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Meeting Name: Legal and Claims Committee Agenda status: Final - Revised 2
Meeting date/time: 2/13/2024 8:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: US2-145
08:30 a.m. L&C 10:00 a.m. EOP 12:00 p.m. Break 12:30 p.m. OWS 02:30 p.m. BOD
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available  
Agenda packet: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet
Meeting video:  
Attachments:
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21-3016 A.MinutesGeneral Counsel's report of monthly activities   Action details Video Video
21-3017 A.MinutesApproval of the Minutes of the Legal and Claims Committee for November 14, 2023 (Copies have been submitted to each Director, any additions, corrections, or omissions)   Action details Video Video
21-3059 7-9Board Letter for ActionHuman Resources Matter. [WITHDRAWN 2.6.2024]   Action details Not available
21-3020 7-10Board Letter for ActionApprove amendments to the Metropolitan Water District Administrative Code to modify the structure and duties of various committees; the General Manager has determined that the proposed action is exempt or otherwise not subject to CEQA    Action details Not available
21-3021 7-11Board Letter for ActionApprove: (1) changes to the Metropolitan Water District 457(b) and 401(k) deferred compensation plans to establish an investment committee and adopt investment committee bylaws; and (2) amendments necessary to conform the plans and the Metropolitan Administrative Code to the proposed changes, current law, practices, and regulations; the General Manager has determined that the proposed action is exempt or otherwise not subject to CEQA    Action details Not available
21-3018 a.Oral Presentation OnlyQuarterly Report on General Auditor Professional Services Contracts executed between September 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023, as required by Administrative Code Section 6453    Action details Video Video
21-3061 b.Oral Presentation OnlyUpdate on litigation challenging the California Department of Water Resources’ compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and other environmental laws regarding its certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report for and approval of the Delta Conveyance Project in the following nine cases: City of Stockton v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 24WM000009; County of Butte v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 24WM000011; County of Sacramento v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 24WM000014; County of San Joaquin et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 24WM000010; Sacramento Area Sewer District v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 24WM000012; San Francisco Baykeeper, et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 24WM000017; Sierra Club, et al. v. California Department of Wa   Action details Video Video
21-3040 c.Oral Presentation OnlyReport on Sierra Club et al. v. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2020-80003517 (consolidated with California Department of Water Resources v. All Persons Interested in the Matter, etc., Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2020-00283112) [Conference with legal counsel – existing litigation; to be heard in closed session pursuant to Gov. Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)]   Roll call Video Video



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