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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter CORNING The City Council approved a resolu- tion Tuesday enabling a program to finance re- newable energy, improvements for energy and water efficiency and electric vehicle charging in- frastructure for property owners within the city. The Figtree Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, and the Job Creation Project has been offered to Corning residents, allowing them to make improvements on their homes to lower util- ity costs. If the property owner chooses to participate, the improvements to be installed would be fi- nanced by the issuance of bonds by a joint power authority, California Enterprise Development Au- thority, secured by a voluntary contractual as- sessment levied on such owners property, accord- ing to the agenda report by Kristina Miller, city manager. Property owners who wish to participate in the program agree to repay the money through voluntary contractual assessment collected to- gether with their property taxes. The develop- ment authority was authorized to conduct con- tractual assessment proceedings and levy the as- sessments within Corning. The benefits for those who decide to partici- pate in the program include lowering utility bills through financing renewable energy, having the option to have electric vehicle charging when a charging infrastructure may have not been avail- able, being able to choose to pay off the assess- ments at any time without incurring prepayment penalties and prompt customer service with Fig- tree. The voluntary contractual assessment will stay with the property upon transfer of ownership. Often loans are due when a benefited prop- erty is sold, making it difficult for property own- ers to make the life of the repayment obligation CORNING Home owners getenergy program By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama District Fairground will host the third annual Gold Country Cutting Horse Association Spring Spectacular Thurs- day through Sunday showcasing 180 of the best horses in the west. This year there will be free wine and beer tast- ing and hors d'oeuvres held 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at the Pauline Davis Pavilion, including a meet and greet with the cutter guests. Jim Tilton, Gold Country Cutting Horse As- sociation president, said he is excited to see the horses that are coming to the show this year and encourages the community to come out and see what the sport of cutting horses is all about. During the wine tasting event there will be a class, starting at 6 p.m., in which audiences will be available to learn about the sport and what FAIRGROUND Cuttinghorse showcase set to begin today Winetasting,horsd'oeuvresFriday Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A6 Sports..............B1 Comics............B2 Weather..........B6 INDEX The MRI results for Kevin Du- rant's le knee dropped into in-boxes landing more so ly than initially feared:. PAGEB1 NBA Warriors'Durant out indefinitely State faces an estimated $50 billion price tag for infrastruc- ture threatened by floods, official says. PAGE B6 INFRASTRUCTURE State faces $50 billion price for flood control By Scott Smith and Rich Pedroncelli The Associated Press PHILLIPS STATION The Sierra Nevada snowpack is close to setting records notched more than three decades ago — a welcome sight after five years of punishing drought in Cal- ifornia, surveyors said Wednesday. A series of storms that doused the state in the first two months of the year brought the water content of the snowpack up to a "pretty phenome- nal" 185 percent of normal, well above the 84 percent of normal a year ago, said Frank Gehrke, the state's chief snow surveyor. Winter snowfall on the 400-mile mountain range provides roughly one-third of the water used in the na- tion's most populous state as the snow melts over the spring and summer and fills reservoirs supplying farmers and city dwellers. Gehrke said the snow- pack is nearing levels last seen in 1983. He noted that levels reached by April 1 are a key marker because that's the typical end to the wet season. "We've busted through April 1 values pretty much at all snow courses SERIES OF STORMS 'Phenomenal' snowpack nears record depths RICH PEDRONCELLI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Frank Gehrke, right, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, checks the weight of the snowpack on a scale held by Armando Quintero, chairman of the California Water Commission, during the third manual snow survey of the season at Phillips Station, Wednesday near Echo Summit. By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Supervisors Tues- day ratified the Feb. 23 proclamation of a local emergency issued by the Tehama County Sheriff's Department due to the re- cent storms that caused flooding and damage to both homes and roads within the county. The declaration was is- sued by Sheriff Dave Hen- cratt in his role as the di- rector of emergency ser- vices for the county and will be forwarded to the California Emergency Management Agency, but requires adoption by the supervisors within about seven days of the procla- mation. The proclamation is issued when the direc- tor determines local re- sources are inadequate to cope with an emergency. It allows state and fed- eral assistance to become available to the local gov- ernment, individuals and businesses. In addition to the proc- lamation, updates were given by Hencratt, Sgt. Rod Daugherty, Public Works Director Gary An- tone, Agricultural Com- missioner Rick Gurrola and Building Director John Stover. The storm that hit Te- hama County in the final weeks of February caused locations in Los Molinos and Corning to become flooded, with seven people in Corning and eight in Los Molinos to seek out shel- ter in the two evacuations centers set up, Daugherty said. The low numbers of those needing a shelter led to the consolidation of the centers, with Corning res- idents transported to Los Molinos. The city of Te- hama did have some flood- ing that damaged roads. As a result of the storms, Search and Rescue was called out Feb. 17 for a res- cue of three people in the area of Saron Fruit Colony road near Jellys Ferry, an area that often becomes an island in times of heavy FLOODING COUNTY RATIFIES SHERIFF'S EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTOS The Red Bluff River Park (above and below) floods Feb. 18a er a storm came through town the night before. Have a great day, Jill Smith. GOOD MORNING! Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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