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Board Report Archive
Modesto
Irrigation District (MID) Board Meeting
of Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Contact: MID Public Affairs Department, Kate
Hora, 526-7454
The next MID Board meetings will be on Dec. 19,
2006, and Jan. 9 and 23, 2007.
Water
Report
Walt Ward, Assistant General Manager for
Water Operations, reported that rainfall on
the valley floor had been lagging but was now
catching up with historical average amounts.
(Note: By the end of the day on Dec. 12, MID
had recorded almost three-quarters of an inch
of rain in Modesto, bringing total rainfall
for the season to 2.92 inches, compared to
the historical average of 3 inches on that
date.) Elevation in Don Pedro Reservoir is
794 feet, almost exactly on target.
Laboratory
test services approved
The Board unanimously approved two purchase
orders for laboratory test services as a part
of MID’s water quality monitoring and
sampling program, a requirement of our “conditional
ag waiver.” Because of the canal system
design, very little residual irrigation water
flows back into our canals after growers finish
irrigating their fields. However, because MID
discharges water from the ends of the canal
system into rivers, the District is required
to have a conditional waiver. MID samples water
four times a year at over a dozen different
locations and tests for eleven constituents
considered to harm water quality. To date the
monitoring program has shown water quality
in MID canals to be remarkably good. However,
staff is concerned about potential water quality
issues with urban stormwater that drains into
MID canals.
Addendum to Program Environmental
Impact Report approved
In Nov. 2000, the Board certified a Program
Environmental Impact Report (Program EIR) that
addressed potential environmental impacts from
the extension of electric service to customers
beyond MID’s then-current electrical
system.
By majority vote, the Board approved an
Addendum that updates the Program EIR and narrows
its geographic scope to include only MID’s
electric service area as defined by state law
(AB 2638, effective Jan. 1, 2001).
In other
actions today
- The Board unanimously approved
- The MID Safety Incentive Awards Program.
- Revisions to the MID Risk Management Policy.
- Amendment No. 3 to the Sacramento Municipal
Utility District Financing Authority Joint
Powers Agreement.
- An Amendment to Section A13, Exempt Employee
Temporary Upgrade, of the MID Employee Handbook.
Third quarter 2006 financial and budget review
Highlights:
- Power supply expenses are under budget as
a result of a $17 million payment from PG&E
and the good water year.
- Construction of the Ripon Generation Station
and the McClure environmental upgrade were
completed slightly under budget.
- Retail electric revenue for the nine-month
period is 3% or $5.4 million under budget.
- Wholesale electric revenue was almost double
the projected amount or $11.4 million over
budget.
- Customer equity was up $20.4 million for
the nine months
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