(Sewer collection reqmnts) CMOM is no longer in existence. However, the Safe Drinking Water Act, which has always been in affect, will now be enforced with a penalty of fines. Fortunately we’re in good shape due to working proactively with a plan in place.

Chief Kemp Van Ee

Budget 2005-06 Our budget looks fine at this time.

Slash update: The District’s only involvement this year is with the 4291 program, which involves the 30’ clearance around structures. As you’re aware, we didn’t receive the grant for the slash program, however, between John Hardin, and myself we found enough funds to make the 4291 program happen. The clearance law has been changed from 30’ to 100’, but due to required clarifications, the State will only enforce the 30’ this year. The Menarys are proceeding with the mail-out.

Assist. Fire Chief Appt. Chief KempVanEe stated Ernie McCoy has essentially been doing the Assistant Fire Chief’s job since Gary Johnson has been gone. Ernie’s qualifications include being a certified fire prevention officer, working toward a Fire Marshall certification. He’s also our fleet manager and has saved us a lot of money.

Chief KempVanEe reviewed the proposed interim salary for the position of Assistant Chief with the Board. The salary is temporary until our new General Manager, Pete Kampa, completes the wage and salary study. The position of captain will be eliminated and will be replaced with a temporary, full time engineer until the salary study is completed.

MOTION: Director Sandberg moved to approve the appointment of Ernie McCoy as Assistant Fire Chief on a temporary full time basis as a salaried employee with retroactive pay to May 1, 2005, until a wage and salary study is completed. Ernie McCoy to receive an evaluation at the end of six months. Director Knudson seconded and the motion carried with all members present voting AYE.

General Operations Very few fires, few medical calls, very routine stuff.

Personnel One new relief engineer will be taking his first shift next week. The second relief engineer will be ready by the end of the month.

Volunteers One of our volunteers went to work for the Forest Service in Mariposa, the number of remaining volunteers are basically the same.

New Fire Engine The chassis will be in any day. We’ve received the invoice and WestStates informs us that they can produce what we need by July 1.

Don Kasso

Trail Update A new contract has been signed with Galen Gritz. Galen is now a sole proprietor as an engineer and will be with us through the conclusion of this project. The three grants are very convoluted and complex as to how the money is spent.

Per Capita Grant The project application has been sent and everything is going through smoothly. We will proceed with CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and once it’s complete, we’ll fund the project.

Prop 40 Rivers & Parkways An advance of approximately $30,000 is being requested to continue with permitting and environmental changes.

The project needs to finish by November 2006. The grace period is from November 2006 to May 2007. The trail, creek, everything must be done. Galen is also pursuing the portable bathrooms at Black Oak for us.

Park & Rec budget The budget is complete. One of Pete’s objectives is to pursue Prop 218 tax measure for Park and Rec. If passed, this will alleviate the burden for Water, Sewer and Fire. There just isn’t enough money to manage the Park as it stands.

SkatePark We have closed the skatepark when the kids don’t pick up after themselves and opened when they do. So far this system is working and the kids have been keeping it clean. I received a call from Groveland Community Services District who has a committee looking into constructing a skatepark. They seem very determined to build the skatepark even in the face of my negative opinion and remarks. I wished them good luck.

Work at the Park All of the work that is being done at the park by water and sewer personnel is being tracked hour for hour by Melinda. It is being done on a calendar year versus fiscal year basis.

Merry Go Round It has purposely been left in a safe, locked mode since being broken. I would like Pete to handle the situation. Someone from San Francisco could come and supervise us taking it out of the ground for approximately $500 a day, or by contract, complete the dismantling and replacement which would be at an additional cost.

Special Fire Assessment

Resolution #05-05 INTRODUCTION: Director Maxwell introduced Resolution #05-05: A resolution of intention to levy assessments for fiscal year 2005-06, preliminarily approving the engineer’s report, and providing for notice of hearing for the Twain Harte Community Services District.

MOTION: Director Bryant moved to approve Resolution #05-05, Director Sandberg seconded and the motion carried by the following vote:

AYES: Bryant, Sandberg, Knudson, Maxwell and Johnson.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

ABSTAIN: None.

Parting Comments Manager Kasso took this opportunity to express his sincere thanks for the time spent with the District and the Board. "You’ve been outstanding to work with, a lot of common sense, risk takers and you’ve worked extremely well together. You’ve been very supportive and I couldn’t ask for anything more. I feel we’re blessed with the employees that we have. So, I feel real good in leaving and feel that you’ve got a real good man coming in, who will do some great things for the District. All I can say is thank you very much."

President Johnson "Thank you Don, for all the hard work, time and energy as well as all the things you’ve done for the District."

Director Bryant "I would like to have had a resolution to pass on to you tonight."

Director Maxwell "I would also like to indicate to you on how important it has been for us to have someone with your organization and communication skills to put this thing together. You’ve done a terrific job and I feel personally very happy that you’ve been here to carry us along because it’s been a problem at times and thank you very much."

Gary Sipperley "As part of the public and as a member of at least one of the organizations that you’ve had to deal with or had the opportunity to deal with. I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone who was as calm and as reassuring or as welcoming or as well prepared as you have been in my entire life. Thank you."

SECRETARY Budget timeline dispersed to the Board.

Respectfully submitted,

Yvonne Hilton

APPROVED: Asst. Secretary/Controller

James L. Johnson, President

DIRECTORS PRESENT: Jim Johnson, Packy Maxwell, Robert Sandberg, William M. Bryant, and Richard Knudson

DIRECTORS ABSENT: None.

OTHERS PRESENT: Secretary C. Reyes, General Manager Kasso, Operations Manager Krawchuk, and Fire Chief Kemp Van Ee, and Gary Sipperley of the Sierra Mountain Times

ORAL

COMMUNICATIONS: None

PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Government Affairs Day May 16 and 17 will be attended by President Johnson.

Objectives for G.M. Directors Johnson & Maxwell and Manager Kasso will put together some objectives for new General Manager Kampa.

CONSENT CALENDAR: Director Maxwell expressed his displeasure in the financial statements. This will be made an objective for Mr. Kampas 1^st year goals.

MOTION: To approve consent calendar. Bryant/Sandberg-unanimous.

CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Jim Goodrich-Thank you for General Manager interview

Park Ordinance Because the Park ordinance prescribing regulations for use describes some minor offenses as misdemeanors and they should be citations, and because we shouldn’t repeat anything that is already California law, our attorney will do an amended ordinance and we will bring it back to the Board for approval

Skateboard Park We closed the skateboard park for 2 weeks due to kids not taking care of and vandalizing it. It is now temporarily open and Don as a meeting with the kids tomorrow on how to solve the problem.

OPERATIONS MANAGERS

REPORT:

Paul Krawchuk

Encroachments Manager Krawchuk gave a report on his committee meeting. We have several encroachments on our sewer bench by Gurney Station Road. The contractors involved are responsible for the costs of straightening out the encroachment mess, but we need control of how things are done.

We are in the early stages of review of the 2005-06 budget.

Forklift MOTION: To approve the purchase of a forklift. Cost is $8,999.99 including shipping. No warranty on reconditioned forklift. Bryant/Knudson-unanimous.

Our men will have to be certified to operate it.

SB Lake repairs Shadybrook Lake dock and catwalks are in bad shape. Will get bids.

General Ops Engineer Les Davey will start on piping for backwash tank. A lot of calls received reporting leaks. Most are ground water.

Sewer Got last 450’ of sewer main cleaned behind Twain Harte Lake. We need a couple trees taken down in that area. Summer time preventive maintenance will start in May. Will attend an operator exposition May 10, 11, & 12 in South Tahoe.

FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT:

Chief Kemp Van Ee

Committee Meeting The pending fire tax for Tuolumne County fire was discussed. They will probably try for a parcel tax instead of a sales tax. The 2005-06 budget was discussed.

FEMA Grant A regional FEMA grant for $999,295 with a 5% match was submitted through Twain Harte Fire to standardize the fire departments in the area’s breathing apparatus.

Slash The Greater Twain Harte Firesafe Area didn’t get a grant in the 1^st run. The 4291 mailout program was tied to that grant. John Hardin may fund it. The slash site program is a private business this year (Mike McConnell).

100’ Setback The 100’ setback requirement on cleaning yards will not be enforced this year because of some language problems.

New Engine They are having trouble getting the chassis to do the buildup. The company said they expect completion on time sometime in June.

Ass’t Chief Assistant Chief Gary Johnson is retiring. Captain McCoy is doing Gary’s job. Will have a plan for replacement next month.

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT:

Don Kasso

Park & Rec Comm. Mtng General Manager Kasso gave a report on status of the grants. He will need a temporary $23,000 fund transfer from park’s general fund to pay some costs associated with the grant projects before we can get any grant funds.

MOTION: To approve transfer of $23,000 from Parks general fund to the Grant checking accounts. Maxwell/Sandberg-unanimous.

Added Proj expses It will cost the District $135,000 more on the project due to the changes Fish & Game has recently required ( bridge over Twain Harte Creek & infiltration system). That means we can’t do the badly needed paving of the parking areas at the park.

Christmas Donations Update – 575 donors averaging $44+ per donation totaling $25,393.

Park & Rec budget is in the draft stage.

Rotary Stage We will leave things alone for now and do a better job of maintaining the lawn. If that doesn’t work we will immediately put in sod with help from Partners.

New G. M. Pete Kampa is searching for a house. Plans to spend a couple days here around May 23^rd. He will officially be on board May 31.

Minutes Revision A request was made to the Board that they consider only recording actions as opposed to a narrative. A person could listen to the tapes to refresh their memory if needed. The Board decided on trying a summarization of the narrative, not word for word.

Fire Assmt Res Director Sandberg introduced resolution 05-03 directing preparation of the 05-06 Engineers Report for the Twain Harte Fire & Rescue Assessment. Bryant/Maxwell-unanimous.

Conference Room The Board decided to wait on purchasing a public bulletin board for outside the conference room. The manager was hoping it would clear up the misconception that Partners, Homeowners, Lake Ass’n, etc. were part of District operations.

COLA General Manager Kasso recommended to the Board a 3% COLA raise for employees for 2005-06. He explained next years COLA and benefits costs. This item will be on the May agenda.

Per Capita Grant Res Director Maxwell introduced Resolution 05-04 approving application for grant funds to the Per Capita Grant Program. Sandberg/Bryant-unanimous.

Cert. Of Investments Secretary Reyes gave an investment report and certified that the District has sufficient funds to pay all normal expenses for the next 6 months and all investment actions have been made in full compliance with District investment policy.

ADJOURNMENT: Adjournment to closed session – Gov’t Code 54957.6 at 9:20p.m. regarding incoming General Manager Kampa’s contract. Out of closed session 9:40p.m. Announced approval of General Manager Kampas contract. Maxwell/Sandberg-unanimous.

Meeting adjourned 9:22p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

____________________

Carole J. Reyes

Secretary

APPROVED:

____________________________

Jim Johnson, President

DIRECTORS PRESENT: Jim Johnson, William M. Bryant, Robert Sandberg, and Richard Knudson

DIRECTORS ABSENT: Packy Maxwell

OTHERS PRESENT: General Manager Kasso, Secretary C. Reyes, Operations Manager Krawchuk, Fire Chief Kemp Van Ee, Gary Sipperley of Mountain Times and Cal Hazley of Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency

COMMUNICATIONS:

Cal Hazley Cal Hazley of Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency was introduced. He gave a brief presentation on mentoring a child between 7 & 15 years of age with problems. Mentoring referral cards were passed out for signups if anyone is interested. It is a very rewarding thing to do and very beneficial to the kids. More mentors are needed.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

G. M. Candidates We will be interviewing five candidates for General Manager starting Thursday, March 17 at 8:00a.m.

CONSENT CALENDAR: Operations Manager Krawchuk noted a correction to the February 15, 2005 minutes on page 3, 5^th line from the bottom. "Realign the Bench" should say "realign the sewer line".

MOTION: Director Knudson moved to approve the minutes of February 15, 2005 as corrected and the financial statement of February 28, 2005. Director Bryant seconded and the motion carried by all members present voting AYE.

CORRESPONDENCE: At the last Twain Harte Chamber of Commerce board meeting the Past President tried to solicit ideas on how to ingress and egress the Rotary stage in a vehicle without tearing up the lawn. A comment was made that Rotary donates $2,000 a year to the THCSD program so THCSD should fix the problem. After some investigation by THCSD staff it was found that Rotary and other service organizations donated to Partners each year and they thought Partners was part of THCSD. An E-mail of explanation was sent by Yvonne Hilton to all Twain Harte Chamber of Commerce directors.

OPERATIONS MANAGERS

REPORT:

Paul Krawchuk

Committee Meeting There was no committee meeting this month.

Regional Swr Adv Mtng A meeting was held on March 10. Director Bryant, Paul Krawchuk and Director Knudson attended. Director Bryant reported the big issue over an agreement situation during the past months is between Jamestown and TUD. They have a proposal on the table now.

One issue talked about was the monthly flow situation. The graft showed Sonora and Jamestown’s flow being pretty consistent. Twain Harte’s goes up and down peaking in July. We are well within reason on our infiltration and intrusion. Nothing stands out to worry about.

We reported on a couple of sewer collection issues. The backside of Twain Harte Lake. Also the problem at Mono & Fireside Drive where the bank is washed out right on the edge of the sewer main. When we flush out a line we start at the downstream manhole and clean the line as we go upstream. That could make the accumulated sand and stuff get stuck if it doesn’t pass on down stream. Some places have a flush rig and vacuum combo truck to suck the stuff out of the lines.

The next Regional Sewer Advisory meeting will be at THCSD on July 14, 2005 at 1:30p.m.

SWRCB The State Water Resources Control Board is the enforcement agency for the Federal government. The State wants to make sure we have developed a proposed sanitary sewer overflow reduction program. So we need to develop and implement sanitary sewer management plans. We have most of it done. Now we have to report any sanitary sewer overflows to Maureen Frank at the Tuolumne County OES.

General Operations We are still making great water at the water plant.

#1 Tank Ross Porter checked our tank #1. He made a few minor repairs because of the lightening strike but it wasn’t as bad as tank #2 which received the bulk of the strike.

Filter We are going to take our filter down as soon as both tanks are full. We are getting sand in one of the individual cells. We may have a broken PVC sample line on the #4 cell. The price of the repair is $14,000 so we aren’t going to do it at this time.

Distribution We now have 100% of the fire hydrants on line. There will be an increase in the budget for fire hydrant maintenance.

Sewer Don, Paul and the County will meet at the problem at the creek tomorrow afternoon. What has happened is trees went down, then water has run off and eroded the bank and our easement. We don’t know what has caused the washout. If we repair it ourselves then we are assuming liability. If we leave it and something happens to our sewer main the State Water Resources Control Board will come looking for us.

Manhole Rehab. When we first started our manhole rehabilitation program it was $1,000 a manhole. Now it is $1,200 to $1,300 a manhole and we have 450 more to do. Tuolumne Sanitary District found a manhole rehab trailer for $21,000 so they can do the job themselves. They want someone to go in with them on the purchase. Paul is doing further investigation on it.

Vacuum Truck We still have the issue that when we flush our mains we are just pushing stuff downstream and it is filling up our mains. Paul is researching the price of used vacuum trucks. Could be in the 2005-06 budget.

Summer Help We have a candidate for summer time help. He is a hard worker and interested in getting his licenses and certificates. He will work May 2^nd through September at least.

Collection Certificate Paul was congratulated on his grade 1 collection certification.

FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT:

Chief Kemp Van Ee

New Engine The new apparatus chassis delivery to the engine manufacturer will be no later than May 1^st. We have an extension on the grant to July 1^st.

Staffing We have between 15 and 22 on staff with 2 new applicants.

Firehouse Les Davey (engineer) looked at the crack below the window at the firehouse. He said to correct the problem strapping would be just fine and he will talk to Ross Porter about it.

CDF Funding The CDF funding issue relates to CDF’s cost to manage the Tuolumne County Fire Department through a contract with the County. It has nothing to do with CDF’s position in the county as it relates to wildland fire protection. The issue is essentially extremely large growth in the cost of the contract to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars with additional increases next year just to maintain what we have. There was a public hearing at the Board of Supervisors meeting on the problem today and various options were discussed. There could be a non-contractual actual County Fire Department. The Districts could be expanded to take over the same area. Or they could reduce the contract and do a mixture of all the options mentioned.

The Board of Supervisors opted to pursue investigating a ¼ of 1% sales tax increase to fund fire. The sheriff then said his department is having problems and proposed an additional ¼ of 1% to go to law enforcement which would put the sales tax at 7.75%. The response was not positive.

GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT:

Don Kasso

Update on Trail & Creek

Restoration Galen Gritz and Manager Kasso are going to the State to talk to the two grant administrators, the person who deals with the per capita grant and Linda Smith who has the two other grants. We are attempting to see how to use the funds and over what time. We are looking to do the creek restoration in 2006 which would include removing the culvert at the south end of the creek and going with a bridge. The second major item is an infiltration system in the ball field to take the water volume off the creek and dissipate it into the ball field. This will cost more money. We are recommending we go next year with the creek and this year with the trail.

Christmas Letter We have 572 donors averaging $44.00 per donor for a total of $25,230. Manager Kasso thanked Secretary Reyes for her work on the donation campaign.

American Legion Hall The Partners and John Kinsfather and Jim Johnson have been extremely helpful in developing a list of things to do at the American Legion Hall. The Homeowners have committed $2,000 toward the renovation of the Hall. The District Park and Rec Division has committed $3,000. The old heater has been removed and a new heater and air conditioner will be put in. Thanks go to the Partners and Homeowners.

We are getting requests from the public to use the facilities. Manager Kasso is eliminating renting the Hall for anything involving music as it impacts the neighbors. Alcoholic’s Anonymous will be using the facility 4 nights a month on Tuesdays. The rental fee is $75 with a cleaning deposit of $100.

Partners reviewed in committee ideas of how to reduce damage to the lawn at the stage. Granulated granite was suggested to make a kind of road. Sod was discussed, then put down plywood when you have to drive over it. A cost on sod will be obtained. Partners would prefer sod because of the ambiance of the area and the possibility of skinned knees with the granulated granite.

General Manager Search We have 5 candidates to interview. Hopefully the committee will make the decision on Friday and the 5 candidates will be notified that day. Reference checking is not done yet.

Skate Park Garry Aldrich has a friend who took his son to the skatepark. The friend was appalled at the foul language, garbage, and cigarette butts at the park.

Director Knudson did an informal survey of different people to find out what the people are hearing and has there been any benefit of having the skatepark. He reported that Jack at Twain Harte Market thinks the park has helped 75-80% with skateboard problems at the market. Jay Randall at Meadow Plaza has had some problems. It seems to have been taken care of by some individuals in the community. There is not as much trash. She thinks it has helped.

Manager Kasso suggested an experiment. Shut down the skateboard park for a week. Put signs up that due to profanity, smoking, drinking, and garbage it will be closed for a week so the kids can think about the problem. It may not accomplish anything, it may just agitate.

President Johnson suggested we say "temporarily closed" instead of saying "one week". Director Sandberg suggested we have the kids come to the Board to make their appeal to open the park again. The Board agreed it is worth trying. The sheriffs department will be alerted to the situation.

The two ladies who were involved with starting the skateboard park are not helping as they were. Our water plant guys are doing all the work.

Approval of Audit MOTION: Director Sandberg moved to approve the audit for 2003-04. Director Bryant seconded and the motion carried by all members present voting AYE.

The office would like the audits back if the directors don’t want them.

Other Business A newspaper clipping from someone in Woodland praised two of our firefighters who helped her at an accident scene near woodland.

Closed Session President Johnson adjourned the meeting to closed session at 8:47p.m. on possible litigation pursuant to government code section #54956.9. The Board returned to regular session at 9:15p.m. No action was taken.

Respectfully submitted,

____________________

Carole J. Reyes

Secretary

APPROVED:

____________________________

James L. Johnson, President