A G E N D A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING 02/19/2009 at 09:00 AM Molasky Corporate Center, Southern Nevada Water Authority Board Chambers, 100 City Parkway, Suite 700 (7th floor) Las Vegas, Nevada THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THIS AGENDA ARE FOR ACTION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
ITEM NO.
CALL TO ORDER
1. Approve agenda with the inclusion of tabled and/or reconsidered items, emergency items and/or deletion of items, and approve the minutes of the regular meeting of January 15, 2009.
CONSENT AGENDA Items 2 - 6 are routine and can be taken in one motion unless a Director request that an item be taken separately
2. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the existing assistance agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Authority for the Las Vegas Wash Security Project.
3. Approve Amendment No. 2 to the existing agreement between KS2 Ecological Field Services, LLC and the Authority.
4. Approve Amendment No. 6 to the existing agreement between Earth Knowledge, Inc., and the Authority for professional services related to groundwater flow modeling and hydrogeologic expertise in support of the in-state groundwater project.
5. Approve Amendment No. 002 to the existing agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and the Authority for sharing of costs for equipment rental, materials and subcontractor services in the Las Vegas Wash.
6. Approve Change Order No. 1 and accept all construction work required to be performed under Contract No. SNWA 07011-B, BPS-1A & BPS-2 Pump Discharge Piping Replacement.
BUSINESS AGENDA
7. Approve an assistance agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Authority for the Las Vegas Wash Duck Creek Emergency Stabilization Project, Phase I, Silver Bowl Erosion Control Structure.
8. Approve an agreement between the WateReuse Foundation and the Authority to conduct research on pilot-scale oxidative technologies for reducing fouling potential in water reuse and drinking water treatment membrane systems, accept funds from the WateReuse Foundation and in-kind contributions from participating entities for this research work, and contribute funds and in-kind services to the project.
9. Approve and authorize the General Manager to sign a Surface Water Sublease Agreement, in substantially the same form, between the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians and the Authority, and authorize the General Manager to sign all ministerial documents necessary to effectuate the transaction in Year 1 and increased in accordance with the Consumer Price Index in Years 2 through 4.
10. Approve an agreement between the City of Henderson and the Authority allowing for the Authority to deed property to the City of Henderson for the development of a public park in exchange for accepting ownership responsibilities for a portion of Burkholder Boulevard and Richard Bunker Avenue and other consideration.
11. Approve an agreement between EMA, Inc., and the Authority for professional engineering services for Project No. 300E, Control System Improvements.
12. Receive a report on regional conservation progress and, if appropriate, adopt a new conservation goal to support planning efforts.
13. Consider revisions to the Drought Plan and, if appropriate, adopt the amended Plan.
14. Receive an update from staff on water resources including, but not limited to, drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin, the results of the implementation of the Authority’s Drought Plan, activities on the Colorado River and on the development of in-state water resources.
AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL HEAR GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES OR LESS. | ||||||||||||