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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-20 Min - Board REGULAR MEETING December 20, 2000 In accordance with District Code Section 2.08.010, the TDPUD minutes are action only minutes All Board meetings are recorded on audio tapes which are preserved perpetu- ally and made available for listening to any interested party upon their request. The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District was called to order at 7:07 PM in the TDPUD Board room by President Maass. ROLL CALL: Directors Joe Aguera, James Maass, Patricia Sutton and Nelson Van Gundy were present. Director Ron Hemig was absent. EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Mary Chapman, Susan Craig, Alan Harry, Peter Holzmeister, Neil Kaufman and Ed Taylor. CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Attorneys Steve Gross and Andy Morris; Dave Carlson of Nimbus Engineers. OTHERS PRESENT: Mitch Clarins, Roger Terneuzen, John Britto, Patrick Flora, Ted Owens, Paul Cline, Juanita Schneider and John Byrne. FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING President Maass advised that the annual meeting of the TDPUD Finance Corporation meeting will be called to order at the conclusion of this meeting. PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input. CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSAL FROM NIMBUS ENGINEERS TO PERFORM SER- VICES RELATING TO A GROUNDWATER SAFE YIELD ANALYSIS In concept, the Board has approved the District working with Placer County Water Agency in planning and implementing regional water solutions. PCWA is currently working with Placer County Planning Department to update the Martis Valley General Plan. This plan will determine the allowable development in the Martis Valley basin. PCWA and TDPUD have been discussing revisiting the calculation of safe yield of the ground- water basin. PCWA agrees that if the safe yield of the basin is recalculated, TDPUD should be lead agency. At Mr. Holzmeister's request, Nimbus Engineers has provided a proposal in the amount of $70,000 to conduct the review. The following cost sharing has been suggested: TDPUD - $10,000; PCWA- $10,000; Northstar Community Services District—$5,000; Develop- ers who are currently applying to Placer County for approval - $45,000. If the District approves this project, TDPUD will be in control of the consultant. The funding of the project would be as indicated above and the work product would be available to the water purveyors, the various land use agencies and the public at-large. Director Van Gundy moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that once the money from develop- ers and other agencies is in hand, Nimbus Engineers be authorized to perform services in con- 12/20/00 Page 1 nection with calculation of safe yield for the Martis Valley groundwater basin as set forth in their proposal dated December 1, 2000. ROLL CALL: Hemig, absent; all other Directors, aye. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF A REPORT FROM NIMBUS ENGINEERS REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE TEST HOLE FOR THE NEW MARTIS VALLEY WELL Nimbus Engineers has prepared a report with the results of the first test hole for the location of a new water supply. It was their recommendation to drill the production well north of the airport between the airport well and the Glenshire well. Mr. Taylor presented the Directors with a copy of the report and discussion ensued. Thereafter, Director Aguera moved, and Director Van Gundy seconded, that the Board accept the report from Nimbus Engineers. All Directors, aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED. CONSIDERATION OF TWO PROPOSALS FROM SAUERS ENGINEERING TO PERFORM ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES RELATING TO THE NEW MARTIS VALLEY WELL AND THE DRAFT WATER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN UPDATE Staff is requesting the approval of a contract for services with Sauers Engineering for the envi- ronmental review and to make recommendations for compliance with the California Environ- mental Quality Act for the Martis Valley Well#1 project. The proposed cost is $6,000. Director Aguera moved, and Director Van Gundy seconded, that the Board approve the agree- ment with Sauers Engineering, Inc. for environmental review of the Martis Valley Well #1 project as defined in their December 15, 2000 proposal. All Directors, aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED. Staff has completed a draft Master Plan Update for the District's water system. The update has been submitted to the Board for review and possible approval. Part of the approval process is a CEQA review. Sauers Engineering has submitted a proposal to perform the environmental review and make recommendations for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act in the amount of $6,000. Director Van Gundy moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that the Board approve the engi- neering services agreement with Sauers Engineering for preparation of the environmental re- view for the Master Plan Update as defined in their proposal dated December 15, 2000. All Di- rectors, aye. SO MOVED. DISCUSSION OF A DRAFT WATER SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AND POSSIBLE REVISED FACILITIES FEE AND CONNECTION FEE SCHEDULES Water Engineer Neil Kaufman presented the draft Water System Master Plan Update to the Board. He explained and discussed why the District needs a master plan with regular updates, the basis for the study, existing and historic water usage, existing system inventory, water sup- ply, existing system evaluation, future growth projections, projected increase in water demand, projected potable water demand versus existing supply capacity, future improvements, costs and phasing, breakdown of District costs by year and a comparison with other agencies of the cost of connection. Currently the District charges $1,157 for connection, which includes the facil- ity fee. The plan proposes that this fee be increased to $3,788 in 2001. A copy of the overheads used in Mr. Kaufman's presentation are attached to these minutes in order to provide more de- tailed information on the draft update. 12/20/00 Page 2 Staff answered questions posed by John Britto, John Byrne, Patrick Flora and Ted Owens relat- ing to the proposal to increase the connection fees and also regarding future growth. The draft master plan update will be made available to the public (for the cost of printing) and copies will be available for review at the District office and the Truckee library. DISCUSSION OF INDEMNIFICATION ISSUE RELATING TO THE DISTRICT'S BROADBAND (TELECOMMUNICATIONS) BUSINESS PLAN PROCESS LAFCo has requested an indemnification/hold harmless agreement from the District in the event latent powers to enter the telecommunications business are granted. Counsel Gross has been discussing this matter with Scott Brown, attorney for LAFCo, and should have language agree- able to both entities by the end of the week. The LAFCo subcommittee needs to meet with Mr. Holzmeister and Mr. Harry in order to prepare a report for the next LAFCo meeting. This material must be ready by January 12. The meeting was recessed at 9:45 PM for the purpose of holding the annual financing corpora- tion meeting and will be reconvened at the conclusion of that meeting. The meeting was reconvened at 9:53 PM CLOSED SESSION Conference with legal counsel—existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a), three cases: TDPUD vs. USA Media, USA Media vs. TDPUD and USA Media complaint filed at the Federal Communications Commission Conference with legal counsel — anticipated litigation pursuant to subsection (b) of Sec- tion 54956.9: one case The Board adjourned to closed session at 9:54 PM. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION The meeting was returned to open session at approximately 10:30 PM. There was no action taken or direction given as a result of closed session. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:31 PM. TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Ja s A. Maass, Pr ident Prepared b Susan M. Craig, Deputy District Clerk smc 12/20/00 Page 3