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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AND STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.
A special joint meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee and Steering
Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was called to order by Chair
Sebourn on Wednesday , April 26 , 2017 at 4:37 p .m. in the Administration Building
of the Orange County Sanitation District. Chair Sebourn led the pledge of allegiance .
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Greg Sebourn, Fullerton , Board Chair
David Shawver, Stanton , Board Vice-
Chair
Allan Bernstein , Tustin
Ellery Deaton , Seal Beach
Peter Kim , La Palma
Tim Shaw, La Habra
Donald Wagner , Irvine
Chad Wanke , Placentia , Administration
Committee Chair
John Withers , IRWD , Operations
Committee Chair
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
None .
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
No public comments were provided .
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg , General Manager
Bob Ghirelli , Assistant General Manager
Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Resources
Rob Thompson , Director of Engineering
Ed Torres , Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner , Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Kelly Lore , Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Carla Dillon
Al Garcia
Tom Grant
Tina Knapp
Mark Manzo
Kathy Millea
Jeff Mohr
Kelly Newell
Roya Sohanaki
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin , General Counsel
Fred Smith , Director, Buena Park
Lucille Kring , Alternate Director, Anaheim
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REPORTS:
Chair Sebourn did not provide a report.
General Manager Jim Herberg did not provide a report .
CONSENT CALENDAR :
None .
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (Bob Ghirelli)
General Manager J im Herberg introduced this item and ind icated that it is in
follow-up to the March Steering Committee meeting discussion regarding the
frequency and t iming of the Legislative and Public Affairs (LaPA) Committee
meetings . As provided in the Agenda Report , Mr . He rberg offe red the following
options for cons ideration :
Option 1:
Option 2 :
Option 3:
Continue LaPA as a Standing Committee with meetings held in
the following months :
• February , March , May , July , August , and November , reducing
the number of committee meetings from 10 to six per year .
• The Sanitat ion District 's lobby ists indicate these are the
months that best match legislat ive act ivity in Sacramento and
Washington , D .C .
Sunset the LaPA Committee and return t his area of purview to
the Steering Committee 's authority , and extend the current
meet ing time for Steering Committee meetings to allow more time
for consideration of legislative and public affairs matters.
Continue with monthly LaPA Comm ittee meetings , with January
and August being dark .
Discussion took place regarding the future of the LaPA Comm ittee . Committee
members voiced their desire and interest in continu ing legislat ive work and the
importance of having good staff representation in Sacramento and
Washington , DC . The discussion included comments regarding the volume of
upcoming Steering Committee agenda items that might make it challenging to
assume purview of the LaPA Committee tasks ; if August was identified as a
month during which State and Federal legislation is in session , it might be
prudent for the LaPA Committee to no t be dark i n August ; and a suggestion
that the San itation District be more proactive in the creat ion of new bills .
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Director Wagner arrived at 4 :50 p .m .
MOVED , SECONDED , AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to : Continue with monthly Leg islative and Public Affairs Committee
meetings on the second Monday of each month , with January dark , at a new
meeting time of 12 noon .
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
INFORMATION ITEMS:
None .
Bernstein ; Deaton ; Kim ; Sebourn ; Shaw ; Shawver;
Wagner ; Wanke ; and Withers
None
None
None
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None .
ADJOURNMENT:
Chair Sebourn declared the meeting adjourned at 4 :57 p .m .
Submitted by :
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Tina Knapp , CMC
Deputy Clerk of the Board
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