06-16-94MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
JUNE 16, 1994
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session June 16, 1994, 4:00 p.m., City Council Chambers, 1900
Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Wallace, Directors Mason, Jones
Mosbacher, Strohm
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Twomey, Hydrick,
Noble, Regan, Eppler, Hoggatt, R. Johnson,
Rieger, Eddy, Brown, Shroeder, Hrbacek,
Sharp, and Attorney Sate.
GUESTS:
Frank DuQuite/City Council,
Jim Baetge/TRPA, Don Reid/Syblon-Reid,
Chuck Nelson/Sare and Cherry Attorneys at
Law, Jeff and Ken Diehl
Director Jones disqualified himself from
participation in this discussion.
REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE
BOARD: KEN DIEHL
Diane Noble reported on a sewer unit mis-
count which lead to a sewer unit shortage
at 2301 Lake Tahoe Blvd. and excess sewer
units at 2297 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Strohm/Jones
Abstained/Passed to adjust billing status
to reflect a transfer of three sewer units
from APN 23-221-32 (2297 Lake Tahoe Blvd.)
to APN 23-221-33 (2301 Lake Tahoe Blvd.).
Manager Baer introduced Jim Baetge, the
new Executive Director of TRPA. Mr. Baetge
spoke to the Board and offered to assist
with capital improvement projects in any
way he could and related his plans to spend
time in the community to help establish a
spirit of cooperation.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Gene Eppler came before the Board to pre-
sent his annual Alpine County Operations
Report.
Manager Baer introduced Julie Regan, the
new District Information Officer. Julie
outlined the District's 1994 Water Conser-
vation Program.
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Rick Hydrick reported A1 Tahoe No. 2 pump
will be pulled for repair, necessitating
efforts to inform the public to conserve
in the affected areas.
Shop Steward
No report.
Staff requested Consent Item 1 be removed
as the situation had been resolved satis-
factorily.
Moved Jones/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to approve addition of Action
Item No. 6/Export Pipeline Emergency
Work to the Agenda.
Moved Strohm/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to approve addition of Action
Item No. 7/Stateline Storage Project
Phase One Sitework to the Agenda.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to approve the Consent
Calendar as amended:
2)
Authorized staff to advertise for bids
for construction of generator building
expansion for the Elk's Club Well
Standby Generator Expansion Project;
3)
Authorized staff to advertise for bids
for purchase of dump truck in an amount
not to exceed $100,000;
4)
Authorized staff to advertise for bids
for purchase of rodding services in an
amount not to exceed $100,000;
5)
Authorized staff to advertise for bids
for purchase of a water vacuum truck in
an amount not to exceed $150,000;
6)
Adopted Resolution No. 2597 authorizing
staff to file Special Use Application
and Report with the USFS for the Export
Pipeline Relocation Project;
7)
Approved Task Order No. 7 for HBA to
conduct biological resources surveys in
the amount of $19,700 for the Export
Pipeline Relocation Project;
8)
Authorized payment to County of Alpine
for the 1994 calendar year Water
Monitoring Project in the amount of
$11,089.50;
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
( continued)
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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Adopted Regular Board Meeting Minutes:
May 19, 1994.
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CONSENT CALENDAR
(continued)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Presented by Chris Twomey.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Passed
Unanimously to award the contract to the
lowest, responsive, responsible bidder, San
Luis Tank, in the amount of $320,511.
Presented by Jim Hoggatt.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to award the contract to the
lowest, responsive, responsible bidder,
Q & D Construction, in the amount of
$1,872,363.99.
Presented by Jim Hoggatt.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to: A) Approve Change Order
No. 1 in the amount of $9,942.81;
B) Approve Project Closeout and Release of
Claims; C) Approve and file Project Notice
of Completion with E1 Dorado County.
Assistant Clerk of Board performed the
first reading of Ordinance No. 448 in its
entirety for the public record.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Passed
Unanimously to approve payment in the
amount of $940,549.69.
Richard Solbrig reported CalTrans, while
working on their bridge project near Elk's
Club Drive, pierced the District's A-Line.
It is now necessary for the District to
relocate this line since it is in the
CalTrans right-of-way.
District crews took advantage of the shut-
down to replace old valves at the Airport.
Moved Strohm/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to A) Declare Great Emergency
for Export Pipeline Emergency Work;
Moved Mason/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to B) Confirm staff's action
regarding sewer line relocation recommen-
dation;
STATELINE STORAGE PROJECT-
PHASE ONE TANK
ERB PIPELINE/CHINQUAPIN
DRIVE
SONORA SEWER
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE
NO. 448
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
EXPORT PIPELINE: EMERGENCY
WORK
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Moved Strohm/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to C) Authorize a $40,000
budget to reroute the 24" diameter A-Line
in order to avoid the footing of the new
CalTrans bridge.
Chris Twomey reported Syblon-Reid, the low
bidder for the project, has not met the
insurance documentation requirements con-
tained in the project specifications.
Staff recommends replacing the language in
Item 7 (B). to read "if the contractor does
not comply with remaining inconsistencies
by 5:00 p.m., June 17, 1994, staff will
declare them an unresponsive, unresponsible
bidder and award the contract to the second
lowest bidder."
Moved Mosbacher/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to A) Declare great emergency
for the Stateline Storage Project Phase
One Sitework;
Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/Passed
Unanimously to B) Authorize extension of
time to June 17, 1994, at 5:00 p.m. to
comply with the remaining inconsistencies
in their insurance documentation. If comp-
liance is not made, they will be declared
an unresponsive, unresponsible bidder and
the contract will be awarded to the second
lowest bidder.
Operations Committee met prior to the
Board meeting to discuss: Stateline
Storage Reservoir, ERB Pipeline Project,
A1 Tahoe Loop Line Project, Sonora Avenue
Sewer Project, Paloma Avenue Well, Export
Line Relocation, and Meyers Water Well
Exploratory Drilling.
Executive Committee met regarding condi-
tions of employment for a District
employee.
Finance Committee met to discuss the bid
results from the Stateline Storage Project
Phase One Sitework Project.
President Wallace addressed two items:
1) He will attend the June 30th meeting
of LAFCO;
2) An Ad Hoc Committee consisting of
Directors Mason and Strohm has been appoint-
ed to review and respond to Embassy Suites
request to reevaluate Ordinance 439.
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EXPORT PIPELINE: EMERGENCY
WORK
(continued)
STATELINE STORAGE PROJECT:
PHASE ONE SITEWORK
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
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Director Jones distributed a memo outlining
events of an ACWA meeting he recently
attended.
Manaqer:
Manager Baer reported on 5 items:
1) EPA Region IX denied the District's
request for reconsideration for additional
grant funding for the Harvey Place Dam
project. Risetto has drafted a "Notice
of Intent to File Suite."
2) Attempts to obtain Clean Water Act
grant funding using a basin-wide approach
will not be achievable due to lack of sup-
port from Nevada. The District will con-
tinue to pursue alternative funding sources.
3) The Planning Committee will meet to
review and respond to a letter from the
League to Save Lake Tahoe regarding Ordi-
nance No. 446.
4) A letter was sent to Congressman
Doolittle on behalf of the District urging
his support of the amendments to the Safe
Drinking Water Act. In particular, setting
the radon concentration level in indoor air
to the national average concentration in
outdoor air for drinking water, which would
enable the majority of District wells to
meet this standard.
5) The rough draft of the Mitigation Status
Report Update is being reviewed by staff.
Attorney:
The license agreement for the Masonic prop-
erty has been completed.
The law firm representing a person claiming
to have been injured after stepping into a
hole at the Swiss Chalet has denied a time
extension.
6:05 PM
6:15 PM
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BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
(continued)
STAFF REPORTS
MEETING BREAK
RESUME MEETING ANDADJOURN-
MENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Section 54957.6
of the California Govern-
ment Code/1994 Union Nego-
tiations; Personnel
Matters.
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RECONVENE TO REGULAR BOARD
MEETING
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION
It was the consensus of the Board to
direct the Negotiating Committee to
continue negotiations with the Union.
It was the consensus of the Board to
direct the Negotiating Committee to
continue negotiations.
UNION NEGOTIATIONS
PERSONNEL MATTER~
7:28 PM
ADJOURNMENT
DUANE WALLACE, PRESIDENT OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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