Board Meeting Minutes 12-15-16

WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thursday, December 15, 2016
8:00 a.m.
Regular Meeting
135 Willow Rd., Willow Creek – District Office

MINUTES

1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL & DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM

Board chair, Judy Gower called meeting to order at 8:00 am. All Directors
present; Mike Davis, Bruce Nelson, Joe O’Hara, and new director Tyler
Holmes. Staff; Manager Susan O’Gorman, Lynn White. 19 others in attendance.

a. Swear in new director Tyler Holmes

Manager Susan O’Gorman swore in new director Holmes.

2. ADOPT AGENDA

Copy of Agenda for this meeting December 15, 2016: For review and approval.

MSC (O’Hara/Nelson) move to approve the agenda. Motion passed with
unanimous approval.

3. ADOPT MINUTES

Of the November 17, 2016, regular meeting minutes in Board folder for
review and approval.

MSC (O’Hara/Davis) move to approve the minutes. Motion passed with Director
Holmes abstained.

4. CONSENT ITEMS FOR BOARD APPROVAL

Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial,
too be acted upon by the Board of Directors at one time without discussion.
If any Board member, staff member, or interested person requests that an
item be removed from the Consent Calendar, it shall be removed so that it
be acted upon separately.

4.1 Financial Statements for Nov. 2016; and payables for Dec. 2016.

4.2 Manager’s Report.

4.3 Safety Meeting – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­SafeWinter Driving

4.4 Parks and Recreation

MSC (Holmes/Davis) move to approve 4.1 & 4.4 . Motion passed with
unanimous approval.

Manager O’Gorman pulled 4.2 & and 4.3. Manager O’Gorman reported that
the play deck should be completed this spring. Manager O’Gorman spoke with
Supervisor Sundberg, he is looking into the cross walk. It might have to be
moved to Mayfair due to the line of site for drivers. The treatment
facility is pumping approximately 340,000 gallons per day. We had two leaks
in the last couple of weeks. The first one was in the Bigfoot Subdivision
and the second at the Rite Spot. Manager O’Gorman attended a meeting of
Emergency Services in Eureka. It was many agencies reporting on what they
are doing regarding emergencies. The Hazmat team that handled the spill on
Hwy 101 was there, it was good to meet them. MSC (Nelson/Davis) move to
approve 4.2 & 4.3. Motion passed with unanimous approval.

5. STAFF REPORTS

5.1 Water Department Report  (O’Gorman)

See above 4.2.

5.2 Waste Water  (Advisory Committee)

Manager O’Gorman found a document from 2013 “Prosperity Report” Willow
Creek wastewater was the number 1 project for Humboldt County. This was
sent to Pat Kaspari at GHD and he forwarded to the appropriate agencies. We
hope this will help with the wastewater grant.

6. Board Member Report

Board Members’ comments, announcements, reports.

7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

No Unfinished Business

8. NEW BUSINESS

8.1 Board to discuss designation Manager O’Gorman as the authorized
representative with authority to sign and submit USDA grant application for
additional wastewater funds.

Board vote needed.

MSC (Davis/O’Hara) move to approve Manager O’Gorman as authorized signer
for this grant application.

8.2 Elect new Board Chair and Vice Chair for the 2017 year. Appoint
representatives to TAMWG AND RREDC.

Board Vote.

MSC (Gower/Holmes) move to appoint Bruce Nelson as president. Motion passed
with unanimous approval. MSC (Nelson/Holmes) move to appoint Mike Davis as
Vice Chair. Motion passed with unanimous approval. Motion by Nelson to
appoint Ed Duggan was appointed to represent for TAMWG.

Motion passed with unanimous approval. Note: This will be Ed Duggan’s last
year. Motion by O’Hara to appoint Tyler Holmes to represent RREDC. Motion
passed with unanimous approval.

8.3 Board discussion of position on commenting on marijuana related Permits,
referred to the district by County of Humboldt.

Board Discussion/Vote

The Board would like to see all County project referrals agenized. They may
to choose make or not make comment on them. The Board directed Manager
O’Gorman to ask the current District Attorney, a representative from Fish
and Wildlife, and the Permit Division to address the Board. One suggestion
was to set up the same criteria that the District would look for in each
project. This will help slim line this process, in hopes of saving time.

8.4 Board to give manager direction on requested water use letters by persons
seeking commercial marijuana cultivation permits by Humboldt County.
Letters are required by the county as part of the permit process.

Board Discussion

The Board directed Manager O’Gorman to strike marijuana cultivation from
the letter. If there is a drought they must follow all restrictions.

8.5
Board to discuss possible WCCSD comments to Humboldt County on the
following marijuana related Permits (received to-date.)

Board vote needed if comments made.

a. APPS# 10243 – Mercer Fraser

b. APPS# 10687 – Humboldt Private Reserve, Inc.

c. APPS# 10236 – Humboldt Edge Farm

Manager O’Gorman tried to call all the permittee involved. The Board wants
to agenize Mercer Fraser and Humboldt Private Reserve next month. The Board
would like to look at the zoning for these businesses as well.

*Break at 10:45 A.M for 5 minutes

9. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

All non Willow Creek Community Services District reports should not
exceed 3 minutes

No action is required on these items, but the Board may discuss any
particular item as required.

9.1 Sheriff Report

Sargent Gomes reported for Sheriff Department

9.2 CHP Report

No Report

9.3 United States Forest Service

No Report

9.4 TAMWG Report

Ed Duggan reported for TAMWG.

9.5 Health Care Report

Susan O’Gorman reported for Terri Humphrey that the Open Door is in need of
Nurses.

9.6W.C. Fire District

Ed Duggan reported for the Fire District.

9.7 W.C. Fire Safe Council

Barbara Darst reported for the Fire Safe Council.

9.8 RREDC Report

Mike Davis reported for RREDC.

10.ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR

Anyone wishing to address the Board on any items not found on the Agenda
may do so at this time. A written Request for public comment should have
been submitted to the Secretary to the Board prior to the Call to Order.

Ed Duggan would like to be agenized for protecting the communities and
environment against Marijuana pesticides (insecticides) and herbicides and
fertilizers. He would also like to discuss law enforcement of Big Rock and
the transients.

Steve Paine brought up the subject that the Sheriff, CHP and USFS are being
paid to be at these meetings and are not being productive, and the Board
might want to move them up in the agenda to get them back on the job.

Steve Brunner would like to see a message board regarding our meetings and
other public notices/events put somewhere in the River Song, Post Office
complex where most everyone goes at least a few times a week. He will ask
to have this on the agenda in the next 3 months or so.

11. CLOSED SESSION

At any time during the regular session, the Board may adjourn to closed
session to consider existing or anticipated litigation, liability claims,
real property negotiations, license and permit determinations, threats to
security, public employee appointments, personnel matters, evaluations and
discipline, labor negotiations, or to discuss with legal counsel matters
within the attorney- client privilege.

No Closed Session this month.

12. ADJOURNMENT

MSC (O’Hara /Davis) meeting adjourned at 11:46am.