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AGENDA – Regular Meeting May 24, 2021
CALL TO ORDER
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
Moment of Silence
ADOPT AGENDA
COMMUNICATIONS
General Manager’s Employee Recognition
PUBLIC COMMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
General Manager
Brief reports on District activities or items of interest to the public, including activities or developments that occur after the agenda is posted.
Clerk to the Board – Board of Directors
Brief reports on community activities, meetings, conferences and seminars attended by the Directors of interest to the District and the public.
APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR
Action on items pulled from the Consent Calendar
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Clerk to the Board (Sullivan)
Consider approving the minutes of the April 26, 2021 regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
Option 1: Approve as submitted.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
2. Office of the General Manager (Abercrombie)
Consider ratifying Resolution No. 2020-006 to maintain an emergency declaration regarding
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Option 1: Ratify Resolution No. 2020-006 to maintain emergency declaration.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1 (four-fifths vote required).
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Consent Calendar continued
3. Engineering
Consider authorizing additional funding in the amount of $43,000 for on-call professional
services associated with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) C37.2
Macroinvertebrate Monitoring, Project No. 06088H; $95,648 for on-call professional services
associated with FERC C37.3 Amphibian Monitoring Project, Project No. 06089H; $49,990
for on-call professional services and $15,000 for capitalized labor, for a total funding request
of $64,990 associated with the FERC C37.7 Geomorphology Evaluation, Project No. 06092H;
and $30,000 for materials, $20,000 for outside services, $48,123 for capitalized labor and
$14,300 contingency, for a total funding request of $112,423 associated with the Hydro Crew
Room Upgrade, Project No. 19013.
Option 1: Authorize additional funding in the amount of $43,000 for on-call professional
services associated with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
C37.2 Macroinvertebrate Monitoring, Project No. 06088H; $95,648 for on-call
professional services associated with FERC C37.3 Amphibian Monitoring Project,
Project No. 06089H; $49,990 for on-call professional services and $15,000 for
capitalized labor, for a total funding request of $64,990 associated with the FERC
C37.7 Geomorphology Evaluation, Project No. 06092H; and $30,000 for materials,
$20,000 for outside services, $48,123 for capitalized labor and $14,300 contingency,
for a total funding request of $112,423 associated with the Hydro Crew Room
Upgrade, Project No. 19013.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
4. Finance / Operations (Deakyne/Crane/Odzakovic)
Consider awarding contracts to Univar USA Inc. and Olin Chlor Alkali Products in the
not-to-exceed amounts of $364,270 and $235,950, respectively, to supply as-needed
liquid sodium hydroxide and liquid sodium hypochlorite for water and wastewater
treatment.
Option 1: Award contracts to Univar USA Inc. and Olin Chlor Alkali Products in the
not-to-exceed amounts of $364,270 and $235,950, respectively, to supply
as-needed liquid sodium hydroxide and liquid sodium hypochlorite for water
and wastewater treatment.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
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Consent Calendar continued
5. Finance (Pasquarello)
Consider receiving and filing the District’s Investment Report for the quarter ending
March 31, 2021.
Option 1: Receive and file the District’s Investment Report for the quarter ending
March 31, 2021.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
6. Office of the General Counsel (Poulsen)
Consider ratifying sponsorship of Senate Bill 708 regarding water shortage emergencies
related to a deenergization event.
Option 1: Ratify sponsorship of Senate Bill 708 regarding water shortage emergencies
related to a deenergization event.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
INFORMATION ITEM
7. Office of the General Counsel (Poulsen)
Reapportioning District divisions.
Recommended Action: None – Information only.
8. Operations (Corcoran)
Status of District water supplies, projected 2021 customer demand and carryover for
potential extended dry conditions.
Recommended Action: None – Information only.
WORKSHOP ITEM
9. Engineering (Mueller)
2021 Drought Action Plan Update.
Recommended Action: None – Information only.
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ACTION ITEMS
10. Finance (Pasquarello)
Consider ratifying EID General Warrant Registers for the periods ending April 20, April 27,
May 4, and May 11, 2021, and Board and Employee Expense Reimbursements for these
periods.
Option 1: Ratify the EID General Warrant Register as submitted to comply with Section
24600 of the Water Code of the State of California. Receive and file Board and
Employee Expense Reimbursements.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
11. Engineering (Kessler)
Consider awarding a contract to MGE Engineering, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of
$260,611 for design and construction support of the El Dorado Powerhouse Penstock Drainage,
Erosion Control and Stabilization Project, and authorize additional funding of $40,000 for
environmental surveys, for a total funding request of $300,611 for the El Dorado Powerhouse
Penstock Drainage, Erosion Control and Stabilization Project, Project No. 21016.01.
Option 1: Award a contract to MGE Engineering, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of
$260,611 for design and construction support of the El Dorado Powerhouse
Penstock Drainage, Erosion Control and Stabilization Project, and authorize
additional funding of $40,000 for environmental surveys, for a total funding
request of $300,611 for the El Dorado Powerhouse Penstock Drainage, Erosion
Control and Stabilization Project, Project No. 21016.01.
Option 2: Take other action as directed by the Board.
Option 3: Take no action.
Recommended Action: Option 1.
CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with General Counsel — Anticipated Litigation (Poulsen)
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) (one potential case)
B. Conference with General Counsel — Pending Litigation (Poulsen)
Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(1)
(Center for Biological Diversity, et. al. v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et. al., E.D. Cal.,
Case No. 1:20-cv-00706 DAD-EPG)
REVIEW OF ASSIGNMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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