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.
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
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