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STEERING COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.
A regular meeting of the Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation
District was called to order by Chair Nielsen on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at
5:05 p.m. in the Administration Building of the Orange County Sanitation District.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT:
John Nielsen, Chair Jim Herberg, General Manager
Keith Curry, Administration Committee Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Chair Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering
John Withers, Operations Committee Nick Arhontes, Director of Facility
Chair Support Services
Tom Beamish, Member-At-Large Celia Chandler, Director of Human
Lucille Kring, Member-At-Large Resources
David Shawver, Member-At-Large Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Greg Sebourn, Vice-Chair Maintenance
Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board
Jennifer Cabral
Jim Colston
Ann Crafton
Norbert Gaia
Al Garcia
Gina Tesch
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
James Finete, Savage Finete
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Chair Nielsen announced that written communication had been received by the Clerk
of the Board from Mr. Carl Perkins and Mr. John Sears regarding Item 4 and a copy
had been included in the Director folders.
No other public comments were provided.
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REPORTS
Chair Nielsen announced the appointment of Director Peter Kim to the Legislative and
Public Affairs (LAPA) Committee and also provided a brief update from the LAPA
Committee Meeting including: Legislative Plan for 2016, highlights from 2015 and the
upcoming 2016/17 Outreach Plan.
General Manager Jim Herberg provided an update on the Newport Force Main Project
and announced that the OCSD Administrative offices would be closed for the holidays
on December 24, 25 and,January 1; the Operations Committee will meet on January
6 at 5:00 p.m.; and the GWRS Joint Steering Committee, will meet on January 11,
and will be asked to approve a Joint Resolution supporting the development of a
planned recycling project between Los Angeles County Sanitation District and
Metropolitan Water District.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED TO: Approve Corrected Minutes
of the November 18, 2015 Regular Steering Committee Meeting.
AYES: Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Shawver and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Sebourn
2. ADOPTION OF UPDATED RESOLUTION ON RULES OF PROCEDURE
(Bob Ghirelli)
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: Adopt
Resolution No. OCSD 15-XX, entitled, "A Resolution of the Board of Directors
of Orange County Sanitation District Fixing and Establishing Rules of
procedure for the Conduct of Business of the District, and Repealing Resolution
No. OCSD 15-01."
AYES: Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Shawver and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Sebourn
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli provided a brief presentation regarding the
Strategic Plan update and noted that in Appendix B — Summary of Accomplishments,
two of the previously closed out goals (Reclaiming SARI Flows and Improve the
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Sanitation District Security) will be brought back in a future update for continuation.
3. STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE (Bob Ghirelli)
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
A. Approve the Strategic Plan Update dated December 2015; and
B. Direct staff to implement the goals and levels of service contained in the
Plan.
AYES: Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Shawver and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Sebourn
4. Mr. Herberg provided an overall history leading up to this item and provided
the details of the proposed Amendment No. 2. Mr. Herberg then answered
questions regarding: process costs prior to the date of the agreement, and
limits of costs moving forward. Chair Nielsen thanked Mr. Herberg for
negotiating a very good solution.
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO LOCAL SEWER FACILITIES TRANSFER
AGREEMENT WITH EAST ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
(Nick Arhontes)
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: Approve
Amendment No. 2 to the Local Sewer Facilities Transfer Agreement (Transfer
Agreement) with East Orange County Water District (EOCWD) regarding the
transfer of local sewers in Service Area.
AYES: Beamish; Curry; Kring; Nielsen; Shawver and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Sebourn
INFORMATION ITEMS:
None.
Director Withers departed the meeting at 5:17 p.m. and was absent from Closed
Session.
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CLOSED SESSION:
CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTIONS: 54956.9(d)(1)
The Committee convened in closed session at 5:18 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.
RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION:
The Committee reconvened in regular session at 5:24 p.m.
CONSIDERATION OF ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS CONSIDERED IN CLOSED
SESSION:
None.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
None.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m. to the next Steering
Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
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