MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
of the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE
MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT
held at the
DISTRICT BOARD ROOM

583 SAN YSIDRO ROAD, MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA
at 2:00 P.M. on TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2002

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

The meeting was called to order by President Abel at 2:00 p.m.
Those in attendance were:

Directors Present:

 Directors Abel, Bachman, Drewry, Puddicombe, Wilson

Directors Absent:

 None

Staff Present:

 Fred Adjarian, General Manager
Evalyn Kerman, Business Manager
Tom, Mosby, Engineering Manager
Chip Wullbrandt, District Counsel
Lois Werner, Secretary
Guests Present: None

 
At this time, President Abel requested the Board of Directors to consider the following issue, which arose subsequent to the posting of the April 16, 2002 meeting agenda and upon which immediate action was necessary: Resolution No. 1933–to add to this agenda the Potential Exchange of Montecito water District Water with the Dudley Ridge Water District–This resolution was passed by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Directors Abel, Bachman, Drewry, Puddicombe and Wilson

NOES: none

ABSENT: none

 

PUBLIC FORUM 

No members of public were present.

 

SECTION 2
CONSENT CALENDAR 

President Abel requested that the Minutes of March 19, 2002 be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion and revision. A motion was made by Director Drewry, seconded by Director Bachman, and carried, to approve the March 19, 2002 minutes as amended and the Consent Calendar as presented.

 

SECTION 3
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
    1. Director Vacancy Update

President Abel updated the Board on the status of the search for a new Director. She reminded the Directors of the Special Board meetings on this matter scheduled for April 29 and May 1 at 9:00 a.m.

 

SECTION 4
ENGINEERING/DISTRIBUTION / TREATMENT 
    1. PROPOSED DEMOLITION And removal of mwd SEAVIEW mwc facilities

Manager Adjarian and Counsel Wullbrandt updated the Board on the proposal to remove the old Seaview Mutual Water Company facility at 1565 East Valley Road. After Board discussion, it was moved by Director Bachman, seconded by Director Puddicombe and unanimously carried to approve the proposed scope of work and appropriate funds in the amount of $3,000 from the District revenues to be added to the $15,000 from the property owner for the removal of the Seaview facility.

    1. ORtega RESERVOIR UPGRAde Project update:

      1.  COVER PROJECT

Mr. Adjarian updated the Board on the status of the Ortega Reservoir Cover Project timeline requested at a previous Board meeting.

      1. COMB SECURITY FENCING

Mr. Adjarian, Mr. Wullbrandt and Mr. Mosby updated the Board on the status of the COMB security fencing project at Ortega Reservoir.

      1. r.w. beck REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FEES TO COMPLETE ORTEGA iNDEPENDENT pEER rEVIEW (IPR) WORK

Mr. Adjarian presented an R.W. Beck letter proposal, dated March 29, 2002, for engineering services to complete the independent peer review for the Ortega Reservoir Upgrade Project, presented at a joint meeting of MWD’s Operations Committee and CVWD’s Ortega Committee in January 2002.

After Board discussion, it was moved by Director Puddicombe, seconded by Director Bachman, and unanimously carried to approve the R.W. Beck proposal and request for additional fees.

 

SECTION 5
Ordinances and Resolutions 
    1. public hearing: resolution no. 1932, Making the commitments and publishing the report required by central coast water authority resolutions 92-2 and
      92-11

Mr. Adjarian introduced Resolution No. 1932, which includes an annual report on estimated water supplies for calendar years 2002 and 2003. President Abel then opened the public hearing. There being no members of the public present to comment on this resolution, President Abel closed the public hearing. After Board discussion, it was moved by Director Bachman, seconded by Director Puddicombe and carried by the the following roll call vote to approve Resolution 1932 as presented.

AYES: Directors Abel, Bachman, Drewry, Puddicombe, Wilson

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

 

section 8
directors and staff meeting reports 
    1. cachuma conservation release board meeting of mARCH 25, 2002

President Abel called the Directors’ attention to the State Water Resources Control Board Technical Issues Update, the Member Unit Legal Issues Update and the news article on salmon habitat found in their Board Packets. CCRB is preparing their budget which will be presented to the MWD Board at their meeting of May 21.
    1. cachuma operation and maintenance board meeting of mARCH 25, 2002 and special board meeting of april 8, 2002

      2. President Abel reported that Bob Pike, SB City Attorney, has retired. She also reported that COMB met in special session to approve the Department of Safety of Dams agreement with the USBR and updated the Board on the status of the COMB office upgrade project.

 
    1. CCWA BOARD MEETING OF MARCH 28, 2002.

      2. 1. Mr. Adjarian and President Abel reported on the farewell reception for Dan Masnada which took place after the CCWA Board meeting.

      2. potential Exchange of Montecito Water District Water with the Dudley Ridge Water District

The Board discussed via phone with Mr. Bill Brennan, Executive Director of CCWA, the possibility of MWD joining the Solvang/Dudley Ridge water exchange agreement. District staff learned on April 16, 2002 that, if the District acted immediately, there was an opportunity that MWD could recoup its remaining 225 AF of 2001 of carryover water via the exchange. After Board discussion, it was moved by Director Bachman, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously passed that the President and Secretary be authorized to enter into an agreement with CCWA and other parties to exchange 225 AF of MWD State Water with the Dudley Ridge WD, consistent with the substance of the draft agreement between Solvang, Santa Ynez ID#1, CCWA, and the Dudley Ridge Water District provided there is no requirement in the contract for MWD to pay the variable cost on retransfer if MWD does not actually receive the water.
    1. santa barbara chapter/california special districts association meeting of MARCH 2002

Director Wilson reported to the Board on the subject meeting. The Board discussed the Special Districts budget letter included in the Board packet, particularly the matter of the LAFCO assessment.
    1. acwa bOARD mEETING, aPRIL 4-5, 2002, sACRAMENTO, ca

President Abel reported on the subject meeting. She shared that Region 5 will not have a business meeting at the AWCA Conference, and instead will tour the Marina Coast Water District desal plant. Steve Mack has been asked to sit on a conference panel on ocean desal. She called the Board’s attention to the Region 5 Goals and Objectives included in the Board Packet.

 

section 9
COMMITTEE REPORTS / RECOMMENDATIONS 
    1. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

      2. Director Puddicombe reported that the activities of the Operations Committee had already been covered.

    2. FINANCE COMMITTEE
      3.

      Director Wilson reported on the activities of the Finance Committee.

    3. PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMITTEE

President Abel reported that the Public Information Committee will be meeting on April 30, 2002 to begin work on the annual water quality issue of the newsletter, with a deadline of July 1, 2002. The next meeting will also be reviewing the postcard noticing the water availability charge public hearing which goes out to all property owners within the District, and it will also invite public attendance at the Board’s June meeting to approve the FY 2002-03 MWD Budget.

 

SECTION 10
GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT 
    1. pending issues update

Mr. Adjarian briefly updated the Board on pending issues and projects including Phase 2 of the Riven Rock Project, the Park Lane Project, the Miramar Beach Extension Project and the Toro Canyon Project.

After Board discussion, a special Board workshop on the draft budget for FY 2002/03 was set for May 28, 2002, 9:00 a.m – 1:00 p.m.

The Board also set a special workshop to review the proposed the FY 2002/03 capital projects program on Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 9:00 to 12:00.

Mr. Adjarian and Mr. Mosby reviewed South Coast water supply conditions for the Board.

 

SECTION 11
AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS 

President Abel requested that the matter of draught planning be included in the next agenda.

 

SECTION 14
ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the MWD Board of Directors, the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.

 

Approved:

 

_________________________
Jan E. Abel, President

 

Attest:

 

_________________________
Frederick J. Adjarian, Secretary

 

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