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Home My WebLink About4 Cebridge Connections Easement Agenda Item # DONNER Public Utility District Memorandum To: Board of Directors From: Peter Holzmeister Date: August 12, 2005 Subject: Cebridge Connections request for an easement Why this matter is before the board: This matter involves granting Cebridge Connections an easement across the District owned land at the Northside well and tank site for access to their new head end site. Only the board can grant this easement. History: There is a considerable history to the District's dealings with Cebridge Connections, and since the board is familiar with the details of that history, I will not repeat it here. New Information: Until recently Cebridge has leased a portion of the Northside site from the District and had its head end facility there. The District now needs that land and Cebridge is in the process of relocating its head end. I received a request from Cebridge that we convey to them an easement across the Northside site so they would have access to their new head end facility. I responded that we are not interested. A request has been made that this matter be presented to the board for consideration. Attached are the a-mails that went between me and Pete Abel. Recommendation: I recommend that the request be denied Peter Holzmeister From: Abel, Pete[Pete.Abel@cequel3.coml Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:31 AM To: Peter Holzmeister Cc: Gilles, Dave; Farren, David Subject: RE: Updates & Reply Requested Importance: High Peter -- Thanks for getting back to me. I guess I 'm surprised by this answer, and accordingly, I hope you can help me understand why the TDPUD would not want to take advantage of a revenue-producing asset, especially when that revenue is achievable in a manner that will not interfere with your evolving plans for the property in question. My goal is not to debate, but simply to understand. If you would prefer to discuss this matter, by phone, let me know, and I'd be delighted to call at a time that is convenient for you. Thanks. -- Pete Abel, 314,315,9346 -----Original Message----- From: Peter Holzmeister [mailto:peterholzmeister@tdpud.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:13 AM To: Abel, Pete Subject: RE: Updates & Reply Requested Good Morning Pete, We are not interested in having an easement across our Northside well and tank site at this time. Hopefully you will be able to secure an alternate path. Sorry for the delay in responding to you. Peter Holzmeister -----Original Message----- From: Abel, Pete [mailto:Pete.Abel@cequel3 .com] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:09 AM To: Peter Holzmeister Subject: RE: Updates & Reply Requested Peter -- I really hesitate to bother you because I know you're very busy, but as we work to finalize plans for relocation of our headend this month, we would like to understand the TDPUD's thoughts on the easement proposal from my August 3 email, and where/how that proposal might fit into our go-forward plans. I know you have a budget review meeting this afternoon with the Board, so if you need to wait until that meeting concludes, I obviously understand. Either way, please let me know. As always, I greatly appreciate your time and consideration. -- Pete A. (PS -- I will probably be back in Truckee September 7-9 and would love to take you to dinner or lunch in that time frame, if you're available and would be interested in doing SO. My thought was to get together, not to talk business, but simply to get to know each other a little better and maybe discuss common community interests, such as workforce housing. We have similar challenges on that topic. Would this be something in which you're interested and available?) -----Original Message----- From: Peter Holzmeister [mailto:peterholzmeister@tdpud.org] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 4:09 PM To: Abel, Pete Subject: RE: Updates & Reply Requested Got it. 1 -----Original Message----- From: Abel, Pete [mailto:Pete.Abel@cequel3 .com] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 2 :08 PM To: Peter Holzmeister Cc: Gilles, Dave; Farren, David Subject: RE: Updates & Reply Requested Peter -- I'm glad the fax came through yesterday. I thought I'd try emailing again, since you said that seems to be working well today. Here's hoping this one doesn't bounce back! Thanks again for taking time to review these updates and request. I look forward to speaking at your convenience, tomorrow or Monday, as circumstances allow. Take care . . . -- Pete A. -----Original Message----- From: Abel, Pete Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:48 AM To: ' PeterHolzmeister@tdpud.org' Cc: Gilles, Dave; Farren, David Subject: Updates & Reply Requested Peter -- I hope you are well. I'd like to exchange several updates with you and ask for your review/reply (preferably this week) on a somewhat time-sensitive item, noted below, under Topic #2. #1. EDUCATIONAL TV SPOTS I trust things continue to move in the right direction with respect to the TDPUD's educational/conservation-related TV spots, and hope you and/or Scott Terrell will keep me personally apprised of the status of Scott's discussions with Peg Freesen. Once a basic agreement has been reached between them, I'd be happy to advocate for the TDPUD to receive incremental time on the schedule for your educational messages, at no charge, contingent on the availability of "open" spots, and consistent with our ongoing commitment to community service. #2 . TDPUD PROPERTY As of this morning, we are on track to have our headend removed from the TDPUD's property by end-August, and once again, we appreciate your gracious agreement to a 30-day extension of the original deadline. On a related note, I would like to revisit our prior request for a temporary easement (primarily for a conduit and utility closet) on this same property. We are again inquiring about this matter, given that the other options available to us are not proving as immediately practical/viable as we hoped they would. Specifically, I have been authorized -- in a exchange for a one-year (12-month) easement -- to offer the TDPUD $500 per month ($6, 000 annualized) . Importantly . . . (a) the $500 per month is negotiable, within reason (b) the easement would take up very little space on the property in question (c) the easement could run along the very edge of the property, well removed from the primary "useable" area (d) unanticipated, mid-term relocation of the easement/conduit/closet would be at our cost, as would the end-term removal (e) though not as critical as permits/inspections, the easement would help further ensure timely removal of our headend. I 'm hopeful we can work something out here, and would greatly appreciate the courtesy of your reply this week, if possible. 2 #3 . CHANNEL 6 BOARD MEETING TELECASTS Per Alan Harry, we are awaiting Joe Horvath' s decision regarding the poles on the proposed route for the fiber drop that would enable board meeting telecasts on Channel 6 (TTCTV) . In the meantime, our technical staff may have identified an alternative installation proposal that would not impact those poles and could be implemented within days, pending final resolution of the items discussed above. We stand prepared to discuss this alternative with you, Alan, and/or Joe, as appropriate. As always, thank you for your time and consideration. -- Pete A. "The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or legally privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. 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