A G E N D A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING 03/19/2009 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 February 19, 2009.
CONSENT AGENDA Items 2 - 5 are routine and can be taken in one motion unless a Director request that an item be taken separately
2. Accept all construction work required to be performed under Contract No. SNWA 190-B, Duck Creek Isolation Valve.
3. Approve an amendment to the existing Amendment No. 1 of the cooperative agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Authority extending the period of performance for the purchase and delivery of aerial imagery.
4. Approve an interlocal agreement between the City of Las Vegas and the Authority, for the Authority to supply a portion of the energy needs for the City of Las Vegas pursuant to the Energy Risk Management Policy adopted by the Authority.
5. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the existing agreement between Barnett Intermountain Water Consulting and the Authority to provide professional services including water right evaluations.
BUSINESS AGENDA 6. Reject all bids received for Contract No. 070F 02 C1, Lake Mead Intake No. 3 – Pumping Station Underground. 7. Award Contract No. 340A 04 C1, Coyote Spring Valley Well and Moapa Transmission System – Moapa Treatment Facility, authorize a change order contingency, and authorize the execution of the contract agreement or take other action as appropriate. 8. Ratify General Counsel’s action in filing Petitions to Intervene in Salt Lake County v. United States Bureau of Land Management, Ely Shoshone Tribe v. United States Bureau of Land Management, and Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation v. United States Bureau of Land Management pending before the United States Department of Interior Board of LandAppeals regarding denial of requests for cooperating agency status in development of the Environmental Impact Statement on the Authority’s in-state groundwater project, and delegate authority to the General Counsel to intervene in similar appeals. 9. Approve the second amendment, in substantially the same form, to the existing agreement for interstate water banking among the Arizona Water Banking Authority, the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, and the Authority for the storage and recovery of Colorado River water in Arizona. 10. Approve and authorize the General Manager to execute the following five agreements, in substantially the same form: 1) Agreement to Resolve Muddy River Issues among NV Energy, the Muddy Valley Irrigation Company, and the Authority; 2) Muddy River Winter Water Lease Agreement between the Muddy Valley Irrigation Company and the Authority; 3) Lease Agreement between NV Energy and the Authority; 4) Agreement to Lease Water for Power Generation Purposes between NV Energy and the Authority; and 5) Cooperative Water Operation and Management Agreement between NV Energy and the Authority; authorize the General Manager to sign all ministerial documents necessary to effectuate the transactions, and to accept lease payments. 11. 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. | ||||||||||||