04-01-93MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
APRIL It 1993
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session April 1, 1993, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 1900
Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Chairman Pierini, Directors Mason,
Wallace, Onysko, Mosbacher
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Mamath, Sharp,
Johnson, Hydrick, Garcia, Eddy, Taylor,
Hussmann, Brown, Hoggatt, Thiel, Rieger,
Attorney Sare.
GUESTS:
Brian Taylor/Tahoe Daily Tribune,
Frank DuQuite/City Council, Jody &
Steve Shaffer, Chris Strohm, Glen
Artinian, Jim Jones, Ty Baldwin
Shop Steward
No report.
Glen Artinian requested a waiver from
the District Ordinance to allow him to
operate a delicatessen without install-
ing a grease trap. District Inspector,
Tim Rieger, advised the Board the
business could expand or change charac-
ter which would require a grease trap,
but be unknown to District staff.
Moved Onysko/Second Mason/Onysko,
Pierini, Mosbacher Voted No/Motion
Defeated to allow Mr. Artinian a waiver
to the District Ordinance.
ROLL CALL
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE
BOARD: GLEN ARTINIAN
(This Item Was Taken Out
of Sequence Due to the
Late Arrival of Mr.
Artinian)
Staff requested a water turn-off approval
be added to the Agenda because the Clerk
had inadvertently left the item off the
regular agenda. Discussion ensued re-
garding staff's procedures implementing
the turn-off policy: notification of
the property owner vs. the tenant.
Attorney Sare advised the item should
be held over to the next Board meeting.
No other corrections/additions were
requested.
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to approve the Consent
Calendar as submitted:
1)
Approved Regular Board Meeting
Minutes of March 4, 1993 and
March 18, 1993;
2)
Authorized staff to implement
two-week disconnection procedures
for delinquent sewer/water
accounts listed on Attachment 1.
(Attachment 1 becomes a part of
these minutes by reference herein);
3)
Authorized negotiations with Allied
Colloids for a one-year contract
extension for the 1993-1994 Dry
Polymer Chemicals purchase;
4)
Authorized reissuance of the Weiss
Associates Special Use Permit for
discharges into the collection
system;
5)
Authorized execution by Board
Chairman of letter to State
Assemblyman Knowles outlining
District concerns with AB 1992;
6)
Approved A1 Tahoe Well No. 2, Con-
struction Services Agmt. with
Walters Engineering, in an amount
not to exceed $21,000.
CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEMS FOR BO~D ACTION
Presented by John Thiel.
Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Passed
Unanimously to waive the District's
purchasing policy for this one pur-
chase and authorize the purchase of
a diesel-powered generator set and
base mounted tank from Cal West
Electric for a cost not to exceed
$21,230 plus tax and shipping.
Presented by Jimmie Hoggatt.
Moved Wallace/Second Mosbacher/Passed
Unanimously to award the contract to
the lowest, responsive, responsible
bidder, Wunschel & Small (in the
amount of $282,365).
SOUTH UPPER TRUCKEE STANDBY
GENERATOR
1993 WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT
PROJECT
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Presented by Ross Johnson.
SLUDGE AERATION EQUIPMENT
Moved Mason/Second Wallace/Passed
Unanimously to approve award of the
blower purchase bid to Wilfley Weber
in the amount of $21,925 + tax & freight
and the award of the diffuser purchase
bid to Environmental Dynamics in the
amount of $15,978 + $1,800/Service
Charge + tax & freight.
Director Onysko stated he felt the items
discussed during Committee meetings were
not being fully communicated to the rest
of the Board at Board meetings. After
discussion, he stated he would be sat-
isfied if more thorough verbal reports
were made by Board Committee members at
the Board meetings. The other Board
members concurred.
COMMITTEE MINUTES
No Board Action.
5:28 PM
MEETING BREAK
MEETING RESUMED
5:43 PM
Directors Onysko and Mosbacher informed
the Board they had met with the Clerk
and made changes to the Policy Manual
given to the Board for review at the
1/21/93 Board meeting. Those changes,
plus changes by staff and other Board
members, were discussed and additional
changes were made.
BOARD POLICY MANUAL
Moved Mosbacher/Second Onysko/Passed
Unanimously to adopt the Series 1000/Gen-
eral and 2000/Board of Directors portions
of the Board Policy Manual, as amended
this date.
Presented by Attorney Sare who respond-
ed to questions from the Board on who
would attend from other agencies in the
basin. Discussion followed regarding
who should attend from our District.
LAKE TAHOE WATER QUALITY
BILL: ATTENDANCE AT
WASHINGTON, D.C. BRIEFING
SESSION WITH LEGISLATORS
Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to allow up to three (3)
people to attend the briefing session
in Washington, D.C.
Moved Wallace/Second Onysko/Mason
Abstained/Passed to approve payment in
the amount of $444,609.42. (This was a
revised amount after check No. 15041 in
the amount of $11,792.50 was removed.)
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
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Director Mason reported the Operations
Committee had met with staff to discuss
the anticipated changes to the incin-
eration system in the Wastewater
Operations Dept. and potential water
line emergencies in the Water Operations
Dept. @ the Martin Avenue bridge.
BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE
REPORTS & BOARD MEMBER
REPORTS
Directors Onysko & Mosbacher had met
with staff to formulate Board Policy
Manual changes.
General Manaqer
STAFF REPORTS
Manager Baer reported on 8 items:
1) He distributed a memo to Board
members outlining the points of
negotiation between Lakeside Park
Association & District staff. Baer
requested direction from the Board
as to how they wished staff to pro-
ceed. After discussion, the Board
felt an Executive Session Workshop
should be scheduled to instruct a
negotiator on the purchase of assets;
2) Indian Creek Reservoir is full...
the first time since construction of
the project;
3) Ross Johnson sent a letter to
Lahontan requesting information on
their requirements for in-basin use
of treated wastewater;
4) Staff plans to attend a Workshop
w/Lahontan & TRPA staff to discuss
the potential impacts of the Knowles
Assembly Bill;
5) Announced a meeting w/Senator
Leslie on April 6 .... the Board was
invited;
6) Noted City Council Agenda mentioned
a joint meeting w/City & League to Save
Lake Tahoe ..... staff plans to attend as
one item on the Agenda is discussion of
the Clean Water Act Bill;
7) Discussed Lake Tahoe Valley Fire
District's proposed assessment fees on
improved parcels of $75/Residential &
$150/Commercial;
8) Distributed a memo to the Board re
Lake Tahoe Utility Districts' Property
Tax Exemption which included a draft
letter Baer wished to send to Assembly
Member Vasconcellos.
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Past Meetinqs/Events
3/24/93 - TBAG: Basin-wide Grant
3/24&25 - Customer Service Training
3/24/93 - Lakeside Park Assn: Acquisition
3/25/93 - League/A.G.: Remitted Capacity
4/01/93 - 2:00 PM Budget Workshop
Attorney
No Report.
4/8 & 9 - 1:30 PM - Lahontan Board Mtg:
Recision of FLL Cease
& Desist Order
4/12-16 - - General Mgr's Vacation
4/14/93 - - EDWPA Day in Sacramento
4/15/93 - 4:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting
4/28-30 - - ACWA @ So. Lake Tahoe
7:35 PM
7:43 PM
8:52 PM
NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS
MEETING BREAK
MEETING RESUMED AND
ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE
SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54957.6(a)/F-%NAGE-
HENTNEGOT!~IONS-INSTRUCT
DESIGN&TED REPRESEI~TATI~ES
ADJOURNMENT
ATTEST:
LOU PIERINI, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
PAT A. MAMATH, CLERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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Attachment 1
April 1, 1993
ACCOUNTS SUBMITTED FOR AUTHORIZATION
OF DISCONNECTION PROCEEDINGS
APRIL lt1993
ITEM ACCT. #
1. 18-291-071
NAME
Marita Whitaker
SERV. ADDRESS
7 Cascade Rd
AMT.DUE
$ 215.05
2. 22-332-441
Beatrice Burton
1819 Venice Dr.
296.66
3. 23-271-211
Lon Dean Saunders 733 Eloise Ave.
278.25
4. 23-321-101 Dave Hobbs
614 Glorene
647.58
6. 25-262-131 John Young
1288 Peninsula Rd.
1,577.79
286.51
693 San Franci~ce
328.86
8. 27-075-101
Timothy Shanahan 1050 Sonora Ave.
545.70
9. 27-312-221
Robert Villa
3619 Tamarack Ave. 545.55
10. 29-041-021
Monoco Motel
4140 Pine Blvd.
1,128.38
11. 31-258-061
Peter Lilly
2635 Lake Tahoe Bi. 466.37
12. 31-258-191
Peter Lilly
2629 Lake Tahoe Bi. 285.83
13. 32-221-111
Robert Vilhauer
1316 Kyburz Ave.
430.05
.!5_ 33-342-171
Mary Enser
659 Zuni St_
279.49
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