Amador County – Ione Villages LLC representative Rob Aragon and his partners asked the Amador Water Agency board of directors for one last condition to be met in its drive to further develop Ione, and the board obliged, on a narrow, 3-2 vote last week. The board approved studies of increasing capacity in Ione and the Tanner water treatment plant, with Aragon and other developers getting their wishes. For Aragon, it was about trust. AWA Vice President Debbie Dunn said “Castle Oaks and Wildflower have gotten this far because there are conversations” with the AWA, and she thought their relationship was one of trust. She said the agency’s cash shortage had her worried about funding a $228,000 study. AWA President Bill Condrashoff said he was worried that the studies being funded by the Amador Water System would draw on internal agency loans to other water systems, which might then have to scramble to pay off the loans, at up to 7 percent interest, which on a million dollars would be $70,000. AWA Interim General Manager Gene Mancebo said the Amador Water System has a budget surplus and would not affect the other systems. Financial Service Manager Mike Lee said an internal loan could affect the other systems, but an external loan (in the form of running a line of credit) would not affect the other systems. Dunn told Aragon that the AWA has a bond payment coming up for its Amador Transmission Pipeline, which “was one of your conditions,” and she asked Aragon to come back when he had a “timeline” because she was not really comfortable approving the study. Aragon said “my timeline would be post haste, because it’s going to take time to understand.” He said they are not going get a developer to say: “well, we’re going to pull 50 permits in late 2010.” He said one of the conditions of the will-serves is “improvement to the Ione system” and he asked: “Can you tell me what that is?” He said a 4-6 month delay is a deal-breaker for him. Dunn later made a motion to approve both studies, but only after the AWA board approved its budget in June. The motion failed for lack of a second, and the board later voted to approve the studies, 3-2, with Directors Terence Moore, Gary Thomas and Don Cooper in favor. Voting against were Condrashoff and Dunn. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -
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Amador County – Ione Villages LLC representative Rob Aragon and his partners asked the Amador Water Agency board of directors for one last condition to be met in its drive to further develop Ione, and the board obliged, on a narrow, 3-2 vote last week. The board approved studies of increasing capacity in Ione and the Tanner water treatment plant, with Aragon and other developers getting their wishes. For Aragon, it was about trust. AWA Vice President Debbie Dunn said “Castle Oaks and Wildflower have gotten this far because there are conversations” with the AWA, and she thought their relationship was one of trust. She said the agency’s cash shortage had her worried about funding a $228,000 study. AWA President Bill Condrashoff said he was worried that the studies being funded by the Amador Water System would draw on internal agency loans to other water systems, which might then have to scramble to pay off the loans, at up to 7 percent interest, which on a million dollars would be $70,000. AWA Interim General Manager Gene Mancebo said the Amador Water System has a budget surplus and would not affect the other systems. Financial Service Manager Mike Lee said an internal loan could affect the other systems, but an external loan (in the form of running a line of credit) would not affect the other systems. Dunn told Aragon that the AWA has a bond payment coming up for its Amador Transmission Pipeline, which “was one of your conditions,” and she asked Aragon to come back when he had a “timeline” because she was not really comfortable approving the study. Aragon said “my timeline would be post haste, because it’s going to take time to understand.” He said they are not going get a developer to say: “well, we’re going to pull 50 permits in late 2010.” He said one of the conditions of the will-serves is “improvement to the Ione system” and he asked: “Can you tell me what that is?” He said a 4-6 month delay is a deal-breaker for him. Dunn later made a motion to approve both studies, but only after the AWA board approved its budget in June. The motion failed for lack of a second, and the board later voted to approve the studies, 3-2, with Directors Terence Moore, Gary Thomas and Don Cooper in favor. Voting against were Condrashoff and Dunn. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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