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Resolution No. 2020 - 03
Honoring Placer County Water Agency General Manage Einar L.
Maisch
WHEREAS, the District has responsibility for ground water resource management and stewardship in the
Martis Valley Groundwater Basin; and
WHEREAS, the District has worked collaboratively with Placer County Water Agency and Northstar
Community Services District in adopting the 2013 Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan and other
regulatory and operational partnerships; and
WHEREAS, Placer County Water Agency’s General Manager, Einer L. Maisch, has been a strong and
supportive partner to the District during his tenure and has announced his retirement; and
WHEREAS, Einar L. Maisch has faithfully, effectively, and successfully served as General Manager of the
Placer County Water Agency (“PCWA”) from March 7, 2015, through February 28, 2020, overseeing
stewardship of its watersheds and management of its water resources, hydroelectric energy, and water utility
service to expansive areas of Placer County; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Maisch has served the people of Placer County for 34 years in a variety of roles at PCWA,
including Director of Technical Services, Director of Strategic Affairs, Executive Director of the Middle Fork
Project Finance Authority, and General Manager; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Maisch’s steadfast and visionary leadership has made it possible to surmount many critical
challenges facing Placer County and the surrounding region, including droughts, floods, water shortage
emergencies, and forest fires; and
WHEREAS, under Mr. Maisch’s leadership, PCWA has achieved significant accomplishments, including the
federal relicensing of the Middle Fork American River Project; development of the PCWA’s independent
energy marketing capabilities; development of the PCWA’s County-wide Masterplan, which includes
stewardship and infrastructure projects across the county; and improvements to PCWA’s Financial Assistance
Program for disbursement of grants and loans to water districts within the county; and
WHEREAS, under Mr. Maisch’s leadership, PCWA has fostered good relationships and partnerships with the
water districts of the eastern slope of the county, encouraging collaborative water and energy resource
management and stewardship; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Maisch has unselfishly served the people of Placer County and has exhibited considerable
expertise, insight and wisdom in all matters before him, with impacts for which he will be recognized for
generations to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT DOES RESOLVE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR EINER L. MAISCH, AND CONGRATULATE
HIM FOR HIS MERITORIOUS SERVCE TO THE PEOPLE OF PLACER COUNTY.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the District on
the fifth day of February, 2020 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Directors: Aguera, Ellis, Laliotis, Vice President Finn and President Bender.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By____________________________________
Jeff Bender, President
ATTEST:
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Shanna D. Kuhlemier, CMC, District Clerk