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MINUTES OF THE
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OTAY WATER DISTRICT
August 6, 2018
1. The meeting was called to order by President Smith at 8:29 a.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Directors Present: Gastelum, Robak, Smith and Thompson
Directors Absent: Director Croucher (Out-of-town on Business)
Staff Present: General Manager Mark Watton, General Counsel Dan
Shinoff, Chief of Engineering Rod Posada, Engineering
Manager Bob Kennedy, Associate Civil Engineer Kevin
Cameron, District Secretary Susan Cruz and others per
attached list.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
A motion was made by Director Robak, seconded by Director Thompson and
carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Directors Gastelum, Robak, Smith and Thompson
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Director Croucher
to approve the agenda.
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ON ANY SUBJECT MATTER WITHIN THE
BOARD'S JURISDICTION BUT NOT AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA
No one wished to be heard.
6. DISCUSSION AND TOUR OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO’S SOUTH BAY
WATER RECLAMATION PLANT AND THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY
WATER COMMISSION’S WATER TREATMENT PLANT
President Smith indicated that the board and staff would be leaving the District to
tour the City of San Diego’s South Bay Water Reclamation Plant (SBWRP) and
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the International Boundary Water Commission’s Water Treatment Plant
(IBWCWTP). The board and staff left the boardroom at 8:30 a.m.
The tour group arrived at the City of San Diego’s SBWRP at 9:17 a.m. Mr. Juan
Guerreiro, Deputy Director of the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department,
lead the tour along with Mr. Ernesto Molas, City of San Diego Wastewater
Treatment Plant Superintendent. Also, in attendance from the City of San Diego
was Cathleen Pieroni, Government Affairs Water Policy Manager.
The SBWRP was built in 2001 and treats raw wastewater collected from the
southern portion of the City of San Diego, the City of Imperial Beach, the City of
Chula Vista, and the unincorporated portions of south and east San Diego
County. The plant is rated to treat 15 million gallons a day (MGD) to secondary
and/or tertiary reclaimed water standards. It produces approximately 4 to 6 MGD
and any excess of reclaimed water demands is discharged to the Pacific Ocean
through the South Bay Ocean Outfall (SBOO). The use of SBOO is shared with
the IBWCWTP, operated by the International Boundary and Water Commission
(IBWC), which the board and staff will be touring later in the morning.
The SBWRP tour started with a visit to the Treatment Plant Control Room. The
group was then led though the water treatment plant facilities where they viewed
the sewer water treatment process. Messrs. Guerreiro and Molas responded to
inquiries and the board and staff left at 10:49 a.m. to travel to the IBWCWTP
which is located a short distance from the SBWRP.
The board and staff arrived at the IBWCWTP at 11:02 a.m. Mr. Robert Nienhuis.
of Veolia, Consultant to the IBWC and the Plant Superintendent, lead the tour.
Also attending from Veolia were Mr. David Scheneider, Vice President of
Business Development, and Mr. Scheil Sadighi, Regional Contracts Manager.
The tour began with an overview of the IBWCWTP. The IBWCWTP was built to
provide treatment of sewer water from Tijuana to reduce the flow of raw sewage
into the United States. The plant can provide secondary treatment for 25 MGD of
excess sewage from Tijuana’s sewer system and can be expanded to treat up to
100 MGD. Sewage water treated at the plant is flowed to the Pacific Ocean
through the SBOO. Maintenance and operating costs of the plant is shared by
the United States and Mexico. The board and staff toured the treatment plant
facilities to view the sewer water treatment process. Mr. Nienhuis responded to
questions and the group left the IBWCWTP to return to the District’s office at
12:30 p.m.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Board members and staff returned to the District’s boardroom at 12:59 p.m. and
with no further business to come before the Board, President Smith adjourned
the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
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President
ATTEST:
District Secretary