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"Basic Services for a Complex World"
Richard Solbrigg, General Manager Paul Sciuto, Assistant General Manager
Mary Lou Mosbacher, President BOARD MEMBERS Dale Rise, Vice President
James R. Jones, Director Eric W. Schafer, Director Ernie Claudio, Director
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
OCTOBER '1, 2009
MINUTES
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session,
October 1, 2009, 2:00 P.M., District Office, 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe,
California.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ROLL CALL
President Mosbacher, Directors Rise, Claudio, Jones.
Director Schafer was absent.
STAFF:
Solbrig, Sharp, Sciuto, Hughes, Coyner, C. Stanley,
P. Lavallee, Cullen, Ryan, Baugh, R. Johnson, Nolan,
D. Noble, Thiel, Attorney Herrema
GUESTS:
John Runnels, Jim Martin, John Adamski, Dave Galicia
Lou Pierini, Donna Rise
Diane Noble led the pledge to the flag. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Staff requested Action Item b. (Diesel Particulate CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
Filters) be removed from the agenda. It will be placed OR CONSENT CALENDAR
on a future agenda for consideration.
Moved Rise / Second Claudio / Schafer Absent / Passed CONSENT CALENDAR
to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted:
a. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan - Approved Resolution
No. 2872 -09 adopting the District's local hazard
mitigation plan;
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b. 2009 and 2010 Water Meter Installation Project - CONSENT CALENDAR
Authorized an increase to Purchase Order P21787 (continued)
to c2me Engineering for additional plan development,
in the amount of $5,000;
c. 2009 Water Meter Installation Project - Awarded
bid to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder,
Pacific Underground, in the amount of $36,876.50;
d. Headworks Replacement Project - Approved proposal
from Hauge Brueck Associates for consulting services
for the environmental and permit process, in the
amount not to exceed $23,810;
e. 2009 Sonora Waterline Replacement Project -
Approved Change Order No. 2 for Campbell Construction,
in the amount of $180,542.90;
f. Liability Claim Against STPUD Received from Merlene
Myrick - Rejected claim;
g. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes:
September 3, 2009.
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
During the installation of fire service for the South SOUTH TAHOE REFUSE WATER
Tahoe Refuse (STR) truck wash facility project, it was MAIN EXTENSION AGREEMENT
discovered that the water main to be used to serve
the project was a 4 -inch water main, while the project
requires a 6 -inch line. STR would like to enter into an
agreement to upsize 115 feet of existing 4 -inch water
main to the 6 -inch water main required for the project's
fire service. District staff would like to have the line to
the project property, as well as an additional 117 feet
of 4 -inch line in front of the property, upsized to an
8 -inch main consistent with the District's standard
waterline size.
Moved Rise / Second Claudio / Schafer Absent / Passed
to authorize execution of Water Main Extension
Agreement.
Moved Claudio / Second Rise / Schafer Absent / Passed PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
to approve payment in the amount of $2,273,832.64.
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The BOARD MEMBER STANDING
committee met September 28. Minutes of the meeting COMMITTEE REPORTS
are available upon request.
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City Issues Ad Hoc Committee: The City MOU BOARD MEMBER AD HOC
L expired in June. The Board directed staff to process COMMITTEE REPORTS
and deliver to the City the quarterly water bill (for July
through September) as a regular customer, which is
scheduled to be mailed in approximately two weeks.
Richard Solbrig will contact the City Manager to con-
vey that the Board is interested in making the City
Council aware of the circumstances that exist without
a new MOU in place.
The agency requested the District adopt a proclama- EL DORADO COUNTY WATER
tion to honor the agency's 50 anniversary. It was AGENCY PURVEYOR
the consensus of the Board to direct staff to prepare REPRESENTATIVE REPORT
a Resolution to adopt at the October 15 Regular
Board meeting.
General Manager: Richard Solbrig reported on two GENERAL MANAGER REPORT
items:
1) Integrated Regional Water Management Plan and
Proposition 84 - The partners will meet the week of
October 5 to categorize various projects. The District's
solar energy project (to power SCADA systems) is
considered a "green" project, which might help to
strengthen the application since no others were sub-
mitted. The state is considering floating another bond
in order to continue awarding projects.
2) The District participates on the Green Energy District,
spearheaded by the LTCC (Lake Tahoe Community College).
A grant application was submitted hoping to fund green
energy projects. LTCC will take the lead and give input
regarding reasonable energy buy -back rates to the CPUC
(California Public Utility Commission), since rates and
schedules must be approved by them.
Chief Financial Officer: Paul Hughes reported staff is STAFF REPORTS
implementing an electronic payment system for
customers to pay their bills on -line with credit cards or
debit cards. The goals are to provide an additional benefit
to customers, and to reduce the number of statements
that are sent by mail (since they have the option to
receive them by email). There is no service charge to the
customer for this service. It can be used to make a one-
time payment or have funds automatically withdrawn by
a certain date. This system will be in place for use with
the January billing.
District Information Officer: Dennis Cocking reported on
three items:
1) The Department of Interior passed a spending bill that
included $5M for the Lake Tahoe Community Fire
Protection Partnership group, and will likely be approved
by the conference committee, which means that the District
stands to receive $2M for infrastructure capital improve-
ments in the 2010 fiscal year.
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2) The reauthorization of the LTRA (Lake Tahoe Res -
toration Act) is in progress and the District has requested
water infrastructure projects be authorized as part of the
bill, rather than earmarking them for funding.
3) He recommended viewing a program by ACWA, titled
"California in Crisis."
2:55 - 3:10 P.M. MEETING BREAK AND ADJOURN-
MENT TO CLOSED SESSION
ACTION / REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
No reportable Board action. Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.(b) /Conference
with Legal Counsel- Liability Claim
Against STPUD Received from
Merlene Myrick
No reportable Board action. Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8 /Conference with
Real Property Negotiators:
Negotiating Parties: District Staff,
Vivian Siefert /Century 21 Tahoe
Paradise
Property Identification: 1922
Apache Avenue
Under Negotiation: Property
Purchase and Terms
No reportable Board action. Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a) /Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation re: Meyers Landfill Site:
United States of America vs. El
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.
No reportable Board action. Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a) /Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation: Tahoe Asphalt, Inc., and
Tahoe Asphalt Materials Company,
LLC, vs. STPUD, Case No.
SC20090104, El Dorado Superior
Court
3:20 P.M. ADJOURNMENT
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