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STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Orange County Sanitation District
The Steering Committee meeting convened on Wednesday, November 20, 2013,
at 5:38 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation
District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Troy Edgar, Chair
Tom Beamish, Operations Committee
Chair
Brad Reese, Administration Committee
Chair
John Nielsen
John Withers
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
John Anderson, Vice Chair
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
STAFF PRESENT
Jim Herberg, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General
Manager
Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities
Support Services
Nick Kanetis, Director of Engineering
Jeff Reed, Director of Human
Resources
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Kelly A. Lore, Secretary Pro Tern
Janine Aguilar
Jennifer Cabral
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Mark Kawamoto
Andrew Nau
Julian Sabri
Rich Spencer
Rob Thompson
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
James Ruth, Consultant
Minutes of the Steering Committee
November 20, 2013
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COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT:
Chair Edgar distributed a memorandum to the Board and announced that Vice
Chair Anderson will be resigning from the Board of Directors effective November
21, 2013.
Chair Edgar provided an update from the last Legislative and Public Affairs Special
Committee Meeting that took place on November 12, 2013. He reported on three
items: Meeting with Senator Huff on November 19th to brief the Senator on the
District's activities and ask for his support as the OCSD District Act legislation
moves forward; ACC-OC Membership; and the Washington D.C. trip in January to
meet with the US Army Corp. of Engineers and our legislators to request support
and appropriation for the SARI line.
GENERAL MANAGER REPORT:
Jim Herberg, General Manager, provided a summary of his November Monthly
Status Update Report.
Mr. Herberg also announced that the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)
for the Southwest Costa Mesa Trunk Sewer has been released to the public, and
that a public hearing will be held at Plant 2 on December 3, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.
Kelly Lore, Secretary Pro Tern, announced Agenda Item 1, the Minutes from the
October 23, 2013, Steering Committee will be corrected as follows:
• Under General Manager's Report, the word November will be replaced with
October.
• Under Action Item 4.B. the word COSD will be replaced with OCSD.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Approve Minutes of the
October 23, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting as Corrected.
ACTION ITEMS:
2. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of
Directors to:
A. Approve the Five-Year Strategic Plan dated November 2013; and
B. Direct staff to implement the goals and levels of service contained in
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November 20, 2013
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the Plan.
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager announced that this document is
the result of discussions held at two Special Board Meeting Workshops,
several Board Member interviews and OCSD staff focus groups. The plan
includes the new vision statement, eight strategic goals and several
modifications made to the level of service.
3. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED: Direct the Administration
Committee to obtain labor relations consulting services related to the
Board's directions regarding meet-and-confer with represented employee
groups, including assistance in developing labor negotiations strategies and
providing assistance with other labor relations matters.
Jeff Reed, Director of Human Resources provided a brief overview of this
item.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
4. SAWPA Remedial Plan Update.
Mark Kawamoto provided the Committee with an update on the SAWPA
Remedial Plan.
CLOSED SESSION
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS: 54956.9(d)(1), and 54957.6.
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:50 p.m. to discuss two items.
Confidential Minutes of the closed Session have been prepared in accordance
with the above Government Code Sections and are maintained by the Clerk of the
Board in the Official Book of Confidential Minutes of Board and Committee Closed
Meetings.
RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION: The Committee reconvened in regular
session at 6:28 p.m.
CONSIDERATION OF ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS CONSIDERED IN
CLOSED SESSION:
None.
Minutes of the Steering Comm ittee
November 20 , 2013
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OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
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