Notice of Finance & Administration Committee Regular Meeting and Joint Finance & Administration Committee Regular Meeting-Special Board Workshop

Notice

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the Finance & Administration Committee of the Board of Directors of Westlands Water District and a Joint Finance & Administration Committee Regular Meeting-Special Board Workshop will be held on August 15, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. at the District’s Fresno Office, 3130 N. Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93703. Remote participation will be available at the following address:

JSA Farms 35244 Oil City Road Coalinga, CA 93210

Any member of the public may participate in the meeting and joint meeting-workshop through Zoom

Join the meeting and joint meeting-workshop from a computer, tablet or smartphone:

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Meeting ID: 865 9756 7757

Passcode: 3130

Dial-In Number:

(669) 900-9128

Use the meeting ID and passcode from above

After you join, please mute your line.

If you have problems using the Zoom prior to the start of the meeting and joint meeting-workshop, please contact the District’s IT staff at 559-224-1523 or itstaff@wwd.ca.gov.  Requests for assistance made during the meeting and joint meeting-workshop may not be responded to timely.

Committee Members

William Bourdeau, Chair
Justin Diener
Jeff Fortune
Jeremy Hughes

Public Comment – Any member of the public may address the Committee concerning any matter on the agenda before or, for open session items, during its consideration of that matter. Public comment is limited to three minutes per person and no more than fifteen minutes per topic. For good cause, the Committee Chair may waive these limitations.

Note: Because the notice provides for a regular meeting of the Finance & Administration Committee (“FAC”) and a joint regular FAC Meeting/Special Board workshop, Board Directors may discuss items listed on the agenda; however, only FAC Members may correct or add to the agenda or vote on action items

Meeting Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Committee to Consider Corrections or Additions to the Agenda of Items, as authorized by Government Code Section 54950 et seq.
3. Committee to Consider Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 21, 2023
4. Committee to Consider Bureau of Reclamation 2021 Water Year Refund and Consider Directing Staff to Refund Water Users Who Delivered Water During the Period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021
5. Committee to Consider Approving 2022-2023 Encumbered Funds Carried Forward into 2023-2024
6. Committee to Consider Approving a Recommendation that the Board of Directors Participate in Voluntary Prefunding Contributions to the California Employers Retiree Benefit Trust (CERBT) and the California Employers’ Pension Prefunding Trust (CEPPT)
7. Committee to Receive Update on Westlands Water District Rates & Charges
8. Committee to Receive Report on the Potential Benefits and Purpose of a Line of Credit
9. Public Comment – Any member of the public may address the Committee concerning any matter not on the Agenda within the Committee’s jurisdiction. Public comment is limited to three minutes per person and no more than fifteen minutes per topic. For good cause, the Committee Chairperson may waive these limitations.
10. Closed Session – The Committee will meet in closed session pursuant to the Government Code sections noted to discuss the following:
    1. Conference With Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation
       Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 – 1 potential cases
    2. Conference With Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation
       Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 – 4 potential cases
11. Report from Closed Session, if any, Required by Government Code Section 54957.1.
12. Adjournment

Order of Business

The order of business reflected in this Agenda is subject to change.

Accessibility

A person with a qualifying disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 may request the District provide a disability-related modification or accommodation in order to facilitate that person’s participation in any public meeting of the District.  Such assistance includes appropriate alternative formats for the agendas and agenda packets used for any public meetings of the District.  Requests for such assistance may be made in person at the District’s Fresno office, which is located at 3130 N. Fresno St., Fresno, California, by telephone (559-224-1523), facsimile (559-241-6277), or written correspondence addressed to Westlands Water District, Attn: Karen Clark, P.O. Box 6056, Fresno, California 93703.  Notifications of at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will assist staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made.

Remote Participation by Members of the Public

At this time, the District permits any member of the public to participate in meetings of its Board and Committees from any location by telephone or video, or both.  Remote participation by members of the public from any location is offered as a courtesy and is not required by law.  Telephone and internet access and reliability varies widely, and District staff may not be able to assist members of the public with technical difficulties.  To avoid issues that may arise from participating remotely by phone or video, members of the public who wish to provide public comment are encouraged to attend in person at a noticed location.

At the appropriate time to provide the comment, members of the public wishing to comment will be acknowledged by the Chair of the meeting.  Members of the public participating by video should use the “Raise Hand” tool located in Zoom meeting link when seeking to provide public comment on an item.

Document Availability

Written material related to an item on this agenda that is distributed less than 72 hours prior to this meeting to at least a majority of the members of the legislative body will be available for inspection during normal business hours at the District’s Fresno office, which is located at 3130 N. Fresno Street, Fresno, California.

Written material distributed during a public meeting will be available for public inspection at the meeting, if prepared by District staff or a member of its legislative body, or after the meeting if prepared by some other person.

Disclosure

This agenda has been prepared pursuant to applicable laws of the State of California, including but not limited to, Government Code section 54950 et seq.  The agenda and information to support items on the agenda have not been prepared to inform an investment decision concerning the District, including in any of District’s bonds, notes, or any other financial obligations.  Any projections, plans, or other forward-looking statements included in the information in this agenda or the information supporting the items on the agenda are subject to a variety of uncertainties that could cause any actual plans or results to differ materially from such statements. The information in this agenda and the information supporting the items on the agenda are not intended to be used by investors or potential investors in considering the purchase or sale of the District’s bonds, notes, or other financial obligations.  Investors and potential investors should rely only on information filed by the District on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s Electronic Municipal Market Access System for municipal securities disclosures and the District’s Investor Relations website, maintained on the World Wide Web at emma.msrb.org and wwd.ca.gov/investor-relations, respectively.  For purposes of this note, “District” means Westlands Water District, Westlands Water District Distribution District No. 1, Westlands Water District Distribution District No. 2, San Luis Unit/Westlands Water District Financing Authority, and/or Westlands Water District Financing Corporation.