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TENTATIVE AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SHAFTER-WASCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT

 

May 12, 2021

 

       1. Call to order at 9:00 a.m.

       2. Roll Call at 9:00 a.m.

      3. Public Comment Period: (Government Code Section 54954.3 Brown Act)

             This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons desiring to address the board on any matter not on the agenda and over which the board has jurisdiction.  Speakers are limited to 5 minutes.  Please state your name and address for the                   record before making your presentation.

      4. Consent Agenda:

              All items listed with an asterisk (*) below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by district staff.  Consent items will be considered first and may be approved by one motion if no member of the board or audience wishes to                       comment or ask questions.  If discussion is desired, the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered in listed sequence.

            a)     Approval of Agenda May 12, 2021

             b)      Approval of Minutes of Board meetings held April 14, 2021 & April 28, 2021.

      5.  Public hearings/Action items:

           a.  Review and Possible Action on SWID-North Kern WSD GSP management area projects.

           b.  Review and Possible Actions on 7^th Standard Annex MA-2 GSP management area projects

                i) KGA Status Report

               ii) SE Recharge CEQA

              iii)  SGMA Projects

           c.  Review and Possible Action on consulting engineer report reports.

            d.  Review and Possible Action on water operations, allocations and water rates and budget budgets

               i)  2021 Water Rates

              ii)  2021 Assessments

           e.  Review and Possible Action on Letter from Teen Challenge International requesting a waiver of penalty on their standby bill.  

            f.  Review and Possible Action on Resolution 21-06 and a Memorandum of Understanding with Friant Water Authority with respect to the financing of the Capacity Correction Project and the treatment of those costs by SWID.

      6.  Treasurer’s Reports/Claims

           a)  Treasurer’s Report

           b)  District’s Cash Funds Bar Graph

           c)  Cash Budget Report

           d)  Claims

       7.  Operations Report:

      8.  Manager’s Report:

      9.  Director’s Reports (on their own initiative)

     10.  Closed-Session 

            a)  Real Property Negotiations Government Code Section 54956.8  - Penner & Riley purchase

            b)  Potential Litigation - Government Code Section 54956.9

            c)  Existing Litigation (Govt. Code §54956.9(d))

                 i)  City of Fresno, et al v. USA, Court of Federal Claims, Case No. 16-1276 L

                ii)  Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District v. Kern-Tulare Water District, Case No. BCV-20-100873

               iii)  Friant Water Supply Protection Association v. Del Puerto Water District et al. Stanislaus Co. Sup. Court Case No. CV-20-005164

            d)  Employment matters – Government Code Section 54957.6

       11.  Adjournment

       12.  Agenda Statement

              i) A person with a qualifying disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 may request the District provide a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in any public meeting of the District. Such                        assistance includes appropriate alternative formats for the agendas and agenda packets used for any public meetings of the district.  Requests for such assistance and for agendas and agenda packets shall be made in person, by                                telephone, facsimile, or written correspondence to District office, at least 48 hours before a public District meeting.