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06-21-90MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT JUNE 21, 1990 The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, June 21, 1990, 4:00 PM, city Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chairman Mason, Directors Walker, Sinclair, Pierini and Onysko ROLL CALL STAFF: Baer, Fischer, Mamath, Schroeder, Rieger, Schnakenberg, Gilbert, B. Eppler, Bonnet, Brown, Hoggatt, Powers, Cartwright, Sills, Lindsay, J. Hawkins, Attorney Weidman GUESTS: Marilyn Collins, Mrs. Mosbacher, Keith Klein/City Council, Marjorie Springmeyer, Fred Girard Mary Lou Mosbacher spoke to the Board about the planned fish kill within the Tahoe Basin @ Trout Creek. She notified the Board the County Board of Supervisors would be meeting June 26th to pass an Ordinance against the Fish Kill in E1 Dorado County. COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE Board Members requested Items 4, 5, and 10 be moved from the Consent Calendar to the Action Calendar. Four Items were added to the Action Calendar: Item 7/Committee for selection of Manager; Item 8/Request to Appear: Clarence Burr; Item 9/New Wells; Item 10/Bijou & Middle School Wells. Attorney Weidman requested an Executive Session: Alpine County Land Acquisition/Heise Land & Live- stock. CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR Moved Pierini/Second Onysko/Passed Unanimously to approve corrections/ additions to agenda or consent calendar as noted above. ST054696 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE - 2 Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/ Passed Unanimously to approve Consent Calendar as amended: CONSENT CALENDAR 1) Minutes of: May 17, 1990 - Regular Board Mtg. May 24, 1990 - Adjourned Mtg. 2) Annual Purchase of Chemicals for Fiscal Year 1990-91: A) Caustic Soda from Ail Pure Chemical Co. in the amount of $148,750; B) Hydrogen Peroxide from Great Western Chemical Co. in the amount of $36,778.80; C) Chlorine from Sierra Chemical Co. in the amount of $93,081.84; D) Liquid Alum Sulfate from General Chemical Corp. in the amount of $27,890.10. 3) Implementation of the two-week procedures on the list of delinquent accounts dated June 15, 1990 in accordance with Ordinance 372 & 373. The list becomes a part of these minutes by reference herein. 4) Purchase of Economizer Air Cooled Heat Exchanger from E-Tech, Inc. in the amount of $7,058 + tax/freight. 5) Approved Heer License Agreement on APN 25-754-01/District Surplus Property. 6) Approved hiring Lynn E. Hanus, President/Public Utility Rate Con- sultants to Perform Water Connection Fee Study. 7) Set the time of @ 4:30 PM and date of July 5, 1990 for the Public Hearing: Appropriations subject to Limitations/Sewer Enterprise Fund Budget. ST054697 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE - 3 Director Pierini reported the Conservation Committee met regarding the proposed Retrofit Ordinance and will bring it back to the Board in August. Also, Director Pierini recommended a Commmittee from the Board be appointed to pick up the suggest- ions from the Suggestion Box twice a month. He said this should be a Board function. (Director Pierini was designated to pick-up the sug- gestions.) BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION Marilyn Collins reviewed her case before the Board. Moved Onysko/Second Sinclair/ Walker, Mason & Pierini voted No/Did not pass to waive or reduce the $1,197.54 3-year back charges. Presented by Bob Baer. Jim Hoggatt discussed the inspec- tion findings of the present task by CBI and answered questions from Board members. Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/ Passed Unanimously to approve sending a letter requesting the Lahontan Board accept the Dist- rict's revised Mitigation Plan, extend the compliance date re- quired in Order No. 6-89-151 to 10/15/91, and amend Waste Discharge Standards. (letter dated 6/22/90) Attorney Weidman answered Director Pierini's questions regarding the amount of fish to be purchased for Alpine County. (15,000 lbs. at $1.29 lb.) Discussion followed regarding going to bid for the fish. REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD: MARILYN COLLINS LUTHER PASS SPILL CONTAINMENT - LAHONTAN ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL LIABILITY ORDER NO. 6-89-151 PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ST054698 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE - 4 Moved Pierini/Second sinclair/Passed PAYMENT OF CLAIMS (continued) Unanimously to approv~ payment in the amount of $636,417.81. 4:30 PM - Chairman Mason said the Board has asked four (4) members of the public to serve as an Interview Committee. They are: Candy Taraporevala, Bill Morgan, A1 Moss, & Dave Antonucci. COMMITTEE FOR SELECTION OF MANAGER Director Onysko stated he had discussed the interview process with the Interview Committee and a tentative interview date of 7/16/90 was set. Candy Taraporevala felt an hour for each committee to in- terview each candidate would be adequate. She also asked if they would be interviewing applicants for their management skills and some knowedge of operations and laws. The type of appropriate questions from the Interview Committee to the Candidates were discussed. Verification of the candidates' reference checks were also discussed. Director Onysko requested the Inter- view Committee check the references. Director Walker suggested holding the interviews at the Timber Cove Lodge. Attorney Weidman stated the actual selection of the person to the Manager Position should be done at an open meeting of the Board. No Board Action. Clarence Burr did not come to the meeting. REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD: CLARENCE BURR (HEISE LAND AND LIVESTOCK) Attorney Weidman requested an Executive Session for this item due to the present land acquisition negotiations between Mr. Burr and the District. ST054699 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE 5 5:00 PM 5:12 PM None Presented by Tim Rieger. Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/ Mason Abstained/Passed to authorize implementation of the two-week disconnection procedures on the property located at 2089 Lake Tahoe Blvd., APN 23-201-121. Ken Schroeder presented this item at the Workshop. Director Pierini asked to table this item for further study. Barrie Lindsay from the Operations Department made a presentation to the Board on past security prob- lems at the plant and the necessity for the type of gate proposed. Discussion followed. John Bonnet spoke to the Board regarding the impact to the Operations staff of installation of security gates. Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/Onysko Voted No/Passed to table this item with the understanding staff will return to the Board with information on a smaller, less expensive electric gate. Presented by Barrie Fischer. Discussion followed regarding future audit requirements with request for bids on a three-year contract for auditing services. ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and (c)4./ STPUD vs F. Heise Land and Livestock. RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION ACTION ON ITEM DISCUSSED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR FAILURE TO INSTALL BACKFLOW IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE 394 PLANT SECURITY GATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT 1989-90 F.Y. ST054700 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE Director Pierini made a motion to approve the 1989/90 F.Y. Financial Statements Audit with the inclu- sion of up to $3,000 to audit all the legal expenses incurred by the District for the 1989/90 F.Y. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT 1989-90 F.Y. (continued) Director Sinclair said the motion should be worded to audit the col- lection of legal charges the District has not been reimbursed for from other Districts. Discussion followed. Director Pierini withdrew his motion and made a second motion: Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/Passed Unanimously to approve Roberts & Co., Inc. as the auditing firm for an amount of $27,500.00 with the under- standing this amount would include as much of an audit of legal costs as possible for this dollar amount. Presented by Gary Schnakenberg. NEW WELLS Gary Schnakenberg reviewed the New Wells Project regarding cost estimates, bids, & construction. Moved Pierini/Second Sinclair/ Passed Unanimously to: A) Declare a Great Emergency; B) Authorize District purchase of sole source well equipment (pumps, motors, appurtenances) for an amount not to exceed $50,000; C) Authorize staff to solicit informal bids for installation of 2 pumps, motors and appurtenances. Director Pierini left @ 5:55 PM due to a prior commitment. Director Onysko questioned Gary Schnakenberg about a site for a new test well site. Gary said he had a meeting scheduled for 6/22 with Directors Pierini & Sinclair and Mr. Ledbedder. Schnakenberg ST054701 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE - 7 questioned the board about going ahead with the meeting because Director Pierini had informed him he would be unable to attend. Director Sinclair stated they should go ahead with the meeting with the three of them and said they would report back to the Board and would take no action until they had done so. Moved Walker/Second Sinclair/Onysko Voted No/Pierini Absent/Passed to authorize Director Sinclair & staff to negotiate with Mr. Ledbetter with an offer of $1,000 for a test well; if test well proves good to further offer a maximum of $25,000 (paid in cash or water). Negotiations should start with the same offer as made to Northrop. A potential Agreement with the City for the Golf Course site was also discussed. Staff stated they would acquire a right-of-entry. Moved Onysko/Second Sinclair/Pierini Absent/Passed to authorize Beylik to drill a test well at the Bijou Golf Course site (City property) regardless of reaching a compensation agreement with the city. Sinclair made the motion to authorize staff and himself to negotiate with the City with the same offer as made to Ledbetter for his test well site. No Second/Sinclair Withdrew His Motion. Presented by Gary Schnakenberg. Moved Sinclair/Second Onysko/ Pierini Absent/Passed to: A) Authorize Amendment 1 to Boyle Engineering's Task Order 14 in an amount not to exceed $4,500. B) Moved Sinclair/Second Walker/ Pierini Absent/Onysko Voted No/ Passed to Authorize Amendment to Ken Schmidt & Associates Purchase Order 21411 to increase the amount by $8,000. NEW WELLS (continued) BIJOU SCHOOL WELL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WELL ST054702 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JUNE 21, 1990 PAGE 8 6/26/90 - 1:30 PM, Bureau of of Reclamation Study on Lake Tahoe Basin Groundwater @ TCPUD 7/02/90 - 4:00 PM Workshop (CANCELLED) 7/03/90 - Heise Condemnation 7/05/90 - 4:00 PM, Regular Board Meeting & Public Hearing) 7/06/90 - 10:00 AM, EDWPA 6:57 PM NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS ADJOURNMENT ROBERT MASON, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT PAT A. MAMATH, CLEkK OF BOARD SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ST054703 JUNE 15, 1990 - ?g.1 of 2 ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION OF DISCONNECT PROCEEDINGS ITEM 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 0. ACCOUNT # 21-080-022 22-381-031 23-181-451 23-542-151 23-665-031 23-693-041 23-821-141 25-191-071 25-301-031 25-375-261 25-481-371 25-593-041 25-843-121 26-023-221 26-064-011 26-067-111 26-094-281 26-241-061 27-133-231 27-152-041 NAME John O'Sullivan Willie Youmans Sierra Vill. Grp. Mary Oldham Frank Fernandez Russell Dewitt Charles Woolsey Sasipim Nuanual Renee Crider Loren Maxwell Larry Olivas Robert Bolinger Gilbert Wetenkamp George Dupuy James Thomas Fred Swanton Phil Patchin Marion Babich Thomas Fairfield Ramon Teele SERVICE ADDR. PROP. TOTAL TYPE DUE 18 Cathedral Rd. SFD 268 Beach Dr. SFD 879 Emerald Bay Apts. 590 Tahoe Island SFD 2180 Big Pine 717 Wentworth Duplex SFD 2332 Sky Meadows SFD 3431 Aloha Rd. SFD 2761 Hank Monk SFD 3353 Heavenly Valley 1671 Glenwood SFD SFD 2485 Del Norte SFD 1188 Canarsee 716A Lakeview 3120 Belleview 737 San Francisco SFD Duplex SFD 4-Plex 734 Modesto Tri 947 Los Angeles SFD 3667 Aspen SFD 3724 Larch SFD $ 551.32 432.71 719.42 432.71 519.24 477.75 475.14 472.24 475.14 475.14 542.99 475.14 446.51 424.53 512.38 993.48 682.64 423.32 488.20 502.64 ST054704 JUNE 15, 1990 - Pg.2 of 2 ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION OF DISCONNECT PROCEEDINGS PAGE - 2 - PROP. TOTAL ITEM ACCOUNT # NAME SERVICE ADDR. TYPE DUE 21. 27-352-051 Arthur Peterson 1069 Glenwood SFD 22. 28-061-221 James Gardner 3955 Saddle SFD 23. 29-041-371 Eddie Moreno 4075 Manzanita Motel 24. 29-036-341 Shamrock Motel 4110 - 4130 Motel 29-041-471 (3 accounts) Pine Blvd. 29-041-551 25. 29-141-161 Bantam Assoc. 3988 Pine Blvd. Motel 26. 29-352-131 Tony Lo Bue 27. 29-381-431 Anthony Hemenes 28. 29-412-131 Donald Asker I9. 31-074-141 Hendry/Lopiccolo 30. 31-082-141 1026 Moss Rd. SFD 1052 Glen SFD 1054 Shepherds 2492 Palmira Pembroke Gochnauer 2616 Palmira SFD Tri Duplex $ 418.72 475.14 943.58 7,318.66 2,362.87 700.37 495.76 442.19 653.28 454.36 ST054705 Date: BOARD MEETING ~HONE NUI, IBER: GUEST SIGN-IN SHEET: (please print) NAME. ADDRESS: ST054706 NOTE: COMPLETION OF THE ABOVE INFO~TION IS VOLUNTARY AND NOT A PRECONDITION FOR ATTENDANCE.