

Tuesday,
May 04, 2004
9:30 AM
CALL TO ORDER:
1.
Roll
Call.
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.Roman Numeral
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10:00 a.m.
3.
PUBLIC
HEARING - Annual Report: The Water
Utility Enterprise, Preliminary April 2004 (Continued From April 26,
2004). (W. Wadlow)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER:
4.
Chief
Executive Officer's Report.
5.
Chief
Executive Officer's Bulletin.Roman Numeral Fields
CONSENT CALENDAR:
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The consent calendar is acted upon
at this point. The following items are considered to be routine by the Board,
including items requiring ministerial approval for legal purposes, and will be
adopted by one motion without discussion.
Any item may be severed for separate consideration at the request of the
Board, staff, or the public. Whenever a
resolution is on the consent calendar, a roll call vote will be taken on the
entire calendar.
6.
Approval
of Board Minutes--April 13 and 20, 2004.
7.
Annual
Report Recommending Flood Control Benefit Assessment Rates for Fiscal Year
2004-2005 and Notice of Time and Date of Public Hearing. (J. Fiedler)
8.
Resolution
Authorizing Conveyance of Real Property to City of Santa Clara on Saratoga
Creek (at Kiely Boulevard). (B. Goldie)Roman Numeral
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Proposed
Letter to City of Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan.
9.
Resolution
Authorizing Conveyance of Real Property to City of Santa Clara on Calabazas
Creek (at Monroe Street). (B. Goldie)Roman Numeral
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Proposed
Letter to City of Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan.
10.
Budget
Adjustment to Close Project for City of Morgan Hill Perchlorate Treatment Plant
System. (K. Whitman)
11.
Change
Order No. 1 for Lower Guadalupe River Flood Protection Project, RGW
Construction, Inc., Contractor, Contract No., C0499 (San Jose). (D. Chesterman)
CORRESPONDENCE:
12.
Letter
Received April 16, 2004, From City of Morgan Hill Mayor Dennis Kennedy,
Regarding Perchlorate Contamination Update and Request for Additional Help.
(Refer to Staff)
13.
Letter
Received April 23, 2004, From Richard Balocco, San Jose Water Company,
Regarding Completion and Submission of Letter Ruling on Private Activity Bond
Financing. (Refer to Staff)
14.
Letter
Received April 23, 2004, From Lorrie Gervin and Phil Bobel, Co-Chairs, Santa
Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative, Expressing Support for San
Francisquito Creek Watershed Council's Funding Request. (Refer to Staff)
15.
Letter
Received April 27, 2004, From Najib and Jocelyne Khouri-Haddad, Los Altos
Residents, Regarding District Maintenance Project at Adobe Creek and El Camino
Real. (Refer to Staff)
16.
Proposed
Response to Letter Received March 29, 2004, From Steven F. Woodill, California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Regarding Fire Safety Review and
Recommendation to Purchase and Operate Firefighting Truck. (M. Klemencic)
17.
Proposed
Response to Letters Received From Various Community Members in Support of Adobe
Creek Upper Reach 5 Restoration Project (Los Altos)--Los Altos Mayor John Moss;
Town of Los Altos Hills Mayor Emily Cheng; Bruce Wolfe, San Francisco Regional
Water Quality Control Board; Christopher and Rowena Chow; Rudolf and Bernice
Moos; Thomas and Susan Mandle; Richard and Eloise Moll; Nancy and Paul Lippe;
Ronald and Jenene Remmel; John Day III; Nancy Couperus and Roger Spreen; Allan
and Harriet McLeod; Elayne Dauber; Melissa and Steven Seligman; Bruce Wiener;
Sandra L. Humphries; D.J. Rogez; Jean Struthers; Libby Lucas; Eric W. Wittner;
Margaret Ezherd; Gertrude Levis; Pauline and Eric Miller; Terese Blockhus; Anne
and Peter Astiz; David and Barbara Bowers.
(B. Goldie)
APPROVAL ITEMS:
18.
Resolution
of Appreciation and Congratulations Upon Retirement to Anthony C. Bennetti,
General Counsel, Santa Clara Valley Water District. (P. Romero)
19.
Proposed
Amendments to House of Representatives Bill 2828 (Calvert) Water Supply,
Reliability and Environmental Improvement Act.
(R. Davis)
20.
Position
Recommendations for 2004 State Legislation:
Assembly Bill 1827 (Cohn) Closed Sessions: State Audits; and Assembly
Bill 2864 (Canciamilla) Water Rights: Fees.
(R. Davis)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
21.
Clean,
Safe Creeks and Natural Flood Protection Program Independent Monitoring
Committee-Draft Minutes for November 3, 2003 Meeting, Draft Agenda for Meeting
of May 24, 2004, and Filling Vacancy on Committee. (R. Callender)
22.
Guadalupe/West
Valley Flood Control and Watershed Advisory Committee--Draft Minutes of
February 11, 2004 Meeting and Draft Agenda for Meeting of May 12, 2004. (C. Elias)
23.
West
Valley Flood Control and Watershed Advisory Committee--Appointment of New
At-Large Member Jim Boynton, Santa Clara Resident. (L. Keller)
24.
Board
Member Reports.
25.
Other
Business.
26.
Review
of New Board Member Requests.
27.
2004
Board Planning Calendar.
28.
Board
Commitment Calendars--May and June 2004.
ADJOURN:
29.
Adjourn
to Special Meeting of May 17, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., at District Headquarters, San
Jose, California.