2004 04-01
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
II Basic Services for a Complex World"
Richaro S~lbri9,General Manayer
James R. Jones, President
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BOARD MEMBERS
Paul ~ci~o, Assistant Mana~
Eric W. Schafer, Vice President
Duane Wallace, ()i~ctor
Mary Lou Mosbacher, Director
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Tom Comte, Director
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
APRIL 1, 2004
MINUT~S
The Board of Diredors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, April 1,
2004,2:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 1900 lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe,
California.
BOARD OF QIRECTQRS:
President Jones, Diredors Wallace, Schafer, Comte,
Mosbacher.
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Solbrig, Sharp, McFarlane, Sciuto, Cocking, Zaninovich,
Bird, Attorney Kvistad.
Moved Comte I Second Mosbacher I Passe<;l Vnanimouslv CON~ENT CALENOAR
to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted:
a. Customer Service, Operations and laboratory
Facilities - Authorized staff to advertise for
construdion bids for sitework and for construdion
of the facilities;
b. Elks Club Well Control Building - Approved Change
Order No. 4 to White Rock Construdion, Inc., in the
amount of $3,486.12;
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c. Gardner Mountain Sewer Pump Station and
Cornelian Drive Water Booster Pump Station -
Approved Change Order No. 1 to K. G. Walters
Construction in the amount of $79,846.84;
d. Western Water Initiative Challenge Grant - Adopted
Resolution No. 2783-04 Applying for a Grant to Support
Water Conservation Efforts at Community Ballfields;
e. Replacement of Truck No.8 (1992 GMC Jimmy)-
Authorized purchase of a 2004 Dodge Ram four-wheel
drive, crew cab pickup truck through the California
Department of General Services competitively bid
contrad in an estimated amount of $21,000.
CONSENT CALENDAR
( continued)
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Dennis Cocking reported a Board Ad Hoc Committee
and a Stakeholder Advisory Group were developed
to review the existing ordinance and recommend
changes.
Moved Mosbacher I Second Comte I Passed Unanimouslv
to enact Ordinance No. 487-04, superseding Ordinance
No. 469-99 and 443, Amending Administrative Code
Sedion 3.4, Establishing Water Shortage and Drought
Response Standards.
Moved Schafer I Second Comte I Passed Unanimouslv
to approve payment in the amount of $1,306,216.36.
Finance Committee: The committee met March 25
regarding the certificates of participation for the
proposed sewer borrowing. Minutes of the meeting
are available upon request.
Water and Wastewater Ooerations Committee: The
committee met March 29. Minutes of the meeting are
available upon request.
Sewer Lateral Ad Hoc Committee: The committee
will meet to review the existing ordinance and to
recommend changes.
Director Mosbacher reported on her attendance at
the Distrid's public road closure meetings, and at
the California Tahoe Conservancy meeting.
WATER CONSERVATION
PROGRAM
PAYMf;NT OF CLAIMS
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEMBER AD HOC
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BOARD MEM~ER REPORTS
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES - APRIL 1, 2004
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MEt;:TING BREAK
ADJOURNED TO CLOSED
~ESSION
RECONVENED TO REGULAR
SESSION
ACTION 1 REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
Qirector Comte reported on his attendance at the
__ ACWA Legal Symposium. The Ortiz bill (SB 1272)
was a big topic of discussion.
General Manacer: Richard Solbrig updated the Board
on six items:
1) The B-line Phase 3 permitting process.
2) Sorenson's discharge request.
3) The grant funding bill Assemblyman Tim Leslie is
sponsoring on behalf of the District.
4) The Ortiz bill (SB 1272) regarding special distrid
reform.
5) CASA is sponsoring a day in Washington in June.
6) Lake Tahoe Community College is hosting a
violence reduction workshop on May 20.
Assistant Manaaer: Paul Sciuto reported on the Bakersfield
Well treatment system and associated costs (emergency
declared 1/2/04).
Distrid Information Officer: Dennis Cocking reported on
five items:
1) The Ortiz bill (SB 1272).
2) The Kehoe metering bill.
3) The property tax initiative.
4) A bill was gutted and revised to include the MTBE
safe harbor language for California.
5) The Leadership Group's frustration in providing
landscaping for the linear park.
3:35 - 3:40 P.M.
3:40 P.M.
4:25 P.M.
BOARD MEMt;JER REPORTS
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GENERAL MANAGER/STAFF
R(;PORTS
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(c)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation:
Pioneer Trail Waterline Replacement
Near Filter Plant
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No reportable Board action.
No reportable Board action.
~o reportable Board action.
No reportable Board action.
4:45 P.M.
ATTEST: ~~S~
Kathy Sha lerk of the ~rd
South Tahoe Public Utility Distrid
Pursuant to Government Code
Sedion 54956(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
STPUD vs. ARCO et. aI., San
Francisco County Superior Court
Case No. 999128
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
STPUD vs. 1442.92 Acres of Land in
Alpine County, California; et al.,
United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Ca., Sacramento
Division, Case No. CIV S-02-0238
MCEJFM
Pursuant to Government Code
Sedion 54956.9(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation
re: Meyers Landfill Site: United
States of America vs. EI Dorado
County and City of South Lake
Tahoe and Third Party Defendants,
Civil Adion No. S-01-1520 LKK
GGH, United States Distrid Court
for the Eastern District of Ca.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54957.6(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
STPUD vs. Lakeside Park Assoc., et
al., County of EI Dorado, Superior
Court Case No. SC20010165
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