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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTown of Truckee AGENDA ITEM TOWN OF r.. •he MEETING DATE: October 4. "' 7 TO: and Council Members FROM: )wn Manager SUBJECT: -ding future joint meeting with the Truckee strict (TDPUD)to discuss planned growth ..y RECOMMENDATION: action to staff to coordinate with the TDPUD in organizing a future joint meeting of the Counc.r and the Board to discuss planned growth and water availability. DISCUSSION: Based upon concerns expressed during the public comment portion of recent Town Council meetings the Council has indicated an interest in understanding more about the TDPUD's water system,capacity and plans and their relationship to growth planned in the Truckee General Plan. Staff has discussed the potential of conducting a joint meeting of both bodies focused on this topic and there is a mutual interest in such an opportunity. This meeting would be structured as an informational workshop and would be held at the TDPUD. To allow for preparation and coordination of calendars it is anticipated that the workshop would be conducted in late October or November. FISCAL IMPACT: None at this time. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: The workshop would be open to the public and announcement of the meeting will be broadly distributed once the date and details are established. Town Council Staff Report Page 1 of 1 TOWN OF TVE d• B e•e+ •e ya '+sea w •` • DATE: November 5, 2007 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members FROM: Tony Lashbrook, Town Manager SUBJECT: Next week's Joint Workshop with the Truckee Donner PUD The Council has scheduled a joint workshop with the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District. This meeting will be held next Tuesday, November 13 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Truckee Donner P.U.D. Administrative Building on Donner Pass Road. The focus of this workshop will be on the availability of domestic water supplies to serve existing customers and proposed planned growth within Truckee. The presentation which will be conducted jointly by Town and PUD staff will focus on the amount of growth planned, general plan policies related to growth and water, and the current and planned water system. The PUD will be providing some specific information on the current operation of the system focusing on any deviations from their adopted plans. Attached for your reading prior to the workshop is the Nimbus Study and the Kennedy/Jenks Report- these are the two documents relied on by the PUD and the two other Martis Valley water purveyors related to the adequacy of the water source to serve existing and planned growth with Truckee and within the Placer County portion of the Martis Valley. These are the reports referenced in the PUD's Urban Water Management Plan and the Truckee General Plan EIR. The meeting will be chaired by Tim Taylor who is the President of the PUD Board. PUD Board members and Councilmembers will be seated at the dais together. Should you have questions about the format or the agenda for the meeting, please contact me. Town Council memo Page 1 of 1 Page 1 of 1 Barbara Cahill From: Tony Lashbrook[TLashbrook@townoftruckee.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:28 PM To: John Ulrich; Barbara Cahill Subject: Council Memo Fyi and for your files. This is the cover memo I put on top of the Nimbus Study and Kennedy/Jenks study to our Town Council. Thanks for providing the copies! I read them last night- pretty strong reports documenting the water source. Tony Lashbrook Town Manager Town of Truckee 530.582.2901 11/6/2007 Town Council ++ii+ ++ i Department Heads Tony Lashbrook, Town Manager Richard Anderson,Mayor Scott Berry, Chief of Police J.Dennis Crabb, Town Attorney Barbara Green, Vice Mayor John McLaughlin,Community Development Director Kim Szczurek,Administrative Services Director Joshua J.Susman, Councilmember `°+f f Judy Price, Town Clerk Dr.Mark Brown,Councilmember 4.r r I Alex Terrazas,Assistant to the Town Manager Carolyn Wallace Dee, Councilmember Daniel Wilkins,Public Works Director/TownEngineer MEMORANDUM DATE: October 15, 2007 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members FROM: Duane Hall, Town Planner SUBJECT: Upcoming Joint Meeting with Truckee Donner PUD Board of Directors In advance of the Council's upcoming discussion with the Truckee Donner PUD Board of Directors on matters of common interest, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight pertinent policies and actions of the General Plan that may augment your discussion. The General Plan recognizes the Truckee Donner PUD as the lead governmental agency in providing water to Truckee businesses and residents. Nonetheless, because water is an important resource and new growth and development may stress this resource, the General Plan does not turn its back on addressing water supply issues. Our role, as expressed in the General Plan, is to work with the Truckee Donner PUD in ensuring there is an adequate water supply and delivery system to serve new growth and development. Also, the Town will support the efforts of the Truckee Donner PUD in conserving our water supply. On the next page, you will find those General Plan policies and actions that pertain to water supply and water conservation. If you have any questions about these policies and actions, please feel free to contact me at Town Hall, by phone at 582-2918, or by e-mail at dhall(@—townoftruckee.com. 10183 Truckee Airport Road,Truckee, CA 96161-3306 www.townoftruckee.com Administration: 530-582-7700/ Fax: 530-582-7710/e-mail:truckee@townoftruckee.com Community Development: 530-582-7820/Fax: 530-582-7889/e-mail:cdd@townoftruckee.com Animal ControlNehicle Abatement: 530-582-7830/Fax: 530-582-7889/e-mail:animalcontrol@townoftruckee.com Police Department: 530-550-2328/Fax: 530-550-2326/e-mail:policedepartment@townoftruckee.com Memo to Town Council,10/15/07 Page 2 General Plan Policies and Actions Water Supply and Water Conservation Conservation and Open Space Policy 11.7 — Ensure that all proposed developments can be adequately served by available water supplies. Conservation and Open Space Policy 11.8 — Support all efforts to encourage water conservation by Truckee residents and businesses, and public agencies, including working with the Truckee Donner Public Utility District, to implement water conservation programs and incentives that facilitate conservation efforts. Conservation and Open Space Action 11.3 — Work with the Truckee Donner PUD to study ways in which the development review process can be strengthened to define more stringent requirements for documentation of a project's projected water needs and the availability of local water supplies to serve it. Conservation and Open Space Action 11.4— Coordinate with the TDPUD to develop a list of feasible water conservation programs and incentives that might be offered to the District's customers, and develop related strategies for how the Town might support the District's efforts in implementing these programs. Conservation and Open Space Action 11.9—Work with the Truckee Donner PUD to prepare a cooperative study to analyze long-term regional water availability based on scientifically valid assumptions and projections of future climatic changes. 10183 Truckee Airport Road,Truckee, CA 96161-3306 www.townoftruckee.com Administration: 530-582-7700/Fax: 530-582-7710/e-mail:truckee@townoftruckee.com Community Development: 530-582-7820/Fax: 530-582-7889/e-mail:cdd@townoftruckee.com Animal ControlNehicle Abatement: 530-582-7830/Fax: 530-582-7889/e-mail.animalcontrol@townoftruckee.com Police Department: 530-550-2328/Fax: 530-550-2326/e-mail:policedepartment@townoftruckee.com Page 1 of 1 Barbara Cahill From: Judy Price [JPrice@townoftruckee.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:14 AM To: Robert Williams Cc: Tony Lashbrook; Barbara Cahill; bgreen38@sbcglobal.net; CDee@townoftruckee.com; JSusman@townoftruckee.com; mbrown@townoftruckee.com; RAnderson@townoftruckee.com Subject: RE: Water issues Thank you for your comments. I have forwarded them onto the Town Council and Town Manager, In Truckee the water purveyor is the Truckee Donner Public Utility District(TDPUD). The TDPUD is hosting a joint meeting of their board and the Truckee Town Council on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 6:00 p.m. to discuss planned growth and water availability. You are encouraged to attend. Judy Price Town Clerk Town of Truckee 10183 Truckee Airport Rd Truckee, CA 96161 (530) 582-2924 jprice.. ..townoftr.uckee.com. From: Robert Williams [mailto:fouradam2@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:31 PM To: Judy Price Subject: Water issues Hi My name is Robert H Williams and I live at 11319 Skyline Ct. in Truckee. Regarding the aquifer issues being discussed recently. I am a retired Police Chief from the City of Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, CA. Rohnert Park was a master planned community and drilled many deep wells to supply water to a city that has a current population of approx. 50,000 persons. We were told that the city sits on an aquifier of unlimited amounts of water. Due to rapid development in the 1970s and 1980s, the city wells had to be dug deeper and eventually abandoned. Rural residents outside the city limits had their wells dry up. Rohnert Park had to obtain their water supply from the Sonoma County water system at a huge expense. The city has no more wells. The aquifer was not unlimited. Rapid development depleted the "unlimited" aquifer within a 20 year time period. Thank you, Robert H Williams 16 Oct, 07 10/17/2007 Agenda Item # TRUCK ,. . . . , Memorandum To: Board of Directors From: John Ulrich Date: September 28, 2007 1. Subject: Joint meeting of Town of Truckee Council and Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board 2. NEW INFORMATION Jointly, the Truckee Town Manager, Tony Lashbrook and your Interim General Manager are considering coordinating a future joint meeting with the Town Council to achieve a more full understanding of the TDPUD water system, capacity and plans and their relationship to growth anticipated in the Truckee General Plan. 3. RECOMMENDATION I recommend the Board direct staff to coordinate a meeting with the Town of Truckee Council to discuss planned growth and water availability. John Ulrich, Interim GM Attached: Town of Truckee agenda item AGENDA ITEM TOWN OF MEETING DATE: October 4, 2007 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members FROM: Tony Lashbrook, Town Manager SUBJECT: Direction to staff regarding future joint meeting with the Truckee Donner Public Utility District(TDPUD)to discuss planned growth and water availability RECOMMENDATION: Direction to staff to coordinate with the TDPUD in organizing a future joint meeting of the Council and the Board to discuss planned growth and water availability. DISCUSSION: Based upon concerns expressed during the public comment portion of recent Town Council meetings the'Council has indicated an interest in understanding more about the TDPUD's water system, capacity and plans and their relationship to growth planned in the Truckee General Plan. Staff has discussed the potential of conducting a joint meeting of both bodies focused on this topic and there is a mutual interest in such an opportunity. This meeting would be structured as an informational workshop and would be held at the TDPUD. To allow for preparation and coordination of calendars it is anticipated that the workshop would be conducted in late October or November. FISCAL IMPACT: None at this time. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS: The workshop would be open to the public and announcement of the meeting will be broadly distributed once the date and details are established. Town Council Staff Report Page 1 of 1 . ... ............_...........