03-15-90MINUTES
REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
M~RCH 15~ 1990
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met
in a Regular Board Meeting, March 15, 1990, 4:00 PM, City Council
Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Chairman Mason, Directors Walker,
Onysko, Pierini, Sinclair
STAFF:
Baer, Fischer, Mamath, Gilbert,
Hydrick, Cartwright, Schnakenberg,
Schroeder, Powers, Swain, B. Eppler,
Bonnet, Eddy, Attorneys Weidman and
Rollston
~UESTS:
Keith Klein/City Council, Jim Dipeso/
Tahoe Daily Tribune, Roy Hampson,
Arthur Griffiths
None
Acting Manager, Bob Baer, requested
Consent Item #5 be moved to the
Action Calendar as Item 10;
Director Onysko requested Consent
Item #1 be moved to the Action
Calendar as Item 11.
Moved Sinclair/Second Walker/Passed
Unanimously to approve Corrections/
Additions to Agenda.
Moved Pierini/Second Walker/Passed
Unanimously to approve Consent
Calendar as amended:
2) Authorized advertisement for
bids - 7.7 MGD Wastewater Plant
Expansion/Chlorine Contact Basin
Modifications;
ROLL CALL
COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE
CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
OR CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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3) Authorized execution by the
Chairman of the Board for a
supplemental response to the
1989 Grand Jury Report.
4) Authorized a merit increase
to the amount of $3,750/month
beginning 3/15/90 for the Manager
of Water Operations/Public Infor-
mation Officer.
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CONSENT CAI.~NDAR (Continued)
6) Authorized execution of Agree-
ment & Payment of $7,300 for shared
O&M costs with the U.S. Dept. of the
Interior-Geological Survey for Alpine
County Streamflow Gauging Stations.
Moved Pierini/Second Walker/Passed
Unanimously to approve:
APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES
1) February 15, 1990 Regular Board
Meeting Minutes; and
2) March 1, 1990 Regular Board
Meeting Minutes.
Director Pierini brought up the
following items for discussion:
REPORT BY BOARD MEMBERS
1)
Asked if District had a Spanish-
speaking member of the staff who
was available to communicate with
the Public and asked Staff to
investigate.
Director Sinclair suggested a Spanish
message might be included in the
regular District telephone message
recording.
2)
Inquired about District's retro-
fit plans for residential water
service when they are connected
to meters & questioned Staff
regarding the comparative ease
of retro-fitting old lateral
connections compared to new
construction. He suggested
Staff revise the installation
process on new residential
construction to allow less labor
intensive costs by District to
install meters. Chairman Mason
directed Bob Baer to place this
item on his list of priorities
for future study.
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Finance Officer, Barrie Fischer,
answered questions from Dirctor
Walker regarding risers for meters
and potential freezing problems.
Discussion followed.
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REPORT BY BOARD MRMBERS (Cont.)
Chairman Mason directed Board's
attention to the Committee Meetin~
Minutes in the Board packets.
Director Onysko announced he had
distributed a Draft Advertisement
for the District Manager's position
and requested all Board members
review the Draft Ad and advise him
regarding it. He stated the Draft
Ad was an attachment to his Committee
Report Minute~. Chairman Mason in-
quired if he was asking for action on
this item. Director Onysko said he
was not.
BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
3/02/90 - 10:00 AM, EDWPA @ South
Lake Tahoe - CANCELLED
3/02/90 - 1:00 PM, CA Dept./Health
Svs: Variance for College
Well
3/08/90 - 10:00 AM, League to Save
Lake Tahoe: Water Conser-
vation/Low Flow-Toilet
Concept
3/08/90 - 4:00 PM, Special Board Mtg.-
Lahontan Regional Board/
Luther Pass Spill Contain-
ment Waste Discharge Permit
3/09/90 - 9:00 AM, Finance Committee/
Budgets @ District
3/15/90 - 2:00 PM, Special Workshop/
Budgets @ Council Chambers
Acting Manager, Bob Baer, announced
Terry Powers received the 1989 Lab-
oratory Person-of-the-Year Award by
the Calif. Pollution Control Assoc.,
Sierra Section and will be nominated
for the State-wide award.
PAST MEETINGS
STAFF REPORTS
Chairman Mason presented Terry Powers
the award with congratulations.
Attorney
Attorneys Weidman & Rollston stated
the items they had been working on
were on the Agenda.
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Attorney Weidman asked the Board
to note the large balance in Water
Agency Funds: $1,000,000/surplus
Carry-over and $680,000/annual tax
revenue increasing @ 7%. He stated
this indicated our area had not re-
ceived its share of tax revenues and
a surplus had been built up at our
expense and others.
STAFF REPORTS (Continued)
Program Managers:
Rick Hydrick gave a status report on
the Demonstration Garden. Hydrick
also reported on the meeting regarding
low-flush toilets with the League to
Save Lake Tahoe.
Director Onysko stated he did not
wish to have an Engineering firm's
study on water conservation, but would
endorse a pilot program at Pioneer
Village and monitor the results our-
selves.
Discussion followed regarding the
impacts of changes in the composition
of sewage entering the treatment plant
and the need to track the existing flows.
The costs related to metering the sewer
flows and water usage were also discussed.
Shop Steward:
No report.
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair
Passed Unanimously to approve pay-
ment in the amount of $464,766.85.
Presented by John Cartwright.
Moved Walker/Second Sinclair/Passed
Unanimously to authorize two-week
disconnection procedures on the
accounts presented to Board this
date. (A list of the accounts are
attached and become a part of these
Minutes be reference herein).
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
DISCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS PER
ORDINANCE 372 AND 373
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Presented by John Bonnet.
John Bonnet answered questions
from Director Sinclair regarding
costs of this program for air toxics
testing.
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT: POOLED
EMISSION ESTIMATION PROGRAM
Moved Sinclair/Second Pierini/Passed
~nanimously to authorize execution of
Agreement with 17 other agencies and
authorize payment of $5,000.
Presented by Gary Schnakenberg.
Discussion was held regarding
costs, long-term maintenance,
re-vegetation, permits, regula-
tions and funding.
COLD CREEK EROSION CONTROL GRANT
PROJECT
Keith Klein commented on the City's
experience with projects completed
with Conservancy grant funds.
It was the consensus of the Board
to continue this item until more
detailed information was available
regarding related costs.
No Board Action.
Presented by Attorney Rollston,
who reported on the School Board
Meeting he attended with Gary
Schnakenberg. He distributed
revised copies of the Agreement
and reviewed two changes requested
and approved by the School Board.
DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY:
TWO WELL SITES ON SCHOOL
DISTRICT PROPERTY
Attorney Weidman discussed the TRPA
Environmental Assessment Document
and the submittal of Modified CEQA
Notice of Exemptions.
Attorney Weidman and Rollston
answered questions from Director
Onysko regarding emergency provi-
sions.
Moved Pierini/Second Walker/Passed
~ to:
A) Authorize School District changes
to the previously Board approved
Agreement on 3/1/90 and approve exe-
cution by the Chairman of the Board;
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B) Authorize submittal of the
TRPA Application;
C) Authorize submittal of modified
CEQA Notice of Exemptions;
DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY:
TWO WELL SITES ON SCHOOL
PROPERTY (Continued)
D) Authorize obtaining bids/quotes
for drilling, developing & testing
two production wells.
Attorney Rollston presented the
proposed easement and Agreement on
the 10-acre Northrop property site
on Sunset Drive. He stated the
Agreement was not ready for Board
action at this time, but reviewed
a portion of the proposed provisions
within the Agreement.
Attorney Rollston also said the
District needed to issue a letter
to the City stating our fees have
been satisfied.
Director Pierini suggested the 10-acre
site should be available for disposal
of the test water, and this provision
should be addressed in the Agreement
to avoid additional costs. He also
requested the window period be at
least 24-30 months.
Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/Passed
Unanimously to issue a letter signed
by Chairman of the Board to the City
stating the related fees had been
satisfied.
Presented by Bob Baer.
Director Onysko commented on the
proposed study. He felt this was
just a paper study and would not
have any beneficial value to the
District.
TAHOE GROUNDWATER BASIN STUDY:
JOINT EFFORT WITH OTHER BASIN
AGENCIES AND DISTRICTS
Moved Sinclair/Second Walker/Passed
Unanimously to authorize execution
of letter of intent requesting grant
monies in the amount of $17,000 with
District share not to exceed $3,000.
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Presented by Bob Baer.
EXPORT PIPELINE RE-ALIGNMENT
Discussion followed regarding
location, boundaries & costs of
the pipeline re-alignment. Also,
Director Sinclair suggested an
above-ground pipeline.
Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/
Passed Unanimously to adopt
Resolution No. 2414 authorizing
submittal of Notice of Intent to
apply for Federal loan financing
in the amount of $7,500 (75% funding)
with Bureau of Reclamation.
Presented by Rick Hydrick who re-
sponded to questions by Board
Members.
FALLEN LEAF LAKE SEWER SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Director Sinclair asked if the
District will be responsible for
the costs relative to the project.
Hydrick stated these costs would be
reimbursed to the District through
the Assessment District to be created
for the Phase I costs.
Director Sinclair also questioned if
the District would be committed to
accepting the Fallen Leaf Lake area
as part of our sewer system (not an
Assessment District).
Attorney Weidman said the Fallen Leaf
Lake residents had requested they be
accepted after Phase I, but as yet the
District had not agreed to that.
Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/Passed
Unanimously to:
A) Authorize Quad Consultant's Task
Order 4/Amendment 1 in the amount of
$6,000 to complete the Environmental
Assessment;
B) Adopt Resolution No. 2510 requesting
County Health Officer's recommendation
to proceed;
C) Adopt Resolution No. 2511 requesting
County Board of Supervisors approval;
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D.1) Adopt Resolution No. 2512
appointing an assessment engineer
& Jones, Hall Hill & White as bond
counsel;
FALLEN LEAF LAKE SEWER SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (Continued)
D.2) Authorize engineering services
in an amount not to exceed $15,000;
and
E) Adopt Resolution No. 2513 appoint-
ing Kelling, Northcross & Nobriga as
financial consultants.
Presented by Nat Sinclair and
discussed among the Board Members.
Moved Walker/Second Sinclair/
Onysko Voted No/Passed to adopt the
policy with the changes discussed.
BOARD POLICY: STAFF DIRECTION
AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND
DISTRICT STAFF
Presented by Ken Schroeder.
Moved Walker/Second Pierini/
Passed Unanimously to approve
going to bid with the City for
this work.
MANHOLE & VALVE BOX RAISING
DURING CITY'S STREET OVERLAY
ON VENICE DRIVE (AREA OF VENICE
DRIVE FORCE MAIN)
Presented by Barrie Fischer, who
reviewed the changes he had made
to the Job Description.
PURCHASING AGENT POSITION
The qualifications within the job
description and the District's
testing procedures were discussed.
Recommendations for additional
changes were made by Director Onysko
which included the direct supervision
of the position be changed from
Accountant to Finance Officer.
Barrie Fischer requested this change
not be added because at the present
time only Program Managers reported
to him directly and because of his
work load, he requested the person
in that position continue to report
to the Accountant.
Moved Onysko/Second Pierini/Passed
Unanimously to accept the job
description with the exception of
the question of the Supervisor and
with the following changes:
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1)
10-Key adding machine changed
to calculator;
PURCHASING AGENT POSITION
(Continued)
2) Salesman changed to Salesperson;
3)
3-years of experience in Govern-
ment Purchasing be retained, but
"or closely related field" be
added to the language.
Moved Onysko/Second Pierini/Mason
Voted No/Passed to change the job
description to say: Under the
general direction of the Finance
Officer in lieu of the Accountant.
Chairman Mason stated he had voted
"No" on this action because he pre-
ferred not to make any personnel
changes until he could see the whole
inter-action of the District's re-
organization.
3/21/90 - 3:00 PM, Employee
Relations Committee
w/Lab staff
3/30/90 - 4:00 PM, Employee Relations
Committee w/Office staff
4/02/90 - 7:30 PM, Public Hearing:
1990/91 Budgets @ Council
Chambers
4/04/90 - 8:00 AM, Employee Relations
Committee w/Pump Crew
4/05/90 - 4:00 PM, Regular Board Mtg.
4/06/90 - 10:00 AM, EDWPA @ EID
NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS
Chairman Mason recognized
Mr. Griffiths from the audience
who wished to speak to the Board.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Mr. Arthur Griffiths spoke to the
Board requesting they maintain James
R. Cofer until a new manager was hired
or as a consultant because of his long-
term experience with District matters.
Director Sinclair responded to Mr.
Griffith's comments, and said he
had asked Mr. Cofer to stay on for
a 3-6 months period until a new
manager was hired, but Mr. Cofer
had declined.
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Chairman Mason told Mr. Griffiths
that Mr. Cofer would be used as
a consultant on several District
matters pending at the time of his
resignation.
6:00 PM
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COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE (Cont.).
ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE
SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a),
94956.9 (b) 2. (a) and
54956.9(c)4./South Tahoe PUD
vs. Melvin $chwake Jr., et al;
and,
Government Code Section
54956.9(b)2. (a) and
54956.9(c)4./Redevelopment MOU
7:03PM
RECONVENE TO REGULAR SESSION
None
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED
DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION
7:03 PM
ADJOURNMENT
ROBERT MASON, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ATTEST:
PAT A. MAMATH, CLERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION
OF DISCONNECTION PROCEEDINGS AT MARCH 15, 1990
ACCOUNT #
22-232-061
23-161-201
23-321-171
23-561-201
23-644-311
23-654-211
23-655-051
23-771-191
23-771-271
25-252-071
26-038-011
26-104-151
27-073-191
27-134-171
27-311-171
27-501-041
27-531-281
27-621-031
27-621-161
27-631-181
27-631-291
29-036-281
29-141-341
31-094-081
31-283-091
32-277-101
BOARD MEETING
NAME
Robert Seyranian
Richard Munk
Lou Davis
Moe Zakeri
Kevin Athanacio
Marvin Mowlem
B.A. Banathy
Gary Hoag
Ronald V. Kealen
Randall Adams
Joseph Wright
Joe Aven
Jeffrey Hayes
John Simmonds
Daniel Salerno
Lawrence Newman
Ronald Kuchera
Jerry Simmons
Alan North
Carl Fair and
Joe Brandt
Gloria Cuevas
Timberwolf, Inc.
Maureen Daggett
Lita Ortiz
Jerry Smith
Timothy Wheeler
SERVICE ADDRESS
PROPERTY TYPE
2023 Marconi Way SFD
780 Eloise SFD
660 Glorene SFD
697 Patricia SFD
703 Anita SFD
779 Hazel SFD
784 Hazel SFD
891 So. Shore Dr. SFD
935 So. Shore Dr. SFD
1254 tIeather Lake SFD
824 Merced
793 Los Angeles
3675 Paradise
3747 Aspen
3620 Larch
Lakeland Village
Lakeland Village
Lakeland Village
Lakeland Village
Duplex
SFD
SFD
Duplex
Duplex
Condo
Condo
Condo
Condo
Lakeland Village
Lakeland Village
4085 Pine Blvd.
3921 Cedar Rd.
1135 O'Malley
2459 Ponderosa
1125 Julie Ln.
Condo
Condo
Motel
SFD
4-Plex
Duplex
SFD
March 1,'90
TOTAL DUE
$ 476.72
476.77
464.69
468.28
468.28
476.78
476.77
468.28
473.25
476.77
433.94
450.05
421.60
433.94
433.94
325.14
476.78
394.86
456.48
476.77
476.77
565.85
476.77
859.45
433.94
464.69
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Accounts Submitted for Authorization
of Disconnection Proceedings at
rch 15, 1990 Board Meeting
ITEM ACCOUNT # NAME
27. 33-160-151 Spinardi Invest.
28. 33-703-121
29. 34-085-061
30. 34-103-041
31. 34-222-021
32. 34-223-041
33. 34-521-061
34. 36-130-032
Dan Mahoney
Barbara Grigsby
James Ruthven
John Romo, Jr.
SERVICE ADDRESS
Thomas Sanfilippo 1621 Choctaw
Edward Dolan
Richard Day
PROPERTY TYPE
35. 36-543-071 John Ryberg
3~. 36-591-041
James Findlay
Incline Rd. at
Hwy. 50 SFD
1924 Apalachee SFD
1874 Apache SFD
121 Narragansett SFD
1648 Choctaw SFD
SFD
SFD
1965 Nez Perce
Lot 13 Upper
Truckee
3427 Upper
Truckee
242 Egret Way
SFD
SFD
SFD
March 1, '90
TOTAL DUE
$ 476.58
472.18
551.25
464.69
428.32
441.45
447.08
476.58
473.61
492.19
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DISTRICT POLICY
FOR
STAFF DIRECTION AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND DISTRICT STAFF
To provide an internal line of direction/communication between
District staff and the Board of Directors.
Identification of Direction/Internal Communication
Board direction to staff shall be by a majority vote of the
Board of Directors. The Board, by a majority vote, may delegate
directions to staff and to a two-member committee.
Any Board member wishing to initiate action or changes in the
programs and facilities of the District shall present his/her
suggestions to the Clerk of the Board who will, in turn, bring
the concern(s) to the Board of Directors through the Board
Chairman at a meeting of the Board. Staff action in implement-
ing such suggestions shall be taken only at the direction of the
Board.
Policy Number:
March 15, 1990
Board Approval Date
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