2004 06-03
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
II Basic Services for a Complex World"
RiChard SOlbn~,General. Mana~er
James R. Jones, President
BOARD MEMBERS
. ~aul Sdut~, Assistant Manayer
Enc W. Schafer, Vice President
DlJane Wall~ce, [>irector
Mary Lou Mosbacher, Director
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Tom Comte, [)irector
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
JUNE 3, 2004
MINUTES
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District met in a regular session, June 3,
2004,2:00 P.M., City Council Chambers, 1900 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe,
California.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Vice President Schafer, Directors Wallace, Comte,
Mosbacher. President Jones was excused for
District business.
ROLL CALL
STAFF:
Solbrig, Sharp, McFarlane, Sciuto, Bird, Cocking,
Swain, Hoggatt, R. Johnson, Attorney Kvistad.
Staff requested Consent Item a. (TRP A Air Quality
Monitoring Station at the Glenwood Well Site) be
removed. It will be placed on a future agenda for
consideration.
CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
OR CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved Mosbacher I Second Comte I Jones Excused I
Passed to approve the Consent Calendar as amended:
CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Consent Item Removed;
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b. Martin Avenue Well Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) -
Authorized contracting directly with Paulsson
Geophysical Services, Inc., to provide an eight
level 3-component VSP receiver system for the
Martin Avenue Well VSP survey in an estimated
amount of $25,000;
CONSENT CALENDAR
( continued)
c. Annual Software Support Costs for Utility Billing
Software - Approved payment to Springbrook
Software, Inc., for software support in the
amount of $15,104.10;
d. Sewer Enterprise 2004-05 Appropriations Subject
to Limitation - Adopted Resolution No. 2789-04
setting the limitation on appropriations for Fiscal
Year 2004-05, Superseding Resolution No.
2761-03.
ITEMS FOR BOARD ACTION
Jim Hoggatt reported three bids for this project were
received at the June 2 bid opening.
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
FACILITY
Moved Comte I Second Mosbacher I Jones Excused I
Passed to award bid to the lowest responsive,
responsible bidder, K. G. Walters Construction Co.,
in the amount of $1 ,185,611.00.
Moved Wallace I Second Comte I Jones Excused I
Passed to approve payment in the amount of
$1,656,767.34.
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
Water and Wastewater Operations Committee: The
committee met June 1. Minutes of the meeting are
available upon request.
BOARD MEMBER STANDING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Finance Committee: The committee met June 3 to
develop the charter that will be written for the com-
mittee to ensure audit compliance.
Director Mosbacher reported on three items: BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
1) She complimented Dennis Cocking for
the water conservation advertisement that appeared in
an insert to the Tahoe Tribune.
2) She stated she did not like the ad the District sponsored
_ about not feeding birds due to the brown headed cow bird.
Staff explained that was a mitigation measure required by
the B-Line Phase 3 project.
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3) The District was presented a plaque from the
Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled
in appreciation of the surplus property (computers)
the District donated.
Director Comte reported on an article about water
metering requirements he saw in the Sacramento Bee.
Director Wallace reported the agency will tour west
slope agricultural areas on June 4. The agency is
also busy with the SMUD relicensing issue.
General Manaaer: Richard Sol brig updated the Board
on two items:
1) B-Iine Phase 3 - The contractor is installing the pipe
in the highway. A much larger trench was needed due
to the large boulders encountered while blasting, which
required the pipe be installed from the other lane of traffic,
necessitating % hour periods of total road closure. The
pipe should be installed by July 1.
2) Sorensen's Discharge Request - Staff submitted
comments to Lahontan on their draft waste discharge
requirements.
Assistant Manaaer: Paul Sciuto reported on the Bakersfield
Well treatment system and associated costs (emergency
declared 01/02/04) - The treatment units are in place.
The June 15 startup date will not be met due to a sliight
delay related to the electrical equipment. It should be
on-line by June 21. The Bakersfield Well tested non-
detect for MTBE.
Chief Financial Officer: Rhonda McFarlane reported
the preliminary field work for the annual audit is
underway.
District Information Officer: Dennis Cocking gave
legislative updates on: proposed property tax shift,
Ortiz bill re: special district reform, language in
AB 1286 pertaining to utility relocation funding, and
water metering legislation.
2:58 - 3:00 P.M.
3:00 P.M.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
( continued)
EL DORADO COUNTY WATER
AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE
REPORT
GENERAL MANAGER/STAFF
REPORTS
MEETING BREAK
ADJOURNED TO CLOSED
SESSION
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4:05 P.M.
RECONVENED TO REGULAR
SESSION
ACTION I REPORT ON ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING CLOSED SESSION
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(c)/Local Agencies:
Security Information
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
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
STPUD vs. ARCO et. aI., San
Francisco County Superior Court
Case No. 999128
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a)/Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation:
STPUD vs. 1442.92 Acres of Land
in Alpine County, California; et aI.,
United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Ca., Sacramento
Division, Case No. CIV S-02-0238
MCEJFM
No reportable Board action.
Pursuant to Government Code
Section 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 Action No. S-01-1520 LKK
GGH, United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Ca.
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