Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/579514
ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF TheCityCouncilattemptedtocome to a compromise at the special meeting Tuesday over the issue of whether or not the city will pur- sue a joint Groundwater Sustainability Agency with the county. The focus of the meeting was to discuss who should make groundwater decisions for the fu- ture. No decision or vote was made at the meet- ing, but the topic will be up for discussion at the next regular meeting on Oct. 6. The issue will have to come to a vote by the Oct. 15 deadline set by Tehama County Flood Control and Water Conservation District direc- tors. The county is looking to establish one Water Conservation District Board of Directors that would make all decisions moving forward. Councilman Rob Schmid argued that he would not want the county to take over all the decision making when it comes to the issue of ground- water. "Just in the history how the county tends to run their way regardless of what the interests of other bodies think makes me pretty adamant about wanting a voting voice," Schmid said. "I, as a representative of 15,000 people, I can't just say 'oh I think we should just let the county be the ruler of the water.' I just can't." County Counsel Arthur Wylene explained to the council why this is a common issue among those involved. "The practical challenge is finding a way to in- tegrate all of the water users into one decision making framework," Wylene said. "It is not just the city of Red Bluff that wants a voting voice." GROUNDWATER City seeking voice onissue By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Fans will see larger than life trucks, including Titan, roll into town just in time for the annual West Coast Monster Trucks Champi- onship, which begins with a parade at 6 tonight. The kickoff event will be in downtown Red Bluff with the parade route running down Wal- nut Street to Main and then Oak before ending with the drivers parking at Washington Street in front of the Tehama County Superior Courthouse. "This is the 18th annual West Coast Monster Trucks and we're expecting over 20,000 people over the three days of the event," said Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce CEO Dave Gowan. "We have 12 trucks this year and the drivers will park the trucks and get out to meet fans and sign autographs. It's a great event." Attendees of both the parade and the mon- ster truck event will have a chance to get an up close and personal look as well as talk to driv- ers, Gowan said. "People can come early and see the trucks and get pictures," Gowan said. "It's fun for the DOWNTOWN Mo ns te rs o n parade tonight JoinlocalhistorianDaveNopel for a rare tour of Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve on Sunday, Oct. 11. PAGEA3 COMMUNITY ChicoStatehistoryhike offered Sunday, Oct. 11 The 9th Annual North State Skateboard Series was held in Anderson Sept. 26and will be in Red Bluff on Oct. 10. PAGE A3 COMMUNITY Skate series rolls into Red Bluff on Oct. 10 NASA snow survey plane that helps gauge California water is working on Rio Grande in Colorado. PAGE A8 SNOW OBSERVATORY NASA provides valuable data on drought No shutdown: Congress sends Obama spending bill to keep government open — for now. PAGE B6 GOVERNMENT Congress approves spending bill By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF The Tehama County Board of Supervi- sors directed staff Tuesday to send an ordinance on De- velopment Impact Fees col- lected during construction back to the ad-hoc com- mittee to work with a citi- zens committee following a lengthy study session. Both county staff and the committee's community rep- resentative, Ken Robison, said a January 2017 start date for implementation of fees was acceptable as it would allow those already in the process of building adequate time to complete their projects. In April 2010, the county received a report by Pa- cific Municipal Consultants (PMC) showing results from a Nexus study and outlining a fee structure for develop- ment impact fees that would mitigate the impacts of new development on county in- frastructure. However, a fee was not adopted at the time due to the poor condition of the economy, Chief Admin- istrator Bill Goodwin said. The study was updated in 2015 to reflect current condi- tions in the county. This in- cluded the fact that the pro- jected growth rate of 2 per- cent is more along the lines of 0.6 percent, Goodwin said. Robison countered that it is more like 0.2 percent. Goodwin presented the board with information on the $9,900 government fee required for an 1,800 square foot home. About 88 per- cent, or $6,048 of that, goes to schools and this is all be- fore the county's develop- ment impact fee, he said. The county recommen- dation for an acceptable de- velopment impact fee was $5,500 per unit for a sin- gle family home or a mo- bile home and $4,000 per unit for a multi-family unit. It was recommended that only 50 percent be voted in for January 2017 with the board considering some- time in 2017 whether or not to implement the remain- der in January 2018, Good- win said. "I have three significant reasons for why you should cut the proposed fee," Robi- son said. "It should also be an eighth of what was pro- posed." Reasons for lowering the fee included the actual growth for the county is half or less of what was predicted in the 2010 Nexus study, nu- merous errors in the Nexus study, which did not take into consideration granny units, and the study counted some people twice, Robison said. Robison's group was con- cerned the fee would be en- acted in whole in January BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Te ha ma C ou nt y co ns id er s dev el op me nt i mp ac t fe e By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter CORNING Dignity Health will be expanding its ser- vices into southern Tehama County via St. Elizabeth Community Hospital when it opens the Solano Street Medical Clinic in Corning. "Dignity Health St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital is pleased to announce plans to open the Solano Street Med- ical Clinic in Corning early next year," said St. Elizabeth President Todd Smith. "We are grateful to the property owners of our new site, the city of Corning, local organi- zations and the community support of this new clinic." The clinic will be in the former Clark's Drug Store at 2126 Solano St., in a 6,000 square foot building that will undergo a $1.2 to $1.5 million remodel. While it has been a vi- sion to open the clinic for the last two years, it is only been actively worked on over the last year, said Director of Support Services Kris- tin Behrens. Kristine Kue- bli will serve as the direc- tor of Rural Health Clinics at the Solano Street Medi- cal Center. "We were fortunate to re- cruit Kristine who has ex- tensive experience with ru- ral clinics in New Mexico," Behrens said. "The clinic will be a department of St. Elizabeth Hospital." The clinic was developed in response to identified needs of the Corning com- munity and those in south- ern Tehama County and will offer primary care, spe- cialty care, imaging services and health education, Smith said. "The idea behind Solano Street is to increase access and primary care services to medicaid and medicare patients in the rural com- munities of Corning and the surrounding commu- nities," Kuebli said. "It will also provide services to the rest of the insured popula- tion. Giving access to health- care is really important. It's not just the access of being available, but being within reach so that transportation will be available to them." One of the benefits of the clinic is its relationship with the Dignity Health Medical Foundation, which will al- low for the business to bring in different specialties on a rotating basis in areas in- cluding orthopedics, cardi- ology, gynecology and ob- stetrics, Behrens said. The clinic will have its regular team of primary care that will work in col- laboration with the special- ists, Kuebli said. "It's a team-based ap- proach to compliment our- selves and what we have to offer with the specialists," Kuebli said. The building will include 12 exam rooms and a com- munity education room for diabetes and perinatal classes, Behrens said. There will be on-site radiology and lab services with more ex- tensive lab work being cou- riered to the hospital. "We want to be integrated into the community and be a partner in it," Behrens said. "We will be partnering with places like senior services in areas like senior nutrition. True to Catherine McAu- ley and the Sisters of Mercy, we have never gone where we were not called and this CORNING HOSPITAL IS EXPANDING; CORNING CLINIC TO OPEN JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Director of Rural Health Clinics Kristine Kuebli, le , and Director of Support Services Kristin Behrens take a look at plans for the new Dignity Health Solano Street Medical Clinic that will be opening in Corning. "The idea behind Solano Street is to increase access and primary care services to medicaid and medicare patients in the rural communities of Corning and the surrounding communities." — Kristine Kuebli Community.....A3 Lifestyles........B4 Opinion............A6 Sports.............. B1 A + E ................B4 Weather ..........B8 INDEX FEE PAGE 7 PARADE PAGE 7 HOSPITAL PAGE 7 COUNCIL PAGE 7 Feature Content Inside Today » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, October 1, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Good morning, thanks for subscribing Larry Jantzen GARDEN CLUB Chickens versus gardens Community A3 CONCERT 2 tributes to the Grateful Dead on one night A & E B4 Volume130,issue225 7 58551 69001 9 Drizzle High: Low: 75 54 » PAGE B8