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03-19-92MINUTES. REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT MARCH 19, 1992 The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session March 19, 1992, 4:00 PM, city Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: chairman Pierini, Directors Onysko Wallace, Mosbacher, Mason ROLL CALL STAFF: Baer, Solbrig, Garton, Mamath, Gilbert, Schroeder, Rudokas, Hydrick, Twomey, Schrempp, Johnson, Garcia, Rondoni, Hoggatt, Poulson, Brown, Attorney Sare GUESTS: Brian Taylor/Tahoe Daily Tribune, Ty Baldwin, Keith Klein/City Council, Mr. Gardner/Property Owner & Mike Dill/ Basin Strategies, Keith Gotschalk/City of SLT Mike Dill/Basin Strateqies represent- ing the Echo Creek Ranch project located on the So. Upper Truckee Rd. off the old Meyers Grade Rd. He said the project is planned to be a year- round recreational resort, accommodating a maximum of 404 persons as a 4-H Camp. It will need 140 sewer units, but there is a well on the property which he felt could meet the water needs. The project is, however, still in the design stage. Board members expressed concerns about the District's ability to meet fire-flow requirements. None. REOUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE Shop Steward: No Comments. Staff Comments Mary Rudokas gave a report on the TRPA Threshold Goals being considered by the TRPA Governing Board on 3/26/92. She reviewed the proposed response letter prepared by District staff. The letter covered the District's concerns and the District's support/non support of the TRPA Mitigation Program items. The consensus of the Board was to have ST055131 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 19, 1992 staff request the TRPA Board postpone action on this item until the District Board had an opportunity to review all aspects of the Goals and prepare a response to TRPA. Director Mosbacher requested Consent Item 4 be brought forward for discussion; Director Wallace requested Consent Item 8 be brought forward for separate action due to a conflict of interest. PAGE - 2 COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE (staff comments continued) CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR Chairman Pierini moved Action Item 9 to follow Action Item 2. Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Passed Unanimously to approve Consent Calendar as amended: CONSENT CALENDAR 1) Approved Special Board Meeting Minutes of 2/10/92; Regular Board Meeting Minutes of 2/20/92; Public Hearing Minutes of 2/20/92. 2) Authorized staff to implement two- week sewer/water disconnection procedures for the delinquent accounts on Attachment 1. Attach- ment 1 becomes a part of these minutes by reference herein. 3) Authorized payment to Alpine County in the amount of $34,350 for Summer '92 fish purchase. 5) Approved Thomas Haen Change Order No. 5 in the amount of $3,998/ Gardner Mt. VOC Stripping Tower. 6) Approved Thomas Haen Closeout Agreement and Notice of Completion for Luther Pass Site Work. 7) Allowed 6/21/91 Contract option with Perry-Smith & Co. for 1991/92 Annual Audit and additional scope of services. 9) Authorized legal services in the amount of $50,000 to the Rissetto, Weaver & Rosen firm to pursue additional Step 3 grant funding/Plant Modification Grant. 10) Adopted a revised policy for clerical/material costs involved in duplication, production and ST055132 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 19, 1992 PAGE - 3 mailing of materials. Action will also allow annual charge to be adjusted to reflect current costs. CONSENT CALENDAR (continued) CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION Presented by Ross Johnson who responded EMERGENCY CHLORINE CONTAINMENT to questions from Director Mosbacher. SCRUBBER (Consent Item 4) Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/Passed Unanimously to authorize going to bid for the purchase of one emergency chlorine containment scrubber. Director Wallace removed himself from SEWER SPILL DAMAGE: the dais due to a conflict of interest. RESORT CLAIM Chairman Pierini asked staff to con- (Consent Item 8) tinue to investigate the possibility of someone else being liable for the damage besides the District, e.g., negligence, who caused the clog. HANSENS Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/Wallace Abstained/Passed to approve payment in the amount of $14,507.05 for the sewer spill damage claim at Hansens Resort. ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION Presented by Attorney Sare who re- ported he had taken care of most of the peoples concerns and would be requesting payment to the involved parties under payment of claims at the next Board meeting. He asked the Board to authorize mailing of the proposed will-serve letter. Moved Mason/Second Onysko/Passed Unanimously to allow the Chairman of the Board to sign the will-serve letter as presented. It was the consensus of the Board to refer this item to the Finance Com- mittee to clarify the language re- garding the interest paid to customers included in the refund. This item was placed on the Agenda by Chairman Pierini; Mary Rudokas gave the Board an update on the subject covering the steps to be taken by the city to move the project ahead. At the present time the project is "on the shelf". REVOCATION OF PREVIOUSLY RESERVED SEWER UNITS CONNECTION FEE REFUND POLICY: CLARIFY LANGUAGE FOR SEWER CONNECTION REFUNDS LOOP ROAD EIR/EIS COMMENTS No Board Action. ST055133 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES -MARCH 19, 1992 PAGE - 4 Presented by chris Twomey who gave COLD CREEK RESERVOIR ACCESS ROAD members of the audience an opportunity EROSION CONTROL PROJECT to comment on the Negative Declaration. No Public Comments were received. Moved Wallace/Second Onysko/Passed ~nanimo~ to adopt Resolution No. 2559/Authorizing Final Application to California Tahoe Conservancy for Soil Erosion Control Facilities Grant Funding. Presented by Ken Schroeder who ex- plained the bids and recommended ac- ceptance of the quote from Suburban Ford. 91/92 i-TON VEHICLE BIDS. Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Passed Unanimously to reject all bids for Bid Nos. 91-92-10A & 10B and authorize the purchase of two 3/4-Ton trucks in the amount of $30,949.78 (Suburban Ford). Moved Onysko/Second Mason/Passed Unanimou~ to award bids to the lowest bidders as presented on the bid result summary list. Presented by Linda Brown. Attorney Sare stated, by law, the District was required to have compet- itive bids. 91/92 VEHICLE BIDS ALPINE COUNTY PROPERTY: GRAZING T.RASE 1992 Moved Mason/Second Wallace/Passed Unanimously to authorize request for bids. Chairman Pierini stated he would entertain comments from members of the Board and members of the public after Attorney Sare's presentation. He would then continue the item for two weeks. CONSOLIDATION OF DIRECTOR ELRCTIONS Attorney Sare stated he had investigated the legality of changing the election from odd numbered special election years to even numbered general election years. He found the change would be allowed under amendments to the Election Code. Ty Baldwin (from the audience) spoke against the change. He felt the present election time gave the District Board elections more visibility at election time. ST055134 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINuHES - MARCH 19, 1992 Directors Mosbacher and Wallace spoke against the change while Directors Pierini and Onysko spoke in favor of the change. Director Mason stated he was "on the fence". It was the con- sensus of the Board to continue this item for two weeks. chairman Pierini felt it might be ben- eficial to place this on the ballot and ask the voters whether or not the Board election should be changed from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years. No Board Action. chairman Pierini asked Keith Gottschalk/City of So. Lake Tahoe to comment on this item. He reported on the Bijou Golf Course Well and the City's planned use of the water pro- duced by that well. He said they hoped to be on-line by 5/2/92 for irrigation purposes, providing they were in receipt of all needed permits from the various regulatory agencies. PAGE - 5 CONSOLIDATION OF DIRECTOR ELECTIONS (continued) CITY WATER US~ No Board Action. Chairman Pierini placed this item on the Agenda and requested the Board send a letter in support of tougher open meeting laws. After discussion it was the consensus of the Board to continue this item to allow Board members time to read the proposed Senate Bill. KOPP SENATE BILL PROVIDING REVISIONS TO THE BROWN ACT No Board Action. Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/OnyskQ Abstained/Passed to authorize payment in the amount of $447,405.29 Moved Onysko/Second Wallace to retain the services as stipulated: Hire the firm of Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy to assist the District. No vot~ was taken~ .... After a brief discussion, the following motion and vote was taken: Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Onyskq Voted No/Passed to table this item until after Executive Session. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS LABOR NEGOTIATIONS ST055135 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 19, 1992 6:29 PM 6:37 PM Director Mosbacher complimented Diane Gilbert on the new newspaper column which appeared recently in the Tahoe Daily Tribune. She said Diane was doing a good job. MEETING BREA~ MEETING RESUMED PAGE BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS AND BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Director Wallace stated the Finance Committee was cutting and slashing the proposed budget before the budget was submitted to the whole Board. Assistant Manager Solbrig reported on staff's analysis of current and future projections on District water demands. Staff's concerns to meet the demands were discussed which included the potential for contaminated well sites. Finance Officer Garton reported on SB 959: The Legislation is now in Committee to impose a water tax--$50/per acre foot maximum. It was her understand- ing the tax would be used for State Safe Drinking Water Act grant funds for districts, groundwater cleanup and restoration of fish and water de- pendent wildlife resources. STAFF REPORTS Manaqer: Manager Baer reported on 3 items: 1) CASA Alert - SWRCB may revise their fee schedule for treatment plants-- upward; 2) Chris Twomey attended the last Lahontan meeting. Their Board tabled our request until June for funds from the Tahoe Keys Mitigation Fund to help finance our Cold Creek Erosion Control project; 3) At the same Lahontan mtg., our maintenance collection system O & M was reviewed and approved; 4) The U.S.F.S. approached staff about our District taking over the water system at Camp Richardson. The consensus of the Board was to have him (Baer) phone the U.S.F.S. and tell them the District was not interested in taking over the Camp Richardson water system. ST055136 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 19, 1992 PAGE - 7 Past Meetinqs 3/11/92 - Workshop/Export System 3/12-13 - Lahontan Board Mtg. @ Kings Beach Attorney: Attorney Sare reported on 3 items: 1) The proposal from Alpine County re Aqueduct I; 2) State Parks sewer transfer fees; 3) ACWA May meeting and Agenda items of interest to the District (Tax transfer fees, Radon standards, and Safe Drinking Water Act). He suggested Rick Hydrick and one Board member attend the May meeting with him. STAFF REPORTS (continued) 4/02/92 - 2:00 PM - Budget Workshop @ Council Chambers 4/02/92 - 4:00 PM - Regular Board Mtg. 4/03/92 - 10:00 AM - EDWPA @ EID NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS 7:30 PM ADJOURNMENT TOEXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6(a)/UNION NEGO- TIATIONS 7:53 PM RECONVENE TO REGULAR SESSION Moved Onysko/Second Mason/Passed Unanimously to hire the firm of Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy to assist the District in labor negotiations in the form of an Agree- ment not to exceed $15,000. ACTION TAKEN ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION/UNION NEGOTIATIONS 8:00 PM ADJOURNMENT LOU PIERINI, C~[A~RMAN OF BOARD SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT PAT A. MAMATH, C]5ERK OF BOARD SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ST055137 ATTACHMENT 1 March 19, 1992 Board Meeting Minutes ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION OF DISCONNECTION PROCEEDINGS MARCH 19,1992 BOARD MEETING ITEM ACCT. ~ 1. 23-523-101 NAME SERV. ADDRESS Runnels Automotive 986 Emeral Bay Rd $ 544.64 2. 25-032-381 Bruce Smith 3631 Saddle Rd. 356.47 3. 25-225-021 Robert Buts 3396 Woodland Rd. 483.~ 4. 25-312-121 Wm. Haskin 1563 Black Bart 429.96 5. 25-312-151 Donald Whitehead 1566 Horace Greely 406.91 6. 25-342-181 William Scott 1385 Chinquapin 431.44 7. 25-351-111 Tom Swinger 1417 Meadow Crest 422.60 8. 25-872-111 Charles Keeton 1796 Nadowa 441.99 9. 27-205-141 Joseph Bingaman 1122 Bowers 324.54 10. 28-190-251 Peter Leal 3820 Regina 299.66 11. 29-034-031 Rich Johnson 4081 Greenwood 724.82 12. 29-091-271 Larry Dunivent 4005 Azure 249.16 13. 29-333-041 Joseph Catucci 3757 Primrose 299.66 14. 29-404-051 Francis Helmick 1137 Keller 299.67 15. 30-401-081 Jon Krause 3970 Saddle Rd. 298.46 ST055138 Page - 2 - Accounts Submitted for Authorization of Disconnection Proceedings - March 19,1992 Board Meeting 16. 30-521-141 Michael Gorman 3861 Saddle Rd. 333.50 17. 32-211-031 Kenneth Wells 1317 Kyburz 297.24 18. 33-543-061 Dennis McWilliams 1142 Clear View 392.45 19. 34-593-021 Leslie Gay 2180 Shawnee 306.08 20. 35-281-141 Garrett Holdstock 2640 S.Upper Truckee 384.14 21. 36-411-051 Philip Bernhardt 2779 Santa Claus 436.98 22. 36-544-081 Peter Ballachey 3439 Beaver Brae 299.66 23. 36-622-071 Robert Sanchez 2725 Blitzen 299.66 24. 29-413-1001 Alec MacIntyre 3842 Brian Ln. 403.90 TOTAL $9,087.12 ST055139