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SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
"Basic Services for a Complex World"
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Eric W. Schafer, President
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BOARD MEMBERS
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James R. Jones, Vice President
Duane Wallace, Director
Mary Lou Mosbacher, Director
Kathleen Farrell, Director
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
MINUTES
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session,
November 1, 2007, 2:00 P.M., District Office, 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake
Tahoe, California.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Schafer, Directors Wallace, Jones, Farrell,
Mosbacher
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Sol brig, Sciuto, Sharp, McFarlane, Cocking, Ryan,
Hammond, Torney, Brown, Curtis, Barnes, Eidam,
Coyner, R. Johnson, Pinkel, Attorney Herrema
GUESTS:
John Runnels, Julie Threewit, Mike McFarlane
Staff requested that Action Item b. (Engineering CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
Department 2008 Project Priority List) be removed OR CONSENT CALENDAR
from the agenda, and placed on a future agenda for
consideration.
Moved Wallace / Second Farrell / Passed Unanimously CONSENT CALENDAR
to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted:
a. Keller Booster Station Pumps and Motors - Awarded
bid to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder,
Simonds Machinery Co., in the amount of
$30,321.76;
~ b. Adopted new Purchasing Policy;
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c. Upper Dressler Ditch Phase 1 Project - Approved
Change Order No.1 to T&S Construction Co., Inc.,
in the amount of $5,766.70;
d. 2007 Glen Road and Gardner Mountain Waterline
Replacement Project - Approved Change Order
No.2 to Marv McQueary Excavating, Inc., in the
amount of $87,136.92;
e. Sewer Capacity Fees - Accepted proposal from
Municipal Financial Services to develop an update
to the sewer capacity charge, in an amount not
to exceed $23,000;
f. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes:
October 18, 2007.
CONSENT CALENDAR
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ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
A work plan and schedule for the sewer collection
system is required by the State Water Resources
Control Board, so they can develop a regulatory
mechanism to provide a consistent statewide
approach for reducing sanitary sewer overflows.
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Randy Curtis gave a PowerPoint presentation cover-
ing aspects of the plan, including: goals, organizational
charts, staffing, notification and reporting procedures,
overflow emergency response plan, legal authority,
operation and maintenance, fats/oils/grease control
program, design and construction schedules, system
evaluations and capacity assurance plan, monitoring/
measurement and program modifications, internal
management audits, and the communications program.
Moved Jones / Second Farrell / Passed Unanimously
to approve the schedule and work plan as presented.
Moved Farrell / Second Mosbacher / Passed
Unanimously to approve payment in the amount of
$1,471,511.69.
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The
committee met October 29. Minutes of the meeting
are available upon request.
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Director Wallace reported that the agency is trying to
secure 40,000 acre feet of water to accommodate
agricultural needs. Seyeral issues raised by Georgetown
Diyide PUD must be resolyed before any more progress
can be made.
SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
PLAN
PA YMENT OF CLAIMS
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
EL DORADO COUNTY WATER
AGENCY PURVEYOR
REPRESENTATIVE REPORT
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Director Mosbacher reported the bid process is under-
way for 2008 cattle grazing at the Diamond Valley
Ranch.
Director Schafer reported he was the Board represen-
tative at the ECC (Employee Communications
Committee) meeting on October 31. He was happy to
see increased attendance at the meeting.
General ManaQer: Richard Solbrig reported on three
items:
1) The CTC (California Tahoe Conservancy) has
taken a new position that public agencies should no
longer receive grant funding for BMPs (Best Manage-
ment Practices) on private parcels. In response to
this decision, staff will look into the intent behind
the grant program to be sure nothing has gone awry,
and if it has, will work to get it back on track with
the original intentions.
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2) The District's second application for Proposition 50
funding was denied. Apparently the application rater
did not assign credits appropriately, so staff will
request reconsideration.
3) The District received an "emergency" request from
City of South Lake Tahoe council members and staff
to immediately open the water valve between the
District's waterline and the 14" line the developer
installed to provide fire protection for motels on
Cedar Ave. District staff is not sure why they felt
it was an emergency since they have fire protection
from Lakeside Mutual Water Company - the
same protection that has been provided for the past
30 years - and anew, high volume District hydrant
on the convention center site. The City attorney,
though, was very concerned regarding the potential
for being sued for not providing the fire protection
that was available in the event of a fire. District
crews opened the valve 1 5 minutes later to charge
the line and fire hydrants as requested.
3: 15 - 3:25 P.M.
3:30 P.M.
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BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
GENERAL MANAGER REPORTS
MEETING BREAK AND ADJOURN-
MENT TO CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENED TO REGULAR
SESSION
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ACTION I REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
No reportable Board action.
3:30 P.M.
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ATTEST: cc
Kathy Sharp
South Taho
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Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a)/Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation re: Meyers Landfill Site:
United States of America vs. EI
Dorado County and City of South
Lake Tahoe and Third Party
Defendants, Civil Action No.
S-01-1520 LKK GGH, U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Ca.
ADJOURNMENT
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