Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-03-2010 Operations Committee MinutesMINUTES OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Engineering, Operations & Maintenance, and Facilities Support Services Orange County Sanitation District A regular meeting of the Operations Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on November 3, 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 Sharon Quirk-Silva, Vice Chair Charles Antos Bill Dalton Jim Ferryman Patsy Marshall Roy Moore Joy Neugebauer David Shawver Constance Underhill Don Webb Larry Crandall, Board Chair Troy Edgar, Board Vice Chair Operations Directors Absent: Harry Sidhu 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 Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance and Administrative Services Lilia Kovac, Associate Clerk of the Board Dean Fisher, Engineering Manager Tod Haynes, Engineering Manager John Linder, Engineering Manager Jim Burror Jim Colston Gary Conklin Ron Coss Mark Esquer Charlie McGee Gary Prater Rob Thompson Others: Brad Hogin, General Counsel Bob Ooten PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were no public comments. REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR: Committee Chair Beamish did not give a report. Minutes of the Operations Committee November 3, 2010 Page 2 of 4 REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER: Assistant General Manager, Bob Ghirelli, did not give a report. CONSENT CALENDAR: MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board of Directors to: 1. Approve Minutes of the October 6, 2010, Operations Committee meeting. 2. Authorize the General Manager to add Evolution Markets, Inc. to the list of approved brokers for non-exclusive marketing and brokerage services to sell or purchase emission reduction credits and carbon credits, in a form approved by General Counsel. NON-CONSENT CALENDAR: MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board of Directors to: 3. A. Approve a budget increase of $263,990 for a total project budget of $413,990 for Project No. P1-116, Primary Clarifiers 6-31 Evaluation and Optimization Study; B. Approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., providing engineering services for Phase 1 of Project No. P1-116, Primary Clarifiers 6-31 Evaluation and Optimization Study, for an amount not to exceed $285,445; and C. Approve a contingency of $28,545 (10%). 4. Director Ferryman expressed concern with the timing of proposed sale of both properties due to the economic downfall of the real estate market and recommended that staff postpone the sale of both properties until the market improves. Director Ferryman also expressed concern that terms of sale identifying that buyer pay the sales commission is not standard practice. A substitute motion was made to lease the Garden Grove property as-is, and offer for sale the Kings County Property. It was then, Minutes of the Operations Committee November 3, 2010 Page 3 of 4 NON-CONSENT CALENDAR: (cont’d) Item No. 4 MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board of Directors to: A. Adopt Resolution No. OCSD 10-20, Declaring the Real Properties Owned by Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) at 7311 Doig Drive, Garden Grove, and the Kings County Property as Surplus Property; MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board of Directors to: B. Authorize the General Manager to utilize the services of two Real Estate Brokers, selected through OCSD’s procurement process to provide professional services related to the lease or sale of said properties with the sale service fee to be paid through the sale of the property, not to exceed five percent (5%) of the sale price; MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board of Directors to: C. Authorize the General Manager to offer for lease OCSD’s real property at 7311 Doig Drive, Garden Grove in an as-is condition; and MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED, Recommend to the Board of Directors to: D. Authorize the General Manager to offer for sale the Kings County property with the sales commission to be paid by buyer, at a price approved by the Board of Directors, in a form approved by General Counsel. Directors Ferryman, Marshall, Neugebauer and Shawver opposed. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 5. Rapid Detection Bacteria Indicator. Environmental Laboratory & Ocean Monitoring Manager, Ron Coss, presented the Committee with various possibilities of carrying out timely recreational water testing for bacteria and notification. EPA may increase monitoring requirements to require quick turnaround for use with social media to warn if waters are not safe for public use. ... Minutes of the Operations Committee November 3, 2010 Page 4 of 4 DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: Director of Operations and Maintenance, Ed Torres, presented an update on the EnerTech rider agreement. Director of Engineering, Jim Herberg reported on the Santa Ana River levee repair progress and need for additional funding, and that it would be discussed during closed session at the November Board meeting. Director of Facilities Support Services, Nick Arhontes, reported that a sewer transfer agreement with Anaheim would be presented at the November Board meeting for approval. CLOSED SESSION: There was no closed session. OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY: There were no items. ADJOURNMENT: The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m. Submitted by: ~~ Lilia Kovac Committee Secretary