HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2011-22 - Board Of TRUCKEE DONNER
Public Utility District
Resolution No. 2011 - 22
REQUESTING NEVADA COUNTY LAFCo TO RESCIND THE
TRUCKEE SANITARY DISTRICT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act requires a Lead Agency to include an analysis of
the significance of impacts from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its analysis of a project; and
WHEREAS, the District's legal counsel responded to Nevada County LAFCo regarding the Truckee
Sanitary District (TSD) Sphere of Influence (SOI) Update stating that the TDPUD believes LAFCo's
environmental review is inadequate and fails to comply with CEQA; and
WHEREAS, legal counsel's correspondence addressed the need for GHG to be included in the review
and analysis of the environmental impacts of TSD being a customer of and receiving power from
TDPUD for that portion of TSD's boundaries and sphere of influence that are also within the boundaries
and sphere of influence of the TDPUD, as compared to the environmental impacts of TSD being a
customer of and receiving electricity from Liberty Energy for that portion of TSD's boundaries and
sphere of influence that are outside the boundaries and sphere of influence of TDPUD and are served
by Liberty Energy; and
WHEREAS, LAFCo staff admitted in their September 15, 2011 staff report, that GHG analysis is
"beyond the technical ability of LAFCo staff"; and
( WHEREAS, LAFCo staff prepared the GHG analysis for TSD prior to their September 15, 2011
admission; and
WHEREAS, the environmental impacts from receiving power from TDPUD are less than the
environmental impacts from receiving power from Liberty Energy.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED,that the Truckee Donner Public Utility District Board,
by motion adopted a resolution requesting Local Agency Formation Commission of Nevada County to
rescind the Truckee Sanitary District Sphere of Influence based on deficiencies of associated CEQA
documentation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District in a
meeting duly called and held within said District on the fifth day of October 2011.
AYES: Directors Aguera, Bender, Ferree, Hemig and Laliotis
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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ATTEST:
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Michael D. Holley, P.E r of the Board