CONTRA COSTA WATER
DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING
October
4, 2006
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
President
Campbell called to order a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Contra Costa
Water District
at 6:30 p.m., at 1331 Concord
Avenue, Concord,
the regular meeting place of the Board.
ROLL
CALL
Directors Present: Joseph
L. Campbell, President
Elizabeth
R. Anello, Vice President
Bette Boatmun
Karl
L. Wandry
Directors Absent: John
Burgh
General Manager: Walter
J. Bishop
Legal
Counsel: Carl
P.A. Nelson
District
Secretary: Sharon
Burris
President
Campbell noted that Director Burgh was absent from the meeting and that he had
previously notified the Board of his absence.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Director of Engineering Steve Welch led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Mr.
Bishop reported that there was a memo before the Board revising Agenda Item No.
1.a. He also reported that Agenda Item No.12
– Award of Contract – Randall-Bold Water Treatment Plant pH Control System
Project was being removed from the agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENT
President Campbell asked if there were any comments from the
public. There were no public
comments.
CONSENT
1. Approve
Directors’ Services/Business and Travel Expenses
a. Future
Services - October
b. Expenses
– September
c. Compensation
– September
2.
Approve the minutes of the
September 13, 2006 Joint CCWD/Diablo Water District Board Meeting.
3.
Approve the warrant register dated October 5, 2006.
4.
Adopt Resolution No. 06-30 authorizing the execution of a
grant deed for the realignment of Bisso
Lane, and a non-exclusive perpetual easement for
traffic loop purposes, to the City of Concord.
5.
Authorize the purchase of replacement desktop computers
from Dell Computer Direct Government Sales in an amount not to exceed $63,946,
including sales taxes and freight.
6.
Purchase of Replacement Computer Network Hardware
a.
Authorize purchase of network hardware from Foundry
Networks in an amount not to exceed $122,303; and
b.
Authorize purchase of network hardware from Seigeworks in
an amount not to exceed $91,393.
7.
Approve the General Manager’s 2006 Pay for Performance award
of 4.5%.
8.
Authorize execution of a Memorandum of Understanding for
Unrepresented Employees for the term of October 9, 2006 through October 8, 2007
including a salary range increase of 3% and an increase of $55 to the monthly
flexible benefit, effective October 9, 2006.
9.
Authorize execution of a Memorandum of Understanding for
Confidential Unit Employees for the term of October 9, 2006 through October 8,
2007 including a salary range increase of 3% and an increase of $30 to the
monthly flexible benefit, effective October 9, 2006.
10.
Authorize execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with
the District Secretary for the term of October 9, 2006 through October 8, 2007
including a salary increase of 3% and an increase of $45 to the monthly
flexible benefit.
MOTION: Boatmun/Anello to
approve the consent calendar. The motion
carried by a unanimous voice vote.
ACTION
11.
Adopt Resolution No. 06-31 approving an Amendatory
Agreement with the City of Brentwood
for design, construction, operation and maintenance and financing of water
treatment facilities.
Mr. Bishop reminded the Board that the District and the City
of Brentwood
(City) had entered into an agreement in September 2004 to provide water
treatment services to the City through a new treatment facility to be
constructed at the Randall-Bold Water Treatment Plant (RBWTP). He reported that this amendatory agreement would
modify the September 2004 agreement to reflect the final land rights granted,
shared facilities, and project financing required to construct the City of Brentwood Water Treatment Plant
on the RBWTP site. The City had approved
the amendatory agreement at their City Council meeting on September 12,
2006. He advised that staff was
available with a presentation if the Board would like more details.
Director Boatmun indicated that the she had been well
informed about the project and did not need any additional information.
President Campbell asked if there were any public comments
on the item. There were no public
comments.
MOTION: Boatmun/Wandry to
adopt Resolution No. 06-31 approving an Amendatory Agreement with the City of Brentwood for design,
construction, operation and maintenance and financing of water treatment
facilities. The motion carried by a
unanimous voice vote.
12.
Award of Contract – Randall-Bold Water Treatment
Plant pH Control System Project
a. Authorize an $849,107
budget increase for the FY07 Water Treatment Plant Improvements Program, with
$435,146 to be funded through budget transfers from the Randall-Bold Water
Treatment Plant (RBWTP) Filter Media Replacement Project ($285,675) and from
the RBWTP Sedimentation Basin Project ($149,471), and $413,961 funded from the
District’s RBWTP Partners;
b. Authorize execution
of a contract with Gateway Pacific Contractors, Inc. for the construction of
the RBWTP pH Control System Project in the amount of $1,161,705, with an 8%
change order authority of $92,936, for a total amount not to exceed $1,254,641;
and
c. Authorize an
amendment to Black & Veatch's agreement for design services during
construction, in the amount of $30,000, for a total amount not to exceed
$130,200.
13.
Review update on legislative issues and adopt District
position for the following: Federal
Legislation HR 6029 (Radanovich) – Reclamation Safety of Dams Act – Support.
Mr. Bishop reported briefly on his trip to Washington, D.C.
September 26-28 and noted that no appropriation bills were passed. Discussion took place on earmarks and continuing
resolutions relative to obtaining funding for the District. He noted that Director of Public Affairs Patty
Friesen would be providing an update on legislation of District interest signed
by the Governor.
Ms. Friesen began her presentation with the following three key pieces of state
legislation signed by the Governor that the District was monitoring:
AB 2951
(Goldberg) – Capital Facilities Fees – This legislation confirmed water
agencies’ authority to apply existing capital facilities fees to rates for all
public institutions, including schools and universities. The District had adopted a Support if Amended position on this bill. Ms. Friesen reported that all amendments were
accepted by the author of the bill.
SB 1317
(Torlakson) – Property Tax Revenue Allocations:
Public Utilities – The District Opposed
the legislation because of the inequitable reallocation of property tax
revenues. Ms. Friesen explained that, if
a new energy facility was built in the District’s service area and the District
served that facility, then the District could receive additional property taxes
and benefit from the bill.
SB 1574 (Kuehl) –
Sacrament San-Joaquin Delta – Ms. Friesen reported that the District
took an Oppose unless Amended position
on this bill. The bill did not include
drinking water quality improvement language; however, it did have a number of
elements that the District would be following.
The Governor signed the legislation and also issued an Executive Order
for the Delta Vision process to move forward.
She reported that the Governor would also be assigning a Blue Ribbon
Commission, which was an Association of California Water Agency (ACWA) Blue
Print recommendation.
Ms. Friesen indicated that the Governor had signed nine bills for which
the District had adopted positions. She
reported on the following two bills that the Governor had vetoed:
AB 2496 (Laird) –
Water Conservation: Low Flush Water Closets – The District
had taken a position of Support this bill.
SB 1640 (Kuehl) –
Groundwater Management – The District had taken a Watch position on this legislation.
Ms. Friesen noted that the Governor did sign AB 2479 (Cogdill) – Noxious
and Invasive Weeds bill which would benefit the District at the Los Vaqueros
Watershed with the star thistle invasive weed program.
Ms. Friesen reported that the following recently introduced federal
legislation was being presented for the Board’s consideration:
HR 6029 (Radanovich)
– Reclamation Safety of Dams Act – The bill addressed the reimbursability
of site security capital costs and annual operations and maintenance
expenditures. It would reduce Central
Valley Project (CVP) water and power contractors’ exposure to the repayment of
post-9/11 site security costs and provides a reasonable and equitable method
for determining repayment. It also
directs the United States Bureau of Reclamation to collect safety of dams and
site security costs through the water contractors CVP water rates which allows
for amortization of the costs over a long-term period.
MOTION: Wandry/Boatmun to adopt a District
position for the following: Federal
Legislation HR 6029 (Radanovich) – Reclamation Safety of Dams Act – Support. The motion carried by a unanimous voice
vote.
REPORTS FOR DISCUSSION
14.
Committee Report(s)
a.
Operations and
Engineering Post Meeting Report (9/21/06)
b.
Bay Area Water Forum Post
Meeting Report (9/25/06)
President Campbell asked
if there were any comments on the committee reports. There were no comments.
15. Schedule Future Meeting Dates and
Times
Mr. Bishop
reminded the Board that there would be three Board meetings in November. The meeting dates would be November 1,
November 15 and November 29. There would
be one meeting in December, on December 13, due to the ACWA 2006 Fall
Conference scheduled for December 5-8.
REPORTS
16. General
Manager
Mr. Bishop reported that the District had been contacted by
Representative Richard Pombo’s staff requesting a tour of the Delta for
visiting Dutch engineers. The District
would be hosting the group of engineers at the Los
Vaqueros Interpretive
Center on October 17 and a tour of the
Old River Pump Station and Victoria Island would
take place.
17. Legal
Counsel
Mr. Nelson did not have a report.
18.
Board
Members
Director
Boatmun reported on a Hands Across the Border meeting she attended on September
19, and the ACWA Board of Directors meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Water
District (MWD) of Southern California. She commented positively on the MWD offices
and how well the ACWA Board was received.
The Board meeting and the inspection trip of the Colorado River Aqueduct
System was held September 20-22 in Los Angeles
and areas surrounding Las Vegas.
Director Boatmun
also reported on the California Special District Association (CSDA) 2006 Annual
Conference that she attended September 25-28 in North Lake
Tahoe. She commented on the
diversity of the districts and noted that approximately 440 special district members
were present at the conference. She
noted that outreach literature was available at the exhibit booths from six different
chapters. She also announced that she
would be on vacation October 5-15.
Vice
President Anello did not have a report.
Director
Wandry reported that he also attended the 2006 CSDA Conference September
25-28. He commented on the difference in
staffing, size, and diversity of the various districts involved. He opined that there was too much basic
information given and not enough substantive information. He noted and commented on an interesting
LAFCO session he attended. He reported
that there was a possibility that he might not be at the October 18 Board
meeting due to being out of town.
President
Campbell reported on the positive feedback he had received concerning the
Director of Engineering Steve Welch. He
acknowledged and thanked Mr. Welch on his professional and polite responses to
customers.
