EXHIBIT 23-A
Draft Minutes
Administrative Committee of the
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
July 13, 2010
Committee
Members present: Alvin Edwards,
Judi Lehman and David Pendergrass
Staff members present: Rick Dickhaut,
Call to Order
The
meeting was called to order at 8:05 AM in the District Conference Room.
Oral Communications
No
public comment was received.
Items on Board Agenda
for July 19, 2010
Consider Expenditure of
Budgeted Funds for School Retrofit Program
Stephanie
Pintar, Water Demand Manager, reported on this item and answered questions from
the committee. The committee
voted 2 to 0 to recommend the Board authorize the expenditure of up to
$125,000 of budgeted funds for implementing water saving retrofits approved by
the Water Demand Committee within the
Consider Expenditure of
Budgeted Funds for Professional Services by Waterwise,
Inc. to Conduct Water
Audits of MPWMD Schools
Not Supplied by
Stephanie Pintar
reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. The committee voted 2 to 0
to recommend the Board authorize the General Manager to contract for
professional services with WaterWise Consulting, Inc.,
to conduct water audits and prepare retrofit recommendations for the
non-California American Water schools located within the District in a
not-to-exceed amount of $10,000 during Fiscal Year 2010-2011. Director Edwards was absent for this item.
Consider Expenditure of
Budgeted Funds to Purchase Water Conservation Print Material
Stephanie
Pintar reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. The committee voted 3 to 0
to recommend the Board authorize staff to commit to the purchase of
10,000 copies of Captive Rain: The
Oldest Water Supply with a back cover ad in a not-to-exceed amount of $10,000,
and approve the expenditure of up to $3,000 for purchasing conservation print
material (mirror/window clings/stickers)
for public education.
Consider Expenditure of
Budgeted Funds to Purchase Water Conservation Signage for Towel/Linen Reuse
Program and Restaurant
Signage Requirement
Stephanie Pintar
reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the
Board authorize the expenditure of funds in the amount of $9,000 for purchasing
conservation materials that are provided to hotels and restaurants to comply
with the requirements set forth in District Rule 154.
Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Contract with Zone
24/7 for Database Enhancements to Accommodate Changes Resulting from Adoption
of Ordinance No. 144 (An Ordinance that Expands the Rebate Program to Include Graywater Reuse and Other Technologies)
Ms.
Pintar reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the
Board approve expenditure of funds in an amount not-to-exceed $5,000 for
programming efforts by Zone 24x7 to accommodate database program changes for
Ordinance No. 144.
Consider Adoption of
Resolution 2010-09 -- Amending Fees and Charges Table -- Rule 60
Stephanie
Pintar reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. Director Edwards requested that staff include
the date of when the Fees and Charges Table was last amended in the staff
report to be presented to the Board on July 19, 2010. The committee
voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board adopt Resolution 2010-09, Amending Rule 60, Fees and Charges
Table.
Consider
Expenditure of Budgeted Funds for Repairs to Intake Pump #2 at Sleepy Hollow
Steelhead Rearing Facility
Kevan Urquhart reported on this
item and answered questions from the committee.
The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board approve the expenditure
of $10,345 to repair the pump.
Consider
Expenditure of Budgeted Funds for Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility
Stand-by Generator Maintenance Service with Quinn Power Systems for Fiscal Year
2010-11
Kevan Urquhart reported on this
item and answered questions from the committee.
The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board authorize the General
Manager to expend budgeted funds to pay Quinn for the periodic and preventive
maintenance services on the Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rearing Facility’s
emergency generator during FY 2010–11, for a total amount not to exceed $5,600.
Proposition
84 Planning and Implementation Grant Applications (A) Consider Approval of
Resolution 2010-11 in Support of Filing Proposition 84 Planning Grant
Application (B) Authorize the General Manager to Enter into Grant Agreements
(C) Consider Expenditure of Budgeted Funds to Retain Consultants for Professional
Services to Prepare Grant Application
Larry Hampson, Water Resources
Engineer, reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the
Board: A) Adopt Resolution 2010-11 to
apply for Planning Grant funding under Proposition 84; B) Authorize the General
Manager to enter into a contract with the State of California to receive
Planning Grant funds to update the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay and Southern
Monterey Bay Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. The General Manager will also be authorized
to negotiate sub-grantee agreements with local agencies, non-profits, and
consultants to carry out the scope of work described in the State of California
grant contract; C) Authorize the General Manager to enter into agreements with
consultants for professional services associated with completing a grant
application to DWR at a cost not-to-exceed $25,000.
Consider
Adoption of Resolution 2010-10 – Authorizing a Line of Credit with Bank of
Rick Dickhaut, Chief Financial
Officer, reported on this item and answered questions from the committee. The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the
Board adopt Resolution No. 2010-10, A
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management
District Authorizing a Line of Credit with Bank of America.
Consider
Adoption of Treasurer's Report for May 2010
Rick Dickhaut reported on this
item and answered questions from the committee.
The committee voted 3 to 0 to recommend the Board adopt the May 2010
Treasurer’s Report and financial statements, and ratification of the
disbursements made during the month.
Other Business
Review Draft Agenda for July
19, 2010 Regular Board Meeting
Director
Edwards requested moving Item 21 – Consider
First Reading of Ordinance No. 144 – An Ordinance of the Monterey Peninsula
Water Management District Amending the Rebate Program Amounts and Adding New
Rebates for Graywater Irrigation Systems and
Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Retrofits, as the first Public
Hearing item if approved by the Chair.
Director Lehman suggested it might be better to leave the order of the
agenda as is. The committee made no other
changes to the agenda.
Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at 8:51 AM.
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