HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-11-17 Min - Board REGULAR MEETING
November 17, 2004
In accordance with District Code Section 2.08.010, the TDPUD minutes are action only
minutes. All Board meetings are recorded on audio tapes which are preserved perpetually
and made available for listening to any interested party upon their request.
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District was called
to order at 7:02 PM in the TDPUD Board room by President Maass.
ROLL CALL: Directors Joe Aguera, Ron Hemig, James Maass, Patricia Sutton and Nelson
VanGundy were present.
EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Mary Chapman, Ed Taylor, Kathy Neus, Steve Hollabaugh, Joe Horvath,
Sanna Schlosser, Mark Thomas, Neil Kaufman, Peter Holzmeister and Barbara Cahill
CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Steve Gross and Glenn Merron
OTHERS PRESENT: Frank and Juanita Schneider, Charlie White, Bill Thomason, Paul Raymore,
Bill Quesnel, Philip Schacht, Pat McIntosh and 2 other members of the public.
PUBLIC INPUT
Director Hemig wanted to recognize the two outgoing directors Jim Maass and Nelson Van Gundy
for their significant contributions to the District. Juanita Schneider extended her gratitude for their
wonderful service. Peter Holzmeister reminisced about the many accomplishments, battles and
commitment of the two directors. He also thanked Jim for his 15 years of membership with the
NCPA. The general public confirmed this praise.
Rick McIntosh asked the board if it would consider holding a workshop to educate the community
about renewable energy. He would like to make a presentation and will work with Scott Terrell of the
District. The board agreed to agendize this item at an appropriate time in the future.
Philip Schacht stated he has a friend, Mr. Griswold, who is building an alternative energy home and
could prove to be good example of renewable energy.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Director Sutton asked to pull the consent calendar and place it under the action items.
ACTION ITEMS
APPROVAL OF A CLOSE OUT CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER AND RESOLUTION ACCEPTING
THE INSTALLATION OF SERVICES FOR THE NORTHSHORE OF DONNER LAKE PROJECT —
CONTRACT B
Director Hemig moved and Director Aguera seconded, a motion to authorize Contract Change Order
#3, in the amount of a $10,892.43 payment to Hansen Brothers Enterprises, bringing the revised
contract amount to $1,023,833.77; and adopt the resolution accepting the Installation of Services for
the North Shore of Donner Lake-Contract B project as complete and authorizing the filing of the
Notice of Completion.
ROLL CALL: Director Sutton, abstain (feels the board should have had all the information before
taking action); All other Directors, aye. SO MOVED.
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APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT CHANGE ORDER FOR THE NORTHSIDE TRANSMISSION
PIPELINE PROJECT
Director Hemig moved and Director Van Gundy seconded, a motion to authorize Contract Change
Order #3, in the amount of a $18,217.07 payment to Longo Incorporated, bringing the revised
contract amount to $714,877.07.
ROLL CALL: Director Sutton, abstain; All other Directors, aye. SO MOVED.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST MADE BY THE JUNIPER HILLS HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION
Director Aguera moved and Director Van Gundy seconded, a motion to authorize reimbursement to
the Juniper Hills Property Owners in the amount of $925.00 to cover repair of the roadway incurred
during the construction of the Strand Pump Station waterline.
ROLL CALL: All Directors, aye. SO MOVED.
CONSIDERATION OF GRANTING A SLOPE EASEMENT TO THE TOWN OF TRUCKEE
Director Van Gundy moved and Director Aguera seconded, a motion to approve the slope easement
request by the Town of Truckee (through Tom Grossman) over the District's property along Brock-
way Road (APN 19-450-14) for a fee of $14,363.50; and authorize the General Manager to prepare
the appropriate easement documents and come back to the board for final approval of all legal
documents and official action.
ROLL CALL: All Directors, aye. SO MOVED.
CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTING AUDITORS TO AUDIT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS OF THE
DISTRICT FOR 2004
Director Hemig moved and Director Van Gundy seconded, a motion to authorize the President of the
board, James A. Maass, to execute the engagement letter from KPMG, Suite 3800, 1300 South
West Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR. 97201, hiring them to perform the 2004 annual audit for a
proposed fee of $49,500. In addition, the Board requested the audit include a written Financial Re-
port on the Broadband /Telecommunications department.
ROLL CALL: All Directors, aye. SO MOVED.
WORKSHOP ITEMS
DISCUSSION OF THE GREENPOINT SPRINGS WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECT
Ed Taylor gave a presentation of the Greenpoint Springs Wetland Restoration project. Directors
asked several questions and then agreed that the project appeared to be worthy of further effort
By consensus the board instructed staff to continue to work on this project and bring it back to the
board for approval when it was ready for such action.
MONTHLY STAFF REPORTS
No action taken.
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CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 54956.9 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. NAME OF CASE: LORI
KELLEY V TDPUD
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. SIGNIFICANT
EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION 54965.9 OF THE
GOVERNMENT CODE: ONE CASE
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION
No reportable action.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:54 PM.
TRUCKEE DONN PUBLIC UT LITY DISTRICT
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Prepared by
Barbara Cahill, Deputy District Clerk
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