The Regular Board meeting was called to order at 5:54 PM by President Guerrero. Also in attendance at the meeting were: Trustees Alcala, Sulpizio Hull, General Manager Johnson, and Assistant General Manager McGillian, and District Attorney Nevis.
Entry No. 1
Heard General Administration Functions as follows:
Presentations by the public on matters not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the District. The Agency is prohibited by law from discussing issues not on the agenda brought to them at this time.
Monthly/YTD Revenue and Expenses.
MOTION: Sulpizio Hull | SECOND: Alcala | AYES: Guerrero, Alcala, Sulpizio Hull |
NOES: None | ABSTAIN: None | ABSENT: Early, Orozco |
The consent agenda passed 3-0, by roll call vote.
MOTION: Sulpizio Hull | SECOND: Alcala | AYES: Guerrero, Alcala, Sulpizio Hull |
NOES: None | ABSTAIN: None | ABSENT: Early, Orozco |
The consent agenda passed 3-0, by roll call vote.
MOTION: Sulpizio Hull | SECOND: Alcala | AYES: Guerrero, Alcala, Sulpizio Hull |
NOES: None | ABSTAIN: None | ABSENT: Early, Orozco |
The consent agenda passed 3-0, by roll call vote.
MOTION: Sulpizio Hull | SECOND: Alcala | AYES: Guerrero, Alcala, Sulpizio Hull |
NOES: None | ABSTAIN: None | ABSENT: Early, Orozco |
The consent agenda passed 3-0, by roll call vote.
The District has forged ahead with the onboarding phase with VC3 (our IT contractor).
On-site survey was conducted, implementation phase should initiate within a few weeks.
District staff and consultant worked on CIP in hopes of presenting to Board Budget Committee.
District renewed insurance policy April 1, 2025 with the California Association of Mutual Water Companies Joint Powers Risk and Insurance Management Authority (JPRIMA).
Rates increased approx 14% from 2024; Premium is $137k.
Rates were price-checked between several carriers
All pump stations were re-evaluated for replacement costs
The District’s engineer will be providing preliminary plans and costs for the Causeway and Racetrack pump stations for backup power.
Causeway would have a permanent backup generator, Racetrack would have a panel that a portable generator could be plugged into.
The District would then have the option to purchase a backup generator or rent a backup generator.
Estimated cost of generator: $500K - $1 Million.
No Federal funding available for FY25/26 due to current administration stops
The District’s engineer is also looking at remote communications for several of the District’s pump stations. The District can then monitor each pump from a computer or cell phone.
District staff and consultants have re-submitted the benefit cost analysis (BCA) to FEMA/CalOES.
The new BCA is approximately 1.2, making this an acceptable project.
The District’s engineer has also re-designed the project to reduce construction costs.
Mitigation credits have been purchased through the Antonio Lewis Mitigation Ranch.
District is waiting for FEMA for final approval prior to advertise BID.
5 discharge pipes were videoed for inspection purposes in January 2025 along with its pumps.
Most of the pipes will need to be replaced within a few years due to corrosion.
Permits take approx. 2 years to receive from the USACE and CVFPB (due to staffing issues)
DWR completed their semi-annual levee inspection on March 28, 2025.
The District received an unacceptable rating for encroachment and vegetation
along the Sacramento River just south of the Sacramento Weir
WSAFCA has been investigating this encroachment.
The encroachment is a storage yard that has been at this location for decades.
The USACE intends to perform their periodic levee inspection on April 29, 2025
This will be the first inspection by the USACE that includes portions of RD537 that were incorporated into RD 900’s jurisdiction.
Continue to communicate with City Fire/ Police and Yolo County OES prior to significant storms.
Most recent meeting was held April 1, 2025.
The two slipouts along the Deep Water Shipping Channel (damage from Jan. 2023)
were not repaired by USACE during the fall of 2024. Delays in relocating power poles stalled the project.
Poles were relocated November 14, 2024 but did not give the USACE’s contractor time to work on the repair.
Coordination meetings are currently underway for the USACE to repair the slipouts
during the Spring/ Summer 2025.
Yolo Bypass East Levee – South (completed in 2023) was found to have additional deficiencies in the foundation of the levee.
The USACE declared an emergency and have reinforced this portion of the levee, providing a “setback” levee or adjacent levee.
This temporary fix provided protection throughout the winter and both the District and the USACE continue to monitor for any changes.
The USACE intends to construct a permanent fix in 2025.
Yolo Bypass East Levee – North.
The project is currently under construction.
The levee was flattened, a new drainage system was installed to collect through seepage
A new pump station is being constructed and will have a backup generator.
Sacramento River (currently maintained by DWR’s Maintenance Area 4).
WSAFCA/District provided comments on 30% design, USACE is working on 60% design.
WSAFCA, DWR, and the District are coordinating with the California Indian Heritage Center for beneficial access to the Sacramento River Levee for this project.
The District has received its first reimbursement of $58,000 from FEMA/CalOES
Funding from January 2023 declared storm disaster.
FEMA is still reviewing damage along the District’s Main Canal and Blacker Canal
Estimated $2 million worth of damage.
The meeting adjourned at 6:28 PM.
MOTION: Alcala | SECOND: Sulpizio Hull | AYES: Guerrero, Alcala, Sulpizio Hull |
NOES: None | ABSTAIN: None | ABSENT: Early, Orozco |
The consent agenda passed 3-0, by roll call vote.
Blake Johnson, General Manager/Secretary