HomeMy WebLinkAbout08.25.21 Board Correspondence - FW_ SAY NO TO TUSCAN WATER DISTRICT
From:Paulsen, Shaina
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Cook, Robin;Hironimus, Patrizia;
Kimmelshue, Tod;Lucero, Debra;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Reaster, Kayla;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;
Sweeney, Kathleen;Teeter, Doug
Cc:Buck, Christina;Hatcher, Casey
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: SAY NO TO TUSCAN WATER DISTRICT
Date:Wednesday, August 25, 2021 4:22:07 PM
Please see Board Correspondence below.
Shaina Paulsen
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200
Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
From: Barbara Steinberg <areyouthatwoman@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 3:49 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: SAY NO TO TUSCAN WATER DISTRICT
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August25,2021 Butte County Board of Supervisors
25 County Center Dr., Suite 200 Oroville, CA 95965
To Butte County Board of Supervisors -
We are doing this as concerned residents of Butte County. We attended last night's
two hour meeting. It was painful to hear about all we did not know. As a property
owner - whether we ultimately support or oppose - we are asking ourselves why most
of us at the 25th hour are just hearing about this. The proposed plan has been in
action for years. Attending the community meeting last night, if only half the facts are
true, this situation should scare the majority of small property owners. Are you at all
familiar with the water wars of Mono and Inyo counties - Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power - Cadillac Desert and Chinatown - this water proposal smacks of all
of that and more. The clock is ticking. And yet we as property owners, residents of
Butte County/Chico, and your constituents, no one - NO ONE - notified us and
presented the facts so we could make an informed decision. Why weren't we given
the opportunity to sign a petition? Doesn't matter who stepped in or got going - all
landowners were entitled to the same information. And going back to 2017 when all of
this got started. It's unconscionable that you, as a government official, kept your
constituents in the dark. This absolutely is to the benefit of large agribusiness & big
businesses that aren't able to vote in local elections. A pipeline down the Skyway -
have you seen the pipelines that crisscross the Sierra Nevada? Conveying water to
Los Angeles and killing the Long and Owens valleys. I know you'll try to convince me
otherwise, but I know what I know. All of this was done behind closed doors. And
continues to be so. The Vina GSA meeting on September 8th is a closed session
topic. It should be public. Why isn't it?
I could go on & on. You have all kinds of rationale for this but just like Frederick Eaton
& William Mulholland - it's the same story through the ages.
Sincerely - Barbara Steinberg and Mike Nellor
1959 Rosecreek Court
Chico, CA 95928-9649