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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-02-19 Min - Board REGULAR MEETING February 19, 1997 In accordance with District Code Section 2 08 010 the TDPUD minutes are action only minutes All Board meetings are recorded on audio tomes which are preserved perpetually 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 7:08 PM by President Hemig in the TDPUD Board room. ROLL CALL: Directors Aguera, Jones, Maass, Sutton and Hemig were present. EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Mary Chapman, Susan Craig, Steve Hollabaugh, Peter Holzmeister, Kathy Neus and Bob Quinn. CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Engineering Consultants Keith Knibb and Keith Sauers; Attorney Steve Gross. OTHERS PRESENT:Among those present in the audience were Bill Whitehead, Margaret Urky, Denise Colier, Scott Pomeroy, Sam Lemon and Bob Brayer. PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input. • CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING - APPROVAL OF THE WATER MASTER PLAN - ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER FACILITIES FEES-APPROVAL OF AN INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT AND DRAFT NEGATIVE DECLARATION RELATING TO A WATER MASTER PLAN AND A WATER FACILITIES FEE ORDINANCE The public hearing was opened at T09 PM. The Manager walked the audience through the issues being considered by the Board. He noted that as Truckee continues to grow, new water system facilities will need to be constructed in order to serve the expanded population and meet fire flow needs. In order to identify future facilities, the water master plan is being updated. It identifies a list of future facilities costing $24 million. The facilities will need to be built only if development occurs and will be spread out over the next 20 years. The District must make a decision regarding the source of the funds to build the system improvements needed in the future- monthly water rates or facilities fees. There has been a long- standing policy that development pays the costs associated with growth. The Board and staff have been struggling with a fair method upon which to structure the facilities fee. Past practice has been that development pays the costs associated with growth. AB 1600 changed the ground rules regarding facilities fees. According to AB 1600, the facilities fee can be used only for the construction of water system improvements needed to serve growth. The fee can be levied on the basis of direct benefit or on a global basis. There is room for differing opinion as AB 1600 permits either method. The common way to structure a fee is to use the global basis. 2/19/97 Page 1 Relating to the Tahoe Donner subdivision, Dart constructed the major portions of the water system needed to serve it at build-out. However, there are still water system improvements that will be needed to serve Tahoe Donner at build-out. Further, the subdivision will benefit from the construction of water facilities. Dart provided the District with cash payments in addition to constructing the system: $40 per lot upon recordation of the subdivision maps for each unit; $56,875 for the Northwoods Blvd. Pipeline; $14,000 for work performed by the District is trouble-shooting the telemetry system; $6,000 for a data logger for the telemetry system; $25,000 for four specific altitude valves; and $35,000 for cathodic protection. To date, facilities fees are not charged to Tahoe Donner property owners. However they may be implemented in the future because additional water system facilities are needed in Tahoe Donner, the District is constructing water system improvements that benefit large portions of its water service area; the District is using a global basis in solving other water system issues. Bill White head, Bob Broyer, Denise Colier, Scott Pomeroy and Sam Lemon spoke against levying facilities fees in the Tahoe Donner subdivision. Margaret Urke of CABPRO, an advocate for good government in Nevada County, addressed the Board. She complimented Keith Knibb for preparing the District's master plan stating that it is well-done, easy to read and very accurate. She outlined CABPRO's concerns as follows: "We understand that the current proposed fee has been reduced by 43% by making two changes. You have deleted the developer responsbile areas and their facilities from the list of proposed projects, thus reducing the total cost of improvements. And you have added • in the EDUs from the devveooper responsible areas to the total number of EDUS, thereby spreading the fee over a larger number of users. We commend you for your efforts to reduce the fees. However, we are concerned about this method of reducing the fees." "Our primary concern is the charge to the property owners in Tahoe Donner. Since Tahoe Donner mitigated their water needs when Dart developed the subdivision, to ask them to pay for a full facilities fee at this time is again doubling up on fees. At most they should be required to pay for a small portion since they have not required 900 gpm instead of the original 800 gpm." Ms. Urke also stated that Tahoe Donner property owners paid for the original investment in a water system when they purchased their lot. It built a system in excess of its needs at the time it was built and the District has had the use of that water for many years. There being no further comments, the public hearing was closed at approximately 9:22 pm. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER TO EXECUTE FINANCING DOCUMENTS RELLA TING TO THE LEASE PURCHASE OF A USED LOADER The Board reviewed the documents necessary to finance the used loader with Municipal Services Group. Director Jones moved, and Director Maass seconded, that the Board adopt Resolution No. 9702 authorizing the financing of the used loader and authorizing the District's General Manager to execute the documents. ROLL CALL: Sutton, abstained; all others, aye. SO RESOLVED. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION DECLARIING AN EMERGENCY EXISTS AND 2119197 Page 2 AUTHORIZING STAFF TO DISPENSE WITH BIDDING RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF A VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR MARTIS VALLEY SUBSTATION During the past week, one of the District's voltage regulators failed in the Martis Valley substation. The regulator is an auto transformer that adjusts the station's voltage to a predetermined level as loads on the system increase or decrease. Without the regulator, as loads inncrease on the circuits, the voltage to customers decreases. Damage to voltage sensitive equipment can result without regulation on the system. Loss of equipment at the Martis Valley substation is a critical blow to the entire electric system. The loss of this regulator should be considered an emergency. Replacement, unless one can be found at another utiitlity, will take approximately nine weeks for delivery from the factory once the order is placed. During the time it takes to locate a replacement, staff will continuously monitor loads at the station. Director Maass moved that the Board adopt Resolution No. 9703 directing that competitive bidding be dispensed with in connection with the District's acquisition of a voltage regulator for its Martis Valley Substation. The motion was seconded by Director Sutton. ROLL CALL: all Directors, aye. SO RESOLVED. It was noted that the Board shall review the emergency action at its next regularly scheduled meeting and at every regularly scheduled meeting thereafter until the action is terminated to determine whether there is a need to continue the action. REVIEW OF MONTHLY STAFF REPORTS • There were no questions regarding the monthly staff reports. CLOSED SESSION - CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR, PETER HOLZMEISTER, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, LOCAL 1245, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 The Board adjourned to closed session at 9:57 pm. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION The Board returned to public session at approximately 10:30 PM. There was no action taken. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Baord, the meeting was adjourned at 10:31 PM. TRU E DON J R PUBLIC Tl lTY DISTRICT 4 Ro 91Hem Pres" enf / f? Prepared b Susan M. Craig, Deputy District Clerk r smc 2/19/97 Page 3