Utilities director reports force-main break repair; USDA allocates financing for phase 2 of Tahoe Cedars project

Utilities Director Dan Lewis reported a significant repair at the Gold Coast location where a 10-inch force main split and crews had to remove a 500-gallon fuel tank to access and repair the line. Lewis credited the utilities team and outside contractors for using newly installed bypass ports to keep flow moving and complete a multi-hour repair. "We had a 10 inch force main, split on us, a little while ago," he said during department reports.

Engineering staff also updated the board on the private-service lateral relocation program (58 applications issued, 22 customer grant applications received and 11 reimbursements processed to date) and announced USDA has issued a financing allocation for the phase 2 project. Staff said USDA would visit the project site next week and reiterated that SRF 0% financing is the district's preferred position; USDA funding is reimbursable and staff will work through interim financing and reimbursement timing.