01-19-95M~' NUT E S
REGULi~ MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH T~M'IOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
January 19, 1995
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met
in a regular session January 19, 1995, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers,
1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ROLL CALL
President Wallace, Directors Strohm, Jones,
Mosbacher
Director Mason and Attorney Sare were
excused to attend the CASA Conference.
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Sharp, Regan,
Hydrick, Herbacek, Schroeder, Noble, Thiel,
R. Johnson, Garcia, Attorney Cherry
GUESTS:
Frank DuQuite/City Council; Jennifer
Whitehair/Tahoe Daily Tribune; Dr. Ed Ives,
Rick Madrid, Wes Wiens, John Hargrove,
Scott Odegard/Sierra Pacific Power Company;
Pat Amundson, Steve Denzler, John Cefalu,
Judy Cefalu/Tahoe Forest Homeowners Assoc.,
Philip Trowbridge, AGRA Earth & Environ.
Dr. Ed Ives, representing Sierra Pacific
Power Company, gave an oral and visual pre-
sentation covering the California Regula-
tory Reform and how it changes the basic
way electricity is sold to retail customers.
Shop Steward:
Not present.
REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE
BOARD: Sierra Pacific
Power Company
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Rick Hydrick distributed the third draft
of the AGRA study which concludes that
combined with the effects of the drought,
the operation of A1 Tahoe Well No. 2 may
impact surrounding private wells.
AL TAHOE WELL 2: IMPACT ON
PRIVATE WELLS STUDY
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Pat Amundson and Steve Denzler outlined
occurrences caused by the operation of
A1 Tahoe Well 2, Paloma Well, and both
wells running concurrently. They, and the
Board agreed, will be informed in advance
if more than 2,000 gpm was being pumped
from A1 Tahoe Well 2, or if Paloma is
used.
A neighborhood meeting will be held in the
near future to discuss possible solutions.
AL TAHOE WELL 2: IMPACT ON
PRIVATE WELLS STUDY
(Continued)
No Board Action.
None.
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Excused
Passed to approve the Consent Calendar
as presented:
1) Authorized staff to implement the two-
week disconnection procedures for
delinquent accounts;
2) Approved San Luis Tank Change Order No.
1 in the amount of $2,186 for the State-
line Storage Project - Phase One Tank;
3) Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes:
1/5/95;
4) Approved Special Board Meeting Minutes:
11/10/94, 11/11/94, 11/28/94, 12/1/94.
CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Presented by Rick Hydrick. The Operations
Committee reviewed this item and discussed
possible access routes to the site.
Moved Wallace/Second Jones/Mason Excused/
Passed to authorize purchase of site for
$96,000 plus other conditions as set forth
in the land purchase agreement.
Presented by Richard Solbrig. This item
was reviewed by the Operations Committee.
ARROWHEAD TANK SITE
PURCHASE
EXPORT PIPELINE PROJECT -
REPLACEMENT OF SEZ PORTION
OF "A" LINE
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Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Mason Excused/
Passed to approve Task Order with John
Carollo Engineers in an amount not to
exceed $417,000 to design pipeline and
provide design service during construction.
Richard Solbrig explained this agreement
is required by E1 Dorado County to receive
reimbursement for an erosion control pro-
ject on Chinquapin. This agreement was
modeled from a similar agreement used to
pass through funds for the Lake Christopher
project.
Several weaknesses in the agreement were
pointed out, which could result in the
District being mistakenly held liable in
the remote possibility that an accident
were to take place as a result of this
project.
Moved Strohm/Second Wallace/Jones Voted
No/Mosbacher Voted No/Mason Excused/Motion
Did Not Pass to approve agreement with the
County.
Moved Wallace/Second Jones/Mason Excused/
Passed to return the agreement to the Dis-
trict's Attorney to write amendments which
will ensure fairness to both parties.
The EIR/EIS began circulating 1/18/95.
the document is accepted, the way sewer
units are determined will be revised.
If
It was the consensus of the Board to direct
the Ad Hoc Committee to make minor changes
in the wording of the Transportation MOU.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Excused/
Passed to approve payment in the amount of
$538,527.11.
Finance Committee:
January 30th.
A meeting will be held
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee:
The committee met prior to the Board Meet-
ing. Projects discussed include: ERB Pipe-
line, Dressier-On-Farm Repairs, Thunderbird
Intertie, Paloma Well, Bakersfield Well,
EXPORT PIPELINE PROJECT -
REPLACEMENT OF SEZ PORTION
OF "A" LINE
(Continued)
EL DORADO COUNTY EROSION
CONTROL WORK - CHINQUAPIN
FUTURE SEWER CONNECTIONS
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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Arrowhead Tank, Stateline Tank, Export Pipe- BOARD MEMBER STANDING
line, Fairway Sewer Project, and Boulder COMMITTEE REPORTS
Mountain Booster Station. (Continued)
Executive Committee: The committee met with
manager's negotiation team to convey Board's
response.
citizens Advisory Committee: The committee
met January 18th to refine the draft bylaws,
which will be circulated during the week of
the 23rd. Discussion was held regarding the
pros and cons of delaying the rate study
until the committee was fully formed.
LAFCO: The election for Special Districts
Representation will be held January 30th.
Wallace and Strohm will attend.
BOARD MEMBER AD HOC
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The general manager will review each agenda
for LAFCO's monthly meeting and assign the
staff member who is most familiar with the
issues listed on their agenda to represent
the District at these meetings.
Roles/Functions County Water Agency:
The County Water Agency will be meeting to
review the District's requests for funding.
Rick Hydrick will attend this meeting.
Director Jones reported that he has been
receiving information on arsenic. He will
serve on ACWA's Water Quality Committee and
be active on the arsenic subcommittee.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
Director Strohm stated John Upton will be
traveling to Washington D.C. at the end
of February and is willing to represent
the District's concerns to delegates there.
The EPA issue should be given special con-
sideration.
Manager:
Manager Baer reported on two items:
1) March 20th marks the end of the comment
period for the EIR/EIS. A public hearing
may be needed to discuss the CEQA require-
ments;
STAFF REPORTS
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2) A proposal was received from Leonard
Turnbaugh,the Director of Public Works in
Alpine County. Alpine County, along with
the Washoe tribe, is pursing a federal
grant, possibly for economic development.
One idea they are considering is to con-
struct a new golf course on the former
Schwake property now owned by the District.
The idea may be feasible if considerations
were given to the following: A) The flood
channel on the property must be maintained;
B) the District must retain water rights to
maintain the level of Indian Creek Reser-
voir. Different methods of water supply
were discussed. If Alpine County is
serious about the proposal, Mr. Turnbaugh
will write the District a letter and make
a presentation before the Board.
Manaqer of Maintenance:
Ken Schroeder reported two residents on
Fairway Avenue have been repeatedly flooded
due to the sewerline on that street which
was originally installed with no laterals.
The only way to guarantee these two res-
idences are not flooded again, is to install
two new sewer pump stations.
Attorney:
No report.
8:10 PM
STAFF REPORTS
(Continued)
ADJOURNMENT
Duane Wallace, President of Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST:
Ka{hy' Sh~p,~Clerk df Board/Executive Secretary
South TaP~oe Public Utility District
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