CSD

The Rancho Murieta Association and Community Services District boards hold their monthly meetings this week, the RMA at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the RMA Building and the CSD at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the CSD Building. Read more »

The Community Services District Finance Committee received good news on several fronts at its meeting last week, starting with a million-dollar payment of a delinquent bond assessment.  There's also a $50,000 reimbursement expected from the state, and a slight reduction in the average monthly increase projected for CSD services in the 2013-14 budget. Read more »

[Brief version published May 15] The Community Services District board voted this month to grant water for the Murieta Gardens hotel project subject to subject to an examination of water records to verify capacity. On a 4-1 vote at its May meeting, the board granted developer John Sullivan of Cosumnes River Land LLC borrowed capacity from existing treatment facilities in exchange for $180,000. Director Bobbi Belton cast the dissenting vote. Read more »

Agenda for CSD's 5 p.m. meeting, including development issues and budget hearing

Questions about development issues were posed over the weekend to the Community Service District’s directors -- Bobbi Belton, Betty Ferraro, Paul Gumbinger, Mike Martel and Jerry Pasek. The 10 questions, emailed after the release of the agenda for the board’s next meeting, touched on an issue that will come to a vote at the meeting -- whether the board should grant developer John Sullivan water for his hotel project. The questions also address the board’s sudden about-face on the question of whether developers should be required to pay for infrastructure in advance, as has been CSD policy for decades. Read more »

A developer representative disagrees with claims that talks with the Community Services District on building a new water treatment plant have faltered. He says agreement could be reached in a month. Read more »

[Brief version published April 26] Community Services District staff is working with developer John Sullivan to try to reach agreement on the water needed for his hotel project after a design-build proposal for a water treatment plant was ruled out by CSD. Sullivan, a Murietan, had proposed to design and build the plant -- instead of the usual competitive bidding process -- but board President Jerry Pasek told a recent workshop on the project that bidding is required under state law. Read more »

Mapping crime incidents could help discern patterns and suggest security priorities, CSD Director Mike Martel told the community's Joint Security Committee.

The idea of mapping crime incidents in the community to highlight areas that need attention was brought to the Joint Security Committee at its meeting Friday.  “I hate that we just report what (crime) happened, and there’s no pre-thought or prevention on what we’re going to do,” said Community Services District Director Mike Martel, a member of the committee. Read more »

With only a scant quorum of directors on hand, the Community Services District board of directors on Wednesday covered a few topics and emphasized the financial significance of an upcoming workshop on the construction of a new water treatment plant. Read more »