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AGENDA
The public may participate at any location listed below.
October 10, 2008 - 9:00 a.m.
AQMD Headquarters - Conference Room CC8
21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar CA
Videoconference Locations
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1970 Mandeville Canyon Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90049 |
73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 222
Palm Desert, CA 92260 |
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ACTION/ DISCUSSION |
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| 1 |
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. William A. Burke
Committee Chair |
| 2 |
Chairman's Report of Approved Travel
(no motion required) |
Dr. Burke |
| 3 |
Approval of Compensation for Board
Member
Assistants/Consultant(s)
(Any material, if submitted, will be distributed at the meeting.) |
Dr. Burke |
| 4 |
Report of Approved Out-of-Country Travel
(no motion required) |
Dr. Barry Wallerstein
Executive Officer |
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NOVEMBER AGENDA ITEMS |
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| 5 |
Establish Board Meeting Schedule for
Calendar Year 2009
The proposed Board Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2009 (includes
January 2010) is submitted for Board consideration. The Administrative
Committee meeting schedule (second Friday of the month) is included for
information only. |
Dr. Burke |
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Appropriate Funds for the PAMS and NATTS Programs, Recognize and
Appropriate Funds for the Enhanced Particulate Monitoring Program and
the Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring Program, and Authorize
Purchases and Contract Amendments
U.S. EPA and the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security have allocated funding for ongoing air
monitoring programs. Revenue for the 17th Year PAMS program and the
NATTS program has been included in the FY 2008-09 Budget. This action
is to: (1) appropriate funds to the FY 2008-09 Budget for the 17th year
PAMS program; (2) appropriate National Air Toxic Trends Station (NATTS)
funds to the FY 2008-09 Budget; (3) recognize revenue and appropriate
funds for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Enhanced Particulate
Monitoring Program to the FY 2008-09 Budget; (4) recognize revenue and
appropriate funds for the U.S. EPA Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring
program to the FY 2008-09 Budget; and (5) authorize purchases and
contract amendments under these programs. |
Dr. Chung Liu
DEO/Science & Technology Advancement |
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Amend Sole Source
Contract with Germania Corporation
As part of AQMD’s 2008
Legislative Agenda, the Board directed staff to participate in the
development of the next federal surface transportation reauthorization
legislation. This bill will have a major impact on future federal
funding, including how transportation priorities are set and funded at
the local and state levels. AQMD needs to interface more effectively
with local and state transportation entities to build partnerships for
reducing mobile source air pollution. Germania Corporation is currently
under a $20,000 contract to assist AQMD in pursuing the protection and
expansion of funding and policy objectives relative to the
transportation legislation, with focus on coordination at local and
state levels. Based on initial results, this action is to amend the
contract with Germania Corporation in an amount not to exceed $100,000
to continue to assist staff with this important work during Calendar
Years 2008 and 2009. |
Oscar Abarca
DEO/Public Affairs |
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Execute Sole
Source Contract for Legislative Representation in Sacramento
Staff recommends entering into a sole source contract with Joe A.
Gonsalves & Son. This firm is knowledgeable about the District’s
policies and priorities, has a strong bipartisan reputation, and has
extensive relationships with local governments that will be necessary to
implement AQMD’s State goals and objectives. The contract is for a
12-month period commencing in January 2009.
(This item will also be discussed at the October 10, 2008 Legislative
Committee meeting.) |
Oscar Abarca |
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Execute Contract for Biennial Audit of Motor Vehicle Registration
Revenues for FYs 2005-06 and 2006-07
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 11, 2008, the Board approved
release of an RFP to select an auditor to perform the biennial audit for
FYs 2005-06 and 2006-07. An evaluation panel of representatives from
the MSRC and AQMD staff evaluated the proposals. This action is to
award a contract to the firm of Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio and Associates,
PC. Local governments, the MSRC and AQMD will pay the cost of their own
audits in the amounts of $87,075, $9,900, and $6,278 respectively. |
Rick Pearce
CFO/Finance |
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Report of RFPs and RFQs Scheduled for Release in November
This report summarizes the RFPs and RFQs for budgeted services over
$50,000 scheduled to be released for advertisement for the month of
November. |
Rick Pearce |
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Appropriate
Funds for Diamond Bar Headquarters Building Refurbishment and
Construction Projects and Release RFP
To maintain the AQMD headquarters facility and to meet
obligations to building tenants, this action is to appropriate
$1,045,000 from the Designation for Facility Refurbishment for building
upkeep projects and to release an RFP to paint the building interior.
Additionally, this action is to appropriate $60,000 from the
Undesignated Fund Balance for needed office construction projects. |
Eudora Tharp
Asst DEO
Administrative & Human Resources |
| 12 |
Execute Lease Agreement for AQMD Headquarters Child Care Center
The lease agreement
for AQMD’s Diamond Bar headquarters child care center will expire
February 1, 2009. This action is to execute a ten-year lease agreement,
through the school year ending June 30, 2019, with the current operator,
Priyalal and Lasanthi Kurera, Incorporated. Lease provisions allow AQMD
to terminate the lease at any time with proper notice, should it become
necessary, and permit AQMD to require the operators to remove, at their
expense, any lessee-owned alterations or improvements. |
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, 2008. This
action is to obtain approval for the purchase of Ingres Database
software maintenance support for another year. Funds in the amount of
$139,556 for this expense are included in the FY 2008-09 Budget. |
Chris Marlia
Asst DEO
Information Management |
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Local Government & Small Business
Assistance Advisory Group Minutes for July 18, 2008
(written report) |
Dr. Anupom Ganguli
Asst DEO
Public Affairs |
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Review November 7, 2008 Governing Board
Agenda |
Dr. Wallerstein |
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Other Business
Any member of this body, 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) |
Dr. Burke |
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Public Comment
Members of the public may address this body concerning any agenda item
before or during consideration of that item (Govt. Code Section 54954.3(a)).
All agendas for regular meetings are posted at District Headquarters, 21865
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 Administrative
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: November 14, 2008 - 9:00 a.m.
Document Availability
All document (i)
constituting non-exempt public records, (ii) relating to an item on an
agenda for a regular meeting, and (iii) having been distributed to at least
a majority of the Committee after the agenda is posted, are available prior
to the meeting for public review at the South Coast Air Quality Management
District, Public Information Center, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA
91765.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The agenda and documents in the agenda packet will be made available, upon
request, in appropriate alternative formats to assist persons with a
disability (Gov’t Code Section 54954.2(a)). Disability-related
accommodations will also be made available to allow participation in the
Administrative Committee meeting. Any accommodations must be requested as soon as
practicable. Requests will be accommodated to the extent feasible. Please
contact Tania Christman at (909) 396-3029 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., Tuesday through Friday, or send the request to tchristman@aqmd.gov.
For further information, please contact: Tania
Christman, (909) 396-3029
Adjournment
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