Sweetwater Springs Water District
Board of Directors Meeting
MINUTES*
(*In order
discussed)
Board of
Directors Meeting
Regular
Meeting
March 5, 2009
6:30 p.m.
Board Members Present: Victoria Wikle
Gaylord
Schaap
Wanda
Smith
Jim
Quigley
Ken
McLean
Board Members Absent:
Staff in Attendance: Steve
Mack, General Manager
Julie
A. Kenny, Secretary to the Board
Others in Attendance: Mike
Gogna, District counsel
Jeff
Duplicki, District counsel
George
Klineman
Lloyd
Guccione
Nhu
Le
Bruce
Maher
Dan
Fein
Steve
Baxman
Gary
Getchell
Terry
Getchell
Jack
Locey
Greg
Houser
Robert
Ferren
Ju
Cross
The properly agendized meeting was called to
Order by President Victoria Wikle at 6:30 p.m.
Bruce Maher requested that his part of Item
V-A (Monte Cristo portion of CIP IV-A, Project 1) be a separate item from Greg
Houser’s issue with the same project.
The item was left as agendized, with discussion to occur separately.
Director
Smith moved to accept the Consent Calendar as submitted. Director Quigley seconded. Motion carried 5-0, except that Director
McLean abstained from voting on Item III-A.
The following items were approved:
A. Approval of the Minutes of the
February 5, 2009 Board Meeting
B. Approval of the Minutes of the
February 12, 2009 Special Board Meeting
C. Approval of Operations Warrants/Online
payments/EFT payments/Construction Warrants, and
D. Receipt of Item(s) of Correspondence:
(1) E-mail
dated 2/23/09 from Lloyd Guccione
E. Adoption of Ordinance 37, Amending
Policy Number 2050 of the District’s Policies and Procedures, Leaves of Absence
Public
comment was made by Lloyd Guccione.
Public
comment was made by Dan Fein.
A. (6:37
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Hwy. 116 – Monte Cristo portion of CIP IV-A, Project
1. Customer Bruce Maher introduced the first portion of
this item. The GM provided further
comment. Project Engineer Jack Locey
provided further comment.
Customers Greg Houser and Robert
Ferren introduced the second portion of this item. The GM provided further comment. Board discussion ensued. Comments were made by Project Engineer Jack
Locey. Further discussion ensued. Additional comments were made by Jack
Locey. Further discussion ensued.
Public comment was made by Bruce Maher
Public comment was made by Lloyd Guccione.
Public comment was made by Steve Baxman
Public comment was made by Gary Getchell
Public comment was made by Terry Getchell
Public comment was made by Bruce Maher.
No action was taken.
B. (7:32
p.m.) Discussion/Action re FY 2009-10 Budget and water rate restructure
process. The GM provided an overview
of this item and a PowerPoint presentation.
District counsel Mike Gogna provided additional comments. Discussion ensued. Mike Gogna provided further comments. Public comment was made by Lloyd
Guccione. Further discussion
ensued. Further public comment was made
by Lloyd Guccione.
C. (8:07
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Resolution 09-06, Approval of CIP IV-B Design and
Engineering Contract with Brelje & Race.
The GM
provided an overview of this item and
PowerPoint presentation.
Discussion ensued. Engineer Jack
Locey made comments. Public comment was
made by Lloyd Guccione. Director Quigley
moved that Resolution 09-06, Approving an Agreement for Engineering Services
for CIP IV-B and Authorizing the General Manager to Sign. Director Smith seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
*** A recess
was called at 8:43 p.m. The meeting
resumed at 8:52 p.m. ***
D. (8:52
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Letter to the Sonoma County Water Agency re Water
Project Draft EIR. The GM provided
an overview of this item. Discussion
ensued. District counsel Mike Gogna
provided comments. Public comment was
made by Lloyd Guccione.
E. (9:10
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Resolution 09-07, Approval of Contract for Water
Service with Cal Water. The GM
provided an overview of this item.
Discussion ensued. Director Smith
moved to approve Resolution 09-07, Approving an Interconnection Agreement with
California Water Service Company (Cal Water) for Water Service to Rancho del
Paradiso. Director McLean seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
F. (9:18
p.m.) Discussion/Action re Ad Hoc Committees on Public Outreach and Updating
District Policies & Procedures. The GM provided an overview of this
item. Discussion ensued. Directors Quigley and Smith volunteered to
serve on an ad hoc committee to update District Policies & Procedures. Director Quigley volunteered to service on a
Public Outreach Committee. Public
comment was made by Lloyd Guccione.
VI. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT (9:24 p.m.)
1. Laboratory Testing
2. Water production and sales
3. Leaks
4. CIP Phase IV-A
6. Water shortages
7. Water rights
VII. CLOSED SESSION (9:23 p.m.)
At 9:23 p.m., President Wikle announced the
Closed Session item and the Board went into Closed Session. At 9:55 p.m. the meeting reconvened and
announced the following action taken:
A. Conference with Legal Counsel –
Existing Litigation, pursuant to subd. (a) of Section 54956.9.
Name
of case: Cross-Complaint of F. Korbel & Bros. vs. John Bruce Berry, et
al.
Direction
was given to legal counsel.
VIII. BOARD MEMBERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS
(9:55
p.m.)
Director
Schaap announced the “Evening with Efren Carillo” was postponed.
Director
Wikle announced that the
Direct
1. Board
Member appointment to replace Ken McLean
2. Ad hoc
committees
3. Closed
Session: Korbel lawsuit
4. Award of
contract for CIP IV-A, Project 2
5. Budget/Rate
restructure
6. Records
destruction
7. ID Theft
program
The meeting adjourned at 10:04 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Julie A.
Kenny
Clerk
to the Board of Directors
APPROVED:
Wanda Smith: ______________ _ ______
Victoria Wikle: ______________ _ ______
Gaylord Schaap: ______________ _ ______
Ken McLean: ______________ _ ______
Jim Quigley: ______________ _ ______