01-20-00SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
"Basic Services for a Complex World"
Robert Baer General Richard Assistant
Christopher H. Strohm, President BOARD MEMBERS Pembroke Gochnauer, Vice President
James Jones, Director Ma Lou Mosbacher, Dir~ect~or ~- Duane Wallace, Director
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
JANUARY 20, 2000
MINUTES
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, January
20, 2000, 2:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe,
California.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President Strohm, Directors Wallace, Jones, Gochnauer,
Mosbacher.
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Baer, Solbrig, Sharp, Taylor, Hoggatt, Hydrick, Cocking,
Johnson, Noble, Zaninovich, Hrbacek, Schroeder,
Attorney Kvistad.
GUESTS:
Andy Bourelle/Tahoe Daily Tribune; Valerie Kauffman/El
Dorado County Environmental Management; Anjanette
Hoefer, Linda Massey, Ed Gee, Colin West, Gary Weigel/
U.S. Forest Service; Scoff Brooke/Brooke & Shaw; Mike
Weber/Camp Richardson, Brig Ebright, Joyce Blackstone,
David Kelly, Roy Hampson.
Staff requested Consent Item c. (disconnection procedures
for APN 30-370-041) be removed as situation was satis-
factorily resolved.
Consent Items f., g., h., and i. were brought forward
for discussion prior to Board action.
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA OR
CONSENT CALENDAR
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Moved Gochnauer/Second MosbachedPassed
Unanimously to approve the Consent Calendar, as
amended:
a. Alternate Fuel Vehicle Purchase - Approved purchase
of alternate fuel vehicle from State Bid List in the
amount of $27,759.64;
b. Truck 34 (Water Service Truck) Replacement - Authoriz-
ed staff to advertise for bids for purchase of a Ford truck
cab and chassis;
c. (Item Removed);
d. Railroad and Forest Mountain Tanks - Approved Task
Orders 51 and 52 for Carollo Engineers to provide the
structural design in the amount of $30,335;
e. Highway 50 / Midway Road Waterline - A) Approved
Project Closeout Agreement and Release of Claims for
G. B. Construction; and B) Authorized staff to file a
Notice of Completion with El Dorado County Clerk;
f. (See Consent Items Brought Forward);
g. (See Consent Items Brought Forward);
h. (See Consent Items Brought Forward);
i. (See Consent Items Brought Forward);
j. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes:
December 16, 1999;
k. Approved Regular Board Meeting Minutes:
January 6, 2000;
I. Approved Special Board Meeting Minutes:
January 10, 2000.
CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
(Note: This Public Meeting was noticed in the Tahoe
Daily Tribune on January 13, 2000.)
PUBLIC MEETING: RISK MANAGE-
MENT
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Ross Johnson reported in order to comply with the
Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuel
Regulatory Relief Act (PL 106-40), the District must hold
a public meeting to "describe and discuss the local
implications of the District's Risk Management Plan."
Using an overhead slide presentation, Johnson presented
a summary of worst-case chlorine related disasters, and
an off-site consequence analysis.
Moved Gochnauer/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously
to authorize certification of public meeting held to FBI
and EPA.
PUBLIC MEETING: RISK MANAGE-
MENT PLAN
(continued)
General Manager, Bob Baer, reviewed the status of the
project. All Board member comments regarding the pro-
posed Special Use Permit were received. Ed Gee, U.S.
Forest Service, said the appraisal process should be
based on the guidelines contained in a letter dated
November 18, 1999, from the USFS Washington D.C.
office. The process still includes references to royalties
for water pumped from the well site, which Board members
and staff strongly disagree with. After considerable dis-
cussion over the terms and conditions of the Special Use
Permit, and the appraisal process, Board members ex-
pressed reluctance to continue with the project until a
Special Use Permit is secured.
No Board action.
President Strohm stated the District is doing everything
possible, in a timely manner, to facilitate the appraisal
process in order to get the well on-line by this summer.
Moved Jones/Second Wallace/Passed Unanimously to
table consideration of this item to the next Regular Board
Meeting.
Moved Wallace/Second Gochnauer/Passed Unanimously
to approve payment in the amount of $727,469.92.
U.S. FOREST SERVICE SPECIAL USE
PERMIT FOR GARDNER MOUNTAIN
WELL
GARDNER MOUNTAIN WELL PUMP
AND CONTROL BUILDING
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
CONSENT ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION / BOARD ACTION
Director Gochnauer received clarification regarding back-
fill testing requirements.
2000 MATERIALS TESTING AND
INSPECTION
(Consent Item f.)
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Moved Gochnauer/Second Jones/Passed Unanimously
to approve AGRA Earth & Environmental, Inc. proposal
to provide inspection and material inspection for the
2000 construction season in an amount not to exceed
$100,000.
(Consent Items g. and h. were combined for the purpose
of this discussion and vote.)
Director Mosbacher inquired how the project would be
impacted in the event designated birds are found.
Richard Solbrig responded a portion of the project would
be completed after the reproductive cycle of the birds are
complete.
Moved Mosbacher/Second Gochnauer/Passed Unanimously
to: 1) Approve Task Order No. 25 for Parsons HBA to com-
plete Willow Flycatcher surveys in the amount of $4,200;
and 2) Approve Task Order No. 26 for Parsons HBA to
continue bird surveys and to complete a cultural resources
study in the total amount of $51,290.
Director Jones received clarification regarding the length
of the comment period. Dennis Cocking reported specific
language in the draft letter will be completed by the
February 4, 2000 deadline.
Moved Jones/Second Gochnauer/Passed Unanimously
to approve the draft letter in concept. Specific language
can be developed with no further Board action necessary.
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The
committee met January 17. Minutes of the meeting are
available upon request.
Federal Legislative Ad Hoc Committee: Director Wallace
reported he will go to Washington D. C., if needed, to ad-
dress the USFS Special Use Permit issue for the Gardner
Mountain Well. He will also provide testimony for the Lake
Tahoe Restoration Act, on behalf of the SLT Chamber of
Commerce.
Director Mosbacher reported on her attendance at the
Alpine County Agreements meeting, and the Meyer's
Roundtable Meeting. She also relayed details regarding
the underground storage tank proposed to be installed
during construction of the new CHP facilities in Meyers.
2000 MATERIALS TESTING AND
INSPECTION
(Consent Item f. continued)
B-Line PHASE II
(Consent Item g.)
B-LINE PHASE III
(Consent Item h.)
U.S. EPA RADON RULE
(Consent Item i.)
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
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Director Jones will attend the February 9 MTBE subcom- BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
mittee at ACWA. Strategies for legislation will be discussed. (continued)
General Manager: Bob Baer reported on two items:
1) Lahontan staff attended the Alpine County Areements
meeting on January 19 to discuss updating the ranchers
permits. Other meeting topics included: what happens to
water rights when ranchers add, sell, or subdivide a ranch;
and recycled water use in Nevada.
2) Lahontan Chief Executive Officer, Harold Singer, has
requested the Board waive two conditions of the Special
Discharge Permit for the Tahoe Tom's remediation site.
He requested the lessee be allowed to sign the permit
rather than the property owner. He also objected to the
indemnity clause protecting the District in the event of an
MTBE breakthrough into the sewer system. Mr. Singer's
request will be included for consideration at the February
3, 2000 regular Board meeting.
GENERAL MANAGER / STAFF
REPORTS
Baer reported he will draft a letter to Lahontan pointing out
that their cleanup requirements are inconsistent from site to
site. At one site, the cleanup level required was greater
than the secondary drinking water standard.
Assistant General Manager:. Richard Solbrig reported the
City of South Lake Tahoe's fire department division chief,
Mike Chandler, will appear before the Board at the next
Board meeting to share the fire department's perspective
regarding the route for the Gardner Mountain Transmission
pipeline. He will request that a short section of pipeline
(approximately 500') be added to the end of Roger Ave.,
for the purpose of eliminating two "dead-ends," to enhance
fire protection in that area.
3:35 P.M.
MEETING BREAK
3:45 P.M.
MEETING RESUMED AND
ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION
5:15 P.M.
RECONVENE TO REGULAR
SESSION
ACTION I REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION
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This item was not discussed.
No Board action.
Legal counsel updated the Board regarding this item.
No Board action.
The Board directed negotiators regarding this item.
No Board action.
Legal counsel updated the Board regarding these cases.
No Board action.
The Board directed the negotiator regarding this item.
No Board action.
5:30 P.M.
Pursuant to Section 54956.9(a) of
California Government Code/Con-
ference with Legal Counsel Existing
Litigation: Schwake v. STPUD,
Federal Case No. CV-N-93-851-DWH
Pursuant to Section 54956.9(a) of
California Government Code/Con-
ference with Legal Counsel: Existing
Litigation - STPUD v. ARCO, et al,
San Francisco County Superior
Court Case No. 999128
Pursuant to Section 54956.8 of
California Government Code/Confer-
ence re: Real Property Negotiations:
Negotiating Parties - District staff
(Bob Baer, Richard Solbrig, General
Counsel), District Board of Directors;
Under Negotiation - Property Terms
Property Identification:
APN 19-081-09
Pursuant to Section 54956.9(b) & (c)/
Conference with Legal Counsel re:
Pending Litigation (two cases)
Pursuant to Section 54957.6/Confer-
ence with Labor Negotiator
Agency Negotiator: Robert Baer
Unrepresented Employee Position:
Human Resources Director
ADJOURNMENT
Christopher H. Strohm, Board President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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