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Subject:FW: Ruth Sarnoff after listening to the June 8th City Council and BOS Meetings | Attached Documents Water
Assessments / Audit / Pension Obligation Bonds Forum.
Date:Wednesday, June 16, 2021 9:41:22 AM
Attachments:Pension Obligation Bonds Forum 6-2-21.pdf
Water Assessment.pdf
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Ashley N. Snyder
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Subject: Ruth Sarnoff after listening to the June 8th City Council and BOS Meetings | Attached
Documents Water Assessments / Audit / Pension Obligation Bonds Forum.
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This EmailisbeingsenttoallmembersofboththeChicocouncilandBOSmembers.Ifit
reachesyouandyouwishtoputtheattacheddocumentsintoPUBLICRECORDtonight,I
wouldappreciatethatverymuch.
IdoNotbelievethattheCityCouncilmeetingofJune8thwasproperlygivennoticeof.I
personallybelieveitviolatedtheBrownact.IhopemembersoftheBOSwillwatchand join
theproceedingstonight.Ifyoucan't,watchthe proceedingslater(upafter24/48hours)as
minutes.
IwasalsoconcernedaboutsomeButte CountyCLASSIFIEDnotices4/7/21,PGofIntention
toAdoptMitigatedNegativeDeclarations,whichmakeitpossibleforthepublictospeakto
environmentalconcerns,firstmustbeawareofthis.Fewpeoplereadtheclassifieds.Reading
classifiedsandAPstoriesprovideinformation,itisfarfromthetransparencythepublic
deserves.
Thankyou.RuthSarnoff,6/15/21
Water Assessment
This Water Assessment (AUDIT) is to provide up-to-date information on what I know to
be true. My concerns are many. Disclosure in tiny print, in Classified ADs in local press,
Associated Press (AP) articles, reports from departments, bureaus, agencies and many
Planning Commissions in California, & the Chico roceedings provide
sources (whats happening). For clarity, any comment I make I will use my initials RS:
RS:
reservoirs, lakes, rivers and streams are all running dry, requires an AUDIT of Water
availability for more than Consent Item PROJECTS on tonights agenda. President Biden
& Governor Newsom are seeking support for an INFRASTRUCURE and GROWTH Agenda.
WATER is provided by the Natural World. It is not a product, though bottled as if it was.
When the WATER is all GONE it is really all GONE!
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1 Document: 11-27-20 in the Enterprise-Record document (tiny print) here verbatim
LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE KEYSTONE PLACER MINING CLAIM, DESIGNATED BY THE
SURVEYOR GENERAL AS LOTS 43 OF 46 OF SRVEY NO. 3397, EMBRACING A PORTION
OF SECTION 3 IN TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH; AND SECTION 34 IN TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH,
BOTH IN RANGE 9 EAST, M.D.B. & M., AND BEING MROEPARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY
METES AND BOUNDS IN THE PATENT FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO C.D.
HAZZARD, DATED MARCH 1, 1900, RECORDED OCTOBER 31,1901 IN BOOK 3 OF
PATENTS, AT PAGE 219, PLUMAS COUNTY RECORDS.
ALSO THAT CERTAIN PLACER MINING CLAIM KNOWNS AS THE FAIRBANKS PLACER
MINE SITUATE IN THE SOUTH-EAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION
34, TWP 25 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST, N.D.B. & M, UNPATENTED Commonly known as:
40326 Blackhawk Road, Quincy, California 95971
Publish: 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/2020
RS:
Quality Act being used to evaluate change. Also no implementation of the Clean Air Act,
Clean Water Act, PROP 65 ADs and many other efforts to allow for a Chico City Plan that
involves everyone.
RS: Today it is 4:45 PM on 5/3/21. Before the last meeting, on Tuesday, April 20, at
4:10pm PST I sent an Email to a lot of people in California. Im sorry if you didnt see it.
An assessment based on what I can piece together quickly is my urgent task. Before I
move on to a basic request for the Council to reflect on the seriousness consequences of
approving hundreds of contracts when there is acute drought everywhere in California
and the summer is likely to bring extreme weather.
Adding it all up is different from looking at plans, one at a time. Try touring through all
the areas in the weather map. Chico is right in the middle. All the other spots on the
th
map are Townships, described in detail in the April 20, 4:10pm email. Also, President
Biden and Governor Newsom are promoting more money for Infrastructure & Growth.
RESOLUTION TO DECLARE A WATER CRISIS AND HALT INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY
WHEREAS: Observations on 5/2/21, doing the loop by car from Chico Highway 32 down
toLake Almanor (Lake owned by PGE), down Highway 70, and through Paradise. Forests
have been cleared all the way up from Chico to Chester going up the Hwy 32. Chester
community members say the major industry in their town is logging and
WHEREAS: Creek and river flows are extremely low for early May, when they should be
raging if we had had at normal winter with snowmelt. Lake Almanor (owned by PGE) is
extremely low. The sand bars were exposed in the wetlands and marsh areas and were
very dry with a bit of snowpack on the mountains, Paradise Reservoir is extremely low
and Feather River is extremely low flow. Extra money for roads by Cal Trans appears to
be in the works in the Almanor Lake article 3-9-21 area & a PUBLIC NOTICE in the 5-3-
21 E-R + M- R and
WHEREAS: Fish reported dying at Teichert Ponds, by Justin Couchot, jcouchot@chicoer.com
(530)896-7720) In paragraph 2 verbatim Manager for Chico and Butte County Linda Herman
confirmed the dead fish being reported on the back side of the pond near the fresh water
area, saying the fish have succumbed to lack of oxygen in the water due to a thick layer of ash
that has formed atop many parts of the pond and
WHEREAS: City Council Agenda Report Meeting Date 2/16/21 TO: City Council FROM: Linda
Herman, Park & Natural Resources Manager, (896-7241) RE: CONSIDERATION OF RENAMING
TEICHERT PONDS AS A PEACE PONDS NATURE AREA ATTACHMENT C TEICHERT PEACE PONDS
PROPOSAL Brief History 1960-65-40-acre site mined for gravel to build 99N freeway across
Chico. 1965-70-ponds form in excavation abandoned by Teichert Construction Company out of
Woodland. Wildlife migrates in cohabitates and evolves, as heavy rains and three springs fill
pond #1 rapidly. 1970-79, property is in private ownership, changing ownership frequently
with little development. 1979-80 City of Chico builds storm drain concrete entrance to
ponds. Original plans were for a separate channel from the ponds to run parallel to freeway
emptying into Little Chico Creek, Instead polluted (nitrates, phosphates, and trash) water
enters ponds not only from the housing developments next door (Heritage Oaks) but those
being built along Bruce Road and the Chico Mall. This influx of polluted water has and
continues to affect life in the ponds. Stagnation and eutrophication took place in the summer
and flooding in the winter. RUTH SARNOFF (RS) ATTACHMENT C is another example of what
happens when TRANPARECY is TRAMPLED & the PUBLICs RIGHT to KNOW isnt respected and
WHEREAS: PUBLIC NOTICE in 5-2-21 in E-R + M-R and Paradise Post NOTICE OF PREPARATION
OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING NOTICE The Town
of Paradise (Town) as the Lead Agency for the Paradise Sewer Project (Proposed Project) has
issued this Notice of Preparation (NOP) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) to notify responsible and trustee agencies and other parties that an Environmental
Impact Report(EIR) will be prepared to evaluate potential environmental impacts of the
Proposed Project and
WHEREAS: PUBLIC NOTICE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL INPACTS air quality , greenhouse
gas emissions, biological resources, tribal cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, hazards
and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use planning, noise, population
and housing, public services, recreation, transportation, tribal cultural resources, utilities and
service systems, wildfire, and additional topics as required by the CEQA Guidelines including
significant irreversible environmental changes, growth inducements, cumulative impacts, and
alternatives. Measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate any potential adverse impacts will be
identified and evaluated in the EIR and
THEREFORE: RS: A formal REQUEST for a Council WATER CRISIS RESOLUTION & for an urgent:
WATER ASSESSMENT HEARING OF CHICO & TOWNSHIPS TOGETHER Co - CHAIRING MEETING