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Home My WebLink AboutACTION SUMMARY 12-08-11Jl Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Protecting public health and the environment Eir 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553 4392 SPECIAL BOARD MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 2) BARBARA D. HOCKETT 3) President ACTION SUMMARY JAMES A. NEJEDLY President Pro Tem Board Room MICHAEL McGILL MARIO M MENESINI Thursday DAVID WILLIAMS December 8, 2011 PHONE: (925) 118 -9500 2:00 p.m. FAX.- (925) 676 -7211 www.centralsan.org 1. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Members: McGill, Menesini, Nejedly, Williams, Hockett ABSENT: Members: None a. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. BOARD ACTION: Said Pledge of Allegiance. 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. 3. APPOINTMENT OF NEW PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT PRO TEM FOR 2012 a. Appoint Board President and President Pro Tem for one -year term commencing January 1, 2012. BOARD ACTION: 1) Appointed President Pro Tem Jim Nejedly as President for a one - year term commencing January 1, 2012. (4 -0 -1; Nejedly, Abstain) 2) Appointed Board Member Williams as President Pro Tem for a one -year term commencing January 1, 2012. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approve minutes of the following Board meetings: 1) October 20, 2011; 2) October 31, 2011; and 3) November 3, 2011. ® Recycled Paper December 8, 2011 Special Board Action Summary Page 2 b. Approve expenditures dated December 8, 2011. Reviewed by Budget and Finance Committee. C. Receive October 2011 Financial Statements and Investment Reports. Reviewed by Budget and Finance Committee. d. Approve Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) as of June 30, 2011 for submission to the Government Finance Officers Association. Recommended by Budget and Finance Committee. e. Adopt Resolution 2011 -062 approving a real property agreement with Stefan R. Jibodh and Sonya Sultan -Khan Jibodh, 51 San Gregorio Court, Danville, APN 196- 600 -001 to allow improvements on the property within a District easement; find that the project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and authorize staff to record documents with the Contra Costa County Recorder. BOARD ACTION: Adopted the Consent Calendar as recommended. 5. CALL FOR REQUESTS TO CONSIDER ITEMS OUT OF ORDER Held Item 7.b. and Closed Session Item 11.a. out of order. 6. REPORTS a. General Manager 1) Update on Contra Costa County Employees' Retirement Association (CCCERA). BOARD ACTION: Received the report. 2) Announcements a) Human Resources — Recent Staff Promotions b) Passing of Former Board Member Parke Boneysteele c) Excellent Customer Service by Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Staff Member d) Complimentary Letter Received About a Recent Sewer Repair e) Employee Association Organization (EAO) Holiday Luncheon December 8, 2011 Special Board Action Summary Page 3 f) United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspection Scheduled g) Mark Wenslawski Attendance at Training from December 7 -8, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada h) Easement at 1973 Dora Ave in Walnut Creek, CA (Williams Property) i) Status of the City of San Ramon Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Services Agreement j) Minor Explosion at Underhill Road in Orinda during Construction of the South Orinda Phase 5 Sewer Renovations k) East Bay Municipal Utility (EBMUD) District Employee Benefits Statement 1) Draft Letter from Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Received m) Staff Meeting with Permit Counter Auditor n) Collection System Operations Department (CSOD) Facility Open House Delayed until Spring 2012 BOARD ACTION: Received the announcements. b. Counsel for the District None. C. Secretary of the District None. d. Board Members 1) Board Member reports on future meetings or conferences for which they will receive the stipend or for which the District will pay their expenses; recent meetings for which they received the stipend; and meetings or conferences for which the District paid their expenses. December 8, 2011 Special Board Action Summary Page 4 Member McGill • November 29, 2011 —Contra Costa Council Lunch with State Senator Mark DeSaulnier in Pleasant Hill (expenses). • November 29 through December 2, 2011 — California Public Employers Labor Relations Association (CALPELRA) Annual Conference in Monterey (expenses). • December 6, 2011 —Horizon Leadership Series of the East Bay— Welcome State Senator Lois Wolk to Pleasant Hill and Martinez (expenses). • December 6, 2011 —Capital Projects Committee meeting — Member McGill (stipend) and President Hockett (stipend). • December 6, 2011 —Contra Costa Council reception for State Senator Lois Wolk and Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla welcoming them to their new districts (expenses). Member Neiedly • November 28, 2011 — Budget and Finance Committee meeting — Member Nejedly (stipend) and President Hockett (stipend). President Hockett • November 29 through December 2, 2011 — California Public Employers Labor Relations Association (CALPELRA) Annual Conference in Monterey (expenses). BOARD ACTION: Received the reports. 2) Announcements Member McGill provided a written report covering Announcements. Member McGill also commended staff on the most recent edition of Pipeline. BOARD ACTION: Received the announcements. 7. ENGINEERING a. Authorize the General Manager to execute a professional engineering services agreement in an amount not to exceed $220,000 with Carollo December 8, 2011 Special Board Action Summary Page 5 Engineers for design of the Concord Landscape Project, District Project 7299; and approve a supplemental authorization of $4,000,000 for the Recycled Water Program of the Fiscal Year 2011 -12 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB). Approval recommended by Recycled Water Committee. BOARD ACTION: Authorized the General Manager to execute a professional engineering services agreement in an amount not to exceed $220,000 with Carollo Engineers for design of the Concord Landscape Project, District Project 7299; and approved a supplemental authorization of $4,000,000 for the Recycled Water Program of the Fiscal Year 2011 -12 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB). (4 -1; Williams, No) b. Consider which properties to include in the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Alhambra Valley Outside Urban Limit Line Annexation, District Annexation 168C. BOARD ACTION: Selected option 2 set forth in the Position Paper: to remove only Property #9 (formerly Rolandelli) from DA 168C, per the request of the new property owners, with an amendment directing staff to address the public's comments and re- circulate the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). 8. TREATMENT PLANT a. Authorize the General Manager to execute a professional consulting services agreement in an amount not to exceed $90,000 with Larry Walker and Associates for assistance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Tentative Order. BOARD ACTION: Authorized the General Manager to execute a professional consulting services agreement in an amount not to exceed $90,000 with Larry Walker and Associates for assistance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Tentative Order. 9. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION None. 10. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. 11. CLOSED SESSION a. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation - significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b). December 8, 2011 Special Board Action Summary Page 6 • One potential case b. Conference with labor negotiators pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6: District Negotiators: • Labor Negotiation and Benefits Counsel Edward L. Kreisberg, Esq. • General Manager James Kelly • Deputy General Manager /Director of Engineering Ann Farrell • Director of Administration Randall Musgraves • Human Resources Manager Christopher Ko • Secretary of the District Elaine Boehme Employee Organizations: • Employees' Association, Public Employees Union, Local One • Management Support/Confidential Group (MS /CG) • Management Group BOARD ACTION: Held Closed Session Item 11.a. only, with the exception that Member Nejedly abstained from participating. 12. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION District Counsel Kent Alm reported that no reportable action was taken in closed session. 13. ADJOURNMENT - at 4:07 p.m. in memory of former Board Member Parke Boneysteele.