Judy C. Huang

Voted for permanent water-waste rules adding flow restrictors as an enforcement option, a 72-hour deadline to fix leaks or report a repair plan, and a phased ban on potable-water irrigation of nonfunctional turf. The ordinance included warnings, exceptions and appeals.

October 8, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to adopt the 2025–2030 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan, including six shortage levels, customer warnings, exceptions and appeals.

June 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to adopt ACWD’s Water Resources Master Plan 2050. It prioritized improving existing supplies and treatment, added southern Niles Cone groundwater and efficiency measures as a second phase, and reserved purified-water recharge for a later phase tied to declining imported-water reliability.

April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to increase the residential smart-irrigation-controller incentive from $75 to $100.

February 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt updated rules protecting drinking water from backflow contamination. The ordinance authorized enforcement through water-service restrictions and required backflow-device inspections and repairs.

June 12, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to extend Fremont’s police firing-range lease on District land, requiring the City to reserve cleanup funds and return the property free of contamination. The amendment restricted chemical tactical training devices.

October 13, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to approve ACWD’s five-year groundwater-sustainability Alternative Update in 2021, after supporting its groundwater-agency designation and initial alternative submission in 2016. The original alternative received state approval in 2019.

December 9, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to double lawn-removal rebates from $1 to $2 per square foot. The decision increased the single-family residential maximum to $3,000.

June 10, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt ACWD’s Water Efficiency Master Plan, selecting a strategy combining outdoor water savings, efficient fixtures, commercial incentives and improved access for lower-income customers.

April 13, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to approve State Water Project contract changes allowing more flexible water transfers and exchanges, including negotiated compensation, while adopting findings accepting significant unavoidable environmental impacts identified in the state review.

November 12, 2020Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt the regional water-management plan update addressing climate, groundwater, tribal and disadvantaged-community needs.

May 14, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to endorse the 2018 statewide water-supply and drinking-water bond initiative.

March 8, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to endorse Proposition 68, the statewide parks, climate and water bond measure.

March 8, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize letters supporting Assembly Bills 968 and 1654 on water-use efficiency and drought contingency planning.

April 11, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to add $200,000 from reserves to conservation rebates after toilet and landscape-replacement programs drew heavier demand during the drought.

September 10, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to endorse Proposition 1, California’s 2014 water bond measure.

September 11, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to endorse the water-agency association’s Statewide Water Action Plan. It supported water storage, efficiency, transfers, groundwater management and completion of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

January 9, 2014Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize a letter supporting AB 1701 conditional on language protecting ACWD’s existing underground-storage-tank oversight agreement.

May 17, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Voted to urge stronger protections for sensitive groundwater basins in the State Water Board’s draft policy for closing low-threat leaking underground-storage-tank cases.

March 8, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: acwd.org

Called for resolving groundwater modeling and perchlorate-isotope interpretation questions in EPA’s review of contamination at Pasadena’s Sunset Reservoir wells.

February 4, 2010Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: jplwater.nasa.gov

As a Regional Water Board representative, publicly requested further sampling at Alameda Point’s Corrective Action Area 2 during a cleanup hearing.

April 12, 2006Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: semspub.epa.gov

Moved and voted to adopt the 2025–2030 strategic plan, adding a separate emergency-preparedness priority and greater emphasis on affordability, asset management and performance reporting.

January 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to establish a standard process to correct billing errors for up to the prior 12 months, including credits or additional charges, customer appeals and payment arrangements, and proportional adjustments for inaccurate meters.

April 13, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

Source: acwd.org

Voted for new water-shutoff protections, including payment plans, longer notices and appeals. The policy extended protections to all residential customers and delayed the standard shutoff timeline from day 48 to day 81.

October 10, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: acwd.org

Voted to decommission the Mission San Jose Water Treatment Plant after staff concluded lower demand eliminated its near-term need. Staff projected $4 million in avoided capital work and $300,000 in annual operating savings.

August 13, 2015Supports Government Efficiency

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to reduce the account-establishment fee from $46 to $13.

February 12, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted for a crisis-assistance pilot providing income-qualified customers up to $200 toward overdue water bills once every two years, funded from non-rate revenue.

February 12, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to add a $15-per-billing-cycle self-read option for advanced-meter opt-out customers, alongside the existing $125 setup fee and $48-per-cycle District manual-reading charge.

June 12, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted for 4% increases in service and water-use rates in March 2025 and March 2026. In 2019, she had proposed 3% increases and cast the sole vote against the adopted 4% increases and new shortage-rate schedule.

February 13, 2025Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to replace Help on Tap’s $40 bimonthly credit with the full standard residential service charge in 2023, after moving the program’s launch and supporting broader income eligibility and earlier credit increases.

February 9, 2023Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Cast the sole vote against a 6% increase in fixed-charge revenue in 2022. She had also opposed the adopted 2013 and 2015 fixed-charge increases after supporting smaller alternatives.

February 10, 2022Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted for a resolution opposing proposed drinking-water taxes or fees in SB 623 and the Brown administration’s budget trailer bill.

April 26, 2018Supports Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Proposed and voted for a 20% water-rate increase in 2017 and 5% in 2018, reducing the initial 2017 proposal from 25%.

February 9, 2017Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt the revised 2026–27 budget with $205.2 million in budgeted spending and a long-term capital program estimated at $1.7 billion.

June 11, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt a pension and retiree-health funding policy with a 2032 full-funding objective and rules for annual and discretionary contributions.

May 14, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to expand employee life and disability insurance through a provider change, with part of the estimated savings assigned to employee-assistance benefits.

May 14, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to update unrepresented employees’ compensation in 2026, adding Juneteenth, scheduled 3.5% and 3.25% raises, and revised medical allowances. She had opposed the 2018 package and supported the 2021 move toward the market’s 75th percentile.

March 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted in March 2026 to adopt Operators’ Association salary schedules incorporating a compounded 8.15% increase effective February 15, 2026. She had supported the 2021 agreement’s market-based adjustments and subsequent scheduled raises.

March 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted for a crisis-assistance pilot providing income-qualified customers up to $200 toward overdue water bills once every two years, funded from non-rate revenue.

February 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted for the Operating Engineers Local 3 successor labor agreement in 2025, including an immediate compounded 8.15% wage adjustment, scheduled raises, Juneteenth and medical-benefit changes. She had opposed the 2018 agreement.

October 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

As Financing Authority president, voted to authorize up to $63.185 million in water-system revenue bonds, then signed the official statement for the $46.1 million sale financing capital improvements and partial refinancing of 2015 debt.

March 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to allow additional straight-time pay for unrepresented employees’ extraordinary work.

May 17, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to replace Help on Tap’s $40 bimonthly credit with the full standard residential service charge in 2023, after moving the program’s launch and supporting broader income eligibility and earlier credit increases.

February 9, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to renew a $10 million emergency credit line for five years, with fees capped at $260,000. Borrowing required a governor-declared emergency.

November 10, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Criticized the proposed N 3 Ranch purchase over uncertain partner contributions, the burden on ACWD customers, and limited additional water supply, while supporting protection of the watershed and open space.

July 15, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com

Moved and voted to enhance COVID-related supplemental paid sick leave by paying employees their regular base rate and converting unused supplemental leave into ordinary sick leave.

April 13, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize dry-year water purchases and a $2.1 million reserve appropriation for extraordinary supply expenses. Staff later reported securing about 1,700 acre-feet through the transfer program at $350 per acre-foot.

April 14, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to endorse the 2018 statewide water-supply and drinking-water bond initiative.

March 8, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to endorse Proposition 68, the statewide parks, climate and water bond measure.

March 8, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to add $200,000 from reserves to conservation rebates after toilet and landscape-replacement programs drew heavier demand during the drought.

September 10, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to decommission the Mission San Jose Water Treatment Plant after staff concluded lower demand eliminated its near-term need. Staff projected $4 million in avoided capital work and $300,000 in annual operating savings.

August 13, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Voted to endorse Proposition 1, California’s 2014 water bond measure.

September 11, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Pressed for $30 million in capital project deferrals during drought financial planning, requested protest instructions in rate notices and delivery to customers who pay water bills, and voted to authorize a hearing notice to all owners and customers.

May 5, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to approve a berm and environmental mitigation for Patterson Reservoir to restore storage capacity while maintaining seismic safety.

August 13, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt the revised 2026–27 budget with $205.2 million in budgeted spending and a long-term capital program estimated at $1.7 billion.

June 11, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to adopt ACWD’s Water Resources Master Plan 2050. It prioritized improving existing supplies and treatment, added southern Niles Cone groundwater and efficiency measures as a second phase, and reserved purified-water recharge for a later phase tied to declining imported-water reliability.

April 14, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Voted to add withdrawal conditions to ACWD’s Delta Conveyance planning agreement in 2025 without authorizing additional funding. She had supported staged planning contributions, including up to $3,438,554.25 for 2026–27, rather than a final construction commitment.

July 10, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

As Financing Authority president, voted to authorize up to $63.185 million in water-system revenue bonds, then signed the official statement for the $46.1 million sale financing capital improvements and partial refinancing of 2015 debt.

March 13, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Voted against ACWD’s initial WaterFix endorsement in 2017, then voted for participation in the revised 2018 proposal, including joint-powers agreements and $459,050 in preconstruction gap funding.

May 17, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to endorse the 2018 statewide water-supply and drinking-water bond initiative.

March 8, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Voted to endorse Proposition 1, California’s 2014 water bond measure.

September 11, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to endorse the water-agency association’s Statewide Water Action Plan. It supported water storage, efficiency, transfers, groundwater management and completion of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

January 9, 2014Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to approve new chlorine-analyzer systems at Ohlone and Canyon Heights tanks.

September 10, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept the completed third phase of distribution-control upgrades at $800,919.30. Replacement controls serving tanks, reservoirs, booster stations and regulating stations were in operation.

September 10, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Voted in 2026 to delegate findings for brand-specific public-works purchases to the general manager. Earlier procurement changes she supported raised the manager’s contract authority to $100,000 and allowed justified sole-source and emergency purchases.

August 13, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to levy $6,104,700 in property taxes for the groundwater share of State Water Project contract costs in fiscal year 2026–27.

July 9, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to approve the approximately 2,500-foot water-main renewal component of Newark’s Old Town Streetscape project.

July 9, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted for the $6,964,300 joint Lindsay/Birch and WTP2 discharge-pipeline contract, then approved additional work and delay costs through July 2026.

July 9, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to renew free water-efficiency improvements and leak repairs for income-qualified households through a $100,000 contract, with eligibility broadened to match Help on Tap.

July 9, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to increase the general manager’s annual salary by 3.5% to $354,567.20, effective with the July 2026 pay period.

June 11, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize up to $277,259 for two replacement HVAC units at Newark desalination and two new units at Peralta-Tyson.

June 11, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Voted to approve replacement of filter media in Water Treatment Plant No. 2 filters 1–3 and find the project exempt from CEQA. She had supported acceptance of the completed filters 4–6 rehabilitation at $673,130.08.

June 11, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept completion of the Dairy Avenue and H Street water-main renewal project, approve an $854,696.37 change order and grant a 119-day extension. Final construction cost was $5,823,696.37; the replaced mains were in service.

March 12, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to join the Yuba Accord water-transfer program through 2050. The decision authorized water purchases from available supplies and related environmental approvals.

February 12, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize a Whitfield Reservoir solar-agreement amendment extending its term from 25 to 30 years after an easement required a smaller planned array. She had approved the six-site solar program and subsequent price increases, including a $121.86-per-megawatt-hour blended price in 2024 with delay protections.

January 8, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted for Thornton Avenue’s $10,823,439 water-main contract, then voted for additional change orders of $382,290.07 in 2025 and $522,720.21 in 2026.

January 8, 2026

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize up to $278,931.40 for a replacement emergency generator supporting critical systems at Newark desalination.

November 13, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize up to $151,828.94 for civil work supporting fleet EV chargers at District headquarters and Water Treatment Plant No. 2.

November 13, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to award a $19,049,100 design-build contract for approximately three miles of main renewal across five Fremont areas, with up to $1,333,437 in change authority.

July 10, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to update the district’s public-records inspection policy. The changes recognized online requests and clarified response deadlines and inspection procedures.

July 10, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted for the Driscoll Road main-renewal award, then voted to accept the completed 1.5-mile project at a final construction cost of $16,265,517.25.

June 12, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of the six-million-gallon-per-day groundwater PFAS treatment facility, with a final construction contract of $17,003,165.44, after moving its original $15.916 million construction award.

June 12, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted for updated drought-allocation agreements with San Francisco and its wholesale water customers. The changes pooled compliance with shortage and minimum-purchase limits before applying certain penalties.

June 12, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Returned to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board as a Water Resource Control Engineer in its Groundwater Protection and Waste Containment Division after 19 years working on EPA Superfund sites.

May 7, 2025

Source: waterboards.ca.gov

Voted to award a $20.625 million construction contract for roughly 10,000 feet of pipeline replacement in the second phase of the Alvarado-Niles seismic-improvement project and authorize up to $1.444 million in change orders.

April 8, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to add $1,194,015.09 to the emergency-repair agreement after completed Vallecitos Channel storm repairs restored its 40-cubic-feet-per-second conveyance capacity. She had supported the earlier channel-maintenance and mitigation project.

April 8, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to declare five district properties exempt surplus land, including Deer Road and land near Whitfield Reservoir.

April 8, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted for a nonbinding water-management collaboration agreement with Kern County Water Agency and other State Water Project contractors. It authorized staff participation without a required financial contribution.

March 13, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to ratify termination of the Los Vaqueros expansion joint-powers agreement in 2025, after supporting ACWD’s membership and planning contributions. Her 2024 agreement extension added no funding.

February 13, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completed roof and seismic upgrades at Alameda Reservoir, after voting for the $17,650,150 construction award.

January 9, 2025

Source: acwd.org

Was elected president of the Alameda County Water District board in December 2024, after earlier service as president in 2005–2006.

December 12, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Voted to add merchant-card processing without a cumulative dollar limit to the customer portal agreement, while approving up to $287,500 for multilingual AI chat over its remaining 7.5 years. She had supported the original portal contract in a 3–2 vote.

December 12, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize up to $404,211 to modernize HVAC control systems at four District facilities, including centralized monitoring and remote control.

December 12, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Voted to extend property-tax-roll collection of overdue water bills to owner-occupied multifamily accounts in 2024, after casting the sole vote against the 2023 policy for owner-occupied single-family accounts.

October 10, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Co-led EPA’s third five-year review of the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund site and inspected fish-consumption warning signs in January 2024. The review found short-term protection and identified contaminated fish and unresolved work affecting long-term protection.

September 20, 2024

Source: semspub.epa.gov

Seconded and voted to adopt the Tri-City hazard mitigation plan with ACWD’s annex, replacing the District’s interim stand-alone plan.

September 12, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize a $120,000 regional purified-water outreach contract and extend the partner agreement through 2026. ACWD’s share was $25,000.

September 12, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of 86,667 advanced meters with final deployment expenditures of $34,261,866, after supporting the original deployment and separate 20-year network-services contracts. She emphasized customer-data privacy and security.

August 8, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to expand water-efficient toilet rebates to hotel rooms at $50 per replacement, subject to toilet-flow and occupancy requirements.

March 14, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted for a 12.4% increase in development connection charges in 2024, after opposing a five-year phase-in of that increase. She had supported the earlier capacity-based fee system and the 2019 equity buy-in phase-in.

February 8, 2024

Source: acwd.org

Voted to implement state-required reproductive-loss leave for Operating Engineers Local 3 and unrepresented employees. It provided up to five unpaid days per event, capped at 20 days annually.

December 14, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Voted to approve selling up to 20,000 acre-feet of surplus State Water Project water to the Westside Districts for $125 per acre-foot.

September 14, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to expand family and bereavement leave eligibility for unrepresented employees, and supported analogous leave changes for Operating Engineers employees.

May 17, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept completion of the first Alvarado-Niles pipeline seismic improvement phase, approve a $1.55 million change order and authorize a settlement resolving project disputes.

May 17, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Voted to conditionally rescind the drought-emergency ordinance in April 2023, after supporting the 15% systemwide conservation target and stage 2a surcharges. She also supported ending the surcharges effective April 1; the ordinance’s rescission depended on ending the state requirement. Staff reported 11% annual conservation in 2022 and 14% through March 2023, compared with 2020 use.

April 11, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept completed low-flow modifications at the blending facility at $516,279.03, approve a $26,829.03 change order and grant a 122-day extension. New valves and flow-control equipment were installed and functioning.

April 11, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize a state funding application for conservation rebates, a deep-aquifer production well and PFAS treatment.

February 9, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completed erosion protection for the Avalon Tank hillside at $2,286,649.96, approve a $57,950.78 change order and grant a 30-day extension. The project reinforced the slope with soil nails and concrete facing.

January 12, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to extend the Contra Costa water-transfer framework through 2025 after the authorized 2022 transfer failed to occur because of weather and flow requirements. New water purchases remained subject to further Board approval.

January 12, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize a grant application for 17 groundwater-monitoring wells in the Niles Cone basin.

January 12, 2023

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept the completed Souza Avenue–Concord Street main renewal at $3,961,710.93, including a $163,780.80 change order and 328-day extension. About 5,100 feet of replacement mains were in service, and the final price included $57,000 in late-completion damages.

October 13, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to accept the completed Niles Cone well-site evaluation at $1,166,175.76. Three test wells and eight observation wells were installed and tested to guide future brackish-groundwater extraction planning.

September 8, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize business water-efficiency equipment incentives covering up to half the equipment cost, capped at $10,000 for commercial and institutional customers and $20,000 for industry. The broader program followed termination of an unused commercial-washer rebate.

August 11, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Chaired ACWD’s Water Resources and Conservation Committee during its review of drought response, the police firing-range lease, rainfall radar deployment, and groundwater-trading guidance.

July 26, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to renew optional HomeServe service-line insurance through 2027. District commissions helped fund Help on Tap; she had earlier supported indoor coverage and requested clear voluntary-coverage disclosures.

June 9, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to authorize a state grant application for the Brackish Groundwater Reclamation Project, including a new aquifer-reclamation facility.

June 9, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to award a $6,428,000 contract for Curtner Road booster-station upgrades and a Washington booster-station flow meter.

May 18, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to delegate approval and submission of annual water-supply and demand assessments to the general manager. The assessments modeled shortage risks without activating drought restrictions.

May 12, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Cast the sole votes against raising directors’ daily pay from $175 to $290 and against related reimbursement revisions in 2022. She had opposed expanding the monthly paid-day limit in 2017 and expense-policy changes in 2018, after supporting the final 2015 reimbursement policy.

May 12, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Voted to replace hourly electric-vehicle charging fees at District public stations with a $0.43-per-kilowatt-hour charge intended to recover operating costs.

April 12, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept completion of sealing two abandoned irrigation wells near Old Jarvis Road, with final construction costs of $272,119.09.

April 12, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Voted to replace at-large ACWD board elections with five zones using Plan 3, with zones 2 and 3 in 2022 and zones 1, 4 and 5 in 2024, after supporting the transition’s start in 2021.

March 10, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Voted to let San Francisco’s wholesale water customers transfer minimum-purchase obligations between agencies. She also approved related transfer terms for Mountain View and East Palo Alto.

March 10, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize a $127,800 climate-adaptation planning contract covering vulnerability and risk assessments and prioritized responses.

February 17, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Voted to require a property owner to become the water-service customer after a tenant left one unpaid final bill, replacing the previous three-bill threshold.

February 10, 2022

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to authorize an eight-year, $1,051,500 agreement for acoustic leak detection and monitoring in water mains.

October 14, 2021

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept the completed Canyon Heights Booster Station upgrade at $920,644.78 and grant a 49-day extension. New electrical and control equipment and site-safety improvements were in service.

September 9, 2021

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize up to $317,000 for LED lighting upgrades at five district sites, with interest-free PG&E financing. The authorization replaced an earlier project cancelled for contractor nonperformance.

June 10, 2021

Source: acwd.org

Voted against advancing proposed 2% annual water-rate increases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearing-notice motion failed with three against and two in favor.

December 10, 2020

Source: acwd.org

Voted to expand an online water-budget program for large landscape customers, authorizing up to $50,000 for a full year of service.

August 13, 2020

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completed Canyon Heights Tank improvements at $1,109,850.52, including roof remediation, protective coatings and corrosion protection. The tank had returned to service.

July 9, 2020

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize temporary emergency powers for ACWD’s general manager to modify personnel and procurement procedures, expand leave benefits, and maintain safe water service during the COVID pandemic.

March 26, 2020

Source: acwd.org

Voted to provide up to $31,000 for shared temporary rainfall-radar deployment covering the Alameda Creek watershed.

January 9, 2020

Source: acwd.org

Joined the Edwards Air Force Base Restoration Advisory Board as an EPA remedial project manager and reported that she was one of two EPA managers overseeing the base cleanup program.

November 21, 2019

Source: edwards.af.mil

Moved and voted to accept the Newark Desalination Facility’s completed replacement of 1,764 reverse-osmosis membrane elements at $1,110,972, including a final change order and 99-day extension. Performance testing was complete and the membranes were operational.

August 8, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of the Rubber Dam 3 fishway and dam-fabric replacement with a final $8,106,521.73 construction contract, after moving its original award.

May 15, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to set a uniform $2,400 annual contribution, plus administration, for participating union employees’ retiree-health accounts. The 2019 plan covered new hires and existing employees who irrevocably opted in.

May 2, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize an $850,000 purified-water feasibility evaluation with San Francisco and Union Sanitary District. ACWD’s expected share was $377,500.

April 9, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to join the water-agency insurance pool for workers’ compensation, property and liability coverage, with a $1,127,981 authorization.

March 14, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Voted to approve a microwave communications network providing backup links among treatment facilities, headquarters and other District sites. The Board also found the project exempt from CEQA.

March 14, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to join the eight-agency Bay Area Regional Reliability planning effort with up to $50,000, and later moved approval of its water-market study agreement extension without additional District funding.

January 10, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to award a $36.757 million contract for the Rubber Dam 1/drop-structure fishway, control-building work and Shinn Pond fish screens, with up to $3 million in contingent change orders.

January 10, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Voted to extend ACWD’s State Water Project water supply contract to 2085 and authorize its execution, allowing longer financing terms for system repairs and maintenance.

January 10, 2019

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to approve the PR-1 facility upgrade with a larger booster pump and smaller regulating valves to support Mission San Jose storage after the treatment plant’s decommissioning. The Board also found the project exempt from CEQA.

September 13, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to approve replacement of a damaged Kaiser Pond diversion pipe and associated erosion repairs, together with environmental mitigation requirements.

September 13, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Cast the sole vote against ACWD’s grand-jury response, arguing for agreement with findings about insufficient compensation transparency and high employee pay and benefits.

September 13, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Supported appointing Paul Sethy to represent ACWD on the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority, but cast the sole vote against authorizing ACWD compensation and expense reimbursement for attendance at its board and executive-committee meetings.

July 12, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to approve a corrosion-protection program for up to 35 systems protecting about 70 miles of buried steel pipeline and six water-storage tanks. The Board also found the program exempt from CEQA.

May 17, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to accept the completed third phase of Water Treatment Plant No. 2’s control-system upgrades at $729,368. Replacement controls for plant, dewatering and aqueduct-turnout operations were in service.

May 17, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize up to $140,381 for school drinking-water lead testing, including laboratory work and a contingency.

April 10, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept 2,228 feet of rehabilitated water mains in the Washington Boulevard/Interstate 680 project, with a final construction cost of $828,532 after change orders and late-completion damages.

April 10, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Voted to update board rules so district-business communications on personal accounts and devices were treated as public records subject to disclosure.

March 8, 2018

Source: acwd.org

Presented EPA’s technical update to the Fish Contamination Education Collaborative, explaining that monitoring data challenged the pilot sediment cap’s effectiveness and the assumed relationship between sediment and fish contamination.

January 18, 2018

Source: pvsfish.org

Voted to adopt a debt-management and disclosure policy setting rules for borrowing, use of bond proceeds and internal controls.

August 10, 2017

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to authorize $145,868 before tax and delivery for two emergency portable pumps with Tier 4 engines. Staff reported that air-quality rules barred operation of the old units, including during emergencies.

July 13, 2017

Source: acwd.org

Voted to authorize an interagency groundwater-management agreement for a 21-acre gap in Union City, with Hayward’s groundwater agency designated in the approved terms.

June 8, 2017

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to direct completion of an evaluation of lower operating levels at Lake Del Valle.

April 11, 2017

Source: acwd.org

Voted to adopt updated board rules and a code of conduct after removing a proposed restriction on more than two directors traveling together for district business.

August 11, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted to award a $603,774 contract to replace the aging Iron Horse Lane water main and improve fire flow and service reliability. The completed work later cost $672,450; she was absent from final acceptance.

July 14, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept the completed replacement of Rubber Dam 1’s fabric and approve a $135,209.32 final change order. The replacement dam was in operation.

July 14, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Supported the 2014 drought emergency and tiered surcharges, including no surcharge on the first 16 bimonthly units used by single-family households. She opposed extending the surcharge’s sunset conditions and later voted to end it, with rescission effective July 1, 2016.

June 30, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted to renew the policy under which ACWD paid half of every candidate’s voter-pamphlet statement costs, with a 200-word limit and procedures for indigent candidates.

June 9, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted to renew priority for developments with lower-income housing when new water-service connections are restricted.

June 9, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of 15 operational pipeline crossings retrofitted for the Hayward Fault, with a final construction cost of $19,199,761.69.

April 12, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted for a cost-sharing agreement covering arsenic removal from groundwater-bank supplies returned through the California Aqueduct.

March 10, 2016

Source: acwd.org

Voted to eliminate an approximately $2 million reserve for possible future self-insurance during drought-related financial pressure.

November 12, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Voted to extend paid sick leave to hourly, temporary and part-time district employees under the state’s new requirements.

August 13, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept the completed Water Treatment Plant No. 2 turbine upgrade, replacing four turbine-generators and associated valves and electrical equipment under a $445,750 construction contract.

March 12, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Voted to participate as a buyer in the state’s 2015–2016 water-pool demonstration program during the drought.

March 12, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to accept the completed Stevenson Pond–Lago Los Osos diversion repair at $895,293.89, after supporting temporary emergency pumping when the embankment failed.

February 12, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to accept the completed Niles Cone saltwater-intrusion monitoring-well project at $271,654, backed by a $225,000 state grant agreement.

February 12, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to dissolve ACWD’s Public Facilities Financing Corporation after its outstanding financing had been refunded or paid off, eliminating an entity the district no longer needed for debt issuance.

January 8, 2015

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of the Upper Canyon Heights pipeline replacement at $1,729,337.11, approve a $98,000 change order and grant a 45-day extension for unforeseen site work. The new pipeline was in service.

December 11, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to authorize a Los Vaqueros water exchange of up to 2,500 acre-feet and $482,500 in district costs. It followed the district’s completed 5,000-acre-foot storage-and-exchange pilot that summer.

November 13, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to delegate arbitration over San Francisco water-supply cost disputes to the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency.

August 14, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept the completed Mayhew Reservoir roof replacement and seismic upgrades at $2,755,792, approve an $86,509 cost reduction and grant a 45-day extension. The reservoir had returned to operation.

August 14, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of $2.354 million in Water Treatment Plant No. 2 upgrades that converted ozone production from air to liquid-oxygen feed and replaced pumping equipment.

June 12, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept completed backup-power and treatment-control upgrades at Peralta-Tyson, with a final contract cost of $1,891,060.51. The wellfield generator and blending-facility control equipment were fully operational.

May 15, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to accept the Kaiser Pond fish screen and Shinn gravity-rediversion pipeline at $8,919,348, including a $375,000 change order. Staff reported that the facilities were in service and testing was complete.

March 13, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Voted to table consideration of a conditional moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Alameda County. The motion passed 4–1.

February 13, 2014

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to require directors to contribute part of their meeting pay toward medical benefits through incremental annual deductions.

December 12, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Voted to award a $4,059,335 contract for a seismically strengthened Appian Tank and its connecting pipeline. The completed project later cost $4,334,491.46; she was absent from final acceptance.

December 12, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Voted to provide $50,000 for the Niles Canyon Trail Study, with an evaluation of existing water-conveyance facilities included.

October 10, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept the completed headquarters server-room renovation at $578,122.65 and grant a 77-day extension for permit-related design delays. The work replaced obsolete fire suppression and expanded backup power capacity.

July 11, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept Alameda Reservoir’s completed liner replacement at $968,146. Staff reported that the reservoir had returned to service after installation, disinfection and testing of the new liner.

June 13, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Voted for a water-supply contract amendment requiring wholesale-customer agreement before San Francisco abandoned O’Shaughnessy Dam or drained Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, apart from specified operating needs.

March 14, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Cast the sole vote against ACWD’s Proposition 84 labor-compliance program requiring prevailing wages and registered apprentices.

January 10, 2013

Source: acwd.org

Voted to participate in BAWSCA’s bond-financed prepayment of capital debt owed to San Francisco, replacing the existing repayment arrangement with a wholesale-water bond surcharge.

December 13, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept completion of the headquarters renovation and approve its final change order, bringing the total project cost to $1,882,923.88. Staff had occupied the renovated areas.

November 8, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Voted to continue complying with Brown Act agenda and closed-session disclosure provisions that the state’s 2012 budget had suspended.

November 8, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to contribute up to $30,000 toward a regional water-board staff position developing a general permit for water-utility discharges.

July 12, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to accept $345,881.05 in completed outlet and isolation-valve installations designed to maintain water service during the Bay Division pipeline seismic project. San Francisco’s cost-sharing agreement covered half of the construction cost.

June 14, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Seconded and voted to transfer the district’s retiree-health prefunding assets to the California Employers’ Retiree Benefit Trust. The resolution also dissolved the internal trust and its staff oversight committee.

May 17, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Moved and voted to approve an agreement with Zone 7 to dismiss ACWD’s protest to extension of Water Right Permit 11319, confirming equal water-right priority and technical and cooperative management assurances for downstream water supplies.

January 12, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept the completed Warm Springs main extension between Prune and Brown at $2,254,941.50, approve a $61,613 change order and grant a five-day extension.

January 12, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Voted to accept the completed Peralta-Tyson wellfield upgrade at $376,624.97. The project installed pumping equipment, enclosures, a flowmeter and piping improvements that were in full service.

January 12, 2012

Source: acwd.org

Served with John Weed as ACWD’s designated negotiators for a general manager employment amendment and voted to approve it. The amendment removed automatic annual salary increases, capped annual employer 401(a) contributions at $10,000, and accelerated eligibility for retiree health benefits.

December 8, 2011

Source: acwd.org

Authored EPA’s first five-year review of the Del Monte Oahu Plantation Superfund site. The review found the remedy protective because people were not exposed to untreated groundwater, while identifying background pesticide contamination as an obstacle to restoring drinking-water quality.

June 14, 2010

Source: semspub.epa.gov

Received the Argus editorial board’s endorsement for re-election to the Alameda County Water District board.

October 20, 2006

Source: alamedacreek.org

Prepared a Regional Water Quality Control Board staff report concluding that the Navy had met cleanup requirements for the former Alameda Naval Air Station skeet range and recommending rescission of the state cleanup order after federal environmental investigation.

October 19, 2005

Source: waterboards.ca.gov

Participated in agency consultations on PG&E’s proposed power-plant divestiture as a San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board engineer, including consultations for the Hunters Point and Oakland plants.

August 25, 1997

Source: ia.cpuc.ca.gov