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Home My WebLink About2003-06-04 Min - Board REGULAR MEETING June 4, 2003 In accordance with District Code Section 2.08.010, the TDPUD minutes are action only min- utes. 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 7:03 PM in the TDPUD Board room by President Van Gundy. ROLL CALL: Directors Joe Aguera, Ron Hemig, James Maass, Patricia Sutton and Nelson Van- Gundy were present. EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Jim Wilson, Ed Taylor, Steve Hollabaugh, Alan Harry, Kathy Neus, Mary Chapman, Neil Kaufman, Peter Holzmeister and Barbara Cahill CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Steve Gross, Keith Knibb, Rick Kaufman and Doug Hunter OTHERS PRESENT: Frank &Juanita Schneider, Mike Nethersdle and Jody Sweet PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input. PUBLIC HEARING —7:00 PM or as soon thereafter as possible A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING WRITTEN AND OR ORAL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S CONSID- ERATION OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRAND BOOSTER PUMP STATION AND GLENSHIRE PIPELINE PROJECT. Mr. Knibb of Sauers Engineering stated there had been no responses from agencies and the review period will be closed on June 16, 2003. Director Sutton pointed out "Strand" should be "The Strand" in the Name of Project. There was no public comment. SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEM DISCUSSION OF INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PROJECT UNIT 3 (IPP3) AND UAMPS PROJECTS BY DOUG HUNTER, GENERAL MANAGER UAMPS. Mr. Hunter presented the development status of the Intermountain Power Project Unit 3- a coal-fired generation unit. There was considerable interest on the part of the directors. The Board will discuss possible participation by the District in the near future. This was an information item. No formal ac- tion was taken 1 ACTION ITEMS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING PLANS SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND ISSUING A CALL FOR BIDS FOR THE GLENSHIRE PIPELINES-2003 PROJECT Director Van Gundy moved and Director Maass seconded, a motion to approve the plans and specifi- cations for the project and authorize staff to begin advertising for Bids with a Bid Opening Date of June 26, 2003. ROLL CALL: All Directors, aye. SO MOVED. BROADBAND BUSINESS PLANNING — CONSIDERATION OF EXTENDING THE CONTRACT WITH AGGREGATE NETWORKS Director Maass moved and Director Van Gundy seconded, a motion to authorize staff to execute an agreement to extend the contract with Aggregate Networks to September 10, 2003, not to exceed $40,000. ROLL CALL: Director Sutton, no (project moving along too quickly); All other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE NEVADA COUNTY GRAND JURY, POSSIBLE ACTION Director Van Gundy moved and Director Maass seconded, a motion to authorize the staff to respond to the Grand Jury addressing the accuracy of the information provided. ROLL CALL: All Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING THE ELECTRIC FUND PORTION OF THE BUDGET FOR 2003 Director Aguera moved and Director Van Gundy seconded, a motion to authorize the staff to amend the Electric Department Budget for 2003 as follows: Tree Trimming, add $60,000; Pole Clearing, add $15,000; Pole Testing, add $25,000; One Groundman position for half a year, add $31,000; and a transfer from the Electric Department Budget for Aerial Photography and 3-dimensional lidar data to Outage Management System, $30,000 (no increase in budget). ROLL CALL: All Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION DECLARING FOUR DISTRICT-OWNED PARCELS AS SURPLUS AND DIRECTING STAFF TO OFFER THEM FOR SALE OR LEASE TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Director Aguera moved and Director Van Gundy seconded, a motion to adopt the resolution declaring APN's 19-130-26, 19-139-27, 19-130-28 and 19-130-29 as surplus and authorize staff to offer item for sale or lease to the required public agencies. ROLL CALL: Director Sutton, no (should not declare property with the historic ice arenas surplus); All other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. 2 ROUTINE ITEMS CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 7, 2003 Director Van Gundy moved, and Director Maass seconded, that the Board approve the minutes of May 7, 2003, regular meeting after a change to the word "of' to "enough" in the closed session items on page 3. ROLL CALL: All Directors aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 21, 2003 Director Van Gundy moved, and Director Maass seconded, that the Board approve the minutes of April 16, 2003, regular meeting after the addition of Steve Gross to the consultants present. ROLL CALL: All Directors aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED. TREASURER'S REPORT Approval of the report: Director Maass moved, and Director Van Gundy seconded, that the Board approve the month ended April 30, 2003. ROLL CALL: All Directors aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED Approval of disbursements: Director Maass moved, and Director Van Gundy seconded, that the Board approve April 2003 disbursements report. ROLL CALL: Director Sutton, no; All other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERN- MENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (A), GRIEVANCE SUBMITTED BY IBEW LOCAL 1245 ON BE- HALF OF GEORGE CABALLERO CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERN- MENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (A), GRIEVANCE SUBMITTED BY IBEW LOCAL 1245 ON BE- HALF OF BOB SPRINGER AND STEVE RODEN RETURN TO OPEN SESSION No reportable action. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:13 PM. TRUCKEE DON R PUBLIC UTI TY DISTRICT C) J o emi , Presi 7, a� Prepared by / 0_u Barbara Cahill, geputy District Clerk bhc 1 3