HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-05-23; Municipal Water District; ; Appointment to the San Diego County Water Authority Board of DirectorsGC Review CKM
Meeting Date: May 23, 2023
To: President and Board Members
From: Scott Chadwick, Executive Manager
Staff Contact: Faviola Medina, City Clerk Services Manager
faviola.medina@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-5989
Subject: Appointment to the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors
District: All
Recommended Action
Adopt a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District approving
an appointment to the San Diego Water Authority Board of Directors.
Executive Summary
Keith Lewinger has served as one of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District’s representatives on
the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors since 2011. On May 3, 2023, Mr.
Lewinger gave his resignation, effective June 1, 2023.
Staff recommends the CMWD Board appoint the CMWD General Manager to serve the
remainder of the six-year 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 2023, or until a replacement is appointed, and community
representative Keith Lewinger, whose appointment ends June 16, 2026.
Mr. Lewinger was last reappointed to the Water Authority’s Board of Directors on May 12,
2020, for a six-year term ending June 16, 2026. On May 3, 2023, Mr. Lewinger gave his
resignation, effective June 1, 2023.
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Staff Report
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 Vicki Quiram 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 Vicki Quiram would begin her
term June 1, 2023.
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.1706
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING AN APPOINTMENT 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 12, 2020, the Board reappointed Keith Lewinger to be a member of the
SDCWA Board, with a term ending on June 16, 2026; and
WHEREAS, on May 3, 2023, Mr. Lewinger gave his resignation, effective June 1, 2023; 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 the following individual to the SDCWA Board, for a term
commencing immediately and ending on June 16, 2026, or until a replacement is
appointed:
Vicki Quiram
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Special Meeting of the Carlsbad Municipal Water
District of the City of Carlsbad on the 23rd day of May, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna.
None.
None.
None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, President
SHERRY FREISINGER, Secretary
(SEAL)
Exhibit 1
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