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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board of Diremors Joseph C Aguera JJohntm. Corbett Business Office; Engineering Services Richard K.Curran (916) 587-3596 (916) 587-3944 FAX (916) 587-5056 Jaynes A. Maass Patr€cia 5.Sutton REGULAR MEETING General Manager ]:QQ P.m. , MONDAY, 10/21/91 Peter L Holzmeiste; TDPUD BOARD ROOM A G E N D A 1. Call to order 2 . Roll call 3 . Public input (7 :25 PM or as soon thereafter as possible) UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 4 . Tahoe Donner Pipeline Replacement Project: a) Status report b) Consideration of approving a request from SEA for an increase in their engineering services budget c) Consideration of approving progress payments and invoices 5. Consideration and possible approval of a proposal from R. W. Beck to perform electric system planning and engineering 6. Consideration of approval of Contract Change Order No. 1 for the Armstrong High Pressure Project 7. Consideration of a report from bond counsel regarding the effect of arbitrage rule on District's requisition funds 8 . Consideration of a report from the Distract auditor regarding transfers from the acquisition fund to the general fund 9 . Consideration of a report from the General Manager concerning the use of District restricted funds 10. Consideration of a report from the General Manager regarding the use of the restricted funds known as the building fund 11. Consideration and possible approval of compensation adjustment for Executive Secretary ROUTINE BUSINESS 12 . Correspondence 13 . Bills for approval 14. Staff report CLOSED SESSION RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION ADJOURNMENT NOTE - The complete packet of material relating to the agenda is available for review at the PUD office and at the Truckee library. Past office Box 309 0 11570 Donner Pass Road Truckee, California 96160 C E R T I F I C A T I © N I hereby certify that the foregoing agenda has been posted in the District office and Government Center, provided to the U. S. Post office and%County Library for posting, and mailed to the Directors and interested ,partieson October 17, 1991. Susan M. Craig, Deputy D,' trict Clerk TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT BILLS FOR BOARD APPROVAL - OCTOBER 21, 1991 TOTAL ELECTRIC WATER DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G E INDUSTRY SALES & SERVICES 12,114.50 12,144.50 ENGINE RING SLRVICES TO LOAD AND TRANSPORT SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER. 50% COMPLETE. HYDRO-SEARCH, INC. 1,535.88 1,535.88 CONSULTING SERVICES. SAUERS ENGINEERING, INC. 10,300.00 10,300.00 ENGINEERING SERVICES AS FOLLOWS: TD PUMPSTATIONS - NORTHWOODS ( 1200.00) TD PUMPSTATIONS - HERRINGBONE (S00.00) PROP 55 PRE-DWR AGREEMENT (650.00) FACILITIES FEES (390.00) I-IYDROLOG`C STUDY (75.00) TAHOE DONNER SNOWMAKING (80.00) GRIDER (130.00) CHEVRON (60.00) STONLWOOD CONDOS (175.00) NEV. CO. JOSEPH CEN ANNLX ( 140,00) PROSSER WOODS (350.00) TAHOE I'OREST HOSPITAL EXPAN. (760.00) 'T'LLEMETRY REQ. FOR PROP. (950.00) ICENDELL (190.00) NORTIISIDL BLDG DEMOL. (130.00) MISC RIQSTS AFTER ANDY (115.00) OLYMPIC HEIGIITS PIPELINE: ( 1620.00) HWY" 267 RIVER CROSSING (10.00) ARMSTRONG BOOSTER PIPE (1265.00) GATEWAY TANK DESIGN LNGR (105.00) PROP 55 PRELIM ENGR (425.00) DONNER TRAILS TANK V 2 (135.00) E. RIVER ST (355.00) HORN PROJECT (190.00) . ------------------------------------ 23,980.38 12,144.50 11,835.88 4 TD P U D STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM No. October 16, 1991 TO: Board of Directors - r FROM; Peter L. Holxmeister, General Manager SUBJECT: staff Report 1. CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT POWER ALLOCATION The Central Valley Project is a system of federal water improvements in central California that include electric generation facilities. The electricity generated at CVP facilities are . marketed to public utilities by a federal government agency called the Western Area Power Agency. It is referred to as WAPA or "Western. " Truckee Donner PUD has been offered 1.9 megawatts of CVP power by Western. The offer was made approximately ten years ago. We have been unable to make use of that power because PG&E and SPPCo have not entered into agreements with us and Western to wheel the power to us. Western is now going through the process of remarketing CVP power- We are in danger of losing our allocation. Western has been criticized for reserving power for us then others can be making use of it. I have been working with NCPA and R. W. Beck to try to preserve our allocation. Enclosed is a letter I sent to David Coleman, Area Manager for Western. Also enclosed is a draft agreement between our District and NCPA. Our plan is to have our Western allocation dispatched to NCPA, have NCPA dispatch it through PG&E to Donner summit, and then have SPPCo deliver it to us. With the new agreement between NCPA and PG&E, some of the transmission barriers may be disappearing. 2 . WATER QUALITY REPORT Attached is a water quality report for the month of September 1991 . Please look at the narrative relating to Southside Well . The well itself showed the presence of non--fecal coliform. The water is chlorinated, so our customers were protected. Dave, Keith Sauers and I are working with John Sharp and Jess Morehouse on a plan for upgrading certain of our water sources . The Board will be hearing from staff soon in this regard. 3 . WATER TELEMETRY SYSTEM our current water system telemetry is no longer current technology. It is a combination of three distinct systems that have been patched together and, under the very able control, of Sandel/Avery, has served us well for many years. However, our system needs are changing and new technologies offer so many advantages that it would be of great benefit to modernize our system. The new telemetry systems go by the acronym "SCADA, " standing for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. We planned for our Certificates of Participation financing to install a SCADA system, so we have the money right now to proceed. Keith Sauers has helped us by putting out a request for proposals to engineering firms who have a specialty in designing SCADA systems. We now have proposals from seven consultants offering to help us design a SCADA system to put out to bid. The seven consultants are: 1. R. W. Beck, Seattle 2 . CH2M Hill, Reno 3 . Progressive Networks, Inc. , Sacramento 4. Boyle Engineering Corporation, Sacramento 5. Team in Electrical Engineering and Management, Sacramento 6. Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Sacramento 7 . Western Engineering, Inc. , San Jose At this point, I would welcome some guidance from the Board regarding selection. Keith, Dave and I would be happy to go through the selection process and make a recommendation to the Board. If the Board would like to be involved, we are happy to proceed in that manner. The proposals we have to date are simply statements of qualifications. We would need to negotiate a fee and select one among the seven to work with. 4. NATURAL GAS Attached are six notes I received regarding natural gas. In addition, there have been three phone calls relating to the matter. We are beginning to hear a consistent message regarding the community's interest in natural gas. �. X MQRANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING The union membership has ratified the MOU. PLH/smc Attachments r r "r c ee Donner Public [utility Distric Joseph R.Aguera John L. Cornett Business Cifice Engineering Services Richard K. C=irran (916) 587-3896 (916) 587-3944 FAX (9 i 6) 587-5056 James A. Maass Patricia S. Sutton General PJanscer Peter L. Hj2meister October 16, 1991 David G. Coleman, Area Manager Sacramento Area Office U. S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration 1825 Bell Street, Suite 105 Sacramento, CA 95825-1097 Subject: Comments on the Prc osed 1b94 Power ?ar. eti�: P an Dear Mr. Coleman: We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Western Area Power Administration' s Proposed 1994 Power Marketing Plan. As you are aware, the Truckee Donner PUD would not be able to retain its present 2-Y5W allocation under the proposed eligibility criteria. We recognize that Western is under some pressure to allocate power under the Marketing Plan to only those entities which can immediately utilize it. However, we believe that given the effort which Truckee, Western and others have expended to date to utilize the present allocation, and the probability of a successful conclusion, that to, at this point, declare Truckee Donner ineligible for further allocation would be a grass injustice. At the time of the allocation, Truckee Donner was purchasing its power supply from Sierra Pacific under an all-requirements contract. Early negotiations, primarily by Western personnel , resulted in an agreement. with PG&E for interruptible energy deliveries in the amount of the allocation with the requirement that Sierra Pacific provide the services required to make that energy usable in the Truckee load. The necessary arrangements %ith Sierra Pacific to provide those services were never completed. Since 1986, Truckee has been forcefully pursuing access to its Western allocation and to other resources west of the Sierra Pacific service territory. It has been hampered in those efforts by events over which it had no control . A brief description of those events follows: Post office Box 309 11570 Donner Pass Road • Truckee, California 96160 December 1986 - Truckee notified Sierra Pacific of its desire to cancel its all-requirements contract and commence negotiations for a partial requirements contract. May 1987 -- Truckee and Sierra Pacific commence intense negotiations. During those negotiations, it became apparent that the economic use by Truckee of any resource from the PG&E service territory was dependent upon the availability of firm transmission on the PG&E system above the amount reserved for Sierra Pacific under its Interconnection Agreement with PG&E. Early 1988 - NCPA and Truckee authorize PG&E to make transmission studies at their expense to determine the farm capacity available to the Summit and the facilities required, if any, to provide firm capacity to NCPA/Truckee. ' August 1988 - PG&E provides first draft of system study for comment. " June 1989 -- PG&E notifies Sierra Pacific that if it wishes to maintain the Interconnection Agree�m.ent firm capacity, PG&E system upgrades will be required. Late 1989 -- Thousand Springs generating plant located in Nevada begins to attract utility interest. Transmission planning for Trans--Sierra facilities shift to the proposed generating plant. Early 1991 - Decision is made to not go forward with the Thousand Springs project at this time. To date -- Further PG&E transmission studies for NCPA/Truckee were held in abeyance pending a decision by sierra Pacific of the amount of Interconnection Agreement firm capacity it wishes to retain and, therefore, the PG&E system upgrades required for that. From a loading standpoint, the NCPA/Truckee firm capacity is studied as being above that required from Sierra Pacific. Today - We understand Sierra Pacific has confirmed with PG&E the capacity it requires. NCPA transmission planners expect to meet with PG&E within two weeks to again study the summit transmission requirements. Certain recent system modifications not included in the 1988 studies may require study modification. As can be seen from the above, Truckee has been prevented from taking the necessary action to utilize its allocation by circumstances beyond its control . it is apparent that Truckee may be unable to meet the January 1992 requirement to be ready, willing and able to accept the allocation. However, given the present situation, Truckee believes that by January 1993 it can, at the least, present to Western a firm plan to take delivery of the allocation and requests that the eligibility criteria of the Marketing Plan be modified to allow that. The second part of the eligibility criteria requires being in the PG&E service area. The March 11, 1982 letter to Dave Coleman from PG&E ' s E. B. Langley, Jr. specifically provides that it will provide wheeling of the Western allocation to Truckee. We are not aware of any change in that position. Therefore, Truckee requests the application of that part of the eligibility criteria be waived. These same transmission restraints have prevented Truckee from taking delivery of the stampede power. As the new arrangements between Truckee and Sierra Pacific Power become formalized and result in delivery of CVP power to Truckee, it should be easier for Western to market stampede power to Truckee at more favorable rates than the present marketing arrangement between Western and Sierra Pacific. With the benefit Truckee receives from CVP poser it is easier for us to pay a higher rate for Stampede power than Sierra Pacific is currently paying. Our two agencies have devoted considerable time toward resolving the CVP allocation and the marketing of Stampede power. We should not give up on them now. As further evidence of our efforts to obtain the allocation, enclosed for your information is a copy of a scheduling and transmission agreement which is ready for signature between rCPA and Truckee, if these services are required. In view of the above circumstances, Truckee requests that it not be excluded from the Marketing Plan and that it retain its present allocation. we would be pleased to discuss this further if you desire. Very truly yours, Peter L. Holzmeistex General Manager . PLH/smc OCT SCHEDULING AGREEMENT I . PARTIES Fait-,'es to ihn's A gn-,,tm nt the Noi-L c-7n F ewer f n,c: y, a C iirorrjia hint povycrs age:-icy en;aged i_n generat?n t :}- p for the be:)-eEt of it-s 'bcrS, and zhe Tnucke-c-Donner ,-blic UTI'lizy DSirici JDPUD), 2. RECITALS This A��cc went is made wiVh refer,-Incur To ?I1e `at is, among o huts: TDFUD is a m-ember of N-CPA and d sir S to hay e NCFA icndex certaffi ser-y-iccs, as described Ln this Agreerent. XCPA operates in the PG&E contrcl area wUa TDPUD is cur,-ently coni:ected to the Sierra Pac6.Ec control area. NC.PA and PG&E haves an Interconnection Agreement (TA) A,L,�cli prop-:des for, &-aong other thfigs, tiCFA to dispatch and schedule resources Ln the FG&'.E control area, Zi3d also pro-yides for ovrtuLn fSLriS7iis$10n Sep Y czs. TDFUD currently has a 1.965 M2 W a'oca bbcn of el-cmc power L-om t_he Wtstem Area Power Al dmi-3stratic i (Western) and desires to hav,e'\'CPA schedu11 a_r d deliver such eIe;.trio power to tho Sierra PaciEc control area. nhe Pa_zties here-by agree as fellows: 3. TERM ibis Agreement will become effective upon extcution by both Parses. Eitber paxty may tenuinatw this Agreement on one-yeas V,:":Tte..j notice to the ether Party. 4. COST TDPLD shall pay aA direr costs relar d to scr cos pro,�ded by-CP A -mder 7211-s Agreen;er�t. Also, TDPLTD Shall pay m apprG m; to am. t of*5 0 0 wor TDPUD per?Cp2t1C?l n t'E l`CP i W;It ri� , as deLe'r- in,6d by ih I CPA a;Iri;4fii i�i. 5. SrRVIG S RENDERED TDx UD shaU ak.%— they r-Westtrn aL7ocatlon cf%-Ie�-L1:C t ,e'er avLalbI�to -CPA.for sched ulir,cr puxpos�.s art a poii,t of rec- pt acctiptable 0 CPA up.dcr tre TDPLT� sh0 mzke a11 :ecessary a=ranger�enrs w.h WeStem ar_d PG&E to aLow Westeem `o �al~e such e.Ir�c�c po�.e.r ava.lable tc�L:FA.. TCPA steal m&k1- the apprGpriatt; art.z:-,Qements under tlif-- IA to pro-y de-.,N CP,A the m Fhe poet Ct dc�I'vP,Try a t In SLlmairi c erul to 0n. Sa''cct to the alb,ovc-,N,Cx A steal sc;,e le suc o,ver`roles Il'_--p LT',t CI receipt to the point of delivery. Tine said point of deEve s the pert of ? terccr�r:ecran benveG-n the FG&E annd Sic—a PLc,...is con l area. SchedtIes are:he amounts of power in+cT:ded to be dcl;ered bem e.:,n ixo pa_ es during a par cu?ar schedt:lin�pe od. D-livenes shall.be deLMed to be Made dur�ng the hours and ifn the w ount.s as scheduled,pro,rded that if sch;dined deliveries axe inferrup.ed as a result of an unccnF o sable farce, schedules of such, electric power shy be reduced to ref`ect the actu i amoulms delivered. Deliveries under thl's Agre.e.Ment ar,=,su?biect to the availability of nansji ssion Ln the PG&E control area and subject to S z a-Facifc Poker Co. and PG&E accepting schedules undo+,',?s Agreement. 6. ADDITIONAL. SERVICES AeditionLal services,such as firming, shninc,, and providing reswrves can be provided by I-CPA.under sepa:Ge agreemert P. 7. LIAE]LITY F,XGe t for any loss, da-mage, cI:��?, COSt,Charge,or eXPenESO rtSuit:in'9=E OM"�'L!iul acno'?,neither P�' its o" W.CiorS, C='Gers Or e"Iapoyees C.F a t,-hable to ".ht,- other Party for any GL-.-Ct,indireect or COrisGqut tial loss o uama Claim, CwSty Charge, Or e,xptnse oT any kind or inavore incurred by to other Party(Whether or not zesulrLnq -o-a the ne .lioEriCC oT a.Party, .LS d1r:CtoSy, OfflC�ISr e?C�'lG}eCS, or e�"2y pei�on or e,nti y vvhcse would be,innputed to such P-any) resw ing �om the erTOI`T anc_- or n 0%ne-r tC.,L _?'ncc of:: : obi gat ons of a Panty vmdi ,L i'LI'.s Agreemer ; and Each Paiiy?tleaceS the of �z kFarzy,1ts o1IeCTLl-w, Df'�1. ccrs saki er? lQ�'treS ('� ' s-i Ch 1abihty 7. SIGNATURE CLAUSE N�'chael W. _McDonald _ Date Gene£aj Nfanag:r, i CPA Peter HoL—neister Date: General-Manager,Truekee-Donner YUD RLL'nd 10/16191 Truckee one lip Utility District Post Office Box 309 • 11570 Donner Fuss Rd. e Truckee, California 95734 Customer Service (916) 587-3896 Engineering Department (916) 587-3944 MEMORANDUM REO OCT I _ 199 October 10, 1991 To: Peter L. Holzmeister, General Manager From: Maria Chavez-Martinez, Engineering Services Subject: Monthly Bacteriological Report - September 1991 Attached is the "Summary of Bacteriological Water Quality" report for the month of September, 1991. As you can see, the report shows that all of the 34 samples taken within the District's distribution system were free of coliform bacteria, and met the State's drinking water standards. In addition 26 of the 28 samples taken at the District's sources were . also free of coliform bacteria. There were 2 samples taken at the Southside Well which had a total of 4 tubes positive coliform bacteria but no fecal. coliform. This is the first time this year that there has been any positive samples at this Location. We spoke to Dave Rully about the situation. He informed us that he would be taking the Well off-line for the rest of the year and have it retested next summer. mgcm SUMMARY OF BACTERIOL CAL WATER QUALITY TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT System Source Samples Portions Percent Samples Portions Percent Yr. /Month Collected Positive Positive Collected Positive. Positive 1991 September (Truckee) 27 0 0 19 47 4 p (Prosser) G 0 0 8 0 0 (Hirschdale) 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 Southside Well (4 tubes) 0 SUMMARY OF BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY `1"RUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT System Source Samples Portions Percent Samples Portions Percent Yr. Month Collected. Positive Positive Collected Positive Positive 1991 May (Truckee) 20 0 0 8 24 5% (Prosser) 8 0 0 7 0 0 (Hirschdale) 1 0 0 1 0 0 June (Truckee) 20 0 0 15 25 2% (Prosser) 7 0 0 8 0 0 (Hirschdale) 1 0 0 1 0 0 July (Truckee) 25 0 0 22 0 0 (Prosser) 10 0 0 10 0 0 (Hirschdale) 2 16 60 2 0 0 August (Truckee) 21 0 0 21 0 0 (Prosser) 6 0 0 8 0 0 (Hirschdale) 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Northside Well (2 tubes) 5 Northside Well (2 tubes) 6 10793 Hirschdale Rd (1 tube) SUMMARY OF BACTERIOLIRCAL WATER QUALITY TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLTC UTTT,TTY DTSTRTCT System Source Samples Portions Percent Samples Portions Percent Yr./Month Collected Positive Positive 'Collected Positive Positive 1991 January (Truckee) 20 0 0 II 41 10-10) (Prosser) 8 22 5% II 0 0 (Hirschdale) 1 0 0 1 0 0 February (Truckee) 20 0 0 II 0 0 (Prosser) 8 0 0 II 0 0 (Ilirschdale) 1 0 0 0 0 March (Truckee) 20 0 0 7 0 0 (Prosser) 6 0 0 8 0 0 (Hirschdale) 2 0 0 2 0 0 April (Truckee) 26 0 0 10 13 2-1. (Prosser) 8 0 0 10 0 0 (ilirschdale) 1 0 0 1 0 0 I Northside Well (4 tubes) 2 Kayhoe Court, Olympic Hts. (2 tubes) 3 Airport Well (I tube) NATURAL GAS FEASIBILITY STUDY Calls received in favor . of performing study: Al Rich South River Street Truckee, CA 96160 Jim Wilson (Glenshire) 2424 Nectomas Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Ray Martin (Donner Lake) 15450 Straight Road Roseville, CA 95678 COPIES TO: Mr. Peter Holzmeister Truckee-Donner Public Utility District P.O. Box 309 Truckee, CA 96160 Dear Mr. Holzmeister: As a local resident and customer of Truckee-Donner PUD, I encourage you to Zook into the feasability of providing natural gas for your customers. In addition to the obvious long term availability and lower cost of natural gas, there is the potential to provide cleaner air and eliminate dependency on oil supplies. Since many of your customers are propane users, having natural gas piped in will cut down on delivery emissions caused by transporting propane products and probably would make propane prices more competitive. Your thorough consideration for this major alternative should be undertaken. Sincerely, n y /y/1 i�v ✓ �-(�L/ /� v`��ZJ./Cis �'` � � �"� J � /� �7`/ � J 7 __ �_. J��=-�,r� ���.%� .�..,,,,. is�"�!`'✓��. G � =.2 Goober 11, 1991 , C k I Mr. Peter Holzneister Truckee--Donner Public Utility District P_©. Box 309 Truckee, CA 96160 Dear Mr. Holzmeister: As a kcal resident and customer of Truckee-Donner PUD, z encourage you to look into the feasability of providing natural gas for your customers. In addition to the obvious long term availability and lower cost of natural gas, there is the potential to provide cleaner air and eliminate dependency on oil supplies. Since many of your customers are propane users, having natural gas piped in will cut down on delivery emissions caused by transporting propane products and probably would make propane prices more competitive. Your thorough consideration for this major alternative should be undertaken. Sincerely, Sandra L. Powell Village Green Mobile Home Park Sp 99 P.O. Pox 1683 Truckee, Ca 96160 CC: Manager Village Green Mobile Home Park 5 5T � _ .--- - __..- ��r�. -- -/•t�_...... �/�.i'`�.�-ram t. //fit-zc�.� ......... 9 ,1 121 , .. r ..�-'� Jim .!� �V / / /•�� - ��l' � �..J f IIILI E] �- CD • L� Darrel J.5ornhop.MD. -- R.�earch&DeVEIDprnant Encinaer Citation Medical Corporation 230 Edison Way Af.° WiCAL CO:,PORAT$ON Reno,Nevada 89502 1600ls�5.7803 Fax(MJ 786.0100 f 4 �.