,then by separate written agreement or addenda any member or members may proceed with the 1973 rights assigned to that diversion point if the members of WRWC likely to be served by that diversion point or facility approve the technical aspects of the proposal to ensure the project will not be inconsistent with Future compatibility with individual members teems. If thepro�osal is found_--- ;Gelated:me RwsP or inconsistent or incompatible, the member(s) may use its own water rights held outside this agreement. Under all circumstances,no such project shall impair the ability of the System to serve the other members or significantly increase the cost of usage to the other members unless the member(s)undertaking the project agrees to pay the increased unit costs to WRWC or the members which have declined to participate in the expansion. If the members likely to be served by the diversion point or facility do not approve use of the 1973 rights,then the individual entity may use ---1 Deleted:C181TVWDITVWD0198JGA , WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 5 other water outside this agreement or use the termination provision of Section 7. The parties agree that absent termination,only WRWC may apply for water rights to the Willamette River. 5.3 Tigard. In consideration of the abandonment of its 1995 permit application to appropriate 40 cfs,TVWD and the members of WRWC hereby allocate 40 cfs of the 1973 right at the Wilsonville diversion point to Tigard. If Tigard.desires to construct a conventional treatment plant at Wilsonville to develop this right and no other members wish to participate, Tigard may proceed without further approval from WRWC or its members____________________________ Deleted;,but subject to 5.5 below 5.4 Re_u>; latory Matters. All parties served by a facility shall share proportionately in cost if expansion or modification is necessary to meet regulatory requirements, unless subsequent agreement or addenda provides otherwise. _ SECTION 6. SALE OF WATER TO OTHER ENTITIES.______ _________ ______ '`I Deleted:5.5.Option to Acouire j Interest. W WSA or a member rejecting a \, project shall have the option,at any time 6.1 WRWC. The members agree that the Willamette River water rights now existing or within ten(10)years of the date of notice hereafter acquired are for regional licatio The arties ee to work in ood faith to I of rejection,to purchase.an ownership q g aPP '�-----p---- -------- y--------- accommodate other users on an ownership,wholesale, mutual aid or emergency basis. Subject to I sharedupon theproojue of eassetsan e at a mutually red paragraph 6.2, WRWC or its members shall have the power to sell water to other non-member_ entities at prices determined from time to time by WRWC. Deleted. RT EArED \ J� �. t 62 Proceeds of Sales. The proceeds attributable to the sale of�water to an outside entity, ` Deleted: as part of he RWSP shall be paid to WRWC. Any distribution of these proceeds shall be as the members agree,after Deleted:treated 1 expenses and costs of debt service,construction,operation and maintenance are met. Deleted:treated 6.3 Transmission Line Charges. Sales to any entity which may require transmission through lines may be subject to a transmission line charge to be established by the owner. Charges for use of transmission lines shall be collected by WRWC from the user and paid to the owner of the transmission line. 6.4 Other Charges. Other charges may be established by WRWC as necessary and agreed by the parties. SECTION 7. TERMINATION. 7.1 Notice of Election. Any party may elect to terminate this Agreement and withdraw from WRWC by giving written notice of its desire to WRWC and other member parties on or before March 1. Notwithstanding the date of notice, withdrawal shall be effective on July I immediately following the notice, Upon the effective date�f withdrawal,unless otherwise_agreed _"- Deleted:Withdrawal shall be effective by the withdrawing party and WRWC,that party shall immediately cease membership in WRW__Q_ `, one hundred eighty(180)days from the The withdrawing entity shall continue to pay its share of, or be responsible for, any previously ` date ofnotioe. incurred joint debt, and shall hold harmless the remaining members for those financial Deleted:ofnoti. Deleted CMlTVWDITVWD019&ICA j WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 6 responsibilities and obligations attributable to the withdrawing party. 7.1.1 If WRWC, after receiving the notice of termination, desires to purchase the terminating interest in the System, it shall notify the-terminating member in writing of its desire to purchase the terminating member's interest at lesser of market value or depreciated book value. Such notice shall be given within 60 days of receipt of the notice of termination. 7.1.2 If WRWC declines, then the one or more remaining members may give notice within 60 days after notice of WRWC's decline of that member's intent to purchase as provided herein. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the purchase shall be purchased equally among the buying members and their capital accounts shall be adjusted accordingly. 7.1.3 The price to be paid, whether determined by mutual agreement or arbitration, shall be paid to the terminating party in full within 12 months following the date of termination set forth in the notice of intent to terminate. If the other party fails to pay the purchase price within 12 months of the date of termination and if the parties are unable to agree upon a mutually acceptable payment schedule, then the terminating member shall . have the right to sell its portion of the facility to any other entity approved by a majority of the governing boards or councils from the remaining members. 7.1.4 In the event that the WRWC or the remaining members fail to purchase the interest of the terminating member within the 12-month period, or in the event the WRWC or the remaining member(s) decline to purchase its interest, then the terminating member's rights and duties shall be those specified in this Agreement until a sale is made to some other entity or some other mutually agreeable disposition is made and the original owner shall remain responsible for all terms and conditions of this Agreement. 7.1.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, because TVWD contributed the existing permitted rights (1973 rights), no withdrawing party shall be compensated for the value of those 1973 rights except TVWD. If TVWD decides to withdraw from WRWC,it may: a) leave the entire 1973 water right with WRWC and WRWC shall purchase the right as appraised along with the entities' other assets. However, 40 cfs shall not be valued as part of this appraisal and purchased because it is allocated to TIGARD in consideration of TIGARD'S relinquishment of its 1995 permit application;or WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 7 b)leave the allocated portion of the 1973 rights which will be valued and purchased by WRWC and take the unused remainder back to its sole ownership. However,40 cfs shall not be valued as part of this appraisal and shall be included in the portion left in WRWC as it is allocated to TIGARD in consideration of TIGARD's relinquishment of the 1995 permit application;or c) TVWD may leave all the 1973 rights and, in lieu of monetary compensation, receive an equal amount (202 cfs) of junior rights under 7.I.6 below. 7.1.6 For the parties other than TVWD, in the event of termination, the terminating member shall be entitled to have conveyed to it by WRWC the water rights associated with the pending application the terminating member contributed to WRWC. For example, if the pending application was approved for Canby in the amount of 12.4 cfs and Canby terminates,Canby shall relinquish all rights and claims to any water allocated to its diversion point under the 1973 Permit contributed by TVWD and WILSONVILLE, and WRWC shall assign to Canby the 12.4 cfs Permit right that Canby contributed to the entity. Thereafter Canby shall rely only upon that 12.4 cfs water right and have no further right or claim to other WRWC rights. 7.1.7 The parties agree that TIGARD shall have a firm right to 40 CFS of the TVWD 1973 rights in consideration of its abandonment of its 1995 permit application. 7.1.8 The parties agree to cooperate to execute all documents necessary to make water right transfers and assignments. 7.2 Breach. Upon material breach of this Agreement, WRWC or an aggrieved member may seek all remedies available at law or in equity. 7.3 Dispute Resolution. 7.3.1 Method for resolving disputes If a dispute arises between WRWC and a member or between members regarding breach of this Agreement or interpretation of any term of this Agreement,the parties shall first attempt to resolve the dispute by negotiation,followed by mediation,if negotiation fails to resolve the dispute. Step One:(Negotiation) Deleted:C1B1TWD1n'W 0198JGA WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 8 The Manager or other persons designated by each of the disputing parties will negotiate on behalf of the entities they represent. The nature of the dispute shall be reduced to writing and shall be presented to each Manager who shall then meet and attempt to resolve the issue. If the dispute is resolved at this step, there shall be a written determination of such resolution,signed by each Manager and ratified by the WRWC which shall be binding upon the parties. Step Two:(Mediation) If the dispute cannot be resolved within thirty(30)days at Step One,the parties shall submit the matter to non-binding mediation. The parties shall attempt to agree on a mediator. If they cannot agree,the parties shall request a list of five(5)mediators from an entity or firm providing mediation services. The parties will attempt to mutually agree on a mediator from the list provided, but if they cannot agree, each party shall select one(1) name. The two selected shall select a third person. The dispute shall be heard by a panel of three (3) mediators and any common costs of mediation shall be bome equally by the parties who shall each bear their own costs and fees therefor. If the issue is resolved at this step,a written determination of such resolution shall be signed by each Manager and approved by the WRWC. 7.4 Jurisdiction of Circuit Court. After exhaustion of 7.3 processes,if the parties agree, any dispute or claim shall be settled by arbitration under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Clackamas County pursuant to ORS Chapter 36. In the absence of such an agreement,that same court shall have jurisdiction. SECTION S. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended by mutual written agreement of the parties,signed by all of the parties. Future tasks deemed necessary_shall_be agreed to_by the parties through an___- Deleted:such as public relations, addendum to this Agreement setting forth the scope of work and method of payment. education or other work SECTION 9. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 9.1 Merger Clause. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 9.2 New Members and Assignment. WRWC may accept additional government entities as participants under terms and financial conditions that WRWC deems just and equitable on a case-by-case basis and only upon an affirmative vote of two thirds of the members. Except for changes of organization through entity formation, merger, consolidation.or annexation, no patty shall have the right to assign its interest in this Agreement(or any portion thereof)without the prior _- Deleted:cmiTVWDirywPoi9&iGA WWM Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 9 written consent of a majority of WRWC. 9.3 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect,the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 9.4 Notices. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in writing,shall be effective when actually received,and may be given by hand delivery or by United States mail,first class postage prepaid,addressed to the parties as follows: Tualatin Valley Water District Attn: General Manager P.O. Box 745 Beaverton,Oregon 97075 Ic- - ----------------------------------------------------- DeletedI Canby Utility Board Clackamas River Water i Attn: General Manager Attn: General Managed O g Clack P.O.Box 1070 mas,Oregon 970151 l Canby,Oregon 97013 City of Tigard Attn: City Manager P.O.Box 23397 Tigard,Oregon 97223 City of Sherwood Attn: City Manager 20 NW Washington Sherwood,Oregon 97140 City of Tualatin Attn: City Manager 18880 SW Martinazzi Avenue Tualatin,Oregon 97062 City of Gladstone City Administrator 525 Portland Avenue Gladstone,Oregon 977027 The parties hereto are responsible to notify each other of changes and to keep this list current ;Deleted:C/111TVWD17'VWD0198./G4 , WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 10 9.5 Meeting. Regular meetings of WRWC shall be conducted at such times as WRWC may designate but shall be no less than quarterly. The chairman, upon his own motion, may, or at the request of two (2) members of WRWC, shall by giving notice to members of WRWC call a previously unannounced special meeting of WRWC for a time not earlier than twenty-four (24) hours after the notice is given, unless an emergency.exists. In cases of an emergency, notice reasonable under the circumstances shall be given. Four(4)members of WRWC shall constitute a quorum. No action will be taken by WRWC unless a majority of WRWC present votes to support the action proposed,unless a greater number of votes is required. 9.6 Advisory Boards,Technical Committees. WRWC may appoint advisory boards and technical committees. The advisory boards shall meet as needed and shall review and make recommendations to WRWC on such matters as WRWC so assigns. A technical committee shall meet not less than quarterly to develop methods of coordination and functioning between WRWC and the entities. 9.7 Attorney Fees. If a dispute should arise between the parties regarding any term or portion of this Agreement,the prevailing party shall be entitled to such reasonable attorney fees as a trial court or arbitrator may award and on any appeal therefrom. 9.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties on separate counterparts,any one of which shall constitute an agreement between and among the parties. 9.9 Joint and Several Obligations. For approved WRWC activities,the parties shall be jointly and severally liable to third parties for payment of debts and costs incurred. No party to WRWC shall be liable for damages,debts or claims caused solely by the negligent act or omission by WRWC or other members. The individual entity causing damage by its sole negligence or wrongful act shall be individually liable. 9.10 Lmstruments of further Assurance. From time to time at the request of any of WRWC, each member shall, without further consideration execute and deliver such additional instruments and shall take such further action as may be reasonably required to fully effectuate the purposes of this Agreement. - D2leted:CIBITVWDITVWD0198JGA j WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 11 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement by the date set forth opposite their names below. TUALATIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Date: ,2003 By: By: - Deleted:CLACKAMAS RIVER L ------------------------------------ WATERq i 9 9 � CANBY UTILITY BOARD . . . . . . ..Dace: —PauIRos ersyPttsident9 q! 9 ' Date: ,2003 By: . . . . . .eY:. q j . . . Lowell Hanna.Secretary By: CITY OF TIGARD Dated: 2003 By: By: -- - Deleted:CIBITVWDITVWD019&1GA WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 12 Date: 12003 CITY OF SHERWOOD By: By: Date: 2003 CITY OF TUALATIN By: By: Date: ,2003 CITY OF GLADSTONE By: By: --- Deleted:QBITVW rmvo198.IGA WWSA Intergovernmental Agreement Draft—April 22,2003 13 EXHIBIT 1 PENDING APPLICATIONS Applicant Amount Priority Date Application# CUB 12.4 cfs 12/27/90 71072 TVWD 387 cfs 5/31/91 71651 Gladstone 12.4 cfs 9/13/91 71834 Tigard 40 cfs 3/28/95 80342 c_----------------L-----------------L-----------------�------------ - "1 Deleted:CRW Deleted:22 cfs ` Deleted'4/27/92 Deleted:72355 EXISTING PERMITTED RIGHTS Applicant Amount Priority Date Permit# TVWD 202 cfs 6/19/73 49240 'Intergovernmental Water Board Meeting Informational Items Supplement June 11, 2003 • Regional Water.Providers Consortium Board meeting minutes of 3/5/03 • Oregonian article dated 4/17/03, Tigard goes back to drawing board for water options • Tigard Times article dated 4/17/03, City of Tigard could wind up with two permanent Water sources • Tualatin Valley Water District letter dated 4/17/03 from Bernice Bagnall to Ed Wegner • "Conservation Awards" memo dated 4/21/03 from Sally Mills to Ed Wegner • Tigard Times article dated 4/24/03, Water supply balance expansion needed soon • Oregonian article dated 5/1/03, Tualatin Valley water board fields single contested race • Oregonian article dated 5/1/03, Election may decide if Tigard water board disbands • Oregonian article dated 5/5/03, Proposal would raise King City water rates • Oregonian article dated 5/8/03, Some no longer trust tap • Oregonian article dated 5/8/03, Water district auditing river plant • Oregonian article dated 5/8/03, Water district audits Willamette plant • Tigard Times article dated 5/8/03, Tigard water board election off to soggy start • Oregonian article dated 5/15/03, King City taps water in search of revenue • APWA Reporter article from June 2003 issue, The Willamette River Water Treatment Facility: a design%build project • City of Portland Bureau of Water Works Rates by customer class • Oregonian article dated 6/8/03, Bring your own bottle 1 REGIONAL WATER PROVIDERS CONSORTIUM BOARD MEETING Minutes of Marcia 5,2003 Consortium Board Chairman John Huffinan called the Regional Water Providers Consortium Board Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was held in the Metro Council Chambers/Annex. Elected representatives from fifteen Consortium member agencies were present at the meeting (which is a quorum), including City of Beaverton, Clackamas River Water, City of Forest Grove, City of Gladstone, City of Gresham, City of Lake Oswego,Metro, Oak Lodge Water District, Powell Valley Road Water District,Rockwood Water PUD, City of Sandy,'Sunrise Water Authority, City of Tigard,City of Tualatin, and West Slope Water District. Five other entities including City of Hillsboro, City of Portland, South Fork Water Board, Tualatin Valley Water District and City of Wilsonville had staff present. Consortium member agencies not represented by elected officials at this meeting included City of Fairview, City of Hillsboro, City of Milwaukie, City of Portland,Raleigh Water District, South Fork Water Board, Tualatin Valley Water District, and City of Wilsonville. Introductions- Introductions were made. Those in attendance included Commissioner Bruce Fontaine,Dale Jutila and Susan Adams Gunn from Clackamas River Water; Councilor Susan McLain from Metro; Commissioner John Huffman and Tom Pokorny from Powell Valley Road Water District; Commissioner Jim Knapp from Oak Lodge Water District; Greg DiLoreto from Tualatin Valley Water District; District Board President Sandra Ramaker and Harvey Barnes from Rockwood Water PUD; Commissioner Mike Grimm from Sunrise Water Authority; Councilor Ellie McPeak from the City of Lake Oswego; Commissioner Brian Moore and Ed Wegner from the City of Tigard; Councilor Jack Homer,Dave Rouse and Keely Thompson from the City of Gresham; Councilor Don Allen from the City of Sandy; Dan Bradley from South. Fork Water Board; Joe Thompson from the City of Hillsboro; Commissioner A.P. DiBenedetto from West Slope Water District;Jeff Bauman from the City of Wilsonville; Councilor Ed Truax and Mike McKillip from the City of Tualatin; Councilor Carl Gardner from the City of Gladstone; Commissioner Forrest Soth from the City of Beaverton;Dennis Kessler from the City of Portland; Councilor Deena Barett and Rob Foster from the City of Forest Grove; Herb Brown and Pat Brown from Rockwood Water PUD;Paul Savas from Oak Lodge Water District;Kathy Newcomb, Sylvia Smith and Dawn Adams from Clackamas County League of Women Voters; and Loma Stickel,Rebecca Geisen, Lindsey Berman, and Patty Burk from the City of Portland/Consortium Staff. Approval of Minutes for December 4,2001: The Consortium Board unanimously approved the December 4, 2002 minutes as written. Public Comment: None. Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 Executive Committee Report: Consortium Board Chairman Jon Huffman gave a report of the Executive Committee(EC). Chair Huffman noted that the EC met on February 12, 2003. Chair Huf -nan 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 March Consortium Board agenda. Conservation Committee Report: Lindsey Berman reported that a variety of conservation programs have been recommended by the Consortium Conservation Committee(CCC)to support a second year summer marketing campaign and to increase the conservation message throughout the year. Conservation program plans will emphasize a concentrated public education and outreach effort that is consistent with the Division 86 rules and the Planning and Management Consultants,Ltd. (PMCL)report. She noted that the summer marketing campaign will include television and radio spots from June through August, Oregon Public Radio (OPB) spots in June and July, a public relations campaign, a kick off event, and website development and updated look three times a year. Ms. Berman noted that the Consortium again participated in the Yard, Garden and Patio show in February. The booth featured a new display that included a variety of colorful display panels and prominently displayed the names of the twenty two water providers and Metro that make up the Consortium along with the Consortium website address and logo. A color picture of the booth was provided in the meeting materials packet. Ms.Berman_noted approximately 1,500 to 2,000 person attend the Consortium booth over the weekend. Ms. Berman reported that there would be a big focus on the youth education campaign this year. Three conservation programs for youth are underway with a concentrated effort to promote educational activities and information. Ms.Berman reported that a youth education page will be developed to be added to the Consortium website. She noted that the page will reflect the Portland metropolitan area drinking water supplies, infrastructure and water systems. It will include provider information,water related system elements and rivers. Ms. Berman said a vendor has been selected to deliver the"Where's Rosie?"school assembly program to each of the twenty-two providers and Metro. The"Where's Rosie?" show is a unique puppet performance that teaches kindergarten through 2nd graders about water conservation and personal responsibility. Ms. Berman advised that the Consortium will again be one of the sponsors for the Clean Water Festival on March 21. The festival is designed for 4`h and 5`h grade students with a purpose to teach students about water and how it relates to our world. Ms. Berman reported that the Trade Ally Conference would be held Tuesday,March 18. She noted that fifty-five people have signed up to participate. The conference will provide an opportunity to develop partnerships with the Green Industry and to,educate them on the Consortium and the benefits of working collaboratively on water conservation. Ms. Berman advised that she has completed approximately fifteen provider visits and hopes to have the remainder of the visits done in the next few weeks. Ms. Berman commented that these visits have been a great opportunity for her to get to know all of the Consortium providers, learn 2 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 t about their conservation programs and share with them the Consortium's conservation program and plans for the future. Ms. Berman reported that a facilitated meeting was held for the Consortium Conservation Committee staff and some Consortium Technical Committee(CTC)members to discuss and define the visions, goals,roles and decision making process for the CCC. The goal of the meeting was to define procedural expectations, such as budget and workplan decisions,voting requirements and role and expectations of the new Conservation Coordinator staff position. A memorandum was included in the meeting materials packet that outlined the outcome of the facilitated discussion. Legislative Update: Dan Bradley reported that thus far this legislative session has been termed the fee bill session. Mr. Bradley noted that due to the short falls in State revenue,many departments-are looking for new fees or the restructuring of existing fees. Mr. Bradley summarized some of the legislative bills may affect water providers including: HB 2255—Allows the Department of Human Services (DHS)to assess per connection fees on water suppliers to administer the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Mr. Bradley advised that one hearing has been held on this Bill and noted that there would probably not be another hearing held. HB 2268—Modifies fees collected by the Water Resources Department(WRD). This bill specifics how the department expends money received from certain fees deposited into the WRD Operating Fund. Mr. Bradley advised this bill would raise WRD's fee for permit extension cost, to fund the water management conservation plan review and well inspection program. He noted that at this time this Bill has not had a hearing. HB 2366=Directs the Water Resources Department to prepare inventory of potential surface water storage sites in the State. Mr. Bradley stated that this bill proposes$151,000 over the biennium to identify areas to build off site storage to store water during the winter for use in summer supply plans. HB 2396—Provides that pesticide use reports shall identify location of use by zip code. Mr. Bradley noted that the Consortium is sending a letter in opposition of the bill. He explained that the Consortium recommended that pesticide use should be reported by section,township and range. A hearing has not been held on this bill. HB 2425—Exempts from disclosure under public record law public body's plans in connection with threat against individual or public safety. Mr.Bradley commented that this bill would make it so a water provider would not have to make vulnerability assessments or emergency response plans public record. He stated that you could also hold such meetings with Board and staff members in executive session and exempt from Oregon Public Meetings Law requirements. 3 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 HB 2448—Requires laboratories performing water sample analysis for water suppliers to report results of analysis directly to the Department of Human Services and the water supplier. Mr. Bradley advised that water providers do many samples not required by the Drinking Water Program so this bill could be of concern to water providers. HB 2457—Defines science for purposed of statute law of state. Mr. Bradley explained that the definition of science is the systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about the universe and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories. HB 2551 —Allows the Water Resources Department to enter into agreements setting fees for the purpose.of enabling the department to provide faster or more complete services. SB 317—Prohibits the transfer of water rights for agricultural use to nonagricultural use. SB 343 —Transfers authority for certifying persons who inspect water system cross connections and test backflow prevention device assemblies from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Commissioner Mike Grimm commented that there is another bill water providers may want to follow. It is HB 2823,which creates a department of Public Health. Commissioner Grimm said this Bill would transfer public health functions from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Public Health. New State Rules on Water Rights for Municipalities: Lorna Stickel gave a PowerPoint presentation titled"Municipal Water Permits- State Requirements for Extension and Planning". A copy of the presentation was provided in the meeting materials packet. Ms. Stickel stated that this presentation would help to set the stage for going into the breakout sessions and to understand the relationship between the new State standards for extending water permits and for doing water management and conservation planning that will be required. Ms. Stickel reported that in Oregon,water supplies have been developed for use under many different types of mechanisms. They include the 1909 Surface Water Rights,the 1955 Groundwater Rights, Statutory Rights,Adjudicated Rights or prior claims in unadjudicated basins and other arrangements. Lorna noted that the Oregon Attorney General interpreted ORS 537.230 on permit extensions in 1997 to require municipal rights to be extended under State rules or they could be vulnerable to cancellation. The Community Water Supply Work Group developed new rules. The Water Resources Commission adopted those rules in October 2002. Two new sections of the rules have been adopted that apply to municipal water rights. They are Division 315 which deals specifically with permit extensions and Division 86 which incorporates water management and conservation plans. 4 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 Ms. Stickel reported that WRD has sent over a hundred letters to municipalities that hold municipal rights that need to be extended. She noted that many Portland area providers already have received these letters and will be required to follow both sets of rules. Ms. Stickel explained that under the new Division 315 permit extension rule; municipalities that have gotten letters have between a few weeks and three months to submit their extension applications. She advised that once an extension is granted in a final order,the municipality has up to three years to submit a Division 86 Plan. No water can be developed under an extension until the Division 86 Plan is approved. For the Division 315 permit extension rules,Ms. Stickel commented that municipalities must justify holding prior issued permits for the period of time reasonably needed to develop them. Land use plans must be used to justify areas of service and demand forecast must be used to justify that these permits are needed for future growth. For permit extensions beyond fifty years, consistent land use patterns must be demonstrated and demand projections can consider system redundancy,reliability or quality of existing systems. The methodology used for demand forecasting must be explained. Ms. Stickel noted that an extension must meet a number of approval standards including diligence and good cause. An approved Water Management and Conservation Plan is required to develop water under an approved extension beyond that already diverted,which may be reason to complete these Plans before the three year timeframe. Division 86 Water Management and Conservation Plans apply to obtaining new water rights and obtaining the ability to actually develop water rights that have been extended under the Division 315 rules. They must be updated on a periodic basis in order to gain access to all the water right permit and they involve not only those entities that hold the water rights but also those that receive water through contracts. Ms. Stickel explained that the Division 86 Plans must contain a number of elements including demand projections, land use plans, other water rights and contracts for water and how they will be used to meet demand. The Plan must include data on customer classes,water use patterns and environmental issues that affect the source of supply. A curtailment plan for emergency shortages must also be included. Ms. Stickel noted that certain conservation plan elements are required including annual water audit and metering,meter testing and maintenance programs, rate structure based on water use, leak detection program if an audit shows leakage over 10%and a public education program. Division 86 Plans must also include the evaluation and implementation of more conservation programs that are feasible and appropriate including leak repair to reduce leakage to 10 or 15%, assistance programs for residential and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) customers, retrofit programs, rate structure and billing that encourages conservation and water reuse, recycling or non potable programs. 5 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 Ms. Stickel said once your Division 86 Plan is developed,benchmarks are required every five years to check in with WRD on the Plan progress. The Division 86 Plan must be revised at least every ten years. Only twenty years worth of extended water rights can be developed at a time although storage impoundment may be an exception. Ms. Stickel reported that there is a required process for preparing Water Management and Conservation Plans. The process should include the use of more integrated resources planning approach if possible. Integrated supply side and demand side alternatives and conjunctive use of source should be considered. Looking at the customer base and what would work best in specific circumstances should be done and the public should be involved in the process. Ms. Stickel commented that there are opportunities to plan supplies with these new rules. She stated that regional planning of multiple systems may be the best alternative. Ms. Stickel noted that the implementation of conservation programs by multiple utilities may reduce costs. Ms. Stickel advised that training programs and materials are being developed by the Oregon Water Utility Council(OWUC) and the League of Oregon Cities(LOC). Ms. Stickel said it is anticipated that these training materials will be available in May. Ms. Stickel said that with these new rules come many challenges for municipalities. She noted more of these plans will be needed to justify supplies and the added expense will affect some jurisdictions more than others. Smaller providers will need more assistance and flexibility. These Plans will create a high work load for WRD to act on applications so resources are an issue. Ms. Stickel commented that there is a provision in the rules that requires the rules to be review in three years to determine their effectiveness. Ms. Stickel noted,however,that there is an upside to the new rules as well. She commented that there will be more of an opportunity to deal with complex issues in one setting, the new rules will require all providers to think about using public resources more efficiently, and they will foster regional thinking and development of programs and supplies. Councilor Susan McLain commented that regarding land use plan requirements for these new rules,the 2040 Growth Concept and Functional Plan can provide a basic framework for use in preparing Division 86 Plans. Councilor McLain noted that this Plan is already acknowledged by the State. Councilor McLain pointed out that when Metro reviews the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) every five years they use a model and formulas that have over two hundred variables. This model has also be acknowledged by the State. She said that utilizing Metro's services and modeling tools might be a place to save some time,money,effort and resources when developing Division 86 plans because a provider would be starting out with land use plans, projections and variables that the State has already acknowledged are valid. Councilor McLain commented that some of the information Metro shares and some they sell but that they always try to be good partners with water providers. Regional Water Supply Plan Update: Ms. Stickel pointed out that a Regional Water Supply Plan(RWSP)Update activities report was provided in the meeting material packet. It includes an 6 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 update on the work being on the RWSP Update as well as other Consortium activities over the past three months. Ms. Stickel noted that also provided in the meeting materials packet was a memorandum and matrix on the conservation program rankings for the Conservation Element of the RWSP Update. Planning and Management Consultants, Ltd. (PMCL) evaluated and ranked nineteen potential conservation programs and analyzed each program based on its implementation feasibility, stakeholder acceptability and customer acceptability. Next,the programs were evaluated based on their overall costs and benefits. Costs were broken down by utility and societal costs. The utility perspective compares the avoided cost of current and future supplies to the administrative, incentive and allocated regional costs of the conservation program borne by the utility and passed through to the utility ratepayer. It does not reflect revenue losses due to conservation programs. Ms. Stickel explained that the societal perspective compares the avoided supply costs to the total cost of the conservation program,whether borne by the utility or by the participant. Thus, in addition to the changes in the cost considered in the utility perspective,the societal perspective also considers the portion of the conservation equipment costs borne by the participating customer. Ms. Stickel advised that during the breakout session,the hope is to engage the Board in a discussion of which programs should by included in the Regional Water Supply Plan Update and which should be implemented at a regional level and which programs should be implemented individually. Ms. Stickel noted that the conservation program description handout was also included in the meeting materials packet. Breakout Sessions on the Regional Water Supply Plan Update: The Consortium Board members broke out into three sessions to discuss source option packages, conservation programs and the RWSP Update adoption process. Following the breakout sessions, each group returned to the Metro Council Chambers/Annex to summarize their group's discussion. Lorna Stickel, Greg DiLoreto and Susan Adams Gunn 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 9:14 p.m. The next meeting of the Regional Water Providers Consortium Board is Wednesday, June 4,2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Metro Council Chafhber/Annex. Submitted by Patty Burk, Consortium Staff 7 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 Regional Water Providers Consortium Board Meeting Breakout Sessions on Source Options,Conservation Programs and the RWSP Update Adoption Process Chartpack Notes BREAKOUT SESSION#1 Attendees: District Board President Sandra Ramaker and Harvey Barnes(Rockwood Water PUD),Ellie McPeak(City of Lake Oswego),Bruce Fontaine and Dale Jutila(Clackmas River Water);Forrest Soth(City of Beaverton),Jack Homer,Dave Rouse, and Keely Thompson(City of Gresham), and Herb Brown and Pat Brown(citizens). Facilitator- Lorna Stickel (City of Portland/Consortium Staff) = SOURCE OPTIONS Question#1 T Upon further reflection on the source option packages presented at the December 2002 Board meeting do these represent the range of options that should be considered? Should some of them be dropped, modified, or others added? 6 Don't ignore or forget Willamette by taking it off the table. Leave it as a local source. Might need to look at bridge sources to get some entities water before the bigger source option development is completed. ♦ Local sources-groundwater and interference with existing SW sources. Dave Rouse asked why the Willamette River was not included in the Source Option Scenarios. Lorna explained that it would be recognized in the Update by being used as a local source and available to an entity but that it will most likely involve a local vote. As a result staff felt we couldn't include it in the scenarios directly. Councilor Forrest Soth commented that the list of source scenarios proposed are not short term source."'He noted it might take some of these sources at least ten years to be developed. Councilor Soth said local and interim sources might need to be considered and developed until these new future water source developments are completed. Ouestion#2• Are there specific issues and concerns that Board members have about any or all of the source options that staff should consider as we develop decision support materials? ♦ Columbia River may have public perception issues. ♦ Groundwater sources may have interference concerns. 8 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS - Ouestion #1 What programs should be regional and what programs should be implemented at the direction of the provider? Goal-determine final program selection and mix. For example, washing machine rebates are being implemented by several providers. There is a patchwork of customers eligible for rebates and in some cases the rebate amounts vary. Would this be an example of a good regional program,where everyone in the region has access to a rebate, of the same amount and administered from one central location? e.g., available via the web page. • Why aren't rate structures part of the program. How do we represent that? Consortium could offer services that help providers develop and implement conservation based pricing. Councilor Ellie McPeak asked why the proposed list of conservation programs does not include conservation based pricing. Lorna advised that she believed the intent of the conservation analysis for the RWSP Update was to look at programs that could be implemented regionally. Lorna advised that rates are in the current RWSP. Staff will address this issue for revisions. Question #2• Our approach proposes having a base set of regional programs and then allowing the individual provider to select specific programs to suit their customers needs. If we follow this approach,some providers may elect not to participate in any programs beyond what is "regional'. In this latter case those providers that have to prepare or be included in Division 86 Plans can meet some of the conservation requirements through the RWSP programs in so far as they are actually implemented,but other requirements will have to be analyzed and implemented by each provider. Including provider specific programs (as selected by the provider)in the RWSP Update would improve the ability of the RWSP to meet part of the requirements for Division 86 Plans. What thoughts do the Board members have about the desired relationship between the RWSP Update and the requirements to have a conservation element as part of the Division 86 Plans to either extend water rights or obtain new ones? ♦ Regional Programs- should we have a focus on summer savings?- some feel we should. ♦ Some programs can be done more consistently on a regional basis(rebates). ♦ Do we need to fund these programs on a regional basis? ♦ Equity between providers is an issue with regional programs. Can we facilitate programs on a subregional effort. ♦ Like the local choice of programs. 9 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 Dave Rouse commented that the Consortium should be looking at regional conservation programs that reduce peak demand. He asked shouldn't we be focusing on programs that reduce summer water usage where we can get more for our money. The group discussed regional rebate programs and how they might be implemented. It was concluded that the criteria for regional conservation programs might need to be discussed and developed i.e.,if and how to establish equity between providers for regional programs. Councilor McPeak commented that she hoped for a mix of conservation programs in which some of the programs would be implemented regionally and others could be designed to meet individual provider needs. Question#3 How willing is your entity to provide necessary data to include individual conservation programs within the RWSP Update? • Yes for those that want them. RWSP UPDATE ADOPTION PROCESS Ouestion#1 The Technical Committees are recommending that the RWSP Update be prepared as a stand-alone document that supplements the original RWSP,but does not replace it. They also recommend that a preliminary RWSP document be prepared first,then each provider entity consider the recommended changes, and answers a specific set of questions using their own public processes. After responses are received and considered a final RWSP Update document will be prepared and given out to each provider decision making body for action. Does this process seem reasonable? ♦ Ok with the above process. ♦ Seems like a reasonable approach. Question#2- Are there any suggestions by the Board for how these steps should be modified to address desired outcomes? ♦ No suggestions were given. Loma Stickel asked the breakout group to let her know if any changes are needed upon further reflection. Question#3- Staff intends to send out a fourth newsletter with the preliminary recommendations with a questionnaire,post the changes on the website with opportunity for feedback, and send out a notice that the plan is available. In addition a couple of invited roundtables will be held 10 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5, 2003 to present the RWSP Update recommendations. Would Board members like to see any additional regional public involvement processes apart from those listed above and the processes that will be conducted at the provider level to give feedback on the preliminary RWSP Update document? ♦ Do not need regional meetings. ♦ Like the newsletter as a communication tool. 11 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 BREAKOUT SESSION#2 Attendees: Councilor Ed Truax and Mike McKillip (City of Tualatin), Commissioner Mike Grimm(Sunrise Water Authority),A.P.DiBenedetto (West Slope Water District),Commissioner John Huffman and Tom Pokorny(Powell Valley Road Water District), Councilor Carl Gardner (City of Gladstone),Joe Thompson and Kristi Senecaut(City of Hillsboro) and Kathy Newcomb (citizen). Facilitator- Greg DiLoreto(Tualatin Valley Water District) SOURCE OPTIONS Question#1 Upon further reflection on the source option packages presented at the December 2002 Board meeting do these represent the range of options that should be considered? Should some of them be dropped, modified,or others added? ♦ No changes. Ouestion #2• Are there specific issues and concerns that Board members have about any or all of the source options that staff should consider as we develop decision support materials? ♦ Evaluation criteria to meet regional needs. ♦ Develop criteria that addresses environmental and financial feasibility for implementation. CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Question#1 What programs should be regional and what programs should be implemented at the direction of the provider? Goal-determine final program selection and mix. For example, washing machine rebates are being implemented by several providers. There is a patchwork of customers eligible for rebates and in some cases the rebate amounts vary. Would this be an example of a good regional program,where everyone in the region has access to a rebate,of the same amount and administered from one central location? e.g., available via the web page. Conservation Programs: ♦ Regional: ❑ Residential information,education, and awareness O Property Manager Workshops ❑ Trade Ally irrigation and landscape workshops ❑ Toilet rebate or replacement 12 . Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 ❑ Washing Machine Rebate ❑ Residential Irrigation ET controller retrofit ❑ Waterless Urinals ♦ Individual Programs: ❑ Large landscape audit A ❑ CII irrigation ET controller retrofit ❑ Nonresidential irrigation sub metering ❑ Multifamily sub metering ❑ CII outdoor ordinance ❑ Eliminate single-pass cooling ♦ Regional Implementation: ❑ CII Indoor Audits A ❑ Residential Indoor Audits A Ouestion #2• Our approach proposes having a base set of regional programs and then allowing the individual provider to select specific programs to suit their customers needs. If we follow this approach,some providers may elect not to participate in any programs beyond what is "regional". In this latter case those providers that have to prepare or be included in Division 86 Plans can meet some of the conservation requirements through the RWSP programs in so far as they are actually implemented,but other requirements will have to be analyzed and implemented by each provider. Including provider specific programs (as selected by the provider) in the RWSP Update would improve the ability of the RWSP to meet part of the requirements for Division 86 Plans. What thoughts do the Board members have about the desired relationship between the RWSP Update and the requirements to have a conservation element as part of the Division 86 Plans to either extend water rights or obtain new ones? ♦ Regional funding with credit given to those with staff providing service. Ouestion 43• How willing is your entity to provide necessary data to include individual conservation programs within the RWSP Update? ♦ Yes,we are willing. RWSP UPDATE ADOPTION-PROCESS Question #1 The Technical Committees are recommending that the RWSP Update be prepared as a stand-alone document that supplements the original IMP,but does not replace it. They also recommend that a preliminary RWSP document be prepared first,then each provider 13 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 entity consider the recommended changes, and answers a specific set of questions using their own public processes. After responses are received and considered a final RWSP Update document will be prepared and given out to each provider decision making body for action. Does this process seem reasonable? ♦ Yes,it seems reasonable. Question#2- Are there any suggestions by the Board for how these steps should be modified to address desired outcomes? ♦ No suggestions. Question#3- Staff intends to send out a fourth newsletter with the preliminary recommendations with a questionnaire,post the changes on the website with opportunity for feedback, and send out a notice that the plan is available. In addition a couple of invited roundtables will be held to present the RWSP Update recommendations. Would Board members like to see any additional regional public involvement processes apart from those listed above and the - processes that will be conducted at the provider level to give feedback on the preliminary RWSP Update document? ♦ Roundtables are important for public input ♦ Present involvement is adequate. 14 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 BREAKOUT SESSION#3: Attendees: Councilor Don Allen(City of Sandy), Councilor Deena Barrett and Rob Foster (City of Forest Grove),District Board President Jim Knapp and Paul Savas (Oak Lodge Water District)Dan Bradley(South Fork Water Board),Dennis Kessler(City of Portland), Lindsey Berman(City of Portland/Consortium Staff), Sylvia Smith(citizen), and Dawn Adams(citizen). Facilitator- Susan Adams Gunn(Clackamas River Water) SOURCE OPTIONS Question#1: Upon further reflection on the source option packages presented at the December 2002 Board meeting do these represent the range of options that should be considered? Should some of them be dropped, modified,or others added? ♦ What happened to the Willamette River as a source option. ♦ Gresham is possibly exploring groundwater options. Question#2 Are there specific issues and concerns that Board members have about any or all of the source options that staff should consider as we develop decision support materials? ♦ Where is the greatest need. CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Question#1 What programs should be regional and what programs should be implemented at the direction of the provider? Goal- determine final program selection and mix. For example, washing machine rebates are being implemented by several providers. There is a patchwork of customers eligible for rebates and in some cases the rebate amounts vary. Would this be an example of a good regional program,where everyone in the region has access to a rebate, of the same amount and administered from one central location? e.g., available via the web page. ♦ What programs should be regional? ♦ Residential Information and awareness programs. ♦ The web page with links to the water districts(add to public access). ♦ Youth Education programs. ♦ Regional events—e.g., Yard, Garden and Patio show, Clean Water Festival. ♦ Trade Ally programs. 15 Consortium Board Meeting Minutes March 5,2003 • Discussion on washing machine rebate programs and how they work. CRW mentioned their program's success;however,that you would need staff support to make this happen. Group felt that this would work in some areas but not others. ♦ Not enough time devoted to questions and not enough background information to discuss some of the questions posed. Ouestion#2• Our approach proposes having a base set of regional programs and then allowing the individual provider to select specific programs to suit their customers needs. If we follow this approach,some providers may elect not to participate in any programs beyond what is "regional". In this latter case those providers that have to prepare or be included in Division 86 Plans can meet some of the conservation requirements through the RWSP programs in so far as they are actually implemented,but other requirements will have to be analyzed and implemented by each provider. Including provider specific programs (as selected by the provider) in the RWSP Update would improve the ability of the RWSP to meet part of the requirements for Division 86 Plans. What thoughts do the Board members have about the desired relationship between the RWSP Update and the requirements to have a conservation element as part of the Division 86 Plans to either extend water rights or obtain new ones? • How do we reach subgroups and less accessible populations. Ouestion #3• How willing is your entity to provide necessary data to include individual conservation programs within the RWSP Update? (Did not get to this question: in time allotted). RWSP UPDATE ADOPTION PROCESS (The group did not get to this set of questions) 16 . r �i• . . and goes back , Water: . W�lsonvllle to drawing board finds solution li The vote was eblow to city of- to water woes I ficials who had spent months for water oons� I studying the feasibility of drink- pingfrom the Willamette River., in Willamette Even though residents had not said no to the Willamette; offi- cials concluded that the current The city continues the hunt for its own water after continued from Paye 1 I political climate probably would not support such a proposal. a plan to co-own the Bull Run system folds h Shill think the Willamette � The need for a long-term River is still an option," city g- Councilor Brian Moore said. source,however, remained, and By EMILY Tsno the city shifted gears by turning THE OREGONIAN `We have never put it before a i attention to Portland and the vote of the people. i -Joint Water Commission,which TIGARD—In its search for a long-term water supply,the city For years,Tigard officials have has taken steps forward the past few years.But recently,it has recognized the importance of a includes Beaverton, Hillsboroand Forest Grove. suffered a significant setback. guaranteed long-term water Tigard continued to explore For the past two years,Tigard,along with other suburban cit- supply ies,had pinned its hopes on an Arran ement with Portland for both options simultaneously. P P g A dearth of water would limit But the answers haven't been joint ownership of the Bull Run system. Last month, the pro- growth. Such was the case in easy. The Joint Water Commis- posal collapsed. neighboring Wilsonville, which sion's supply, for example, may The Portland WILLAMETTE WATER jl emerged from a building mora- not support adding another regionalization torium just a few years ago. It's partner. effort is dead," The city of Tigard has spent more than two now drinking from the Willam- saidKoel- "The problem ... is that we said DennisDen Tigard's years exploring long-term water options ette. don't have enough source water lerassistant director other than the Willamette River.But recent Save for a few wells, Tigard to share in the longer-term fu- developments have set has had to buy water from other ture," said Tim Eiwert, general of public works. back the city's efforts to jurisdictions,including Portland, manager of the Joint Water Tigard officials join in a regional Bull ✓,1l the Joint Water Commission and Commission. say Portland Run partnership.Resi the Tualatin Valley Water Dis- pulled the deal dents in Wilsonville ! The commission is exploring off the table. have been drinking ways to expand its water source, - Portland officials from the Willamette for almost a year.Is it Tigard officials have in the including drawing irrigation say the suburbs time for Tigard to revisit the river as a po Past likened the city s role in its water from the Willamette River were unwilling to tential long-term water source? quest for water to that of a beg- and raising the Scoggins Dam, wait for further wed like to publish your response.7o use The garThe dam, near Gaston, holds studies. Oregonian's Inside Line,a tree service inside the local With other jurisdictions con- back Hagg Lake. Whatever the caping area dial 503 225-5555 from a touch-tone trolling the quantity and price of "if that were to result in a new phone,then enter4690.ore-mail us at swater, Tigard residents have reason, the result southwest@news.oregonian.com, , g Project and a new source of is the same: Ti- paid a price for the position, water. being available, then it gard is once they're in. would make a great deal of sense again reassessing its future water options. "In the short term, it has to be partners in the long term," "Tigazd's goal has been to own and control its water source caused rates to be increased," Erwert said. Koellermeier said. We are at the T' ard's Koellermeier said the so that we can guarantee it in the future and not be at the mercy mercy of the rates the cur- of someone else, Koellermeier said. We are continuing to pur- city is nearing the end of its cur rent that." rent owners want to sell for." rent 30-year wholesale contract For example,Portland has re- with Portland and expects to Pursuit along-term water supply may lead Tigard west to cently proposed to Tigard a 24 start new contract negotiations Commission. the Trask-Tualatin rivers and membership in the Joint Water percent increase in water rates . next month. g for the coming fiscal year. Mort Mark Knudson of the Portland It may still lead east to Portland and investment in future,not Anoushiravani, the Portland j u said a variety of Bureau rea existing,infrastructure of the Bull Run system. Water Bureau's administrator, I Water arrangements—including long- Please agreed upon by the Or it could head south,literally,to the Willamette River. said the increase is based on for- term contracts, short-teen ex- Please see WATER, Page 9 tensions and ownership — involvedparties. could be up for discussion this - -- -- —-- — Tigard officials have yet to de- time around. tennine whether all of that pro- Tigard is paying attention as posed increase would bepassed the clock ticks. on to its .customers. If imple- "There is never going to be a mented; ahe higher rates time where we don't need charged by Portland could have water," Koellermeier eier said. "It an impact on Tigard s finances. is always going to be a growing is- Years ago, Tigard, along with sue.,' King City, Durham and other . suburban cities, charged ahead in its pursuit of drinking from Emily Tsao.503-294-5968; . the Willamette River. But vocal emilytsao@news.oregonian.eom opponents raised health con- —- cerns and objections'to how city " officials arrived at� their decision.'" O Tigard's interest.in the Wil- lamette waned when residents, in a September 1999 ballot,sup- ported acharter amendment change that would require voter approval for drinking from the. Wnllarnette. twoperman nwater sourcesCi ®f Tigard could wind up The City Is negotiating With Wegner said."What we are trying On the other front, the city of "Our major thrust in the next for it for a long time `At what point do we continue - the Joint Water to do is become,a member. The Portland will begin May 5 negoti- six months to one year will be to Councilor Brian Moore asked consider using it as an option or indications are that we should join ating new water-supply contracts pursue parallel paths with the about using the Willamette River. put it to rest?" Moore asked. "It Commission and will start within the next six months." with its customers after notifying JWC and Portland,"Wegner said. Tigard voters in the late 1990s bothers me. It's still out there.We talks with Portland in May The city initially would receive the dozen members of the pro- "We feel strongly that we should approved a referendum giving should put it to rest once and for 4 million gallons per day,which is posed regional joint water agency have first rights to Portland's them the right to approve using By BARBARA SHERMAN the maximum amount it can get last month that it would not allow water supply. We've been paying the Willamette. all" Of the Times through the Beaverton connection, them to buy into its Bull Run sys- ! 7A 3 "It's an amount acceptable to tem. TIGARD—The city is mov- all the members once their needs The city is nearing the end of B O N I T A PIONEER ing along on two fronts in its pur- are met;' Wegner said. "There is its 25-year water contract, which r111A213 suit of a permanent water supply. the future potential for more." will expire in 2007. ®� op�,N"Things are moving along—it The water could actually be "We will probably meet everyis a very slow process to buy into available in a week to 10 days or two weeks," Wegner said. "We'llN�USE �e� a partnership," said Public Works q o,,,Unique gifts and keepsakes p p" as soon as the JWC transfers some know by fall the financial impacts. created with your persona!touch. Director Ed Wegner at a City transmission lines. A lot of it will be a model contract ® �J r Council work session Tuesday. "We are now taking just under for all the partners for the com- ©y,Fun and easy for He cautioned the council that 2 million gallons a day," Wegner mon elements, but there will beSALE 1$ adults and children. no jurisdiction is selling water said."Right now we are just buy- special elements included for each0 N C L A Y �dParty packages available from rights.However,jurisdictions may ing it, but we hope to become a partner. allow partners to buy into existing partner." He added that whichever direr- Gift Wrap • Shopping Bags ® birthdays to mom's night out! systems that would guarantee He estimates that by 2018,the tion the city goes,it would have to Gift&Apparel Boxes future supply and prices. city might be drawing 18 MGD pay for infrastructure improve- Holiday&All Occusionsll 9 Open Tuesday through Sunday City officials are meeting from the JWC system,which gets ments. April 25-27 s 1837 Willamette Falls Drive almost weekly with members of its water from the Trask and For example, the city would Fri &Sat 10-4, Sun 10-3 (Located in the Historic Williamette area) . the Joint Water Commission, Tualatin rivers'watersheds. get water from the Scoggin 7400 SW Landmark Lane West Linn,OR 97068 which is composed of the cities of One issue that was raised last Reservoir in the JWC system, just.off 72nd in Tigard, OR. a pottery,.painting place. 503-655-7494 Beaverton; Hillsboro_and:Forest month is that the city of Beaverton which may eventually be raised 20 Grove'plus the Tualatin,Valtey will probably start adding fluoride to 40 feet. Water District. to its water supply in January A third option for the city is to "This is going to happen;hope- 2004,which would be in the water look at opportunities to'participate fully, by the end of the year," that flows to Tigard. in other water supply systems. e s rs, .• _ . . . . a A � 4 a s"� We�4, p - .� �'� '�/ � t�' �,� ''-• � ash- t: rte' JIVAF•• �i SI AL PRODU . TualatinValley Water District 1850 SW 170`x'Ave.-P.O.Box 745-Beaverton,Oregon 97075.503/642-1511-FAX:503/649-2733 Gregory E.DiLoreto General Manager April 17, 2003 Bernice Bagnall Chief Financial Officer City Administrator Managger,,Community nmunity Todd ei , City of Tigard omr &Intergovernmental 13125 S.W. Hall Blvd AP p 9 Relations Tigard, Oregon 97223 #40�11119& j 2003 Dale Fishback f/1� Manager.Operations Strat/ &Field Services This letter is sent to inform you of the intention of Tualatin Valley Water 01? Brenda Lennox District(TVWD) to adjust the water rate charged to the City of Tigard under Manager,Customer& the contract between TVWD and the City dated July 1, 1995. Support Services Gary Pippin Enclosed is the worksheet used to determine the rate utilizing the same Manager,Engineering methodology as in years past. The rate for fiscal year 2003-2004 will be Services $1.122 per hundred cubic feet. Debra Erickson ManagerHuman Like last year, when water flowing through TVWD's meter at Bradley . Resources Corners is being utilized for the benefit of the City of Tigard, the City of Portland will bill TVWD. We will add the normal wheeling charge of 2 cents per hundred cubic feet to the Portland charges as outlined in the 1995 agreement,but will not include the 5 cents per hundred cubic feet for alternate supply from the Joint Water Commission. For fiscal year 2003-04 the rate for this connection will again be$1.170 per hundred cubic feet. These rates are effective July 1, 2003 for any water used on or after that date. Any change in the rate charged by the City of Portland will result in a change in the rate charged by TVWD. Respectfully, Bernice Bagnall, Chief Financial Officer cc: Gregory E. DiLoreto, General Manager, TVWD Ed Wegner, City of Tigard a WATER—not to be taken for granted tigrateiner/bob/k/My Documents/Word docs/04/17/03 EXHIBIT A Tualatin Valley Water District City of Tigard projected rate for Fiscal year 2003 -04 Run date April 17, 2003 1 Avg Daily Water Volume of District through transmission pipelines was 20.33 MGD or 9,920,751 CCF 2 Water Charge from city of Portland (Area 5 rate) 0.800 per CCF 3 Gravity Line Debt Service Paid to Portland for Washington County Supply Line, net $1,432,435.96 0.131 per CCF 4 Gravity Line Debt Service for Costs of Metzger Pipeline 1,304,576.45 0.120 per CCF 5 All Line Operation & Maintenance and City of Portland Allocation of Administration 6,000.00 0.001 per CCF 6 Cost of acquiring Alternate Supply from the Joint Water Commission 0.050 per CCF 7 Wheeling Administrative Charge 0.020 per CCF 1.122 per CCF FOR 2003 - 04 USE 1.122 PER CCF City of Tigard rate at Bradley Corners for Fiscal Year 2003-04 1 Water Charge from City of Portland (Area 3 rate at City of Tigard rate, per Anne Conway) 1.150 per CCF 2 Wheeling Administrative Charge 0.020 per CCF 1.170 per CCF FOR 2003 - 04 USE 1:.170 PER CCF MEMORANDUM TO: Ed Wegner FROM: Sally U. Mills RE: Conservation Awards DATE: April 21, 2003 At the Pacific Northwest Subsection of the American Water Works 2003 Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho, the City of Tigard will be presented with a number of "Excellence in Communication" awards for our water conservation efforts. The City of Tigard won the calendar award for medium sized utilities with the 2003, "Make Every Drop Count" calendar. The calendar was created by City staff using artwork submitted by local elementary students. In addition, Tigard is being recognized for its participation with the Regional Water Providers Consortium. As a member, the City of Tigard will be awarded a "Special Achievement" award in Primary Education for the "As the Faucet Tums" presentation as well as an award for the Regional Water Providers' `'Water Works" poster. Finally, the City of Tigard will also be presented with an award for our joint conservation marketing campaign with the Westside Water Providers. Although the City of Tigard is proud to receive such awards, it's the reduced water use of our customers that continues to be our biggest and best achievement of the water conservation program. Water supply bd e)Tansion nsoon or the past two years,the city of Portland has 214 negotiated with its suburban neighbors over the j idea of selling the Bull Run water supply system to a regional agency. Those discussions,which fell apart in late March,would have allowed communities such as Beaverton,Tigard and Tualatin to join with Portland in purchasing the Bull Run system. Portland,as it turned out, had an inflated idea of what the Bull Run system was worth. When it presented a prelimi- nary price tag of$320 million,the sticker shock cleared the room of interested buyers. With those discussions finished, suburban communities, special service districts and counties are free to concentrate on developing their own water sources But when it comes to water in the 21 st century,there are more critical issues and more complexities to deal with than just price. _ Suburban water providers must also evaluate the competing Frankly,there is little time to waste. needs of water not only for drinking purposes,but fish runs,recre- As seen last summer in Klamath County,water is limited.And ation,environmental interests, industry and agriculture.And as evi- ter is a community value that touches many, many aspects of denced by the Bull Run discussions,water use and supplies on the stside life,employment(whether farm or industrial)and our Westside are not only Washington County issues,but of regional environment. Meanwhile,demand is growing and may soon in'aportance. For a variety of reasons,there needs to be a balance of exceed supply. Over the past 20 years,the population living in the wWter sources throughout the Portland area. Simply,the region Tpalatin River basin has nearly doubled to 470,000 people. By should not rely significantly on but one major water source. Doing 2050,water use is expected to double. In some communities,the sa may allow a natural disaster such as earthquake or volcanic p oblems related to water supply and demand might occur sooner eruption to create a regionwide disaster.And the region must study th an later. For example,Hillsboro and Tigard already, forecast their and provide for long-term needs. u age might exceed available supply by 2012. The alternative is not pretty nor is it acceptable. Imagine the To accomplish the study,the county and local water suppliers water crisis difficulties experienced last summer in the Klamath igal, pleding$3.45 million of local funds and they are seeking$2.9 Basin magnified several times over. Ilion of federal funding. Once a plan is agreed upon,a mix of With that in mind,we applaud the efforts of Washington possible state and federal funding would be needed for con- County,Clean Water Services, local cities and Tualatin Valley st[uction. The price tags we have heard to date don't seem to be Water District to study the ways to provide a dependable supply of too much of a price to pay when you consider the many things that water for the growing and sometimes competing needs on the water touches and the importance of a balanced,sustainable source Westside. Led by Clean Water Services,which for decades was o water to the quality of life,environment and economy of the most commonly known as a sewage treatment agency, a study is Westside. None of these notions will mean that the Westside will ur�,der way to consider a number of water supply options for the d op using Bull Run water altogether, but an expansion of future. Westside water supplies will create needed regional water balance. i These include adding onto the Scoggin Dam, which creates the Given the importance of water,anyone who uses a water faucet reservoir of water that makes up Hagg Lake west of Forest Grove. o any type should support local efforts to get the federal govern- One proposal would add 20 feet in height to the dam and expand _� nt involved to help move this study effort ahead. the reservoir's capacity by about 50 percent.A second option ! - -- would add 40 feet to the dam,almost doubling the capacity of the reservoir.A third option would pump water out of the Willamette River from south of Sherwood and bring that water by pipe to irri- gation users solely for agricultural purposes.This concept would reduce the need to use water from Hagg Lake for watering crops and would also improve the stream flows in the Tualatin River. None of these options are cheap. Building onto Scoggin Dam cWuld c,st from $70.million to$140 million.The idea of pWping,, illamette River water by pipe to farms could cost roughly.$96 nulliorr:'Over the next 18 months are so,water suppliers and the cc unty ope to.,acquire federal funding to help pay,for and..com plete a feasibility study and environmental assessment of these options. Once an option is agreed upon, it would take another five to six years to gather permits,design and build the agreed upon option. _ T ialatin ValleY water boa ,id fields s*. i e c®r tested race dates for three positions on Tualatin Valley employed as a marketing consultant and an ac- INSIDE The challenger fWater District's governing board. tivist in local pure-water causes. ears the use of the In this year's contest, to be decided May 20, Jim Doane,an engineering supervisor for the -A shortage of Willamettefor drinking; the the district's 85,700 voters will choose between Portland Water Bureau, is uncontested for re- candidates for the incumbent says it's a non-issue two candidates in a single race. election to Position 5.The district's three other Tigard Water Richard Burke, 39, a self-employed political commissioners—Jim Duggan, Gordon Martin District Board By RICHARD COLBY campaign consultant•who has been the water and Lisa Melyan—are nate haffmy point in may lead it to THE OREGONIAN dissolve/Page 5 board's president since mid-21001, wants a sec- staggered terms. The difference in ballots is striking. and four-year stint mi Position 4. Two years'ago,voters sorted among 11 candi- His cliallengerl is Thomas Long, 58, self- Please see WATER,Page 5 THE OREGONIAN s THURSDAY,MAY 1,2003 tuiltnNvALLEY WATER DISTRICT RICHARD BURKE THOMAS LONG Age:39 Age.58 Residence:Garden Home Residence:Cedar Hills Education:Attended Portland State Education:Bachelor's degree in so- cial science,Portland State University University and Portland Community M, Occupation:Political campaign con- College sultant and part-time executive direc- Occupation:Marketing consultant tor,Libertarian Party of Oregon Previous government-related ex- Previous government-related ex- parlance:Four years in U.S.Air Force. ex- perience:Tualatin Valley Water Dis trict commissioner since 1999.Legisla- President of Citizens for Safe Water activist group tive aide in Oregon Senate.Local school committee,Beaver- FamilySingle ton School District. Family:Wife,Sharon Previous employment:Senior marketing consultant for an Previous employment Computer network consultant advertising firm Candidate contact,Web:www.rpb.com/tvwd.e-mail: Candidate contact www.tomforsafewater.com rpb.tvwd@rpb.com sten , Challen er raises concern about fluoridating district's 'water Continued from Page I F_ The solitary board race does have one similarity to 2001's mob scene:As many of the aspirants did then,Long expresses fierce opposi- tion to the district's ever using the Willamette River as a drinking- water source.Wilsonville has been Long says he would favor such a doing so for the past year, using a swap, as long as the Willamette treatment plant it co-owns with water was used only for industrial, the water district. purposes and not for watering Long cites a long list of hazard- crops. food ous chemicals he fears the -river More immediately, Burke says, could be contaminated with, al- "there are a lot of things we're right though he acknowledges that re- in the middle of,and I want to see search has shown few traces of them through." Chief among before the board in the next few Tualatin Valley is Oregon's larg- anything sinister. those,he says,is negotiating a new months is whether to or The water district's bo expand est service district board in long-term Supply contract with end fluoridating the ct and second- 1999 voted to join Wilsonville as a d'str' 's largest water Provider, serving Portland, from which the district water, a Practice dentists Say re- about 51,000 customer accounts. minority partner in building the buys 75 percent to 80 percent of its duces tooth decay. n water-treatment plant that draws water. - from the river. Long says that Long says he-opposes fluoridat- With an estimated Population of means district customers could Tualatin Valley pays Portland 80 Ing water because he thinks it 179,000,the district covers parts of one day find themselves drinking cents per 100 cubic feet of water 11 might have long-term health ef- Hillsboro, Beaverton and •Tigard river water. while paying 22 cents to its other fects• and most of urban Washington significant supplier,the joint Water Burke says he would toss the is- County around the three cities. Meanwhile, he fears the district I Commission. Burke says the dis- sue to voters,if somebody wants to Board membersr no a could be held liable if anyone-be- trict must negotiate a better deal gather signatures to get the ques ry,although receive al - came ill from drinking the water. with Portland to lower costs to , tion on the ballot by initiative.The $50 per the district pays them He wants the agency to pursue an consumers. board,he says,should stay neutral water-related meeting they audit of the water's content and ; attend, Plus business trip ex- how state pennits,were granted to Tapping the Bull Run on fluoridation. pees.operate the treatment plant The district adds fluoride at one The district,he says,should con- Part Per million to water in its terri- Burke says Long's concern tinue to explore co-owning future tory north and West Of Beaverton. Richard Colby.•50-294-5961; about Willamette water is a nonis- I I facilities such as a filtration plant It does not add it in what was the dkcolby@news.oregonian Com sue because the district has not for Portland's Principal water Metzger Water District before the hooked up to the plant and has no source,the]Bull Run Reserve,even two districts merged several years plans to do so.Burke adds that he ago. cast the only vote against the dis- though Portland recently canceled trict buying its 39 percent stake in an Offer to share Bull Run's owner- In a twist for a service-district Ship with suburban water agen race, Burke has picked up an en- the plant for$17 million. cies.Co-ownership,he says,would I clorsement from Beaverton Mayor Burke says the board moved too i drive down long-term water costs. -'Rob Drake, Who Praised the in- fast and should have sought public cumbent's leadership. comment. i Long would take Bull Run's Long has endorsements from The incumbent also notes that I Ownership another step. He says . two groups: Citizens Interested in Tualatin Valley and Other subur- Bull Run and atiz ens for Safe in July 2001,: just after and- ban governments such as Gresh- ,Water, a 25-member organization Willamette commissioners Melyan am, Tigard and Tualatin should� Long has headed since it started and Martin joined, the board build their own dam in Bull Run to four Years ago to challenge Willarn- unanimously passed an ordinance increase their supply. ette River use. requiring district voters' approval before die' agency could -send "That would be a subject for', water from the Willamette River some research," the chaHenger,'----------- plant to its customers. says, as to how the smaller agen-' A future board could rescind the cies could finance such a project. ordinance. But Burke says taking "You're going to spend the money' someplace, or you're goin away the public's right to vote on to the question would be political sur- spend it somewhere else, so ghy, w not spend it for the greatest q1taii- cide. ty'" Burke says a long-term goal for Another hot issue likely to come; the district should be to swap its share of the Wilsonville plant's water for water from another source, such as an irrigation dis- trict's share of Hagg Lake. That would allow the Wilsonville water to be used for fanning or manufac- turing while giving the district an unquestioned source as its water -demand increases. L 3M SW-T ® ® S a f _ _ - ; Election may decide if Tigard-water board disbands By EMILY Ti SAO deadline for the May 20 election. seek re-election."I,have served THE OREGONIAN "There was a mix-tip on the is- terms — eight years," he said. "I TIGARD—All five seats are up sue. Several of us did not realize have had enough.". for grabs in this year's Tigard Water our terms were ending,' he said. He doesn't want to see the 10� District election, and if no one 'We had depended on the staff board dissolve,however. 51\ steps up, the board may cease to person to keep track of it.We could "There needs to be community exist have done a better job ourselves, interest, and that has been some- The board had two vacancies for too." thing that has definitely been lack- about a year, and three incum- Rhine said he planned to con- mg,"he said bents did not meet the election fil- duct a write-in campaign,as he did Incumbent Bev Falls did not f ing deadline to get their names on for his first term.He won with two return telephone calls for com- the ballot votes—his and his wife's—in an ment on whether she would seek Dennis Koellermeier, Tigard's ' election without a declared candi- re-election as awrite-in candidate. assistant public works director and date. an administrator for the district, Norm Penner,the Position 3 in- Emily Two.503-294-5968; said if a quorum is not elected this cumbnt, said he did not plan to emilytsao@news.oregoiiian.com month,the board will begin a pro- cess to dissolve. The district formed in 1938 and yz..:. ....., included Tigard,Durham and IGng s '�N City as well as areas of unincorpo- rated Washington County. Tigard, a Durham and King City went on to a ' `„ �A � form the Intergovernmental Water E n Board in 1994. The Tigard Water District re- -� p mained but represented only parts rpo Washington of unincorporated W n County. It serves about 3,200 cus- tomers, most of whom live in the Bull Mountain area According to Washington Coun- ty election records, one person— ... 26-year-old Marc Delphine—sub- agJ miffed his name for Position 4. Delphine,who is active with the Libertarian Parry, said,he thought it would be a good idea to run for local office.This is his first attempt George Rhine,the Position 4 in- cumbent A chin is the finishing statement of a face. It compliments or cumbent and chairman of the g P water board, said he wasn't aware detracts from the nose and mouth of a woman. 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If you want to conserve,you can cut your water bill down.f9 KING CITY MAYOR BUD WILKINSON • •r® ®S W® raiseCitywater rates The council is finalizing details The fee would be implemented down." help build the city's contingency on a utility user fee of$1.42 per July 1.The City Council meeting is That is why the fee is preferablefund. The City Council is expected hundred cubic feet of water, or scheduled for 2 p.m.at 15300 S.W. to a property tax increase,Wilkin- The city of Cornelius imple- jo approve a fee that could about 750 gallons. The fee would 116th Ave.and is open to the pub- son said. With a property tax in- mented a similar fee in 2001. be in addition to the$1.71 rate resi- lic. crease, a widow living alone could 'Althou City part of the increase a typical customer's dents pay for the same amount. King City officials say the fee pay the same as a family next door, King Ci is trill by$170 a year Mayor Bud Wilkinson could not proposal comes as the city he said Intergovernmental Water .Board By EMILY TSAO provide an average water usage fig- searches for more revenue. According to city documents, that includes Tigard, Durham and t g tY parts of unincorporated Washing- THE OREGONIAN ure for King City residents. Wilkinson said the fee could money from. the fee could go ton County, the fee would affect According to. average single- generate up to$200,000 each fiscal toward hiring an administrative as- only King City residents. MG CITY—The City Council family home water usage figures in Year. sistant and purchasing software on Wednesday is expected to ap- the area, a typical resident could "The less you use, the less you and police equipment. Willdnson prove a fee that would increase,the see an increase of about $14 a pay,"he said."If you want to con- said the money could also go to the Emily Tsao:5o3-294-5968; citywater rate by 83 percent month,or about$170 ayear. serve,you can cut your water bill general fund for city operations or emiiytsao@news.oregonian.com onni MS i city's drinkingwater. Call them whatever you like, but call INSIdE."SNE Since a plant began Tin in Since then,the city has lifted a build- them happy with their choices. Are you rink P S piping � v �.��„� Willamette water, dozens of ing moratorium, persuaded state, om- "It's worth it,and we wouldn't have it water from,the wl- cials to lift a red-flag warning on Wilson- any other way,”said Charles Scott,a re- lamette Whp Wilsonville families say drinking vine's water supply and served custom- tired toxicologist living in the Charbon- o60'Why r why not? Ors more than i billion ons of water neau district"It gives us peace of mind," We'd like to publish water comes only in a bottle t His wife,Dolores, your response.Call from the$48 million plant a��' Inside line at ' By RICK BELLA But not everyone has jumped on the "I use bottled water for everything that ,03e Linea 555 THE oEEGoxr,>sv bandwagon.In fact, dozens of families will g into our bodies, she said. If I from a touch-tone make a can of soup,I add bottled water. WIISONVILLE It's been a �n> Y Pay each month to use bottled phone,then enter Yom' water. - If I m putting on water to boil for pasta,I 4690.Or e-mail us! since officials flipped the switch on a use bottled water.It's the only water we 4 southwest . new state-of-the-art treatment plant, �them stubborn. know to be safe. at scut oregoni- tapping the Willamette River for.the Call them true to their beliefs.= Please see WATER,Page 11 an.com. Charles and - _^ Water: Official defends $ . ' Dolores Scott, have used bottled water since Wilsonvilletreatment sat tapped the I Willamette River Continued from Pagel , fro`m cities along the river , for,�,> for drinking. combined with agricultural runoff, g water. The Scotts pay an average of could-_fill the river with a strange , about $1 a day for water, which brew. " ROBERT BACH theyhave delivered eve other , s;3i every Jeff Bauman, the city s public . THE OREGONIAN week.:in 5-gallon jugs.They have a works director, said .the plant's , water dispenser im-their kitchen. many redundant processes would . The Scotts'founded Citizens for remove anything from the water. d`. we, use both of them," reference,and that means having Safe Water, a group with about 50 He said the plant produces water P g members in a half-dozen subur- that is superior to the highlyvaunt- ba 5, water delivered to her home in.5= ban communities south of Port- ed Bull Run water used by the city . He.;said the plant's computers gallon jugs. land. In 1999, the Scotts led the of Portland or the Clackamas River take readings.every minute on how "The only .things we don't use fight against Wllsonville's water- water used by other suburban cit- much ozone is required to kill bac- bottled water for is washing clothes les.. ' teria in the water. If the number and taking showers,"Krueger said. treatment plant, gathering Signa- tures that led to a successful milia- 'Certainly'that water isn't bad," spiked,operators would be alerted "We use tap water to brush our tive vote calling for an election on Bauman said. "It's just that our that'there could be an issue with' teeth,but we're in the habit of not, whether to tap the Willamette.The water is better." water coming into the plant. swallowing." ' Ci Coun ' laced a corn 'Bauman' the plant taps the ,� Krueger said that when she,her I City cil;p p ting P P �"'We'd know right away, Bau- measure on the same ballot,au- river about mid-depth to avoid man`gid, "And that's not to say husband, Michael, and their two thorizing a bond sale to build the anything lhat may be floating or that it wouldn't be safe anyway.It's children decline out o eat in servers, plant traveling along the bottom. The_ just'that we'd know to do further. initial screens have holes the size tests." bring. Voters approved both measures, „ „ of toothpicks to filter out large ob-, - I have a good answer for them, sending,.thy squabble' into the jests., Solids, such as metals that But Bauman said he wasn't sur- Krueger said. "I always say, `No, courts while the city builtthe plant attach themselves to paiiicles; are pied°some Wilso a families Y thy.I'll have a Diet Pepsi.'" d Ada ckamas.'County:judge ruled :filteredout,hesaid areliugftigbattiedtvater: that the:vote to approve the,boruk". Subsequent-_:oaone` treatm@nt "'her` are lots of pegple in Port- - also satisfied the requirement for a kills dissolved organic imaterials land v�Iio have'Bull`.Iti0 water in citywide vote on whether to use and bacteria,Bauman said.Finally, their taps who also:'buy bottled Willamette River water.However,a the water is filtered through six feet water," Bauman-said. "It's really subsequent ruling reinstated.`the of granular activated charcoal. just a matter of,personal prefer- Scotts' .petition drive, which they . He said the U.S: Environmental ence." say they may,revive, Protection:Agency'requires water- Kathy Krueger,a,homemaker in A fellow Charbonneau resident, treatment,systems to use ozone the Morey's Landing area,said she Fred Burgess, a retired Oregon treatment or the charcoal filtration. is glad to exercise that personal State University professor who was dean of the OSU School of Engi- neering,buys bottled water at the grocery store every week He said it works out to about$1.50 per day to, keep his refrigerator stocked. "I even,use bottled water to brush my teeth,"Burgess said."if it goes into my body in some way or another, I use bottled water. The toxicology of the Willamette River,t �h still is in question." ' Air issue is,e equality.of WsEtairi- 4 ette River water,both before it.eri- i J ters the plant and after it is treated,,_,) Plant opponents agree that.state , and federal control over pollution ' "point sources" — mills, sewage-; treatment plants and factories — has improved over the years.How- ever, they say storm water runoff . i �y D5 5'XV "It's important to put-the issues to bed or to find out I there's something there." JIM DOANE,PORTLAND WATER BUREAU DRINKING WILLAMETTE-RIVER WATER " . f• >' °' 'r The Willamette Water Treatment The treatment'plant,which_is about the size of 2Vz'football fields;draws water from the Wiilanietfe River,then purifies it Brough Plant.which supplies.Wilsonville processes of sedimentation,filtration;ozone injection and chlorination.Here is how it works: residents,is surpassing federal Putin to . Settling treatment standards fdr.drinking P 9 . <.', , F ' 2.;:Neztwater is pumped,to a . 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Injected into the, feet of activated chlorine ammonia s r, water.° . chareoalf ;:' lsadded.tothe eria and :<<,, ;;. ..granules The waterto maintain ® ' Its disinfectant qualities.Pumpsthen force the o ,ia other urganisrnsr charcoal.:,` l� while reducing:';;..;.: ;,:'„ :.v removes chemical contaminants and: water into the city's distribution system to water scorce:city o1 wnBenvtue tastes odors and otherconininants any iernaining particles "' '' customers throughout Wilsonville. MICHAEL MODE,MICHAEL GUILLEN,PAT MCLELLAND/THE OREGONIAN Water distn" d au tin nver. plant By RICHARD COLEY The Tualatin Dalley agency, luis to be safe for human consumption, THE OREGONIAN ) regardless of treatment. WILSONVILLE — The Tualatin Valley part owner of the plant,fears Environmental Standards of Valley Forge, •ater District is paying for a study of the Pa., is charging the district $22,400 to see ant that makes Willamette River water liability should Willamette whether the Wilsonville plant's designers did inkable, although no one in the the job right, including whether they con- . ,averton-based district drinks the water. ' ducted appropriate water measurements in The district uses no water from the year- water Cause illness the Willamette,and whether they strictly fol- d Willamette Water Treatment Plant and lowed state and federal regulations. is no plans to draw any.However, it owns 39 percent of the$48 million The water district,the state's largest,has a budget of about$70 million..It ant serves about 175,000 people from Hillsboro and Rock Creek to a comer of Commissioner Gordon Martin, who pressed for the procedural audit, Tigard. ys that because of Tualatin Valley's minority ownership,It could wind tip Holding a right to Willamette water, the district decided in 1999 to bu} tying big bucks if somebody sued atter becoming ill from water-borne into the plant with Wilsonville to give itself a future water source.In 2001, temicals discovered in the future. Opponents of drinking Willamette two Willamette opponents, Martin and Lisa Melyan, were elected to the iter fear the river is too contaminated with agricultural and industrial pol- Please see WATER,Page 12 dater e, Official sa s the facilityY has safeguards, exceeds standards Continued from Page 1 "you could do.either the The Plant, Bauman says, more than meets EPA and state Health district's five-commissioner board. ozone or the filtering(to Division standards. Treatment in. . Besides the audit, Tualatin Val- meet the standards), but eludes applying ozone and run- ley has spent $6,780 gatheringwe do both:-" ning the river water through six feet of ular charcoal and an- plans and records,aann�u¢ing docu- y T_ other foot of sand. ments from thflaritrtalifornia- based designelr`'for the..!ennsylva- JEFF BAUMAN, "You could do either the ozone nia consultant.to consider:' wmcsomavrLI.B PUBLIC or the filtering" to meet the stan- The audit's-results are'expected WORKS DIRECTOR dards,he says,"but we do both." in another month. ♦ Furthermore, Bauman explains, Martin says that among other if anything suddenly changes. in worries, he is concerned about drinking-water standards of its the water's chemical composition, whether the designer, Montgom- own that are n4ore stringent than the automated treatment plant's ery Watson Americas, tested the federal standards...When commis- demand for ozone would shoot.up, river water adequately to come up sioners meet:later this month to setting off an alarm, with the right treatment process. consider a proposed.budget for the Human operators would then' Martin says he relies heavily on year starting July 1, they will see shut down the intake, leaving the concerns expressed by Charles more than.$200,000 earmarked to city to rely on its three-day supply.. Scott, a 15-year Wilsonville resi- explore new. water-quality stan- in storage tanks until the problem dent and retiree who holds creden- dards. E . passed. If the situation persisted, tials as a toxicologist. "The EPA sets standards,that are Bauman says,the city could rely on Scott opposed Wi sonville's de- value-driven, entailing cost.versus well water as a backup. cision in the mid-1990s to proceed consequence," Doane .says. "Our Since its April 2002 opening,that with the Willamette plant instead patrons may be willing to pay hasn't happened,Bauman says. of importing highly regarded Bull more to create a standard more The Willamette's reputation as a Run water from Portland,, as the stringent than the EPA requires." questionable water source is also Tualatin Valley district does, or Scott also has said that federal questionable,he says. drilling more city wells. Food and Drug Adrninistration Since the plant began operating; Scott says the question that rules restricting chemicals in foods intake analyses have detected no most haunts him is whether pesti- also apply to drinking water.Those harmful chemicals coming in,Bau- cides or other potentially harmful rules are more stringent than EPA . man says,although trace amounts chemicals lurk in the river water at standards. ' at well below federal standards just below the detectable parts- In a 14-page opinion,Clark Bal- were measured on some occasions per-billion amounts the federal four,the water district's lawyer,re- at the site between 1994 and early Environmental Protection Agency sponded that EPA standards con- 2002.The plant's treatment would has deemed safe. tinue to apply because of a 1979put any Cher zucals:below detects Doubts about long-term safety memo-.of understanding between ble levels,he says:. the two federal agencies. District River water^. opponents have Quarterly water measurements commissioners , . ,'agreed to cited discoveries of deformed fish by plant operators consistently seek confumiiatioii oma anEPA of ''the northward-fiowing river be- have shown no detectable ficial,,in a letter still to be sent. . en Salem and Oregon City as amounts of anything in the treated Attached will be a separate letter evidence that toxic chemicals are water. Scott, however, wonders with a similar.request.from Citi- �the water. whether combinations of just- zees for Safe,Water.The group has Larry Curtis,a professor of envi- undetectable compounds could led the charge against cities be- ronmental toxicology at Oregon cause worse problems than indi- tween the Tualatin Valley district State University,started a two-year vidual ones might; and Wilsonville using the Wiliam- project early last year,at the request Adults drinking even minutely etre River for drinking water. of a state panel to study fish defor- contaminated water over a period Bernice Bagnall,the district's fi- mities and look for toxins. of years could accumulate enough nance manager, says that since Curtis acknowledges that testing chemicals to cause harm—or they .mid-2002, Balfour has billed the water for heavy metals and agricul- might not, Scott says. But he rea- agency$15,000 for 150 hours of le- rural chemicals is difficult and that sons that young children, who gal work related to-commissioners much needs to be done for the consume more water relative to concerns about the Wilsonville project.So far,most substances;al- their body weight, might be more plant. though widely dispersed in the riv- Rely to acquire harmful-chemical• The $15,000 for Balfour and er, "are very; very_low," he, says. levels. $22,400 for the Pennsylvania con- "One part per trillion. That's like Tualatin Valley Commissioner sultans, Bagnall says, represent one second in 32,000 years." Tim Doane, a supervising engineer small parts of the district's 2002-03 Curtis says parasitic organisms for the Portland Water Bureau, is budget of about $70 million and that affect fish but can't harm hu- 1"' sympathetic to-Scott's worries. will have no effect on the district's mans appear to be the No.' 1 suss- f - �. Itsimportant to put the issues water rates;- pect in causing the fish deformi- 1 to bed- or-to find out if there's "We have money for studies like ties.However,he cautions that he I something there," •says Doane, these," says district General.Man- will need another summer of gath- who consulted with Scott to set up ager Greg DiLoreto."We budget for ering data to firm up that conclu- the audit"Once a doubt is raised, them." Bion, the obligation is to put the doubt' In Wilsonville,Jeff Bauman, the away." city's public works director who Longer.:term,.,Doane. says,,.-the .oversees the water treatment plant?,Richard Colby 503-294-5961.; district:.should explore .creating wonders what all the fuss is aBout:'""diciccolby@news.oregonian.com I > 6 THE OREGONIANA♦ THURSDAY MAY 8 2003 T-lametteplant ,mater d1strict at is W f trict $22,400 to see whether the Jim Doane, a supervising engineer "We have money for studies like' Wilsonville plant's designer did the for the Portland Water Bureau; . these," says district General Man- 'he Tualatin Valley agency, "It's t, job right;including whether it con- says, It s important to put the is- , ager Greg Diloreto. 'We budget for part OWnel'Of the plant, is ducted appropriate water mea- sues to bed or to find out if there's them." conce?"ned�ab0ut liability surements in the Willamette, and something there. Once a doubt is In another study,which the dis- whether it strictly followed state raised, the obligation is to put the uict is not paying for,Larry Curtis, should someone become ill and federal regulations.'' doubt away.' a professor of environmental toxi- By RICHARD COLBY The water district, the state's Longer term, Doane says, the cology at Oregon State University, I } THS OREGONIAN largest, has a budget of about$70 district should explore creating started a two-year project last year million. It serves about 175,000 drinking-water standards of its at a state panel's request to study t WILSONUIE — The Tualatin people from Hillsboro and Rock own that are,morestringent than fish deformities and look for toxins. Valley WaterfDistrict is paying for a Creek to a comer of Tigard. federal standards. When commis- River water opponents have #E. study of the'plant that makes Wll- signers meet this month to consid- cited deformed fish in the Holding a right'to Willamette lamette River,water drinkable, al- water, the district-decided in 1999 ,er a proposed budget for the year .northward-flowing river between though no one in the Beaverton- to buy into the plant with Wilson- starting July 1, they will see more Salem and Oregon City as evidence. based district drinks the water. than $200,000 earmarked to ex- of toxic chemicals in the water. ville to give itself a future water standards. The district uses no water from source. In 2001, two Willamette Plore new water-quality Curtis acknowledges that testing the year-old Willamette Water opponents, Martin and Lisa Me, "The EPA sets standards that are water for heavy metals and agricul- Treatment Plant and has no plans 1 were elected to the district's valine-driven, entailing cost versus tural chemicals is difficult and that to draw any;However, it owns 39 five-commissioner board. consequence," Doane says- "Our much needs to be done' for the percent ofthe$48 million plant Besides the audit, Tualatin Val- patrons may be willing to pay project.So far,most substances,al- Commissioner Gordon Martin, more to create a standard more though widely dispersed in the riv- who pressed, for the procedural ley has spent $6ans and records,including cl gathering g q er, are very, verylow, he says. stringent than the EPA requires �� ys, audit,says that because of Tualatin mlents from the plant's Caal forma- Bernice Bagnall,the district's fi- p � "One art per trillion. That's like Valley's minority ,ownership, it' based designer,Montgomery Wat, nance .manager, says that since one second in 32,000 years." could wind up paying big bucks if maid-2002, Clark Balfour, the dis- Curtis says parasitic organisms son Americas,for the Pennsylvania ys p rg somebody sued after becoming ill consultant to consider. trio s lawyer,has billed the agency that.affect fish but can't harm hu from water-borne chemicals dis- The audit's results are expected $15,000 for 150 hours of work relat- mans appear to be the No.it sus- covered in tie future. Opponents. ed to commissioners concerns ect in caul the deformities. of drinking Willamette water fear kn another month.. about the Wilsonville plant. P the'river is too contaminated with Martin says that among other The $15,000 for Balfour and However,he says at will g datato agricultural and industrial ollu- worries, he is concerned about other p that o c gathering data to gri p $22,400 for the'Pennsylvania con- firm up that conclusion. tants to be safe for human con- whether the designer tested the sultant, °Bagnall says, represent sumption,regardless of treatment river water adequately to come up small harts of the district's 2002-03 Environmental Standards of Val- with the right treatment process. . budget of about $70 million and 'Richard Colby:503-294-5961; ley Forge, Pa., is charging the dis- Tualatin V qS' Commissioner will not affect water rates. dickcolby@news.oregonian.com Y i • �r 1 Tigard Water Board election off to soggy start Only one candidate has filed for the of three, it likely would have been terminated, "We can't let this go by the way with annex- five-member board, but four write-in according to Dennis Koellermeier,utility man- ation(of Bull Mountain)up in the air,"Froude ager in the Tigard Public Works Department. said. "Each time there is an annexation, it jcandidates are willing to serve This all occurred because the incumbents decreases our area. We are trying to keep the were not aware of the March 20 filing deadline water district going. Dissolving the board is By BARBARA SHERMAN and did not file. not the way to resolve this issue." Of the Times "When we finally got notification from the Froude said she got involved originally TIGARD — Voters in the unincorporated county,the deadline had passed,"Koellermeier "because I could see the possibility of us (on area of Bull Mountain might wonder about the said. `An attorney briefed them about their unincorporated Bull Mountain) being treated options at their last meeting.They need a quo- differently with different fees and charges." future of the Tigard Water District, looking at rum to conduct business:' She added, "We are already paying a sur- the county ballot mailed Friday. Two positions have been vacant for about charge to pump water up to us. We wanted to i Out of five positions on the board, only I%years due to two commissioners resigning be part of the intergovernmental agreement to position 4 has a candidate — Marc L. for health reasons,so the board has been oper- protect our rights. Delphine. No other candidates (who must live ating with a minimum number of commission- "Until this area is annexed,we should have in the area sewed by the district)filed to run. ers anyway. a separate water board to protect our rights.We j But Beverly Froude,who now serves on the According to Koellermeier, the water dis- definitely have a voice,and we need to contin- board in position 5, is cunning as a write-in trict was formed in 1938 to include the areas of ue it" ' candidate.And George Rhine,who holds posi- Tigard, Durham and King City plus parts of Froude said the failure of the incumbents to tion 4, is runningas a write-in candidate for I unincorporated Washington County. In 1994, file for the board should not automatically lead position 1,a two-year unexpired term. the cities of Tigard, Durham and King City to the board's dissolution. Furthermore, two more write-in candidates formed the Intergovernmental Water Board, "We don't want to end the board this way," have stepped forward to round out the board. leaving the Tigard Water District to serve about she said. "We don't want the water district to Norman Penner, who now holds position 3, 2,700 customers, most of them on Bull end this way." originally decided not to ncn but now is a write- Mountain. Froude said people who have not yet mailed in candidate for position 2 for another two-year A Tigard Water Board member sits on the in their ballots are urged to write in George unexpired term. IWB, and the main purpose of both groups is Rhine for position 1,Norman Penner for posi- t Andnewcomer Janet Zeider is running as a to decide policy issues. The IWB meets tion 2,Janet Zeider for position 3 and Beverly 1� write-in candidate for position 3. monthly, and the Tigard Water Board meets Froude for position 5,as well as vote for Marc If the board does not have at least a quorum quarterly. Delphine for position 4. Kin-9 City 'taps water n search Water. Service station owner oppos ed attem t to taxgasol�ne E f reven, Continuedfrom Pae I �� ue ,fr g I believe that this is not the time to grow more "I think we can get 50 to 60 per- gOVelylmen !y cent or more to vote no," Kloster said. CHERI COLLIER, A cash-strapped city government turns to higher Opponents of the fee say the city IQNG CITY RESIDENT i user fees to raise money for basic services i should spend less and save more. Some say the city should rely on By EMILY TSAO volunteers rather than hire more owned by the Kung City Civic Also- "If someone comes up,with a THE OREGONIAN staff.• I ciation,a homeowners group with great idea," Shay said, the city MNG CITY—City Councilor Ron Shay sat in council cham- "I believe that this is not the about 1,750 members.Association might not have to collect the fee. bers last week surrounded by hundreds of beige postcards and time to grow more government," president Stephen McShane said Even if the King City council re- printed address labels for all city residents. said Cheri Collier,marketing direc- the golf course wouldn't be affect- considers or voters successfully de- The postcards would notify residents of an upcoming discus- for for Pacific Pointe Retirement ed because it uses recycled waste-. feat the $1.42 fee, the water rates snWeeega�rd ng a new fee the.City Council had approved earlier Inn-in Kmg City and a local resi- water for irrigation. will still increase, though not as that dent"We need to maintain or cut Shay said city councilors would much. The fee—$1.42 per 100 cubic feet,or 748 gallons of water— back on government.", the fee at two information The Intergovernmental Water is scheduled to take effect July 1.That's in addition to the cur- explain rent residential water rate of$1.71 per This isn't the first time residents sessions Friday.The 2 p.m. and 7 Board—which serves Tigard,King 100 cubic feet and represents an 83 per- have opposed a fee or tax. p.m.,meetings will take place at City, Durham and parts of unin- centincrease. The city is King City officials Iast year King City Town Hall, 15245 S.W. corporated Washington County City officials could not provide an av- just running planned a penny-a-gallon gasoline 116th St, .. and sets the base water rates—last erage water-use figure for King City resi- tax for street maintenance. They The ordinance allows the City Year agreed to increase the base dents or sayhow the averse household out of thought the idea would be palata- rate per 100 cubic feet by nearly 6 g Council to adjust the rate as would be affected. money." ble to residents because many sen- percent, from$1.71 to $1.81.That for citizens don't drive—or don't needed but that requires another rate increase is expected to take ef- Shay explained the need for the fee in drive as much as they used to. resolution.Shay,said other options fect in October. simple terns: "The city is just funning RON SHAY, that may still be discussed include out of money." IQNG CITY The local tax would have Ca eY• � P- a limit on how long the fee could With one of the lowest permanent COUNCILOR I; tured anyone who filled up at the be collected.He said he's also open Emily Tsao:503-294-5968; ro tax rates in Washington Coun- ♦ Arco station on Oregon 99W—the to other ways to raise propertyys money. emilytsao@news.oregonian.com ty, city officials say, this small commii- only gas station in town—and al- nity of mainly senior citizens is struggling financially to provide lowed the city to widen the pool of ----- services for its residents. people it collected taxes from. It- The fee could raise an estimated$200,000 a year,according to seemed like a win-win situation for the city, whose proposed 2003-04 budget is $1.7 million. The the city and its residents. money from the fee would go toward daily city operations and But Gary Collins, owner of the the hiring of staff-,the purchasing of police equipment,and the ! Arco station,opposed the tax,say- repairing of roads. ing it was unfair and targeted his But already a group of businesses and residents, including business exclusively.He and others former Mayor Jack Kloster,is rallying to oppose the water fee. successfully petitioned to bring the Kloster has threatened to bring the issue before►voters with the j issue before voters. d November, hopes of overhuTling it' � the gas tax failed by 30 votes, Please_s'ee IIIA �ER;Page 10 With rising costs to maintain and operate a city, officials are r once again turning to its residents , for money. ' City officials say they favor the water fee over a property tax in- crease because it is user-based: The more water a resident uses, the more he or she pays. The city of Cornelius imple- mented a similar fee in 2001. Residents aren't the only ones- who would be affected.Businesses whose tease rates vary but are typically higher than those of resi- dents—would see the same$1.42 q increase ,per 100 cubic feet of water. A representative from Kaadyc* Wash off Oregon 99W declinedto say how the business would be d- II fected other than to say the fed, �I would have a large impact. Another fire��water user is the Igj �'C�olf 'use;"'rvhisli'is ?Nr� ''rl;+ �'' ,; .,. ,�'pF.;v`•;i"'r,�?2o,xr,:}�i5:.s� 'ir /j\�/) .,.E any• � 'l � i a.. .';, •t ' 1 - This articular'contasrier`hQs an 6a ceptional •� it still hasn t bro { ' CNRIS`:SHEAR8,.2�L AN'ASPIRING MASSAGE TH�RAPISrt%;P,R.EFERS., FILLING,NIS OSATER.BOTTLE:WITH PORTLAND.MUNICIPAL:WATER- _ RATHER THAN BUYING IT. 9. ; amon the nation s ur are passionate about their Water, Which g _ p =' Portlanders p Q • �recychb and�th ; ,`':like;`to tote it around an personal cups•and containers h ,r 4 B G RIELLE GI.ASE Y 1t1i:0�r�a° .atgC'r"',�e4,•,r�. , p �S; i, :+ In Portland, everything is political; what yoii,eat;wt}ar;you`drive;'., where you shop—even what kind of a container you rise to canny your: k water.The thought given to water receptacles is hardly,a surprise.Pas - sion,about water here runs deep. The city'$water supply,the reservoirs at Bull Run,I in.#he.Mount Hood National Forest; its raw water quality is cl6se46.", e:"cYig Tical' makeup of rainfall.The water is so pure that,for now;it'iiiieets.govern 9 e filter ;;:,,.�=,.•.r,:_.,.:°.,,,'. r gulations without :v mentw"ter,quality re thout b r n county suburbs acttv�sts fi 0y: R,; In Clackamas and Washingto > a4government whisper .of.pi druikmg ware . t°. a.: . �..:.,.�:.. : $;_x �!Ilillanette:�tiv�r.(W>isonyille already c� )'.' �iver.,: # t�° �i�A or loeal,,g ��p�,•��erit votes against the idea:;,.` .-:�•;�';»,,.,;e,:;,,,:,:�;,.:;; i.'Y °•{IL3Fi11 •. ;,,, .`;_ .';.•. „fir.�,�'.:',.'1s OM1:.. ' '� ' flied sp it is that as the'weathEr;varans,aver.what" eo le,p t ttier�f,�a='_' t.�. tai intasomehow boils dowr�'xo a;civi�Elioice .0ur,- : .°," � ' Yles--,:'.-'- ... . x e frgrn backpacks,;}perch:'(.][:�:O . q ,o ,' __ - t:. �i{e�, .,?•'t..,;°lti.�3•�...r' 1' y,6.'''L�^Y.J; '+S•: �..: `X:cu`holde ::There �$. cups' u aIIt anc hues I. P. �. are huge`adult: ipp�y. a ' filled liter'bottles,vase-sized containers reusedAvm fast food;places.";''.' h o much. A.water:.bottle'is never'just;a;wa"ter bottle;:A bottle:ofwa#aro t' ;. .' I drink a lot of.water but I dont think'about the bottle to MAY VU;20,VISITING FROM MINNEAPOLIS,BOUGHT HER WATER from the cold case 4f a deli can*a political statementiF>tt's Aquafina THE•SAME VENDOR IN.PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE (bottled by Pepsi Cola);.or Dasani.(bottled by Coca-Cola).To,some,. FROM WHOM SHE PURCHASED LUNCH. ufectu=ed b certain'corpaiiations'is a . . plastic many. sOctaT faux pas,.too. Iii'other words; to'many; nirids;`it's the water a lot>Iuol Zuch certainl sees It that:way.,;He " Nathan., - y':_ carries two containers-'"i plastic:'dn6 for•water.' and an insulated metal one for'coffee ' is down on waste,"said Zuch,31;a philosophy' theater stu- " PHOTOS.BY and cu phy and': FAITH CATHCART/THE OREGONIAN delltatPOrtla�ldStlteUniVCISItyWb011aSbeenUSlIlgh13°WriWntalllerS ,. 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Americans consum a where int I became con- or later you remember to bring Nought it because that'.. "Ata.'ope point of these along" 1.95 billion pounds.of PEl Plastic, t sandwich,":Vu said.i:. >" . cerise :`tkiat it might be equally and recycled 775 million Pounds of bough.rnY,.. t to have.to wash the cup That trickles down to other bev percent In 2001,they con- She;.was.baffied'to:learn . d time I used it.Did it.use erage choices, said Webb's friend,- isumed 68 billion pounds.of PET stoomtpeople love serious.tl gug�h oti _ on drink..`; water But it irks me to' Jansen, 38. "I drindrink k my lastii; and,:recycled. milli 1Mut the p already, beer, drink k ink my latt �dust like O thuil�it's'a big a .Min_, ands,,o;22.p..000t dont, the fastest-growing nesota, &fie:said. `You;biry.r '.. .. Y n.Bunt's abigworld Water is F`;,, fact,the concept is millennia ties next perso market in the S , 'tie,you throw it away.°.:. : .. A . . . rything relates to drink- ;Records indicate that gourds out there,and ,'elle said d meter Uottles are Y of,that Shears, ?fi,' an a first water containers iii something else, 'Star- UP 'for a good'percentaSe. . ,. '. gist,carded,aplastic and t ancien Peru. I switched to P Glass was Feets $aid, „.:a:, ernb ned” ,Africa Syria in 100 bucksbecause of the fail-trade cof- i;t,M4'�,f;''' a � jbi ,��+`,. , - ;,r... $�'Bob .. first fee issue," tan said. "My boy- �., :pas.hePlaXed tory,didretbecome., �is from oamm Mexico,and "You st � � ParkfBlocks; e umers,!u .the �;� me another perspectn`e• you b �it . '. a as Americans• <" Look at how we liv , restaurant '.near a r+ ((, t,:.:�.� :, :.;: erei:` f r'1r F 1: .r �s?xnt.� • • of ares , x:,. , . '°5� .. ,�,,•;,..:.. ;the Web site You older dinner in. getsto° `":.:. -' r is excellent, R Nuns •International,' the and enough food comes for tree ;; ;, ' �:x � than a;lot: . maker of Nalgene.water bottles, panP�,We�waste so.much. '- avoid "-he said.'i"Da- cgritauiers developed cl eo le! ,n :s', �,. ;...., ' an laboratory t,were ;so e,P 1? bottle A`' fiyiias stidium` d -' by"a1.company cnemis officials at the city of,.Portland friend:_ `Aw. V. y'a it.It doesn'tqueii�ctr'rnY tiiat sdentists got the idea to agement: was St fior,her.,;, nesivan'ia you handy . and in p tert :; . ¢ tastes like instal: use thane for drliik&BY the 1970x, for a break- � rrecent-, thirst,and,it Park drinkitandyou��,6 lthits,i, founder took' could'not give figures school entrance,exar%;vn,.�,.„ the son of a company scout trip, down in local .recycling. And :hot day in Portland's,'.Si? them on a the though Portland is t �nr Blocks;RollmenP� .; lacab:Smitle and Nalg b its consciousness, P don't' veal;:out," not, ;conapmhend Wl1T,." Sop bottles for outdoor use Carries often outpaces even the tgs is studying would;spend any,z4�' . mkhelle Thioub,33,carries the RO ' most dogged 1e��.. criminal justice at PSU.' their water;-=whether for;nplastic�. same plastic container she takes to Don Kneass, the that he had no= container or abotde ofthe,sud"Is her to work at Nord- According Rollman said on hikes with nal di- habits Strom."It's silly to buy water every Seardiebased western regio tired .a shift in dunking don't understand it,"he'.said _' . she said."If you're supposed rector for the National Association among Pcere 'iii recent years• me:'.head as he sat in Pioneer, a day, for PET Container Resources, the „W has become the,drink of 'Courthouse::' Square::'': 'liere's. - ddnk arem g deight o its" consumption of recyclable Plastic choice,"he said pl,'' water all.oper:tl*town, how else Y° who works ata bottles is rising dramatis�d n�ks d N ante eft' fight'th ?fountains.'Y It's cpld, Tina' 37, Van I3aastert agree center for bops,has'' 1Y due to single-p dation for definitely become cDPL Yb :of audit'; �,;:: . :•• .:;"�-' carried, residential small lidded plastic cupoR is a trade also because People are.more.aware PEf industry. PET. " `:::';:..., ♦::3_'. ,:'. . to be socially con- the plastic lens htha- its bealth.benefits.. °.. I stands for polyethy P a May Vu,a 20-yeas-old rsity G�rteUe Glaser: oregontan.com. ins aboutmomost of the t�" late,which,is a plastic resin Minnesota, do,right down to my water bo �'poly :most, plastic' student visiting frgr►,, .. The Willamette River Water Treatment Facility: a design/build project From meadow to water in, 28 months Michael A.Stone,P.E. City Engineer City of Wilsonville, Oregon Background between a concrete plant and a residential area very early in the The City of Wilsonville,Oregon,population 14,000,is Iocated along planning process. Drawing from the results of pilot studies, a gen- Interstate 5 at the north end of the Willamette Valley approximate- eral description of the facility and anticipated component sizing ly 12 miles south of Portland.Although the city lies on the banks of were proposed: the Willamette River, it has historically obtained water from eight wells located in an underlying deep bed basalt aquifer with steadily •15 million gallon-per-day(mgd)initial capacity. declining water levels. With projected system demands matching •Submerged 120 mgd intake screens. production,a moratorium limiting the amount and rate of growth •Raw water pump station with pumping expansions to 120 mgd. of new planning approvals Was declared in January 1998,pending •Chemical mixing facilities. the successful determination and construction of a new long-term •Ballasted coagulation(ACTIFLO). water supply source.Staff was directed to conduct an evaluation of •Intermediate ozonation. available options and to report back to the City Council with its •Gravity filtration with granular activated carbon. findings.Three options were evaluated: •2.5 million gallons of finished water storage. •High-service pump station with pumping expansions to 120 mgd. •Build additional wells.Due to the city's location within a •Gravity thickening of sludge with disposal in an approved landfill. "groundwater sensitive area"as established by the State of Oregon,and local residential/agricultural objections,securing Continued on page 22 the necessary permits for additional wells was not possible. •Connect to Portland's"Bull Run"surface water system. Have _ • ns B Due to the high construction costs,the need to traverse several neighboring communities with large diameter piping,and the uncertainty of a long-term water availability guarantee,this Need Answers NOW? option was similarly eliminated. •Construct a new water treatment facility on the Willamette River.Given the"treatability"of the Willamette River,as confirmed by water quality studies extending back approximately ten years and recent pilot testing,the City NOT • Council determined that the Willamette River option best met have occess to its long-term water supply needs.Staff was directed to look to , the construction of a state-of-the-art multi-barrier water the iidusfiy� Thiough its treatment facility producing water that would exceed EPA/State ANIA cuaectis you to of Oregon drinking water standards.This alternative was additionally attractive due to the pre-existing(1973)water rights that the city held with its partner,the Tualatin Valley Water District(TVWD). What are infoNOW In 1999 an election was held in which the citizens of Wilsonville were asked to affirm the City CounciI's decision to choose the coasistit',g of public ��,orlks picifessivals (hosed oil Willamette River as the city's long-term water supply source and to approve $25 million in revenue bonds to finance construction. With the successful passage of the measure,the city's revenue bond proceeds were combined with funding from TVWD for construction of a$43 million facility.Construction commenced in July 2000. of youi Given the state-mandated limitations on the length of the mora- Don't torium, liquidated damages ranging up to $12,5.00 per day would TO VAIN),op�,H.ui, click o be assessed for failure to complete the contract within the time specified. Project Description Get CONNECTED with in IF ill With the limited availability of sufficiently sized parcels adjacent to the Willamette River, the city purchased a 31-acre site located June 2003 APWA Reporter 21 Continued Prom page 21 The design/builder was successful in obtaining and coordinating permits and approvals from a number of agencies within an eight- •Chemical storage and metering. month window. Oregon Division of State Lands, Oregon Water •Administration building with certified laboratory. Resources Department, Oregon Health Department, Oregon De- •Access road,pedestrian path,bridge,public park,landscaped partment of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Fish and water pools,educational displays,pedestrian trails and a river Wildlife/National Marine Fisheries Service,U.S.Army Corps of En- overlook structure. gineers,and Wilsonville's Land Use and Architectural Design offices. Why Design/Build? In the continued effort to make the construction a true team effort, Schedule was the key motivator for the use of design/build. With MWH and the City/TVWD allocated risk for the major areas associ- "conventional" methodology, the estimated completion timeline ated with design and construction: exceeded the city's immediate water needs and the state-mandated limitations on the length of the planning moratorium. Risk Allocation Remarks Design The cityfrVWD reviewed designs through a Technical Review Committee. •Technology design/builder Design/builder was responsible for selecting technology,permitting and performance criteria. •Subsurface design/builder Design/builder was responsible for conditions structural and geotechnical risk. 'y.." Construction The city/TVWD monitored construction and tests to determine compliance with the Contract. •Construction design/builder Contract specified after initial design. period •Acceptance design/builder Suitablee after performance and The control building at the Willamette River Water test functional testing. Treatment Facility •Payment City-design/ Based on milestone schedule in the builder contract. Selection Process Much like the decision to implement the design/build approach Permitting City-design/ Design/builder secured as agent to construction,the selection process for the design/build contrac- builder for the city. for was accomplished under emergency conditions.As a means to Financing/ determine the most qualified"team"to serve as the design/builder, Economic the city and TVWD issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ). A .Financing Cityf VWD Cityf WD financed the project. Technical Review Committee, consisting of representatives from the city,TVWD and CH2M-Hill, then reviewed the RFQ materials •Escalation City-design/ Design/builder held price until a based on the following disciplines: of Costs builder specified calendar date.Delays outside the control of the design/ •Organization of design/build team. builder,price escalates at a percent •Overall experience. of a specified index,e.g.,CPI,ENR,etc - •Permitting experience. Taxation design/builder All taxes were design/builder's •Design/build experience. responsibility. •Financial capacity. •Comments on proposed project. Natural City-design/ Insurance;renegotiation principles; disaster builder force majeure provisions.City was Based on the outcome of the review and scoring process,the com- responsible for amounts above mittee recommended that MWH Inc.and Black&Veatch be invitedinsured portions. to participate in an oral interview process.MWH was determined Industrial design/builder Desig,n/builder paid prevailing to be the most competent and compatible firm to complete the Relations wages. facility. The city and TVWD chose CH2M-Hill to continue to act as the owner's representative during the construction and US Filter Operating Services(USFOS)to operate the facility. Summary Although there have been some relatively small issues relating to Design/Build Services the "just in time" nature of design/build, the plant became op- The design/builder was tasked with completing the design,permit- erational on April 29,2002 within the allocated construction time. ring and construction within 28 months from notice to proceed. Since that time there have no production stoppages due to issues Partial design drawings were prepared for most key components related to the plant design,construction or operation. of the facility. A cooperative relationship with the construction contractors allowed construction to begin based on 30 percent Michael A.Stone can be reached at(503)570-1564 or at stone@ci.wils design, allowing the design/builder maximum flexibility to reduce onville.orus. construction time. Q 22 APWA Reporter June 2003 CITY OF PORTLAND BUREAU OF WATER WORKS 5/9/03 RATES BY CUSTOMER CLASS DISTRICT Prel. Rates(2/12) Ordinance Rate Ordinance Rate %Change NAME FY 03-04 FY 03-04 FY 02=03 SERVICE AREA AVERAGE 1 $0.730 $0.707 $0.651 8.6% GNR $0.810 $0.758 $0.651 16.4% GREEN VALLEY $0.700 $0.688 $0.651 5.7% GRESHAM,CITY OF $0.740 $0.716 $0.651 10.0% HIDEAWAY HILLS $0.780 $0.744 $0.651 14.3% LORNA $0.720 $0.702 $0.651 7,8% LUSTED $0.810 $0.758 $0.651 16.4% PLEASANT HOME $0.780 $0.744 $0.651 14.3% POWELL VALLEY $0.700 $0.688 $0.651 5.7% ROCKWOOD $0.720 $0.702 $0.651 7.8% SKYVIEW ACRES $0.810 $0.758 $0.651 16.4% WESTSIDE $0.758 $0.651 16.4% SERVICE AREA AVERAGE 2 $1.030 $0.964 $0.834 15.6% PALANTINE HILL $1.060 $0.980 $0.834 17.5% BURLINGTON $0.850 $0.867 $0.834 4.0% SERVICE AREA AVERAGE 3 $1.120 $1.077 $0.928 16.1% LAKE GROVE $0.930 $0.992 $0.928 6.9% :CITY4 1t'091 V LLEY EW $1.077 $0.928 16.1% WEST SLOPE $1.050 $1.048 $0.928 12.9% SERVICE AREA AVERAGE 5 $0.800 $0.757 $0.661 14.5°x6 TUALATIN VALLEY WATER $0.800 $0.757 $0.661 14.5% RALEIGH $0.780 $0.743 $0.661 12.4% TUALATIN,CITY OF $0.800 $0.757 $0.661 14:5% AVERAGE WHOLESALE $0.820 $0.786 $0.695 13.1% AVERAGE IN-CITY RETAIL* $1.940 $1.898 $1.790 6.0% *includes all costs recovered in rates including service charges