SANTA BARBARA CSDA Minutes for April 2003

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION

MINUTES
APRIL 28, 2003
Pending Approval

Attendees:

Name	Title	Representing
Arnold, Chuck	Director	Montecito Sanitary District
Azoury, Kamil	General Manager	Goleta Sanitary District
Barnard, Kevin	Manager	Los Alamos CSD
Beattie, Dan	Director	Santa Ynez CSD
Bernstein, Mitch	General Manager	S B Coastal Vector Control District
Bishop, Larry	Director	Santa Ynez CSD
Blair, Charles	Director	Vandenberg Village CSD
Braitman, Bob	Executive Officer	S B Co LAFCO
Campbell, Tim	Director	Cachuma Resource Conser. District
Cunningham, Jack	Director	Goleta Water District
Emerson, George	Director	Goleta Sanitary District
Fox, John	Director	Goleta Sanitary District
McCormick, Neil	Guest Speaker	Calif Special Districts Association
Meyer, Larry	Director	Goleta West Sanitary District
Nix, Bruce	Director	Mission Hills CSD
Schlottmann, Cathy	Director	Mission Hills CSD
Schwartz, S. David, & Susan	Director	Embarcadero Muni. Improvement District
Sparks, Jeanne	Director	Santa Maria Valley Water Conser Dist
Tate, David	Director	Los Alamos CSD
Torres, Larry	Director	Los Alamos CSD
Wilson, Larry	Director	Montecito Water District

Call to Order:
President John Fox called the meeting to order at 7:20 p.m. The attendees were introduced. All present participated in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Minutes:
Motion, second, to approve the Minutes of the March 24, 2003 meeting. Unanimous.

Treasurer Report:
Chuck Arnold reported the checking account has $2,990.67 and the savings account has $4,180.74.

Report on Executive Board Meeting:
President Fox said the proposed LAFCO budget was discussed at the meeting.

LAFCO Report:
Regarding municipal service reviews (MSRs), it was noted that workshops will be held at 2:00 p.m. in Santa Maria on May 6^th and in Santa Barbara on May 7^th. Attendance was encouraged. Comments on MSRs should be submitted to LAFCO for consideration at the public hearing.

CSDA Report:
John Fox, George Emerson, and Larry Meyer reported on their attendance at CSDA’s Governmental Affairs Day in Sacramento at the beginning of this month. It was noted that if the State’s fiscal situation is not resolved, the State’s bond rating could be lowered.

Program Committee:
David Schwartz said a schedule of future speakers is being completed.

Legislative Committee:
George Emerson said the committee will be meeting next week.

Website Committee:
Larry Meyer said this Chapter’s executive Board can be e-mailed at
ex-board at sbsda dot org [address presented in this form to prevent web harvasting].

New Business: None.

Old Business: None.

Guest Speaker: Neil McCormick of the California Special Districts Association:
Mr. McCormick works with CSDA’s Member Services. He highlighted the services and benefits of CSDA membership. The CSDA Alliance is composed of the CSDA, the Finance Corporation, and the Risk Management Authority. Workers Compensation is being merged with the Risk Management Authority as of July 1, 2003. With the formation of the CSDA Alliance, resources can be shared. CSDA’s governmental affairs is their strongest effort. It includes the work of lobbyist Ralph Heim. LOCAL (Leave Our Community Assets Local) is a coalition of the CSDA, The League of California Cities, the Calif. State Association of Counties and others. Its mission is to protect local services by protecting funding with the current State budget situation. LOCAL’s website is www.calocal.com. Districts are urged to become involved as the current budget deficit is $34.6 billion. CSDA has a grassroots outreach effort and public relations program to assist districts.

The CSDA currently has 255 districts participating in the risk management and liability pool, and 112 in the workers compensation pool. The Governance Academy commenced this year with a curriculum-based education program. There are four core courses with the focus of building a better team to lead your district. The CSDA is in the process of conducting an administrative salary survey of members. Another benefit to members is the availability of 1 hour of free legal advice yearly.

The CSDA website is www.csda.net. The website now includes a member’s section. Each member district should have recently received the login instructions and password. The CSDA can be telephoned at (877) 924-CSDA. It was noted the four Governance Academy courses will be offered in Kern County during July-August of this year. The CSDA Annual Conference will be held in Squaw Valley during September.

Adjournment:
John Fox adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Because of Memorial Day, the next chapter meeting will be held on Monday, May 19, 2003 at the Royal Scandinavian Inn in Solvang.

s/ Cathy Schlottmann

Cathy Schlottmann
Secretary, SBCSDA