BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

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1 NON-AGENDA December 22, 2017 Board Policy: EL-7 Communication and Support to the Board The BAOs shall inform and support the Board in its work. Page # CEO BULLETIN / NEWSLETTERS 4 CEO Bulletin: 12/15/17 12/21/17 BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 6 BMR/IBMR Weekly Reports: 12/21/ Memo from Darin Taylor, CFO, to the Board, dated 12/15/17, regarding the Summary of Monthly Report of Investments for November Memo from Angela Cheung, DOO Treated Water Operations and Maintenance Division, to Nina Hawk, COO Water Utility Enterprise, dated 12/19/17, regarding the Water Quality Laboratory Capacity. INCOMING BOARD CORRESPONDENCE 32 Board Correspondence Weekly Report: 12/21/ from Swanee Edwards to Supervisor Wasserman and Rob Eastwood (cc: BOD), dated 12/16/17, regarding fracking (C ). 35 from Mary Hsia-Coron to the Board, dated 12/15/17, regarding fracking (C ). 37 Letter from Paul Causey, Board President/Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, to the Board, dated 12/07/17, regarding support for evaluation of the Refinery Recycled Water Exchange Project (C ). 38 from Rached Blili to Director LeZotte, dated 12/15/17, regarding water quality in Almaden (C ). 39 from "Mike" to Director LeZotte, dated 12/15/17, regarding water quality in Almaden (C ). 40 from Yakov Suvorov to Director LeZotte, dated 12/15/17, regarding water quality in Almaden (C ). 41 from Judy Bugarin to Director LeZotte, dated 12/20/17, regarding water quality in Almaden (C ). 42 from Joe McMahon to Director LeZotte, dated 12/17/17, regarding water quality in Almaden (C ). 43 Letter from Peter Luchetti, TableRock Infrastructure Partners, to the Board, dated 12/20/17, regarding the Expedited Purified Water Program (C ). 1

2 48 from George Clark to Director LeZotte, dated 12/20/17, regarding damage to his water softener (C ). 49 from Yonni Marquez to Director LeZotte, dated 12/20/17, regarding the water quality in Almaden (C ). 50 from Yakov Suvorov to Director LeZotte, dated 12/21/17, regarding the water quality in Almaden (C ). OUTGOING BOARD CORRESPONDENCE 52 Letter from Chair Varela to Brenda Burman, Commissioner/Bureau of Reclamation, dated 12/15/17, congratulating her on being appointed as Commissioner. 53 Reply from Chair Varela to Kimberly Romero, dated 12/20/17, regarding the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project (C ). 54 Reply from Chair Varela to Celia Fabos-Becker, dated 12/20/17, regarding recycled water (C ). 56 Reply from Director LeZotte to Zara Ashtiani, dated 12/20/17, regarding poor water quality in Almaden (C ). 57 Reply from Director LeZotte to Margaret Best, dated 12/20/17, regarding poor water quality in Almaden (C ). 59 Reply from Director LeZotte to Subodj Raj, dated 12/20/17, regarding poor water quality in Almaden (C ). 60 Reply from Director LeZotte to George Clark, dated 12/20/17, regarding poor water quality in Almaden (C ). Board correspondence has been removed from the online posting of the Non-Agenda to protect personal contact information. Lengthy reports/attachments may also be removed due to file size limitations. Copies of board correspondence and/or reports/attachments are available by submitting a public records request to publicrecords@valleywater.org. 2

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4 CEO BULLETIN To: From: Board of Directors Norma J. Camacho, CEO Chief Executive Officer Bulletin Week of December 15-21, 2017 Board Executive Limitation Policy EL-7: The Board Appointed Officers shall inform and support the Board in its work. Further, a BAO shall 1) inform the Board of relevant trends, anticipated adverse media coverage, or material external and internal changes, particularly changes in the assumptions upon which any Board policy has previously been established and 2) report in a timely manner an actual or anticipated noncompliance with any policy of the Board. Page IN THIS ISSUE 1 Wolfe Road Recycled Water Facilities Project ribbon cutting event. Wolfe Road Recycled Water Facilities Project ribbon cutting event. On Wednesday, December 13, 2017, the water district hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Wolfe Road Recycled Water Facilities Project (Project) at the San Lucar Pump Station in Sunnyvale. Thirty people attended the event, including members of the public, the water district, California Water Service representatives, the cities of Sunnyvale and Cupertino, four members of the Sunnyvale City Council including the mayor and vice mayor, representatives from the offices of Congressman Ro Khanna, Assemblymember Marc Berman and Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese. Speakers included Director Hsueh, Sunnyvale Mayor Glenn Hendricks and the water district. Director Hsueh s remarks highlighted the importance of the funding partnership between public and private agencies for the Project and communicated the water district s commitment to expand the use of recycled and purified water. Mayor Hendricks expressed appreciation for the water district s outreach efforts and shared that he received no complaints from residents during the Project s construction. ABC 7, KCBS radio, World Journal and Sunnyvale Sun covered the event. ABC 7 recorded footage of the speeches and the ribbon cutting, and the other news outlets interviewed Director Hsueh about the project. The speeches and ribbon cutting were also recorded by the water district, and the video will be posted to the project webpage this month: For further information, please contact Rick Callender at (408) CEO Bulletin Page 1 of 1 4

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6 Report Name: Board Requests Report -Formal Completed Meeting Request Director GM / AGM Date Description Date Order by: DIRECTOR 20 Days Due Date Expected Completion Date Disposition R R R R R Pending Pending Pending Pending Pending 04/12/16 09/26/17 09/26/17 11/28/17 11/28/17 Keegan Keegan Kremen Kremen Santos Stanton Richardson Callender King King Staff to take a preliminary look at the use of PLAs on Non-federal District projects. Staff to provide the Board with proactive options to address unauthorized access to District property and the dumping of trash and debris. See memo dated 09/01/2017 Handout 11.1-A. Staff to provide the Board with an update on the District's education program. Staff to provide the Board with a copy of he August 15,2013 Repot, "Economic Evaluation of the Open Space Credit Staff to provide a copy of the Santa Clara Valley Agriculture Preservation Plan to the members of the Agricultural Advisory Committee 03/22/17 10/17/17 10/17/17 12/18/17 12/18/17 10/27/17 03/02/17 Continued. 07/28/16 CEO Bulletin. 10/19/17 CEO Bulletin. 11/01/17 Information Only. Report date: Page 1 of 1

7 Report Name: Board Requests Report -Informal Completed Request Request Director GM / AGM Date Description Date Order by: DIRECTOR 20 Days Due Date Expected Completion Date Disposition I I Pending Pending 10/24/17 12/18/17 Kremen Santos Hawk Callender Director Kremen requested that Kurt Arends provide information regarding the electrical loads for our facilities in the area that require power. Prepare thank you letters for each of the speakers and stakeholders at the 12/13/17 Shoreline hearing, and one for the Chair of the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board thanking him for his opportunity to speak during the hearing. 11/20/17 01/07/18 Report date: Page 1 of 1

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C. BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

C. BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS & INFORMATIONAL ITEMS NON-AGENDA April 21, 2017 Board Policy: EL-7 Communication and Support to the Board The BAOs shall inform and support the Board in its work. Page # A. NEWSLETTERS & BRIEFINGS 4 ACWA e-news: 04/19/17 B.