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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-03-06 Min - Board - REGULAR MEETING March 6, 2002 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 perpetu- ally 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 7:07 PM in the TDPUD Board room by Vice-President Maass. ROLL CALL: Directors Joe Aguera, James Maass, Patricia Sutton and Ron Hemig were pre- sent; Nelson Van Gundy was absent. EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Barbara Cahill, Mary Chapman, Steve Hollabaugh, Peter Holzmeis- ter, Neil Kaufman, Kathy Neus and Ed Taylor. CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Attorneys Andy Morris and Steve Gross OTHERS PRESENT: George Blanz, Jon DeLee, Charlie White PUBLIC INPUT Charlie White, a Donner Lake homeowner, requested a schedule of construction. Mr. Holzmeis- ter said the TDPUD is reluctant to give out information too early and plans to post a tentative schedule in April 2002. Mr. Kauffman indicated the TDPUD has only one high priority area to date of West Street Avenue. Otherwise, a construction schedule will be coordinated with Southwest Gas, who is using the joint trench with TDPUD. CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM TONY BOUCHARD TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ELECTRIC SERVICE AT DONNER SUMMIT. Mr. Bouchard was not present. Director Maass does not think the PUD staff needs another pro- ject at this time and Mr. Bouchard should be written a letter stating the decision. Director Hemig was in agreement. Director Sutton felt Mr. Bouchard should be able to addresses the Board at a future meeting. PUBLIC HEARING The public hearing for the purpose of receiving written and/or oral comments from members of the public regarding the District's intent to adopt a negative declaration relating to construction of the Falcon Point Pump Station Project. Keith Nibb of Sauers Engineering faxed a summary of his findings. Mr. Taylor clarified the pump station only serves the upper development in Tahoe Donner, spe- cifically to Stockholm, Ski Slope and the upper mountain to the West. No action taken. DISCUSSION OF THE STATUS OF THE BROADBAND BUSINESS PLANNING PROCESS, POSSIBLE DIRECTION. Mr. Harry has been meeting with the Town of Truckee, vendors, Lake Tahoe On-line, software providers and Internet Service Providers. In late January, he visited one of East West Tech- nologies (World Wide Partners) HFC sites in Ephrata, Washington. He found the fiber base de- sign has improved and the price to connect a household to a broadband system has dropped below $1,500 per household, and may go as low as $800 to $1,000. Director Hemig asked Mr. Harry if he would need an extension to prepare formal contract documents to put construction of the system out to bid. Mr. Harry said it will only be a matter of weeks before he comes back to the Board with the date for a decision. He was ready to prepare the bid specifications for a hybrid fiber coax system. But due to the new findings of a better de- livery system that would save dollars and have better capabilities, Mr. Harry would like to put together a comparison of the two systems. Director Sutton wants to see a report and an estimate of cost for the design, before the Board authorizes the next move. No action taken. DISCUSSION OF THE DISTRICT'S SPECIFICATION FOR DISTRIBUTION WATER PIPE MATERIAL, POSSIBLE DIRECTION. .� Mr. Kauffman said the District will install 40,000 to 45,000 feet of pipe this year. He wants the District to consider using PVC pipe in certain situations and asked two industry representatives to speak. Bob Walker of UniBell spoke about PVC pipe and its positive attributes of being easier to han- dle, quicker to install, lower maintenance and inexpensive. Harry Niles of Ductile Iron Pipe dis- cussed this products strength, performance, pressure reliability and life. Director Maass requested a proposal be placed on a future agenda. He wants additional infor- mation about local agencies who use both PVC and ductile iron pipe. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A DEED RESTRICTION ON THE SITE OF THE RED MOUNTAIN WATER STORAGE TANK AND PUMP STATION Item postponed and will be place on future agenda. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES RELATED TO WATER SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Director Hemig moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that the Board approve a Request for Proposals for geotechnical services. ROLL CALL: Van Gundy absent; all other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF RESTRUCTURING THE POWER PURCHASE CONTRACT Item postponed and will be place on future agenda. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION DISPENSING WITH COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A NEW METER READING SYSTEM Director Hemig moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that the Board approve a Resolution dispensing with competitive bidding and authorizing the purchase of a new meter reading system. ROLL CALL: Van Gundy absent; all other Directors, aye. TREASURER'S REPORT Approval of the monthly report Director Hemig moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that the Board approve the Treasurer's report. ROLL CALL: Van Gundy, absent; all other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. Approval of disbursements Director Aguera moved, and Director Hemig seconded, that the Board approve the disburse- ments. ROLL CALL: Van Gundy, absent; Sutton, no; all other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (a), TWO CASES: TDPUD VS. USA MEDIA AND USA MEDIA VS. TDPUD Item postponed and will be place on future agenda. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-POTENTIAL LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (c), ONE CASE Item postponed and will be place on future agenda. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM TR EE ONN PU IC UTILITY DISTRICT Nelson Van Gundy, Presi nt Prepared by er�C(,�.�C,,"'l C 6 Q Barbara Cahpl, Executive Secretary