A G E N D A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING 10/15/2009 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 ORDER1. 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 September 17, 2009. CONSENT AGENDA Items 2 - 4 are routine and can be taken in one motion unless a Director request that an item be taken separately 2. Approve Change Order No. 13 to Contract no. 070F 01 C1, Lake Mead Intake No. 3 Shafts and Tunnel, which extends the final completion date by 98 days. 3. Approve the settlement of legal actions filed by Cave Valley Ranch, LLC against the State of Nevada; Tracy Taylor, in his official capacity as State Engineer; and the Authority; and authorize the General Manager and General Counsel to execute a Settlement Agreement and administrative documents necessary to accomplish the settlement of the cases. 4. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP to provide representation in the Tronox, Inc., bankruptcy litigation in the Federal Court, Southern District of New York. BUSINESS AGENDA 5. Approve an agreement between the Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the Desert Research Institute, and the Authority to conduct cloud seeding operations in northeastern Nevada, and authorize the General Manager to extend the agreement for two additional one-year periods. 6. Select R&R Partners, Inc., for award of Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 627-09, Advertising and Marketing Services, authorize the General Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement in substantial conformance with the terms and conditions of the RFP, with the option to renew for five one-year periods, and authorize an increase not to exceed 10% for each of the renewal terms, or take other action as appropriate. 7. Adopt the 2009 Revenue Refunding Bond Resolution, authorizing the issuance of the Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2009, and delegate to the Treasurer of the Authority the ability to fix certain terms and conditions of the sale. 8. 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 Water Resource and Conservation Plans, activities on the Colorado River, and on the development of in-state water resources. | ||||||||||||