Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks
Wilton Cosumnes Service Area 4B
Minutes for February 11th, 2008
Dillard Elementary School at 7:00 pm

Attendance:
Council Members:
Eugene Rose 916-687-6349 rosarancho@frontiernet.net Present
Julie Craig 916-687-8617 CraigRanch@frontiernet.net Not Present
Randy Upham 916-687-6117 rupham@frontiernet.net Present
Mary Morgan 916-687-7688 memorg@frontiernet.net Present

Staff Members:

Amber Veselka 916-875-6205 veselkaa@saccounty.net Present

Public:

Fran Soto

The meeting was called to order by Mary at 7:05 PM at Dillard School.

Approval of Minutes-
January Minutes-Randy approved the minutes and Gene seconded the motion.

Amber passed out the MSA newsletter, The Conduit and the County number list.

Mary received a check for $150 from the Wilton Garden Club for money towards the
purchase of a living Christmas tree. Mary also sent out a letter to all the community
groups to see if they would like to participate and contribute towards the Living
Christmas Tree project.

A.
Old Business
a)
EGUSD Still pending. Julie was not present so we don’t know if the school
rental was paid for yet.

B.
Living Tree
The Rawlings emailed Mary about wanting to donate the tree in their front yard. Mary
and Gene went to check out the tree, it is a cedar about 18 years old and 25 feet tall! It is
a very nice tree with Wilton local history. If we pursue this tree we must first figure out
1) if the tree is too big for the space at the Fire Dept. 2) find an outfit that would be able
to move the tree, 3) get information from expert on chances of survival if moved. Gene
estimates $1000-1500 to move it.

Gene and Mary went to nurseries around to see if they had any potted trees but they
weren’t as big and were not in very good shape. Villages Nursery said a 14-foot
Colorado blue spruce can be ordered from Oregon for about $1,100-1,200 + taxes. It
would be about 1000 pounds and would require CSA to have equipment ready to unload
the tree. However, you wouldn’t know what it looked like or how full it was until it
arrived. Could also get a 8-foot tree for $600 + and still responsible for unloading.
Mary will research and see if she will have to go to CPAC.

C.
Park Developments Update
Lot / Boundary Line Adjustment
Evan went to the Fire Board to present on January 21st . Gene and Mary were shocked at
the meeting when Evan said he wanted to withdrawal everything he’s done for the
County. Dan saved it and handled it so well asking Evan if the FD requested going
forward with the project if he would do it, and Evan agreed. Dan said they would need to
talk to Parks to work things out. The Fire Department, CSA, Supervisor Nottoli and Pat
Brazil set up a meeting on March 30th at 9am to go over the MOU. Items to be
discussed will be the joint agreement between the Fire Dept and CSA. Pat will sit down
with County Counsel ahead of time to get information. Other things to be determined
and discussed will be shared costs, an easement, maintenance, size of holding tank,
metering, etc.

Mary called Ralph Nix to pick his brain. He told Mary the only important things would
be shared use, maintenance and electricity. Ralph told Mary the costs that were quoted
were very high. Amber is presently trying to get an estimate from Water Resources for
maintenance costs for a well of this size. We will not know the actual numbers until we
go out for bid for the project. Randy stated we have to remember the prevailing wages
are a cost we will have to incur.

Gene did some research on wells in the area. Dillard School well is 360 feet deep and 10
hp pump. There is only 1 well, serving both the domestic and irrigation. They use a back
flow prevention valve. Gene said it can be done, and it can be done cheaper.

The Advisory Council is getting nervous about the costs for this park. There are lots of
soft costs and the Advisory Council are wondering if they are going to have enough
money to even build it! Want to know if the JTS funding is secure before we go ahead
with all these other costs. Advisory Council would like Jill or Celine to send a letter to
JTS to make sure this money is secure and can’t be used for general purposes. Is it
readily available when we are ready to use it? Gene wants JTS to define what they mean
by hard construction.

Advisory Council wants to know what the soft costs of park development will be and if
they will be able to make it with the money they have? Gene doesn’t want to waste all
this time and energy on this if we won’t be able to launch this project. With the economy
being down the CSA is not getting as much with property taxes and sales taxes.

D.
Loss of Marquee / Discussion on replacement and costs
Building and marquee burnt down. Gene wants to put a tripod sign up at the same
location because you can see it from all 3 directions. The family is upset and will not
even discuss the marquee right now. Have to figure out a good place to put up another
one. Mary suggested the old Town Hall. Gene will research replacement costs for the
marquee. Amber will check with County to see if the marquee would be covered by
insurance. Gene passed out a hand out with costs of purchasing a new marquee.

E.
Community Services Grant
If Wilton Park doesn’t happen, Gene thinks the CSA should give a community services
grant to the History Group for the public use of the old Town Hall building.

F.
Budget Update
Advisory Council went over the compass budget sheets and GL reports. Everything
seems to be on track. Amber also provided a Wilton Activity Report with Funding
Sources and Expenditures to date listed. Advisory Council asked for a better breakdown
of expenditure costs.

G.
Foundation / Non-profit Status
In the works, Randy will hand deliver when finished.

H.
Vacancies on the Council Update -Recruitment
The Advisory Council is hoping to get some feedback from Fran’s article about
volunteering. Mary has paid the webpage bill and the website is back up. After talking it
over with webmaster it was discussed we should start to post blogs to try to recruit board
members. It would be a good public relation tool and we could post the agenda and
approved minutes for all to see. It would help to get the information back to the public
and we could use the blog as a form of recruitment.

I.
Ethics Training
Mary completed the online training.
Reminder to everyone else!!

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Next Meeting date was set for Tuesday March 10th, at 7pm.
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Meeting Adjourned at 8:35pm

“PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK REGULATIONS PUSHED BACK”

“In light of the large number of public comments received to date concerning proposed new regulations for septic tank systems on rural properties in California, a hearing by the State Water Resources Control Board that was scheduled for Feb 9, in Sacramento has been postponed.

Prompted by AB**% (Jackson) which was signed into law in 2000, the regulation being proposed targets discharges of waste that impair or threaten to impair surface water or groundwater quality. The timeline for implementation of those regulations is July 2010.

The proposed regulations state that persons who discharge waste that impairs or threatens ro impair waters of the state must file a report of waste discharge with the regional water board. Water boards may waive the reporting requirement if the provisions of the waiver are complied with. In order to comply, property owners must have their septic tanks inspected for solids accumulation every five (5) years by a qualified service provider. The estimated cost is $325.

AFTER HEARING FROM RURAL RESIDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS ALIKE, WATER OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL REWRITE PROPOSED NEW STATE REGULATIONS ON SEPTIC TANKS.

Further details about the proposed regualteions andmaps of impaired water bodies with septic system discharges may be viewed at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov. “

“Proposed Septic Tank Regulations Pushed Back”

“In light of the large numbers of public comments received to date concerning proposed new regulations for Septic Tank systems on rural properties in California a hearing by the State Water Resources Control Board that was scheduled for Feb. 9. 2009, in Sacramento has been postponed.

After hearing from rural residents and environmentalists alike, water officials say they will rewrite proposed new state regulations on septic systems.

Further details about the proposed regulations and maps of impaired waterbodies with septic system discharges may be viewed at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.”