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AGENDA
The public may participate at any location listed below.
October 13, 2006 -9:00 a.m.
AQMD Headquarters - Conference Room CC-8
21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar CA
Videoconference Location
73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 222
Palm Desert, CA 92260
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ACTION - DISCUSSION - INFORMATIONAL ITEMS |
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Board Members’
Concerns
Any
member of the Governing Board, on his or her own initiative, may raise a
concern to the Administrative Committee regarding any AQMD items or
activities.
(No motion required) |
Dr. Burke
Committee
Chair
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Chairman’s Report of Approved Travel
(no motion
required) |
Dr.
Burke
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Approval of Compensation for Board Member Assistant(s):
The Committee May Consider Proposal(s) to Retain Board Member
Assistant(s). (Any material, if submitted, will be distributed at
the meeting.) |
Dr. Burke |
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Report of Approved Out-of-Country Travel (no
motion required)
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Barry Wallerstein
Executive Officer |
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NOVEMBER AGENDA ITEMS:
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Establish Board Meeting Schedule for Calendar
Year
2007
The
proposed Board Meeting Schedule for Calendar
Year 2007 (includes January
2008) is submitted for
Board consideration. The Administrative
Committee
meeting schedule (second Friday of the month) is
included for
information only. |
Dr. Wallerstein |
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Approve Expenditure of Funds Designated for
Permit Streamlining in AQMD's FY 2006-07 Adopted Budget
On June
9, 2006, the Board approved and adopted, as
part of the AQMD's FY
2006-07 Budget, a $2 million fund specifically designated for Permit
Streamlining, AQMD
staff has consulted with and solicited input and
recommendations from members of the Permit
Streamlining Task Force
Subcommittee and other
industry representatives for expenditure of this
designated fund. Based on the input received, AQMD
staff has prepared a
proposal for the Board's
consideration and approval. This action is to
request
Board approval to authorize expenditure of $1,695,000
of this
fund to create and fill two additional air quality engineer and one
systems analyst positions and to hire
up to four temporary engineers and
two clerical staff
to assist in processing permits and improving
permitting efficiency. Additionally, $305,000 will be used to hire
outside contractors to improve the efficiency of the
permit processing
system and to provide additional
training for engineers.
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Mohsen Nazemi
Assistant DEO/
Engineering &
Compliance |
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Appropriate Funds for PAMS Program, Appropriate
and
Reallocate Funds for PM2.5 Program, Recognize
and Appropriate Funds for
Enhanced Particulate
Monitoring Program, and Issue Purchase Orders,
RFQs
and RFP
U.S. EPA
has allocated Section 105 Grant funds of
$1,282,303 for the 15th
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY
2007)
of the ongoing PAMS monitoring program.
As such, this
action is to: (a) upon receipt of the
award, appropriate
funds to the FY 2006-07 Budget
for the 15th year PAMS
program, (b) reduce the
previously approved carryover
budget, and (c)
issue
RFQs and an RFP. In addition, this action is to
appropriate and
reallocate unspent U.S. EPA
funds from the FFY 2006 PM2.5 monitoring
program
to
the FY 2006-07 Budget and to reduce the previously
approved
budget to reflect a $6,527 grant reduction.
Lastly, the AQMD has been
assisting U.S. EPA on a
national enhanced particulate monitoring
program.
The
U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken
over this
program and has allocated $3,129,017 for
the ongoing and expansion of
the Enhanced Particulate Monitoring Program
in FY 2006-07. As such,
this
action is to: (a) recognize revenue and appropriate
funds to the FY
2006-07 Budget
for this program and
(b) issue a purchase order and an
RFQ for fixed assets
under this program.
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Henry Hogo
Assistant DEO/
Technology Advancement
Office |
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Execute Contract for Landscape Maintenance at
Diamond Bar Headquarters
The current contract for Diamond Bar headquarters
landscape maintenance
expires December 31, 2006. On
July 14, 2006, the Board approved release
of an RFP to
solicit proposals
from firms interested in providing this
service for the next three-year period. This action is to execute a
contract with Tropical Plaza Nursery, Inc.,
through December 31, 2009
for
a three-year amount not
to exceed $114,800. The cost for
this
fiscal year is
$19,918, which is available in the FY
2006-07 Budget.
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Eudora Tharp
Assistant DEO/
Administrative
& Human
Resources |
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Add
Positions in FY 2006-07 Budget
This
action is to add three positions
to meet critical
Carl Moyer Program needs. When offset by
reimbursement
from Moyer Program funding, there is
no FY 2006-07
budgetary impact.
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Eudora Tharp |
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Authorize
Purchase of Ingres Relational Database Management System Software
Support
The Ingres
Relational Database Management System
is
used for the implementation of
the Central
Information Repository database. This database is
used by
most enterprise-level software applications
at the AQMD and currently
supports a suite of client/
server and web-based applications known
collectively
as the Clean Air Support System (CLASS). The CLASS
applications are used to
support all of the AQMD core activities.
Maintenance
support for this software
expires November 29, 2006.
This
action is to obtain
approval for the purchase of
Ingres Database
software maintenance support
for another year. Funds
($120,000) for
this expense
are included in the FY
2006-07 Budget.
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Chris Marlia
Assistant DEO/
Information Management |
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Execute
Contract for Biennial Audit of Motor Vehicle Registration Revenues for
FYs 2003-04 and 2004-05
Health and Safety Code Section 44244.1 requires any
agency receiving fee revenues to be subject to an audit
of each program
or project funded at least once every two years.
On July 7, 2006, the
Board approved release of
an RFP to select an auditor to perform the
biennial audit
for FYs
2003-04 and 2004-05. An evaluation panel of
representatives from local governments, MSRC and AQMD
staff evaluated
the proposals. This action is to award a contract to the firm of
Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio, &
Associates, PC. Local governments, the MSRC
and
AQMD will pay the cost of their own audits in the
amounts of
$89,000, $11,000, and $7,200 respectively.
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Rick Pearce
Chief Financial Officer |
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Ethnic Community
Advisory Group Minutes for July 12, 2006
(written reports) |
Pom Pom Ganguli
Assistant DEO/
Public Affairs |
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Local Government &
Small Business Assistance Advisory Group Minutes for May 12, 2006
(written report)
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Pom Pom Ganguli |
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Review November 3, 2006, Governing Board Agenda |
Dr. Wallerstein
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Other Business
Any
member of the committee, or its staff, on his or her
own initiative or
in response to questions posed by the
public, may ask a question for
clarification, may make a
brief announcement or report on his or her own
activities, provide a reference to staff regarding factual information,
request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting concerning any
matter, or may take action to direct staff
to place a matter of business
on a future agenda. (Govt
Code Section 54954.2)
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Dr. Burke |
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Public Comment
Members
of the public may address the Committee
concerning any agenda item
before or during
consideration
of that item (Govt. Code Section
54954.3). All agendas for regular meetings are
posted at District
Headquarters,
21865 E. Copley
Drive, Diamond Bar, California, at least
72 hours
in advance of a regular meeting. At the end of
the regular
meeting agenda, an opportunity is
also provided for the public to speak
on any
subject within the committee’s authority.
Speakers may be
limited to three (3) minutes
each. |
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Attachments will be available at
the meeting.
Next Meeting: Thursday, November 9, 2006, at 9:30 a.m.
Americans With Disabilities Act -
The agenda materials will be made available, upon
request, in appropriate alternative formats to assist persons with a
disability. Disability-related accommodations will also be made
available to allow participation in this meeting. Any accommodations
must be requested as soon as practicable. Requests will be
accommodated to the extent feasible. Please contact the staff person
listed below by phone or e-mail from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday through
Friday.
For further information, please contact: Tania Christman at
(909) 396-3029
Adjournment
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