March 7, 2011

VALLEY CENTER MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT

Regular Board Meeting
Monday, March 7, 2011
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: Board Room
29300 Valley Center Road
Valley Center, CA 92082

The Valley Center Municipal Water District Board of Directors’ meeting was called to order by President Broomell at 2:00 P.M.

ROLL CALL

Board members present were: Directors Broomell, Polito, Aleshire, Stone and Haskell. Staff members present were: General Manager Arant, General Counsel de Sousa, District Engineer Grabbe, Director of Finance Jeffrey, Director of Operations Hoyle, Board Secretary Johnson, and IT Specialist Pham. No spectators were present.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Upon motion by Stone, seconded by Polito and unanimously carried, the following consent calendar items were approved:

• Minutes of the Board meeting held February 22, 2011
• Audit demand check numbers 128167 through 128275 for February 11 through February 24, 2011 and wire disbursements for February 2011
• Treasurer’s Report and Financial Statements for the period ended January 31, 2011
• Authorization to apply for disaster assistance for storm damage in December 2010
• Resolution 2011-07 approving designation of the District’s authorized agents pursuant to obtaining federal and/or state financial assistance
• Resolution No. 2011-08 affirming the District’s authorized debt limits per Ordinance No. 171, effective January 1, 2011.

ACTION AGENDA

2. Resolution to Establish Date and Time to Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider Levy of a District-wide Water Availability Charge and the Woods Valley Sewer Service Charge:

Resolution No. 2011-06 was presented for the Board’s consideration to set June 6, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., as the date and time set for the public hearing to consider levying the proposed District-wide water availability charge. The proposed $10.00/acre, $10.00/parcel minimum water availability charge, which has been levied since 1995-96, is expected to be used for:

  Revenue Debt Service   $111,693
  Ongoing Capital Requirements   $479,307
  Total Availability Charge   $591,000

A Notice of the Public Hearing will be published in the newspaper and property owners who changed ownership since the levy of the availability charge for 2010-11 will receive written notification.

Director of Finance Jeffrey noted that a public hearing will also be conducted at the June 6th Board meeting on the assessment of the Woods Valley Sewer Service Charge.

Upon motion by Aleshire, seconded by Haskell and unanimously carried, the following resolution, entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2011-06

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE VALLEY CENTER MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
SETTING FORTH A SCHEDULE OF WATER AVAILABILITY CHARGES
PROPOSED TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR ALL PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT
FOR 2011-2012, FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING
AND GIVING NOTICE OF HEARING

was adopted by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Directors Broomell, Polito, Aleshire. Stone and Haskell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None

GENERAL MANAGER’S AGENDA

3. San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors’ Meeting:

General Manager Arant relayed the following items from the February 24, 2011 SDCWA Board of Director’s meeting:

Notice of Completion for the San Vicente Pump Station pumps, motors and variable frequency drives was filed.
The Board accepted Charge Orders 43 through 45 for $451,503 from Archer Western for the ESP-Lake Hodges Pump Station and Inlet/Outlet Structure.
The Board accepted Change Orders 1 through 4 for $380,229 from Shimmick/Obayaski for the San Vicente Dam Raise Package 3 – Roller Compacted Concrete Dams and Appurtenant Facilities project.

4. Miscellaneous Informational Items:

• General Manager Arant reported on the first phase of the North County Water Agencies Functional Consolidation Project. The participants include the four agricultural community General Managers from Rainbow, Fallbrook, Yuima and Valley Center. They will be looking at ways to utilize equipment owned by the other agencies by forming a Joint Powers Authority to provide certain services. Consolidating employees, such as utilizing one employee to perform similar services for different agencies, will also be considered. The objective is to either increase revenues or cut costs; if the service does not meet either criteria, it will not be used. The group will be meeting again soon to identify which services may prove beneficial.

• General Manager Arant has been asked to participate in the San Diego Urban Rural Roundtable. This group is being organized by Supervisor Ron Roberts and Mayor Jerry Sanders and will focus on health, nutrition, job creation and regional food production. Mr. Arant’s role is to point out that if the water is too expensive there won’t be any local food production.

• There is a local effort being started by farming interests to formulate a strategy to go back to Metropolitan and suggest that, with the amount of water available, it might be worthwhile to explore reinstating or extending the IAWP program. Director Polito has been asked by the Farm Bureau to participate. The first meeting will be March 22nd.

DISTRICT GENERAL COUNSEL’S AGENDA

5. Miscellaneous Information Items:

General Counsel de Sousa reminded the Board that she is available to assist them with conflict of interest issues prior to the Board meetings. Given advance notification, a more thorough analysis can be performed.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S AGENDA AND REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED

6. Director Aleshire reported that the ACWA-Health Benefits Authority has two committees, the Health Benefits Committee and the Ancillary Benefits Committee. Dr. Aleshire was appointed Chairman of the Ancillary Benefits Committee which covers dental and vision, etc. He is also Chairman of a subcommittee relating to Real Property. The Property subcommittee is tasked with deciding where to house the organization and how it should be organized. The next committee meetings will be held March 10 and 11, 2011.

CLOSED SESSIONS

7. Closed sessions were called by President Broomell at 2:25 p.m. pursuant to:

• Government Code §54957, Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release

• Government Code §54957.6, Conference with Labor Negotiators

Agency Designated Representation: Gary Arant
Employee Organization: Valley Center Employees Association

ADJOURNMENT

8. Upon motion by Aleshire, seconded by Stone and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 3:05 p.m.

ATTEST: ATTEST:

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President Secretary