April Minutes

935th MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT
April 9, 2008

President James Kohnen called the Board meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.

Trustees Doggett and Flashman were absent from the meeting. Marisel Brown from Oakland was present, she has interviewed with the City of Oakland to serve as their representative and is awaiting appointment.

The minutes of the 934th meeting held March 12, 2008 were reviewed and approved. (Golden/Garcia - unanimous.)

The Long Range Planning Committee update was given by Denny McLeod. 82,995 ballots had been received by C.G. Uhlenberg by April 8th, this is a return rate of 23.59%. The District has had about 1000 calls asking for corrected ballots or asking questions about the ballot. There was a negative letter to the editor of the San Leandro Times written by an individual in San Leandro that also contacted those in his homeowners association. We sent a rebuttal letter which was published along side that letter and sent to the HOA on the same day. The April 30th public hearing will be held in the technician room because it is bigger. 25 chairs will be set out and a microphone and timer will be used for the public input portion of the hearing. Speaker’s cards will also be used. The invoices for the Engineers Report and the printing and mailing of the ballot have been received. The committee would like a breakdown on the number of ballots printed and mailed and then the breakdown by city of the results.

The Board reviewed the warrants dated March 15, 2008 numbering 044408 through 046608 amounting to $173,119.20 and warrants dated March 31, 2008 numbering 046708 through 050208 amounting to $76,762.28.

The manager presented the Monthly Operational Report for March. The District received a total of 194 requests for service during the month. There were 18 mosquito-biting reports. The ten-year average for adult mosquito service requests in March is 28.6. 120 requests for mosquitofish were received and 54 requests for inspections of potential mosquito sources.

The Board received updates from the District Manager on several other outside agencies:

The Alameda County Chapter of the California Special Districts Association annual dinner meeting was Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the new Marriott (old Crown Plaza) Hotel in Pleasanton. Bruce Cain, director of the Institute of Governmental Studies and director of the University of California Washington Center was the featured speaker. Jim and Pat Kohnen, Jim Golden and the District Manager attended. The next chapter meeting will be May 7th at Washington Township Hospital in Fremont.

The CSDA Legislative Day is Monday, May 12th at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento. The agenda starts at 9:30 a.m and concludes with a reception from 5-7 in the Capital Rotunda. The MVCAC will not have a Legislative Day this year.

The EBRPD is holding a series of meetings throughout the county in April to discuss the proposed Regional Park Bond Extension. This is a $500 million bond for the acquisition, facility development, and environmental restoration projects. The cost to taxpayers is approximately $10 per $100,000 assessed value of their homes. The original Measure AA was approved in 1988.

The term for the enterprise special district representative seat on the Alameda County LAFCO is up and an election will be held at the May 7th ACSDA meeting. The District must submit the name of the presiding officer or alternate for the election by April 25th. Katy Foulkes from EBMUD is seeking a fourth term. LAFCO sent a receipt of application for annexation of Fremont and Emeryville into Alameda County Vector Control Services District . They are mailing ballots in May to provide funding for vector services.

The Local Agency Investment Fund statement for the period ending February 29, 2008 was given to the Board.
The next quarterly meeting of the association is in Monterey at the Hyatt Regency, May 1 & 2. Denny Mcleod, Ron Quinn and the District Manager will be attending. (Note: Mr. Quinn cancelled on April 10th)

The Vector Control Joint Powers Agency is seeking nominations for the Alternative Trustee Representative on the VCJPA Board of Directors. Nominations are due in on April 18th and must be accompanied by a brief biography of the nominee.

Jim Kohnen and Jim Golden reported on the ACSDA annual dinner, both enjoyed the interaction with Board Members from other agencies and the featured speaker.

Under Board announcements, Trustee David Edwards mentioned seeing Discovery Channel’s show Dirty Jobs which featured a mosquito abatement crew in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit. Jim Kohnen was on a Grass Roots cable show in Livermore with Tom Ford from Dublin San Ramon Services District. John Hughes commented on the Vector Control annexation of Fremont and Emeryville and their environmental documentation.

The President asked if there were any items to add to agenda for the next Board meeting in May, hearing none,
the meeting was adjourned at 5:47 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

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John D. Hughes, Secretary

Approved as written and/or corrected

at the 935th meeting of the Board of

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James Kohnen, President
BOARD OF TRUSTEES