A G E N D A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING 08/17/2006 at 09:00 AM Mead Conference Room, Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1001 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 258-3100 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. CONSENT AGENDA Items 2 - 3 are routine and can be taken in one motion unless a Director requests that an item be taken separately. 2. Accept all construction work required to be performed under Contract No. SNWA 082-A, River Mountains Water Treatment Facility Expansion (Phase 2B). 3. Ratify and approve terms for an extension of an existing temporary easement from Mark A. Baker needed to construct, operate and maintain facilities for the Coyote Spring Valley Well and Moapa Transmission System at the cumulative fair market value. BUSINESS AGENDA 4. Award Contract No. 320E 01 C1, AMSWTF Cathodic Protection Upgrades, authorize a change order contingency amount, and authorize the execution of the contract agreement, or take other action as appropriate. 5. Award Contract No. 340C 02 C1, Hacienda Pumping Station On-Site Improvements and Pumping Station No. 6 Off-Site Improvements, authorize a change order contingency amount, and authorize the execution of the contract agreement, or take other action as appropriate. 6. Approve five agreements between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Authority for the funding of environmental monitoring and enhancement projects in the Las Vegas Wash. 7. Approve an agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Authority to evaluate the feasibility of using brackish shallow groundwater for power plant cooling. 8. Approve an agreement between Native Resources Nevada, LLC and the Authority for revegetation of the Las Vegas Wash. 9. Approve payment to Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers) under the terms of an existing agreement between the Authority and Travelers in final settlement of a previously unresolved construction claim. 10. Ratify General Counsel's Intervention in Public Utility Commission Docket 06-06051, Nevada Power Company's Integrated Resources Plan. 11. Ratify general counsel's action to initiate a legal challenge to the legality of an Initiative Petition entitled the Nevada Property Owners' Bill of Rights by joining a Complaint filed in conjunction with Motion for Declaratory Relief and Writ of Mandamus or Prohibition. 12. Receive an update from staff on water resources including, but not limited to, drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin, on the results of the implementation of the Authority's Drought Plan, on the status of discussions among the seven Basin States regarding shortage criteria and operation of the reservoirs, and on the development of in-state water resources. AT THIS
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THE JURISDICTION OF THE SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS
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