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Home My WebLink About1966-06-21 Min - Boardz44 Truckee* California June,21, 1966 The members of the Board of Directors of the Truckee Public utility District met in a regular meeting at the office of the h District on Main Street at 7:43 P.M. At roll call the following,Directors were noted present: Aweit�ka, Rose, Waters, Doyle. Director Firpo arrived at . 7:47 P.M. District employees present: Longo, Midyett, Cattan, Best Guests: David Baldwin, Milton Sharp, Randy Bobby, Tom Volley Mr., David Baldwin appeared before the board for an answer to his proposal to purchase 120 acres of land for $668000.00 from the District. Chairman Aweeka stated the Board -had discussed the matter throughly and the board was in unison not to sell the 120 acres at this time. Baldwin asked the reason for not -selling and was advised the District did not need the moneyat present. Mr. Baldwin stated other property had been offered him, therefore he would have to look elsewhere for land to continue with -his sub- division. Mr. Baldwin thanked the Board and left the meeting at 7;50 P.M. A report on the 120 acres made by George Cattan was given to the Directors as requested during the June 7th meeting. Director Doyle suggested this report be made a part of the minutes, Mr. Milton Sharp representing Waltz Corporation appeared before the board in regards to the water situation at Armstrong Subdivision Unite #2. Mr. Sharp advised Waltz Corp. Iis now interested in further developement of the subdivision and after study felt it was feasible to get water from present line in Unit #1 because of low pressure. Mr. Sharp felt 'the cost of pumping would be greater than the type of `development involved. Mr. Sharp presented two proposals for' the directors to "consider . 1. t txong Subdivision could be deleted and annexed to the Donner L e ti�pany. 2. Set up a water purchase from Donner La -J,4ty Mr. &yydvised there would be no problem getting water from Donner L The existing system could be tied in and this would improve the system immediately. This would serve the need for all future development in the Arm- strong subdivisions. Hydro -pneumatic pressure booster discussed. Mr. sharp felt that if the system was annexed to Donner Lake, Waltz Corp. would purchase the equity the District has in the hydro -pneumatic pressure booster. 11 Manager asked if the Waltz Corp. would support expenditures or come up with financial support. Mr. Sharp felt the Corporation would probablygive support to the District. Sharp advised they had contemplated spending $15,000.00 to develope mains and storage for water from McGlashons Spring so they would probably spend this much on some other source. Manager suggested the Board give - this matter there utmost attention before making a definite decision. Mr. Sharp thanked the board and left the meeting at 8 ;15 P.M* 1 Minutes of July 17 ,p 1966 regular meeting were read and approved g subject to the f011owin corrections. Page 74-3rd paragraph should read Prosser Lake Heights "Well". Typographical error in the second to last paragraph should be "it" instead of "hell, Statement of Truckee Public Utility District Fund and accounts paid, accounts payable were presented for Board's approval. M STATEMENT OF TRUCKEE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT FUND Bank Balance -as of !Statement of 6/7/66 $45, 061.M Deposits through June 21, 1966 141468,21 $59,529.23 Disbursements: Bills approved for payment at 6/7/66 meeting $18 ,111.84 Discounts, returns and tax adjustments -31.58 C & K Products Co. 1.25 18 , 081.51 r $418447.72 June 15th Payroll O.T. - Gross Net J. Britt 76.72 397.92 321.99 T. Best 446.40 361.19 G. Cattan 375.00 307.80 M. Haltom 369.60 302.68 J. Hensley - 277.20 217.37 R. Leamon 272.80 222.11 M. Midyett 212.50 170.24 T. Paulus- 323.08 270.38 L. Ramirez 343.20 292.67 C . Tramley 299.20 243.74 Do Vieu 39.60 33 0, 00 WN 267.04 2 977 io21 ` $116.32 $3, 646.90 $2, 977.21 $38 8470.51 Bills for Board's Approval J. H. Baxter &`Co. Consolidated Electrical Dist, Tahoe Truckee Agency Taylor -Jett Corp Gulf Service Farmers Machinery & Supply Pacific Telephone Petty Cash Postage 3 , 684 i 28 92.53 20.00 242.52 8.01 149.06 68.15 23.86 _ 50.00 4.338.38 $4,338.38 $ 34,132.13 Moved by Director Doyle and seconded by Director Rose, they bills paid and the bills . for boards approval be paid as, listed. So carried. FRED HODDER-EASEMENT I Manager reported the Sanitary District is requesting an easement located on land So. of Freeway at Highway 89. Manager stated the District does not own this property, that it was sold to Dick Joseph some time ago. Manager reported he informed Mr. Hodder of this and suggested he have it cleared with the Title Co. The Board instructed manager _to advise Mr. Hodder they could not give him an easement on land they do not own. The Board suggested manager discuss future easements to be given to the Sanitary District with Attorney Chamberlain, r SIERRA PACIFIC PROPOSAL The meeting .held June 10, 1966 with the Federal Power Commission and Sierra Pacific Power Co, to fix wholesale rates was discussed. Manager read letter from Martin McDonough dated June 14, 1966 recounting the San Francisco meeting. Correspondence read from Mr. Heidrick of Wilsey,Ham & Blair dated June 15, 1966. Manager read figures computed over one year period using the demand energy now being billed and the proposed demand energy. The proposal made at the meeting was the lst 100 Kw of demand at $2.00 per Kw - the next 400 Kw at $1.60 per Kw and all excess at $1.25 per Kw, in addition to an energy charge of 6 mills per Kwhr for all energy. A territorial agreement tentatively providing District to remain at its present size with S.P.P.Co. selling the District its facilities, future expansion of the District if re- quired subject to Sierra Pacific approval, y V IDiscussion ensued concerning the proposal and manager was instructed to advise the attorney the demand component of the rate proposed rt was acceptable. The energes component one mill too high and the attorney be instructed to negotiate on this basis. Randy Bobby representing the Recreation District appeared before r 4 the board to request for a less expensive water rate. Mr. Bobby was advised the District has only one wailer rate, but if a pipe line was constructed to the well then the District would negotiate. Mr. Bobby advised the pipe line will go accross the road next year. There will be two seperate lines, one for drinking water, the other for irrigation. Manager stated the water from the well was pure and could be used dor drinking, The only problem would be the woody taste of the water which could not be changed. It was suggested that George Cattan make a consumption study to see if it would be feasible. far the Recreation Dist . to pay for a line accross the road and pay_. pumping costs or to pay the standard water rate. Mr. Randy reported the District could not deed the 17 acres of land by _ the ,Golf Course according to the Attorney Generals ruling* The District would have to sell the propert at a negotiable price. The District can sell property to another District without calling for bids. This being the case it was suggested that Mr. Bobby have r an appraisal, made, then come back before the board with the appraisal and a proposal. Mr. Bobby thanked the Board for their time and left the meeting at 9;55 P.M, ANNEXATION Correspondence read from John Couzens to Paul Chamberlain dated May 20, 1966 Correspondence read from Chamberlain to Couzens, dated May 24, 1966. Manager stated June 21st, 1966 was the deadline for letters of protest in opposition to the annexation and to date has received none. Discussion ensued and it was agreed the hearing be held over in order to give opponents mor6 time to file protests. Moved by Director Waters and seconded by Director Doyle hearing on Annexation be continued another thirty days. So carried. MANAGERS REPORT Conversion ready in Pondarosa Palisades , area. WATER Water crew has completed the spring line accross the road at Pondrosa Palisades 1#2. Manager reported he inspected a spring on land by J. Hofert & Co, P.O. Box 3805, Seattle 24, Washington. The Shepherders Spring measured 2 gallons per second or 120 gallons per minute. The Hofert Spring will produce as much as Shepherders Spring. Manager showned location of Hofert Spring on map. Manager advised he has hired two lineman, - Tony Dias and George Haines,at the rate $4.20 per hour -standard scale. Since L.H. Best is no longer superintendent his salary has been reduced to $4.50 per hour -a reduction of 15trl . With two lineman being hired Manley Haltom will be a lead man and his salary will be increased to $4.30 per hour -an increase of 104r per hour. Further discussion ensued concerning the Armstrong Subdivision. Manager again asked the board to give the matter considerable consideration as he would not like to see the Donner Lake Utility Co. serving that - area. Chairman Aweeka asked if manager had ever been approached to buy out Donner Lake Utility Co. Manager advised just last week Mrs Adkisson gave indication he would like to sell. Manager stated he did not ask the price. -Director Doyle felt the directors should keep this in mind and - would be something to think - about in the future if the District should start serving power h in the Donner Lake area. r n - -• There being no further business to be brought before the board it was moved by Director Waters and seconded by Director Rose the meeting be adjourned eat 10 :15 P .M. r s , w rs H M 1 Y k Chairman of the Board of Directors Recording Se retary