Special Joint MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT (mwd)

and

Carpinteria Valley Water District (cvwd)

at

Montecito Fire District Board Room

595 SAN YSIDRO ROAD, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA

TUESDAY, November 23, 2004

2:00 P.M.

(Or as soon thereafter as a Special Meeting of the MWD Board is completed.)

AGENDA

1.  CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM FOR BOTH MWD AND CVWD            (Staff Robert Roebuck and Charles Hamilton)

2.  PUBLIC FORUM

(This portion of the agenda may be utilized by any member of the public to address and ask questions of the Board of Directors on any matter not on the agenda within the jurisdiction of the Montecito Water District and/or the Carpinteria Valley Water District.  Depending upon the subject matter, the Board of Directors may be unable to respond at this time, or until the specific item is placed on  the agenda at a future MWD or CVWD Board meeting in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act.)

3.  Ortega Reservoir Improvement Project

A.     **cvwd board consider approving mwd’s november 16, 2004 action authorizing additional engineering services as SET forth in a letter from penfield & smith dated october 29, 2004 at a cost of $62,000, of which one-half, or $31,000 will be paid for by cvwd.  (Staff Charles Hamilton)
 

B.     REPORT ON PROJECT STATUS AND RECEIPT OF BIDS FOR PHASE I IN-RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR ORTEGA RESERVOIR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. (sTAFF DAVE JOHNSON– Oral REport)

C.     **cVWD Board consider approval of mwd’s certification action of the final eir for the Ortega reservoir project. (Staff Charles Hamilton– Oral Report)

D.     **cvwd board approve recommendation regarding award of bid for phase i construction of the ortega reservoir project AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES. (Staff Charles Hamilton)

E.     MWD BOARD Consider Recommendations regarding award of bid for Phase One construction and related engineering services. (STAFF BOB ROEBUCK)

4.  ADJOURNMENT

Note:  This agenda was posted at the Montecito Water District’s office and at  the Carpinteria Valley Water District’s office at 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2004.  The Americans with Disabilities Act provides that no qualified individual with a disability shall be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, the District’s programs, services or activities because of any disability.  If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the District Office at 805-969-2271.  Notification at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting will enable the District to make appropriate arrangements.