08-20-92 MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AUGUST 20, 1992
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session August 20, 1992, 4:00 PM, city Council Chambers, 1900
Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Chairman Pierini, Directors Mason,
Mosbacher, Wallace
Director Onysko/Absent
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, Garton, Mamath, Bird,
Brown, Eddy, Rieger, Garcia, Hrbacek,
Powers, Twomey, Attorney Sare
GUESTS:
Brian Taylor/Tahoe Daily Tribune,
Frank DuQuite/City Council, Tom Perry-
Smith, Marge Springmeyer, Ray Nutting
None.
Director Mosbacher asked to have
Consent Item 4 and 6 brought forward
for discussion/action.
Manager Baer requested an Item be added
to the Action Calendar: Loss of
Property Tax Revenue for Special
Districts. Attorney Sare noted this
request would require authorization by
4 members of the Board.
Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Onysko
Absent/Passed to add the item, Loss
of Tax Revenue (to the Action Calendar).
Prior to the vote, Chairman Pierini
defined this item for the audience and
requested it be numbered Item 1 (VI.i).
Moved Mosbacher/Second Wallace/Onysko
Absent/Passed to Approve the Consent
Calendar as Amended:
1)
Approved the Regular Board Meeting
Minutes: August 6, 1992;
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT
CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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2)
Authorized staff to implement CONSENT CALENDAR
two-week disconnection procedures (continued)
on the list of accounts on
Attachment 1. (Attachment 1 becomes
a part of these minutes by reference
herein);
3)
Authorized two-week disconnection
procedures on APN 32-191-151 for
failure to conduct annual backflow
assembly test;
5)
Authorized execution of the Great
Western Deferred Compensation
Agreement by Manager Baer.
CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/Onysko
Absent/Passed to approve Consent Item
No. 4 (Make a determination that the
projects are exempt from CEQA and
authorized filing Notice of Exemption
with the E1 Dorado County Clerk.)
Director Mason left the dais due to a
conflict of interest.
Attorney Sare reviewed the circumstances
under which he based his legal opinion
and advised the Board to continue to use
the services of Tahoe Blueprint, owned
by Director Mason.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Wallace/Onysko
Absent/Mason Abstained Passed to have
the business, known as Tahoe Blueprint,
remain on the approved vendor list for
STPUD.
CEQA DOCUMENTATION: PALOMA AND
TANGLEWOOD TEST WELLS; GARDNER
MT. AND SKY MEADOWS WATER LINE
REPLACEMENT PROJECTS
(Consent Item 4)
TAHOE BLUEPRINT BUSINESS
(Consent Item 6)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Staff brought this item before the
Board as they had been approached by
CASA to send a letter to Governor
Wilson and the State Legislature
supporting SB 617 which would limit
special district's loss of property
tax revenues to 30% or 10% of total
budget, whichever was the lesser.
After discussion, it was the consensus
of the Board not to change the
District's present position: To oppose
the taking of any tax revenues from
Special Districts.
LOSS OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS
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Manager Baer was instructed to person-
ally contact Senator Leslie and Assem-
blyman Knowles to convey the Board's
feelings opposing the taking of any
property tax revenues to balance the
State budget.
LOSS OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS
(continued)
No Board Action.
Presented by Chris Twomey.
Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Onysko
Absent/Passed to authorize staff to
solicit quotes and negotiate with the
most favorable respondent for the
Arrowhead Well.
ARROWHEAD WELL: NEW WELL HOUSE
CONSTRUCTION
Presented by Lou Pierini.
BUDGET SLASHING WORKSHOP
Sue Hrbacek spoke to the Board repre-
senting the Employee Communication
Committee who supported the idea. She
said she hoped all staff would be in-
cluded in the meetings to express
their ideas for budget cuts.
It was the consensus of the Board to
direct staff to set up a structure to
work with the Board and then set
times/dates for staff-wide meetings
with the various departments, and to
bring the plan to the next Board mtg.
No Board Action.
Moved Wallace/Second Mason/Onysko
Absent/Passed to approve payment in
the amounts of $464,342.33.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
None.
BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE REPORTS
Director Mosbacher reported on 4 items: BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
1) She had been contacted by
Assemblyman Knowles office to act as
liaison between his office and the
District;
2) Complimented Ken Schroeder on
pursuing making the line-stopper
(new equipment) work;
3) Commented on 2 letters sent to the
State by the Finance officer. Discus-
sion followed re the legality, as it
relates to the Brown Act, of staff
contacting all Board members on any
one specific item. The majority of the
Board expressed concurrence with the
content of the letters;
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4) Reported on the Water Agency meet- BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
ing and the fact we did not receive any (continued)
dollars from them for our projects. She
will be working with Bob Reeb for future
dollars.
Director Wallace reported he had met with
employees at a 7:00 AM meeting and also
had attended the Employee Communications
Committee Meeting.
General Manaqer:
STAFF REPORTS
Manager Baer reported on 7 items:
1) He distributed copies of a summary
of the Sierra Summit meeting;
2) Street Lighting: The city has ex-
pressed an interest in taking over the
service from the District. Baer asked
if the Board wanted staff to pursue.
The consensus was, "Yes."
3) He had met with Rod Mier/Manager
of Tahoe Resource Conservation District.
Mier plans to attend the 9/8 Engineer-
ing Mtg. and the 9/17 Board Mtg. to meet
the Board;
4) He planned to write the Ordinance
Update Purchase Order for Dale Sare in
the amount of $10,000;
5) Asked Board members to give their
Board Policy Manual comments to Pat as
soon as possible;
6) Asked Board members how they wanted
their incoming phone calls handled. The
Board said since their numbers were
listed in the phone book, it was O.K.
for staff to give their home phone
numbers to those who asked for it;
7) He reported on staff's efforts to
locate the cause of the odor/taste
problems during the recent shut-off for
repairs in the James Street area.
Past Meetinqs/Events
8/07/92 - EDWPA @ EID
8/13/92 - Supervisor's MAP Workshop
8/18/92 - County Water Agency/Budget Mtg.
Attorney:
Attorney Sare reported he had met with
Attorneys Chris Rissetto and Dennis
Crabb to discuss the basin-wide grant
funding and the strategy for presenta-
tion of the Bill in Washington, D.C.
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9/03/92 - 4:00 PM - Regular Board Mtg.
9/14/92 - 9:00 AM - CWPCA Conference @
South Shore
NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS
5:35 PM
ADJOURNMENT
LOU PIERINI, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ATTEST:
PAT A. MAMATH, CLERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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Attachment 1
August 20, 1992
ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION
OF DISCONNECTION PROCEEDINGS
AUGUST 20, 1992
ITEM ACCT.
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NAME
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397.25
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3. 23-602-191
Thomas C. Henderson 748 Julie Lane
298.29
4. 25-202-101
5.., 25-392-081
6. 25-3934-021
7. ' 25 432 2~1
8. ' 2S 5~~.,
Denise M. Reimers 3380 Red Lake Rd.
Omar Llorente
3431 Janet Dr.
Kathryn Rapport
3418 Bruce Dr.
661.78
-:2-98.
299.66
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10. 25-863-111 Stephanie Gibbons
11 ~---~k.5~3~2_=_L3_/ Char~Le~_t on
1151 Kulow St.
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197q-~T=i~r=i-l-t-a Dr.
13. 26-252-161
939 Cave Rock Ave.
301.50
14. 27-051-101
Lake Tahoe Cruises
970 Ski Run Blvd.
534.29
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PAGE - 2 - ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION OF DISCONNECTION
PROCEEDINGS - AUGUST 20, 1992
16. 27-231-351
Christine Kuhel
3326 Cape Horn Rd. 397.85
17. 27-241-161
Helene Hernandez
1070 Johnson Blvd. 311.49
18. 27-241-231
Steven R. Dillon 1098 Johnson Blvd. 305.74
19. 27-312-221
Robert Villa
20.. 29-411-011
Gary L. Werchick 1041 Shepherds Dr. 298.70
21. 30-352-221
23. .-31-258-'061
Kenneth Geist
3725 Regina Rd.
S~uth sho~s.
Pct~a~--o~. Li!t~
Pctcr ~ .Lilly
312.83
2,767.24
~=~5 Tv Tahoc DI..A 4JJ 243
2~°n Lk TahOe ~"~ 3n~ 0O
25. 31-278-051
Don Regis-Bilar
1199 Beecher Ave.
321.98
26. 32-203-021
Terry & Laura Theus 1300 Kyburz Ave.
300.72
327. 32-272-031
28. 32-273-041
T. Schlaich
Hugh & Renee March
1883 Delta St.
1909 Delta St.
611.80
357.95
29. ,G2-278-37!
1124 Dedi Ave.
298.6S~
30. 34-283-051
Tim Greene
1989 Hopi Ave.
431.80
31.
32.
91-201 , Ma?k J. Kesterson
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