MINUTES OF THE FORMAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING

July 24, 2008

ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Chair Ferguson called the Engineering and Operations Committee to order at 9:00 a.m. Committee members present were Chair Ferguson, Vice Chair Bowersox, Vice Chair Johnson, Directors Brammell, Hogan, Knutson, Petty, Pocklington, Smith, Thompson and Tu. Director Lizzul arrived at 9:21 a.m., and Director Barrett arrived at 9:28 a.m. The Committee member absent was Director Morrison. There was a quorum of the Committee. Other Board members present were Directors Dailey, Linden, Lewis, Martin, McMillan, Muir, Price, Parker, and Saxod. Directors Dion, Lewinger, Watton, and Williams arrived after 9:00 a.m.

Staff present was, General Manager Stapleton, General Counsel Hentschke, Deputy General Managers Belock and Lanspery, Assistant General Manager Cushman, Director of Engineering Stift, Director of Right of Way Rose, Director of Operations and Maintenance Eaton, Construction Administrator Griffis, Operations and Maintenance Manager Galleher and Wegand, and Supervising Land Surveyor Sylakowski.

ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
There were no additions to the agenda.

PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the public who wished to address the committee.

CHAIR'S REPORT
There was no Chair’s Report

DIRECTORS’ COMMENTS
There were no Directors comments.

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

Vice Chair Johnson requested that consent item number two be moved to the Action/Discussion portion of the agenda. Chair Ferguson granted the request.

1. Change order for Shea-Traylor Joint Venture for the ESP – San Vicente Pipeline and Aqueduct Interconnect project.

Staff recommendation: Accept Change Order 46 for a credit in the amount of ($3,483) and approve Change Order 47 for the interim payment, for costs associated with the differing site condition in Reach 4 East, in the amount of $1,785,000 increasing the contract from $212,338,011 to $214,119,528.

2. Professional services contracts for as-needed survey services.

Staff recommendation: Award eight individual three-year professional services contracts in the amount of $100,000 each to Aguirre & Associates, Lintvedt McColl & Associates, Nasland Engineering, Nolte & Associates, Project Design Consultants, RBF Consulting, Rick Engineering, and Snipes-Dye Associates, for a not-to-exceed total of $800,000 to provide as-needed land
survey services for anticipated capital improvement and operating projects for fiscal year 2009.

3. Amendment with Johnson Controls, Inc for as- needed electrical maintenance services for the building security access card panels.

Staff recommendation: Approve amendment two to the Johnson Controls, Inc contract to provide as-needed electrical maintenance services to upgrade and maintain the access card system in the San Diego and Escondido offices, and to provide as-needed field support. This amendment will add $4,000 to the existing $50,000 contract, for a contract total of $54,000. No time extension is needed.

Director Petty asked what amount of funds remained in the change order allowance budget for the San Vicente Pipeline project. Mr. Stift stated there was just over $18 million.

Director Muir requested information about any issues present at the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant. Mr. Belock briefly went over the status of the plant and that it was in the operation phase and that protocols had been submitted by the design- build-operate contractor, CH2MHill, to ensure no issues were outstanding.

Director Price asked what the length of the operations phase of the design-build-operate contract was. Mr. Belock responded that it was a 15-year contract with a five year extension option.

Director Petty moved to approve consent items number one and three, Director Smith seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

II. ACTION/DISCUSSION

1. Professional services contracts for as-needed survey services.

Staff recommendation: Award eight individual three-year professional services contracts in the amount of $100,000 each to Aguirre & Associates, Lintvedt McColl & Associates, Nasland
Engineering, Nolte & Associates, Project Design Consultants, RBF Consulting, Rick Engineering, and Snipes-Dye Associates, for a not-to-exceed total of $800,000 to provide as-needed land survey services for anticipated capital improvement and operating projects for fiscal year 2009.

Chair Ferguson referred to Vice Chair Johnson to address consent item number two and Vice Chair Johnson spoke about the SCOOP program as the current Chair of the SCOOP Committee. He acknowledged staff’s embracing the SCOOP program as part of this services contract and making the program a reality and success. Director Petty added that four of the eight firms selected were small minority and/or women-owned and one of the four large firms had retained a SCOOP qualified sub-consultant representing an excellent step forward.

Vice Chair Johnson moved to approve item two. Director Petty seconded and the motion carried unanimously

III. INFORMATION

1. Presentation on Annual Aqueduct Operating Plan.

Mr. Galleher gave a presentation which included information on demands and deliveries of treated and untreated water, aqueduct shutdowns, treatment plant shutdowns, energy, reservoirs and storage levels, the Surface Storage Operating Agreement (SSOA), and the future of the Annual Aqueduct Operating Plan.

Following questions and some discussion, the Committee moved on to information item number two.

2. Advertisement for bids for the construction of the Otay 14 Flow Control Facility expansion.

The information was included in the Committee packet. There were no questions from the Committee.

3. Lake Hodges storage issue – 90 day status report.

Mr. Lanspery gave an oral report regarding the 90 day status report on the Lake Hodges storage issue and referred to pages 51 and 52 of the Board packet.

IV. CLOSED SESSION

1. CLOSED SESSION:
Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation
Government Code §54956.9(b) – significant exposure to litigation
OMWD – Lake Hodges Water Quality Allegations

The Committee went into Closed Session at 9:30 a.m. Directors Barrett and Muir recused themselves from the Closed Session discussions. The Committee came out of Closed Session at 10:29 a.m. Mr. Hentschke stated there were no reportable actions.

V. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Engineering and Operations
Committee, Chair Ferguson adjourned the meeting at 10:30 a.m.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Chair Wornham called the Administrative and Finance Committee meeting to order at 10:35 a.m. Committee members present were Chair Wornham, Vice Chair Hogan, Vice Chair Price, Directors Dion, Hilliker*, Johnson, Lewis*, Petty**, Pocklington, Saunders, Smith, and Thompson*. Committee members absent were Directors Bond and H. Williams. Also present were Directors Arant, Barrett, Brammell, Ferguson, Lewinger, Linden, Lizzul, Martin, McMillan, Muir, Pocklington, Saxod, Steiner, Tu, Watton, and K. Williams. At that time, there was a quorum of the full Board and the meeting was conducted as a meeting of the Board; however, only committee members participated in the vote.

Staff present was General Manager Stapleton, General Counsel Hentschke, Deputy General Managers Lanspery and Belock, Director of Finance Sandler, Director of Administrative Services Young, Director of Human Resources Leone, Controller Wade and Rich Kikuchi, Engagement Partner of Lance, Soll, & Lunghard LLC.

*Directors Hilliker, Thompson, and Lewis arrived at 10:37 a.m.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
There were no additions to the agenda.

PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the public who wished to address the committee.

CHAIR'S REPORT
Chair Wornham briefly reviewed the committee meeting agenda.

DIRECTORS’ COMMENTS
There were no Directors comments.

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Treasurer’s report.

Staff recommendation: Note and file monthly Treasurer’s report.

2. Resolution setting the time and date for a Public Hearing to consider amendments to the San Diego County Water Authority Local Conflict of Interest Code.

Staff recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-10 setting the August regular meeting of the Administrative and Finance Committee as the time and date of a public hearing to consider amendments to the San Diego County Water Authority Local Code.

Director Pocklington moved, seconded by Director Johnson and the motion passed unanimously to approve the consent calendar.

II. ACTION/DISCUSSION

1. Presentation on 2012 Business Plan update and Strategic Plan reporting framework.

Ms. Stapleton provided an overview of the updated 2012 Business Plan, which had been revised to ensure alignment with the key issues, management strategies and goals of the Board’s adopted Strategic Plan. Following the overview, Ms. Stapleton demonstrated the Strategic Plan reporting framework and explained it was designed to be simple, concise, and cost effective. Ms. Stapleton announced the reporting framework would be available online to the Board and public by December 2008.

Directors asked questions and made suggestions regarding the reporting framework. Ms. Stapleton provided answers.

Director Bowersox stated that the established objectives of the reporting framework – that it be simple, focused, meaningful, and inexpensive – had been met. Chair Wornham thanked Director Bowersox for his leadership and time served on the Strategic Plan Reporting Framework Ad Hoc Committee.

Chair Wornham, Directors Bowersox, Muir, and Tu commended staff on their work on the reporting framework.

2. Presentation on the upcoming fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 audit plan auditor’s scope of work.

Controller Wade introduced Rich Kikuchi, Engagement Partner of Lance, Soll, & Lundhard LLC. Mr. Kikuchi provided a presentation outlining the firm’s audit plan and scope of work. Mr. Kikuchi stated an interim audit was conducted the week of March 24, 2008 and the year-end audit was scheduled for the week of September 8, 2008. Mr. Kikuchi reviewed the new auditing pronouncements and explained how the changes would affect the upcoming audit procedure. Mr. Kikuchi stated the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report would be completed in November 2008.

III. INFORMATION

The following items were received and filed:

1. Controller’s report on monthly financial statements.

2. Board of Director’s second quarter 2008 payments and attendance.

3. Board calendar.

IV. CLOSED SESSION

There were no Closed Sessions items.

V. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Administrative and Finance Committee, Chair Wornham adjourned the meeting at 11:14 a.m.

WATER PLANNING COMMITTEE

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Chair Lewinger called the meeting to order at 11:20 a.m. Committee members present were Vice Chairs Muir and Saunders, Directors Arant, Barrett, Bowersox, Dailey, Lewis, Linden, Martin, McMillan, Parker, Steiner, and Watton. Also present were Directors Brammell, Croucher, Dion, Ferguson, Hilliker, Hogan, Johnson, Knutson, Lizzul, Petty, Pocklington, Price, Saxod, Smith, Thompson, Tu, H. Williams, K. Williams, and Wornham. At that time, there was a quorum of the full Board and the meeting was conducted as a meeting of the Board; however, only Committee members participated in the vote.

Staff present was General Manager Stapleton, General Counsel Hentschke, Deputy General Managers Belock and Lanspery, Director of Water Resources Weinberg, Water Resources Manager Yamada, Principal Water Resources Specialist Friehauf.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
There were no additions to the agenda.

PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the public who wished to address the Committee.

CHAIR'S REPORT
Chair Lewinger stated that Olivenhain Municipal Water District’s Board approved its Drought Response Ordinance. On August 6, 2008 the Carlsbad seawater desalination project would be before the Coastal Commission for approval of the final conditions related to the Coastal permit. This project was conditionally approved last year subject to submission and approval of an Energy Minimization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan and a Marine Life Mitigation Plan. The Water Authority had submitted letters of support throughout this process and would testify in support of the project at the hearing on August 6, 2008.

The draft EIR for the Tijuana River Valley Wetlands Mitigation Project was released for public review. The 45-day public review period would run from July 23 through September 8, 2008. The Water Planning Committee would convene a public hearing on the adequacy of the draft EIR on Wednesday, August 27, 2008.

DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS
There were no Directors comments.

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

There were no items on the consent calendar.

II. ACTION/DISCUSSION

Chair Lewinger took items out of order.

1. Drought Management Plan.

1-B Drought Management Plan Stages and Model Drought Response Ordinance Levels.

Mr. Weinberg summarized the DMP purpose and planning approach and reviewed DMP Stages 1 and 2, and the implementation of the current activities from April 2007 through June 2008. Mr. Weinberg presented to the Board the Model Drought Response Ordinance. He then referred to the differences, the correlation, and the triggering of stages and levels between DMP Stages and Model Ordinance Levels.

1-A Drought Management Implementation report.

Mr. Yamada presented calendar year 2008 total water use projected and actual, IAWP use target and actual, and M&I projected and actual. He reviewed calendar year 2007 versus 2008 M&I use, the total water used through June 2008, and the Water Authorities July 1 through July 20 deliveries from MWD in 2007 and 2008. He also reviewed scenarios including calendar year 2008 Regional water use mid-years report card, MWD Regional storage levels including emergency storage and MWD’s 5-year supply plan water balance Modeling and next steps.

1-C Resolution Establishing Procedures and Policies for Administration of the Drought Management Plan Water Supply Allocation Methodology.

Staff recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-11 establishing procedures and policies for administration of the Drought Management Plan water supply allocation methodology.

Ms. Friehauf summarized the purpose, preparation of reference materials and input from the Drought Response Workgroup, the DMP supply allocation methodology and the allocation period, and key elements of the resolution.

Director Muir moved, Director Barrett seconded the motion that passed unanimously to adopt the resolution establishing procedures and policies for administration of the Drought Management Plan water supply allocation methodology.

2. Request Metropolitan Water District set formal terms and conditions for Lakeside Water District’s proposed Erreca annexation.

Staff recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2008-12 requesting Metropolitan Water District of Southern California set formal terms and conditions for Lakeside Water District’s proposed Erreca annexation.

Alternatives:

1. Adopt the resolution with one of the following additional conditions, which must be satisfied prior to final approval of the annexation:

(a) That the property owner, pay to Lakeside Water District a water demand offset fee calculated by Lakeside and approved by the Water Authority to cover the costs for installation of water conserving devices within Lakeside Water District’s service area, that are estimated to save 0.63 acre feet (af) of water annually.

(b) That the property owner, Lakeside Water District, and the Water Authority enter into an agreement that requires the property owner to pay Lakeside Water District a water demand offset fee calculated by Lakeside Water District and approved by the Water Authority to cover the costs for installation of water conserving devices within Lakeside Water District’s service area, that are estimated to save 0.63 af of water annually and an additional fee upon any subdivision of the property that would increase water demands on the property, in an amount calculated to offset the costs for installation of additional water conserving devices within Lakeside Water District’s service area, that are estimated to save an amount equal to the average annual amount of the increase in water demands due to the subdivision.

(c) That the property owner, Lakeside Water District, and the Water Authority enter into an agreement that contains a covenant restricting the quantity of water to be used on property to the average annual amount of 0.63 af.

Ms. Friehauf reviewed the potential future actions and background for the Erreca Annexation.

Director Arant moved, Director Muir seconded and Alternative 1 (b) passed unanimously with an amendment stating that prior to the Water Authority’s final approval of the annexation, Lakeside Water District shall document and certify that the required offsets have been implemented. Further, prior to approving an increased net demand on the subject property, Lakeside Water District shall document and certify the additional demand offsets have been implemented as required to cover the increased net demand.

III. INFORMATION

1. Water Resources report.

The Water Resources Report was received and filed.

IV. CLOSED SESSION

There were no Closed Sessions items.

V. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Water Planning Committee, Chair Lewinger adjourned the meeting at 12:40 pm.

LEGISLATION, CONSERVATION AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE

CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Chair Tu called the Legislation, Conservation and Outreach Committee to order at 1:30 p.m. Committee members present were Chair Tu, Vice Chairs Morrison and H. Williams, and Directors Arant, Croucher, Dailey, Dion, Hilliker, Muir, Saxod, Watton, K. Williams, and Wornham. Committee member absent was Director Bond. Also present were Directors Barrett, Bowersox, Brammell, Ferguson, Hogan, Johnson, Knutson, Lewinger, Lewis, Linden, Lizzul, Martin, McMillan, Parker, Petty, Pocklington, Price, Smith, Steiner, and Thompson. At the time, there was a quorum of the full Board and the meeting was conducted as a meeting of the Board; however, only committee members participated in the votes.

Staff present was General Manager Stapleton, General Counsel Hentschke, Deputy General Managers Lanspery and Belock, Assistant General Manager Cushman, Director of Public Affairs Foster, and Special Projects Manager Stewart.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
There were no additions to the agenda.

PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the public who wished to address the Committee.

CHAIR'S REPORT
There was no Chair’s Report.

DIRECTORS’ COMMENTS
There were no Director’s comments.

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

There were no items on the consent calendar.

II. ACTION/DISCUSSION

1. Legislative Issues.

1-A Report by Carpi and Clay.

Legislative Advocate J. Clay reported on issues in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

1-B Adopt positions of: Oppose, unless amended, on SB 68 (Kuehl); Support on AB 885 (Calderon) as amended July 10, 2008.

Staff recommendation: Adopt positions of Oppose, unless amended, on SB 68 (Kuehl); Support on AB 885 (Calderon) as amended July 10, 2008.

Director H. Williams moved, Director Morrison seconded, and the motion carried unanimously to accept staff recommendation.

1-C Safe, Clean, Reliable, Drinking Water Supply Act of 2008, Water Bond and SB 1XX (Perata/Bass), for Water Projects.

General Manager Stapleton provided a presentation, including SB 1XX allocations; outline of SB 1XX; SB 1XX delta funding; summary of Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2008; Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2008; and recommended amendments to bond proposal.

Director Lewinger requested that conservation monies be added to the Perata bill.

2. 20-Gallon Challenge Advertising and Marketing Campaign progress update.

Director of Public Affairs Foster provided a presentation, including strategy overview, current status, community activities, collaborations with the Water Conservation Garden, campaign evaluation, 20gallonchallenge.com traffic, and tracking poll that asked: most important issue facing San Diego County residents, urgency of San Diego water supply problem, problem worsened or improved, changes in conservation efforts last six months, were conservation messages seen or heard, effectiveness of messages in motivating conservation, conservation steps taken in response to messages, likelihood of increasing conservation efforts under various scenarios, one thing that the Water Authority can do to motivate conservation, most important thing the Water Authority should do to ensure reliable supply, action plan/campaign adjustments, and new TV ad concept.

Director Wornham commended staff and stated tips and rebates should be linked as the drought gets worse. Director Muir also commended staff and asked for a breakdown by region and if there were any comparisons with other popular campaigns. Director Petty requested more North County papers be involved.

Director Saxod asked when the results of water savings would be available to the public. Director of Public Affairs Foster stated that the results would be out the first week of August or sooner. He further stated the Water Resources Department would be reporting on a monthly basis.

III. INFORMATION

1. Presentation on AB 32 the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 draft scoping plan update.

Special Projects Manager Stewart provided a presentation, including outline, background, scoping plan purpose, recommended greenhouse gas reduction measures, water sector reduction measures, other measures, scoping plan schedule, response, and next steps.

The following items were received and filed:

2. Update on AB 2175 (Laird and Feuer).

3. Water Conservation Garden report.

4. Status report on legislation and legislative positions.

5. Government relations update.

6. Public Affairs outreach activities for the month of June 2008.

IV. CLOSED SESSION

There were no closed session items.

V. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Legislation, Conservation and Outreach Committee, Chair Tu adjourned the meeting at 3:03 p.m.

IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE MEETING

CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Chair Croucher called the Imported Water Committee to order at 3:05 p.m. Committee members present were Directors Brammell, Ferguson, Knutson, Linden, Lizzul, Martin, McMillan, Parker, Price, Saxod, Steiner, and Williams. Director Lewinger was absent. Also present were Directors Barrett, Bowersox, Brammell, Dailey, Dion, Hilliker, Hogan, Lewis, Morrison, Muir, Petty, Pocklington, Saunders, Smith, Thompson, Watton, Williams, and Wornham. At that time, there was a quorum of the Board and the meeting was conducted as a meeting of the Board; however, only committee members participated in the vote.

Staff present included General Manager Stapleton, General Counsel Hentschke, Deputy General Manager Belock, Colorado River Programs Director Razak, MWD Program Chief Chen, and others.

A DDITIONS TO AGENDA
There were no additions to the agenda.

PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the public who wished to address the Committee.

CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Croucher commented on current water supply conditions, and said that the Public Policy Institute of California endorsed a peripheral canal as the most viable solution to improving deliveries from the Bay-Delta region. He said that arrangements were being made for the committee to see the exhibit "Water: H2O=Life" at the Natural History Museum.

DIRECTORS’ COMMENTS
There were no director’s comments

I. CONSENT CALENDAR

There were no items on the consent calendar.

II. ACTION/DISCUSSION

1. MWD Issues and Activities update.

1-A Metropolitan Water District’s Delegates report.

There were no comments from the delegates.

1-B Update on MWD’s 2009 Integrated Resources Plan process.

Ms. Chen briefly reviewed MWD’s process to update its Integrated Resources Plan.

2. Colorado River Programs.

2-A Colorado River Board representative’s report.

Director Knuston stated that as of July 14, the total system capacity in the Colorado River was at 58 percent.

2-B Colorado River Programs Ad Hoc Committee update.

Director Watton reviewed topics discussed at the recent Colorado River Programs Ad Hoc Committee meeting, including water supplies received, status of the All American Canal lining, and potential water supplies.

2-C Colorado River Programs quarterly report

Ms. Razak said that over 81,000 af of water would be received in 2008 from the three Colorado River Programs sources. She discussed the cracked panels on the Coachella Canal, and the outreach activities in the Imperial Valley. She said that due to the efforts of two team members, environmental mitigation land was purchased at a much lower price than expected.

2-D Presentation on Colorado River Basin Augmentation.

Ms. Razak gave a presentation on the activities of the seven basin states to augment Colorado River water supplies. She said that the group was evaluating concepts for long-term augmentation options. She discussed the concepts, which were to preserve the current supply, find new supplies, and increase water use efficiency and water transfers. She said that one project currently in a pilot program was the Yuma desalination plant, which could produce over 27,000 af/year.

III. INFORMATION

The following items were noted and filed:

1. Metropolitan Water District Program report.

2. Bay-Delta quarterly update.

The Committee went into closed session at 3:47 p.m.

IV. CLOSED SESSION

1. CLOSED SESSION:
Conference with Legal Counsel – Potential Litigation
Government Code §54956.9(b) – significant exposure to litigation
All American Canal – Alleged Air Pollution Violations

The Committee reconvened at 4:08 p.m. General Counsel Hentschke stated that the action taken was not reportable.

V. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Imported Water Committee, Chair Croucher adjourned the meeting at 4:09 p.m.

FORMAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING OF JULY 24, 2008

1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Steiner called the Formal Board of Directors' meeting to order at 4:15 p.m.

2. SALUTE TO THE FLAG Director Martin led the salute to the flag.

3. ROLL CALL, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM Secretary Watton called the roll. Directors present were Barrett, Bowersox, Brammell, Croucher, Dailey, Dion, Ferguson, Hilliker, Hogan, Linden, Lizzul, Martin, McMillan, Morrison, Muir, Parker, Petty, Pocklington, Price, Saunders, Saxod, Smith, Steiner, Thompson, Watton, H. Williams, K. Williams and Wornham. Directors absent were Arant, Bond (p), Johnson, Knutson, Lewinger, Lewis (p), Tu, and Representative Slater-Price.

3-A Report on proxies received. Director Hogan was the proxy for Director Bond and Director Martin for Director Lewis.

4. ADDITIONS TO AGENDA There were no additions to the agenda.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Director Ferguson moved, Director Petty seconded and the motion carried for a total of 91.47% of the vote to approve the minutes of the Special meeting of the Administrative and Finance Committee of June 12, 2008 and the Formal Board of Directors’ meeting of June 26, 2008.

6. OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON MATTERS WITHIN THE BOARD’S JURISDICTION There were two members of the public that spoke to the Board. Dr. John Hunter and Ms. Laura Hunter spoke on the All American Canal and safety concerns.

7. PRESENTATIONS & PUBLIC HEARINGS There were no presentations or public hearings.

8. REPORTS BY CHAIRS

8-A Chair’s Report – Chair Steiner reviewed the recent meeting she attended with Ms. Stapleton with Metropolitan Water District and stated they would continue to meet on a regular basis.

8-B Report by Committee Chairs

Engineering and Operations Committee. Director Ferguson reviewed the committee meeting and actions taken.

Administrative and Finance Committee. Director Wornham reviewed the committee meeting and actions taken.

Water Planning Committee. Director Muir reviewed the committee meeting and the actions taken.

Legislation, Conservation and Outreach Committee. Director Morrison reviewed the committee meeting and actions taken.

Imported Water Committee. Director Croucher reported there were no reportable actions and reviewed the information items.

9. CONSENT CALENDAR

10. ACTION/DISCUSSION

There were no items under Action/Discussion.

11. CLOSED SESSIONS

Chair Steiner announced there was no need for the Closed Sessions.

12. SPECIAL REPORTS

12-A GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT – Ms. Stapleton reminded the Board there would be no Special Board meeting in August. She announced she had been invited to speak at the World Water Conference in August which was scheduled for Stockholm, Sweden and as an invited speaker her expenses would be covered by the organization. She stated she would be speaking on the United States and packaging our water portfolio. She stated she was also invited to speak at the Australian Water Conference regarding the water transfer in 2009.

12-B GENERAL COUNSEL’S REPORT – No report was given.

12-C SANDAG REPORT– Director Dailey announced SANDAG would be dark during the month of August.

SANDAG BORDERS/REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE –
No report was given.

12-D AB 1234 COMPLIANCE REPORTS – No reports were given.

13. OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

Chair Steiner announced the Board would receive a memo regarding the Board Officer nomination process.

14. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Board, Chair Steiner adjourned the meeting at 4:35 p.m.


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Fern M. Steiner
Chair

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Mark W. Watton
Secretary

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Doria F. Lore, Clerk of the Board

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