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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 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.
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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
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