Almanor & Canyon Dam Boat Launches - April 11, 2007 Good Morning Friends and Neighbors: I just received the following good news from the Forest Service regarding plans for improvements to the Lake Almanor boat launch areas: The Forest Service currently has "two grants from the Department of Boating and Waterways totaling over $1.7 million. The grant for the Canyon Dam site will include replacement of the courtesy dock, reconstruction of the parking area, and installation of a new vault toilet building and two water faucets". "A grant for the Almanor site includes replacement of the boat ramp and courtesy dock, reconstruction of the parking area, and installation of a new restroom building and associated sewer system." "We plan to commence reconstruction in September 2007 and complete both ramps by May 2008. We will do our best to stagger the reconstruction of each launch in order to have at least one ramp available for the public to use..." I know all of us who use the launch areas will be pleased to see these improvements. - Sherrie Good Evening Friends and Neighbors, One of my campaign promises was to try to keep you informed early in the process when a developer has submitted a proposal for a new development in District 3. I have received notice from the Plumas County Planning & Building Services Department that they have received an application from Steven St. Clair for a project known as the Chester Airport Business Park. The applications submitted, which will facilitate the development of this project, include: 1) A General Plan amendment to change the General Plan designation from Moderate Opportunity - Secondary Suburban, Periphery Commercial, Light Industrial, Limited Combining Zone to Primary Opportunity - Periphery Commercial;
2) A Planned Development permit to modify various zoning requirements; and 3) A Development Agreement Proposal.
This property is located at 1125 State Highway 36, adjacent to the Chester Airport west of Chester (between the County Road Maintenance Yard and the CAL TRANS Yard) and is known as Assessors Parcel Number: 001-349-040, 043 and 053.
I hope to hold a Community Forum so the developer and/or his representatives can share their plans with the community. I'll let you know as soon as that date is available. For further information regarding this proposed new development, please contact Jim Graham at Planning & Building Services: (530) 283-7011 or you may email me at sthrall@digitalpath.net or call me at 258-3656. - Sherrie Lake Almanor Lake Levels - April 17, 2007 Good Evening Friends and Neighbors: Some Good News & Some Bad News The Plumas County Lake Level Committee met with PG&E representatives yesterday to discuss lake surface level targets for The good news is we are going into this "critically dry water year" season with better than average water elevations in You can find additional information on lake surface levels and other information regarding the 2105 Relicensing agreements on the 2105 Committee website at www.project2105.org. Now we can all prepare for a great season on our beautiful Good Evening Friends and Neighbors: Now for the REST OF THE STORY - More good news!
As I mentioned in my last email, PG&E is calling this a "critically dry" water year. The lake level targets I mentioned in that email are the minimum levels they have agreed to maintain in critically dry years per the 2105 Settlement Agreement. However, PG&E is projecting better levels that those minimums. The following levels are based on their anticipated (estimated) inflows: June 1 projected 4486, July 1 projected 4486, August 1 projected 4483 and September 1 projected 4480. To make it easier to see the differences we have the following data:
Minimum Target Levels Projected Levels
JUN 1 4482 4486
JUL 1 4480 4486
AUG 1 4480 4483
SEP 1 4480 4480
Lake Level Committee member, Mike Willhoit reminds me to tell you that the holdover from our wetter than average year last year is the reason the levels will be so favorable this year despite the poor water year. If we have back to back low precipitation years we are not likely to be able to maintain the higher levels we hope to see this year. Mike also tells me PG&E has a history of very accurate projections. So there you are - a "critically dry" water year where we anticipate water levels higher than the agreed minimums. Wow that's a mouthful.
Plumas County Planning Visioning.... April 30, 2007
Good Evening Friends and Neighbors: Just a reminder that the Plumas County Planning Commission will be holding the third in their series of community visioning workshops this Saturday evening ( May 5th) at the Best Western Rose Quartz Inn, 306 Main Street, Chester from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. 5/5/07 10a.m. - 12 p.m. Portola High School Gym, Portola I hope to see you there. - Sherrie
SHERRIE THRALL APRIL PRECIPITATION HOLDS STEADY The Lake Almanor basin received slightly above average rainfall and snowfall during the month of April. While the totals weren't dramatic, the added precipitation did help hold the line in an otherwise dry year. Total precipitation for the season to date (July through The month of May typically sees not much more than about an inch of new snow, and about an inch and a half of total precipitation. June is even drier on average. Coupling the dry outlook with our recent warm temperatures suggests that it may be time to break out the sprinklers and uncoil the hoses; the yard may soon need a little watering.
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