HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comment Burden/Dickenson Truckee Donner Public Utility District
Board of Directors
Joseph R. Aguera
J. Ronald Hemig
Patricia S. Sutton
September 3, 2008 Tim Taylor
William L. Thomason
Memo to Board General Manager
Subject: Potential Public Input for tonight's meeting. Michael D. Holley
From: Steven Poncelet
There are two issues that TDPUD Staff are working on that may come before the Board. The
purpose of this memo is to provide an update to the Board on these issues.
TDPUD Southside Well Property/Mr.Dennis Dickenson:
Mr. Dickenson is concerned about the wetlands that run from Hilltop, cross Brockaway Road,
and end at the Truckee River behind the Town corp. yard. He is specifically interested in the
TDPUD's property adjacent to the 7-11 on Brockaway Road. It is important to note that this
wetlands has also been brought up in conversations with MAPF, Truckee River Watershed
Council, and the Truckee Trails Foundation.
On August 22"d, Mr. Dickenson e-mailed TDPUD invoking the California Public Records Act
and requested the TDPUD's Conditional Use Permit for the property. In a later conversation,
he requested `all' public record on the property. We responded in writing on August 29th that
we had no documents responsive to his request(cited California Government Code Sections
53090-53091 where water facilities are exempt from Conditional Use Permits) and asking
him to be more specific on his request for `all' records indicating that we were prepared to
respond but needed to use the District's resources efficiently.
On September lst, Mr. Dickenson responded in writing again invoking the California Public
Records Acts and again asking for `all' documents with only marginal detail on his request
and ending with `every scrap of paper that is in the possession of the TDPUD'. The Staff will
continue to work with Mr. Dickenson.
Donner Lake Property Owners Association:
The Donner Lake POA held their annual meeting last weekend and Juanita had requested a
talk by Michael Holley on water meters, conservation, etc. Michael attended the meeting and
in general, his presentation was well received. However, there was some contention
regarding future charges for water meter installation and reading.
The residents pointed out that, as part of joining the TDPUD, the Donner Lake residents had
meter boxes and meters installed and they are currently paying a Bond Assessment on their
bills. They questioned why they should pay for meter installation again(should the District
adopt a uniform surcharge for water meters). Michael indicated that the actual meter
installation was only a small part of the overall project to begin reading meters and billing
volumetrically and estimated the meter installation at —20% of the total cost.
It is important to note that —40% of the district has had some form of boxes/meters installed
since 1992 and each could make a similar argument as the Donner Lake customers.
P. O. Box 309 — Truckee, CA 96160 — Phone 530-587-3896 — Fax 530-587-5056 - www.tdpud.org
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Barbara Cahill
From: Dorothy Burden [dotburden @ jps.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:25 AM
To: Joe Aguera; Ron Hemig; Pat Sutton; Tim Taylor; William Thomason; Barbara Cahill
Subject: Water Meter Implementation Plan Inequities
Truckee Donner PUD Board of Directors:
I request that this correspondence be read at the September 3, 2008 meeting of the Truckee
Donner PUD.
I am writing to the Truckee Donner PUD Board of Directors to express my concern about the
apparent double charging of fees for the water meter implementation plan underway at this
time.
At the Donner Lake Property Owners meeting on August 30, 2008, Michael Holley presented
the document, ``Water Metering Implementation Plan" adopted July 23, 2008. According to this
document, the property owners at the west end of Donner Lake who are meter ready will be
assessed again. I assume that my property is in Phase 2, and I should be charged only for the
amount estimated in this phase.
When TDPUD took over the Del Oro water system, our area was upgraded, and we were
assessed for these improvements. Under this current plan, it appears that we will be asked to
pay a second time for the installation that has already taken place and for which we have
already paid. It would be more equitable to have a tiered system that accounts for payments
already made.
In a tiered system that is fair, no one would be paying twice and subsidizing any other part of
the plan. I request that the Board reconsider the assessment structure, and that I be notified
when it is an agenda item.
Dorothy Burden
15710 Conifer Drive
P. O. Box 8154
Truckee, CA 96162
dotburden@jps.net