01-20-94MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
JANUARY 20, 1994
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session January 20, 1994, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 1900
Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Wallace, Directors Jones,
Strohm, Mosbacher.
Director Mason was absent; he was
representing the Board at a CASA
conference.
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Mamath,
L. Eddy, Noble, Garcia, Hrbacek,
Hoggatt, Swain, Thiel, Johnson,
Twomey, Attorney Sare
GUESTS:
Frank DuQuite/City Council,
Jeff DeLong/Tahoe Daily Tribune
Shop Steward, La Verne Eddy, told
the Board there had been numerous
problems with the carrier of the
Union Insurance due to a change over
in the administration of the program.
She commended Nancy Hussmann for her
efforts to resolve the problems.
None.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason
Absent/Passed to approve the Consent
Calendar as submitted:
1)
2)
Adopted Regular Board Meeting
Minutes: January 6, 1994;
Authorized two-week disconnection
procedures for the delinquent
accounts on the list submitted to
the Board this date;
3)
Approved RDC's Change Order No.8/
$889.10, Closeout Agreement and
Notice of Completion;
ROLL CALL
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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4)
Rejected Manuel Brothers formal
Claim dated 12/23/93 (Martin Ave.
Water Main Replacement Project).
CONSENT CALENDAR
(continued)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Attorney Sare reported on his most
recent negotiation discussions with
Rochelle Nason/League to Save Lake
Tahoe, and Dan Siegel/Deputy Attorney
General (State of Calif.). Sare also
responded to Board questions related
to the latest version of the Draft
Agreement Amendment, dated 1/19/94.
The issue of the District being re-
sponsible for a Transit Terminal was
discussed. Diane Noble added the
financial stake the District had
already invested in the Transit
Terminal was huge. This investment
is due to the terms of the present
Water Use MOU between the City and
STPUD and takes the form of the
waiving of water fees under the
"in-kind services" portion of the MOU.
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Mason Absent/
Passed to allow Attorney Sare to continue
negotiations with the League To Save Lake
Tahoe and the State Attorney General to
uphold the provisions of the 1/19/94
Draft (Agreement Amendment) and reject
the Attorney General's proposals relat-
ing to the Transit Terminal and
restrictions on the use of sewer units.
The authorization included correction
of clerical changes.
Council Member, Frank DuQuite, stated
the entire council endorsed a similar
resolution.
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Mason Absent/
Passed to adopt Resolution No. 2588/
Authorizing Conditional Exchange of Sewer
Capacity with the Redevelopment Agency.
Chris Twomey reviewed the recent
land acquisition negotiations and
requested the Board reject the
present offer from the attorney
representing the Van Sickle property.
Twomey also responded to Board ques-
tions on TRPA land coverage issues.
LEAGUE/A.G./STPUDAGREEMENT
SEWER UNIT EXCHANGE WITH THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
STATELINE RESERVOIR SITE
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President Wallace said action on this
item would occur after the Executive
Session to allow the Board to direct
the negotiators on the land acquisi-
tion.
STATELINE RESERVOIR SITE
(continued)
Moved Mosbacher/Second Wallace/Mason
Absent/Passed to authorize HBA to
prepare an EA/Negative Declaration on
the Standby Power Project for an amount
not to exceed $24,200.
ERB/STANDBY POWER PROJECT
Presented by Richard Solbrig.
EXPORT PIPELINE REPLACEMENT
Moved Wallace/Second Mosbacher/Mason
Absent/Passed to authorize (A) HBA to
prepare an EIR/EIS for an amount not
to exceed $75,000, (B) John Carollo
Engineers to perform predesign support
to HBA for an amount not to exceed
$44,000.
Moved Jones/Second Mosbacher/Mason
Absent/Passed to authorize payment in
the amount of $448,953.88.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
President Wallace reported the
Finance Committee wanted to include
the entire Board in the budget
process because this was the 1st
year of a 5-year budget.
Director Jones reported he had met
with Jay Yon Klug and Diane Noble to
be brought up to date on Redevelop-
ment issues.
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
Director Mosbacher discussed an odor
complaint she had received while
attending a meeting at the Community
College.
Manaqer:
STAFF REPORTS
Manager Baer reported on 6 items:
1) Lahontan mtg. he had attended
for ruling on the District's
requested mitigation of the
Administrative Civil Liability fine.
Their Board will take action on our
proposed mitigation projects at their
February meeting;
2) A County Water Agency letter he
had received (he distributed copies to
the Board) stating the $200,000 fund-
ing commitment is not subject to the
County Water Agency's continued
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receipt of property tax funds.
Attorney Sare added he had notified
the Judge the language in the
stipulation had been agreed to by both
parties and it would be filed with the
Court by the County;
3) Announced the Local Leadership
Challenge Seminar sponsored by the
local CEO group would be held on
2/22/94 and urged the Board to attend;
4) Notified the Board there may be
need to have AB 1224 (Lake Tahoe
Property Tax Legislation) reintroduced
due to confusion in the language and
the need to clean-up the language to
include North Tahoe PUD;
5) North Tahoe PUD and Tahoe City PUD
are looking into consolidating the two
Districts. They would like to amend
the Public Utilities Code to allow
the option of election of Board members
from "zones" (geographic areas) as well
"at large".
6) Brought the Board's attention to a
LAFCO hearing on 2/3 re discussion of
Special District representation on the
LAFCO Board.
STAFF REPORTS
(continued)
Attorney:
No Report.
5:38 PM
MEETING BREAK
5:48 PM
MEETING RESUMED AND
ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE
SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8/Real
Property Negotiations:
Stateline Reservoir Site -
Instruct Negotiators
6:10 PM
Moved Strohm/Second Mosbacher/
Mason Absent/Passed to reject the
offer contained in Mr. Sheerin's
letter of 1/11/94 and direct staff
to continue negotiations with a
counter offer (on the Van Sickle
property).
OPEN SESSION: ACTION ON
ITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION - STATELINE
RESERVOIR SITE
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6:12 PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION RESUMED
Pursuant to Government
Code Section54956.9(b)(1)/-
Discussion of significant
exposure to litigation/
Manuel Bros. claim, HDR
claim, Melvin Sohwake, Jr.
vs. STPUD, Bottini vs. STPUD
7:12 PM
ADJOURNMENT
DUANE WALLACE, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ATTEST:~ ~'
PAT A. MAMATH, CLERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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