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Water priorities | Library money
Monday, October 31, 2022
NEWSBOY PM
Supervisors will decide tomorrow if they wish to affirm the county’s top water projects.
The county library has earned a little grant money.
County gov’t | Water
Supervisors vote tomorrow to confirm the top water project in each of the five supervisorial districts.
Glenn McGourty, 1st District Supervisor, proposed a consolidation of numerous Ukiah Valley water districts as his top priority.
Text of presentation: The planned objectives is to connect water service from Ukiah to Redwood Valley to ensure that there is a safe, clean, reliable, and water system supplying potable water to residents in the service area that is managed as a unit.
For the 2nd District it is the idea of using flood water to recharge the aquifer leading the way.
Text of presentation: There are multiple places where this can be done in the Ukiah Valley, but the city owned property of River Side Park might be a good location to try a pilot project since it is close proximity to the Russian River and multiple high‐volume wells in Aquifer 1.
In the 3rd District, mapping groundwater in the Willits, Laytonville and Covelo areas is top priority.
The project is already funded in Round Valley, the presentation stated. Better understanding the boundaries and yields of the aquifers is one of the goals.
Text of presentation: Creating a better understanding of the water dynamics of storage and extraction in these important groundwater basins will inform the sustainable water yield beneath the communities of Willits, Laytonville, and Covelo.
In the 4th District, Fort Bragg has its eye on expanding water storage by building multiple reservoirs covered with solar panels that would contribute an estimated 3 megawatts of power, the report stated.
A remake or rebuild of Mendocino’s sewer plant is the leading 5th District project.
County gov’t | Library money
Hurray! The county library system is set to land grant funding from two different sources.
The funds will be formally accepted with passage of two resolutions.
The library accepts $12,728 from the California State Library for what is called the “Zip Books Program.”
The other sum is from a California State Library Book to Action Grant for Mendocino County Reads that garnered $20,000 for Sally Schmitt’s “Six California Kitchens: A Collection of Recipes, Stories, and Cooking Lessons from a Pioneer of California Cuisine.”
Zip Books: The Zip Books program provides library users with speedy access to books that are not available at their local libraries. A patron simply requests the item, the library purchases it from Amazon, and the book is shipped directly to the patron’s home. When finished, the patron returns it to the library, and the library adds it to the collection. Because Zip Books is a user-driven program, the library collection becomes more closely matched to the needs of the local community.
All that and more if you care to go:
WHAT: Board of Supervisors
WHEN: Tuesday at 9 AM
IN-PERSON: 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah
REMOTE: Zoom ID: 842 8382 2464, 1 669 900 9128 to join by phone.
Written and compiled by Zack Cinek | 707 613 0369 | newsboy.zack@gmail.com | Mail: 75 N MAIN ST #121 Willits CA 95490
