The following is a monthly letter written by Mendocino County’s 3rd District Supervisor John Haschak to constituents:
With 100 degree weather in October and no forecast of rain, the D word is on my mind. As Chair of the General Government Committee, we worked on the Mendocino County Drought Resilience Plan. The GGC is the Drought Task Force and we have to comply with SB 552. This requires a risk assessment and proposed approaches for developing short-term and long-term mitigation strategies. Whether it rains or not in the near future, we have to look at our infrastructure capabilities such as storage, interties between different water systems, and conservation.
The County was awarded the first phase of the FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant for fuel reduction, vegetation management, and home hardening in Brooktrails. County staff has been diligent in submitting a successful application. This will provide $3.5 million in initial planning for community safety. We are hopeful that subsequent phases will provide additional funding to complete the project.
We live in a rural county hoping to hear birds singing in the mornings and crickets at night as well as enjoying social events. We try to be good neighbors and respect the rights of others. Yet sometimes instead of a peaceful evening eating dinner on the back porch or falling to sleep to the sounds of nature, blasting music, squealing tires, or loud machinery is heard. Supervisor McGourty brought a proposal to create a noise ordinance for the County. When a raucous party is disturbing a neighborhood or community, people will call the Sheriff’s Office, a deputy will come out with few options besides appealing to a sense of propriety. The goal is to have more tools available so that our communities remain livable, enjoyable environments.
I proposed a limit on campaign contributions to candidates. This is to make for good government by preventing corruption or the appearance of corruption. Currently, the County defaults to the State limit of $5,500 per individual. Many counties have adopted limits of between $500 and $1,500 per individual and double that amount for committees. The Board approved moving forward with this item. I will be working with Supervisor McGourty and County Counsel to bring back limits and ordinance language.
There will be a Talk with the Supervisor Thursday, Oct. 10 at 10:00 at Brickhouse Coffee in Willits. I am available by email haschakj@mendocinocounty.gov or 707-972-4214.
Time to vote! Voting is your superpower!
John
Storage prospects?? What am I missing? This clown wants to remove our
Water infrastructure. Removal of the dam is a horrible idea as we all know. I am willing to bet that we will be talking about building a new dam once we destroy our present one. This state and county is so corrupt. Filled with graft. Everything is a scam. People and even wildlife are fit to be victimized.
Gee, what’s long term drought mitigation mean??? Are our leaders all so stupid and short sided? How is this guy elected? Be smart people don’t just act like sheep all the time. I have an idea….
“Hey mendo….Trump loves destroying dams. He hates water storage. The GOP has called to remove the potter valley project. “.
Now can we fight to keep it?
Removal of water storage dams is a disaster. We need as much water storage as possible.