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' MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING
October 5, 2009
1. CALL TO ORDER
The October 5, 2009 special meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District Board of
Directors was called to order by President Summerfield at 4:00 p.m. The
meeting was held at the District's Administrative Office at 1717 E Miraloma Ave,
Placentia CA 92870.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
DIRECTORS PRESENT STAFF PRESENT
John W. Summerfield, President Ken Vecchiarelli, General Manager
William R. Mills, Vice President Art Kidman, Legal Counsel
Paul R. Armstrong Cindy Navaroli, Interim Finance Director
Michael J. Beverage Stacy Bavol, Customer Svc Supervisor
Ric Collett Annie Alexander, Executive Secretary
OTHER VISITORS
Joshua Lentz, Assistant Vice President, Fieldman Rolapp & Associates
Kurt Yeager, Attorney, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Laurie Park, Associate, McCormick, Kidman & Behrens
4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA
None.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
6. CLOSED SESSION
The meeting was adjourned to Closed Session at 4:02 p.m. All Directors were
present. Also present were Messrs. Vecchiarelli, Kidman, Lentz, Yeager and Ms.
Park.
6.1. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation
Pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9 of the California
Government Code
' Number of Potential Cases: Unknown
The Board reconvened in Open Session at 5:14 p.m. President Summerfield
announced that no action was taken during Closed Session that was required to
be reported under the Brown Act.
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7. ACTION CALENDAR '
7.1. Approved Rate Increase and Effective Billings
Mr. Vecchiarelli explained that the purpose of the meeting was for the
Board to consider the implementation method of the rate increase. The
increase was implemented for all billings effective September 14, 2009
which resulted in customers being charged at the new rate for water used
before that date. The District has received a number of complaints from
customers opposed to the retroactive application of the increase. Mr.
Vecchiarelli then summarized the options being presented to the Board.
Option A would make no changes to the implementation method of the
increase. Option B would be to recalculate all bills and apply the increase
prospectively with usage beginning September 14, 2009. Should the
Board decide to move forward with Option B, staff will need to modify the
billing program to recalculate the bills. This option would also result in an
estimated shortage of $829K in revenue needed to meet the District's debt
service requirements.
Pearl Kaidin, resident, addressed the Board and expressed her
disappointment with the retroactivity of the rate increase.
Mr. Vecchiarelli then responded to questions from the Board regarding the '
number and content of the calls received by Customer Service.
Director Beverage spoke regarding the implementation of the rate
increase and made a motion to instruct staff to present the Board with a
financial alternative that would allow the District to refund its customers for
usage billed retroactively.
Director Collett stated that he supported Director Beverage's comments
and seconded the motion.
Directors Mills and Armstrong both stated that they also supported the
motion.
The motion passed with the Board voting 5-0.
Following brief discussion, it was the consensus of the Board to consider
the need for a special meeting to address this matter. Staff was instructed
to determine a date for the special meeting at the next regular meeting on
October 8, 2009.
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' 8. ADJOURNMENT
8.1. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m. The next regular meeting of the
Board of Directors will be held October 8, 2009 at 8:30 a.m.
Ken Vecchiarelli
Board Secretary
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