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03-03-94MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT MARCH 3, 1994 The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session March 3, 1994, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President Wallace, Directors Mason, Strohm, Jones, Mosbacher ROLL CALL STAFF: Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Noble, Hrbacek, Hussmann, L. Johnson, Hawkins, Brown, Sills, Stanley, Schrempp, Garcia, Hoggatt, Sharp, and Attorney Sare. GUESTS: Jeg Delong/Tahoe Daily Tribune, Frank DuQuite/City Council, Jonny Newbre, Paul Kaleta/Land Use Planner for Basin Strategies Planning and Consulting Paul Kaleta requested a letter be sent to TRPA indicating the District has reviewed his plans for future projects and state that the District will provide sewer units when the project comes to fruition. Attorney Sate cautioned the Board against making such a commitment and suggested Mr. Kaleta go before TRPA to ask them to waive their new condition that requires a will-serve letter be pro- vided when a project application is submitted rather than when the actual building plans are submitted). TRPA has imposed this requirement only on projects requiring wastewater services from STPUD. REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD: Paul Kaleta It was the consensus of the Board that stag write a letter to TRPA documenting concerns that this condition is unneses- sary and inappropriate. Gary Midkig had indicated to stag that he wished to withdraw his request to appear before the Board at this time. Diane Noble gave a brief status report of the Refuse Company's MRF project and the pretreatment requirements which are part of the project. Since the MRF project was not completed as anticipated, the pretreat- ment elements were not completed. The REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD: Gary Midkig, representing South Tahoe Refuse ST055550 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 3, 1994 PAGE - 2 District stag had met with Je~ Tillman and Gary Midki~ and outlined four areas of concern: 1) existing sand/oil separa- tor must be re-designed or replaced with elective equipment and put into service; 2) a control manhole must be installed at the property line for District to perform composite sampling of discharge; 3) a new charcoal ~lter is required for lines draining from compactor building, and 4) South Tahoe Refuse and the District must develop a monitoring plan, denning fre- quency of testing and costs associated with monitoring. The areas of concern will be rejected on the plans as they are submitted this spring. Shop Steward No report. Sta~ requested Consent Item 2 be re- moved as the situation had been resolved to stag's satisfaction. Director Mosbacher requested Consent Item 6 be brought forward for discussion prior to Board action. Moved Jones/Second Mosbacher/Passed Unanimously to approve the Consent Calendar as amended: 1) Authorized two-week disconnection procedures for the delinquent accounts on the list submitted to the Board on this date; 3) Authorized the Human Resources Direc- tor to contract with Tahoe Employee Assistance Partnership to provide an employee assistance program for Dis- trict employees for a period of one year; 4) Authorized extension of Manager's Memorandum of Understanding until April 7, 1994; 5) Approved Special Board Meeting Minutes: February 3, 1994. REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD: Gary MidkiH, representing South Tahoe Refuse (continued) COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR CONSENT CALENDAR CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION Director Mosbacher requested the minutes from the February 17, 1994 Regular Board Meeting reject her opinion that the PIO position be a part-time position. ADOPT MINUTES (Consent Item 6) ST055551 REgulAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARC~ 3, 1994 Moved Mosbacher/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously to approve Minutes from Regular Board Meetings: February 3, 1994, and February 17, 1994. PAGE - 3 ADOPT MINUTES (Consent Item 6) (Continued) ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION Several Board members commended Jay Hawkins for his invention and for e~orts made on behalf of the District and it's ratepayers. Jay's work rejects several goals of the Mission Statement. Moved Strohm/Second Mosbacher/Passed Unanimously to authorize the President of the Board of Directors to sign inven- tion and patent license agreement with Jay Hawkins, District Pump Station Operator. Presented by Jim Hoggatt. Moved Bob Mason/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously to authorize stag to advertise for bids. Presented by Jim Hoggatt. Moved Jones/Second Mason/Passed Unanimously to approve Simon-Hydro- search task order to provide design and provide technical speci~cations for Paloma Well in the amount of $21,559. It was the consensus of the Board that Director Jones meet with the City's representative to agree upon language to be used and bring the revised MOU to the Board for approval. No Board action. Presented by Attorney Sare. Moved Mason/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously to approve the agreement as amended. Attorney Sare provided the Board with copies of correspondence received just prior to this Board Meeting from Mr. Bottini's lawyers who are requesting addi- tional revisions be made to the attorney's contract. President Wallace moved this item for discussion after the meeting break to allow the Board time to review. BLACKROCK WELL NO. 1 "DOWN- HOLE" AIR STRIPPING EQUIP- MENT 1994 SONORA AVENUE SEWER RELOCATION PALOMA WELL CITY WATER AGREEMENT LEAGUE/A.G./STPUDAGREEMENT AMENDMENT ATTORNEY CONTRACT ST055552 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 3, 1994 PAGE - 5 3) Discussion was held on the merits of holding a Board retreat. 6:20 PM ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (b) (1)/CWC - HDR Claim Settlement Melvin Schwake, Jr. vs. STPUD 7:28 PM ADJOURNMENT DUANE WALLACE, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ~HY S~, ASSIST~ CLER~ oF BOAR~ SOUTHTA~ PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT ST055554 REGULAR BOARD MRRTING MINUTES - MARCH 3, 1994 PAGE - 4 Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Passed Unanimously to approve payment in the amount of $375,351.91. 5:15 p.m. 5:30 p.m. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS MEETING BREAK MEETING RESUMED ATTORNEY CONTRACT Amendments made to the contract by Attorney Cli~ord were reviewed. Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Passed Unanimously to approve modi~cations made to the Attorney Contract Agreement. Director Strohm reported the Finance Committee has met several times to review the budget in preparation for March 10th Workshop. After the Work- shop, the Finance Committee will make recommendations to the Board. Director Mosbacher mentioned how full the reservoirs were on a recent trip to the Bay Area. Director Jones stated he could not attend ACWA's spring conference. Another ACWA meeting is being held in Placerville on March 16th. A representative should attend these meetings. Director Strohm attended an E1 Dorado County Water Agency (CWA) meeting. He learned the CWA will no longer meet separately, instead, CWA items will be covered during Board of Supervisors meetings. General Manaqer: Manager Baer reported on 3 items: 1) Several general manger's of purveyors have met to develop a strategy to present recommendations made regarding the struc- ture, function, and purpose of the CWA. These recommendations are being made to satisfy a provision of the settlement between CWA and STPUD. Baer will make a presentation to the EDWPA members at the March llth meeting; 2) A conference, Partnerships for Entrep- reneurial Governments, is being held at Embassy Suites April 27-29, 1994. A representative from the District should attend; BOARD MEMBER STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS BOARD MEMBER REPORTS STAFF REPORTS ST055553 BOARD MEETING I P,iONn NUI'~,BER: __q- ~.-~q~ GUEST SIGN-IN SHEET: (please print) ADDRESS '. NOTE: COMPLETION OF THE ABOVE INFOR~ATION IS VOLUNTARY AND NOT A ST055555 PRECONDITION FOR ATTENDANCE.