
Redding commission advances Lockheed Drive storage-yard proposal
The City Council will decide whether to approve the project and, if it moves ahead, override an airport-land-use inconsistency finding with a two-thirds vote.
Shasta County
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The City Council will decide whether to approve the project and, if it moves ahead, override an airport-land-use inconsistency finding with a two-thirds vote.

Commissioners reviewed three related land-use applications while questioning condition language and the maintenance of a city-dedicated open-space easement.

A county staff report says initial estimates include $6.68 million in public-property damage and $2.61 million in private-property damage as officials pursue disaster assistance.

Public Works says the Solid Waste Disposal Administration budget amendment would increase both project spending authority and related revenue, with no net budget impact.

The board voted 5-0 on Aug. 19 to adopt emergency regulations for Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, but the meeting minutes do not state when they take effect or what utilities must do.

The county says the three-year agreement would preserve residential treatment and stabilization placements for as many as 29 clients, but the staff report does not record a final board vote.

The 5–0 vote covers funding guidelines and supplemental plans for emerging contaminants, lead-service-line replacement and disaster relief, but the meeting minutes do not list a dollar total or recipients.

A county notice sets an Oct. 16, 2026, end date for the lease covering Eastside Road properties as officials consider alternatives for the project.

A third amendment with Health Management Associates extends the agreement through Sept. 30, 2027, and sets mock-audit and follow-up report deadlines in 2027.

The board unanimously approved an amendment adding a pathogen action plan, fecal-waste prohibition and bacteria limit while removing a watershed-specific onsite-waste policy.

The 5-0 action sets borrowing capacity for clean-water and drinking-water programs, but the public minutes do not identify projects or loan terms.

A proposed amendment would raise Health Management Associates’ contract ceiling to $2.28 million and extend the agreement through Sept. 30, 2027, for Medi-Cal compliance and billing work.

The recommendation also includes a retroactive architectural-services amendment and a permanent Redding Electric Utility easement for the estimated $4.027 million project.

Shasta County Public Works asked supervisors to approve an updated PG&E agreement to move a power pole before the Ash Creek bridge replacement can begin.

The State Water Board adopted program guidelines and authorized a new solicitation for projects that reduce runoff and other nonpoint-source pollution.

County staff asked supervisors for direction on seeking a consultant to review and redact large public-records video requests, but no contract or cost has been proposed.

The proposed single-position classification would coordinate livestock-depredation investigations and nonlethal conflict prevention, but hiring depends on state funding and a later staffing decision.

A proposed classification would coordinate wildlife-livestock conflict work, but the position is not yet on the county’s Position Allocation List and the supplied resolution does not show a final vote.

The State Water Resources Control Board approved Resolution 2026-0033 in a unanimous vote Sept. 1, shifting specified administrative and enforcement responsibilities to the director of its groundwater-management office.

The commission voted 5-0 to grant PG&E a narrow capital-structure exemption tied to a DWR loan for Diablo Canyon costs and separately launched a rulemaking to revise utility general rate-case rules for the first time since 2007.

At the commission’s Sept. 17 voting meeting, local officials and residents pressed for more detail and an alternate route as CPUC said the project was still pre-application.

Supervisors are being asked to terminate the county’s lease tied to the Community Reentry Center Project and create a small committee to look for other sites.

City staff told council a vacancy report under Bill 2561 shows 93 open positions, a 223-day average recruitment time and a citywide hiring freeze that now requires departments to justify openings.

Council voted unanimously behind closed doors on Sept. 15 to initiate litigation, saying details will be disclosed once the case is formally filed.