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At a glance: PUC approves minutes, consent calendar, leases and contract actions
Summary
The commission approved the minutes, passed the consent calendar, authorized a lease for wireless antennas on Parcel 65, approved a 180-day exclusive negotiation agreement with Oliver Da Silva Inc for a Sonoma mining lease, extended contract WD 02/1934, and returned from closed session with several litigation items approved.
During the meeting the commission recorded several formal actions by voice vote.
- Minutes: The commission approved the minutes (Item 3) after a motion by Commissioner Sklar and a second by Commissioner Kane.
- Consent calendar (Item 8): The commission approved multiple routine contract awards and acceptances for water and wastewater CIP programs. Commissioner Kane moved and Commissioner Sklar seconded; the consent calendar passed by voice vote.
- Real property lease (Item 9): The commission approved a lease with New Singular Wireless PCS for installation of mobile wireless antennas on a portion of Parcel 65 in Alameda County lands.
- Exclusive negotiated agreement (Item 10): The commission authorized staff to enter a 180-day exclusive negotiating agreement with Oliver Da Silva Inc to negotiate a lease to continue mining on a 308.5-acre Sonoma Valley site; the agreement includes benchmarks and a $200,000 payment to cover staff and attorney time during negotiations.
- Contract modification/extension (Item 11): The commission extended/modified contract WD 02/1934 after members confirmed contractor performance and approved the extension unanimously.
- Closed-session results: Upon return from closed session, the commission reported no action on Item 14 (security consultation) and Item 18, approval on Items 15–17 (existing litigation conferences), and that Item 19 (public-employee performance evaluation) was discussed and moved forward. Commissioners voted not to disclose certain attorney-client privileged matters.
Where the transcript recorded only unanimous voice votes or aye voice responses, roll-call tallies were not provided in the public transcript and are reported here as "approved by voice vote" when recorded as such.
