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ByJulieZeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF TheTehamaCounty Board of Supervisors approved a preliminary budget at Tuesday's meeting, forming an ad-hoc com- mittee to take a look at a report- edly $13 million gap between ex- penses and revenue. A large portion of that gap is expected to be taken care of through General Fund carryover from the 2015-2016 fiscal year, which has traditionally fallen in the $8.5 million to $9 million range, said Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin. However, that car- ryover won't be known until at least late July with a full picture expected by mid-August when the final 2016-2017 budget is expected to be adopted. "We've formed the ad-hoc (com- mittee) to identify what could be cut, take a look at what we can TEHAMA COUNTY Ad-hocpanel formed to look at budget gap Staff report WEAVERVILLE Trinity County Transportation Commission Ex- ecutive Director Rick Tippett an- nounced Friday the commission has been awarded a $276,000 Sus- tainable Transportation Planning Grant from Caltrans to conduct the Upstate California Railcon- nect Feasibility Study. "A new rail line connecting Humboldt Bay's seaport with the national rail system in the Sac- ramento Valley has the poten- tial to be a generational social and economic game-changer for Northwestern California, includ- ing Trinity County," said Tippett. "Northern California faces a vari- ety of social, environmental and economic challenges that would be improved by the fuller utiliza- tion of the seaport at Humboldt Bay and surrounding areas. To better utilize this port, CalTrans is modernizing Highway 299 and the shipping channels have been deepened. Rail is the only freight transportation mode missing. Ex- ploring feasibility of such a rail connection the port and interior areas is what is proposed to be ad- dressed by the grant." For several years, Trinity County representatives have been joined by representatives from the counties of Humboldt and Te- hama, Eureka, Northern Califor- nia Tribal Chairman's Association and the UpState California Eco- nomic Development Council as a multi-agency group that has con- ducted public outreach, research and created a robust scope of work to be used for this feasibil- ity study. This work was done earlier with the assistance of a Commu- nity Development Block Grant ob- tained by Eureka in 2012. Trinity County Supervisors John Fenley and Bill Burton have represented Trinity County on this study. Supervisor Fenley thanked Caltrans for awarding this grant and for their support of Trinity County and the North State. "The Upstate California Rail- connect Feasibility Study will pro- vide public decision-makers and private investors with a package of information on which to make informed investment and busi- ness decisions regarding a new rail line connecting Humboldt Bay's deepwater seaport with a national rail connection in the CALTRANS Grantwillstudyraillinktocoast By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter LOS MOLINOS The first of two drainage projects in the Los Molinos area set to go out to bid in July may be pushed back several months if a necessary agreement doesn't get signed on time. The Los Molinos Commu- nity Development Block Grant Drainage Improvement Project needs an agreement with the Los Molinos Community Ser- vice District. If it is not signed by Tuesday, it could mean the start date would be shoved into the 2017 construction schedule instead, said Public Works Di- rector Gary Antone during an update on upcoming projects at the June 21 Tehama County Board Of Supervisors meeting. "We need an agreement with the Los Molinos water district because their water lines are in our right of ways and we have to have the agreement to move them," Antone said. "It's OK to use the money to move them under the Community Devel- opment Block Grant because it is a low-income community, but we have to have the agree- ment in place to start." Initially the project was ex- pected to start in August and run through November. How a delay would affect the sched- ule of the secondary project, a safe routes to school feder- ally-funded project, was not laid out. However, the projects will not be done at the same time, Antone said. The two projects are being done separately because the funding sources are so partic- ular. If the Community Devel- opment Block Grantors have any reason to believe funding from the grant was used on an- other project, they could poten- CONSTRUCTION LOS MOLINOS PROJECT MAY BE PUSHED BACK PHOTOSBYHEATHERHOELSCHER—DAILYNEWS The Los Molinos Storm Drain Improvement project will start at State Route 99East and Grant Street and end at Grant Street and Stanford Avenue. The Los Molinos Storm Drain Improvement project will start at State Route 99East and Grant Street and end at Grant Street and Stanford Avenue. Have a great day, John Enos. GOOD MORNING D DowJonesIndustrial 17,399.86 (-611.21) D Standard & Poor's 2037.41 (-75.91) D Nasdaq 4707.98 (-202.06) BUSINESS Markets plunge amid uncer- tain global future a er Britain narrowly votes to leave the European Union. PAGE B8 BRITAIN Worldabsorbsshock of vote for Brexit Wind-whipped flames destroy at least 80houses in the Central California mountains; 2bodies found. PAGE A3 CALIFORNIA 2 die in wildfire that le little time to flee Community.....A4 Farm ................B2 Lifestyles........A8 Opinion............A5 Sports.............. B1 Weather ........ A10 INDEX Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. PAGE A2 LOCAL CALENDAR Online Find more news on our website. redbluffdailynews.com LiketheDailyNews on Facebook and stay in the loop on local news, sports and more. VISITFACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS LIKEUSON FACEBOOK Staff report RED BLUFF A 70-year-old Red Bluff man was reported missing Thursday from his residence. The Red Bluff Police Depart- ment is conduct- ing a missing per- son investigation for Patrick Rob- ert Ofarrell, who left his residence on the 1000 block of Luther Road at 3 p.m. Wednesday and has not been seen since. Ofarrell is described as a white man with gray hair and brown eyes, according to a press release issued Friday by the department. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 170 pounds. According to the press release he was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black shirt and brown shoes. It was reported that Ofarrell did not take his necessary med- ication with him when he left his residences on foot, according to MISSING PERSON Police seek help locating local man The two projects are being done separately because the funding sources are so particular. PROJECTS PAGE 9 RAIL PAGE 9 Ofarrell MISSING PAGE 9 BUDGET PAGE 9 Sunny High: Low: 102 67 PAGE A10 » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, June 25, 2016 $1.00 AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD Piano man Gonsalves entertains his fellow patients Lifestyles A8 Soccer Corning U16 team moves on to nationals Sports B1 Volume131,issue156 7 98304 20753 8