Week of 08/05/24

Tuesday was a meeting of the Yuba Water Agency board of directors.  The agenda contains one item of public interest:

• The Board approved a grant of up to $7 million and a loan of up to $8.33 million to the Camptonville Community Partnership to continue developing a bioenergy facility to be constructed in Dobbins, CA.

This project is critical for Yuba Water’s mission related to forest and watershed resiliency, but it also brings economic benefits, provides additional clean energy for the grid, and improves air quality. The Yuba Water press release for this significant project is here.

I also had a Three River Levee Improvement Authority (TRLIA), and the agenda contained several items of public interest, including:

• FY 24/25 Budget Hearing
• Ordinance—Public Hearing: Hold a public hearing, waive the reading, and introduce an ordinance repealing and re-enacting Ordinance No.5 updating public access and rules of conduct in the Feather River Levee Setback Area (FRLSA).
• CFD 2006-1 and CFD 2006-2 FY 24/25 Tax Reports

Speaking of the TRLIA CFD assessment… Yuba Water Agency and Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority’s work in 2020 to refinance the “levee builder bonds” continues to lower the TRLIA CFD assessments for some Plumas Lake homeowners.  Some Cresleigh Creekside residents will see their assessment drop from $1493 to $1212, a $281 reduction.  Some Cresleigh Woodside residents will see their assessment drop from $922 to $748; a $174 reduction. Others will see it drop from $1142 to $947; a $195 reduction.  In the Lennar developments on the eastside, residents will see a drop from $590 to $543, $618 to $569, $959 to $883, or $791 to $728. This is in addition to reductions last year of $662 to $590, $1076 to $959, and $887 to $791. This puts the two-year reductions at $119, $49, $193, $159, respectively.   In FY 21/22 residents on the east side of River Oaks and north of the Fire Station who pay this assessment were the first to benefit from this work, seeing their assessment go from $2627 to $1154 ($1473 reduction) or $1282 to $834 ($448 reduction).  See the full report for this special assessment (TRLIA CFD 2006-1 & TRLIA CFD 2006-2) in the board packet for this week’s TRLIA meeting.  I also received questions about when other areas may see a reduction.  While it depends on the growth rate in a specific neighborhood, a presentation on the anticipated timeline for the reductions can be found here.

Additional items on my calendar included a Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC) with the Sacramento State President and a White House Senior Advisor, a webinar on what public officials need to know about local ballot measures and candidate elections, a meeting to touch base with Yuba County Public Works, and attending a Plumas Lake Elementary school board workshop on the design of the design of the middle school that will be built if voters approve bonds in November. It’s no secret thatI’ve been a strong advocate of approving these bonds to address school overcrowding in the fast growing community of Plumas Lake.   I was excited to see some of the preliminary designs and envision the asset this facility will be to the community.  I look forward to the district sharing it with the broader community in the coming weeks as voters determine how they will vote on these important measures.

This week, community-related events on my calendar included Wheatland’s National Night Out at Tom Abe Park on Tuesday, August 6th, from 6pm to 8pm and Dance with Our Stars at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Also, the filing deadline for local elected positions appearing on the November ballot ended this week. You can see which races are contested and who will be on the ballot here.

Looking ahead to this week

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