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submitting applications. I think we’re really happy with the people we have on the committee.” In November, the DPC approved the appointment of 15 committee members representing the five Delta counties — Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano and Yolo — plus four ex officio members. Erik Vink, DPC executive director, serves as the committee chair. A vice chair is expected to be selected during the February committee meeting. “The big deliverable for us is the management plan,” Roberts said. “It will set up what
OAKLEY Aaron Meadows may be new to the Oakley City Council, but he knows the community well. He’s lived nearly his entire life in Oakley, and his family stretches back about 110 years in the city. His grandfather owned Cutino’s Feed & Tire Center on Main Street for about 40 years, and Meadows himself has been involved in the construction and property management business in Oakley since the early 1990s. He currently owns A. Meadows Property Management on Main Street. “(Oakley) has definitely changed,” he said. The longtime Oakleyite says he’s always kept a finger on the pulse of the community and is now ready to take on a city leadership role, since his children are older. He previously served on the Oakley Municipal Advisory Council for six years in the 1990s, which advised the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Oakley-area issues before the city’s incorporation. He has also been a Delta Association of Realtors director and president and a California Apartment Association director. “I have always paid attention and been involved in my way,” he said. “I got involved in the local real estate association but didn’t feel like I had the time to run for council, due to having a family.”
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REGIONAL On the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a school reopening plan, East County superintendents weighed in on its feasibility. The proposal, introduced by Newsom Dec. 30, has yet to gain the approval and funding from the state legislature. And school district officials were quick to point out that until that happens, they’re all playing the waiting game. On its face, the plan outlines four pillars to facilitate school reopenings, including: funding; safety and mitigation measures for classrooms; oversight and assistance for schools; and transparency and accountability for families and staff.
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he first sunrise of 2021 burns through trees at Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, Friday, Jan. 1. Early morning anglers and some local wildlife were up with the sun and Press photographer Tony Kukulich enjoying the arrival of the new year. To view more photos of the event, visit www.thepress.net/multimedia/slideshows
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REGIONAL Amid the seemingly endless stories of threats to the Delta and the people who depend upon it, there is an occasional bright spot. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was designated as a national heritage area (NHA) in March 2019. On Tuesday, Jan. 5, the first meeting of the NHA Management Plan Advisory Committee was held to begin the process of shaping the Delta NHA. “The NHA designation for the Delta is a national recognition of something people here have known for a long
time — this is a nationally significant place with a nationally significant rich story, or more accurately, stories,” said Mike Moran, supervising naturalist at Big Break Regional Shoreline and ex officio member of the advisory committee. “Through the organization and coordination of the myriad stakeholders under the Delta Protection Commission and National Park Service, we can more readily share those known and yet-tobe-known stories.” The task of managing the development of the Delta NHA rests with the Delta Protection Commission (DPC). The NHA designation requires the com-
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mission to complete a management plan that will guide NHA activities for the next 10 to 15 years. Last fall, the commission chartered the advisory committee to ensure public engagement in the development of that plan, and a call was made for applicants interested in serving on that committee. “One of the things that we specified in the charter was geographic diversity, generational diversity and cultural diversity,” explained Blake Roberts, Delta NHA coordinator for the DPC. “We were seeking a lot of different people to serve on the committee. With that, we were able to get a good array of people
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