10-21-93 MINUTES
REGUL/~R MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
OCTOBER Zl, 1993
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
an executive session at 3:00 PM and a regular session at 4:00 PM on
October 21, 1993, City Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EXECUTIVE SESSION
3:10 PM
Pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(b)/Discussion of significant
exposure to litigation/BOTTINI vs.
STPUD, et al.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER &
ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE
SESSION BY BOARD PRESIDENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Pierini, Directors Mason,
Wallace, Mosbacher
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, Mamath, Attorneys Sare
and Clifford
3:55 PM
RECONVENE TO REGULAR
SESSION
None.
ACTION ON ITEM DISCUSSED
DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION
A five minute recess was called by the
Board President.
MEETING RECESS
4:00 PM REGULAR SESSION
BOARD:
President Pierini, Directors Mason,
Wallace, Mosbacher
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, Mamath, Noble, Garcia,
W. Stanley, L. Eddy, Hrbacek, Johnson,
Hussmann, Hoggatt, Twomey, Brown, Morse,
Attorney Sare
GUESTS:
Frank Du Quite/City Council, Jim Jones,
Jeff De Long/Tahoe Daily Tribune, Paul
Manuel, Chris Strohm, Ty Baldwin
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Carl Corzan did not appear. Diane
Noble announced he had phoned a short
time before the Board meeting and said
he was unable to attend and requested we
again reschedule his appearance.
REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE
BOARD: Carl Corzan
Shop Steward:
No report.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
None.
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved Mason/Second Wallace/Passed
to approve the Consent Calendar as
submitted:
CONSENT CALENDAR
1)
Approved Special Board Meeting
Minutes: September 28, 1993;
2)
Authorized issuance of a $13,000
purchase order to the California
Conservation Corps for the Cold
Creek Reservoir Access Road
erosion control work;
3)
Approved RDC's Change Order 4 in
the amount of $4,051.74 for the
A1 Tahoe Well No. 2 project.
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Director Mosbacher commented she felt the
order of recognition should be reversed,
i.e., Governor's Wilson's name should be
listed first, Leslie's second, etc.
Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Passed to
adopt Resolution No. 2580 with the
change as noted above.
Moved Wallace/Second Mosbacher/Mason
Abstained/Passed to approve payment in
the amount of $432,067.42.
[This item appeared on the Agenda for
consideration prior to the Payment of
Claims, Board Committee Reports, and
Staff Reports. It was heard after the
Clerk's staff report. Discussion/Action
was delayed to allow Paul Manuel an
opportunity to read the memo distributed
to the Board prior to the Board meeting.
(The memo becomes a part of these
minutes by reference herein as
Attachment 1.)]
COMMENDATION &APPRECIATION
OF ASSEMBLYMAN KNOWLES,
SENATOR TIM LESLIE AND
GOVERNOR PETE WILSON FOR
THEIR PART IN THE PASSAGE
OF AB 1224 WHICH ALLOWS
TAHOE'S PROPERTY TAX
DOLLARS TO REMAIN IN THE
TAHOE BASIN
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
MARTIN AVE. WATER MAIN RE-
PLACEMENT PROJECT
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Chairman Pierini asked Paul Manuel if
he needed additional time to prepare his
appeal to staff's rejection of the claim.
Attorney Sare reviewed the procedures in
the Specs which addressed claims and the
appeal process. Paul Manuel said he had
come prepared to explain his side of the
circumstances leading to the $48,000
claim.
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MARTIN AVE. WATER MAIN RE-
PLACEMENT PROJECT
(continued)
Paul Manuel made an oral rebuttal to the
staff memo rejecting the claim and said
he strongly disagreed with staff's
analysis of the claim (as outlined in
the 10/21/93 memo).
Jim Hoggatt & Chris Twomey explained
their conclusions related to the claim.
Attorney Sare reviewed the legal basis
on which the Board could reject the claim.
Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/Passed to
reject payment of the Manuel Bros., Inc.
claim and go to arbitration.
Operations Committee - Director Wallace
reported he and Director Mason had met
with staff who presented a report on the
state of manpower on the sewer side of
District operations and the need for
additional staff for maintenance work.
They felt the report was very well pre-
pared and needed to be presented to the
Board as a whole at a Workshop meeting.
BOARD MEMBER COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Management Salary Survey Committee -
Director Mason reported the committee
was still in the process of gathering
information.
Manaqer:
STAFF REPORTS
Manager Baer reported on 3 items:
1) Staff has been devoting a lot of time
to the Emergency Power Project.
2) The generator to be tested at LPPS was
delivered on 10/19. We will be using 1
generator to run 2 pumps. Director
Mosbacher commented on the noise levels
during the testing. Richard Solbrig said
the District had hired a sound consultant
to make recommendations and on 10/26 there
will be electrical tests re power savings
during peak use times.
3) Diane Noble is completing the summariza-
tion of the Water Agreement between the city
and the District.
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Past Meetinqs/Events
10/08/93 - Lahontan staff/review of Emerg.
Power Project
10/08/93 - Sierra Pacific Power/Power
Supply to WWTP & LPPS
10/13/93 - EPA Grant Appeal @ EPA, S.F.
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STAFF REPORTS
(continued)
Clerk:
(Prior to the meeting, Pat Mamath dis-
tributed a recap of her findings related
to a new meeting place.) She reported
the Conference Room at the Sr. Center,
presently under construction, seemed to
be the best option. It is due to be
completed in 4 weeks. President Pierini
suggested this item be placed on the
next agenda.
Attorney:
Attorney Sare reported on 2 items:
1) Reported he had received the 3 Bills
passed revising the Brown Act.
2) Discussed the meeting between EPA,
Region IX and District staff & legal
counsel re the grant amendment.
10/26/93 - 6:00 PM - Candidates Forum
11/3-5 - - ACWA Fall Conference
11/02/93 - - Election Day - Vote!
11/04/93 - 4:00 PM - Regular Board Mtg.
11/12&13 - - CASA @ Napa
5:33 PM
5:42 PM
NOTICE OF FUTURE MEETINGS
MEETING RECESS
RECONVENE & ADJOURNMENT TO
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9 (b) (1)
Schwake Contract
5:48 PM
ADJOURNMENT
LOU PIERINI, BOARD PRESIDENT
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
PAT A. MAMATH, CLERK OF BOARD
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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ATTACHMENT 1
10/21/93 BOARD MINUTES
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
MEMORANDUM
DT: October 21, 1993
TO: Board of Directors
FR: Jim Hoggatt, Construction Manager
RE: Manuel Brother's Directional Boring Claim
We have investigated the Manuel Brothers, Inc.'s (MBI) claim for an additional
$48,000 which covered their unsuccessful attempt at installing the pipe under Trout
Creek. Experts in the directional drilling field and District staff have come to the
conclusion their request is unwarranted.
The standard within the industry for the directional drilling, recommends that you
backream 12-inches larger than the pipe you are installing. MBI backreamed a 17 to
18-inch hole for a 14-inch outside diameter pipe.
The other problem that occurred and is related to the standard within the industry
listed above was equipment failure: The swivel joint connection. The swivel joint is
a connection between the reaming tool and the 14-inch high density polyethylene pipe
being installed. The swivel joint allows the reaming tool to rotate and not the pipe,
while they are pulling the pipe through the bore. This is the connection that failed and
caused the unsuccessful attempt which MBI has included in their claim. This
connection was a 7/8-inch thick by 3 3/16-inch wide steel plate with a 1 ¼-inch hole.
The 1 ¼-inch hole was not smooth, indicating they used some method of fabrication
other than drilling or machining the hole. The ultimate strength of the steel
connection, if it had been manufactured properly, and assuming it is A36 steel, would
be 99,000 to 136,000 pounds. The maximum pull for the Bore King DBS 2,000 drill
rig is 15,000 pounds. This ~s a large difference. The only reasonable conclusion is
that the connection point was rough and jagged, which could add a point load or an
eccentric load, plus the fabrication method could have modified the characteristic of
the steel. Fatigue also could have added to failure of this part, not knowing how
many other projects the swivel connection had been on.
Based on this, it is our conclusion that equipment failure, coupled with failure to
follow industry standards, caused the unsuccessful attempt and the District has no
liability.
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