Tuesday, May 18, 1999 Minutes

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, MAY 18, 1999

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

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

Present:	Directors Abel, Campbell, Wilson
Absent:	Jones, Puddicombe
Also Present:	C. Charles Evans, General Manager/Secretary Tom Mosby, Engineering Manager Evalyn Kerman, Business Manager Chip Wullbrandt, District Counsel Cathy Muneio, Secretary James Hartle Dan Eidelson, Montecito Association

PUBLIC FORUM

There were no comments made from the public during public forum.

CONSENT AGENDA

Director Campbell requested that the item regarding the CCRB 1999-2000 budget be removed from the consent agenda. A motion was made by Director Campbell, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously carried to approve the consent agenda with the exception of the CCRB item.

RATIFY CCRB 1999-2000 BUDGET

The Board discussed the costs associated with the salaries paid to the employees. The Business Manager explained to the Board that the salaries were a combination of benefits, wages, and other miscellaneous costs and were not strictly salaries. Director Campbell made a motion to ratify the 1999-2000 budget. The motion was seconded by Director Wilson. The motion carried unanimously.

CLOSED SESSION

The Board went into closed session at 3:10 p.m. When the Board returned to open session at 3:20 p.m. Counsel Wullbrandt stated that the Board had authorized the settlement of potential or threatened litigation and approved the District entering into a cost sharing agreement for 999 Romero Canyon Road for the construction cost of relocating the District’s Highline, and the appropriation of $30,000 from the 1998A Bond funds for the District’s share of the work. He also reported that the Board had approved a termination of the escrow for sale of the District’s Buell Reservoir property, based upon a letter received from Carol Weber and Daniel Clause that the contingencies were not approved, and approved refunding the deposit to Carol Weber.

DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED LAFCO PROPOSAL ON GUIDELINES
FOR ORDERLY GOVERNMENT

A motion was made by Director Campbell, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously carried to approve the amended LAFCO proposal on Guidelines for Orderly Government.

YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE – SECOND PHASE AND PERSONAL COMPUTER UPGRADES FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY

A motion was made by Director Campbell, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously carried to approve the purchase of personal computer hardware and software upgrades, and to appropriate $11,000 from the 1998A Bond funds for this work.

LETTER TO COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA REGARDING
THE DRAFT TORO CANYON PLAN

A motion was made by Director Campbell, seconded by Director Wilson and unanimously carried to approve the letter to the County of Santa Barbara regarding District comments on the draft Toro Canyon Plan.

REQUEST OF JAMES HARTLE FOR COST SHARING REIMBURSEMENT
FOR MAIN REPLACEMENT

The Board reviewed the request from Mr. Hartle to be reimbursed a portion of the construction costs that he had paid in 1991, inasmuch as a District customer had connected to this 2" District main. The District is responsible for maintaining this pipeline. The General Manager explained that the District did not execute a reimburseable agreement with Mr. Hartle and that Mr. Hartle could be assured there would be no change in his pressure by the addition of one customer. The Engineering Manager said that the District had accommodated Mr. Hartle by accepting this small main for future District service. After discussion, this was referred to the Operations Committee to make a recommendation and come back to the Board at a future date.

ACTIVITIES OF MONTECITO ASSOCIATION

Director Wilson said that there was a discussion at the Association meeting regarding Conditional Use Permits. Counsel Wullbrandt said that the County had created this process in order to assure a full review process.

REQUEST OF MONTECITO ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE WATER
FOR LANDSCAPING AT SAN YSIDRO ROAD AND NORTH JAMESON LANE

Dan Eidelson representing the Montecito Association was present to discuss with the Board additional options to provide water for landscaping at San Ysidro Road and North Jameson Lane. The District determined that the options proposed would not have any consequences and would not affect the operations of the District, and that the Montecito Association should discuss options relating to neighbors of that property with those property owners, and that the District would not be responsible for any of those options.

1998-99 DISTRICT THIRD QUARTER BUDGET REPORT

The Board reviewed the third quarter budget report.

VERBAL REPORTS ON MEETINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Board agreed that no reports would be given at this meeting regarding outside meetings and committee reports.

ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA

Director Wilson requested that a discussion on the Fish Management Plan be placed on the next agenda.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

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C. Charles Evans, Secretary

Approved:

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Robert Puddicombe, President

Note: The agenda for this meeting was posted at the front counter and on the front wall at the Montecito Water District on April 16, 1999.