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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Monday, December 10, 2018at12:00 p.m.
A meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee was called to order by
Committee Chair Peter Kim on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 12:01 p.m. in the
Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District. Committee
Vice-Chair Bernstein led the pledge of allegiance.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Peter Kim, Chair
Allan Bernstein, Vice-Chair
John Withers, Member-At-Large
Donald P. Wagner, Member-At-Large
Chad Wanke, Member-At-Large
David Shawver, Board Chair
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
VACANT -Board Vice-Chair
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR:
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Rob Thompson, Assistant General Manager
Lorenzo Tyner, Assistant General Manager
Celia Chandler, Director of Human Resources
Jim Colston, Director of Environmental Services
Kelly Lore, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Tanya Chong
Daisy Covarrubias
Alfredo Garcia
Rebecca Long
Kelly Newell
Thomas Vu
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hagin, General Counsel
David French, ENS Resources (via
teleconference)
Eric O'Donnell, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA)
Cori Williams, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA)
Committee Chair Kim did not provide a report.
REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER:
General Manager Jim Herberg indicated Director of Environmental Services Jim
Colston will be retiring after 29 years. The Committee wished him well.
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CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED. SECONDED. and DULY CARRIED TO: Approve minutes for the
Committee meeting held on November 5, 2018.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Bernstein, Kim, Shawver, Wagner and Wanke
None
None
Withers
The Committee Chair reordered the agenda to hear Supplemental Item No. 5 prior to
the Information Items.
NON-CONSENT:
5. 2019 LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY PLAN (Jennifer Cabral)
Ms. Cabral provided a brief overview and history of the item. She announced
that both ENS Resources and TPA will provide an overview of this year's
accomplishments to the Board of Directors at the December Board meeting.
MOVED. SECONDED. AND DULY CARRIED TO: Recommend to the Board
of Directors to: Approve the Orange County Sanitation District 2019 Legislative
and Regulatory Plan.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
INFORMATION ITEMS:
Bernstein, Kim, Shawver, Wagner and Wanke
None
None
Withers
2. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long)
Chair Kim introduced David French, ENS Resources, who updated the
Committee on the following items: Budget; possible, partial government
shutdown due to the border wall budget; Orange County delegation shift; and
Congressional change of priorities and focus.
Director Withers arrived at the meeting at 12:09 p.m.
Eric O'Donnell, TPA, provided a PowerPoint presentation with information
including: Congressional election results with newly elected members of the
legislature; political implications; Governor-Elect Newsom's 2019 priorities:
Fiscal responsibility, incrementalism, disaster relief, early childhood education,
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affordable housing/homelessness; and bill concept updates and next steps
including working with CASA and CSDA.
Discussion ensued on the importance of reaching out to all of the newly elected
officials. Mr. Herberg indicated the method that is used for outreach will include:
congratulatory letter and welcome invitation to tour the District (tours will include
OCSD Directors) and a visit to the delegation at local offices, etc.
3. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral)
Ms. Cabral summarized the outreach efforts made over the last month.
4 . ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT MEMBERSHIPS
(Jennifer Cabral)
Ms. Cabral provided an informational item regarding the list of approximately 30
agencies, associations, and organizations of which the Sanitation District are
currently members. She explained the purpose of the memberships and level
of participation.
Staff responded to questions and comments from the committee regarding:
cost-sharing abilities; grants; verification that memberships/agencies are
apolitical/no aggressive political issues; request for a more detailed matrix with
additional columns: lead person, lead staff person, what level of participation
(gold, silver, etc.) the cost of each one, and information on membership
appropriate for board member participation.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
Committee Chair Kim declared the meeting adjourned at 12:35 p.m. to the next
Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting, Monday, February 11, 2019 at
12:00 p.m.
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