OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS:
Letter from Placer County telling Royal Gorge LLC that a second access road will be required: Second_Access_Road
Water facts about fractured rock aquifers from the California Department of Water Resources: Water Facts
Nevada County's Grand Jury findings regarding DSPUD
(Donner Summit Public Utilities District)
Nevada County Grand Jury DSPUD Findings
Documents filed by Royal Gorge LLC with Placer County on Nov 21, 2007. These are the documents released after a CPRA request was filed:
RG_Specific_Plan.pdf (20MB)
RG_Traffic.pdf (7MB)
Water_Supply_Alternatives.pdf (40MB)
Wastewater_Treatment.pdf (19MB)
Wastewater_Treatment_appendix.pdf (16MB)
The following "small" documents have lower resolution images, but everything else is identical:
Water_Supply_Alternatives_small.pdf (11MB)
Wastewater_Treatment_small.pdf (3MB)
Wastewater_Treatment_appendix_small.pdf (8MB)
Documents associated with the California Public Records Act request for Royal Gorge documents filed with the County
A summary of the document contents (Jan 2, 2008)
Letter to The Union Newspaper releasing the documents (680kB,Dec 28)
Chain of emails with the County (chronological order, Dec3-19, 2007)
Mike Livak's request for the documents' return (Dec 13, 2007)
Placer County's response (Dec 19, 2007)
Open Letter to Placer County Supervisors (Dec 19, 2007)
Documents filed by Royal Gorge LLC with Placer County on June 5, 2007: Pre-development meeting
Updated Project Map
Updated Project Description
Outline of Specific Plan
Outline of Development Standards
Placer County Enviromental Questionnaire
List of Technical Studies Completed
Placer County's agenda for the meeting, including requirements for Royal Gorge's filing is here:
Pre-development meeting agenda
SLPOA filed the following pre-development letter with the County on June1, 2007.
SLPOA Pre-Development Comments
Documents filed by Royal Gorge LLC with Placer County on April 12, 2007: meeting to file a pre-development meeting request
Pre-developent Meeting Application
Project Description
Assessor's Maps
Proposed Land Use Plan
Proposed Specific Plan Map
Royal Gorge Current Status
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OTHER DOCUMENTS:
A guidebook to California's "Show me the water" laws from the California Water Impact Network:
Show me the water guidebook
A lakeside homeowner's complaint about SLCWD to the State Water Board:
SWRCB_Complaint_May08
Notes from DSPUD's Wastewater Expansion Committee meeting on May 20, 2008:
DSPUD-5-20-08.pdf
SLCWD will be voting on two draft ordinances.
The ordinance setting service hookup priorities is:
Ordinance No. 2008-82 (92kB pdf)
The ordinance setting lake management procedures is:
Ordinance No. 2008-83 (80kB pdf)
An overview:
Brief Overview of SLCWD's Proposed Ordinances (html)
An analysis of the Royal Gorge sewage disposal alternatives submitted to the County on Nov 21, 2007:
Royal Gorge Sewage or "Squaring the Circle"
An analysis of the Royal Gorge water supply alternatives submitted to the County on Nov 21, 2007:
The Royal Gorge Water Study: A Hodge-Podge of Fragile Sources
A summary of the proposed development can be found here:
Development Summary
Sierra Watch and Sierra Club generated this planning report:
Donner Summit Conservation Assessment and Planning Principles (pdf) 1.5MB
A summary of the DSAA sponsored community survey can be found here:
Solidarity on the Summit
The complete survey can be found here:
Full Survey Report (556KB)
An analysis of the water depth of Serene Lakes and the lakes water supply can be found here:
Serene Lakes Depth Analysis (html) by Joseph Gray
Serene Lakes Depth Analysis (pdf) (500KB)
A larger version of the water depth map is here:
Serene Lakes Depth map (jpg)
and a table of analysis results here:
Water Level Analysis (pdf)
County tax records list the tax assessments and property taxes for all of the Foster/Syme lands. Those records are summarized here:
Royal Gorge Tax Assessments
A water rights seminar was held September 15, 2007. Here are notes on the seminar, first from SLPOA:
Water Seminar Notes
and second from the host, DSAA:
DSAA Water Seminar Notes
Otis Wollan's staff at Placer County Water Authority answered some common questions in this reply:
Water Rights FAQs
Sierra Watch's slides are here:
Water Seminar Slides
Biological Assessment Reports:
Royal Gorge commissioned North Fork Associates (NFA) to perform a biological assessment study of their lands. Here is the study and associated documents:
Warning- these are large pdf files!
Biological Resources Assessment, (2.5MB) September 12, 2006
Wetlands Delineation Study, (6.4MB) September 25, 2006
Wetlands Delineation Map, (4MB) September 13, 2006
NFA Cover Letter to Royal Gorge, (200KB) August 27, 2007
Review by Dr. Mike White, (171KB) May 2, 2007
MOU Final Agreement Signatures (2.9MB)
The Biological Assessment Press Release, (310KB)
Here are Serene Lakes Water Capacity documents released by the water district on August 28, 2007:
Bathymetry depth contour map
Lake Capacity Curve
Here are answers to common questions about SLDSCA, the new conservation association:
FAQs about SLDSCA
The following is a very good guide for the CEQA (EIR) process from the Sierra Club.
Sierra Club's CEQA Process Comments
SLPOA's July newsletter contains an article written by Royal Gorge followed by a response from SLPOA. Both are contained in the following document:
July SLPOA Newsletter Pages 12 and 13
Royal Gorge and MAPF proposed to hold "facilitated" meetings with area homeowner and conservation groups. That proposal is here:
Royal Gorge and MAPF propose facilitated meetings
The donner summit area groups, including MAPF, suggest an alternative meeting format. Here is their response:
Donner Summit Area response
In March, SLPOA suggested meeting with RG to discuss their development concept. RG responded that they would discuss the concept once they had worked out the details. That response is here:
Royal Gorge response to SLPOA
Royal Gorge LLC generated a memo in June concerning water and Serene Lakes. Here is that memo, plus SLPOA's response memo.
Water Issues Concerning Serene Lakes and Royal Gorge
-June 2007, Prepared by Royal Gorge
Don't be Swamped by Misconceptions in Foster/Syme's New Water Memo
-June 2007, Prepared by SLPOA
Royal Gorge LLC presented its water plans on May 24, 2007. These are documents presented by Royal Gorge LLC, plus notes from the meeting and a SLPOA update mailing concerning the meeting.
Royal Gorge Cover Letter May 2007
Royal Gorge Water Demand May 2007
Royal Gorge Water Supply May 2007
Water Meeting Notes May 24, 2007
SLPOA May Update
The following document was used by Royal Gorge LLC to prepare their water plans. The document shows they knew they were asking for more water than is available
Lake Capacity in 1991
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