HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/16/01 Minutes - Special MeetingTRES HERMANOS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
SPECIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
APRIL 16, 2001
1. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Huff called the Tres Hermanos
Conservation Authority Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:48 p.m. in
Conference Room A, Suite 100, Diamond Bar City Hall, 21660 E. Copley Drive,
Diamond Bar, California.
ROLL CALL: Chairman Robert Huff, Vice Chairman James
Thalman, Director Carol Herrera and Director Gary Larson. Alternative Eileen
Ansari, Ex -Officio Director Dave Winn and Alternate W. C. "Bill' Kruger were
excused.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Member
Larson.
Also Present were: James DeStefano, Interim Executive Director;
Deborah Fox, Authority Legal Counsel; Doug LaBelle, Secretary/Treasurer and
Lynda Burgess, D.B. City Clerk.
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Offered
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 26, 2001 regular meeting. - Continued
to the next meeting.
1. Status of proposed Conflict of Interest Code - verbal report by Lynda
Burgess, City Clerk.
Upon motion by Director Thalman, seconded by Director Larson, the
Authority unanimously approved pursuit of State of California approval of the
proposed Conflict of Interest statement.
5. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for terms commencing July 1, 2001 and
ending June 30, 2003.
Director Larson nominated Director Thalman to serve as Chair. Without
objection, Director Thalman was unanimously elected to serve as Chairman
of the Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority for the term commencing July
1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2003.
Director Thalman nominated Director Herrera to serve as Vice Chair.
Without objection, Director Herrera was elected to serve as Vice Chairman
of the Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority for the term commencing July
1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2003.
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6. AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS: Director Herrera felt it would be good
to resolve the Conflict of Interest matter.
Chair/Huff reported that Mayor Winn, City of Industry, recently underwent open heart
surgery and is doing well. He believed it is incumbent upon the Authority to rethink
the Industry's membership due to their acquisition of the Boy Scout property sale if
they should move forward with the water use after litigation is settled. He welcomed
Legal Counsel Deborah Fox to her first meeting.
Chair/Huff announced that the next regular meeting is scheduled for May 21, 2001.
The agenda will include discussion of a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2001/2002,
Conflict of Interest information and two sets of meeting minutes.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Board,
Chairman Huff adjourned the meeting at 5:56 p.m.
LINDA D. RUTH, Authority Secretary
ATTEST:
Robert . uff, Chairman