A G E N D A SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING 10/18/2007 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 September 20, 2007.
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. Approve Amendment No. 8 to the existing agreement between Dr. James LaBounty and the Authority for professional limnological services.
3. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the existing agreement between RBF Consulting and the Authority for professional surveying services associated with Project N. 090F, Water Resource Acquisition and Development.
BUSINESS AGENDA
4. Approve a Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Authority to help support a collaborative fish study being conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Clark County Water Reclamation District, the Clean Water Coalition and the Authority and accept funds.
5. Award Contract No. SNWA 190-B, Duck Creek Isolation Valve, authorize a change order contingency, and authorize the execution of the contract agreement or take other action as appropriate.
6. Award Contract No. SNWA 190-C, Magic Rate of Flow Control Station, authorize a change order contingency, and authorize the execution of the contract agreement or take other action as appropriate. 7. Approve an agreement between Black & Veatch and the Authority for professional services in gathering background data and developing proposed revisions of the fluoride water quality standards for the Muddy River. 8. Approve an agreement between the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Authority for the oversizing of the Cactus 2538 Zone Reservoir Inlet/Outlet Pipeline and authorize a funding commitment. 9. Approve an agreement between Native Resources Nevada, LLC and the Authority for professional services for Project No. 340A, Coyote Spring Valley Well and Moapa Transmission System. 10. Approve an agreement between Water Management, Inc., and the Authority to provide water efficiency audits to a selection of schools within the Clark County School District. 11. Approve an agreement among the Clean Water Coalition, Clark County, the Clark County Regional Flood Control District, the Clark County Water Reclamation District, the City of Henderson, the City of Las Vegas, the City of North Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Authority creating the Las Vegas Valley Watershed Advisory Committee. 12. Approve an agreement between the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Authority providing for the design and construction of improvements to the Fayle Reservoir as a part of the District’s existing Contract C1258. 13. Approve a professional services agreement between Black & Veatch and the Authority for professional services to conduct an update to the Southern Nevada Regional Water Reuse Study. 14. Approve an agreement between the Clean Water Coalition and the Authority providing for equal cost sharing of the expenses to perform the Southern Nevada Regional Water Reuse Study. 15. Adopt the 2007 Third Subsequent Reimbursement Resolution setting forth the Authority’s intent to reimburse, out of future bond proceeds, certain expenditures related to renewable energy projects. 16. Approve and authorize the General Manager to sign a memorandum of understanding regarding cooperative efforts to address aquatic nuisance species control in the lower Colorado River among the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Arizona Department of Agriculture, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Palo Verde Irrigation District, the International Boundary and Water Commission, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Game, the Bureau of Land Management, the University of Arizona, the Arizona Department of Game and Fish, the Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, the Imperial County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, the National Park Service, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the Central Arizona Project, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the Colorado River Board of California and the Authority. 17. Make appointments to the Advisory Committee for Groundwater Management in the Las Vegas Valley Groundwater Basin. 18. 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. 19. Recognize the late Earl Burris for his service on the Authority’s Integrated Resource Planning Advisory Committee and Integrated Water Planning Advisory Committee and his contributions to water policy in southern Nevada. 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. | ||||||||||||