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Vol. 18, No. 9

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Residents weigh in on tunnel plan by Tony Kukulich

February 28, 2020

Celebrating 90 Years

Staff Writer

A rally before the start of the Department of Water Resources’(DWR) public scoping meeting for the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) set the tone for the event — residents of East County were in no mood to consider another tunnel project in the Delta. Held Thursday, Feb. 20, the Brentwood Community Center’s upstairs conference room was filled beyond capacity, and many attendees stood along the walls and spilled out into the hallway. “First of all, (DWR) had better have larger meeting rooms if they come to the South Delta, because we have so many people that are so concerned about this project,” said Jan McCleery, former Save the California Delta Alliance see Tunnel page 22

Contra Costa’s last Future Farmers of America chapter marks milestone and looks ahead. Page 4

The Science Of Paper Towels

Photo by Tony Kukulich

Save the California Delta Alliance organized a rally to oppose the Delta Conveyance Project in advance of a public scoping meeting held by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) in Brentwood, Thursday, Feb. 20. Public comments were unanimously opposed to DWR’s proposed plan to build a tunnel through the Delta to enhance the State Water Project water-delivery capabilities.

Town continues pool cost analysis by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent

The Town of Discovery Bay Community Services District (CSD) Board voted to pay a $9,600 invoice from Terracon Consultants at its regular meeting Wednesday, Feb. 19. The invoice, received by the town late last year, was held when board discussion led them to decide not to pay until receiving an update from the pool design company. After a period of silence from the aquatics company, Jim McClelland — a Terracon manager — appeared at the Jan. 15 CSD meeting to update the board on its progress, explaining the

“ ... the county is requiring all of the plumbing fixtures that support the pool —primarily toilets and sinks — be of a quantity to meet code.

Jim McClelland, Terracon manager county required more drawings than originally anticipated. “In addition to the scope of the contract for the pool, the county is requiring all of the plumbing fixtures that support the pool — primarily toilets and sinks — be of a quantity to meet code,” McClelland said. “As the facility is right now, that code is not met.” McClelland informed the

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board that the additional plans would not cost the town extra money, and the invoice could remain unpaid until construction plans had been submitted to the county’s environmental health department, which will be the first county agency to review them. “I’m pleased to report that I actually went down with a Terracon representative to (the

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county’s) environmental health (agency),” General Manager Mike Davies told the board Wednesday evening. “Environmental health sent us back a checklist that says you have to do this before we’ll look at the plans, so I told Terracon we’re not going to pay the invoice tonight unless that checklist is in hand with environmental health. And I’m pleased to announce it is in hand with environmental health.” Davies recommended the board pay the invoice, and the board voted to do so, 4-0, with CSD Director Kevin Graves being absent. see Pool page 22

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Brentwood student wins science fair by proving which paper towel brand is strongest. Page 9

Tough Soccer Season Finish

Liberty girls’ soccer team falls to Berkeley in final shootout to end the season. Page 14 Calendar................................23 Classifieds.............................19 Cop Logs................................11 Education................................4 Entertainment.......................9 Food..........................................8 Milestones............................13 Pets of the week...................6 Sports.....................................14

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