09-21-95l~ I NUT E S
REGULAR HEETING OF THE BO~RD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
September 21, 1995
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in
a regular session September 21, 1995, 4:00 PM, city Council Chambers,
1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, California.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Wallace, Directors Strohm, Mason,
Mosbacher, Jones
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, McFarlane, Sharp, Noble,
Swain, Garcia, Schrempp, R. Johnson,
Hydrick, Rasmussen, Attorney Sare
Frank DuQuite/City Council; Lou Feldman/
Feldman, Shaw, and Devore; Joyce Blackstone
Rhonda McFarlane reviewed the final results PRESENTATION: 1994/95
of the 1994/95 budget year. Financial Statements
Susan Rasmussen, the new Finance Secretary,
was introduced to the Board.
Shop Steward - None present.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Mr. Luna was unable to personally appear.
He sent a letter describing his request
that the loft in his house be considered
a storage room and not a bedroom, which
would therefore reduce the sewer connec-
tions needed to two instead of three. Staff
recommended it be considered a two bedroom
house, which requires three sewer connec-
tions.
REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE
THE BOARD: Ross Luna
The Board noted the intention of Ordinance
No. 446 was to give relief to the very smal-
lest dwellings, those dwellings capable of
housing only one or two people. The District
has applied the policy of the Board equit-
ably throughout the District, using criteria
such as windows and doors, closet space, and
adequate space for sleeping quarters.
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Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Passed
Unanimously to decline Mr. Luna's request
for reconsideration of Ordinance No. 446.
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Consent Item No. 2 was brought forward for
discussion prior to Board action.
Action Item No. 4 was moved to the begin-
ning of the Action Calendar as a courtesy
to Lou Feldman, who is representing that
item.
Staff requested Consent Item 3 be removed
as the situation had been satisfactorily
resolved.
Moved Jones/Second Strohm/Passed
Unanimously to approve the Consent Calendar
as amended:
1) Authorized implementation of the two-
week disconnection procedures for
delinquent sewer and/or water accounts;
4) Authorized implementation of the two-
week disconnection procedures on the
property located at 1020 A1 Tahoe Blvd.,
APN 25-010-31 for failure to perform
annual backflow assembly test;
5) Authorized implementation of the two-
week disconnection procedures on the
property located at 2302 Washington
Ave., APN 23-733-29 for failure to per-
form annual backflow assembly test;
6) Waived portion of District's transfer
Ordinance No. 403, and approved partial
transfer of three sewer unit from APN
23-182-31 to 25-214-02 for Yetter;
7) Approved Change Order No. 2 for a credit
of $177.61, and authorized filing a
Notice of Completion for A1 Tahoe and
Tahoe Keys Pump Station Roof Replacement
Project;
8) Authorized staff to advertise for bids
for underground fuel storage tanks at
wastewater treatment plant;
9) Adopted agreement for U.S. Forest Ser-
vice Road Agreement.
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
OR CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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CONSENT IT~NR BROUghT FORWARD FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Director Mosbacher received clarification
that Attorney Sare had reviewed the agree-
ment.
DISASTER RECOVER AGREEMENT
(Consent Item No. 2)
Moved Mosbacher/Second Strohm/Passed
Unanimously to authorize execution of
Computer Disaster Recovery Agreement
with the City of Rocklin.
IT~N~ FOR BOARD ACTION
The City Council has approved this agree-
ment. Lou Feldman thanked the Board for
their support and noted this method of
mitigating projects was a good one. He
also noted the signing of the agreement
only provides for a study to be done, not
for the implementation of a plan.
COORDINATED TRANSIT SYSTEM
Bob Baer stated 5% of new sewer connection
fees are put into this mitigation fund and
the District is obligated to make an annual
payment on December 31st of each calendar
year.
Moved Mason/Second Jones/Strohm Abstained
Passed to authorize President of the Board
to execute Memorandum of Understanding.
Director Strohm abstained due to a poten-
tial conflict.
This item was reviewed by the Operations
Committee.
SOUTH UPPER TRUCKEE WELL
NO. 1 VFD
Moved Mason/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously
to waive District purchasing policy, and
authorize purchase of variable frequency
drive control in the amount of $19,624.
This item was reviewed by the Operations
Committee.
PAVEMENT AND SEALING
PROJECT
Moved Jones/Second Mason/Passed Unanimously
to award contract to lowest, responsive,
responsible bidder, Don Garcia Excavating
&Paving, in the amount of $145,999.
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This item was reviewed by the Operations
Committee.
RUN SEWAGE PUMP STATION
Moved Strohm/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously
to approve pre-design report to be prepared
by Montgomery-Watson Engineers in the esti-
mated amount of $15,000.
Director Strohm reported the SWRCB took
formal Board action today. The Board over-
ruled their staff's recommendation and
granted the District a waiver to the 5%
cap policy. Although $800,000 was requested,
$611,000 will actually be received. The
Federal Government matches 75%, the District
matches 12½%, and the State was supposed
to match 12½%. The State can not match
their 12½% which lowered the amount to
be received. Sare stated due to the SWRCB
raising the cap, it is possible the District
may not be required to refund EPA the $33,000
they are seeking. They will have to reaudit
the grant applying the higher cap.
STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD: DISTRICT
REQUEST FOR GRANT RECON-
SIDERATION
Senator Leslie was instrumental in achieving
this success.
Moved Jones/Second Mosbacher/Mason and
Strohm Abstained/Passed to approve payment
in the amount of $1,236,041.37. Director
Mason and Strohm abstained due to a poten-
tial financial conflict.
~AYMENT OF CLAIMES
Finance Committee: The committee met and
discussed: Bartle Wells first draft of the
export system financing recommendations,
how to accommodate Ski Run Pump Station,
and sewer transfer fees.
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee:
The committee met and discussed several items
listed on the agenda.
Executive Committee: The committee met and
discussed various upcoming contracts.
LAFCO: A statement from LAFCO reported that
any takeovers of special districts would
have to be initiated by the special dis-
trict, not LAFCO.
RQles/Functions County Water Agency: The
District's request for project funding of
$126,000 is included in their preliminary
budget hearings.
BOARD MEMBER AD HOC
CQMMITTEE REPORTS
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Director Jones reported he will attend an
ACWA Safe Drinking Water sub-committee
meeting on October llth. Topics of discus-
sion will include arsenic, radon, and
fluoridation.
Director Mosbacher attended a Sustained
Ability conference on how environmental and
human issues can intertwine.
Director Mason stated according to current
District Ordinances, a customer cannot
transfer commercial sewer connections to
residential. When the Ordinance Review
Committee is formed, this should be changed.
President Wallace he attended a Lodging
Association meeting where District staff
did a presentation to explain the Highway
50 waterline replacement project. Many
positive comments were received.
General Manager:
Bob Baer reported on six items:
1) A presentation was made before the Al-
pine County Grand Jury to explain the Dis-
trict's history, facilities, and agreement
between STPUD and Alpine County. Many
questions had to do with monitoring, hydro-
electric project, and impact mitigation fee.
2) Boulder Mountain Pump Station is on TRPA's
9/27/95 agenda.
3) ACWA staff will tour District facilities
on 9/22/95.
4) Diane Noble and several District staff
attended a T.Scott Gross presentation re-
garding customer relations.
5) Richard Solbrig will present a paper be-
fore the State of Nevada Dam Safety Technical
Committee on 10/3/95 regarding how to line
pipes under dams.
6) Lahontan has requested a great deal of
information regarding the export system for
their 10/13/95 meeting (where their staff
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
STAFF REPORTS
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will recommend a Cease & Desist order be
issued against the District). A copy of
the request was distributed to the Board
and possible responses were discussed.
Dale Sare reported on two items:
1) Sexual Harassment training will be pro-
vided to all employees, beginning with
managers.
2) He will attend an annual ACWA attorney's
meeting in October.
6:04 PM
STAFF REPORTS
(Continued)
Duane Wallace, President of Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST:
Kathy ~h~, ~'~k' of B~ard
South Tah~Public Utility District
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