LUCC Meeting Minutes
March 7th, 2024
Welcome – President Rocky Stewart called the meeting to order and welcomed all attendees.
Self-Introductions – 19 people were present.
Meeting Minutes –Meeting minutes were approved at the opening of the meeting.
Treasurers Report – Naomi Shirtcliff: 2024 invoices are going out. We reimbursed Jason $90.78 for 811 sign stakes. A budget summary report was provided.
Publicity & Education– Byron Williams: LUCC will be represented at the NWN Home show booth. We don’t need to have anyone work the booth. Q: Hunter signs are popping up around town, could we get the 811 logo added to their advertisements? – Jason Robinson will inquire with Hunter.
Damage Report– Jason Williams: NWN had one damage last month by Pac-x. They had some concrete cave into the trench and hit a pipe fitting. Reynolds Electric & Plumbing had a cleared ticket but the locator missed understood the marking directions as needing both side of the building. Jason installed 10 new large banner signs around new subdivisions.
Web Page – Jessica Malmstedt: Not present. Amy: Jessica is working on updating the backlog of old meeting minutes, getting them added to the website. We are very grateful to have her take over the web page.
OUCC Standards Review – Jason Robinson: Pg 26, 1(a): “must mark within 24” w/ the Name, and width of facility”.
Old Business: none
New Business: Rocky brought photos of a comm’s locate that didn’t have the facility owner’s logo & facility width labeled on a long stretch of located duct marks. They couldn’t identify the owner of the marks, nor how many conduits and/or size of conduits are to be expected in the trench. The rule (mentioned above) doesn’t specify how frequently the marks need to be labeled.
Kevin H: The PUC has been looking into how this is being handled by operators and locators. CGA has a recommended marking practice. Some operators adopt their own requirements for their locators, others only go by the 811 rules (which is vague). Kevin also noted the positive response option will send an email when all responding operators have marked. This is a good reference tool to know who has marked facilities.
Ana /Wildish: Q: Why is there a discrepancy with pre-survey marks, engineered drawings, and dig ticket marks? A: There is a known issue with some locators not marking all of their facilities on a pre-survey, however they are supposed to mark everything. Engineered drawings can come from old survey’s that may have outdated information and/or original survey had missing data. We have seen dig tickets often show more facilities than shown during pre-survey marks.
Ana: Q: When a refresh ticket is called, are they required to remark? A: Yes, they are required to refresh all marks. Weather is always a challenge during the wet season. You can note the ticket to request alternative marking methods (flags, offset marks, meet on site, etc).
Program: none
Meeting Adjourned- 12:55pm
