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REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Call to Order: 5:02 p.m.
Directors Present:
Director, Bree Klotter Director, Ken Todd
Director, Tom Schoeneman Director, Cass Taaning
Director, Adam Gaska
Absent: None.
Others Present: General Manager - Jared Walker, Office Manager - Liz Patton, Board Secretary – Kim Saylor,
Public - Monica Huettl, Granville Pool, John Reardon, RRFC - Beth Salomone, Grace, Gus Tolley & Tony
Morgan - DBS&A, Jordan Blough – LACO, Phillip Williams – City of Ukiah, Legal, Andrew Calderwood –
LWA.
Public Forum
None.
Consider hearing of urgent items received since the Agenda was posted:
None.
Agenda
Director Klotter made a motion, seconded by Director Taaning, to approve the agenda. This motion was
passed with a unanimous aye vote.
Minutes
Director Taaning made a motion, seconded by Director Klotter, to approve the minutes of the December
21, 2023, Regular Board Meeting, as amended.
Financial Statements
Director Klotter made a motion, seconded by Director Taaning to approve the financials for December
2023, January 2024. This motion was passed with a unanimous aye vote.
Staff Reports
a. General Manager
i. GM, Walker reported that the Water Treatment Plant is running about one day a week.
ii. Energea Solar Company called and said they would be coming out to inspect the panels,
but they never showed up and haven’t heard anything further.
b. Office Manager
i. Office Manager, Liz reported that Form 700’s are due by April 1st and paper copies are
provided for each of the directors.
Old Business
a. Water Supply Updates
i. GM, Walker reported that Lake Mendocino is up a total of 10 feet from last month.
ii. More rainfall is in the forecast over the weekend.
iii. Anticipating Russian River Flood Control will have water available for Redwood
Valley to purchase in 2024.
b. Updates on Russian River Water Forum
i. None.
c. Updates on Small Community Drought Relief Grant Project
i. GM, Walker reported that the Balance Hydrologics team submitted a proposal of
around $160,000 for the new drilling project.
d. Report on Upper Russian River Water Agency and Consolidation Efforts
i. GM, Walker reported that the Ad Hoc committee met the Thursday before
Christmas; the meeting was very informative and involved multiple discussions
regarding the Potter Valley Project and the new language that had been added to
the latest draft agreement for the JPA.
1. Stating that if any agency receives more than $1 million dollars in grant
funding for infrastructure improvements, it will automatically trigger an
application for annexation to LAFCO.
ii. There was no clear direction from the board on what to do or how to move forward
at this point.
iii. GM, Walker also reported that he had a phone call with the City attorney today
with discussions being had regarding how to move forward with or without other
districts in this newly formed JPA.
New Business
a. Consideration of Invoice from Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater
Sustainability Agency
i. Director Klotter made a motion, seconded by Director Taaning to approve the
Invoice from Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency. This motion
was passed with a unanimous aye vote.
b. Guidance to Legal Counsel on Pending Issues
i. Director Klotter made a motion, seconded by Director Taaning to provide Guidance to
Legal Counsel on Pending Issues. This motion was passed with a unanimous aye vote.
c. Consideration of Master Service Agreement Exhibit B Revision for 2024
i. Director Klotter made a motion, seconded by Director Schoeneman to approve
the Master Service Agreement Exhibit B Revision for 2024. This motion was
passed with a unanimous aye vote.
d. Review of FY 2022/2023 Audit Report
i. Director Taaning made a motion, seconded by Director Schoeneman to approve the FY
2022/2023 Audit Report. This motion was passed with a unanimous aye vote.
e. Appointment of two Representatives to Represent Redwood Valley CWD on
the Water Executive Committee pursuant to the Ukiah Valley Water
Authority JPA
i. Director Klotter made a motion, seconded by Director Taaning to nominate Director
Adam Gaska and Director Tom Schoeneman to Represent Redwood Valley on the
Water Executive Committee pursuant to the Ukiah Valley Water Authority JPA. This
motion was passed with a unanimous aye vote.
Director’s Report
None.
Adjournment
Director Schoeneman made a motion, seconded by Director Todd, to adjourn the meeting. This motion was
passed with a unanimous aye vote. The meeting was adjourned at 6:42 p.m.
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Adam Gaska - Board President
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Kim Saylor - Board Secretary