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07-07-11• SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Richard Solbri•, General Manager Dale Rise, President Chris Cefalu, Director BOARD MEMBERS James R. Jones, Director Paul Sciuto, Assistant General Manager Mary Lou Mosbacher, Vice President Eric W. Schafer, Director REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT JULY 7, 2011 MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President Rise, Directors Cefalu, Jones, Mosbacher, Schafer ®STAFF: Solbrig, Sharp, Sciuto, Hughes, Hoggatt, Brown, Cocking, P. Lavallee, W. Stanley, Attorney Herrema ROLL CALL Paul Sciuto led the pledge to the flag. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Moved Schafer / Second Jones / Passed Unanimously CONSENT CALENDAR to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted: a. Surplus Vehicles - (1) Found Vehicles to be surplus; and (2) Authorized Baxtin Management Group to auction District surplus vehicles; b. Geographic Information System (GIS) - Approved Task Order No. 14 to Arete Systems to provide consulting and support services, in the amount of $39,962.50; c. Cold Creek Filter Plant and Ralph Tank BMP and SEZ Restoration Project - Approved proposal from Ausenco Vector to provide inspection services in an amount not to exceed $57,105; d. Headworks Replacement Phase 2 Project - Approved Change Order No. 1 to GSE Construction Company, in the amount of $19,930; REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JULY 7, 2011 PAGE - 2 © e. 2010 Angora Tank Sitework - Approved Change Order No. 3 to KG Walters Construction Company, in the amount of $3,180.47; f. 2011 Grizzly Mountain Waterline Project - Approved Change Order No. 2 to Burdick Excavating Co., Inc., in the amount of $47,989.71; g. Temporary Collections Help for Customer Service - Approved contract with Substitute Personnel or Blue Ribbon for one temporary employee, in the estimated amount of $18,000; h. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes: June 2, 2011; i. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes: June 16, 2011. CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION Moved Schafer / Second Jones / Passed Unanimously to approve payment in the amount of $2,643,476.59. Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The committee © met on July 5. Minutes of the meeting are available upon request. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS BOARD MEMBER STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS Assistant General Manager / Engineer: Paul Sciuto gave an STAFF REPORTS update covering directives received during the Urban Water Management Plan Workshop: 1) Discuss with TRPA (Tahoe Regional Planning Agency) the possibility of installing meters outside the May 1 - October 15 timeframe; 2) Develop policy/procedures/incentives to encourage water audit as soon as possible after meter installation; 3) Develop enhanced public outreach plan for accelerated water meter installation strategy. Include Customer Satisfaction Survey with Focus Groups, Town Hall Meetings, service organization outreach, Chamber of Commerce outreach, etc.; 4) Obtain cost estimates for income survey to provide necessary data for grant applications; 5) Develop plan to enable in-house installation of water meters this construction season (2011); 6) Develop a policy/procedure/incentive for homeowners who want immediate meter installation, in conjunction with Item 5 above He also reported that meetings re: the development of the TRPA dedicated planner position and work on a consistent MOU 0 continues; and that portions of the ERB liner will be recycled and used by TRCD (Tahoe Resource Conservation District) for their use in the lake. REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JULY 7, 2011 PAGE - 3 MSciuto also reported on sewage flows to the plant during the STAFF REPORTS 4t" -of -July holiday time period: (continued) July 1 - 4.94 mgd (million gallons per day) July 2 - 5.61 mgd July 3 - 6.26 mgd July 4 - 5.75 mgd July 5 - 5.19 mgd The holiday was busy since the usual average flow is 4.2 mgd. e 0 District Information Officer: Dennis Cocking reported: the state budget is up due to income and sale taxes; the Fire Partnership received the grant for $1M (the District will receive $400,000 out of that); Congressman McClintock called for the District's opinion concerning legislation he is writing to limit citizen lawsuits against publicly owned wastewater plants; recycled systems should be exempted by the Bureau of Reclamation from inclusion in the "Waters of the U.S."; the status of various bills followed by the District, ACWA, and CASA (SB 34 related to fees, and AB 392 related to 72 hour posting of agenda back up materials) were basically dead bills. Chief Financial Officer: Paul Hughes reported: although there is no current redevelopment project, the District will still have to send property tax revenue to the City to pay for bonds; staff will continue to monitor proposed AB 229 (related to the mandatory turnover of audit partners after a specified number of years); financing documents for the Headworks Project will be presented for board approval at the July 21 board meeting. General Counsel: Brad Herrema reported: he presented AB 1234 Ethics training for district managers and one Board member; new CEQA requirement took effect that allows opponents of CEQA documents to file requests for mediation within five days from approval of notice of exemption or determination. Clerk of the Board: Kathy Sharp reported the Board election filing period is July 18 - August 12. 2:40 P.M. ADJOUNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION 3:30 P.M. RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION • c REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JULY 7, 2011 PAGE - 4 ACTION / REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION No reportable Board action. 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 ret. 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 California Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a)/Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation re: Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BC459943, State of Nevada, et al. v. J -M Manufacturing, et al. 3:30 P.M. ADJOURNMENT ATTEST: -1--,C, Dale Rise, Board President South Tahoe Public Utility District Kathy Sharp, i Jerk of the Woard South Taho'ublic Utility District DATE: 7)-1, ( r BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING GUEST SIGN -IN SHEET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT: COMPLETION OF THIS INFORMATION IS VOLUNTARY, NOT MANDATORY, AND IS NOT A PRECONDITION FOR ATTENDANCE.