Tuesday, August 08, 2006

9:30 AM

I.         CALL TO ORDER:

1.                  Roll Call.

II.        TIME CERTAIN:

9:35 a.m.

2.                  Time Open for Public Comment on any Subject not on the Agenda.

NOTE:  The law does not permit Board action on, or extended discussion of, any item not on the agenda except under special circumstances.  Comments should be limited to three minutes.  If Board action is requested, the matter can be placed on the next agenda.

10:00 a.m.

3.                  Proposed District Water Resources Infrastructure Protection Ordinance and Proposed District Water Resources Infrastructure Protection Manual.  (Ann Draper)  (E-3.1)

III.       CONSENT CALENDAR:

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

 

Items listed in this section of the agenda are considered to be routine by the Board and typically will be adopted by one motion without discussion.   The consent calendar includes action items which the Board has delegated to the CEO, but which law or contract requires to be decided by the Board (EL-9.9), and CEO monitoring reports that do not reflect policy violations or call for debate of policy criteria (GP 4.4).   Any item may be severed for separate consideration at the request of the Board.  Whenever a resolution is on the consent calendar, a roll call vote will be taken on the entire calendar.

 

4.                  Claim of HSR, Inc.  (Ron Whipp)  (EL-7.4)

5.                  Certificate of Election Results - June 6, 2006, Gubernatorial Primary Election and Official Results, and Statement of Votes by Precinct for Districts 1 and 4.  (Lauren Keller)  (EL-9.9)

i.                     Budget Adjustment for November 7, 2006, District 1 Runoff Election.

IV.       GOVERNANCE PROCESS:

Items listed in this section are considered by the Board to be a part of the Board’s process of governing and the manner in which it operates.

 

6.                  Request to Continue Membership in Water Education Foundation.  (Chris Elias)  (GP-3.1)

7.                  Request for Sponsorship of American Groundwater Trust's Update on Groundwater Law and Policy.  (Chris Elias)  (GP-3.1)

8.                  Request for Sponsorship of California Water Policy 16.  (Chris Elias)  (GP-3.1)

9.                  2006 Board Planning Calendar.  (GP-4)

10.              Board Member Reports.

V.        BOARD - CEO LINKAGE:

Items listed in this section are considered by the Board to be related to delegation of authority to the CEO and the way in which proper use of delegated authority is ascertained.

 

11.              Consideration of Facilitator to Assist Board's Evaluation of Chief Executive Officer's Performance.  (Chris Elias)  (GP-3.3)

VI.       ENDS:

Items listed in this section are considered by the Board to be direction to the CEO and are results to be achieved by the organization.

 

12.              Resolution Declaring September 16, 2006, as California Coastal Cleanup Day.  (Meenakshi Ganjoo)  (E-4)

VII.      EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS:

Items listed in this section are considered by the Board to not be delegated to the CEO and require Board consideration and/or action.

 

13.              Consideration of Request to Convey Interest in Real Property to City of San Jose for Street Access to Residential Subdivision - Norwood Debris Basin (San Jose) Parcel 4042-7.02.  (Marc Klemencic)  (EL-2.4, -2.5, -5.8)

14.              Memorandum of Agreement with Various Agencies Participating in CALFED for Supplemental Funding for Certain Ecosystem Actions and Implementation of Near-Term Water Supply, Water Quality, Ecosystem and Levee Actions.  (Walt Wadlow)  (EL-5.7)

15.              Authorization of Sole Source Services Contract with BSI Management Systems for Registrar Services for District Quality/Environmental Management System. (Frank Maitski)  (EL-5.7.3)

16.              Right of Way Agreement With Robert E. and Mary Whitworth on Upper Guadalupe River, Reach 6 (San Jose).  (Katherine Oven)  (EL-5.9)

17.              Right of Way Agreement With Jose Lara on Upper Guadalupe River, Reach 6 (San Jose).  (Katherine Oven)  (EL-5.9)

18.              Approval of San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Budget (Fiscal Year 2006-2007).  (Beau Goldie)  (EL-9.9)

19.              State Legislation:  AB1881 (Laird) Water Conservation.  (Rick Callender)  (EL-9.11)

20.              Chief Executive Officer's Report and Bulletin.  (EL-9.12)

a.                  Board Member Requests Responded to in CEO Bulletins for the Week of July 28 - August 3, 2006.

i.                     R-06-0115, Staff to Bring Back Amount the District Will Save on the Commercial Paper Versus Long-term Debt.  (Peter Ng)

ii.                   R-06-0117, Staff to Bring Back a Discussion on the Status of the Mobile Lab Services Program and South County Recycle Reclamation Program (SCRWA).  (Keith Whitman)

iii.                  R-06-0118, Staff to Provide More Information on Mr. Flores's Groundwater Charge Zone, i.e., Cost of Study Versus Charge to Mr. Flores.  Staff to Look at the History of Similar Requests by Customers and Measure the Value of a Study.  (Melanie Richardson)

iv.                 R-06-0119, Staff to Prepare a Letter from CEO to Caltrans (District Engineer) Describing Sewage Spill, How it Affects District, and Arrange Meeting to Discuss Better Relationship and Previous Caltrans Issues.  Copy to be sent to Delegation.  (Jim Fiedler)

v.                   R-06-0126, Staff to Come Back When the Board Reconsiders 5-Year CIP in Late August or Early September 2006, With Recommended Processes for Escalating Lower Priority Projects Identified in 5-Year CIP.  Presentation to Include an Overview of Circumstances Associated With Guadalupe River Project and Precedent set, as well as Proposals for Available Funding Sources for Escalated Projects, Including Pooling Tax Dollars From Other Watersheds.  (Nai Hsueh)

b.         Update on District Act Revisions.

VIII.     CLOSED SESSION:

            None.

IX.       BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.

X.        ADJOURN:

21.              Adjourn to Regular Meeting at 9:30 a.m., on August 22, 2006, at District Headquarters, 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California.