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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-06-2013 Operations Committee Minutes03/06/13 Operations Committee Minutes Page 1 of 3 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 6, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. in the District's Administrative Office. A quorum was declared present, as follows: Operations Directors Present: Tom Beamish, Chair John Nielsen, Vice Chair Keith Curry Steve Jones Michael Levitt Steve Nagel Scott Nelson Greg Sebourn David Shawver Fred Smith Troy Edgar, Board Chair John Anderson, Board Vice Chair Operations Directors Absent: Brett Murdock Staff Present: Jim Ruth, General Manager Jim Herberg, Assistant General Manager Nick Kanetis, Director of Engineering Nick Arhontes, Director of Facilities Support Services Jeff Reed, Director, Human Resources Ed Torres, Director of Operations & Maintenance Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance & Administrative Services Maria Ayala, Clerk of the Board Dean Fisher, Engineering Manager Jim Burror Jennifer Cabral Jim Colston Mark Esquer Todd Haynes Kathy Millea Lisa Rothbart Rob Thompson Others Present: Brad Hogin, General Counsel PUBLIC COMMENTS: No public comments. REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIR: Chair Beamish did not give a report. 03/06/13 Operations Committee Minutes Page 2 of 3 REPORT OF GENERAL MANAGER: General Manager, Jim Ruth, did not give a report. CONSENT CALENDAR: 1. MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED: Approve Minutes of February 6, 2013, Operations Committee Meeting. 2. MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: A. Approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Atkins North America, Inc. (Atkins) to provide construction support services for the Dover Drive Trunk Sewer Relief, Contract No. 5-63, for an amount not to exceed $353,791; and, B. Approve a contingency of $53,069 (15%). 3. MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: Amend the motion, Item 15, July 28, 2010, authorizing an Agreement with OpenCEL, LLC for installation of Equipment and Onsite Proprietary Testing of Plant No. 1 Waste Activated Sludge Treatment, Project No. SP-125-6, to include all applicable taxes. NON-CONSENT CALENDAR Nick Kanetis, Director of Engineering, briefly reported on the improvements to take place for Contract No. 5-63. Director Curry recused himself from Agenda Item No. 4 due to a jurisdictional conflict. 4. MOVED, SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED: Recommend to the Board of Directors to: Approve a Reimbursement Agreement with the City of Newport Beach for street improvements along Dover Drive for Dover Drive Trunk Sewer Relief, Contract No. 5-63, in an amount not to exceed $633,000, in a form approved by General Counsel. INFORMATION ITEMS: • Capital Improvement Program and Proposed User Fee Schedule Jim Herberg , Assistant General Manager, provided information on the proposed user fee schedule, and the Sanitation District's CIP projects that are not yet in construction. Staff distributed an information item titled "CIP Projects Not Yet in Construction and the Cities They Impact". Director Nielsen arrived at the meeting at 5:11 p .m . (during information item report). Staff responded to various questions from the Committee regarding revenues , CIP projects , odor complaints, outreach program , etc. OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS, IF ANY: None. ADJOURNMENT: Committee Chair Beamish declared the meeting adjourned at 6 :10p.m. Submitted by : Maria E. Ayala Clerk of the Board 03/06/13 Operati ons Co mm ittee Minutes Page 3 of 3