HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-02-11; Municipal Water District; 05; Appointment to the San Diego County Water Authority Board of DirectorsGC Review CKM
Meeting Date: Feb. 11, 2025
To: President and Board Members
From: Geoff Patnoe, Executive Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, Director of Constituent & Clerk Services
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5989
Subject: Appointment to the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors
Districts: All
Recommended Action
Adopt a Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors resolution appointing Carlsbad
Municipal Water District General Manager Amanda Flesse to the San Diego Water Authority
Board of Directors.
Executive Summary
Vicki Quiram has served as one of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District’s representatives on
the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors since May 2023. On Jan. 21, 2025,
Ms. Quiram submitted her resignation, effective Feb. 26, 2025.
Staff recommend the CMWD Board appoint CMWD General Manager Amanda Flesse to serve
the remainder of the term ending June 16, 2026.
Explanation & Analysis
The San Diego County Water Authority’s mission is to provide a safe and reliable supply of
water to its 24 member agencies. These member agencies, including CMWD, are represented
through a 36-member board of directors. The Water Authority requires each member agency to
have at least one representative on the board of directors. Each member agency may designate
and appoint one additional representative for each full 5% of the Water Authority’s assessed
value within that member agency’s service area.
The Water Authority reestablishes the vote entitlement of each member agency each year as
one vote for each $5 million of total financial contribution, which includes all amounts paid on
behalf of the Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District.
The CMWD currently has two representatives, CMWD Board Member Teresa Acosta, whose
appointment ends December 2025, or until a replacement is appointed, and Ms. Quiram,
whose appointment ends June 16, 2026.
Ms. Quiram was appointed to the Water Authority’s Board of Directors on May 23, 2023, for a
six-year term ending June 16, 2026. Her resignation is effective Feb. 26, 2025.
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Water Authority board members may hold office for terms of six years.
Historically, the CMWD board member appointment is made during the annual City
Council/CMWD Board reorganization process and is for a one-year term, or until a replacement
is appointed. However, the additional representative has been appointed to serve a six-year
term.
If approved by the CMWD Board, General Manager Amanda Flesse would represent CMWD on
the Water Authority Board of Directors for the remainder of the six years, with a term ending
on June 16, 2026.
Fiscal Analysis
There is no fiscal impact from this action.
Next Steps
Upon authorization from the CMWD Board, General Manager Amanda Flesse would begin her
term Feb. 27, 2025.
Environmental Evaluation
This action does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a project
within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public
Resources Code Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical
change or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
Exhibits
1. Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 1759
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
APPOINTING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT GENERAL MANAGER
AMANDA FLESSE TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Municipal Water District is a member of the San Diego County Water
Authority (SDCWA); and
WHEREAS, the CMWD Board is required to appoint at least one representative to the SDCWA
Board and is also allowed to appoint one additional representative to the SDCWA Board; and
WHEREAS, on May 23, 2023, the Board appointed Vicki Quiram to be a member of the SDCWA
Board, with a term ending on June 16, 2026; and
WHEREAS, on Jan . 21, 2025, Ms. Quiram gave her resignation, effective Feb. 26, 2025; and
WHEREAS, an unscheduled vacancy exists.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water
District of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the CMWD Board appoints General Manager Amanda Flesse to the SDCWA Board,
for a term commencing February 27, 2025, and ending on June 16, 2026, or until a
replacement is appointed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 11th day of February 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN :
ABSENT:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
None.
None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, President
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SHERRY FREISINGER, Secretary
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