2002 01-17SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
"Basic Services for a Complex World"
Robert G. Baer, General Mana er Richard Solbd , Assistant Mana er
Duane Wallace, President BOARD MEMBER James R. Jones, Vice President
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
JANUARY 17, 2002
MINUTES
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, January 17,
2002, 2:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, California.
BOARD QF DIRECTORS:
President Wallace, Directors Becket, Jones, Schafer,
Mosbacher
ROL~, CALL
STAFF:
Baer. Solbrig, Sharp, McFarlane, Bird, Metz, Henderson,
Rieger, Attorney Kvistad, Vic Sher/Miller, Sher & Sawyer
GUESTS: Larry Mace/Grant Thornton, LLP
Staff requested Consent Item b. and c. (water discon-
nections on APN 23-253-051 and APN 31-041-021 )
be removed, as the situation has been satisfactorily
resolved.
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
OR CONSENT CALENDAR . .
Moved Jones / Second Mosbacher / Passed Unanimously
to approve the Consent Calendar as amended:
CONSENT CALENDAR
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Authorized implementation of the two-week water dis-
connection procedures on APN 34-321-19 for failure
to perform annual backflow assembly(les) test;
b. Item removed;
CONSENT CALENDAR
(con't.)
Co
Item removed;
Gardner Mountain Site Work and Waterline Replace-
ment and Forest Mountain Site Work - (1) Approved
CIoseout Agreement and Release of Claims for C. B.
Ebright Company; and (2) Authorized staff to file a
Notice of Completion with El Dorado County Clerk;
Grant Application Authorization - Adopted Resolution
authorizing certain staff to execute all necessary
documents related to grant funding opportunities.
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
The El Dorado County Water Agency Act was recently
amended by S. B. 428 which restructured the Agency's
'~oard of Directors to allow two water purveyors to sit as
El Dorado County Water Agency Board Members. One
representative and an alternate, is to be chosen by and
among the west slope water purveyors, and one repre-
sentative and an alternate is to be chosen by and among
the east slope water purveyors. The Tahoe City Public
Utility District will support appointment of representatives
from STPUD as east slope representatives.
EL DORADO COUNTY WATER
AGENCY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PURVEYOR REPRESENTATIVES
Moved Jones / Second Schafer / Passed Unanimously
to appoint Director Wallace to serve a four-year term as
one of the purveyor representatives on the restructured
County Water Agency Board of Directors.
Moved Mosbacher / Second Schafer / Passed Unanimously
to appoint Director Becker to serve a four-year term as
the alternate to the purveyor representative.
Moved Mosbacher / Second Jones / Passed Unanimously
to adopt Resolution supporting the appointments.
Moved Jones / Second Schafer / Passed Unanimously
.o approve payment in the amount of $872,567.24.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
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Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The
.;ommittee met January 14. A tour of the Arrowhead
Well No. 3 project was included as part of the meeting.
Federal Legislative Committee: Directors Jones and
Schafer participated in a conference call with the
District's Washington D. C. representatives to plan
meetings for their upcoming trip to Washington.
Director Mosbacher reported on four items:
1) She reported on her attendance at Lahontan's Board
meeting where TMDLs were discussed;
2) She reported on her attendance at the Upper Truckee
River Watershed Focus Group meeting. They discussed
developing a citizen's monitoring committee and allowing
children to take water samples. They also brought up the
idea of involving the District's laboratory personnel to
ensure proper sampling methods are utilized.
(Note: In consideration of time constraints, the remainder
of Director Mosbacher's report is continued after Closed
'~ession.)
2:35 P.M.
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER AD HOC
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED
SESSION
ACTION I REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a)/Conference
with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation: STPUD vs. ARCO, et. al.,
San Francisco County Superior
Court Case No. 999128
4:00 P.M.
Director Mosbacher continued with her reports:
3) She did not attend the Alpine County Board of
Supervisors meeting due to bad weather, The
lew supervisor of the Planning Commission is
very environmentally active.
RECONVENE TO REGULAR
MEETING
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES -JANUARY 17~ 2002 PAGE -4
t) She reported on her attendance at the January 2
Meyers Roundtable Meeting. A presentation was given
by the State's hydrologist who stated the District's gravity
sewer line along Angora Creek must be leaking at its
joints. In fact, the pipeline is not leaking-- any movement
of water is due to high groundwater levels in the meadow.
She requested staff provide this clarification to the
hydrologist.
Director Schafer requested if any of the grants applied
for by the District's grant coordinator involve Alpine
County operations, staff should inform the Board ahead of
time.
Director Wallace reported Congressman Doolittle attended
a lunch meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on
December 31. Wallace used the opportunity to discuss
the fact that Region 9 (Lahontan) is still pushing hard
on TMDLs despite the fact that congress told them
to back off. They also discussed the wilderness
coalition's proposed "wilderness" area.
.~eneral Manager: Robert Baer reported on two items:
1) The self-assessment portion of the QualServe Program
has been completed. Rick Hydrick stated the peer review
will take place in April. He gave the Board an overview of
how the program works, what it entails, and how it will
identify areas for improvement and also validate areas
that the District excels in.
2) Baer and Hal Bird appeared before the Lahontan
Regional Water Quality Control Board at their recent Board
meeting. Lahontan is required by EPA and the State
Regional Water Quality Control Board to identify impaired
water bodies to include on the 303(d) list. The Board voted
to add the east and west forks of the Carson River to the
list. Staff is concerned because there was not sufficient data
and standards to support this action.
Assistant Manager / Engineer: Richard Solbrig reported
on two items:
1) Lahontan and the Corp of Engineers is considering
assigning TMDLs along the export pipeline path.
2) A grant application will be sent to the California
Energy Commission for peak load reduction at Luther
Pass Pump Station.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
(con't.)
GENERAL MANAGER / STAFF
REPORTS
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - JANUARY 17, 2002
PAGE
'~:35 P.M.
5:45 P.M.
ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED
SESSION
RECONVENE TO REGULAR
SESSION
ACTION I REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.8/Conference with
Real Property Negotiators -
Negotiating Parties: Board of
Directors, Robert BaerlGeneral
Manager. Under Negotiation:
Consideration of Property
Purchase; Property Identification:
APN 1-080-80, APN 1-080-81,
APN 1-080-82, APN 1-080-56,
APN 1-080-60, APN 1-200-01,
APN 1-200-10, APN 1-200-11
~o reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
F. Heise Land & Livestock Com-
pany vs. STPUD and Does 1
through 10 Inclusive; Alpine County
Supedor Court Case No. C18644
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
F. Heise Land & Livestock Com-
pany vs. STPUD and Does 1
through 10 Inclusive; Alpine County
Superior Court Case No.
18733
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(c)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Anticipated
Liti_~ation {one case)
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES -JANUARY 17~ 2002 PAGE -6
',1o reportable Board action.
5:45 P.M.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
STPUD vs. Lakeside Park Associa-
tion, et al, County of El Dorado,
Superior Court Case No.
SC20010165
ADJOURNMENT
D~an~Wallace, BoardP/esident
S~h Tahoe Public ~l~y District
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