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Post Office Box 309 • 11570 Donner Pass Road • Truckee. California 95734
(916) 587-3896
MEMORANDUM
March 27, 1984
To: Board of Directors
From: Water Committee
Subject: Meeting - March 20, 1984
On March 20th, the Water Committee met and reviewed the recommendations
made to the Board of Directors dated February 22, 1984.
Budget items Cost
*l. Water tests $ 6,000
*2. Tamietti (return from leave of absence 4/1) 16,126
*3. Inspector 15,000
*4. Compaction testor 6,000
*5. Summer help - two college students 6,000
*6. Cathodic protection - Tahoe Donner ?
*7. Water alarm system t 5,000
S. Replace Unit #19 with one ton w/boom-hydraulics 27,000
Capital projects Cost
*1. Highway 267 rebuild $105,000
*2. Downtown truckee - A-1, A-4, A-5, tap for A-6 257,300
*3. Obtain and upgrade A & B Wells 60,000
4. Purchase five fire hydrants 4,000
5. Complete downtown Truckee 234,400
6. Sanders Well - surge tank - telemetry 61000
7. Tank inspection ?
8. Inlet/outlet at Sierra. Meadows 35,000
* Must be done even if it means a rate increase
or use of other inovative funding methods
Funding possibilities for capital projects
1. FmHA loan or grant
2. Borrow from restricted funds, or permanent transfer:
a) Facilities fees $150,000
b) Reserve for future meters (borrow) 160,000
c) FmHA reserve fund 200,000
3. A & B Well savings 50,000
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Truckee Donner Public Utility District
Post Office Box 309 • 11570 Donner Pass Road • Truckee, California 95734
(916) 587-3896
MEMORANDUM
March 28, 1984
To: Board of Directors
From: Electric Committee
Subject: Recommendations - Electric Department
We would like to provide you with the following recommendations:
1. Hire an interim licensed Electrical Engineer. This
should be done as soon as possible
2. Establish the second crew as permanent
3. Hire one additional Groundman
4. Hire one additional Lineman
5. Publicize the new poljicy for customer-owned generators;
develop procedures to implement it, and investigate any
relevant laws
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6. Develop construction standards
7. Develop material standards
8. Develop appropriate maps and records of electrical
system
9. Acquire new bucket truck in 1985 (include in '85 budget)
16. Research future use of spare substation transformers
11. Plan for and install, if feasible, a command center to
be used during major outages (includes auxiliary generator)
12. Investigate and purchase, if feasible, a telemetry type
metering system for the appropriate portions of the elec-
trical system —`
13. Proceed with the attached project list as funds are avail-
able
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RECOMMENDED ELECTRIC PROJECTS
Project Approximate cost
* 1. Fence Tahoe Donner Substation
* 2. Pave and grade Tahoe Donner Substation -
* 3. Tree trimming $100,000
�'^ * 4. Service to new customers:
Airport Inn - Loftis
Hilltop UG
Recreation & Park District
Karl's Jr.
Highway scales
UG Airport feeder
* 5. Test oil in substation transformers/regulators 8,000
* 5. Highway 267 reconductor 50,000
* 6. Finish Donner Lake UG 30,000
* 7. Elementary school to Northwoods - reconductor 15,000
* 8. Martis Valley to D Feeder - reconductor 15,000
9. Lucky Store/Donner Lake rebuild 130,000
10. Lucky Store to Martis Valley reconductor 100,000
11. Martis Valley,to Airport reconductor 120,000
12. Resag Tahoe Donner - main circuits 30,000
13. Loop Donner Lake through State Park 125,000
14. Reconductor South Shore Drive 140,000
* Must be done, even if it means a rate in-
crease or use of other inovative funding methods
District projects
1. Reinsulate Truckee Sub
2. 13.2 KV-to 12.5 KV conversion - Donner Lake
3. Loop Tahoe Donner #3 with #1
4. Upgrade old jumpers - Truckee
S. UG Tahoe Donner Sub geLaway
6. Resagging Gateway, Sierra Meadows, Donner Lake
Phase balancing, fuse coordination, sectionalizing
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