SPECIAL MEETING

Tuesday, December 19, 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.                  Approve Terms in the Overview of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) Between the District and Employees Association/AFSCME Local 101, Engineers Society, and MidManagement Association, and Direct Chief Executive Officer to Place the Final MOUs on Consent Calendar of Agenda in January, 2007.     (Olga Martin Steele)  (EL-8)

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.                  San Francisquito Creek Feasibility Study Roles and Responsibilities Agreement with San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, San Mateo County Flood Control District, and the Cities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto.  (Beau Goldie)  (EL-9.9)

5.                  Certification of Election Results - November 7, 2006, Gubernatorial General Election and Official Results and Statement of Votes by Precinct for District 1.  (Lauren Keller)  (EL-9.9)

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.                  Consideration of 2007 Community Awareness Survey Instrument.       (Meenakshi Ganjoo)  (E-4.2)

7.                  Agricultural Water Advisory Committee - Draft Minutes of November 6, 2006, Meeting and Draft Agenda for January 8, 2007, Meeting.  (Rudy Medina)  (GP-8)

8.                  Reappointments to Agricultural Advisory Committee for 2007.  (Lauren Keller)  (GP-9)

9.                  Environmental Advisory Committee - Draft Minutes of November 20, 2006, Meeting and Draft Agenda for January 22, 2007, Meeting.  (Rudy Medina)      (GP-8)

10.              Landscape Advisory Committee - Draft Minutes of October 12, 2006, Meeting and Draft Agenda for January 11, 2007, Meeting.  (Rudy Medina)  (GP-8)

11.              2006 Board Planning Calendar.  (GP-4)

12.              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.

 

None.

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.

 

            None.

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.              Resolution Adopting Fiscal Year 2006/2007 Capital Improvement Program (Continued from December 12, 2006).  (Nai Hsueh)  (EL-4.1.1)

14.              Fiscal Year 2008 Preliminary Budget Assumptions - Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan and Water Rate Strategy Discussion. (Peter Ng) (EL-4.1)

15.              Cost-Sharing Agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for Design Services for the Lower Berryessa Creek Flood Protection Project, Milpitas, CA.  (Katherine Oven)  (EL-5.7)

16.              Agreement with Environmental Science Associates for Environmental Services on Calabazas Miller-Wardell Project (26104001) (San Jose/Cupertino/Saratoga).  (Katherine Oven)  (EL-5.7)

17.              AB 83 (Lieber) Property Tax Administration: Property Assessment and Revenue for Education Funding Program (PARE) to Replace Property Tax Administration Grant Program.  (Rick Callender)  (EL-9.11)

18.              Claim of Martin and Dolores Smallen.  (David Cahen)  (EL-7.4)

19.              Claim of Patricia Gomez.  (David Cahen)  (EL-7.4)

20.              Chief Executive Officer's Report.  (EL-9)

21.              Board Member Requests Responded to in CEO Bulletins for the Week of December 8-14, 2006.

VIII.     NEW BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.

IX.       CLOSED SESSION:

            None.

X.        ADJOURN:

22.              Adjourn to Regular Meeting at 9:30 a.m., on January 9, 2007, at District Headquarters, 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California.