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NID Board Meeting:
October 23, 2019
 

  • When: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 9 a.m.
  • Where: 1036 West Main Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945
The meeting agenda can be found here. The next Board meeting will be November 13, 2019. The NID Board normally meets on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m.

NID Budget Released:
Centennial Spending Continues


Last week, NID held the quarterly Centennial update at the regularly scheduled Engineering Meeting Tuesday October 15, 2019. During the meeting, staff reported on different elements of the Centennial Project but concluded that overall "not much was happening." In fact, NID staff requested that updates on Centennial be cut back to only twice a year due to "lack of activity."

Less than 48 hours later, NID scheduled a last minute Administrative Practices Committee meeting Thursday October 17, where they approved a contract extension to spend another $43,000 to continue working on Centennial modeling.

Then late Friday afternoon on October 18, NID released the draft 2020 Budget. The Budget proposes spending $500,000 on Centennial each year through 2024 and moved the project from the 10th to the 5th highest priority project for the District. The Board will review and approve the Budget this coming Wednesday at the NID Board Meeting. 

Since April 2018, SYRCL and allies have requested NID stop spending on Centennial where legally possible. This has clearly not happened and increasing the priority status of the project is concerning for several reasons - financial responsibility being at the forefront. 

SYRCL is disappointed by this continued lack of transparency and fiscal responsibility, which further erodes public trust. While NID has decreased the proposed Centennial budget from $1.75 million, NID still proposes to spend its limited resources and keep this boondoggle of a project a high priority for the District for the next five years. 
 
In light of the PG&E bankruptcy, costly infrastructure projects, water rates increases and recent budget cuts, SYRCL urges NID to stop spending on this fiscally irresponsible project. For the District, for our community, and for the Yuba and Bear River watersheds. 
Cartoon by artist Jen Rain, featuring the three pillars of Stop Centennial Dam - Environmental Law, Fiscal Responsibility, and Public Trust. 

Last Chance to File a Comment!
Tell The EPA: Don’t Revoke Clean Water Act Protections 

Stand with SYRCL & other Waterkeepers to Protect Waterways from Irresponsible Dams & Development Projects 


Trump’s EPA just released a proposed rule that would effectively take away a powerful Clean Water Act tool that states like California have relied on for almost 50 years to protect their waterways – Section 401 water quality certification.

Section 401 certification is the next step for both ongoing relicensing processes for hydropower projects in the Yuba and Bear River watersheds.  This rule will threaten those processes by allowing agencies like Nevada Irrigation District to evade the Clean Water Act. 

This couldn’t come at a worse time for the Yuba and Bear River watersheds.
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