Regular Meeting of the
Board of Trustees
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District,
Improvement District No. 1
will be held at 5:30 P.M., Tuesday, August 19, 2008
at 3622 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez, CA
AMENDED AGENDA
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Report by the General Manager/Secretary regarding Compliance with the Requirements for Posting of the Agenda
III. Consideration of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 15, 2008
IV. Additions or Corrections, if any, to the Regular Agenda
V. Public Comment - Any member of the public may address the Board relating to any matter within the Board’s jurisdiction. This need not be related to any item on the agenda. The total time for all public participation shall not exceed fifteen minutes and the time allotted for each individual shall not exceed five minutes.
VI. Consent Agenda - All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be approved or rejected in a single motion without separate discussion. Any item placed on the Consent Agenda can be removed and placed on the Regular Agenda for discussion and possible action upon the request of any Trustee or any member of the public.
CA-1. Water Production Report
CA-2. Status of WR 89-18 Above Narrows Account
CA-3. Report on Central Coast Water Authority Activities
CA-4. Update on Security Measures for Water Utilities
VII. Manager’s Report - Status, Discussion and Possible Board Action on the following Subjects:
A. District Administration
1. Financial Report
2. Rules and Regulations – Article 12 - Billing
a) Draft Article 1208 – Service Deposits, 1209 –Amount of Service Deposit, 1210- Refund of Service Deposit
3. Building & Security Improvements
a) Office/Shop/Yard Security Measures
b) Caldera Fence Inc., Quotation
4. Notice of Meeting and Agenda Items
B. District Operations & Maintenance
1. 2005 Flood Emergency (FEMA – 1577-DR-CA)
a) Well 24 Construction Project - Tejas Canyon Well
1. Ratify Scope of Work Well 24 SCADA
b) Well 25 Drilling & Construction - Figueroa Mtn. Road
1. Ratify Scope of Work Well 25 SCADA
2. Notice of Completion
c) Well 27 Drilling & Construction Project Hwy 154/RoyalOaks
1. Ratify Scope of Work Well 27 SCADA
d) Well 28 Drilling & Construction Project – Baseline Avenue
C. Water Service/Lot Splits/Projects
1. Santa Ynez Indian Reservation
a) Casino/Consolidation and Expansion
1. Santa Cota Road Large Diameter Water Main Line Replacement, Alignment & Loop
a) Reach B - Ortega to Cabrillo – Proposed Community Center
b) Reach C – Kalawa Shaq to Lateral 1-1
c) Easement Acquisition and Abandonment
2. Santa Ynez Community Services District - Main Line Extension – 1070 Faraday
3. Dunn School Water Main Line Extension– 2555 W. Highway 154, Los Olivos
4. McComb Water Main Line Extension – APN 139-040-038 -2245 Coyote Creek
5. Santa Ynez Airport Authority – Expansion
VIII. Report, Discussion and Possible Board Action on the Following Subjects:
A. Cachuma Conservation Release Board
1. Report on Board Meetings
2. Fish Enhancement Projects
B. Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board
1. Report on Board Meeting
C. Santa Barbara County
1. Madera Street Abandonment
2. Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan/Housing Element
3. Cloudseeding Program 2008/2009
D. Santa Ynez River - State Water Resources Control Board
1. WR Order 94-5/Cachuma Project Permit DEIR
2. Santa Ynez River Hydrology Model Update Project
E. Cachuma Project
1. Water Supply
2. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Activities Report
3. National Marine Fisheries Steelhead Recovery Plan
4. Lake Cachuma Recreation – Quagga Mussel
F. State Water Project
1. Drought Emergency – Water Sales to other Agencies
2. San Luis Obispo Dry Year Program
a) City of Solvang request for Water
G. City of Solvang
1. Proposed 5.0 CFS Well Field Project
H. District Reorganization – Assembly Bill 2686
1. Update on Bill Status
I. LAFCO
1. Report on August 7, 2008 Meeting
IX. Reports, action by the Board members or staff, questions of staff, status reports, announcements, committee reports, observations and other matters and/or communications not requiring action
X. Approval of Accounts Payable
XI. Requests from Board of Trustees for items to be included on the next Regular Meeting Agenda
XII. Correspondence: General Manager/Secretary recommends the items not marked with an asterisk (*) for file
XIII. Next Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees: Meetings are scheduled for the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 P.M. at the District office unless otherwise specified. Any member of the public may place relevant items on the Board’s agenda; however, written notice describing the agenda item must be given to the General Manager/Secretary one week before the Board meeting. The next Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for September 16, 2008 at 5:30 P.M.
XIV. Closed Session: The Board will hold a closed session to discuss the following items:
A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation
[Subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code]
1. Name of Case: Adjudicatory proceedings pending before the State Water Resources Control Board regarding Permits 11308 and 11310 issued on Applications 11331 and 11332 to the United States Bureau of Reclamation and complaints filed by the California Sport fishing Protection Alliance regarding the operating of the Cachuma Project and State Board Orders WR73-37, 89-18 and 94-5; and proposed changes to the place of use of waters obtained through aforementioned permits for the Cachuma Project
B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipate Litigation
[Subdivision (c) of Section 54956.9 of the Government Code – three cases]
XV. Adjournment
Written materials relating to an item on this Agenda that are distributed to the Board of Trustees within 72 hours before it is to consider the item at its regularly scheduled meeting will be made available for public inspection at 3622 Sagunto Street, during normal business hours. Such written materials will also be made available on the SYRWD, ID#1’s website, subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the regularly scheduled meeting.
