Amador County – The Amador Water Agency board of directors last week received a brief overview of what staff considers its high priority items among its systems.
General Manager Gene Mancebo in a report Jan. 13 said the Strategic Plan underwent a complete revision in February 2009, when the board “directed staff to begin the plan anew.”
In October 2009, staff “began the process to revise the strategic plan,” including revising its Mission Statement, Vision Statement, Core values, and Goals. A draft plan resulted, and that received minor changes by the board.
Macebo said staff will begin the “budget process next month, and the Strategic Plan provides direction for developing business plans for each department to achieve objectives in the plan.” He said the board may consider the plan, revise it, create a new one, “or decide to forgo the plan.”
Board President Don Cooper recommended the board members review the plan on their own, and return to it in a later meeting. The board agreed.
After a short discussion, Mancebo went through his list of “high priority system items” among eight systems operated by the agency.
He said top Amador Water System priorities included the need for capacity increases and backwash improvements at the Ione and Tanner water treatment plants. AWS also needs a small diameter pipe to be placed in the Amador Canal, with either treated or raw water.
In the Central Amador Water Project Wholesale system, top priorities include either pursuing the Gravity Supply Line or improving pumps to increase the flow of raw water to Buckhorn. The system also needs backwash improvements at Mace Meadow, or a recycling system. A pending water rights application is another issue, as is the transmission of treated water.
CAWP retail priorities include boosting distribution pressure and fire flow capacity, and also replacement of a storage tank.
Mancebo said the Camanche area has been “designated a disadvantaged community,” and that may help with grants. The water system at Camanche needs rehabilitation of its Well Number 14. Grants may cover replacement of its Tank Number 9, and service connections.
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