Cucamonga Valley Water District board: October 2008 Archives

NAME: James V. Curatalo, Jr.; Age: 53; OCCUPATION: Board Member, Cucamonga Valley Water District
PERSONAL: Married, 3 children; Rancho Cucamonga resident 22 years; Battalion Chief, Rancho Cucamonga Fire District, 23 years of service; President, CVWD Board, 9 years of service
It has been an honor to serve you on the Board of Directors of the Cucamonga Valley Water District.
During my term of office, we have established 6 new wells, increased water production from 38 to 62 million gallons per day, increased water storage capacity from 70 to over 90 million gallons, and established a Recycled Water Program which will save millions of gallons of high quality drinking water.
Water is vitally important to our future. Drought, pollution and rising demands challenge our water supply. I will continue to do my best to make the right policy decisions and implement the strategic plans which we have developed to ensure clean, abundant and affordable drinking water for our community.
With your continued support I pledge to commit to:
·High quality Drinking Water at Affordable Rates
·Fight against Pollution and Contamination
·Expansion of our Recycled Water Distribution System
·Manage our Water Resources to the benefit of Future Generations
Thank you for your support.
James V. Curatalo, Jr.

SERVICE to me is still the highest form of honor. Therefore, I seek your support in helping me to continue to serve this community. With almost 30 years of service as a public safety leader, my understanding of our precious natural public resources, and my dedication to this community has afforded me the opportunity to serve you as a board member for Cucamonga Valley Water District. Working to acquire the necessary water supply for now and the anticipated growth if tomorrow. Maximizing our efforts by fully taking advantage of opportunities to recycle, conserve, and transfer ground water while purchasing additional water rights. We can say this is service that you can depend on!
I am a VISIONARY who will not stop looking beyond the horizon for hope and future opportunities. We cannot wait for solutions to come to us, but we must continually develop strategic plans that will enable us to not only meet the needs for today, but the needs of our children and grandchildren for tomorrow. Smart planning, projecting and an effective capital management program are ways that we will continue to meet the need of our customers.
I am AVAILABLE to take the time to study and make informed decisions on some of the matters that affect us all -- WATER. I give you my WORD, based on my dedication and service to our community that I will work hard, on your behalf and make sound decisions for the good of this community. For this reason, I need your support. Our policy-making body has provided sound leadership that makes this district second to none. I am asking you to continue to show your faith in this District by voting: FLOYD E. CLARK SR., DIRECTOR, Cucamonga Valley Water District

As a member of the CVWD Board I will be your advocate on budget and water issues that affect you, your family and your business. Let us safeguard and conserve our water through planned, sensible growth, thoughtful use, proper methodology, innovation and appropriate spending.
With concern about economic stability we cannot afford to be frivolous. As ratepayers, we don't have much control over how money is spent by utility companies. That is not the case with your water bill. Direct local control of expenditures can be closely monitored by the elected officials on the Water Board. Is a $750,000.00 remodel of the existing lobby of the Water Company building in the interest of the ratepayers? Could the existing lobby be made safe and attractive for less? I suggest to you that it can. My membership on the Board will bring the business perspective needed to meet the challenges of operating your water district with fiscal restraint.
My career as a successful business owner has given me the necessary expertise and sound judgment to address the short and long term needs of our Water District and its non-profit (501c3) Frontier Project. I have been an active community volunteer, participating in and leading organizations in Rancho Cucamonga for 32 years, including over 20 years as the owner-operator of a successful local business, Past-President of the National Association of Woman Business Owners-IE, member of Executive Boards and non-profits such as OPARC, The Visiting Nurses Association of Southern California, the County Youth Accountability Board and current Planning Department "Visioneers." I understand budgets, receivables, payables, human resources, capital expenditures, government regulations and fiscal and fiduciary responsibility because I have lived them. I have met payroll, struggled over benefit costs, studied bids and written proposals. These are skills that are needed more than ever today.
Since the formation of your Water Board in 1955 the skills of the Boards of Directors have typically been balanced, representing a variety of business as well as community interests. My background includes a career in the day to day operation of my own business, making daily decisions that have nurtured a vision that spans decades. I am a candidate whose career shows the long term effects of controlling the bottom line. My skills will add a necessary balance of experience to your Board.
I respectfully ask for your vote. Thank you.
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