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DATE: August 29, 2002
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TO: President and Members of the Board
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FROM: Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee
SUBJECT: Summary Minutes of the Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee Meeting
The Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee held a meeting on August 13, 2002.
Present were John Summerfield, Mike Beverage, Bill Robertson, Ken Vecchiarelli, Lee Cory,
Nem Ochoa and Ray Hahn. The following items were discussed:
Richfield Plant Renovation. Mr. Hahn and Mr. Vecchiarelli reported on the continued
progress of the renovation project at the Richfield Plant as it winds toward completion.
Mr. Hahn projected a date for occupancy in mid to late September. The committee
discussed the latest change order, a contract amendment for Osborn Architects and the
landscaping activities postponed to October. The Board considered this item at their
meeting of August 15, 2002.
2. Hidden Hills Reservoir. Mr. Hahn and Mr. Vecchiarelli reported the Draft Negative
Declaration for the project is currently back into the review period for comment by the
public and responsible agencies with a closing date of August 30, 2002. Mr. Hahn left the
meeting after this discussion item.
3. Mountain View sewer reimbursement. Mr. Vecchiarelli reported the construction on the
Mountain Avenue Sewer Extension was completed and an agenda recommending partial
reimbursement to the property owner who financed the construction is on the Agenda for
the Board's consideration at their meeting on August 15, 2002.
4. Well No. 18 and Sodium Hypochlorite Generator projects. Mr. Vecchiarelli reported
Tetra Tech completed the Preliminary Design Reports for the projects and submitted them
to the District for review and comments. Tetra Tech is continuing to work on the
engineering design for the projects with the next submittal of design plans expected in
September.
5. Follow-up on I.D. No. 1 pressure issues. Mr. Vecchiarelli reported staff did not have
further information to report on this project. Staff will present a status report at the next
Planning-Engineering-Operations Committee Meeting. Mr, Ochoa joined the meeting at
the time of this discussion item.
6. Plumosa Drive Emergency Pipeline Abandonment and Street Repair. Mr. Vecchiarelli
and Mr. Ochoa reported on a water pipeline break that damaged several hundred feet of
roadway surface and street subgrade. Staff initiated an emergency abandonment and
street repair project. A report to the Board of Directors was presented for their
consideration at their meeting on August 15, 2002.
7. Other. Mr. Vecchiarelli reported staff received bids for replacement of natural gas-driven
booster engines at the Fairmont and Bastanchury Booster Stations and prepared a
recommendation for award of a construction contract for the Board's consideration at
their meeting on August 15, 2002. Mr. Cory reported staff solicited bids for abandonment
of the deserted Well Nos. 16 and 17 from qualified contractors and is prepared to
recommend an award of the work for the Board's consideration at their meeting on
August 29, 2002. The committee discussed a reservoir nitrification problem that was
occurring in one bay of the Fairmont Reservoir.