City weighs urgency ordinance on sewer allocations
Council members debated delaying action on the allocation ordinance after a Regional Water Quality Control Board meeting in December. Staff urged quick passage as the city faces no sewer plant hookup allocations and risked an effective moratorium stopping development. Alpine West and Gieras supported final passage, while Browne and Perrault urged clarity and broader party agreement.
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Bryan West
Josh Alpine
Iim
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Brown
Alpine
Browne
Perrault
Economic Development Commission
Sharon Gieras
West
Gieras
Hearing on $351000 fine over city plant violations
Colfax area resident Allen Edwards raised concerns as runoff from the city facility affects his home prompting a public hearing. The Water Quality Board issued the fine for six months of repeated excessive discharges of chlorine residuals, Giardia, pH, and suspended solids, confirmed by city self monitoring. Contacts for questions include Elizabeth Thayer and Trinh Phamat.
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Colfax
Allen Edwards
Edwards
Regional Water Quality Authority
Water Quality Board
Elizabeth Thayer
Trinh Phamat
Canal upgrade near completion reported by PCWA
PCWA Board of Directors was told the canal upgrade that carries water from PG&E into western Placer County is about a week ahead of schedule and could be finished by November 14. Mike Nichol outlined the annual fall maintenance outage at Thursday’s meeting.
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Placer County
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
PCWA
Pg& E
Nichol
American River
Newcastle
Western Placer County
Pcwa Board of Directors
Read pursuit ends with diabetic incident and hospital transport
Klaman alerted CHP to a suspected drunk driver as eastbound traffic moved into Placer County. Read refused to exit his pickup and was subdued after a spike strip slowed the vehicle. Officers found a diabetic kit and treated him for low blood sugar before ambulance transport. East I-80 shut about 20 minutes.
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California Highway Patrol
CHP
Placer County
Read
Sheriff’s Office
Auburn
Colfax
Mike Seipert
Weimar Cross Roads
Seipert
American Medical Response Ambulance
CDF
Colfax High Looks to Improve API Scores Despite Setback
Colfax High saw its API rise -6 points to 706 while Del Oro gained 13 to 734 and Placer up 26 to 760 in the 2003-03 Growth report. Principal Rick Spears says teachers spent a day examining data and plans to boost instruction and motivation as the API remains a key statewide accountability measure.
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del Oro
Placer High
Colfax
Colfax High
Rick Spears
Spears
Warner
API
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