05-02-91MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
MAY 2, 1991
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session, May 2, 1991, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 1900
Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Chairman Sinclair, Directors Mason,
Onysko, Pierini, Mosbacher
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, Taylor, Mamath, Miller
Swain, L. Brown, Hydrick, Hoggatt,
Gilbert, Inglis, Attorney Sare
GUESTS:
Brian Taylor/Tahoe Daily Tribune,
Keith Gottschalk/City of South Lake
Tahoe, Roger Thomas, Mr. Springmeyer
Diane Gilbert read STPUD's Procloma-
tion regarding water awareness and
proclaiming May, 1991 as Water
Awareness Month.
COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE
Moved Mosbacher/Second Pierini/Passed
Unanimously to declare May as Water
Awareness Month.
Manager Baer requested Item No. 1/
Sewer Disconnection Procedures in
Compliance with Ordinance 392 be
deleted. The fees have been paid &
required no Board Action. He also
requested Item No. 5/Bijou School
Well Disposition be removed per
request from City Staff & will
report on this further under the
Manager's Report.
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT
CALENDAR
Director Pierini requested a staff
report on Action Item No. i/Sewer
Disconnection Procedures in Compliance
with Ordinance No. 392 to be presented
under Manager's Report.
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Director Mosbacher requested Consent
Item No. 6/El Dorado County Water
Agency Loan: Amendment to Repayment
Schedule be moved to the Action
Calendar.
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT
CALENDAR
(continued)
Director Mosbacher and Attorney Sare
commended Jim Hoggatt for bringing in
the Tahoe Keys Gravity Sewer Emergency
Repairs Project on Highway-50 under
budget, they said the public should
be aware of the fine job Jim Hoggatt
had done.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved Mosbacher/Second Pierini/Passed
Unanimously to approve Consent Calendar
as amended:
1)
Approved the 4/4/91 Regular Board
Meeting Minutes.
2)
Approved Gelco Insituform Change
Order No. 3 to reduce Contract
Amount by $27,521.93/Tahoe Keys
Gravity Sewer Line Emergency
Repairs.
3)
Directed Staff to submit a letter
to our local Representative/
Senators: Indicating Advocacy for
the Burton-Santini Lake Tahoe Land
Acquisition Program.
4)
Approved going to bid for annual
purchase of chemicals/1991-92
Chemical Bids.
5)
Approved staff's action requesting
bids/Alpine County Property: 1991
Grazing Lease.
7)
Authorized an additional $2,755 to
Seebeck & Sons at the Middle School
Well Project/Development and Water
Quality Testing (work required by
District outside original agreement).
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CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Manager Baer explained the E1 Dorado
County Water Agency Loan regulations
and provisions.
Attorney Sare confirmed the Loan
Document was a legal loan to the
District. Director Pierini agreed
with Attorney Sare's findings.
Moved Onysko/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to authorize sending
the repayment schedule amendment
letter under signature of Chairman
Sinclair.
EL DORADO COUNTY WATER AGENCY
LOAN: AMENDMENT TO REPAYMENT
SCHEDULE
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Presented by Rick Hydrick, who
reviewed the draft letter to the
Office of Drinking Water-Dept. of
Health Services to meet the mandate
of the State. He answered questions
regarding current water supply storage,
increased cost to current water budget,
tank vs. pond facilities, financial
cost implications, fire protection to
Embassy Suites (Nevada side) and water
conservation. He also answered Director
Pierini's questions regarding the cost
breakdown on the proposed plan (91-92
and 92-93 Fiscal Year Budgets).
Director Pierini noted the estimate
over the next 2-years for the items
listed in the staff report/draft
letter, was 1.2 million dollars.
Director Mason suggested the Board tell
staff how much they wished to spend
over the next few years on these water
supply items and then submit a letter
to the Dept. of Health Services saying
what they were going to do with those
dollars, and the schedule the District
would follow, e.g. $400,000 over the
next three budget years.
DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY: RELIABLE
CAPACITY COMPLIANCE PLAN
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Director Mosbacher felt the possi-
bility of using lake water should
be pursued.
DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY: RELIABLE
CAPACITY COMPLIANCE PLAN
(continued)
Attorney Sare reminded the Board that
the District has an application for
permits to draw from the lake in the
Stateline area & has been encouraged
by the State to re-activate or start
pursuing those permits.
Rick Hydrick noted the College Well
could not be depended upon as a water
source for a long, long time.
Discussion followed regarding
treating Lake Tahoe water, permits,
fees, Safe-Drinking Water Act, under-
ground water strata, water service
fees, reliable system capability,
restrictions, water conservation,
construction costs, the Bijou Well,
irrigation, surplus water, auxiliary
power supply, adequate fire suppression/
protection, TRPA standards, storage in
Stateline Zone, capacity, emergency
storage, environmental work, the Boyle
Report, District's Master Plan, Rede-
velopment, State laws, Airport Zone,
and alternatives.
Director Mason said staff should
include a $400,000 expenditure for
water storage in the plan submitted
to the Office of Drinking Water-Dept.
of Health Services.
Moved Onysko to send the letter as
written Motion died for lack of a
second.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Pierini/
Onysko voted no/Passed to write
a letter to the State Dept. of
Health Services-Office of Drinking
Water, telling them the Board could
not commit funds until after the
District's Budget process to address
the reliable capacity compliance
plan for the District Water Supply.
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Presented by Jim Hoggatt, who LUTHER PASS PUMP STATION NEW
reviewed the time schedules for TANK & REHABILITATION OF EXIST-
the 3-phases of the bid packages ING TANK, PHASE I
which are as follows:
1)
2)
3)
Rehabilitation & new tank;
Site work; and
Landscaping & TRPA permits.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Pierini/
Passed Unanimously to authorize
advertisement of Bid Package 1.
Presented by Richard Solbrig, who
explained the need for soil investi-
gation. He answered questions from
Board members regarding excavation,
safety procedures, special handling
of excavated dirt, soil sampling &
testing for extent of contamination
of oil/gasoline products & construc-
tion schedule.
GARDNER MT. VOC TREATMENT
SYSTEM: CLEMENT BARN SITE SOIL
CONTAMINATION INVESTIGATION
Discussion followed regarding the
need for testing, relief from the
State for funding (if more than
$10,000), core sampling, & excava-
tion by District crews.
Director Onysko felt crews could
remove the top 6-12 inches of dirt,
and then send a few samples of the
dirt left after scraping to AnLab
for contaminate investigation.
Moved Mason/Second Pierini/Mosbacher
voted no/Passed to have District
staff examine the soil and test
it as necessary.
City staff requested this item be
removed from the Agenda.
BIJOU SCHOOL WELL DISPOSITION
Director Onysko requested Item No. 6/
Management MOU's be discussed in an
Executive Session.
MANAGEMENT MOU'S
Moved Onysko/Second Pierini/Mosbacher
voted No/Passed to adjourn to Executive
Session to instruct the negotiator on
the Management MOU's in accordance with
Government Code Section 54957.6.
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6:00 PM
MEETING BREAK
6:05 PM
ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION
7:35 PM
Moved Onysko/Second Pierini/Passed
Unanimously to direct the General
Manager on the non-salary items of
the MOU (benefit package) and the
categories, without respect to
salaries, of the different jobs
discussed in closed session.
Moved Pierini/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to approve payment in
the amount of $407,845.25.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
Director Mosbacher reported the
County Construction fees were back
to $30.00, rather than the proposed
$3,000.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
She also questioned the procedure
and outcome of Employee Suggestions.
She particularly felt the suggestion
from Ross Johnson was a very good one.
Director Pierini distributed pictures
of the Angora Well and requested the
General Manager give a staff report
on it. He also mentioned the watering
schedule for a drought situation needed
to be reivewed.
A brief discussion followed regarding
the removal of the Chevrolet Dealership
in Tahoe. The Board's consensus was
to send a letter to General Motors
regarding the District's concern of
the removal of a Chevrolet Dealership
from the Tahoe area due to the
District's General Motor vehicles.
Manager:
Manager Baer discussed the receipt
of a letter he received from Dave
Antonucci/Tahoe City PUD, regarding
support of candidate, Mike Wallace,
for the Lahontan Board. It was the
consensus of the Board not to support
a specific candidate.
STAFF REPORTS
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He discussed the Meeting notes
distributed to the Board rgarding
the Truckee River Operating Agreement.
He told the Board it was going to be a
long, drawn-out process (technical and
legal issues).
He also reported on the meeting with
the City on the Bijou Well. He said
the City is still looking into the
possibility of building its own well,
and that the County Jail Contractor
requested to hook up to the District's
water system. Manager Baer informed
him that no application had been filed,
nor fees paid.
STAFF REPORTS
Attorney:
Attorney Sare reported Attorney Weidman
was working on metered flow fees. He
said this work had to be done before
the District restructured its connection
fees. (This addresses Embassy Suites,
County Jail, City Golf Course, and
E1 Dorado Beach).
He recommended a Resolution covering
new water applications, fees/connec-
tions.
Attorney Sare said the District was
involved with the old Schwake lawsuit,
(between Schwake and another party)
regarding boundaries. He said the
District, as the new owner, was a
party to the lawsuit as the bound-
aries were never finalized.
5/07/91 - 9:30 AM, Alpine County
Board of Supervisors/Report
on ICR Operations and Fish
Planting
5/16/91 - 4:00 PM, Sewer & Water Budget
Public Hearing
5:30 PM, Regular Board Mtg.
(Public Hearing)
8:00 PM, Sewer & Water Budget
Public Hearing
5/17/91 - CASA at Incline Village
5/29/91 - 4:00 PM, Special Board Mtg.
Sewer & Water Budget Adoption.
(Public Hearing).
NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS
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SOU~TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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~AMATH, CLERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT