minutes

South Bay Irrigation District

June 16, 2003

The Board of Directors of South Bay Irrigation District held a regular meeting on Monday, June 16, 2003, at the Sweetwater Authority Administrative Office, 505 Garrett Avenue, Chula Vista, California. President Pocklington called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Directors Present: Doud, Pocklington, Welsh, Wolniewicz and Wright

Directors Absent: None.

Others Present: General Manager Bostad, Treasurer Avery, Legal Counsel Strand, and Board Secretary Marisa Farpón-Friedman.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Director Welsh conducted the pledge of allegiance to the flag.

OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (Government Code Section (54954.3)
There was no comment from the public.

PRESIDENT’S PRESENTATION
There was no presentation.

ACTION AGENDA

1. ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN OR REORDERED TO THE AGENDA
(Government Code Section 54956.5)
There were none.

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Director Doud made a motion, seconded by Director Wolniewicz, that the Board approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 19, 2003. The motion carried.

3. APPROVAL OF DEMANDS AND WARRANTS

Director Doud made a motion, seconded by Director Wolniewicz, that warrant numbers 9995 through 10005 be approved. The motion carried.
4. NEW BUSINESS

A. Upon a motion made by Director Welsh, seconded by Director Doud, the following Resolution:

RESOLUTION 552
AMENDING AND REPLACING RESOLUTION 536 AUTHORIZING
WANDA AVERY, TREASURER; CARY F. WRIGHT, DEPUTY TREASURER;
AND MARISA FARPÓN-FRIEDMAN, SECRETARY-CONTROLLER, TO ADMINISTER INVESTMENTS ON BEHALF OF SOUTH BAY IRRIGATION DISTRICT

was passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:

Ayes: Directors Doud, Pocklington, Welsh, Wolniewicz, and Wright
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None

B. LAFCO – 2003 SPECIAL DISTRICTS ELECTION: The members of the Board reviewed and considered the recommendations of the LAFCO Nominating Committee for one Alternate District Member and for ten Special Districts Advisory Committee Members. Director Welsh made a motion, seconded by Director Doud, that the Board approve the ballots voting for Mr. Mensheck as the LAFCO Alternate Special District Member and for eight of the recommended nominees as members of the Advisory Committee. The motion carried.

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

Director Wolniewicz referred to a County/City/Special Districts press conference regarding the State Budget and its possible effects on the Special Districts. This conference is supposed to be scheduled for tomorrow, but the time and place are still unknown. CSDA would like representation from Special Districts at this press conference. He expects to get the details from the California Special Districts Association, which he would pass on to the directors.

6. REPORT OF TREASURER

Ms. Avery reported that the rate at the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) is 1.75 percent.

7. REPORT OF LAFCO SPECIAL DISTRICTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER

Director Wolniewicz reported that there was no meeting.

8. REPORT OF LAFCO SPECIAL DISTRICTS REGULAR MEMBER

President Pocklington said there was no meeting of the Municipal Service Review Working Group in June but there is one scheduled for Monday, July 7th immediately after the regular LAFCO meeting. He also informed the Board that LAFCO has an improved website with lots of information.

9. REPORT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE

President Pocklington did not have anything new to report. He noted that, on the same day of the report regarding the State not having room for more water in the reservoir, Michael Gardner had said that Metropolitan had asked the Federal Government to cut deliveries from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley farmers by 300,000 acre-feet immediately, and as much as 800,000 acre-feet within five years.

10. DIRECTORS’ COMMENTS

Director Wright said he went to the Conservation Garden and had brought some brochures that he would pass on to Sweetwater Authority’s Communications staff. He mentioned a bill introduced by Senator Craig Thomas of Republican Wyoming in May to limit the acquisition by the United States of land located in a State in which 25 percent or more of the land is owned by the U.S. He then referred to the recent Conference by the Institute of the Americas. He stated that National City Representative, Director Beauchamp, did a great job of chauffeuring him around in Tijuana. The conference took place in a College south of the treatment plant, and he noticed that whole area is growing fantastically. The conference that day was very informative and they learned a lot about the Tijuana system. On the trip back across 905 he had a chance to see the amount of growth that is going on in the Otay area. He wondered if other directors had been in the Otay area; if not, it might be worthwhile taking a fieldtrip there to get a better understanding of what the problems are and what Otay is doing to deal with them. On a personal level, he said he would be leaving Wednesday morning for Philadelphia for five days.

Director Welsh said that this weekend she had the neat experience of going through the Chula Vista historical-homes tour, and she found it very interesting. She met Mrs. Rogers, who grew up in one of those historical homes, which is now owned by the newspaper boy who delivered newspapers to that home for many years. She added that Paula Roberts gave an outstanding Power Point presentation to the Women’s Club.
Director Wolniewicz said he had attended a Financial Assistance Program meeting at the CWA. He noted that last year there were no requests for loans and this year there have been only two requests. Cesar Lopez is the CWA staff member in charge of this program, which provides $25,000 per project.

11. CLOSED SESSION

There was no need for one.

12. ADJOURNMENT

With no further business before the Board, President Pocklington adjourned the meeting at 4:16 p.m., to the hour of 3:30 p.m., on July 21, 2003.