BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Consider the May 26, 2021, Board Audit Committee Recommendation to Receive the Final Audit Report and Management Response for the Permitting Best Practices Audit Conducted by TAP International, Inc.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Consider the May 26, 2021, Board Audit Committee recommendation to receive the final Audit Report and Management Response for the Permitting Best Practices Audit conducted by TAP International, Inc.
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SUMMARY:
On October 13, 2020, the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (Valley Water) Board of Directors (Board) approved an update to the Annual Audit Work Plan as recommended by the Board Audit Committee (BAC) for the Permitting Best Practices Audit to be the next audit undertaken by TAP International, Inc. (TAP).
The audit objectives were to assess how alternative permit processing activities could benefit Valley Water and to compare Valley Water’s permitting process with other local water agencies.
The Permitting Best Practices Audit Final Report was formally issued to the Community Projects Review Unit on April 27, 2021. The Management Response was provided to TAP on May 18, 2021.
At its May 26, 2021 meeting the BAC accepted the Final Report and authorized staff to present the Final Report to the full Board at a future meeting. The Permitting Best Practices Final Audit Report (Attachment 1) including the Management Response is attached for the Board to review and discuss.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact associated with this item.
CEQA:
The recommended action does not constitute a project under CEQA because it does not have the potential for resulting in direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Permitting Best Practices Audit Final Report
Attachment 2: PowerPoint
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Darin Taylor, 408-630-3068