06-03-10SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
Richard Solbri • , General Mana• er
Dale Rise, President
James R. Jones, Director
BOARD MEMBERS
Eric W. Schafer, Director
Paul Sciuto, Assistant General Mana•er
Mary Lou Mosbacher, Vice President
Chris Cefalu, Director
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
JUNE 3, 2010
MINUTES
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session,
June 3, 2010, 2:00 P.M., District Office, 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Rise, Directors Cefalu, Jones, Mosbacher,
Schafer
STAFF:
Solbrig, Sharp, Hughes, Brown, Thiel, Cocking, Ryan,
Bledsoe, Barnes, Curtis, Attorney Herrema
GUESTS:
Dave Galicia/G.B. General Engineering, Ernie Claudio
ROLL CALL
Julie Ryan led the pledge to the flag. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Consent Item f: Resolution No. 2883-10, Line 21 -
the amount of proceeds of taxes was corrected to
reflect $7,414,001.
Moved Mosbacher / Second Schafer / Passed
Unanimously to approve the Consent Calendar as
amended:
a. Temporary Help for Information Systems and
Customer Service Departments - Approved con-
tract with Substitute Personnel or Blue Ribbon for
a temporary special projects technician, in the
estimated amount of $24,000;
b. Human Resources Department Temporary Employee -
Approved contract with Blue Ribbon in the estimated
amount of $19,000, for a temporary employee to
fill in while regular employee is on maternity leave;
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
OR CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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c. GIS Development — (1) Approved amendment to CONSENT CALENDAR
Task Order No. 10 to Arete Systems to provide (continued)
additional consulting and support services, in the
amount of $3,000; (2) Approved Task Order 11 to
Arete Systems to provide additional consulting and
support services for the Headworks Project, in the
amount of $6,195;
d. 2010 Asphalt Patching and Paving Services —
Awarded bid to the lowest responsive, responsible
bidder, G.B. General Engineering Contractor, Inc.,
in the estimated amount of $107,558.25;
e. Saf-T-Climb Fall Protection — Standardized Saf-T-Climb
as the sole brand for permanent ladder installation fall
protection;
f. Sewer Enterprise 2010-11 Appropriations Subject
to Limitation — Adopted Resolution No. 2883-10
setting the limitation on appropriations for Fiscal
Year 2010-11.
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
The City Council directed their staff to continue to
work with the District and with El Dorado County to
alleviate protests filed on the redevelopment project.
The District is in regular communications with the City,
but apparently there has been no ongoing dialog between
the City and the County.
No Board action.
Moved Schafer / Second Mosbacher / Passed
Unanimously to approve payment in the amount of
$2,250,466.71.
CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
PROJECT NO. 2
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee Meeting: BOARD MEMBER STANDING
The committee met on June 1. Minutes of the meeting COMMITTEE REPORTS
are available upon request. Echo View tank work is on
hold due to a TRPA permitting problem. If a permit is
not in place soon, the project will be delayed until
next year. Staff will work to get this expedited.
The agency's budget was approved and includes an
additional $900,000 that will be distributed to the
purveyors. The District is expected to recoup $300,000
of the $500,000 in property tax money that was
redirected to the agency.
Job descriptions for four positions will be submitted
for approval at the August 11 board meeting.
EL DORADO COUNTY WATER
AGENCY PURVEYOR REPORT
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Director Mosbacher reported the Alpine County Con- BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
tracts Commission meeting was cancelled.
Director Schafer distributed an informational handout
showing what countries major gas retailers buy their
oil from.
President Rise reported he was the Board representative
at the ECC (Employee Communications Committee)
meeting where he talked about the importance of being
good stewards of the self-insured medical plan and how
money can be saved by choosing lower cost providers.
Director Schafer reported CASA may give a presentation
covering changes resulting from the healthcare reform
act, and will also try to determine how people at other
agencies deal with the gap in medical insurance between
retirement and the time that Medicare becomes effective.
ITEM FOR BOARD ACTION
2:30 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING NORTH APACHE BOOSTER
STATION
The District has prepared an Initial Study with a finding
that the proposed project will not result in any significant
adverse environmental effect as a result of implement-
tation. A Notice of Completion and a Notice of Intent to
adopt a Negative Declaration was filed with the State
Clearinghouse on April 20 for a 30 -day review period
which expired on May 19. The Notice of Intent was also
provided to 22 property owners within 300 feet of the
station. No comments were received at that time.
President Rise opened the public meeting at 2:30 p.m.
to provide the public with an additional opportunity to
comment on the project.
John Thiel responded to board member questions re-
garding remaining stations that have no standby power
and their status on the project priority list.
No public comments were received. The public meeting
was closed at 2:40 p.m.
Moved Schafer / Second Jones / Passed Unanimously
to: (1) Adopt the Negative Declaration of Environmental
Impact; (2) Approve the project for implementation; and
(3) Authorize the filing of a Notice of Determination
with the State Clearinghouse and El Dorado County.
General Manager: Richard Solbrig reported that the GENERAL MANAGER REPORT
Helping Hands program would assist Mr. Reneer, who
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came before the Board on May 20 to request relief GENERAL MANAGER REPORT
from back sewer charges imposed as a result of the (continued)
unreported sewer unit inspection/ billing process.
Solbrig described the process used to determine if
sewer units match the number of bathrooms in a
residence, and how discrepancies are managed.
District Information Officer: Dennis Cocking reported
on his attendance at a meeting of the Sierra Nevada
Conservancy District where he gave a presentation
on the services the District provides.
He also reported that El Dorado Irrigation District
settled a lawsuit filed by a sport fishing group in re-
gards to their sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). It
appears the group is filing similar lawsuits through-
out the state when SSOs are over the national average.
STAFF REPORTS
3:00 — 3:15 P.M. MEETING BREAK AND ADJOURN-
MENT TO CLOSED SESSION
ACTION / REPORT ON ITEM DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
No reportable Board action.
No reportable Board action.
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(b)/Conference
with Legal Counsel -Anticipated
Litigation (One Case)
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.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a)/Conference
with Legal Counsel — Existing
Litigation re: False Claims Act Case:
United States, the States of
California, Delaware, Florida,
Nevada, and Tennessee and the
Commonwealths of Massachusetts
and Virginia ex rel. John Hendrix v.
J -M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
and Formosa Plastics Corporation,
U.S.A., Civil Action No. ED CV06-
0055-GW, United States District
Court for the Central District of CA
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4:15 P.M. ADJOURNMENT
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