Week of 03/25/24

My Recent Activities

Tuesday was a Yuba County Board of Supervisors meeting.  The agenda  had several items the public might be interested in, including:

  • Approve the release of a request for proposals to develop the Broadband Master Environmental Impact Report
  • Approve agreement with Fehr & Peers, for professional engineering services for the Yuba Sutter Regional Safety Action Plan Project
  • Adopt a resolution authorizing the Treasurer/Tax Collector or Treasury/Tax Manager to approve agreements with Heartland Payment Systems, and Authorize.Net, for credit card processing for park reservations at Sycamore Ranch and Hammon Grove.

There was a Wheatland City Council meeting on Tuesday evening and the agenda included a few presentations that City residents might be interested in, including:

  • Status Report on Wheatland 150th Anniversary Celebration Activities
  • Police Department 2023 Annual Report
  • Wheatland Fire Authority 2023 Annual Report

All day on Wednesday, Yuba Water Agency hosted board training for all elected officials in Yuba County.  Sessions included:  (1) Brown Act, Best Board Practices and Fair Political Practices Commission Training; (2) Ethics Training (required bi-annually per AB 1234); and Anti-Harassment Training (required bi-annually per AB 1825).

Additional meetings on my calendar included a Yuba Water Agency agenda review, a Yuba Water chair/vice-chair breakfast, a meeting with an entrepreneur looking to expand into Yuba County, an RCRC Legislative call-in session, and several constituent meetings.

 

 

Looking ahead to this week

This Tuesday is a Yuba Water Agency Board of Directors meeting.  The agenda  has several items the public might be interested in, including:

  • Review the status of actions for extending the Yuba River Accord to December 31, 2050, and consider approving the General Manager’s filing of a water-right change petition with the State Water Resources Control Board for the Accord extension and authorizing payment of the $103,000 in filing fees for the petition.
  • Consider a request by the North Yuba Water District for an increase of $865,410 in the amount of the Canal Stabilization and Water Loss Mitigation Grant approved on December 19, 2023, to enable NYWD to make emergency repairs on five of the most critical areas.

There are OPUD committee meetings this week including a water/wastewater committee with a standing item about the smell at the lift station on Zanes on the agenda and the park committee agenda includes multiple items that Plumas Lake residents might be interested in, including:

  • Discuss a request from Plumas Lake Little League for portable restroom placement at Feather River Park.
  • Discuss a request for a community park garden in Arboga.
  • Discuss bringing youth programs to the Youth Center Building in Olivehurst.
  • Special Event Application – SactoMoFo, Inc. – Plumas Lake Picnic in the Park (2nd Saturday of every
    month May – October)

I will be unable to attend the OPUD committee meetings, a TRLIA broad meeting (agenda), and a SACOG Transporation Committee meeting (agenda), as I’m headed to Joint Base San Antonio with BMLC to learn more about the mission of the 16th Air Force and how we can best support Beale AFB and our local airmen.   Before leaving for San Antonio, I have several things on my calendar, including a meeting with Blue Zones to talk about their Corner Market Program, a SACOG Transportation Committee agenda review, and a Yes to Startups event where Yuba County entrepreneurs will pitch their business in our local version of Shark Tank.

 

Announcements & Events

*Picture is a collage of various things from my week:   Team Beale with a U2 at the Luke AFB airshow, Sign in my yard celebrating Wheatland’s 150th Birthday, and it’s beginning to look a lot like spring in Plumas Lake.

Thank you for allowing me to serve you!