Mar Apr 2012 - County of Glenn

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GLENN COUNTY PLANNING
& PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY
NEWSLETTER
Public Meetings—Live and Archived County Public Meetings
Submitted by Casey Murray/PPWA
In 2006, a new digital recording system was connected in the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, to be used for public meetings.
Granicus, Inc. provides the County with a streaming media system, and thereby improves the access to public meetings. Meetings
are available live on the internet or as searchable archives, which are also used for efficient long-term record keeping. The availability of searchable archives allows a section of a meeting to be retrieved at any time. In addition, documents such as Staff Reports,
Agenda’s, and Minutes are synchronized and linked to the audio archive, all of which are available through the Glenn County website.
Recorded and live broadcast public meetings are accessed on the Glenn County homepage at www.countyofglenn.net and then
clicking the “Listen to Live Meetings” link.
Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, and Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) public meetings are archived
back to 2006. In May 2010, the Regional Transit Committee and Transportation Commission also began utilizing the audio publication and recording equipment for its public meetings.
Over 10,000 people have utilized the system to listen to recordings and/or archives of public meetings as shown on the graph below. The County of Glenn welcomes you to all of the public meetings. The following are regularly scheduled on the following
dates:
Board of Supervisors: First, Third, and Fifth Tuesday of each month
Planning Commission: Third Wednesday of each month
Local Agency Formation Commission: Second Tuesday of each month as needed
Regional Transit Committee and Transportation Commission: Third Thursday of each month
Trivia Corner
1.
What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
1. Hair.
2. Cambridge, MA.
3. Titanic.
4. Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin.
5. Angora.
6. Bob Marley.
7. Fidelity, bravery, and
integrity.
8. Deafness.
9. The Ostrich.
10. Earl Grey.
PUZZLER
If you have any questions regarding public meetings, please feel free to call our office at 934-6540.
Puzzler Answer:
The word SHORT.
What major musical of the 1960’s was written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and
Galt MacDermot?
2. In what city was the first American college located?
3. What movie, with 14 Oscar nominations, is the most nominated film not to win in
any acting categories?
4. Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
5. What type of wool can come from a rabbit?
6. Which famous Jamaican, who died in 1981, had the middle name Nesta?
7. What is the FBI’s motto?
8. What disability do both Quasimodo and the judge who sentenced him to the pillory
suffer from in the Hunchback of Norte Dame?
9. What bird lays the smallest egg in relation to its size?
10. What type of tea is flavored with oil from the bergamot orange?
Trivia Answers:
Glenn County Planning & Public Works Agency
P.O. Box 1070
Willows, CA 95988
Phone: 530-934-6541
Fax: 530-934-6542
We’re on the Web!
www.countyofglenn.net
Inside this Issue
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GC HRA Programs
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HC Storm Drain
Progress
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Finding Flood Map
Info
Permit Center Activity
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Glenn County Human Resource Agency offers programs
Submitted by Yassi Lam & Starryne Cano/HRA
Glenn County Human Resource Agency offers a wide
variety of programs to businesses and local families.
Willows, CA. March 20, 2012.
Glenn County Human Resource
Agency (HRA) remains committed to
offering resources to our community.
These services can help businesses,
job-seekers, and individuals make it
through these tough economic times.
Below are just a couple of the services offered by the HRA.
Glenn County Human Resource
Agency Business Services Office is
applying for our fourth round of MicroEnterprise funding through the
State of California Community Development Block Grant. These funds
are designed to assist qualified local
business owners and prospective entrepreneurs with everything from start
-up assistance to potential financial
assistance. The Business Services
Office at the HRA has always offered
many different types of technical assistance to our business community,
including start-up assistance, expansion guidance, employment and recruitment services, and a vast resource library. Glenn County HRA
Business Services Office has proven
to be a benefit to our local businesses
and employers.
“Black Bear Diner appreciates all the
efforts you have put forth in finding
good quality employees for us to hire.
The program you are running for
Glenn County is a definite blessing to
our business.” Leo Hart, Willows
Black Bear Diner General Manager
employed. WIA staff can assist with
job-search, resume building, vocational training (if eligible), and many
other resources. Stop by the Orland
HRA on Tuesdays or Thursdays from
8 am – 12pm or the Willows HRA on
Monday or Wednesday between
10am – 2pm. Let the WIA staff help
you with your employment needs!
Visit Glenn County Human Resource
Agency’s
website
at
www.hra.co.glenn.ca.us or call Yassi
Lam at (530)934-1494 or Starryne
Cano at (530)934-1490.
Hamilton City Storm Drain Project
Submitted by Matt Gomes/PPWA
The Glenn County Planning and
Public Works Agency Road Division
has been working on three phases of a
fourteen phase storm drain project in
the Townsite of Hamilton City. The
funding for these three phases was
obtained through a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in
conjunction with the federally funded
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Phases III and V
were storm drain installations and
Phase IV was curb and gutter. Phase
III was on Fourth Street and Capay
Avenue. Phase V was on Broadway,
Fifth Street and Los Robles Avenue.
Phase IV was curb and gutter North
of Fifth Street between Walsh Avenue
and Canal Street (Highway 45). Minimal work on Phase IV remains and
will be completed as soon as the
weather cooperates.
The Glenn
County Planning and Public Works
Agency thanks the public for remaining understanding of any and all inconveniences encountered during
During Construction
construction.
The Glenn County Planning and
Public Works Agency in conjunction
with the Glenn County Human Resource Agency are currently applying
for CDBG funds to continue work on
additional phases of the overall drainage plan for the Townsite of Hamilton
City. Applications are due in April,
2012 with award notification expected in July, 2012 and funding
availability is anticipated in October,
2012.
After Construction
The HRA also provides services to
help job-seekers, as well. The WIA
(Workforce Investment Act) program
has funding to assist those who have
been laid-off, unemployed, or under-
Recycling News—New Picnic tables in Ord Bend Park
Submitted by Jennifer Cannizzaro/PPWA
Pursuant to Public Resources
Code Section 14581(a)(4)(A) of
the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, the Department of
Recycling Resources and Recovery (CalRecycle) distributes
$10,500,000 annually to eligible
cities and counties specifically
for beverage container recycling
and litter cleanup activities. The
goal of CalRecycle’s beverage
container recycling program is
to reach and maintain an 80 percent recycling rate for all California Refund Value (CRV) beverage containers - aluminum,
glass, plastic and bi-metal.
Each year the cities and county
have participated in the Department of Conservation, Division
of Recycling and Litter Reduction Grant through our Glenn
County Waste Management Regional Agency program.
Funding through the grant has
allowed the jurisdictions to pool
their funds to implement and
promote a coordinated CRV recycling and litter reduction program. Last years grant funds
were used to purchase new recycling receptacles, picnic tables
and benches. The tables and
benches are made from 95%
post consumer contact recycling
plastic (i.e. milk jugs) “Closing
the Recycling Loop’. You can
see these tables and benches at
the Ord Bend Park and various
other sites around the County. If
you have an idea about how to
enhance the area recycling programs, please contact Jennifer
Cannizzaro at 934-6530 or 8652782.
Finding Local Flood Map Information
Federal Emergency Mangement
Agency (FEMA) publishes Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for all
communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP). A FIRM is a community’s
official map on which FEMA has delineated both the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHAs) and the premium
risk zones applicable to the community.
is required or recommended. Community officials use FIRMs to administer
floodplain management regulations
and to mitigate flood damage. Lending institutions and Federal agencies
use FIRMs to locate properties and
buildings in relation to mapped flood
hazards, and to determine whether
flood insurance is required when making loans or providing grants following a disaster for the purchase or conPrivate citizens, insurance agents, struction of a building.
and brokers us FIRMs to locate propFor more information regarding
erties and buildings to determine their finding a local FIRM go to
flood risk and whether flood insurance msc.fema.gov.
Or to consult the Frequently Asked
Questions page of FEMS’s website go
to
www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/fq_g
enhm.shtm.