Yuba Water Agency Presentation
On Monday, the Yuba Water Agency made a presentation at the Alcouffe Community Center.  At the meeting were three YWA Directors, a number of Agency staff, and, in the audience, officials from the North Yuba Water District and the Dobbins/Oregon House Fire Protection District. They talked about the new $39,000,000 facility on Marysville Rd and why the secondary spillway is important to build and had an informative question and answer session.

Harvest Festival in September
People are continuing to work on resuming the Harvest Festival for the Yuba Foothills on September 30.

Water District Meeting
There was a full house for the North Yuba Water District Board meeting on Thursday and a number of online attendees including the District's Legal Counsel.  The meeting was delayed for about twenty minutes due to some technical difficulties, but everybody stayed.

Many people were on hand because of a change to the 2020 irrigation application that “off the books” redefined a miners inch from the historical 11.2 gpm to 10 gpm. This effectively made this an illegal rate increase. Because of regulatory involvement by the State Water Resources Control Board, it is not as straightforward to correct this as one might think.  The Directors and Legal Counsel are working on it.

Meanwhile, the irrigation water for the farmers is now flowing.

Fire Season
This year's active fire season has been delayed due to all the late rains and cool days.  That will certainly change by late summer and precautions and diligence should be taken.  The Yuba Fire Safe Council will do free inspections and provide suggestions for improving the fire resilience of houses and structures for homeowners.  You can register for an inspection at:https://yubafiresafe.org/wildfire-mitigation-review-program

Regent Way Egress
At the most recent Yuba Fire Safe Council meeting a short statement was read concerning the almost impassible emergency egress for Regent Way by way of LaSalle Way, Citron Way, and Manzanita Ln.  This has been a concern for over twenty years.

During the not-so-distant past Winding Way fire, people were trying to egress this way and could not. Fortunately, this time, the fire was quickly brought under control.  Fire trucks and emergency vehicles won't even try to go down these roads.  Should the Regent Way area burn, it could destroy over $30 million in property values.  But houses can be rebuilt, people cannot.

There is progress on this front.  The Yuba County Public Works Department has set aside some funding to cover surveying this area.  This is the first step in paving the way for a proper county right of way to pave the way for critical improvements to these roads.

Dobbins Farmers Market
The Dobbins Farmers Market is on Saturday from 10 to 2 pm.

Yuba Foothills Journal
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