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The Frontier Project, a 14,000-square-foot demonstration building, is almost ready. A "Green Tie Gala" on Oct. 17 will give special guests a sneak peak of the earth friendly project.

Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Staff Photographer


The Cucamonga Valley Water District is getting ready to open the Frontier Project to the public on Nov. 7. After a personal tour by district staff members, I realized there's too many green features to list here.

There's the obvious things:  solar panels and waterless urinals.
There's the really neat things: a kitchen countertop made of recycled glass, floor made out of cork.
There's the thing that hasn't had much use because of the drought: a cistern that collects rain water.

What ever happened to telling people to turn off the water when brushing teeth?

The conservation message of this project is indeed multifaceted which is why the project comes with a price tag of $14.3 million. So far, the district has raised about $1 million.

 

The Frontier Project Foundation wants students grades K to 12 to participate in the Think Green Essay Contest for a chance to win Ontario Reign tickets. Participants have to submit two or three paragraphs about what they're doing in their home, school or community that's earth friendly.

Cucamonga Valley Water District formed the Frontier Project Foundation as a nonprofit supporting the Frontier Project, a 14,000-square-foot facility scheduled to open Nov. 7. The foundation and the Ontario Reign Hockey Club will host a Go Green Night on Halloween. Winners of the essay contest will get a chance to see the game that night and go out on the ice to drop the game puck.

Essay entries are due online next Monday. 

In anticipation of the Frontier Project grand opening, water district officials will host an Inaugural Green Tie Gala on Oct. 17. Supervisor Paul Biane is the top contributor for the gala so far, donating $25,000.

The Frontier Project, scheduled to open Nov. 7, is located adjacent to the Cucamonga Valley Water District headquarters. The building will be used to promote sustainable technologies in water and energy conservation.

Officials are seeking sponsorships for the gala, which will be hosted by Joel Greene, of the PBS show "Curiousity Quest." The event will include dinner, entertainment and a silent auction. Tickets for the gala are $100 per person or $1,000 for a table for 10.

Information: (909) 483-7484
 

The campaign statements from the Cucamonga Valley Water District board members, or 460s, can be downloaded here.

It's not an election year, so there's not much fundraising going on in the first six months of the year. Perhaps that is why board members Randall Reed and Oscar Gonzalez have yet to file as of Friday, according to the county's Registrar of Voters office.

The deadline to file was July 31. Candidates who do not file on time are subject to a $10 late fee per day.

According to the Fair Political Practices Commission, candidates who do not raise any money are still required to file a 460 unless they make a monthly salary of $200 or less.

CVWD board members, who meet twice a month, earn $210 per meeting.


Curatalo James V Jr (Curatalo for Cucamonga Valley WD)460 8-5-09.pdf
 
Hank Stoy (1309771) 460-Jul302009.pdf

A resident told Cucamonga Valley Water District board members yeseterday she's tired of seeing water wasted on the freeways. Residents are urged to water lawns early in the morning or late at night but she often sees the sprinklers near freeways on at 3 p.m.

We've all seen this, haven't we?

Unfortunately, CVWD has no say on this matter; it's under Caltrans' jurisdiction. But board members vowed to write more letters putting the problem to Caltrans' attention.

Board member Jim Curatalo, who fights fires as his day job, said the department sometimes gets calls from motorists who see mist from freeway sprinklers and they think it's smoke. So firefighters head out there preparing to see a freeway fire but find a poorly timed sprinkler instead. 

Tonight's informational meeting at the Cucamonga Valley Water District will offer information to residents about the rate increase set for September. The 6 p.m. meeting will take place on 10440 Ashford St. Staff members from the water district will say how much rates are going up and explain why.

You might have heard about the city of Los Angeles and its limits on water usage this week. Drought is obviously not an isolated problem. These limitations are on this city's horizon, too.

The City Council and the Cucamonga Valley Water District will meet tonight and discuss an ordinance recently passed by the water board and another ordinance that the board plans to adopt later this month.

Ordinance 47 requires residents to use water hoses equipped with shutoff nozzles while washing cars, restaurants owners to serve water only on request and other water-saving measures. Ordinance 48, to be considered later this month, addresses more stringent measures if the drought becomes more serious or in an event of a natural disaster.

Tonight's 6 p.m. meeting is at the water district office on 10440 Ashford St. 

Next week's Green Afternoons, an occasional workshop by the Cucamonga Valley Water District, takes place on Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Speakers will talk about earth-friendly cleaning products and supplies for homes and businesses.

To RSVP, call (909) 987-2591 ext. 7465 or send an e-mail to dianaw@cvwdwater.com.

The water district is on 10440 Ashford St.

The Cucamonga Valley Water District board will vote on two water conservation ordinances on March 24 at 6 p.m. at the district office located 10440 Ashford St. The ordinances will address possibly penalties during severe water shortage and recommendations for conservation. Read more about the ordinances here.

The Cucamonga Valley Water District will administer the oath of office for the four incoming board members -- Jim Curatalo, Randall Reed, Oscar Gonzalez and Hank Stoy.

Curatalo and Reed are incumbents, Gonzalez is a newcomer and Stoy is a former board member. The 6 p.m. meeting will be at the district office located 10440 Ashford St.

The Great Southern California ShakeOut this morning at Victoria Gardens was also the great Southern California photo op.

Television crews representing channels 7, 11, 5 and CNN were there to watch 100 young students duck under the desks placed outside the Cultural Center. Sen. Bob Dutton and Councilman Sam Spagnolo joined a group of second graders and got shook up in the earthquake simulator.

"This is probably the most coverage we'll get on something positive," said Erika Lewis-Huntley from the city manager's office.

She's probably right. It's not often that television crews come out this way, making it a lonely experience for this newspaper reporter. Last month, I was at a water district press conference attended by board members and myself.

"Any questions?" the board vice president asked after his presentation. "Wendy? Any questions?"  

The first Cucamonga Valley Water District workshop in a series of monthly educational forums will be on insulated concrete forms, a new construction material used in the Frontier Project. Titled Green Afternoons, the workshop at 4 p.m. Thursday will be held at the district on 10440 Ashford St.

Consisted of recycled materials, insulated concrete forms are an alternative to pour-in-place concrete walls. It reduces construction waste while providing building insulation. It's one of the key features of the district's Frontier Project, a green showcase building to be finished at the end of 2009.

Information: 909-483-7484 


 

Updated: With all of the precincts counted, incumbents in the city races were clearly victors.

In the City Council race, Dennis Michael (29 percent) and Sam Spagnolo (26 percent) won the race. Behind them were Dennis Gutierrez (14 percent), Jim Moffatt (12 percent), Joseph McCaffrey (10 percent), Frank Schiavone (5 percent) and Charles Shanks (3 percent).

Jan Reynolds is the city clerk with 75 percent of the vote to Ron Stark's 25 percent.

Jim Frost remains treasurer with 78 percent of the vote to Ryan Orr's 22 percent.

Newcomer Oscar Gonzalez and returning board member Hank Stoy will join the Cucamonga Valley Water District. With all of the precincts counted, Randall Reed (18 percent), Jim Curatalo (15 percent) and Stoy (14 percent) were selected for full terms. Behind them are David Hill (13 percent), Luis Cetina (13 percent), Sharon Baer (11 percent), Floyd Clark (10 percent) and Ed Dietl (6 percent). In the race for the short-term seat, Oscar Gonzalez (59 percent) overcame incumbent Ron Sakala (41 percent).

    

The Times' Up To Speed blog recently posted about the Mazda Kiyora, a car of the future that collects rain water and filters it for human consumption. Kinda like the Cucamonga Valley Water District's Frontier Project but in a car.

And what a car. Imagine parking that on Victoria Garden's North Mainstreet.

The rain water goes through an extensive filtration process and gets deposited into a fancy bottle. No more feeling guilty about buying Evian or reusing its bottles.

The Frontier Project, by comparison, has a filtration system that puts grey water (kitchen sink runoff for example) to use for ground irrigation. The building has a water retention system that captures rainwater, too. 

A seemingly great idea but Up To Speed makes a good point. In this ultra dry Southern California climate, this car's feature might never by fully utilized. The driver might look cool in this Mazda but he'd still be really thirsty.

I paid a visit to the Cucamonga Valley Water District recently to see how the Frontier Project is shaping up and smelled wine.

The Frontier Project is an ambitious green building and one of the materials that will be used are wood planks from Filippi wine barrels. Talk about incorporating the city's viticultural past into the project.

The dark brown trellis seen in this artist rendering is how the redwood will be used. The wood will shade the building and provide a natural cooling system.

The Filippis city had $500,000 worth of this wood from wine barrels no longer in use and donated them to the Frontier Project. When it opens next fall, stick your nose in it, it smells like Zinfandel.

Vice President of the Frontier Project Foundation Jo Lynne Russo-Pereyra said about two inches worth of wine residue crystallized on the wood. I expected her to follow this with an offer for a tasting but I got a bottle of CVWD water instead. Refreshing, but no Zinfandel.

A preview of Tuesday's article on the sustainability showcase building follows.

[The wood was actually donated by the city. According to Gino Filippi, the city is the owner of the casks which the wood was sourced.]