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MINUTES 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 March 2, 2011, 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
Bill Dalton
Jim Ferryman
Michael Levitt
Roy Moore
Joy Neugebauer
Steven Rosansky
David Shawver
Harry Sidhu
Fred Smith
Constance Underhill
Larry Crandall, Board Chair
Troy Edgar, Board Vice Chair
Operations Directors Absent:
Staff Present:
Jim Ruth, General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Jim Herberg, Assistant General Manager
Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities Support
Services
Jeff Reed, Director of Human Resources
Ed Torres, Director of Operations &
Maintenance
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
Administrative Services
Dean Fisher, Engineering Manager
Tod Haynes, Engineering Manager
John Linder, Engineering Manager
Jim Colston
Carla Dillon
Mike Larkin
Rob Thompson
Others:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
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:
General Manager Jim Ruth did not give a report.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to:
1. Approve Minutes of the February 2, 2011, Operations Committee meeting.
2. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: A. Approve Plans and specifications
for the P1 Source Control Fume Hood in Lab Bldg, Project No. FE07-13, on file at
the office of the Clerk of the Board;
B. Approve Addendum Nos. 1 and 2 to the plans and specifications;
C. Receive and file bid tabulation and recommendation;
D. Award a construction contract to Verne’s Plumbing Inc. for P1 Source Control
Fume Hood in Lab Bldg, Project No. FE07-13, for an amount not to exceed
$115,500; and
E. Approve a contingency of $9,471 (8.2%).
3. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: A. Authorize the General Manager to
solicit proposals and subsequently award a Service Agreement for On-Call Traffic
Control Services, Project No. FR11-008, for the period July 1, 2011 through June
30, 2012, for an annual amount not to exceed $105,000, with four one-year
renewable options; and
B. Approve a contingency of $21,000 (20%).
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
4. MOVED, SECONDED AND DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors
to authorize the General Manager to negotiate an amendment to the Professional
Services Agreement with Black and Veatch for additional design services for the
Outfall Land Section and Ocean Outfall Booster Station Piping Rehabilitation,
Project No. J-112.
DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS:
Engineering Manager, Rob Thompson, provided a brief report outlining the steps that
have been planned and implemented to perform maintenance to the outfall system. As
part of this effort, staff noted an additional need for evaluation and design services for a
temporary flow meter, rehabilitation, and documentation to ensure continued operation
and NPDES permit compliance.
Engineering Manager, Dean Fisher, provided a report updating CIP performance. The
status includes 64 projects at a combined value of $1.6 billion in planning, design or
construction phases, while maintaining a 4.65% change order rate. Five (5) of the six
(6) EPA milestones have been completed or are on schedule or ahead of schedule to
meet full secondary treatment obligations.
Engineering Supervisor, Mike Larkin, provided a report of the Source Inspection
Program, which includes 400 permittees enforcing regulatory pre-treatment standards.
Director of Facilities Support Services, provided an update on local sewer transfers
completed, in negotiations, and planned for conveyance.
Director of Operations and Maintenance, Ed Torres, briefly provided a report on permit
compliance and wastewater discharge to ocean, as well as observations outside the
Zone of Dilution.
OTHER BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS. IF
ANY:
There were none.
ADJOURNMENT:
The Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m.
Submitted by:
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Lilia Kovac, Committee Secretary
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