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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1990 0725 CC REG ITEM 08J IN.3(ag' • MOORPARK oTEM a 7 BERNARDO M. PEREZP/=+q`o ST NY Mayor MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA �=Z CityManager SCOTT MONTGOMERY / o CHERYL J. KANE Mayor Pro Tern City • I eettng �49� City Attorney ELOISE BROWN of 199.0 04 PATRICK RICHARDS,A.I.C.P. Councilmember d o`Wig Director of CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. ACTINJi�.iI�,bqCommunity Development Councilmember �' s Eo R. DENNIS DELZEIT �� City Engineer PAULW. LAWRASJr. Councilmember i /i_ JOHN V.GILLESPIE G.% LILLIAN KELLERMAN 7Chief of Police City Clerk / RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer MEMORANDUM TO : The Honorable City Council FROM: Philip E. Newhouse, Director of Community Services P r) DATE : July 17, 1990 "'• I SUBJECT : Consider Working Agreement with Ventura County Resources Conservation District to Perform Landscape Water Audits REOUEST : The Ventura County Resources Conservation District (RCD) is requesting the City enter into a working agreement with them to perform landscape water audits within the corporate City limits of the City of Moorpark. This is necessary to allow them to perform such services within the City. PURPOSE : The purpose of the agreement is to coordinate activities between the two agencies in carrying on soil and water conservation, erosion control and related resource conservation work within the meaning of Division 9 of the Public Resources Code of the State of California for the District and any relevant ordinances of the City. DISCUSSION : With the signing of a working agreement with the Ventura County Resources Conservation District, it will allow the RCD to perform water audits within Moorpark City limit boundaries for the City, other public agencies and private entities . A water audit is a process in which the turf irrigation system has its distribution uniformity tested. Additionally, the audit produces an irrigation schedule for each timer - 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 The Honorable City Council Page 2 7/19/90 controller recommending station time settings to match precipitation rates with evaporation rates . This program trains City personnel to perform their own audits . The training is completed by RCD personnel conducting an in-field audit with City personnel. In addition, to the Working Agreement, each of the entities within the City who request a landscape water audit will also be required to sign a Cooperative Agreement with the RCD which is similar to the Working Agreement submitted to the City. The RCD has already provided some minor services and would like to continue providing services to the City. Services previously provided: (1) Review of EIR' s for City Planning especially as they pertain to agriculture, runoff, erosion and flood prevention; (2) Sponsored the original Arroyo Simi/Calleguas Creek flood prevention project in 1960 . RCD currently has Working Agreements with the Cities of Camarillo, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Oxnard and Ventura. RCD services are available to the City at no cost . Also, RCD recommendations are only suggestion and not mandatory. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 1 . Approve Working Agreement with Ventura County Resources Conservation District . 2 . Authorize the City Manager to sign on behalf of the City to implement program. PEN:db Attachments Ventura County Resource Conservation District P.O. Box 147- 3380 Somis Road -Somis, California 93066 - Phone: 482-8015 March 23, 1990 Steven Kueny, City Manager City of Moorpark 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark , CA 93021 SUBJECT: WORKING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VENTURA COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF MOORPARK The Board of Directors of the Ventura County Resource Conservation District (ROD) is in the process of entering into Working Agreements with the Cities in Ventura County. Our District encompasses the entire County, except for cities. The District has chosen to cooperate with cities through the use of Working Agreements. It is such an agreement that we are enclosing for the City' s review and approval . This Working Agreement has been prepared by the Ventura County Counsel , whom the District uses as their attorney . One of the major services the RCD will provide to the City of Moorpark is Landscape Water Audits performed by our Mobile Irrigation Management Lab . We have signed a Contract with Metropolitan Water District (MWD) and received a $10,000. grant to help fund our urban Water Audit Program to conserve water in Ventura County. A Water Audit is a process in which the turf irrigation system has its Distribution Uniformity tested . Additionally the audit produces an irrigation schedule for each timer-controller recommending station time settings to match precipitation rates with Evapotranspiration Rates. In other words a great deal of water and money can be saved . We have contacted the Director , Community Services of Moorpark in conjunction with this program and he has indicated his staff would like to be included in our training program. This program trains City personnel to perform their own audits at a great savings of irrigation money to Moorpark . The training is completed by RCD personnel conducting an in-field audit with City personnel . On any further audits the City can use the RCD as an irrigation consultant . In addition to the Working Agreement each of the entities within the City who request a Landscape Water Audit will also be RECEIVED required to sign a Cooperative Agreement with the RCD similar to the Working Agreement submitted to the City. , ` 1 MAR 2 6 90 t.CONSERVATION - DEVELOPMENT - SELF-GOVERNMENT , CITY OF MOORPARK i Steven Kueny City Manager Page 2 City of Moorpark The RCD has already provided some minimal services, and would like to continue providing services, to the City. We have provided : ( 1 ) review of EIR's for City Planning especially as they pertain to agriculture, runoff, erosion, and flood prevention, etc . , and (2) sponsored the original Arroyo Simi/Calleguas Creek flood prevention project in 1960. This project is still working to keep your city from flooding . We are forwarding two Working Agreements and would appreciate your assistance in seeing that the Agreement is approved through proper City channels and then one original returned to the RCD. As soon as the Agreement is approved by the City of Moorpark the Landscape Water Audit training can begin. We are enclosing an information sheet on our District in order to inform you in more detail of all of our activities. We currently have Working Agreements with the cities of Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Camarillo and Simi Valley. The traditional thrust of the RCD programs has been to serve agriculture. Since your City impacts agriculture and agriculture impacts you, we can maintain this program emphasis for the mutual benefit of all . Our Mobile Lab Team Leader Lee Waddle would like to meet with you on a personal basis in order to further explain our program and answer any questions you may have. We will be calling for an appointment in the next few days. Sincerely, BOARD OF DIRECTORS VENTURA COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION ISTRICT /-/151;0„;: / HAROLD B. PARKER, President encl cc : Phillip Newhouse, Director Community Services City of Moorpark