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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-06-18 Min - Board • REGULAR MEETING June 18, 1997 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 pgmetua 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 T 11 PM in the TDPUD Board Room by President Hemig. ROLL CALL: Directors Aguera, Jones, Maass and Hemig were present; Director Sutton was absent but expected. EMPLOYEES PRESENT.- Mary Chapman, Susan Craig, Steve Hollabaugh, Peter Holzmeister and Bob Quinn. CONSULTANTS PRESENT:Attorneys Christina Bark, Engineering Consultant Keith Sauers. OTHERS PRESENT: Phil Schacht, Don Wendin and Tom Green. PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input at this time. • CONSIDERATION OF CONTINUING THE EMERGENCYACTION RELATING TO REPAIR OF THE TAHOE DONNER SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER At the last meeting, the Board adopted a resolution dispensing with bidding to repair a transformer at the Tahoe Donner substation. California Government Code allows the dispensation of bidding in emergency situations, but requires the District, at each subsequent meeting until the emergency is terminated, to review the action declaring the emergency and determining that the action must be continued. Director Maass moved, and Director Jones seconded, that the Board determine that there is a need to continue the emergency action taken at the June 4, 1997 meeting relating to repair of the Tahoe Donner substation transformer. ROLL CALL: Sutton, absent; all other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF ENTERING INTO A WHOLESALE POWER SALES CONTRACT CONTINGENT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND ANY OTHER ACTION FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTRACT The Manager and Electrical Engineer reviewed the agreement for the sale and purchase of firm capacity and energy between Idaho Power Company and the District and graphs illustrating savings the District will realize as a result of signing the contract. Sierra Pacific has not yet agreed to provide the transmission services required to bring power to the District; however, the District must have a signed agreement in hand in order to go before FERC. Counsel McDiarmid's staff has advised that by showing a magnitude of damage, the District should be able to recover the difference in SPPCo and Idaho Power cost. 6118197 Page 1 Director Maass moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that the Board amend the agenda to include discussion with legal counsel in closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9, potential litigation, TDPUD versus Sierra Pacific before the FERC. it was noted that the need for this item arose subsequent to when the agenda was posted. Director Sutton disqualified herself from voting stating that it was her understanding that the Board would be considering a power offer, not strategy and the possible threat of litigation by Sierra Pacific. ROLL CALL: all Directors, aye, with the exception of Director Sutton who abstained. CLOSED SESSION The Board adjourned to closed session at approximately 7:20 PM. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION The Board returned to public session at 8:28 PM. Director Maass moved to adopt the contract between Idaho Power and TDPUD and authorized the President to sign such agreement excluding the reference to contingency and subject to review and affirmation that everything is in order by Counsel McDiarmid. The motion was seconded by Director Aguera. Director Sutton disqualified herself from voting since she felt the vote would impact Sierra Pacific. ROLL CALL: all Directors, aye, with the exception of Director Sutton abstained. SO MOVED. PUBLIC INPUT • Dan Wendin of the west end of Donner Lake stated that he thought the PUD should investigate serving water to Donner Lake water customers before money is spent unnecessarily by Del Oro Water Company for building a treatment plant. The Manager indicated he would call the owner to see if the company is willing to consider other options. WORKSHOP ITEMS Discussion of issues relating to the unbundling of the District's retail electric bill and the potential opening of the District's service area to retail energy competition General Manager Peter Holzmeister made a presentation to the Board. He described the meaning of the term "unbundling," the level of unbundling that is likely to occur and the difficulty in moving quickly into an unbundled billing system. The main problem is that the billing and accounting system to handle unbundling does not yet exist. It is being created and will cost approximately one million dollars to purchase. This will require several smaller agencies to enter into joint action to implement. Until the billing system and joint action arrangements are established, the District is moving slowly. This, in turn, means that opening of our service area to retail competition must move forward slowly. Discussion of issues relating to a possible policy authorizing and regulating the installation of wireless communications facilities on District property . The General Manager presented to the Board a draft policy which would, if adopted by the Board, allow for the installation of wireless communications facilities on District property. After a brief discussion regarding policy issues, Directors expressed the opinion that the District is spending too 6/18/97 Page 2 much time on what is a fairly low level matter, that the Manager should place the draft policy on the next agenda for consideration by the Board and that after the policy is adopted, District staff should administer future requests of this kind. Discussion of the MAPF sponsored initiative to amend the Town of Truckee's land use plan Board President Ron Hemig described his interest in having a discussion regarding the MAPF initiative. He expressed concern over the consequences in the community of having land use planning by initiative. Community Development Director Tony Lashbrook made a presentation regarding the exact process and content of the initiative. Directors expressed the opinion that the TDPLID could not take a stand regarding the initiative, but Directors, as individuals, could become actively involved in the issue. Ron Hemig disclosed that he is participating in a group that opposes the passage of the initiative and he is doing so as an individual, not as a Director of this District. Discussion of monthly staff reports The staff reports were briefly reviewed by the Directors. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned by consensus. TRUCKEE DONN PUBLIC TI ITY DISTRICT i 5 J. Rio ig, President Susan M. Craig, Deputy District Clerk smc 6/18/97 Page 3