This guide has been prepared as an aid so that you will be able to express your opinions briefly and clearly before the Commission and thus increase the effectiveness of your presentation. Remarks are limited to 3 minutes unless extended by the Chair.

1. State your Name and Address.

2. State your Organization if you represent any.

3. Your Statement should include all pertinent facts within your knowledge. It is important to discuss only those matters relating to the hearing and to tie your discussion of the facts directly to the decision you wish the Commission to reach.

Written Testimony
In order to have written material included in the Commissioners’ mailed Agenda Packet, the material must be delivered to the Public Works Building no later than 8 calendar days before the date of the Meeting.
Written material that is presented after this date and up to 5:00 p.m. on the day before the Meeting, will be included in the Commissioners’ Agenda folders, but may not be reviewed by individual Commissioners due to the amount of material that the Commissioners have to review for the Agenda.

2.	State your Organization if you represent any.

3.

Your statement should include all pertinent facts within your knowledge.  It is important to discuss only those matters relating to the hearing and to tie your discussion of the facts directly to the decision you wish the Commission to reach.  Written Testimony In order to have written material included in the Commissioners’ mailed Agenda Packet, the material must be delivered to the Public Works Building no later than 8 calendar days before the date of the Meeting.  Written material that is presented after this date and up to 5:00 p.m. on the day before the Meeting will be included in the Commissioners’ Agenda folders, but may not be reviewed by individual Commissioners due to the amount of material that the Commissioners have to review for the Agenda.

1.	Consideration of the Minutes of the regular meeting of January 12, 2017.

2.	Capital Improvement & Major Projects

a.	Maple Wells

b.	Cabrillo Reservoir Project

c.	La Brea Basin Development

d.	Metro Subway Extension

e.	N. Santa Monica Boulevard Informational Update

f.	Water Treatment Plant

3.	Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Membership

4.	Fixed and Variable Costs in Water Rates

5.	Update on Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) compliance for the Santa Monica Basin

6.	Ad Hoc Subcommittee Assignments for 2017

7.	Update on Water Conservation

8.	Specific Information and Department Updates