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September 14, 2000
MINUTES OF THE
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING
September 14, 2000
The September 14, 2000 regular meeting of theYorba Linda Water District Board of Directors
was called to order by President Michael Beverage at 8:30 a.m. The meeting was held at District
Headquarters, 4622 Plumosa Drive, Yorba Linda.
Directors present at roll call:
President Michael J. Beverage
Vice President Paul R. Armstrong
Mark Abramowitz
Brett Barbre
Arthur C. Korn
Staff present:
William J. Robertson, General Manager
Arthur Kidman, District General Counsel
Beverly Meza, Business Manager
Lee Cory, Operations Superintendent
Ken Vecchiarelli, Engineering Manager
Michael Robinson, Assistant Administrator
Amelia Cloonan, Secretary to the General Manager
Ricardo De Anda, Meter Reader I
Visitors present: None
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION : None
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Item 1. New employee Ricardo De Anda, Meter Reader I, Customer Service Department was
introduced.
Ricardo De Anda departed the meeting at 8:35 a.m.
CONSENT CALENDAR
On a motion by President Michael J. Beverage seconded by Vice President Paul Armstrong, the
Directors voted 5-0 to approve the Consent Calendar as follows:
Item 2. Minutes of regular meeting, August 24, 2000.
Item 3. Authorize directors to leave the State of California prior to next meeting.
Item 4. Approve disbursements of $1,273,598.74.
Item 5. Approve Terms and Conditions for Water Service - Job No. 0029.
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Item 6. Approve Progress Payment No. 3 and Change Order No. I for construction of the
Richfield Transmission Main Project.
Arthur Kidman joined the meeting at 8:37 a.m.
ACTION CALENDAR
Item 7. Consider Adoption of Resolution 00-10 Adopting the District's Appropriation Limit for
Fiscal Year 2000-2001. Beverly Meza, Business Manager, reviewed the analysis. Discussion.
On a motion by Director Abramowitz, seconded by Vice President Armstrong, the Board of
Directors voted 5-0-0, on a roll call vote, to adopt Resolution No. 00-10 Adopting the
Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2000-2001.
Beveraly Meza left the meeting at 8:41 a.m.
Item 8. Consider Adopting Resolution 00-I1 "Amending Resoluton No. 99-04 to Add Three
New Positions". William Robertson, General Manager, presented the follow-up to the Board of
Directors personnel workshop meetings. Discussion.
On a motion by Director Barbre, seconded by Vice President Armstrong, the Board of Directors
voted 4-1-0, on a roll call vote with Director Abramowitz voting No, to adopt Resolution No. 00-
11 "Amending Resolution No. 99-04 to Add Three New Positions."
Item 9. Consider Recognizing Employees Association in lieu of Teamsters Union as the
exclusive bargaining agent for the bargaining unit employees. William Robertson, General
Manager, presented the item. Discussion.
On motion by Director Barbre, seconded by Director Abramowitz, the Board of Directors voted
5-0-0 to recognize the Yorba Linda Water District Employees Association as the exclusive
bargaining agent for the bargaining unit employees.
Item 10. Consider Hidden Hills Reservoir Project and Zone 6 West Pipe. Kenneth Vecchiarelli,
Engineering Manager, gave a brief review. The Board discussed environmental issues and
available options.
On motion by Director Barbre, seconded by Vice President Armstrong, the Board of Directors
voted 4-1-0, on a roll call vote with Director Abramowitz voting No, to authorize staff to begin
planning and engineering work on the Hidden Hills Reservoir and Zone 6 West Pipe projects.
Item I L Consider Bastanchury Road Sewer Trunk for the Shell Development. Continued to the
next meeting.
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Item 12. Consider Support of Candidate for CSDA Board of Directors. William Robertson,
General Manager, asked if the Board of Directors desired to support the candidacy of Harry
Ehrlich for the CSDA Board of Directors. Discussion. No action.
Michael Robinson, Assistant Administrator, joined the meeting at 8:49 a.m.
Item 13. Consider District video script - continued from the August 24 Board of Directors
meeting. Michael Robinson, Assistant Administrator, presented the revisions in the script.
Extensive discussion took place regarding changes in wording and language of the script.
On motion by Director Abramowitz, seconded by Director Barbre, the Board of Directors voted
4-1-0, with Director Korn voting No, to approve the draft script for the informational video and
commence production of the video.
GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT
Item 14. General Manager reported on the following:
a. General Counsel Mr. Kidman had noting to report.
b. Test on fire pump. Kenneth Vecchiarelli, Engineering Manager, reported that the
installation of the pump and motor at Santiago went well. However, they are working on
the automation, so it will respond in a real life scenario. Director Armstrong asked if
there would be another test. Ken Vecchiarelli reported they will do another test to make
sure the system responds without interference.
C. ACWA Fall Conference, November 8-10, Anaheim, CA. Members of the Board need to
submit their paperwork.
d. Reservations for the District facilities tour, which will take place on Saturday, September
16, are full. Michael Robinson, Assistant Administrator, reported the tour is set for 8:00
a.m. with the bus departing from the District's headquarters at 8:30 a.m. President
Beverage plans to attend.
Mike Robinson also reported he is working on an annual report for Fall 2000. He
distributed copies of bios for the members of the board and requested that any changes
needed be made and returned to him.
e. District activities:
William Robertson, General Manager, stated the issue of a history video has come up
during discussion of the District video. The District is not going to move forward on the
history video this year but may do so in two to three years.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
Item 15. Executive-Administration Committee August 30, 2000. Director Beverage reported the
Committee discussed a water pressure policy.
Item 16. Finance-Accounting Committee meeting scheduled for September 21 at 9:00 a.m.
Item 17. Personnel-Risk Management Committee. Nothing to report.
Item 18. Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee meeting September 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Director Armstrong asked Kenneth Vecchiarelli, Engineering Manager, to give an oral
report on discussion items regarding abandonment of Wells 16 & 17, Richfield Road
transmission main, and update on Well 11 improvements. On-going discussion of
items will be brought to the Board.
Item 19. Public Information Committee met on September 11. President Beverage reported on
the meeting, wherein members went over the video script.
Item 20. Orange County Water District Ad Hoc Committee met September 5, 2000 to discuss
the Huntington Beach litigation and MTBE issue in So. Cal's water well.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS
Item 21. WACO meeting, September 1 was moved to September 8. Director Abramowitz did
not attend.
Item 22. OCWD At Hoc Committee Meeting, September 5. Discussed above.
Item 23. OCWD Meeting, September 6. Director Barbre did not attend.
Item 24. Joint MWDOC/CMWD Meeting, September 6. Director Abramowitz did not attend..
Item 25. Yorba Linda Planning Commission, September 13. Director Armstrong attended. He
reported on three items. 1) Abandonment of a portion of Mountain View, 2) Traffic
Commission requested a joint meeting with the Planning Commission, and 3)
Commissioner Nakamura's advocacy of a youth member of the Planning Commission.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS/ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION
Director Abramowitz saw a newspaper article indicating some drilling at the Muranaka property
is being paid for by the Yorba Linda Water District. William Robertson, General Manager,
reported that Linda Bauermeister is taking care of this through the insurance company.
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President Beverage declared a recess beginning at 9:17 a.m.
Amelia Cloonan, Lee Cory, Michael Robinson, and Kenneth Vecchiarelli left the meeting.
The meeting reconvened at 9:22 a.m. in Closed Session.
CLOSED SESSION
Item 26. Discussion of pending litigation to which the District is a party, (Subsection (a) of
Huntington Beach vs. OCWD, and Case No. 818852 Fountain Valley vs. OCWD, Section
54956.9), County of Orange, Central Justice Center, Case No. 815921, before the Superior Court
of the State of California.
The Board of Directors came out of Closed Session at 9:45 a.m. No action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT
On a motion by Director Barbre, seconded by Director Korn, the Board of Directors voted 5-0 to
adjourn the meeting at 9:45 a.m. The next meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for
Thursday, S pte r , at 8:30 a.m. at the District Headquarters.
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