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Regular Meeting

Governing Board of Sweetwater Authority

Wednesday, April 9, 2003 - 6:00 p.m.

CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Director Inzunza

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ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED IN THE AGENDA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 March 26, 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.

3. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE (Meeting of April 2, 2003)

CONSENT ITEMS

A. 1825 East 8th Street, National City – Request for approval to quitclaim Kimball Brother’s blanket easement.
Recommendation: Approve the request to quitclaim this easement with the understanding that the owners will pay the processing costs.

B. Robert A. Perdue Water Treatment Plant, Water Quality Studies – Update on design (Information Item).
Recommendation: No action is required by the Governing Board.

C. Joint shared services – Discussion of involvement with regional design standards (Information Item).
Recommendation: No action is required by the Governing Board.

D. California Environmental Quality Act – Adoption of Resolution 03-06 for local guidelines.
Recommendation: Approve Resolution 03-06 adopting the updated local guidelines for implementing the California Environmental Quality Act.

4. FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE (Meeting of April 3, 2003)

Consideration of personnel requests for 2003-04 Budget (Information item)
Recommendation: No action is 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.

5. APPROVAL OF DIRECTORS’ ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

A. Request for approval of per diem for Director Beauchamp’s attendance at the South Bay Irrigation District Board meeting of March 17, 2003.

B. Request for approval of per diem for Director Wright’s attendance at the Metropolitan Water District Board Meeting on March 25, 2003.

C. Council of Water Utilities Breakfast meeting – StoneRidge Country Club – Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at 7:15 a.m.

D. WateReuse Association - San Diego Regional Chapter meeting – Wednesday, April 16, 2003 – 9:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. at the Otay Water District Training Room.

E. Institute of the Americas and San Diego Dialogue – San Diego and Baja California Water Futures – UCSD, La Jolla – April 25, 2003, 7:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Conflict with Communications Committee meeting)

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.

6. REPORT OF TREASURER – WANDA AVERY

7. MANAGEMENT REPORT

A. Report of Operations Manager Rogers.
B. Report of General Manager Bostad.

8. REPORT OF CALFED/BAY-DELTA OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR WRIGHT

9. 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.

10. 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 real property matters is within the attorney-client privilege, subject to the appropriate disclosures and may be held in closed session, Authority: Government Code Section 54956.8.

· Conference to discuss real property negotiations:

a. Property land adjacent to Loveland Reservoir.
b. O.D. Arnold surplus property.

11. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to April 23, 2003 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.