Resolution No. 7470 – Casting Votes for SGBWQA
Alternate Board Member
December 6, 2022
DATE: December 6, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Paul Cranmer, Public Works Services Director
By: Carmen Masud, Deputy Public Works Services Director
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 7470 CASTING ITS VOTES FOR ONE OF THE FIVE
CANDIDATES TO REPRESENT ARCADIA AND OTHER CITIES WITH
PRESCRIPTIVE PUMPING RIGHTS AS AN ALTERNATE BOARD
MEMBER ON THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY CEQA: Not a Project
Recommendation: Select a Candidate and Adopt
SUMMARY
The State Legislature under Senate Bill (“SB”) 1679 established the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (“SGBWQA”) to plan, finance, and implement groundwater treatment programs within the San Gabriel Valley. The SGBWQA is under the direction and leadership of a seven-member board. Five candidates were recently nominated for the office of Alternate Board Member of the SGBWQA. The City of Arcadia may cast its votes for one of the nominated candidates who will represent the interest of cities with prescriptive pumping rights, including Arcadia.
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 7470 casting its six votes for one of the five candidates to represent Arcadia and other cities with prescriptive pumping rights as an Alternate Board Member on the SGBWQA.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the SGBWQA is to plan, finance, and implement groundwater remediation activities to clean up contaminated groundwater in the San Gabriel Valley. The Board of the SGBWQA is composed of seven members with three appointed members from each of the three municipal water districts, one elected City Council Member from cities in the San Gabriel Basin with prescriptive pumping rights, one elected City Council Member from cities in the San Gabriel Basin without prescriptive pumping rights, and two appointed members representing water producers in the San Gabriel Basin. On October 24, 2022, five candidates were nominated for the office of Alternate Member of the Board, which represents cities with prescriptive pumping rights. Each City has one vote for each 10,000 residents or majority thereof, as determined by the 2010 U.S. Census data. The City of Arcadia has six votes that may be cast for one candidate who will best represent
Resolution No. 7470 – Casting Votes for SGBWQA
Alternate Board Member
December 6, 2022
cities with prescriptive pumping rights. The current Board Member representing cities with prescriptive pumping rights is Azusa Mayor Robert Gonzales. This election is for an Alternate who would attend meetings and make decisions in his absence.
DISCUSSION
The election of the Alternate Board Member will take place during the SGBWQA’s regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The following five candidates were nominated for the office of Alternate Member of the Board:
1. Victoria Martinez Muela. Elected to El Monte City Council in 2011 and Re-Elected to El Monte City Council on November 3, 2020. Ms. Muela Served in a corporate setting for Toyota and Starbucks Coffee Company. Currently, Ms. Muela is focusing her energy on bringing educational software to early childhood center classrooms statewide.
2. Hector Delgado. Elected to Covina City Council in June 2022. Mr. Delgado has spent 27 years working as a Labor Business Representative advocating for workers and their families. Mr. Delgado has served as a volunteer Police Officer and is an Honorary Deputy Sheriff.
3. Catherine Marcucci. Elected in 2017 to the City of Industry City Council. Ms.
Marcucci serves on the Industry Public Utilities Commission, and as the Vice Chair to the Industry Urban-Development Agency and the Industry Public Facilities Authority.
4. Cathy Warner, Elected to the City of Whittier City Council in 2004 and re-elected to the City Council in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. Ms. Warner is a board member for the Whittier Union High School District Educational Foundation, Whittier City School District Educational Foundation, East Whittier City School District Arts Foundation and is Chair of the East Whittier City School District Bond Oversight Committee. Ms. Warner also sits on the Solid Waste Ad Hoc Committee for the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
5. Jeffrey K Maloney. Elected to Alhambra City Council November 2016, currently serving as Mayor for the City of Alhambra, Clean Power Alliance Board of Directors, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Number 2 and Number 16 Board of Directors, Independent Cities Association Member, and League of California Cities Member.
It is recommended that the City Council select a candidate from among the group above and adopt Resolution No. 7470 casting its six votes for one of the five candidates to represent Arcadia and other cities with prescriptive pumping rights as Alternate Board Member on the SGBWQA.
Resolution No. 7470 – Casting Votes for SGBWQA
Alternate Board Member
December 6, 2022
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The proposed action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and it can be seen with certainty that it will have no impact on the environment. Thus, this matter is exempt under CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no cost associated with electing an Alternate Member of the Board of the SGBWQA to represent cities with prescriptive pumping rights.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council determine that this action does not constitute a project and is, therefore, exempt under, the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and adopt Resolution No. 7470 casting its votes for one of the five candidates to represent Arcadia and other cities with prescriptive pumping rights as an Alternate Board Member of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority.
Attachment: Resolution No. 7470