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Regular Meeting

Governing Board of Sweetwater Authority

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:00 p.m.

· CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

· PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Director Welsh

· OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Board
(Government Code 54954.3)

· CHAIR'S PRESENTATION

· ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED IN THE AGENDA

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 22, 2003.

2. APPROVAL OF DEMANDS AND WARRANTS

CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS

Items to be acted upon without discussion, unless a request is made by a member of the Board, the Staff, or the Public to discuss a particular item. All consent calendar items are approved by a single motion.

CONSENT ITEMS

3. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE (Meeting of January 7, 2004)

A. Request by County of San Diego to acquire Sweetwater Authority Reservoir lands.
Recommendation: Direct staff to continue with discussions based on the conditions stated in the staff memo. Periodic updates on the discussions with the County will be brought back to the Operations Committee.

B. Emerson Street and Hilltop Drive drainage improvements - Request for funding.
Recommendation: Approve funding from the Repair and Replacement Fund in the amount of $24,000 for the Emerson Street project and $10,000 for the Hilltop Drive project, for a total amount of $34,000.

C. Controlled burns in watershed (Information Item)
Recommendation: No action required by the Governing Board.

D. Lions' Property Purchase (Information Item)
Recommendation: No action required by the Governing Board.

ACTION CALENDAR ITEMS

All action items are placed on the Agenda so that the Board may discuss and take action, if the Board is so inclined.

4. FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE (Meeting of January 9, 2004)

A. Video conferencing pilot project and demonstration.
B. Consideration of 2004 membership renewal in Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce.
C. Consideration of 2004 membership renewal in California Special Districts Association.
D. Consideration of 2004 membership renewal in Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research.
E. Review of fiscal impact of Resolution 03-22 (Information Item).
F. San Vicente/El Capitan/Loveland Reservoirs Pipeline Intertie Project - Joint Agency Project to update U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reconnaissance Report.

5. NEW BUSINESS

G. New Committee Appointments.
H. ACWA-JPIA - Executive Committee Election Notice.

6. APPROVAL OF DIRECTORS' ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

A. Request of approval of per diem for directors who attended the Public Meeting for the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan on Monday, January 12, 2004.

B. Council of Water Utilities breakfast meeting - StoneRidge Country Club - Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 7:15 a.m.

C. WESTCAS' Winter Legislative Conference - February 18-20, 2004 at the Golden Nugget Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Conflict with Operations Committee and Finance & Personnel Committee)

D. CLE California Water Law & Policy Super Conference - April 1-2, 2004 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.

REPORT AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

The following agenda items are placed on the agenda to allow the persons designated to provide information to the Board and the Public. There is no action called for in these items. The Board may engage in discussion on any report upon which specific subject matter is identified on the agenda, but may not take any action other than to place the matter on a future agenda.

7. REPORT OF TREASURER - WANDA AVERY

8. DIRECTORS' COMMENTS
Directors' comments are comments by Directors concerning Authority business that may be of interest to the Board. Directors' comments are placed on the agenda to enable individual Board members to convey information to the Board and the Public. There is no discussion or action taken on comments made by Board members.

9. CLOSED SESSION
At any time during the regular session, the Governing Board may adjourn to closed session to consider litigation, personnel matters, or to discuss with legal counsel matters within the attorney-client privilege. Discussion of litigation is within the attorney-client privilege, subject to the appropriate disclosures and may be held in closed session, Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9.

10. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to January 28, at 3:30 p.m.

This agenda was posted at least 72 hours before the meeting, in a location freely accessible to the public. No action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda, except as provided by Section 54954.2 of the California Government Code.

NOTE: Agenda item backup information is available for public review in the Boardroom

PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES

Members of the general public may address the Board regarding items not appearing on the posted agenda, which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board. Speakers are asked to state name, address and topic, and to observe a time limit of 3 minutes each. Public comment on a single topic is limited to 15 minutes. Anyone desiring to address the Board regarding an item listed on the agenda is asked to fill out a speaker’s slip and present it to the Board President or the Secretary. Request-to-Speak forms are available at the Speaker’s podium.