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Public Utility District
Ordinance No. 2011 - 02
Reduction of the Glenshire Water System
Upgrade Charge
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District, hereinafter
referred to as District, acquired the Glenshire Mutual Water Company water system,
hereinafter referred to as Glenshire; and
WHEREAS, Glenshire experienced water quality and quantity problems; and
WHEREAS, the agreement for the acquisition required that the Glenshire customers pay
the cost of water system upgrades by means of a Glenshire Water System Upgrade
Charge; and
WHEREAS, on July 17, 2002, the Board of Directors of the District passed Ordinance
• 2002-04 establishing that the Glenshire Water System Upgrade Charge would be set at
$10.75 per month; and
WHEREAS, an external loan was obtained to fund a portion of the upgrade cost; and
WHEREAS, certain assets acquired from Glenshire have been subsequently sold and the
proceeds have been or will be used toward the payment of the external loan; and
WHEREAS, the amount necessary to collect from the Glenshire customers has been
reduced; and
WHEREAS, the District notified the Glenshire customers of a pending change in the
Glenshire Water System Upgrade Charge, requesting their response as to whether they
preferred a lower charge of $4.75 through November 2017 or an unchanged charge of
$10.75 through March 2014;
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2011, the District held a public workshop; and
WHEREAS, most of the responses indicated that the Glenshire customers preferred the
lower charge of $4.75 through November 2017;
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Ordinance 2011-02
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• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Directors of the District as follows:
1. Effective with the effective date of this ordinance, all portions of prior ordinances and/or
resolutions that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed insofar as they are inconsistent.
2. Glenshire Water System Upgrade Charge: The Glenshire Water System Upgrade
Charge is hereby reduced to the amount of$4.75 per month applicable to all customers
within the territory of the former Glenshire Mutual Water Company.
3. If no protest is made pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 16078, then this
ordinance shall be effective with bills issued on or after August 25, 2011 until November
30, 2017.
4. The Glenshire Water Upgrade Charge shall be reviewed each year in conjunction with
adopting of the District budget and shall be amended as appropriate.
5. The Clerk of the District shall immediately cause a copy of this ordinance to be posted
in three places within the District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility
District at a meeting duly called and held within the District on the 6th day of July 2011 by
• the following roll call vote:
AYES: Directors Aguera, Bender, Hemig and Laliotis
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
TRUC E D ER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By
Jeff Bender, President
ATTEST:
/7 /'7
Michael D. Holley, District Clerk
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Attachment 1
• Truckee Donner Public Utility District
Re-Calculation of the Glenshire Water System Upgrade Charge
Effective for Bills Issued on or after August 25, 2011
25 quarterly debt payments @ $41,700 $ 1,043,000
Parcel sale less accumulated costs (295,000)
Glenshire surcharge collected balance as of 8/24/2011 (217,000)
Surcharge required $ 531,000
Divided by the remaining months until 11/30/2017 75
Average monthly surcharge collections $ 7,080
Divided by the parcels paying surcharge 1,490
New monthly surcharge $ 4.75
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