The Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA) Board of Directors held its quarterly regular meeting on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. in the Davis City Hall Council Chambers. Chair Tom Stallard presided. Board members present: Vice Chair Josh Chapman, Director David Moreno, Director Donna Neville. Participating agency representative Heather Davis (UC Davis) was present. Director Angel Barajas (non-voting) was absent. The board approved three resolutions, heard a comprehensive General Manager update, and set next meeting for January 15, 2026.
Item 3: General Manager Update & Operations Manager Update General Manager Tim Bush presented an update covering:
Item 4: Resolution No. 2025-03 – Capital Modification Amendment with Jacobs for Filter Rerating Implementation Plan The board considered a $121,595 study to re-rate the Regional Water Treatment Facility filters from the current 6 gallons per minute per square foot (gpm/sq ft) to 8 gpm/sq ft, increasing total permitted capacity from 30 MGD to 34 MGD. The study, to be conducted by Jacobs (the original plant designer), will take about one year, followed by a state permit amendment (another year). The resolution was adopted unanimously.
Item 5: Resolution No. 2025-04 – Purchase Option Agreement for 2025-2026 Winter Water Transfer with South Sutter Water District The board approved a $50,000 option payment to reserve 2,000 acre-feet of water in South Sutter’s reservoir as insurance against potential winter curtailment of WDCWA’s water rights. The first 91 acre-feet used would be covered by the option fee; unused option acts as insurance. This annual agreement has been in place for three years; WDCWA is now working toward a long-term agreement to cover both winter and summer supplemental water. The resolution passed unanimously.
Item 6: Resolution No. 2025-05 – Allocation of Drought Protection Agreement Funds to Davis and Woodland for Drought Resiliency Projects The board allocated $1.14 million received under the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Drought Protection Agreement to partner cities for aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) projects: $592,000 to City of Woodland (for ASR well design) and $544,000 to City of Davis (for ASR feasibility study and permitting). $40,000 will be forwarded to UC Davis, which lacks a drought resiliency project. The funds originated from the Bureau of Reclamation. Each city council must separately accept the funds. The resolution passed unanimously.
(The meeting adjourned following board member comments.)
We've reached the hour of three o'clock. This is the quarterly meeting of the Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency. Board of Directors. Madam Clerk, would you mind calling a roll so we reflect who's present? Chair Tom Stallard. Present. Vice Chair Josh Chapman. Director David Moreno. Present. Director Donna Neville. Here. And participating agency from UC Davis. Courtney. Doc. Whoops. So the and Director Angel Barajas from the county. Okay. So we're essentially all here except for our non-voting member, Director Angel Barajas. All right. So agency business is to prove approval of the agenda and the following consent items. And that's items 1A, our minutes of our last meeting, and and B the approval of the Treasurer's quarterly report. Any comments from any member of the board? No. Any member of the public. No. May I have a motion to approve the agent the consent agenda? Move the consent agenda. Thank you. Second. Director Neville makes the motion. Director Chapman seconds. Any further discussion? There being none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. Motion carries. This brings us to item two, which is public comment by law. We reserve time for members of the public to address us on any issue not otherwise on the agenda. Should anyone wish to speak? Is there any comment and public comment? We're very surprised about that. Okay. And that takes us to item three, the Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency General Manager update and operations manager update. And I think we've only got the general manager at the moment, Tim Bush. Hello, good afternoon. Look at the water supply outlook, how the water water supply is looking for the right remainder of the summer and a little bit going forward. Update on where we are with supplemental long-term water supply options, uh capital improvements that we've been working on and planning to, and then the usual operations update. And then there's one new one this time.