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RESOLUTION NO. 2721-01
A Resolution of the South Tahoe Public Utility District
Declaring an Emergency, Authorizing Contracts Without Bids,
Delegating Authority to Order Emergency Action and
Determining CEQA Exemption
Tallac Pump Station Force Main Repair
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors ofthe South Tahoe Public Utility District,
County of EI Dorado, State of California, as follows:
WHEREAS, the Tallac Pump Station Force Main carries raw sewage from the western
side of the District's service area, including Fallen Leaf Lake, USFS facilities, and Camp
Richardson, to the Tahoe Keys Pump Station; and
WHEREAS, the holding capacity of the Tallac Pump Station is approximately eight
12 hours; and
13 WHEREAS, bypass pipe lines between the Tallac Pump Station Force Main and the
14 St. Moritz Pump Station Collection system would provide continued safe delivery of the raw
15 sewage to the Tahoe Keys Pump Station; and
16 WHEREAS, all sewage within the District's service area shall be transported for
17 treatment to the District's WWTP prior to export from the Lake Tahoe Basin; and
18 WHEREAS, the District recently discovered a failed section of pipe on the Tallac Pump
19 Station Force Main; and
20 WHEREAS, substantial evidence has been provided tothe District which demonstrates
21 immediate action is necessary to prevent any spills of raw sewage from reaching soils, surface
22 water andlor groundwater; and
23 WHEREAS, any delay in not constructing the bypass pipe lines immediately poses a
24 substantial risk that a release of raw sewage could occur from the Tallac Pump Station Force
25 Main and cause contamination to soils, surface water andlor groundwater; and
26 WHEREAS, the District must enter in an agreements with contractors and vendors to
27 construct the bypass pipe lines; and
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WHEREAS, emergency projects are exempt from the requirements of the California
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1 Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA guidelines sections 15269 and 15369.
2 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, AS FOLLOWS:
3 1. The circumstances concerning the substantial risk for raw sewage contamination
4 of soils, surface water andlor groundwater which recently came to the attention
5 of the District constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the Public
6 Contract Code Sections 1102 and 22050 and Public Resources Code Section
7 20160.3.
8 2. The construction of bypass pipe lines constitutes an emergency project exempt
9 from the requirements of CEQA.
10 3. The emergency will not permit a delay resulting from a competitive solicitation
11 for bids.
12 4. Immediate actions directly related to the emergency, including construction of
13 the bypass pipe lines and related work, and actions to procure the necessary
14 equipment, services and supplies as necessary to respond to the emergency
15 shall be made without competitive bidding to let contracts.
16 5. The General Manager of the District is authorized and directed to order any
17 action necessary and appropriate to respond to the emergency.
18 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
19 WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution
20 was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Board of Directors of South Tahoe Public
21 Utility District at a regular meeting held on July 5; 2001, by the following vote:
22 AYES: Directors Schafer, Jones, Wallace, Strohm, Mosbacher
23 NOES: None
24 ABSENT: None
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Duane Wallace, President of the Board
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