7:30 p.m.
The Board of Directors of the San Benito County
Water District convened in Regular Session.
Directors Ken Perry, Douglas Keck, Bob Swanson, John Tobias, and James
DeLaCruz 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
Keck called the meeting to order and let the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
b. Approval
of Agenda
Upon
motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried the Agenda was approved.
c. Public Input: Members
of the Public are Invited to Speak on any Matter not on the Agenda.
President
Keck opened the Public Input portion of the meeting and upon hearing no Public
Input, closed that portion of the meeting.
CONSENT
AGENDA:
1. Approval of Minutes for: August
28, 2002 – Regular Meeting
2. Allowance of Claims
3. Consider Resolution changing Regular Meeting dates for the
months of November and December, 2002
Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried the
Consent Agenda was approved with the adoption of Resolution No. 2002-14
changing the Regular Meeting dates for the months of November and December,
2002.
REGULAR
AGENDA:
4. Award of Construction
Contract – Hernandez Dam Intake Tower Modifications
District Manager/Engineer Gregg stated
the bids were opened Tuesday, September 24th and they were sent to
URS for review, which is still in progress.
He requested a Special Board Meeting on October 1, 2002 to award the
contract. The Board agreed to the Special
Board Meeting.
5. Consider Resolution Accepting Grant and
Designating an Officer to Sign the Agreement for a Grant under the Local
Groundwater Management Assistant Act of 2000 – AB303 (Agreement No. 4600002448
for $200,000.00)
District Manager/Engineer Gregg made a
brief presentation. He stated the
information Department of Water Resources obtains from the monitoring wells
would become public information. He
stated since confidentiality is a high priority to the District the data would
not be used without the permission of the landowner.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and
unanimously carried Resolution No. 2002-15 was adopted.
6. Report and Discussion on City of Hollister Domestic Wastewater
Treatment Plant and Direction to Staff
District Manager Gregg gave a brief status report of the Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant and introduced Dennis Gelderman of Montgomery Watson Harza who made a presentation of the status of the plant. The Board directed Staff to make every effort to work with the City of Hollister but be prepared to deal with the situation at a legal and political level.
7. Report on Hollister Area Water Treatment Plants
a) Status Report
on Plants –
Lessalt is under construction and will be tested soon. Sunnyslope County Water District’s plans for
another treatment plant is on hold until the Groundwater Management Plan is
updated. Environmental studies have not
been performed at this date.
b) Hollister
Area Urban Water Supply Master Plan – This plan will concentrate on providing
predictable quality water to the community including the treatment of surface
and groundwater.
c) Authorization
to Proceed with Documentation of San Felipe Water Supply Reliability and
Groundwater Treatment Options and Costs – Requesting for authorization to proceed with the
aforementioned documentation. Upon a
motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board gave
authorization to proceed. District
Manager Gregg stated a Scope of Work with costs will be presented to the
Committee and full Board without proceeding.
8. Del Puerto Water District v. United
States
a) Consent
to Representation by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard - District
Manager Gregg stated the District could either join Westlands or Santa Clara
Valley Water District [SCVWD] in this case.
He stated SCVWD’s Agenda was less clear and the service area was
broader, Westlands has a powerful environmental staff and by paying one half of
the costs (approx. $15,000 - $20,000) we will equally own the documents. Upon a motion duly made, seconded and
unanimously carried consent was given for representation by Kronick, Moskovitz,
Tiedemann and Girard.
9. Committee Reports:
a) Water Treatment Committee (Keck/Tobias) –
Nothing more to report.
10. District Manager/Engineer’s Report:
a) San Benito River Operations – The flow is running at
higher levels due to the release of water from Hernandez Reservoir to permit
construction.
b) San Luis Reservoir Low Point Improvement
Project –
There was a stakeholder meeting in Santa Clara.
The District’s comments were received, accepted and will be implemented.
c) Water Resources Association
Activities/Actions – The details will be presented at the Special Board Meeting to be held
next Tuesday, October 1, 2002.
11. Director Attendance:
a) ACWA Fall Conference – Anaheim, California – November 20 – 22,
2002 –
James DeLaCruz indicated he would like to attend the ACWA Fall Conference in
Anaheim and JPIA’s meetings the Monday and Tuesday before the ACWA Conference.
b) California Water Policy Conference – Los Angeles, California –
October 9 – 10, 2002 – No one indicated they would like to attend.
12. Executive Session: Conference
with Legal Counsel
Pending Litigation [Government Code Section 54956.9(c)]
1 case
The Board adjourned into Executive Session. Upon returned to Regular Session they
reported nothing was voted upon in Executive Session.
The
vote of the Board was as follows, unless otherwise stated:
AYES: DIRECTORS: Perry,
Tobias, DeLaCruz, Swanson, Keck
NOES: DIRECTORS: None
ABSENT: DIRECTORS: None
The Board adjourned to a Special
Meeting to be held on October 1, 2002 at 7:30 p.m., 30 Mansfield Road,
Hollister, California.
Minutes
were approved at the October 30, 2002 Regular Board Meeting by the presiding
Board Member:
____/s/Douglas Keck____________
Douglas
Keck
President of the Board
ATTEST: ___/s/Janet L. Miller_________
Janet L. Miller
Administrative
Services Officer