A G E N D A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING 01/18/2007 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.
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 December 7, 2006.
2. Appoint a Director to fill the vacant Authority position on the Colorado River Commission for the remainder of fiscal year 2006/2007.
CONSENT AGENDA Items 3 - 11 are routine and can be taken in one motion unless a Director requests that an item be taken separately.
3. Renew the interlocal contract authorizing the General Manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District to serve as General Manager of the Authority, utilizing the staff and resources of the District to manage the affairs of the Authority.
4. Approve an interlocal agreement between Clark County and the Authority providing for Clark County to contribute funding for bridge design and construction as part of the Authority's Upper Diversion Weir project in the Las Vegas Wash.
5. Approve Amendment No. 2 to the existing agreement between URS Corporation and the Authority for professional engineering services.
6. Approve Amendment No. 12 to the existing agreement between Westin Engineering, Inc. and the Authority for controls and communications engineering services.
7. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the existing agreement between ENSR Corporation and the Authority to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Bureau of Land Management on the Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project.
8. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the existing agreement between Outside Las Vegas Foundation and the Authority to fund a portion of certain professional services.
9. Approve Amendment No. 2 to the existing agreement between Kinectrics North America, Inc., and the Authority for professional engineering services.
10. Approve Change Order No. 3 and accept all construction work required to be performed under Contract No. 810P 01 C1, Powerline Crossing Weir 3.3.
11. Approve Change Order No. 65 to Contract No. SNWA 080-F, Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility Process Improvements.
BUSINESS AGENDA
12. Award Contract No. 360F 01 C1, ROFC Energy Recovery Project Equipment Installation, authorize a change order contingency amount, and authorize the execution of the contract agreement, or take other action as appropriate.
13. Approve an agreement between MWH Americas, Inc. and the Authority for professional services to review, evaluate and document the administrative processes that support compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
14. Authorize the negotiation of an agreement with SH Architecture for engineering/architectural services for Project No. 370C - River Mountains Water Treatment Facility Fleet Maintenance & Electrical Maintenance Facility.
15. Approve a Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Authority for continued work on the Lake Mead razorback sucker study, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods.
16. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding and authorize funding under a cost recovery agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Authority for processing rights-of-way and preparing environmental documents associated with the Clark, Lincoln and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project.
17. Approve and authorize the General Manager to sign an agreement assigning the Professional Services Agreement for King & Taggart, Ltd. to Taggart & Taggart, Ltd.
18. Ratify General Counsel's Intervention in Public Utility Commission Docket 06-11023, Nevada Power Company's General Rate Case.
19. Ratify staff's action in filing protests to three applications to appropriate water from groundwater basins in Beaver and Iron Counties, Utah.
20. Approve a Memorandum of Understanding affirming the joint interest and commitment of the Clean Water Coalition, the National Park Service, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Authority to implement the Boulder Basin Adaptive Management Plan.
21. Approve and authorize the General Manager to sign a Memorandum of Understanding regarding water quality monitoring among the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan), the Clean Water Coalition, and the Authority, and authorize the General Manager to approve the membership of Metropolitan on the Technical Coordination Committee to be established pursuant to the Boulder Basin Adaptive Management Plan.
22. Authorize the General Manager to execute, in substantially the same form, an agreement among the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Arizona Water Banking Authority, the Colorado River Commission of Nevada and the Authority regarding the sharing of annual shortages within the Lower Colorado River Basin as declared by the Secretary of the Interior, including an obligation by the Authority to contribute funds to assist Arizona in offsetting the impacts of shortages through 2026.
23. Authorize the General Manager to execute, in substantially the same form, an agreement among the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Colorado River Board of California, the State of Colorado, the Colorado River Commission of Nevada, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, the Utah Division of Water Resources, the State of Wyoming, and the Authority regarding Colorado River reservoir operations and management.
24. Accept the Authority's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the period ending June 30, 2006, as presented by the Authority's external auditors, Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern, and authorize its submission to the Nevada Department of Taxation, as outlined by NRS 354.624 and State regulations.
25. 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.
26. Receive a presentation on the discovery of mussels in Lake Mead.
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.
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