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Environmental and Water Resources Committee (formerly EAC)

The Environmental and Water Resources Committee (formerly the Environmental Advisory Committee) was established to assist the board with policies and issues pertaining to water supply, flood protection and environmental stewardship.

Board Representative:
Director Shiloh Ballard, District 2
Director Nai Hsueh, District 5
Director Tony Estremera, District 6
 

Committee Liaison: 
John Bourgeois, Deputy Operating Officer
Watershed Stewardship and Planning Division
48-630-2990

Kirsten Struve, Assistant Officer
Water Supply Division
408-630-3138

Committee Members:

District 1Swanee Edwards
Loren Lewis 
District 2Charles Ice (Committee Chair)
Edgar Echevarria
Uyen Mai
District 3Charles Taylor
District 4Bob Levy
Mitchell Ehrlich
Matthew Frazier
District 5Hon. Patrick S. Kwok
Rachel Lam
Sachihiko (Mike) Michitaka 
District 6Jim Piazza
Rebecca Gallardo
Douglas Peterson
District 7Tess Byler
Arthur M. Keller, Ph.D. (Committee Vice Chair)

Meeting Information:
Meetings of the Committee will be held as identified in the Committee meeting schedule, or at the call of the Committee Chairperson, in accordance with the Brown Act as currently in effect that allows the public to participate in the meeting by teleconference, videoconference or in person.  Please refer to the published agenda for the date, time and location of the next meeting.

If attending in-person, you are required to comply with  Ordinance 22-03 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT SPECIFYING RULES OF DECORUM FOR PARTICIPATION IN BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS

January 26, 2026AgendaMinutes  
October 20, 2025AgendaMinutes Video
July 21, 2025AgendaMinutesHandoutsVideo*
April 21, 2025AgendaMinutesHandoutVideo*
January 27, 2025AgendaMinutes Video*
October 21, 2024AgendaMinutes Video
July 15, 2024AgendaMinutes Video
April 15, 2024AgendaMinutes Video
January 22, 2024Revised AgendaMinutes Video
October 16, 2023AgendaMinutes Video*
August 21, 2023AgendaMinutes Video
April 17, 2023AgendaMinutes Video
January 23, 2023AgendaMinutes Video
October 17, 2022AgendaMinutes  
August 22, 2022, SpecialAgendaMinutes  
July 18, 2022, CanceledAgendaMinutes  
April 18, 2022AgendaMinutes  
January 24, 2022, Via ZoomAgendaMinutes  
October 18, 2021, Via ZoomAgendaMinutes  
July 19, 2021, Via ZoomAgendaMinutes  
April 19, 2021, Via ZoomAgendaMinutes  
January 25, 2021, Via ZoomAgendaMinutes  
October 19, 2020, Via ZoomAgendaMinutes  
April 20, 2020, CanceledAgendaMinutes  
January 27, 2020AgendaMinutes  
October 21, 2019AgendaMinutes  
July 15, 2019AgendaMinutes  
April 15, 2019AgendaMinutes  
January 28, 2019AgendaMinutes  
October 15, 2018AgendaMinutes  
July 16, 2018AgendaMinutes  
April 16, 2018AgendaMinutes  
January 22, 2018AgendaMinutes  
October 16, 2017AgendaMinutes  
July 17, 2017AgendaMinutes  
April 17, 2017AgendaMinutes  
January 23, 2017AgendaMinutes  

For more information, contact  Dave Leon in the Office of the Clerk of the Board at: 408-630-2006.