DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD: This page contains documents generated by various organizations that relate to the proposed Royal Gorge LLC development. Documents officially filed with Placer County can be found in the left hand column. Other non-County documents are in the right hand column.
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: DSPUD Facilities Upgrade Plan, May 2010 (12 MB pdf) Comments on Facility Plan DSPUD's discharge renewal application is here: DSPUD_permit_application_2007 State water quality control board's report on the algae problem found below DSPUD's discharge pipes is here: Donner Summit Inspection Report 30June08 Their notice of fines resulting from the algae problem and ongoing nitrate level discharge violations are here: Compliance cover letter and Compliance order 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	OTHER DOCUMENTS: SYRCL (South Yuba River Citizens League) responses to DSPUD's discharge violations in 2008 are: SYRCL_Comments_on_DSPUD_ACL DSPUD_SYRCL_Comments_9-30-08 A Serene Lakes homeowner response is: comments_gray12-29-2008 The wildfire danger to the Serene Lakes watershed is described in this letter: Watershed Wildfire Danger Fire evacuation safety has been examined in this paper: Serene Lakes: A Fire Evacuation Nightmare 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