08-18-94MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AUGUST 18, 1994
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a Regular Session August 18, 1994, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 1900
Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Wallace, Directors Mason, Jones,
Mosbacher.
ROLL CALL
Director Strohm/Absent.
STAFF:
Solbrig, McFarlane, Brown, Johnson, Noble,
Rieger, Eddy, Hrbacek, Schrempp, Hoggatt,
Schroeder, Regan, Sharp, Attorney Sare
GUESTS:
Frank DuQuite/City Council, Frank Auten,
Jonnie Crawford/E1 Dorado County Grand
Jury, Judy Cefalu, John Cefalu, Patricia
Amundson, Mabel Sipple, Gloria Price, Hugh
Bevans/USGS, Jennifer Whitehair/Tahoe Daily
Tribune
Ernesto Barton did not appear.
REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE
BOARD: Ernesto Barron
Pat Amundson came before the Board to
say that the wells in the A1 Tahoe Forest
Homeowners Association are losing capacity.
She will provide a map of the wells/depths
and requested staff help explore the nature
of the problem.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Shop Steward - No report.
Staff requested Action Item 3/1994 Water
Main Replacement A1 Tahoe Loop Line be re-
moved from the Agenda and be brought back
for discussion at the regular meeting on
September 1, 1994.
Consent Items 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 were
brought forward for discussion prior to
Board action.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/StrohmAbsent
Passed to approve the Consent Calendar as
amended:
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
1)
Determined that the Bakersfield Well
project is exempt from CEQA and author-
ized filing of Notice of Exemption with
the E1 Dorado County Clerk;
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2)
Authorized two (2) week disconnection
procedures on the property located at
2621 Lake Tahoe Blvd. APN 31-258-181;
Authorized expenditures not to exceed
$18,000 to purchase fall prevention
systems for dry well ladders.
CONSENT CALENDAR
( continued)
CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Moved Mason/Second Mosbacher/StrohmAbsent/
Passed to authorize inspectors to monitor
the annual backflow assembly test.
Moved Jones/Second Mason/StrohmAbsent~
Mosbacher Abstained/Passed to approve the
natural gas service agreement as presented.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/StrohmAbsent/
Passed to approve the license agreement
to allow USGS to drill a monitoring well
at the wastewater treatment plant providing
one of two conditions is met: 1) The USGS
sign the indemnity agreement provided by
the District attorney; or 2) the area is
fenced with warning signs posted.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/StrohmAbsent/.
Passed to approve easements pending
receipt of fully executed easements.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Jones/Strohm Absent
Passed to adopt regular Board Meeting
Minutes with the additions/deletions noted
by Director Mosbacher.
WATER DISCONNECTION PRO-
CEDURES: FAILURE TO
PERFORM ANNUAL BACKFLOW
ASSEMBLY TEST
(Consent Item 3)
LUTHER PASS PUMP STATION
NATURAL GAS SERVICE
(Consent Item 5)
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY (USGS) MONITORING
WELL AT WASTEWATER TREAT-
MENT PLANT
(Consent Item 6
CHRISTMAS VALLEY TANK WATER
LINE REPLACEMENT
(Consent Item 7)
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MINUTES: AUGUST 4, 1994
(Consent Item 8)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Presented by Ken Schroeder.
Moved Jones/Second Mason/Strohm Absent
Passed to approve lowest responsive,
responsible bidder, Silver State Inter-
national, in the amount of $100,489.62.
John Cefalu was present at the meeting.
After discussion, the Board concurred
to defer this item for a month to allow
Mr. Cefalu to comply with fire line check
valve requirements.
No Board Action.
DUMP TRUCK BID
FIRE LINE DETECTOR CHECK
VALVE: 3100 NEVADA AVE.,
APN 26-078-171
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Presented by Jim Hoggatt.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Mason/StrohmAbsent
Passed to approve lowest responsive,
responsible bidder, Burdick Excavating, in
the amount of $172,342.50.
President Wallace stated every effort
should be made to obtain grant money to
help fund water projects. The Board
directed staff to research and bring back
before the Board a list of grant writers
who may provide contract services for
locating grants on behalf of the District.
Staff will also investigate the process
for rider bills.
LUTHER PASS PUMP STATION
SITE RESTORATION, ELK'S
CLUB WELL SITE IMPROVE-
MENTS, AND TREATMENT PLANT
RESURFACING PROJECT
GRANTS AND RIDER BILLS
No Board Action.
It was the consensus of the Board to defer
this item to the next meeting to allow
sufficient time for a response from the
attorney representing Abdoo.
AQUEDUCT/ABDOO AGREEMENT
No Board Action.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Wallace/Mason
Abstained/Strohm Absent/Passed to approve
payment in the amount of $585,692.52.
Operations Committee: The committee met
prior to the regular Board meeting to
discuss: Christmas Valley Tank Water
Line; Stateline Tank; ERB Pipeline/
Chinquapin Water Line; A1 Tahoe Loop
Line/Regina Water Line Completion; Elk's
Club Well Generator Building; Update of
Snowblower Contract Costs; Vacuum Truck
Conversion for Pumps. Future projects
discussed include: Site Restoration
Contract for LPPS, Elk's Club Well, and
WWTP; Paloma Well; Bakersfield Well; Pump
Station Confined Space Project; and Flag-
pole/Twin Peaks Intertie.
Planninq Committee:.. The committee met to
discuss Tahoe Queen/Marina sewer units,
future connections status, Mitigation
Status Report No. 6, roadway between the
WWTP and Johnson Road to reduce VMT's,
Ledbetter's irrigation system/water usage.
Ledbetter agreed to allow water from the
Paloma Well testing to be discharged onto
his property.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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LAFCO: President Wallace attended a CASA
conference which was very worthwhile due
to the coverage of LAFCO issues.
Roles/Functions - County Water Aqency:
The County Water Agency requested the
purveyors each submit the name of their
representative who will serve on the
committee to make recommendations regard-
ing ideal functions, structure, and role.
Tahoe City PUD has yet to respond.
President Wallace announced he was selected
to serve as the new director of the Chamber
of Commerce. The California Fair Political
Practices Commission compared the new posi-
tion with his position as Board President
for the STPUD and found no conflict-of-
interest.
Director Mosbacher reported at a recent
EDWPA meeting, the E1 Dorado County
Surveyors Office demonstrated the Geo-
graphic Information System (GIS) which
links parcel base maps with ground coordi-
nates to provide a correlation between
geographic maps and assessors data. The
demonstration was very impressive and
Director Mosbacher suggested the District
request a demonstration.
Manaqer:
Manager Baer reported on 3 items:
1) Chris Rissetto's partner, Steve Dias,
has been in touch with Feinstein and Boxer's
office regarding the EPA appeal for Harvey
Place grant funding. He found it may be
more effective to pursue a rider bill to
provide an alternate source of funding
rather than continue the appeal to EPA.
Feinstein's support is critical since she
is on the Appropriations Committee. Steve
suggested District representatives go to
Washington D.C. before the Senate to relate
how important this funding is to our Dist-
rict. Further information is forthcoming.
2) Risetto has filed a notice of intent to
file suit with the EPA on behalf of the
District.
3) Pat Mamath had bypass surgery and is
doing well.
AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
STAFF REPORTS
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Attorney:
Attorney Sare reported on 5 items:
1) The final draft of the Conflict-of-
Interest Code has been done to comply with
changes in the law.
2) The Conservancy pass through agreement
has been signed by the City and Conservancy.
3) TRPA has approved the land swap between
the District and VanSickle for Stateline
Storage Tanks.
4) Attended the CASA attorneys meeting
which was very beneficial.
5) A fund raiser for Attorney General
Lungren is being held and urged the Dist-
rict to participate since he was vital in
obtaining the first amendment to the League/
AG/STPUD agreement.
6:05 PM
6:10 PM
6:15 PM
STAFF REPORTS
(continued)
MEETING BREAK
RESUME MEETING ANDADJOURN-
MENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
RECONVENE TO REGULAR BOARD
MEETING
ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION
Moved Jones/Second Mason/Strohm Absent
Passed to authorize Manager Baer to
direct Attorney Clifford to accept the
settlement offer to eliminate the lawsuit.
6:20 PM
BOTTINI ET AL VS. STPUD
ADJOURNMENT
DUANE WALLACE, PRESIDENT OF BOARD
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