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Staff Report
To: Board of Directors
From: Peter Holzmeister
Date: June 27, 2005
Subject: Donner Lake Assessments
Why this matter is before the board: This matter was discussed briefly at the last
board meeting. It involves establishing a final date for the forgiving of assessments
under the Donner Lake Assessment District resulting from the merger of parcels. This
recommended action would be by resolution and only the board can adopt a resolution.
History: As was discussed at the last meeting, after the formation of the Donner Lake
Assessment District we allowed owners of multiple adjacent parcels to merge them and
forgave the assessment on parcels that disappeared. I was advised by our attorney,
John Murphy, that there should be a cut of date after which mergers no longer result in
forgiveness of an assessment. Otherwise, over time there is erosion in the revenues
needed to pay for acquisition and rehabilitation of the Donner Lake water system. The
directors were favorable to establishing a cut off date and I was asked to return at this
meeting with an action item to accomplish that.
New Information: I have spoken with John Murphy who advised adopting a resolution
establishing the cut off date is quite simple in its form. We need simple state the basic
facts that led up to the process of forgiving assessments based on merging of parcels
and state that a cut off date is being established to preserve revenues. I have drafted
such a resolution for your consideration. it contains a few WHEREAS clauses
describing the history of forgiving mergers and concludes with adoption of the cut off
date on September 1, 2005. That draft resolution is attached.
Recommendation: I recommend that the board adopt the resolution concerning
forgiveness of assessments in the Donner Lake Assessment District related to the
merging of parcels.
VNEW
Resolution No. 2005- XXXX
Concerning Forgiveness of Assessments in the Donner Lake
Assessment District Related to the Merging of Parcels
WHEREAS the Truckee Donner Public Utility District participated in formation of the Donner Lake
Assessment District for the purpose of acquiring and rehabilitating the Donner Lake water system; and
WHEREAS the Assessment District was approved by vote of the owners of land parcels within the proposed
boundary of the Assessment District; and
WHEREAS assessments authorized under formation of the Assessment District apply to vacant as well as
improved parcels of land; and
WHEREAS the District allowed in the early stages of the existence of the Assessment District for the
forgiveness of an assessment on a parcel that is merged with an adjacent parcel; and
WHEREAS the forgiveness of assessments related to merged parcels reduces the revenues necessary to
fund the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Donner Lake water system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility
District as follows:
1. Effective on September 1, 2005 and from that date forward assessments approved under the formation
of the Donner Lake Assessment District will no longer be forgiven as a result of the merge of parcels.
2. To be considered to forgiveness of an assessment an applicant must submit to the District General
manager by September 1, 2005, a certification from the appropriate county assessor that a merger of a
parcel has been completed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the District on
the day of , 2004 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By
J. Ron Hemig, President
ATTEST:
Peter L. Holzmeister, District Clerk