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AGENDA
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
EXEC-ADMIN-ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 4:00 PM
1717 E Miraloma Ave, Placentia CA 92870
COMMITTEE STAFF
Director Phil Hawkins, Chair Ken Vecchiarelli, General Manager
Director Gary T. Melton Cindy Botts, Management Analyst
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual wishing to address the committee is requested to identify themselves and state the matter on
which they wish to comment. If the matter is on this agenda, the committee Chair will recognize the individual for
their comment when the item is considered. No action will be taken on matters not listed on this agenda.
Comments are limited to matters of public interest and matters within the jurisdiction of the Water District.
Comments are limited to five minutes.
2. DISCUSSION ITEMS
This portion of the agenda is for matters such as technical presentations, drafts of proposed policies, or similar
items for which staff is seeking the advice and counsel of the Committee members. This portion of the agenda
may also include items for information only.
2.1. Legislative Affairs Update (Verbal Report)
2.2. First Report on 2012 Legislative Bills
2.3. Public Records Act Request Policy
2.4. Customer Service Feedback Report
2.5. Future Use of Community Service Signage (Verbal Report)
2.6. Directors and General Manager Fees & Expenses (January - March 2012)
2.7. Status of Strategic Plan Initiatives
2.8. Future Agenda Items and Staff Tasks
• Alternative Work Schedule Comparison Data
3. ADJOURNMENT
3.1. The next meeting of the Executive-Administrative-Organizational Committee will be held
June 18, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Items Distributed to the Committee Less Than 72 Hours Prior to the Meeting
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.5, non-exempt public records that relate to open session agenda items
and are distributed to a majority of the Committee less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting will be available
for public inspection in the lobby of the District's business office located at 1717 E. Miraloma Avenue, Placentia, CA
92870, during regular business hours. When practical, these public records will also be made available on the District's
internet website accessible at http://www.ylwd.com/.
Accommodations for the Disabled
Any person may make a request for a disability-related modification or accommodation needed for that person to be
able to participate in the public meeting by telephoning the Executive Secretary at 714-701-3020, or writing to Yorba
Linda Water District, P.O. Box 309, Yorba Linda, CA 92885-0309. Requests must specify the nature of the disability and
the type of accommodation requested. A telephone number or other contact information should be included so the
District staff may discuss appropriate arrangements. Persons requesting a disability-related accommodation should
make the request with adequate time before the meeting for the District to provide the requested accommodation.
ITEM NO. 2.2
AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: May 9, 2012
Subject: First Report on 2012 Legislative Bills
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MEMORANDUM
TO WATER AGENCY CLIENTS
FROM : Kidman Law LLP
RE : First Report on 2012 Legislative Bills
Enclosed please find the first Legislative Report for the 2012 legislative session of the
California Legislature. The bills selected are those which we think should be of interest to one or
more of our water agency clients. The individual bill summaries are extracted from the bills
themselves and from information obtained from the Association of California Water Agencies or
from other sources.
The main focus of this session appears to be pension reform. Specifically, the focus is on
the Governor's 12-point pension reform plan that was first introduced in 2011. In addition, we
will also keep an eye on the 2009 water bond to see if it moves forward this year and, if so, in
what form.
We have organized the bills into subject categories, provided a subject Table of Contents
and provided a numerical order Index. We have access to bill text and other information if more
detail is needed or if there are questions on the summary provided.
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FIRST 2012 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/WATER PROJECTS
B. EMINENT DOMAIN
C. PUBLIC OFFICIALS; ETHICS
D. BROWN ACT/PUBLIC RECORDS
E. LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS
F. PUBLIC WORKS/CONTRACTS
G. WATER QUALITY/POLLUTION
H. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
I. SPECIFIC AGENCIES AND/OR PROJECTS
J. LAFCO
K. PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION; REVENUE AND COLLECTION
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FIRST LEGISLATIVE REPORT FOR 2012
A. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/WATER PROJECTS
A.1 AB 1813 (Buchanan) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, establishes the Delta Stewardship
Council as an independent agency of the state. The act requires the State Water Resources
Control Board(Board) to establish an effective system of Delta watershed diversion data and
public reporting by December 31, 2010. The act also requires the Board to develop new flow
criteria for the Delta ecosystem, as specified.
The act subjects the flow criteria to modification over time based on a science-based adaptive
management program that meets specified criteria. This bill would require the system, for
certain diversions, in lieu of requiring reporting,to use data from the consumptive use index
modeling used by the Department of Water Resources to determine the Net Delta Outflow Index.
This bill would authorize the system to enhance or replace the consumptive use index modeling
with satellite imagery. This bill would also require that the system, to the maximum extent
practicable, use consumptive use data from consumptive use modeling or satellite imagery in lieu
of public reporting.
This bill would require the new flow criteria to ensure that there is no degradation in water
quality in Delta channels and to include flows into, within, and out of the Delta to replicate
conditions when local and anadromous fish populations were at healthy and self-sustaining
levels. This bill would also require the flow criteria to include specified flows for anadromous
fish, as defined. This bill would subject flow criteria to modification over time based on
measured fish populations in a management program that meets specified criteria. This bill
would restrict to prescribed circumstances the use of measures other than flow as a substitute for
flow.
ACWA Position; Oppose Status: Asm. Wat. Parks and Wild.
A.2 AB 1884 (Buchanan) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009: covered actions.
Existing law,the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, establishes the Delta
Stewardship Council as an independent agency of the state. Existing law requires a state or local
public agency that proposes to undertake a covered action that will occur within the boundaries
of the Delta or the Suisun Marsh to prepare, and submit to the council, a specified written
certification of consistency with the Delta Plan prior to taking those actions.
Existing law defines the term "covered action" to mean a plan,program, or project, as specified.
This bill would exclude from the definition of"covered action" any anticipated upgrades to
existing drinking water, stormwater, or wastewater treatment facilities to meet state water quality
requirements .
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Existing law, the Johnston-Baker-Andal-Boatwright Delta Protection Act of 1992, establishes a
primary zone in the Delta where further development is barred and a secondary zone surrounding
the Delta where development may proceed under certain conditions.
This bill would also exclude from the definition of"covered action" any levee improvements and
other flood control projects in the secondary zone, as specified, and would exclude from the
definition the implementation of existing, fully permitted, habitat conservation and agricultural
mitigation plans and programs within the primary and secondary zones of the Delta.
This bill would exclude from the definition of"covered action" specified plans, programs,
projects,or activities within the secondary zone that have received environmental certification
under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) or otherwise have vested rights as of
the effective date of the Delta Plan, or both, and would exclude all of the categorical CEQA
exemptions. This bill would also exclude from the definition agricultural employee housing,
low-income housing, infill residential projects, and other infill development projects, as
described.
ACWA Position: Oppose Status: Asm. Wat. Parks and Wild.
A.3 AB 2000 (Huber) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Existing law requires various state agencies to administer programs relating to water supply,
water quality, and flood management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Johnston-
Baker-Andal-Boatwright Delta Protection Act of 1992 (Delta Protection Act) creates the Delta
Protection Commission and requires the commission to prepare and adopt a comprehensive long-
term resource management plan for specified lands within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
(Delta). Existing law, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, established the
Delta Stewardship Council as an independent agency of the state and required the council to
consist of 7 members appointed in a specified manner.
This bill would reduce the Governor's appointments to the council to 2 members, and instead
provide that the Vice-Chairperson of the commission and a member of the commission chosen
by a majority vote of the commission will serve on the council, as prescribed.
Existing law imposes requirements on the Department of Water Resources in connection with
the preparation of a Bay Delta Conservation Plan(BDCP). The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Reform Act of 2009 requires the council to consider the BDCP for inclusion in a specified Delta
Plan, and requires the incorporation of the BDCP into the Delta Plan if the BDCP meets certain
requirements, including a requirement that the BDCP include a comprehensive review and
analysis of a range of Delta conveyance alternatives, including through-Delta, dual conveyance,
and isolated conveyance alternatives and capacity and design options of specified canals and
pipelines.
This bill would require the department to withdraw from a specified Memorandum of
Agreement. This bill would permit the department to enter into a new agreement to further
efforts to develop a BDCP only if that memorandum of agreement includes prescribed
requirements.
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Under existing law, various general obligation bond acts have been approved by the voters to
provide funds for water projects, facilities, and programs. Existing law, the Disaster
Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, a bond act approved by the voters at the
November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of
$4,090,000,000 for the purposes of financing disaster preparedness and flood prevention
projects, of which$3,000,000,000 is available,upon appropriation by the Legislature,to the
department, for specified purposes including, but not limited to, the evaluation,repair,
rehabilitation,reconstruction, or replacement of levees. Existing law,the Safe Drinking Water,
Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an
initiative bond act approved by the voters as Proposition 84 at the November 7, 2006, statewide
general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of
$5,388,000,000, of which$275,000,000 is made available to the department, upon appropriation
by the Legislature,for flood control projects in the Delta designed to increase the department's
ability to respond to levee breaches and to reduce the potential for levee failures.
This bill, with regard to those bond funds, would appropriate available funds to the department
for levee improvements, as prescribed.
ACWA Position: Oppose Status: Asm. Wat. Parks and Wild.
AA AB 2421 (Bill Berryhill) Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Delta Plan project: costs
and benefits
This bill would require an independent 3rd party, chosen as prescribed,to conduct an analysis of
the costs and benefits, as specified, for any project being submitted by the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan to the Delta Plan and to submit this to the Legislature, as prescribed. This bill
would prohibit the funding for these provisions from exceeding $1,000,000.
ACWA Position: Oppose Status: Asm. Wat. Parks and Wild.
A.5 AB 2422 (Bill Berryhill) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Western Delta Intakes
Concept: feasibility study.
The Department of Water Resources (Department) operates the State Water Resources
Development System that includes dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure. This bill would
require the Department to undertake an expedited evaluation and feasibility study of the Western
Delta Intakes Concept, as defined, and to consult with the Department of Fish and Game, as
specified. This bill would also require the Department to prepare and submit to the Legislature,
on or before January 1, 2014, a prescribed report about the feasibility study.
The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal
Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative bond act approved by the voters at the November 7,
2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of
$5,388,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, water quality and supply,
flood control, and resource protection program. Under existing law, $65,000,000 of that bond
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money is available to the department for planning and feasibility studies related to the existing
and potential future needs for California's water supply, conveyance, and flood control systems.
This bill would appropriate $750,000 of that bond money to the Department to pay the costs of
the study of the Western Delta Intakes Concept.
ACWA Position: Oppose Status: Asm. Wat. Parks and Wild.
A.6 AB 2595 (Hall) Desalination.
Existing law requires the Ocean Protection Council to coordinate activities of state agencies that
are related to the protection and conservation of coastal waters and ocean ecosystems to improve
the effectiveness of state efforts to protect ocean resources within existing fiscal limitations, to
establish policies to coordinate the collection, evaluation, and sharing of scientific data related to
coastal and ocean resources among agencies, and to identify and recommend to the Legislature
changes in law needed to achieve these goals.
This bill would require the council to report to the Legislature,by December 31, 2013, on
opportunities for streamlining the current statewide permitting processes for seawater
desalination facilities, including an evaluation of impediments to desalination projects relative to
the current permitting process and to recommend potential administrative and legislative actions
for streamlining the permitting process while maintaining current regulatory protections. This
bill would require the council to convene the Seawater Desalination Permit Streamlining Task
Force to review the current permitting processes required by all state regulatory agencies for the
planning, design, construction, monitoring, and operation of seawater desalination facilities, to
identify opportunities for streamlining the permitting process, and to advise the council in
making the report.
ACWA Position: Favor Status: Asm. Nat. Res.
A.7 SB 1146 (Pavley) Wells: reports: public availability.
This bill would require the Department of Water Resources (Department)to,upon request,make
available to the public reports filed by persons who dig, bore, or drill a water well, cathodic
protection well, or a monitoring well, or abandon or destroy a well, or deepen or reperforate a
well. This bill would also require the Department to provide specified disclaimers when
providing the reports to the public. This bill would allow the Department charge a fee for the
provision of a report to recover the Department's costs, that does not exceed the reasonable costs
to the Department of providing the report. This bill would also require a person who requests a
report to provide his or her name, address, and reason for making the request.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Sen. Env. Qual.
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B. EMINENT DOMAIN
B.1 AB 2235 (Hagman) Public utilities: inverse condemnation.
The Public Utilities Act authorizes public utilities that are under the regulatory authority of the
Public Utilities commission to condemn any property necessary for the construction and
maintenance of utility services by the utility.
This bill would authorize an owner of property to seek compensation for any substantial
reduction in the value of the property proximately resulting from the building, expansion, or
operation of a plant, line,pipeline, or other facility by a public utility and would provide that the
evidentiary rules and rules of civil procedures applicable to inverse condemnation actions would
apply to such an action.
ACWA Position: Not Favor Status: Asm Util. Com.
C. PUBLIC OFFICIALS; ETHICS
D. BROWN ACTIPUBLIC RECORDS
D.1 SB 1002 (Yee) Public records: electronic format.
(1) The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records
available for public inspection and, upon request of a person, to provide a copy of a public record
unless the record is exempt from disclosure. The act requires an agency that has information that
constitutes an identifiable public record not otherwise exempt from disclosure that is in an
electronic format to make that information available in an electronic format when requested by a
person. The act requires the agency to make the information available in an electronic format in
which it holds the information.
This bill would authorize an agency, when requested by a person,to provide an electronic record
in a format in which the text in the electronic record is searchable by commonly used software.
This bill would require the requester to bear the cost of converting the electronic record into a
searchable format. The bill would prohibit an agency from charging a requester for the cost of
specified services.
(2) Existing law requires certain state and local agencies to make specified data or documents
available to the public by various methods, including on the Internet.
This bill would require that in certain circumstances the data or document be made available in
an open format, as defined. The requirement would not apply if the state or local agency does
not have the data or document available for internal use in an open format.
ACWA Position: Oppose Status: Sen. Appr.
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Fl. LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS
The main pension reform focus in this legislative session is the Governor's 12-point Pension
Reform Plan, The Governor's plan was first announced in March 2011 and finalized thereafter.
The Governor's 12-point plan is as follows:
1. Equal Sharing of Pension Costs: All Employees and Employers
2. "Hybrid" Risk-Sharing Pension Plan: New Employees
3. Increase Retirement Ages:New Employees
4. Require Three-Year Final Compensation to Stop Spiking: New Employees
5. Calculate Benefits Based on Regular,Recurring Pay to Stop Spiking:New
Employees
6. Limit Post-Retirement Employment: All Employees
7. Felons Forfeit Pension Benefits: All Employees
8. Prohibit Retroactive Pension Increases: All Employees
9. Prohibit Pension Holidays: All Employees and Employers
10. Prohibit Purchases of Service Credit: All Employees
11. Increase Pension Board Independence and Expertise
12. Reduce Retiree Health Care Costs: State Employees
The Governor's pension reform legislation appears in AB 2224, ACA 22, SB 1176 and SCA 18.
AB 2224 and SB 1176 are identical bills. ACA 22 and SCA 18 would be placed on the ballot to
hardwire the reforms into the California Constitution. AB 2224 is discussed below.
E.1 AB 2224 (Smith) Public employees' retirement.
(1) Existing law permits members of Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and the
State Teachers' Retirement System(STRS), and county, city, and district retirement systems that
have adopted specified provisions, to purchase up to 5 years of additional retirement service
credit by making specified contributions to the system. Existing law authorizes retirement
benefits to be increased.
This bill, on and after January 1, 2013, would prohibit a public retirement system from allowing
the purchase of additional retirement service credit, as described above. It would except from
this prohibition an official application to purchase this type of service credit received by the
retirement system prior to January 1, 2013. This bill would prohibit any member who does not
have at least 5 years of service credit before the operative date of this bill, or any person hired on
or after that date, from purchasing additional retirement service credit.
This bill would provide that any enhancement to a public retirement system's retirement formula
or benefit that is adopted on or after January 1, 2013, would apply only to service performed on
or after the operative date of the enhancement, except under specified circumstances. It would
also provide that, if a change to a member's classification or employment results in an increase
in the retirement formula or benefit applicable to that member,the increase would apply only to
service performed on or after the operative date of the change.
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This bill would require a public employer to offer to its employees first hired on or after July 1,
2013, a hybrid pension plan or alternative pension plan option, as specified. It would require that
each hybrid pension plan be designed with the goal of providing at normal retirement age,based
upon a full career in public service of 30 years for safety employees and 35 years for all other
public employees, replacement income of 75% of a public employee's final compensation.
(2) This bill would require that a public employee, as defined, who is convicted of any state or
federal felony for conduct arising out of, or in the performance of,his or her official duties in
pursuit of the office or appointment, or in connection with obtaining salary, disability retirement,
or service retirement, or other benefits, forfeit retirement benefits earned or accrued from the
earliest date of the commission of the felony to the forfeiture date, as specified. This bill would
also require any contributions to the public retirement system made by the public employee on or
after the earliest date of commission of the felony to be returned, without interest, to the public
employee upon the occurrence of a distribution event, as defined, unless otherwise ordered by a
court or determined by the pension administrator.
(3) This bill, for the purposes of determining a retirement benefit paid to a person who first
becomes a member of a public retirement system on or after January 1, 2013,would require that
final compensation be calculated by multiplying the member's years of service credit by a
percentage of the member's final compensation based on age at retirement using the member's
payrate during a period of at least 36 consecutive months, as specified.
(4) This bill would require public employees who contribute to a defined benefit plan or
component to contribute at least 1l2 of the annual actuarially determined normal costs, and
would prohibit a public employer from contributing in any fiscal year, in combination with
employer contributions, less than the plan normal cost. It would also prohibit an employer from
paying the member's share of the employee contribution, except as specified.
(5) This bill would prohibit a person who retires from a public employer from serving without
reinstatement, except during an emergency to prevent stoppage of public business or because the
retired employee has skills needed to perform work of limited duration, as specified.
(6) This bill would revise the composition of the Board of Administration of PERS (Board).
This bill would eliminate the position of the member of the State Personnel Board and would
replace that position with the Director of Finance. This bill would add to the Board 2 persons,
appointed at the pleasure of the Governor, who represent the public,have financial expertise, and
are not interested in the system, as specified. This bill would also replace the official of a life
insurer,whom the Governor is currently authorized to appoint,with a gubernatorial appointee
who has expertise in health insurance and is not interested in the system.
(7) The Public Employee's Medical and Hospital Care Act(PEMHCA)requires the employer
contribution, with respect to each employee or annuitant who is in employment or retired from
state service, to be adjusted by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, as specified. Those
adjustments are required to be based on the principle that the employer contribution for each
employee or annuitant shall be an amount equal to 100% of the weighted average of the health
benefit plan premiums for an employee or annuitant enrolled for self-alone, during the benefit
year to which the formula is applied, for the 4 health benefit plans that had the largest state
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enrollment, excluding family members, during the previous year. For each employee or
annuitant with enrolled family members,the employer is required to contribute an additional
90% of the weighted average of the additional premiums required for enrollment of those family
members, during the benefit year to which the formula is applied, in the 4 health benefit plans
that had the largest state enrollment, excluding family members, during the previous year.
This bill, for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013, would limit the employer
contribution amount to no greater than the lowest premium formula paid for a current employee
enrolled for self-alone health benefit coverage year during the benefit year to which the formula
is applied multiplied by the weighted average of the health benefit plan premiums, as specified.
It would fizrther require an employer, for each enrolled family member of a retired employee,to
contribute an additional percentage that is no higher than the lowest premium formula paid for
enrolled family members multiplied by the weighted average of the additional health benefit plan
premiums required for enrollment of those family members.
(8) Under PEMHCA, a state employee is required to have a certain number of years of state
service, depending on hiring date and other factors,before he or she may receive any portion of
the employer contribution payable for annuitants for postretirement health benefits.
This bill would prohibit a state employee who becomes a state member of the system on or after
January 1, 2013, from receiving any portion of the employer contribution payable for annuitants
unless the person is credited with 15 years of state service at the time of retirement. It would
further specify that the percentage of the employer contribution payable for postretirement health
benefits for an employee shall be based on the number of completed years of credited state
service at retirement, with 50% after 15 credited years of service, and 100% after 25 or more
years of service.
(9) This bill would declare that ensuring the statewide integrity of local government pension
systems and ensuring the sufficiency of local public safety services are matters of statewide
concern and not a municipal affair, and that,therefore, all cities, including charter cities, would
be subject to the provisions of the bill. This bill would also declare that these provisions apply to
the University of California.
(10) This bill would delay the operation of its provisions until January 1, 2013, contingent on
voter approval of an unspecified Assembly Constitutional Amendment by voters at the
November 6, 2012, statewide election.
(11) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
ACWA Position. Watch Status:Asm. Pub. Employees, Ret. and SS
E.2 AB 2428 (Hagman) Public employees' retirement: elected local officials.
This bill would prohibit a person who is publicly elected to a local office of any kind, on and
after January 1, 2013, from becoming a member of PERS by virtue of that service or from
acquiring any retirement right or benefit for serving in that elective local office. This bill would
also apply these prohibitions to a person who is appointed to fill the term of a person so elected,
but would not apply them to a person who obtained membership by virtue of holding an elective
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local office prior to January 1, 2013, for so long as he or she holds that office or is reelected to
that office.
ACWA Position: WatchlAmend Status: Asm. Pub. Employees, Ret. and SS
E.3 AB 2429 (Hagman) Public employee benefits: local appointed and elected officials.
This bill would prohibit a person who is appointed or publicly elected to a local office of any
kind that is less than full time, as defined, on and after January 1, 2013, from becoming a
member of a retirement system by virtue of that service or acquiring any retirement right or
benefit for serving in that elective office. This bill would except from this prohibition a person
who obtained membership by virtue of holding an appointive or elective local public office prior
to January 1, 2013, and remains in that office or is reappointed or reelected to it.
This bill would prohibit a contracting agency to provide any benefits under the Public
Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act PEMHCA to any person who is first appointed or
publicly elected to a local office of any kind that is not full time, on and after January 1, 2013.
This bill would also prohibit the legislative body of a public or municipal corporation or district
from providing specified benefits to a person who is first appointed or publicly elected to a local
office of any kind that is not full tune, on and after January 1, 2013, including retirement
benefits, health insurance, allowances for a car or home office, and professional or other
membership dues.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Asm. Pub. Employees, Ret. and SS
EA SR 1141 (Walters) Public employees: postemployment health care benefits.
This bill would prohibit a public employer, for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013,
from entering into a memorandum of understanding or other collective bargaining agreement that
provides for defined postemployment health care benefits unless each employee pays at least 50
percent of the actuarially required contributions to fund those health care benefits. This bill
would also declare that ensuring the statewide integrity and security of state and local
government health care plans is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, and
that, therefore, all cities, including charter cities, would be subject to the provisions of the bill.
This bill would also declare that these provisions apply to the University of California to ensure
the financial security of the university.
ACYVA Position: Watch Status: Sen. Pub. Employ. Ret.
E.5 SB 1143 (Walters) Public employees' benefits: postemployment benefits.
This bill would require a public employer, as defined, to reserve the right to subsequently modify
or revise any postemployment benefits, including any retirement benefits, and the right not to
provide any new comparable advantages if disadvantages to employees result from any
modification or revision. This bill would prohibit a public employee from having an implied
right to future postemployment benefits and would authorize a public employer to change a
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retirement benefit formula, employee contribution rate, or retirement eligibility age, except as
prohibited by federal law. This bill would also prohibit accrued benefits earned for prior service
from being reduced without written consent unless otherwise authorized by law.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Sen. Pub. Employ. Ret.
F. PUBLIC WORKS/CONTRACTS
G. WATER QUALITY/POLLUTION
GA AB 1537 (Cook) Government Accountability Act of 2012.
The Administrative Procedure Act governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal
of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of
Administrative Law.
This bill would enact the Government Accountability Act of 2012 and require that a major
regulation, as defined,proposed on or after January 1,2013, include a provision to repeal the
regulation two years after the date that the regulation is approved by the Office of Administrative
Law. The repeal date shall be void if the Legislature enacts a statute that expressly validates and
approves the content of the regulation. A proposed regulation that does not include the repeal
provision would be returned to the agency proposing the regulation.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Asm, Bus. Prof. & Cons. Prot.
G.2. AB 2063 (Alejo) Ex parte communications.
The State Water Resources Control Board (Board) and its regional water quality control boards
are the principal state agencies with responsibility for the coordination and control of water
quality in the state. The Board may formulate and adopt state policies for water quality control,
and may hold any hearings and conduct any investigations in any part of the state necessary to
carry out the powers vested in the Board, as specified.
The Administrative Procedure Act, provides for the conduct of administrative adjudication
proceedings of state agencies. Existing law generally prohibits ex parte communication
including communication during a pending proceeding,regarding any issue in the proceeding,to
the presiding officer by an employee or representative of an agency that is a party to the
proceeding without notice and opportunity for all parties to participate, except as specified.
This bill would provide that the ex parte communications provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act do not apply to state or regional board proceedings regarding water quality. This
bill would also prohibit a board member, or any interested person, as defined, from engaging in
an ex parte communication, as defined, unless the board member fully discloses and makes
public the ex pane communication by providing a full report of the communication to the board
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on the record of the proceeding at the first hearing that occurs after ex parte communication
Occurs.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Asm. Wat. Parks and Wild
G.3 AB 2117 (Gored) Waste discharge requirements: stormwater.
The State Water Resources Control Board and its regional water quality control boards prescribe
waste discharge requirements for the discharge of stormwater in accordance with the federal
national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program. The boards must
issue waste discharge requirements which apply and ensure compliance with all applicable
provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and any more stringent effluent standards
or limitations necessary to implement water quality control plans, or for the protection of
beneficial uses, or to prevent nuisance.
This bill would prohibit implementation of any new stormwater effluent standards or limitations
more stringent than the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act until January 1,
2017. This bill would also require the state board, in consultation with affected stakeholders to
prepare a comprehensive statewide stormwater plan, as prescribed, if the United States
Environmental Protection Agency agrees to provide grant money to cover the costs and to subunit
the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 2016.
This bill would permit state board and regional board staff and members to discuss pending
stormwater waste discharge requirements with affected parties so long as the discussion is
publicly disclosed.
ACWA Position: Watch Status:Asm, Env. Safety and 7'M.
GA SB 964 (Wright) Administrative Procedure Act: State Water Resources Control
Board and California regional water quality control boards.
Existing law generally requires state agencies to adopt regulations in accordance with prescribed
procedures and requirements, and requires the Office of Administrative Law to review adopted
regulations and to make specified determinations. However, existing law grants to the State
Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards various
exemptions to the above requirements, including an exemption for the adoption of regulations for
the issuance, denial, or revocation of specified waste discharge requirements and permits.
This bill would provide that the exemption for the adoption of regulations for the issuance,
denial, or revocation of specified waste discharge requirements and permits shall not apply to
any general permits or waivers issued under state law or the federal National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System, as defined, thereby requiring the State Water Resources Control Board and
the California regional water quality control boards to comply with provisions that require the
adoption of regulations under those circumstances.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Sen. Env. Qual.
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H. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
H.1 AB 2577 (Galgiani) Environmental quality: public comments.
The California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to
be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project
that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or
to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also
requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a
significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that
effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant
effect on the environment.
CEQA requires the lead agency to consider and respond to comments received on a draft EIR,
proposed negative declaration, or proposed mitigated negative declaration that are received
within the public review period.
This bill would specify that the lead agency does not have a duty to consider, evaluate, or
respond to comments received after the expiration of the public review period. This bill would
also provide that these comments are not a part of the record of proceedings for the EIR, negative
declaration, or mitigated negative declaration.
ACWA Position: Favor Status: Asm. Nat. Res.
H.2 SB 972 (Simitian) Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act:
scoping meeting and notice of completion.
1) The California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) requires a lead agency to provide to,
among others, an organization or individual who has filed a written request a notice of at least
one scoping meeting for projects of statewide, regional, or areawide significance. CEQA also
requires that notices regarding a lead agency determination to require an EIR or other actions
taken pursuant to that act be mailed to every person who files a written request.
This bill would additionally require the lead agency to provide the notices to a public agency that
has filed a written request for the notices.
2) CEQA requires the State Clearinghouse to provide to a legislator in whose district a project
has an environmental impact the notice of completion of an EIR on the project if the legislator
requests the notice and the State Clearinghouse has received the notice.
This bill would instead require the State Clearinghouse to provide a notice of preparation of an
EIR and a notice of completion of an EIR by a public agency if the legislator requests the notice
and the State Clearinghouse has received the requested notice.
ACWA Position: Favor Status: Sen. Appr.
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H.3 SB 984 (Simitian)Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act:
record of proceedings.
(1) The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) establishes a procedure for the
preparation and certification of the record of proceedings upon the filing of an action or
proceeding challenging a lead agency's action on the grounds of noncompliance with CEQA.
This bill would require, until January 1, 2016, the lead agency, at the request of a project
applicant,to, among other things,prepare a record of proceedings concurrently with the
preparation of negative declarations, mitigated negative declarations, EIRs or other
environmental documents for specified projects.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Sen. Appr.
H.4 SB 1214 (Cannella) Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality
Act: judicial review.
The California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) establishes judicial review procedures for
challenging a lead agency action on the ground of noncompliance with CEQA.
This bill would require a judicial proceeding challenging a project, except for a high-speed rail
project, located in a distressed county, as defined, to be filed with the Court of Appeal with
geographic jurisdiction over the project.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Sen. Env. Quad.
I. SPECIFIC AGENCIES AND/OR PROJECTS
1.1 SB 1364 (Huff) Water corporations.
(1) The Public Utilities Act authorizes the Public Utilities Commission(PUC), each
commissioner, and each officer and person employed by the PUC at any time to inspect the
accounts, books,papers, and documents of any public utility. This authorization applies to
inspections of the accounts,books, papers, and documents of any business that is a subsidiary or
affiliate of,or a corporation that holds a controlling interest in, an electrical, gas, or telephone
corporation and this bill would add"water corporation"to the list of corporation types.
(2) With certain exceptions, whenever any electrical, gas,heat, telephone, water, or sewer
system corporation files an application to change any rate for the services or commodities
furnished by it, existing law requires that the corporation furnish its customers notice of its
application to the PUC for approval of the new rate. This notice requirement does not apply to
any rate change proposed by a corporation pursuant to an advice letter submitted to the PUC
filed pursuant to PUC established procedures for advice letters.
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This bill would make the above-described advice letter filing exception inapplicable to an advice
letter filed by a water corporation.
(3) Existing law requires every electrical, gas, and telephone corporation to annually prepare and
submit to the PUC a report describing all significant transactions between the corporation and
every subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in,the electrical, gas,
or telephone corporation. Existing law requires the PUC to periodically audit all significant
transactions between an electrical, gas, or telephone corporation and every subsidiary or affiliate
of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in,that electrical, gas, or telephone corporation.
This bill would make these requirements applicable to water corporations.
(4) If the PUC finds and determines that any electrical, gas, or telephone corporation has
willfully made an imprudent payment to, or received a less than reasonable payment from, any
subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in, the electrical, gas, or
telephone corporation in violation of any rule or order of the PUC, and the corporation has
sought to recover the payment in any proceeding before the PUC, existing law authorizes the
PUC, following a hearing,to levy a penalty against the corporation not to exceed 3 times the
required or prohibited payment if the PUC finds that the payment was made or received by the
corporation for the purpose of benefiting its subsidiary, affiliate, or holding corporation.
This bill would extend this authority to water corporations.
(5)Existing law authorizes any party to an action or proceeding, or any stockholder or
bondholder or other party pecuniarily interested in the public utility affected by an order or
decision of the PUC, to apply for a rehearing with respect to any matter determined in the action
or proceeding and specified in the application for rehearing. Existing law prohibits a cause of
action arising out of any order or decision of the PUC from accruing in a court to a corporation
or person unless the corporation or person has filed an application to the PUC for a rehearing
within a specified amount of time after the date of issuance of the order or decision. Existing
law generally authorizes an aggrieved party to petition for a writ of review of an order or
decision of the PUC within 30 days after the commission issues its decision denying an
application for a rehearing, or, if the PUC grants the application, within 30 days after the PUC
issues its decision on rehearing. Under existing law, a petition for a writ of review may be
brought in a court of appeal or the Supreme Court, except with respect to certain decisions of the
PUC pertaining to a water corporation, which are required to be brought in the Supreme Court.
This bill would eliminate the requirement that certain decisions of the PUC pertaining to a water
corporation be brought in the Supreme Court.
(6) Existing law provides compensation for reasonable advocate's fees, reasonable expert
witness fees, and other reasonable costs to public utility customers, as defined, for participation
or intervention in any proceeding of the PUC involving the public utility. The existing definition
of a customer, for these purposes, excludes any state, federal, or local government agency.
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This bill would include in the definition of a customer, for these purposes, a local government
agency that is a customer of a water corporation when participating in a proceeding involving the
water corporation.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Sen_ Energy, UhL & Com.
I LAFCO
K. PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION; REVENUE AND COLLECTION
PROCEDURES
K.I AB 2069 (Solorio) Sanitation,sewerage, and water charges: collection.
Unpaid charges to local public entities for water, sanitation, storm drainage, or sewerage system,
as well as for the privilege of connecting to these sanitation or sewerage facilities, under
specified circumstances, may be collected on the tax roll in the same manner as property taxes.
The amount of the charges constitutes a lien against the lot or parcel against which the charge
has been imposed,unless the real property has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide
purchaser for value, or a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and
attached prior to the date upon which the first installment of the property taxes would become
delinquent.
This bill would instead require the transfer, conveyance, or attachment to occur during the year
preceding the date on which the first installment of property taxes that evidence the charges
appears on the tax roll, in order to preclude the local public entity's lien from attaching.
This bill would delete existing 60 day delinquency and notice requirements and, instead,
authorize the amount of unpaid charges to be secured at any time by filing a specified certificate
in the office of the county recorder. This bill would provide that the amount required to be paid,
with interest and a penalty, constitutes a lien on all real property owned by the person or
afterwards acquired by him or her before the lien expires.
Unpaid charges to a water district for water or other services become a lien on the parcel of land
upon which the water and other services were used, unless the real property has been transferred
or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value
has been created and attached prior to the date of which the first installment of taxes would
become delinquent.
This bill would require the transfer,conveyance, or attachment to occur during the year
preceding the date on which the first installment of real property taxes that evidence the charges
appears on the tax roll, in order to prevent the lien from attaching.
ACWA Position: Watch Status: Asm, Wat. Parks and Wild.
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K.2 AB 2567 (Carter) Sewer collection agency: schedule of fees.
This bill would authorize an agency that provides wastewater collection service to adopt a
schedule of fees or charges, as specified. This bill would also authorize an agency that provides
water, wastewater, sewer, or refuse collection service to adopt a schedule of fees or charges
authorizing automatic adjustments that pass through increases in wastewater treatment, if that
agency complies with specified procedures.
AC'WA Position: Favor Status:Asm. Loa Gov.
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ITEM NO. 2.3
AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: May 9, 2012
Subject: Public Records Act Request Policy
s
ATTACHMENTS:
Name: Description: Type:
Kidman Law PRA Policy.docx Draft Policy Backup Material
ElYorba Linda
Water District
Policies and Procedures
Policy No.: XXXX-XXO-XX
Effective Date:
Prepared By:
Applicability: 44t
POLICY: Payment for Production of Document that is not a Public
Record
1.0 PURPOSE
The California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250 et
seq.) (Act) sets forth the rules pertaining to "public records" of public
entities. When an item is a "public record," as defined in the Act, an
agency has limited rights to charge the requester for production of said
item. Specifically, under the Act, the agency may only charge for 1) the
direct costs of duplication, 2) a statutory fee if applicable or, under limited
circumstances 3) the cost of producing a copy of the record, including the
cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer
services necessary to produce a copy of the record.
From time to time, the District is presented with a request for an item that
is not a "public record" as that phrase is defined under the Act. The
question arises, should the District nonetheless produce the item and, if
yes, who should pay? This policy addresses those situations.
2.0 PRODUCTION OF AN ITEM THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC RECORD AND
PAYMENT THEREOF
A. When a requester is informed that the item requested under the Act is not
a public record, then the requester may, via written notice to the General
Manager of the District, request that the Board of Directors address
his/her request under this policy.
B. If the General Manager receives a request pursuant to Section 2.0(a)
above, the General Manager shall place the item on the agenda for the
next regularly scheduled Board of Directors.
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C. When discussing the item, the Board of Directors may take one of the
following actions:
a. Determine that the item requested is not within the purpose of the
District and thus may not be prepared and produced;
b. Determine that the item requested is within the purpose of the
District and would provide some benefit to the District and authorize
the General Manager to produce such item to the requester, as
soon as is reasonably possible, only if the requester agrees to pay
the costs of production, including the cost to construct the item
requested, and the cost of programming and computer services
necessary to produce a copy of the item requested; or
c. Determine that the item requested is within the purpose of the
District and would provide a substantial benefit to the District and
direct the General Manager, to produce the item, as soon as is
reasonably possible, at sole expense of the District.
APPROVED:
Kenneth R. Vecchiarelli, General Manager
4L,
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Yorba Linda
Water District
Policies and Procedures
Policy No.: XXXX-XXO-XX
Effective Date:
Prepared By:
Applicability:
POLICY: Payment for Production of Document that is not a Public
Record
1.0 PURPOSE
The California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250 et
seq.) (Act) sets forth the rules pertaining to "public records" of public
entities. When an item is a "public record," as defined in the Act, an
agency has limited rights to charge the requester for production of said
item. Specifically, under the Act, the agency may only charge for 1) the
direct costs of duplication, 2) a statutory fee if applicable or, under limited
circumstances 3) the cost of producing a copy of the record, including the
cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer
services necessary to produce a copy of the record.
From time to time, the District is presented with a request for an item that
is not a "public record" as that phrase is defined under the Act. The
question arises, should the District nonetheless produce the item and, if
yes, who should pay? This policy addresses those situations.
2.0 PRODUCTION OF AN ITEM THAT IS NOT A PUBLIC RECORD AND
PAYMENT THEREOF
A. When a requester is informed that the item requested under the Act is not
a public record, then the requester may, via written notice to the General
Manager of the District, request that the Board of Directors address
his/her request under this policy.
B. If the General Manager receives a request pursuant to Section 2.0(a)
above, the General Manager shall place the item on the agenda for the
next regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting.
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C. When discussing the item, the Board of Directors may take one of the
following actions:
a. Determine that the item requested is not within the purpose of the
District and thus may not be prepared and produced;
b. Determine that the item requested is within the purpose of the
District and would provide some benefit to the District and authorize
the General Manager to produce such item to the requester, as
soon as is reasonably possible, only if the requester agrees to pay
the costs of production, including the cost to construct the item
requested, and the cost of programming and computer services
necessary to produce a copy of the item requested; or
c. Determine that the item requested is within the purpose of the
District and would provide a substantial benefit to the District and
direct the General Manager, to produce the item, as soon as is
reasonably possible, at sole expense of the District.
APPROVED:
Kenneth R. Vecchiarelli, General Manager Date
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ITEM NO. 2.4
AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: May 9, 2012
Subject: Customer Service Feedback Report
ATTACHMENTS:
Name: Description: Type:
CR Feedback.pdf Monthly Report Backup Material
Leak Calls by Month
80
v
60
w
0 40
20
0
Tan Feb Mar Anr
•Main Line Valve Leak
4
3
0
2
•Fire Hydrant Leak
4
2
1
3
•Meter Leak
30
18
26
19
■AMS
4
1
6
0
•Service Leak
10
11
21
13
■Main Leak
4
3
5
6
Water Quality Calls by Month
18
16
14
12
v 10
0 8
6
fFebMar
4
2
0
Jan Apr
6
•Odor
0
1
2
0
7
•Taste
0
0
0
1
1
•Dirty or Cloudy Water
1
6
3
1
•No Water 6 10 8 3
Pressure Calls by Month
16
14
y 12
10
0 8
6
4
2
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr
■Low Pressure
8
11
7
7
Mar
■High Pressure
0
3
3
1
Turn On/Off Calls by Month
Sewer Issue Calls by Month
7
6
5
U
0 4
:tt 3
2
1
0
Jan Feb Mar Ap
•Sewer Overflow 1 1 1 0
•Sewer Odor 4 2 0 0
•Sewer Stoppage 1 1 1 2
Misc. Calls by Month
40
15
12
16
19
35
0
0
0
0
y 30
6
6
7
1
w 25
3
6
7
4
C 20
0
0
0
1
:tt 15
10
5
0
Tan
Feb
Mar
Anr
•Other
15
12
16
19
•Contractor
0
0
0
0
•Customer Problem
6
6
7
1
•Damaged Box or Lid
3
6
7
4
•Noise in Pipes
0
0
0
1
120
100
80
U 60
w
O
40
20
Customer Feedback Calls by Month
•Misc Total
9
12
14
6
•Sewer ssues Tot
al 6
4
2
2
•Turn On Off Toda
13
17
8
8
•Pressure Total
8
14
10
8
■Water uality Tot
7
17
13
5
■Leaks Total
1 56
38
59
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ITEM NO. 2.6
AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: May 9, 2012
Subject: Directors and General Manager Fees & Expenses (January - March 2012)
STRATEGIC PLAN:
FR 3-C: Manage Cash Flow to Maximize Investment Income
ATTACHMENTS:
Nami Description: Type:
Travel Expenses 2011-12.xlsx Travel &Expenses Backup Material
Qtrlv Report 2011-12.xlsx Fees&Expenses-3rd Quarter Fiscal Year 2011-12 Backup Material
YTD Report 2011-12.xlsx Fees&Expenses-YTD Fiscal Year 2011-12 Backup Material
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
DIRECTORS RECAP OF TRAVEL/CONFERENCE EXPENSES
FOR QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 2012
FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012
G/L Travel/Conference Travel/Conference Travel/Conference
Director Date Date Name Location Meals Lodging Travel Conf Fee Misc Total trip Total
Beverage
$0
$0
Collett
$0
$0
Hawkins
02/16/12
2/2/12
Water Policy Forum
Costa Mesa, CA
$75
$75
$75
Kiley
1/9/2012
12/14/11 - 12/16/11
Refund for CRWUA Conference
Las Vegas, NV
($370)
($370)
1/31/2012
12/14/11 - 12/16/11
Refund for CRWUA Conference
Las Vegas, NV
($373)
($373)
02/16/12
2/2/12
Water Policy Forum
Costa Mesa, CA
$75
$75
($668)
Melton
02/16/12
2/2/12
Water Policy Forum
Costa Mesa, CA
$75
$75
$75
Total Directors
$0 ($373)
$0 ($145) $0
($518)
($518)
General Manager
Vecchiarelli
02/16/12
2/2/12
Water Policy Forum
Costa Mesa, CA
$75
$75
Total GM
$0 $0
$0 $75 $0
$75
$75
Total Directors&GM
$0 ($373)
$0 ($70) $0
($443)
($443)
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
DIRECTORS AND GENERAL MANAGER FEES AND EXPENSES
FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012
3RD QUARTER REPORT FROM 01-01-2012 TO 03-31-2012
BEVERAGE
COLLETT
HAWKINS
KILEY
MELTON
SUB-TOTAL
VECCHIARELLI
TOTAL
REGULAR MEETINGS ATTENDED
6
6
6
6
6
30
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ATTENDED
14
7
8
6
8
43
OFF SITE MEETINGS ATTENDED
1
2
8
14
10
35
SPECIAL MEETINGS ATTENDED
1
1
1
1
1
5
OTHER MEETINS ATTENDED
0
0
4
0
3
7
TOTAL MEETINGS ATTENDED QTD
22
16
27
27
28
120
120
DIRECTOR FEES QTD
$3,300
$2,400
$4,050
$4,050
$4,200
$18,000
$18,000
MEETING FEES BUDGET QTD
$4,500
$4,500
$4,500
$4,500
$4,500
$22,500
$22,500
TRAVEL& CONF. EXPENSES QTD
$0
$0
$75
($668)
$75
($518)
($518)
TRAVEL & CONF. BUDGET QTD
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$3,800
$3,800
DIR.FEES AND EXPENSES QTD
$3,300
$2,400
$4,125
$3,382
$4,275
$17,482
$17,482
FEES AND EXPENSES BUDGET QTD
$5,260
$5,260
$5,260
$5,260
$5,260
$26,300
$26,300
GEN MGR EXPENSES QTD
$75
$75
GEN MGR TRAVEL/CONF. BUDGET QTD
$1,750
$1,750
TOTAL FEES & EXPENSES QTD
$3,300
$2,400
$4,125
$3,382
$4,275
$17,482
$75
$17,557
TOTAL FEES & EXPENSES BUDGET QTD
$5,260
$5,260
$5,260
$5,260
$5,260
$26,300
$1,750
$28,050
DIRECTORS:
REGULAR MEETINGS ATTENDED
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ATTENDED
OFF SITE MEETINGS ATTENDED
SPECIAL MEETINGS ATTENDED
OTHER MEETINGS ATTENDED
TOTAL MEETINGS ATTENDED YTD
DIRECTOR FEES YTD
MEETING FEES BUDGET YTD
TRAVEL&CONFERENCES EXPENSES YTD
TRAVEL& CONFERENCE BUDGET YTD
TOTAL DIRECTORS FEES & EXPENSES YTD
TOTAL FEES & EXPENSES BUDGET YTD
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
DIRECTORS AND GENERAL MANAGER FEES AND EXPENSES
YEAR-TO-DATE REPORT FROM 07-01-2011 TO 3-31-2012
FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012
BEVERAGE
COLETT
HAWKINS
KILEY
MELTON
SUB-TOTAL VECCHIARELLI TOTAL
369
$12,000
$6,750
$12,150
$12,450
$12,000
17
15
17
18
18
85
35
19
24
18
18
114
7
5
22
41
34
109
7
6
5
6
5
29
14
0
13
0
5
32
80
45
81
83
80
369
369
$12,000
$6,750
$12,150
$12,450
$12,000
$55,350
$55,350
$13,500
$13,500
$13,500
$13,500
$13,500
$67,500
$67,500
$1,043
$0
$480
$1,082
$2,180
$4,785
$4,785
$2,280
$2,280
$2,280
$2,280
$2,280
$11,400
$11,400
$13,043
$6,750
$12,630
$13,532
$14,180
$60,135
$60,135
$15,780
$15,780
$15,780
$15,780
$15,780
$78,900
$78,900
GEN MGR EXPENSES YTD
GEN MGR TRAVEL & CONFERENCE BUDGET YTD
TOTAL FEES & EXPENSES YTD
TOTAL FEES & EXPENSES BUDGET YTD
$865 $865
$5,250 $5,250
$13,043 $6,750 $12,630 $13,532 $14,180 $60,135 $865 $61,000
$15,780 $15,780 $15,780 $15,780 $15,780 $78,900 $5,250 $84,150
ITEM NO. 2.7
AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: May 9, 2012
Subject: Status of Strategic Plan Initiatives
ATTACHMENTS:
Name: Description: Type:
Strategic Plan Tracking- EAO.xlsx Strategic Plan Initiatives-April 2012 Backup Material
Strategic Plan Initiatives Status Report
Executive-Administrative-Organizational Committee
Strategies Start Date Completion Lead Party Apr 2012 Progress
Date
CP 1: Increase Brand Reco nition within the Communit
Have Board of
Attendance atMWDOC
Directors and YLWD
Staff Attend More Immediately BOD/GM/PIO/ Elected Officials Forum
CP 1-C following Nov- On-going and standing
Local and Regional Staff
2010 election intergovernmental
Events and Inter-
governmental Meetings meetings
CP 2: Increase Public Awareness of Water and Wastewater Related Issues
(4) Customers received
Provide Financial a rebate for Rotating
Incentives and Rebates Nozzles. MWDOC Turf
CP 2-A for Water Use Jul-11 On-going BOD/GM/PIO Removal Program &
Efficiency Synthetic Turf Program
tabled.
Consider Participation
in the California
CP 2-C Urban Water Sep-11 Dec-11 GM Committee Opted Not
Conservation Council's to Move Forward
Best Management
Practices
Enhance the District's
Regional Water and
CP 2-D On-going On-going BOD/GM/Staff On-going
Wastewater Industry
Participation
WE 1: Retain a Highly Skilled and Capable Workforce
Attended Groundwater
Encourage Staff Producers Meeting,
Participation in Public Affairs Meeting
WE 1-F Professional On-going On-going General Manager & Water Use Efficiency Meeting. Attended
Organizations and
Local Civic Groups quarterly OC Water
Operations Managers
Association meeting.
WE 3: Enhance Employee Relations
Implement a Program Working with
to Recognize Employee Recognition
WE 3-A Employees for Jul-11 Sep-11 EPIC Committee Committee on
Excellence Employee of the Month
Program logistics
Conduct Quarterly All- Date set for May 17,
WE 3-B Jul-11 Quarterly General Manager
Hands Meetings 2012
Continue to Encourage
Employee Training in
WE 3-C On-going On-going General Manager On-going
Leadership and
Technology
SR 2: Explore Service Boundary Opportu nities
Evaluate Feasibility of
Providing Additional
SR 2-A Jul-11 Jun-12 General Manager On-going
Water Services with
the Region
Evaluate Feasibility of
Providing Additional
SR 2-B Jul-11 Jun-12 General Manager On-going
Wastewater Services
with the Region
Evaluate Feasibility of
SR 2-C Providing Other Jul-11 Jun-12 General Manager On-going
Professional Services
with the Region
SR 1: Work Toward Service Reliability and Efficiency
Continue with Efforts Delay due to further
to Annex District hydrological modeling.
SR 1-A On-going On-going General Manager
Service Area to Orange May extend process by
County Water District several months
Engage with Regional Attended MWDOC
SR 1-C Agencies on Water On-going On-going General Manager Water Use Efficiency
Supply Issues Meeting.
Strengthen Existing Emergency Update of Emergency
SR 1-D Emergency Operations On-going On-going Operations Response Plan in
Partnerships Coordinator/GM process
FR 3: Identify and Develop Additional Revenue Options
Research and Obtain On-going assessment
FR 3-A Grant Funding On-going On-going General Manager through Townsend
Whenever Feasible Public Affairs
OE 2: Address Inefficiencies Identified in the Self-Assessment Survey
Identify Core Discussed. Will meet
OE 2-A Inefficiencies Jul-11 Jun-12 EPIC Committee with GM in May for
next steps
Develop Measurable Will be brought back
OE 2-13 Productivity Goals Aug-11 Jun-12 EPIC Committee for discussion at June
2012 meeting
Engage Employees in Will be brought back
OE 2-C Methods of Addressing Sep-11 Jun-12 EPIC Committee for discussion at June
Inefficiencies 2012 meeting
OE 3: Consider Utilization of a Peer Review Survey
Determine the Cost
OE 3-A Benefit Ratio of a Peer Jul-11 Sep-11 Management Completed Feb 2012
Review Survey Analyst Meeting
Establish a Team to Opted Not to Move
OE 3-13 Determine the Focus Sep-11 Oct-11 EPIC Committee Forward with Peer
of the Survey Review Survey
Institute Guidelines Opted Not to Move
OE 3-C for Areas to Be Sep-11 Dec-11 EPIC Committee Forward with Peer
Addressed Review Survey