June 27, 2001

7:30 p.m.

 

          The Board of Directors of the San Benito County Water District convened in Regular Session.  Directors Robert Swanson, James DeLaCruz and John Tobias were present together with District Manager/Engineer John S. Gregg, District Counsel David Pipal and Administrative Services Officer Janet L. Miller.

 

a.       Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

 

          President Swanson called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 

 

b.       Approval of Agenda

 

          Upon a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, the Agenda was approved. 

 

c.       Public Input:  Members of the Public are Invited to Speak on any Matter not on the Agenda

 

President Swanson asked if there were any comments from the Public.  Hearing.  Hearing none, he closed the public input portion of the meeting. 

 

CONSENT AGENDA

 

1.       Approval of Minutes for:        Regular Meeting – May 30, 2001

2.      Allowance of Claims

3.      Authorization to Pay July’s Interest and Principal Payment for 1988 Certificates of Participation

 

Upon a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed the Consent Agenda was approved.

 

REGULAR AGENDA:

 

4.      Review of Current Water Supply and Allocation/Transfer Procedures

 

District Manager/Engineer Gregg reviewed the allocation and transfer procedures.  After brief discussion, the Board authorized the District Manager to handle the procedure and report back to the Board.

 

5.      Consider Request for Additional San Felipe M&I Water – Lake McAlpine

 

This matter was referred to Staff.

 

6.      Authority for Manager to Execute Water Exchange Agreement with Santa Clara Valley Water District

 

District Manager/Engineer Gregg stated this request was consistent with quantity of water and doesn’t impact the quantity.  Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, authority was given to the District Manager to execute a Water Exchange Agreement with Santa Clara Valley Water District.

 

7.      Committee Reports:

a)                 Water Treatment Committee (Tobias/Keck)  A draft proposal will be mailed to the Board before July 4th.

 

8.      District Manager/Engineer’s Report:      

a)     District Budget for 2001-2002:  Staff is proposing material for review at the end of July.

 

b)                 San Benito River Operations:  Flow is not to extend past Hospital Road.

 

c)                 West of Fairview Water Supply Assessment:  In the process of reviewing project with Sunnyslope County Water District.  Expanding the work group to include the City of Hollister for wastewater handling.

 

CLOSED SESSION:

 

9.      Executive Session:  Conference with Legal Counsel

          Existing Litigation:  SBCWD vs. Maldonado

          Case Nos.    CV-DV-01-27146

                             CV-DV-01-27147

                             CV-DV-01-27148

                             CV-DV-01-27149

 

The Board adjourned into closed session.  The Board returned from closed session and reported that no items were voted upon by the Board.

 

The meeting was adjourned.

 

The vote of the Board was as follows, unless otherwise stated:

 

AYES:                                      DIRECTORS:   Tobias, DeLaCruz, Swanson

NOES:         DIRECTORS:        None

ABSENT:     DIRECTORS:        Perry, Keck

 

          The Board adjourned to a Regular Meeting to be held on July 30, 2001 at 7:30 p.m., 30 Mansfield Road, Hollister, California.

 

 

 

____/s/Douglas Keck________

Douglas Keck

Vice-President of the Board

 

ATTEST:      ____/s/Janet L. Miller_________

                   Janet L. Miller

                                  Administrative Services Officer