Bay News' Neil Farrell Tours Wastewater Plant

The latest addition of the Bay News came out today and our sewer-to-be got a front page article! OK, it was below the fold and apparently didn't rate high enough to have the featured, giant, above-the-fold, awesome photo spot, but it was better than nothing!

http://tolosapressnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BN-02-19-15-p.pdf

There are no photos in the paper or digital edition, but Farrell mentions that there are photos somewhere on the Tolosa Press site; I noodled around for at least five minutes and could not find them. 

While I personally don't agree with Farrell and think the delay to getting this thing built was a good thing (considering how that stymied addressing the severe water supply issues that we have due to the bankruptcy) and that spending $19 million more to put it out of town is worth it, nonetheless, I learned a LOT of new stuff from his article. Please read it off the link above or get a paper copy at one of the usual spots.

Sewage in SLO City

There is a fascinating article in today's Tribune on SLO-town's sewage treatment plant upgrade—and—you can read it here:

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/01/30/2901472/upgrade-to-slos-sewage-plant-will.html

Also, read the "Bouquets and Brickbats" column on the bid award for the Los Osos Wastewater Treatment Plant "The low bid that wasn’t the low bid"
here (scroll all the way down):

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/01/31/2902274/a-dream-thats-out-of-this-world.html

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/01/31/2902274/a-dream-thats-out-of-this-world.html#storylink=cpy

Sewer Land Acquisition!

SLO County Subdivision Review Board agenda 11-5-12, from the Consent Calendar:

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The applicant (COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO) proposes to acquire approximately 24.5 acres of land from JOHN GIACOMAZZI AND JANET KLINE for the purpose of constructing the Los Osos wastewater treatment plant.  This request is to confirm that the future creation of a public lot (PL12-0047) of approximately 24.5 acres by conveyance to the County of San Luis Obispo does not require a parcel map pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 66428(a).  The proposed project is within the Agriculture land use category and is located at 2198 Los Osos Valley Road, approximately 0.5 miles east of the community of Los Osos.  The site is in the Estero planning area.  This project is exempt under CEQA. County File No: SUB2011-00052 Assessor Parcel Numbers: 067-011-021,-022 Supervisorial District: 2 Date Filed: May 29, 2012