NCSD Meeting on 11/16/11


11/16/11 Board meeting agenda

REVIEW SUPPLEMENTAL WATER PROJECT FINANCING OPTIONS

11/16/11 Board packet with item E-2 on Water Tie Project (WIP)/Supplemental Water funding options

Public Comments made:

John Snyder's General Public comments made on GSWC, RWC and WMWC representation

John Snyder's Public comments made on E-2

11/16/11 Audio for meeting item E-2

h:mm:ss Notes on Comments made
0:00:07 11/16/11 Item E-2
0:00:14 Mike Lebrun presentation
0:14:03 Lebrun, What we have on Schedule: December 14th for basis of assessment
0:14:23 Lebrun, January 2012 Assessment engineer will be back with draft report, draft letter to property owners
0:15:02 Lebrun, 30 day period to review letters
0:15:25 Lebrun, back to board March 2012 with final assessment report
0:15:43 Lebrun, Out with ballot in March 2012
0:15:46 Lebrun, finish 45 day ballot period on May 9th
0:15:55 Lebrun, Final engineering estimate on project at the end of this month
0:16:32 Lebrun, Questions?
0:16:36 Ed Eby, Questions on option 2
0:19:30 Lebrun, comments on Eby questions on option 2
0:24:16 Lebrun, Board direction to use 2000 AF not 3000 AF to base rates on
0:25:35 Mike Winn, asks about amount and settlement requirements
0:29:12 Jon Seitz, Settlement does not say when water must be brought in
0:32:23 Mike Winn, Wording around saying NCSD should consider taking parcels out of the assessment
0:34:40 Jon Seitz, Board will deal with parcels on the assessment report meeting
0:34:57 Mike Winn, I have been asking for two years to find those maps in such detail so you can look at those parcel by parcel
0:35:21 Lebrun, you will not be asked to approve the maps with out seeing the parcels
0:35:43 Lebrun comment on numbers today being estimates
0:36:06 Jon Seitz, we won't know the amount of the assessment until bid accepted, can't be over vote amount
0:36:54 Mike Winn, do we have an analysis how this would work if Rural Water Company is excluded?
0:37:56 Ed Eby, can we handle more then 2000 AF/Year?
0:44:30 Lebrun, All three require Prop 218
0:47:53 Lebrun, on public utility and PUC
0:53:59 John Snyder, Public Comment
0:57:48 Ed Eby, Numbers here are not exact, but are relative
1:00:34 Larry Vierheilig, Light a fire under the PUC
1:08:54 Vote on selecting option 2, Winn No, Others Yes
1:10:32 Mike Winn, will support motion if there is an analysis with our Rural
1:12:32 Mike Winn, if doing it in January means we fail, we should not do it
1:12:49 Mike Winns point 1. We exclude Rural Water Company we exclude a large majorly of the No Votes.
1:13:02 Mike Winn, point 2. customers nor owner is willing to fund pipe to connect
1:13:15 Mike Winn, point 3. With out a physical connection, argument no direct benefit
1:13:34 Mike Winn, point 4. Not impressed with the professional level of Rural Water Company
1:13:49 Mike Winn, point 5. Rural Water Company Not a solid partner
1:14:01 Mike Winn, point 6. Reduce PUC application from 2 to 1
1:14:08 Mike Winn, A stronger partnership and more likely to pass with out Rural Water
1:14:15 Mike Winn, Rural Waters Inclusion is a poison pill that will kill the project.
1:14:27 Mike Winn makes motion to do 3 partner analysis.
1:25:11 James Harrison will second motion to do a 4 and 3 analysis
1:27:57 Vote to do 4 and 3 partnership analysis: Michael Winn, James Harrison: Yes, Ed Eby, Larry Vierheillg, Dan Gaddis: No