Board of Directors Meeting

April 3, 2024 9:30 AM

DeSoto County Administration Building
Commission Chambers, First Floor
201 East Oak Street, Arcadia, FL


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Commissioner Elton Langford, DeSoto County, Chairman
Commissioner Joe Tiseo, Charlotte County, Vice Chairman
Commissioner Jason Bearden, Manatee County
Commissioner Mike Moran, Sarasota County

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION
Commissioner Elton Langford

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by the Board

WELCOME GUESTS

HOST COUNTY REMARKS
Mike Coates, Executive Director

PUBLIC COMMENTS
Any individual wishing to address the Board on an item on the Consent Agenda or Regular Agenda (“Voting Agenda Items”) or an issue that does not appear on the agenda should complete a ‘request to speak’ card and submit it to the Authority’s recording clerk prior to this Public Comments item. Each person who submits a ‘request to speak’ card will have three (3) minutes to address the Board. Fifteen (15) minutes is provided for this Public Comment item unless additional time is needed for individuals to address the Board on Voting Agenda Items. If the time limit is exhausted and there are still individuals who want to address the Board on non-voting Agenda Items, the Board will entertain any remaining comments near the end of the meeting. Comments on Voting Agenda Items will be heard first.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
1. 2023 FDEP Drinking Water Plant Operations Excellence Award

CONSENT AGENDA
1. Minutes of the February 7, 2024, Board of Directors Meeting and Workshop
2. Resolution 2024-04 ‘Recognition of the Month of April as Water Conservation Month’
3. Resolution 2024-05 ‘Recognition of National Drinking Water Week’
4. Award of Contracts for Purchase of Water Treatment Chemicals
5. Award Contract for Professional Auditing Services
6. Piggy-Back Charlotte County Contract with Sanders Laboratories for Water Quality Analysis
7. Investment Banking Services Co-Manager Changes
8. Consultant Selection – Partially Treated Surface Water Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project
9. Phase 3C Pipeline Easement Agreements
10. Work Order to McKim & Creed for Electrical and Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Services

REGULAR AGENDA
1. Water Supply Conditions Report
2. 2024 Legislative Update
3. Authority Insurance Coverage Review and Property Insurance Renewal
4. Draft 5-Year Capital Improvements Plan & 20-Year Capital Needs Assessment
5. 2014B Refunding/Phase 3C Regional Interconnect Financing
6. New Water Supply Needs and Regional Project Selection  *Revised
7. Amending the Master Water Supply Contract  *Revised

TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FY 2025
1. Tentative Budget for FY 2025
2. Resolution 2024-06 ‘Resolution Setting Forth Preliminary Schedules of Rates, Fees and Charges for FY 2025’

GENERAL COUNSEL’S REPORT 
1. Resolution for FDEP Easement on Phase 2B Regional Interconnect
2. Response to FRS Letter on Executive Director Compensation

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
1. Executive Director’s Report

ROUTINE STATUS REPORTS
1. Hydrologic Conditions Report
2. Check Registers for January and February 2024
3. Peace River Reservoir No. 3 Project (PR3) Final Design
4. Regional Integrated Loop System Phase 2B Interconnect
5. Regional Integrated Loop System Phase 3C Interconnect
6. DeSoto Booster Pumping Station Project
7. Brackish Groundwater Reverse Osmosis Project at the Peace River Facility
8. Peace River Basin Report

BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

PUBLIC COMMENTS (if necessary)
Individuals who previously submitted a ‘request to speak’ card to the Authority’s recording clerk and there was an inadequate amount of time during the initial Public Comments item for them to speak on non-Voting Agenda Items will be given three (3) minutes per person to speak on such item.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Authority Board Meeting
June 5, 2024 @ 9:30 a.m.
Manatee County Administration Building
Honorable Patricia M. Glass Chambers
1112 Manatee Ave. West, Bradenton, FL

Future Authority Board Meetings
August 7, 2024 @ 9:30 a.m. – Sarasota County
October 2, 2024 @ 9:30 a.m. – Charlotte County
December 4, 2024 @ 9:30 a.m. – DeSoto County

ADJOURNMENT

Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, 9415 Town Center Parkway, Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34202, or through the Authority’s website www.regionalwater.org. Persons with disabilities who need assistance may call (941) 316-1776 at least two business days in advance to make appropriate arrangements. No Stenographic record by a certified court reporter is being made of this meeting. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decisions involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at this meeting that may be necessary to appeal such decisions.