I am so happy I can hardly type. In a few minutes I'll be going to City Hall to pick up a packet of information that will, hopefully, fulfill my California Public Records Act request. I am very hopeful that this is, indeed, a sign of change. The reason I am so hopeful is that I understand that there are only 50 pages. To me this means that there are no games being played. The game one would expect is the city copying everything remotely (or not) related and thus burying any useful information, wasting both staff time and my time.
Is there a chance that something may have been overlooked? Yes. But that can be easily remedied with a future request.
To all those who helped bring this happy result, both the decision maker(s), the record gatherers, and copiers: A very warm thank you. Have a good weekend.
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City Council contact information
Doug Strehl -- 725-5293 (Source: phone book)
Ken Zanzi -- 726-7934 (Source: phone book)
Dean Glaser: 725-3880 (Source: phone book)
Mike Losey -- 725-2574-- PO Box 159, Fortuna -- Email: mlosey@suddenlink.net (Source: Losey4citycouncil.com)
Sue Long: 725-5641 (Source: Sue-Long-Fortuna-City-Council)
Mailing Address for all: c/o City Hall, 621 11th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540
email via City Website ---please note that there may be a delay as system requires City Clerk to forward messages
Estimated cost: $4,500,000
New tank or use Vancil Reservoir?
--The 5 million gallon Vancil reservoir has 4 million gallons of unused storage. It is up the street from the proposed tank. In Fortuna’s southeast there is an identified need for storage, but no proposed projects.
--The proposed 2 million gallon tank was sized only to meet current demand. With 4 million gallons of unused storage, Vancil will easily meet current and future growth needs in the north part of town.
--Built before the 1964 Christmas flood, Vancil was part of a water development program for a growing city with 5 wood products manufacturing plants. There is no evidence that it was ever intended as emergency storage.
--The City requested and was told there are no regulatory obstacles to using Vancil.
--The Water Bonds are not a legal obstacle to using Vancil, Fortuna is not required to build the proposed tank. The City Council can and has changed the 2006 bond funded projects
--We were told the water rate increase was to borrow money (sell bonds) that would fund "urgent projects" required to fulfill the City's "current operational responsibilities."
--A pipeline between Vancil and downtown will make 4 million gallons available, providing the 1 million gallons of fire reserve storage recommended for down town. The proposed tank has only 1/2 million gallons for fire reserve storage.
--Using Vancil will make bond funds available for other necessary projects, allowing us to avoid an unnecessary rate increase.
--We can safely and reliably use Vancil for 50 years and spend less than the cost of the proposed tank, plus interest.
--The 50-year estimate was based on the January 2009 Staff Report’s estimate of $10,000/year energy cost. Three months earlier, in September 2008, the City requested and received information that the actual cost would be half that, $5,000/year. Based on this, we could expect using Vancil would be significantly less than the proposed tank.
I still do not know the motivation for the tank, but I suspect and hope that this is a simple case of good intentions and faulty assumptions resulting in a misguided project.
Vancil reservoir -- 5 million gallons
City Council contact information
Doug Strehl -- 725-5293 (Source: phone book)
Ken Zanzi -- 726-7934 (Source: phone book)
Dean Glaser: 725-3880 (Source: phone book)
Mike Losey -- 725-2574-- PO Box 159, Fortuna -- Email: mlosey@suddenlink.net (Source: Losey4citycouncil.com)
Sue Long: 725-5641 (Source: Sue-Long-Fortuna-City-Council)
Mailing Address for all: c/o City Hall, 621 11th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540
email via City Website ---please note that there may be a delay as system requires City Clerk to forward messages
Coast rock cress or Arabis blepharophylla
City Council contact informantion
Doug Strehl -- 725-5293 (Source: phone book)
Ken Zanzi -- 726-7934 (Source: phone book)
Dean Glaser: 725-3880 (Source: phone book)
Mike Losey -- 725-2574-- PO Box 159, Fortuna -- Email: mlosey@suddenlink.net (Source: Losey4citycouncil.com)
Sue Long: 725-5641 (Source: Sue-Long-Fortuna-City-Council)
Mailing Address for all: c/o City Hall, 621 11th Street, Fortuna, CA 95540
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