02-16-95 MINUTES
RE(~ULAR MEETIN(~ OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
Februar~ 16, 1995
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met
in a regular session February 16, 1995, 4:00 PM, City Council Chambers,
1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Wallace, Directors Strohm, Jones,
Mosbacher.
ROLL CALL
Director Mason was absent.
STAFF:
Solbrig, McFarlane, Sharp, Regan, Brown,
Garcia, Hrbacek, Noble, Hussmann, Hydrick,
Schroeder, Hoggatt, Johnson, Thiel, Gwinn,
Swain, Attorney Sare.
Manager Baer was absent.
GUESTS:
Frank DuQuite/City Council; Jennifer
Whitehair/Tahoe Daily Tribune; Bill
Ziebron/EIP Associates; Myrna Vindum
Shop Steward:
Mike Adams reported on the recent
confined space training class.
Due to a possible conflict of interest,
President Wallace disqualified himself
from discussion of Consent Item 1 and
abstained from voting. This item was
brought forward for separate Board action.
Director Mosbacher asked for and received
clarification regarding Consent Item 5, and
requested Consent Item 6 be brought forward
for discussion prior to Board action.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Strohm/Mason Absenta
Passed to approve the Consent Calendar as
amended:
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
2)
Authorized payment for obligation to
Alpine County for 1995 Summer Fish
Purchase in the amount of $26,260;
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3)
4)
5)
Authorized implementation of the two-
week disconnection procedures for
delinquent accounts;
Approved Change Order No. 3 for Q&D
Construction in the amount of $20,184.26
for the six-Inch Chinquapin Water Main,
Thirty-Inch ERB Pipeline, and E1 Dorado
County Erosion Control Project;
Authorized execution of agreement by
Board President for First Amendment to
STPUD/E1 Dorado County Water Agency
Agreement to Share Costs.
CONSENT CALENDAR
(Continued)
CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Wallace
Abstained/Mason Absent/Passed to award
contract in the annual amount of $23,100
to All American Cleaning, the lowest
responsive, responsible bidder.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Strohm/Mason
Absent/Passed to adopt Regular Board
Meeting Minutes with the addition noted
by Director Mosbacher.
JANITORIAL SERVICER
(Consent Item 1)
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MINUTES: 1/19/95, 2/2/95
(Consent Item 6)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Mason Absent/
~assed to authorize additional costs o~
$9,337.82 to complete project.
AL TAHOE WELL 2:
ON PRIVATE WELLS
IMPACTS
PUBLIC HEARING
4:15 PM PUBLIC HEARING
PUBLIC HEARING: RECEIVE
COMMENTS REGARDING THE
FUTURE SEWER CONNECTIONS
PLAN EIR/EIS
President Wallace opened the Public
Hearing at 4:15 PM.
Open Hearinq
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An oral and visual presentation was given by
Director Strohm, John Thiel, Ross Johnson,
and EIP's Bill Ziebron. The EIR/EIS will be
circulated for comment until March 20, 1995.
Comments received will be incorporated and
the final document will be presented for
certification by the Boards of STPUD and
TRPA.
Myrna Vindom stated she was very impressed
by the presentation and thanked the District
for their efforts.
Director Strohm asked how many comments have
been received so far. Diane Noble stated she
requested that TRPA forward comments to the
District as they are received. No written
comments have been received as of this date.
Attorney Sare stated the presentation will
be made before the TRPA Governing Board on
2/22/95, and for Lahontan so they can amend
their basin plan. After the comment period,
staff will then go back to the TRPA APC and
TRPA's Governing Board for finalization of
the document. So far, the document has been
very well received.
President Wallace closed the Public Hearing
at 5:10 PM.
Staff Report
Public Comments
Board Member Comments
Close Hearinq
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Ken Schroeder reported the pump stations
are complete. The paving, which will be
completed this summer, will be an addition-
al expenditure. This item was reviewed
by the Operations Committee.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Absent/
Passed to authorize expenditures in an
amount not to exceed $42,000 for instal-
lation of two sewer pump stations.
Presented by Richard Solbrig.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Absent
Passed to: A) Waive District Purchasing
Bid Policy to permit purchase of stan-
dardized equipment;
FAIRWAY SEWER PUMP STATIONS
PALOMA AND BAKERSFIELD
WELLS
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Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Absent
Passed to: B) Authorize purchase of elec-
trical switchgear, including variable
frequency drive in the estimated amount
of $125,000.
Presented by Richard Solbrig. This item
was reviewed by the Operations Committee.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Absen%
Passed to: A) Waive District Purchasing
Bid Policy to permit purchase of stan-
dardized equipment;
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Mason Absen~
Passed to: B) Authorize purchase of
submersible pumps from Byron Jackson
in the amount of $98,627.
Richard Solbrig explained this item is
for the generators only - the sitework
will be a separate phase of this project.
Solbrig also reviewed a minor discrepancy
related to the low bid - the spine was
removed from the bid specifications
document. He recommended this minor
discrepancy be waived.
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Mason Absent
Passed to waive the discrepancy (described
above);
Moved Mosbacher/Second Strohm/Mason
Absent/Passe~ to award contract to lowest
responsive, responsible bidder, Stewart
& Stevenson, in the amount of $750,836 for
purchase of a 2400 Kw generator;
Moved Mosbacher/Second Strohm/Mason
Absent/Passe~ to authorize the purchase of
the test generator from Rose Equipment,
in the amount of $380,000.
A second contract, in the amount of $20,000
will be brought back to the Board in two
weeks, to include on-site minor completion
items.
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Mason Absent/
Passed to reject claim. (This item will
not be discussed during Executive Session.)
PALOMA AND BAKERSFIELD
WELLS
(Continued)
STANDBY POWER PROJECT AT
WWTP AND LPPS
JO-SON VAN NICHOLOS-LEE
CLAIM
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Moved Jones/Second Mosbacher/Mason Absent/.
Passe~ to approve payment in the amount o~
$492,401.60.
Finance Committee:.. A series of meetings
will be held to discuss budget items on:
2/27/95, 3/1/95, and 3/3/95.
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee:
The committee met prior to the Board meet-
ing and discussed the items presented on
the Agenda.
Executive Committee: President Wallace met
with the manager's negotiation team. Director
Mason was unavailable.
citizens Advisory Committee: Julie Regan
distributed a draft questionnaire to commit-
tee members to review. The questionnaire
was designed to gauge interest in the for-
mation of a citizens Advisory Committee.
Roles/Functions County Water A~encv:.
Director Strohm reported since Jonas Minton
was let go, E1 Dorado County has been unable
to reach a settlement with Alpine County to
receive water from Silver, Caples, and Aloha
Lakes. Failure to reach a settlement may
result in a lawsuit against the County.
The Roles/Functions Recommendations package
has been presented to John Upton, who will
tentatively present it to the E1 Dorado
County Water Agency Board on February 2$th.
Director Mosbacher reported on two items:
1) At a recent TCORP meeting, she learned
recreation projects are being planned which
may require District services;
2) She attended a Lahontan Board meeting.
Discussions included homeowners advocacy
groups, private property takings, dry wet-
lands, and vernal ponds.
Director Jone~ reported he attended an ACWA
Water Quality Committee meeting. Topics
included upcoming legislation, arsenic/radon,
SDWA reauthorization, groundwater disenfec-
tion, fluoridation, and unfunded mandates.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER AD HOC
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER REPORT~
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Director Wallace stated the Future Sewer
Connections Plan EIR/EIS was presented to
the Board of Realtors.
A discussion was held amongst Board members
regarding the document.
Director Stroh~ stated the group going to
Washington D.C. will include representatives
from E1 Dorado County, TRPA, League to Save
Lake Tahoe, Gaming Alliance, and the USFS.
Their focus will be mainly for Cove East
watershed improvement. John Upton agreed
to represent the District's concerns regard-
ing EPA issues.
Assistant Manaqer:..
Assistant Manager Solbrig reported on two
items:
1) Comments are being incorporated into the
environmental document for the pipeline
relocation project and will be ready the
week of February 20;
2) If there is sufficient interest, a
seminar regarding Interest Based Bargaining
will be held at the District in March.
District Information officer:
Julie Regan reported on three items:
1) She, along with Rick Hydrick, attended
a recent Area Managers Meeting. Discussions
were held regarding a presentation Special
Districts will give to TRPA's Governing
Board to give them an overview of what
special districts are and how they may work
together with TRPA;
2) Julie will be on the Talk of Tahoe
radio program on KOWL to discuss A1 Tahoe
Well No. 2's impacts on private wells.
Julie prepared an article in response to
a recent "Jab" that appeared in the Tahoe
Tribune. Her article will be in the Tribune
next week and will clarify any misconcep-
tions regarding the private well impacts
issue;
3) Postcards have been mailed as notifica-
tion for the March 2nd Water Rate Study
presentation by Brown and Caldwell.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
(Continued)
STAFF REPORTS
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Manaqer of Water OperationsL
Rick Hydrick reported on the lack of
interest from purveyors around the basin
in forming a water basin plan designed to
separate the Tahoe Basin from E1 Dorado
County Water Agency.
Attornev:
Attorney Sare reported on three items:
1) He will attend a seminar in March
regarding insurance requirements for
contracts;
2) Chris Rissetto will provide the final
report on the EPA Grant Appeal;
3) At the recent TRPA APC meeting, several
compliments were received at the TRPA APC
presentation regarding the exceptional work
done by the District and staff in preparing
the Future Sewer Connections Plan EIR/EIS.
6:35 PM
6:40 PM
7:00 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
No Board action. MANAGEMENT CONTRACT (MOU)
7:05 PM ADJOURNMENT
Duane Wallace, President of Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST: ~~~~~
Kathy Sha~, Cler~ of ;Board/Executive Secretary
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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GUEST SIGN-IN SHEET
COMPLETION OF THIS INFORMATION IS VOLUNTARY, NOT MANDATORY,
AND IS NOT A PRECONDITION FOR ATTENDANCE,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT.
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