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Regular Meeting

Governing Board of Sweetwater Authority

Wednesday, December 8, 2004 - 6:00 p.m.

· CALL MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

· PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Director Beauchamp

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

· CHAIR'S PRESENTATION

ACTION AGENDA

The following items on the Action Agenda call for discussion and action by the Board. All items are placed on the Agenda so that the Board may discuss and take action on the item if the Board is so inclined.

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 ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED IN THE AGENDA

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Regular Adjourned Meeting of November 17, 2004.

3. APPROVAL OF DEMANDS AND WARRANTS

4. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE (Meeting of November 24, 2004)
A. Request for Remote Water Service - 4348 Loma Paseo, Bonita:
Recommendation: Approve Mr. Radley's request for a remote water service and that he be responsible for all fees and deposits for the new service.

B. Installation of Pressure-Reducing Valves on East Queen Anne Drive, Chula Vista - Recommendation to Award Sole-Source contract.
Recommendation: Award a sole-source contract to Fuller's Plumbing Service, Inc., in the amount of $13,000 for the installation of 47 pressure-reducing valves on East Queen Anne Drive, Chula Vista.
C. Metropolitan Water District Seasonal Storage Program (SSOA) update (Information Item).
Recommendation: No action is required by the Governing Board.

D. SCADA Team recommendations for contracts with outside contractors to make improvements in SCADA system.
Recommendation: Award a one-year, time and materials contract to HINZ Automation, 1808 Aston Avenue, Suite 170, Carlsbad, CA 92008, in the amount of $25,000, and that the Timberline Engineering's contract be modified to incorporate this work.

E. Request for Remote Water Service - 17th Street, National City:
Recommendation: Approve Mr. Izaguirre's request for a remote water service at 17th Street, National City, and that he be responsible for all fees and deposits for the new service.

5. COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE (Meeting of December 7, 2004)
A. Report and discussion on the 2004 Leader Tours and plan for 2005 Tours (Information Item).

B. Oral discussion regarding current general public facility tour practices (Information Item).

C. Oral discussion regarding 2005 advertising themes and messages, including fleet sign campaign (Information Item).

D. Information Items: draft new fact sheets, demonstration of online employee newsletter, update on CSDA scholarship program for 2005.

6. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 04-20 Amending the Appendix of the Conflict of Interest Code pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974.

7. APPROVAL OF DIRECTORS' ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
A. Council of Water Utilities, San Diego County Meeting at StoneRidge Country Club - Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 7:15 - 8:45 a.m.

B. California Center for Border and Regional Economic Studies - 6th Annual Imperial Valley Economic Development Summit, January 27, 2005, Imperial Valley Expo, Imperial, California.

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.

8. REPORT OF TREASURER - WANDA AVERY

9. BUDGET REPORT - DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GAUS
Report as of October 30, 2004.

10. MANAGEMENT REPORT
A. Report of Operations Manager
B. Report of General Manager

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to December 22, 2004, 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.