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ADJOURNED COUNCIL MEETING March 3, 1987 In accordance with notice duly and legally given, an Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Colton was held on the above given date at 6:30 p. m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, Mayor Gonzales presiding. ROLL CALL: Council Members present were Rios, Rehrer, Garcia, and Mayor Gonzales. Also present were City Manager Benest, City Attorney Edwards, and City Clerk Ramos. Absent was Councilwoman Cisneros. Tertiary Treatment Facilit City Manager Benest stated the meeting this evening is to hear presen- tations on the feasibility of developing a Tertiary Treatment Plant in the City. Leslie Keane, Assistant City Manager for Administrative Services, stated as Council may be aware, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board has mandated tertiary, or secondary, water treatment for waste water dis- charge into the Santa Ana River by the Cities of Colton, San Bernardino and Rialto. There is a specified time period for compliance which has just recently been extended. Ms. Keane continued this requirement for tertiary treatment, which is a filtration and declorination process, came about as a part of the Board's 1983 reassessment of the Water Quality Control Plan for the Santa Ana River Basin and the 1985 San Bernardino Valley Wastewater Management Plan. In September, 1986, the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, more commonly referred to as SAWPA, joined together the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, the Western Municipal Water District, and the Cities of San Bernardino and Colton in a project to evaluate the feasibility of a regional tertiary treatment in lieu of the con- struction of individual facilities by each agency. The City of Rialto declined to participate in this effort, preferring to pursue a solution to its treatment problems on their own. Ms. Keane advised the initial stage of the joint project was a feasi- bility study to evaluate the possibility of cost savings in the con- struction and operation of a joint plant as compared to separate plants. The firm of William R. Mills and Associates was hired by SAWPA to per- form this study. Ms. Keane stated if Colton and San Bernardino decide to pursue a joint facility, there will be a number of issues which will have to be re- solved. Significant among those is the issue of operation and control of the facility. 1