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Home My WebLink About09-01-2010 Operations Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Engineering, Operations & Maintenance, and Technical Services Orange County Sanitation District September 1, 2010 – 4:00 p.m. A tour of the Orange County Sanitation District’s Plant 1 facility was conducted at 4:00 p.m., followed by the regular meeting of the Operations Committee on September 1, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. in the District's Administrative Office. A quorum was declared present, as follows: Operations Directors Present: Tom Beamish, Chair Charles Antos Bill Dalton Jim Ferryman Nancy Gardner Patsy Marshall Roy Moore Joy Neugebauer David Shawver Harry Sidhu Constance Underhill Larry Crandall, Board Chair Troy Edgar, Board Vice Chair Operations Directors Absent: Sharon Quirk-Silva, Vice Chair Don Webb Staff Present: Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities Support Services Jim Herberg, Director of Engineering Ed Torres, Director of Operations & Maintenance Donna N. Terrones, Clerk of the Board Lilia Kovac, Associate Clerk of the Board Dean Fisher, Engineering Manager Tod Haynes, Engineering Manager John Linder, Engineering Manager Jim Burror Jim Colston Ron Coss Carla Dillon Mark Esquer Chuck Forman Dave Heinz Vladimir Kogan Lisa Rothbart Juanita Skillman Rob Thompson Ryal Wheeler Others: Brad Hogin, General Counsel PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. Minutes of the Operations Committee September 1, 2010 Page 2 of 4 REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR Committee Chair Beamish did not give a report. REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli acknowledged Director of Operations and Maintenance, Ed Torres, who introduced Ron Coss as the new Manager of the Laboratory and Ocean Monitoring Program. Mr. Ghirelli provided a chart and briefly described the current reorganization of the District. CONSENT CALENDAR MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board to: 1. Approve minutes of the July 7, 2010 Operations Committee meeting. 2. Authorize the General Manager to negotiate Amendment No. 6 to the Professional Services Agreement with Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. for additional design services for the Rehabilitation of Odor Control Facilities, Project No. J-71-8. NON-CONSENT CALENDAR 3. MOVED, SECONDED, AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board to: A) Approve Plans and Specifications for the P2 Digester Gas Dryer Upgrades, Project No. FE07-20, on file at the office of the Clerk of the Board; and B) Approve Addenda Nos. 1 and 2 to the plans and specifications; and C) Approve receiving and filing of bid tabulation and recommendation; and D) Award a construction contract to Minako American Corporation dba Minco Construction for P2 Digester Gas Dryer Upgrades, Project No. FE07-20, for an amount not to exceed $897,000; and E) Approve a contingency of $89,700 (10%). Minutes of the Operations Committee September 1, 2010 Page 3 of 4 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 4. Commissioning of EnerTech’s Biosolids to Energy Plant Update. Director of Operations and Maintenance, Ed Torres, briefly discussed EnerTech’s difficulties in trying to commission their Rialto biosolids-to-energy facility. The Committee Members voiced concern that the majority of our biosolids were being diverted to Arizona for land application while we were still paying the high cost based upon processing through the SlurryCarb system and length of time to complete the project. The Committee requested staff bring the item back to the Board of Directors for discussion at the September 22, 2010 meeting and requested to come back to the Board by November 17, 2010 with a proposed agreement which include terms for overpayment recovery. General Counsel recommended that staff coordinate with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts to work out a solution. 5. North County Collections Yard, Contract No. 15-04 Director of Engineering, Jim Herberg, presented anticipated costs for the North County Collections Yard located at the Garden Grove site, as well as new options to relocate staff to Plant No. 1. 6. Demonstration Project for Reduction of Air Emission from Plant 1 Central Power Generation System (CGS) Engine. Environmental Supervisor, Lisa Rothbart, presented the project description and preliminary successful results on the Engine’s Emission Control Project (J-79). The project data, to date, exceeds regulatory requirements scheduled to become effective July 2012. 7. Annual Research Projects Report. Director of Operations and Maintenance, Ed Torres, presented an update to the research projects which included; research organizations’ memberships; environmental improvement; odor and corrosion control; air quality; green power; OpenCEL digestion/sludge treatment; engine emissions control project. Mr. Torres also reviewed briefly the 2010-11 new projects, such as food waste digestion and alternatives to iron for odor control. Minutes of the Operations Committee September 1, 2010 Page 4 of 4 DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS Director of Facilities Support Services , Nick Arhontes, reported on an article in the Orange County Register regarding record low sewage spills and beach closures due to public awareness efforts by the Orange County Sanitation District and other cities . CLOSED SESSION There was no closed session . OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY Chair Crandall announced that AB1234 Ethics Training would be available at the League of California Cities conference . ADJOURNMENT The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:25p.m. The next Operations Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 5:00p .m. Submitted by: