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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.
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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,
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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.
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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:
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Lilia Kovac
Committee Secretary