HEADQUARTERS - BOARD ROOM
5700 ALMADEN EXPRESSWAY
SAN JOSE, CA
95118
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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.
9:45 a.m.
Recommendation: Receive the report of the Independent Monitoring Committee
(IMC) to be presented by the IMC Chair, David Ginsborg, on the committee's
review of the Clean, Safe Creeks and Natural Flood Protection Program.
10:00 a.m.
Recommendation:
1. Conduct
Public Hearing on the Engineer's Report.
2. Adopt
the Resolution Approving the Engineer's Report for the Penitencia Water
Treatment Plant Backwash Pump Replacement Project.
3. Approve
the Project.
10:30 a.m.
Recommendation:
1. Conduct
Public Hearing on the Engineer's Report.
2. Adopt
the Resolution approving the Engineer's Report for the Water Treatment Plant
Input/Output Cards and Trunk Cables Upgrade Project.
3. Approve
the Project.
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 Chief
Executive Officer (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.
Recommendation:
1. Adopt
the plans and specifications and authorize advertisement for bids for the
construction of the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant Valves Replacement Project
per the Notice to the Bidders.
2. Authorize
the Designated Engineer to issue addenda, as necessary, to the contract
documents during bidding.
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.
Recommendation: Approve staff recommendation to retain Wells 10S03E29J002,
10S03E29K001 (inactive) and 10S03E29Q006 in the W-5 Groundwater Charge Zone
(APN No. 756-29-005).
8.
Governance
Policy Review. (Mary Ann Ruiz) (GP-2.2, -3.2)
Recommendation:
1. Approve
new Governance Policies previously reviewed during the Board's December 23, 2008
meeting.
2. Review,
modify as necessary, and approve revision to Governance Process Policy
GP-10.3.1 related to per diem compensation for ethics training.
9.
Annual
Board Agenda Planning for 2009. (Mary
Ann Ruiz) (GP-4.2)
Recommendation: Review and discuss the Board's agenda and goals for 2009.
10.
2009
Board Planning Calendar. (GP-4)
Recommendation: Discuss the Planning Calendar.
Recommendation:
1. Note
the draft minutes;
2. Consider
the proposed draft agenda;
3. Consider
the following Committee Requests:
a. Allow
the Committee to place items on their agenda without prior Board approval;
b. Allow
the Committee to add additional meetings as deemed necessary by the
Committee;
c. Direct
staff to add Committee members to the Board agenda and minutes email
distribution lists;
d. Add
the value of landscaping to an upcoming LAC agenda;
e. Approve
a February 2009 special Committee meeting to discuss drought contingencies and
water conservation for all water use; and
4. Direct
staff to finalize the agenda, as directed by the Board.
Recommendation:
1. Note
the draft minutes of the November 19, 2008 Joint Flood Control and Watershed
Advisory Committees meeting;
2. Consider
the draft agenda for the February 11, 2009 Guadalupe/West Valley Flood Control
and Watershed Advisory meeting; and
3. Direct
staff to finalize the agenda, as directed by the Board.
Recommendation:
1. Note
the draft minutes of November 19, 2008 Joint Flood Control and Watershed
Advisory Committees meeting.
2. Consider
the draft agenda for the February 18, 2009 Lower Peninsula Flood Control and
Watershed Advisory Committee meeting; and
3. Direct
staff to finalize the agenda, as directed by the Board.
Recommendation:
1. Note
the draft minutes of the November 19, 2008 Joint Flood Control and Watershed
Advisory Committees meeting;
2. Consider
the draft agenda for the February 19, 2009 meeting; and
3. Direct
staff to finalize the agenda, as directed by the Board.
Recommendation:
1. Approve
the nominations for appointment and reappointment of members of the Flood
Control and Watershed Advisory Committees; and
2. Adopt
Resolution of Appreciation for outgoing Committee member.
Recommendation:
1. Approve
the nominations for appointment and reappointment of members of the Santa Clara
Valley Water Commission ; and
2. Adopt
Resolutions of Appreciation for outgoing Commission members.
Recommendation: Review the Board's 2009 committee appointments, and consider
whether or not to make changes.
V. 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.
Recommendation:
1. Adopt
the Resolution specifying intent to consider undertaking a work of improvement
for the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant Chemical Systems Upgrade Project.
2. If
the Board adopts the Resolution, then set a time and place for the public
hearing on the Engineer's Report to occur at 10:00 a.m. on February 24, 2009,
at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose,
California.
Recommendation: Adopt the resolution establishing the compensation for the
Interim Chief Executive Officer, an Unclassified Employee Appointed by the
Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, during her term of
service in that position.
Recommendation: Receive information from staff on recent project
accomplishments, review staff's proposed next steps, and provide further
direction on this project.
Recommendation:
1. Accept staff's recommended legislative
priorities and guiding principles for the first year of a two-year legislative
session in Sacramento and for the 111th Congress.
2. Adopt
staff's recommended federal Fiscal Year 2010 appropriation requests and project
priorities for District-sponsored and District-supported projects.
a. R-08-0178,
Staff is to come back with information on municipal enforcement methods for
water misuse and water retailer deterrents to excessive water use. (Keith
Whitman)
a. R-08-0170,
Staff is to come back during December 2008 or January 2009, with a summary of
Diversity Council goals and objectives, including timelines for completion.
(Gustavo De La Torre)
b. R-08-0189,
Staff is to include in the monthly Water Tracker Report a summary of imported
water transactions and related issues.
(Keith Whitman)
25.
Chief
Executive Officer Report. (EL-9)
VI. NEW BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS.
26.
Clerk
Review and Clarification of Requests.
VII. CLOSED SESSION:
VIII. ADJOURN: