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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023

Crescent City, CA

Homeowners upset with mail delivery policy BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

The master postal box on Loren Avenue outside the Redwood West subdivision has been broken into several times, according to local homeowners. Homeowners who the Triplicate have spoken with said they are very upset with the U.S. Post Office policy regarding the postal box issues. They said they are required to pick up mail at the main Post Office until the necessary postal key at the Loren Avenue box can be switched out and normal mail delivery can be resumed, following the string of thefts. “The inconvenience posed on the homeowner is outrageous,” Redwood resident Gary Manning said. “The long line snaking out the Post Office front door is intolerable. I feel badly for the clerks who must continually be up and down retrieving the mail stored in the back. It’s got to be fatiguing by the end of the day.” Homeowner Tom Nelson said he simply wants to be communicated with. “The Post Office needs to talk with me,” Nelson said. “It’s hard to get a straight answer from them.

I’ve been told only one individual from Eureka is able to come up and change the master lock on the big box. Where’s the master key?” Homeowner Jay Chernak said he agreed with Nelson, adding that Redwood West is one of several community boxes that has been broken into. Chernak said he believes as many as 1,000 people are now retrieving their mail at the Post Office. “The mail deposit box outside situates Redwood West in an exposed, open area, with no homeowner view on Loren Avenue,” homeowner Vinnie Mendolia said. “The Post Office should re-situate a new pad within the subdivision.” While homeowner Andy Pozzi doesn’t blame the Post Office for the thefts but did express his frustration as well. “We homeowners live in a bureaucratic sea of red tape,” Pozzi said. “It’s been two months I’ve had to make a 24-mile round trip to the Crescent City Post Office, wait in a long line and sometimes, there’s no mail delivery.” The Triplicate reached out to Crescent City Postmaster Susan Vargas for an update. Vargas had not responded to our inquiries by press time.

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Redwood West homeowners upset with the Post Office include, from left to right, Tom Nelson, Jay Chernak, Andy Pozzi, Vinnie Mendolia, and Gary Manning.

Crescent Filling in the cracks at the airport City accepts parks and rec grant BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media

Crescent City accepted a $3 million grant award from the State Department of Parks and Recreation for the Prop 68 Rural Recreation and Tourism Grant Program. In January of 2022, councilors approved an application for Prop 68 funds to build the amphitheater and Waterfront Plaza park, highlighted from the Beachfront Park Master Plan. There are no city funds match required in this grant. The funding joins $5 million in additional Statewide Park Program funding, $178,000 in Prop 68 Per Capita funding, $200,000 in Coastal funding and $65,000 in California Endowment funding. The grand total of the allocation of Prop 68 funding for Crescent City is $8.444 million. The council unanimously accepted the Prop 68 funding. In other City Council news, Economic Development Director Ashley Taylor asked the Council to greenlight Lighthouse Cove RV Park policy changes: • Change the 30 consecutive day limit to 28 days to accommodate possible weekend departures. State law changed allowing visitors’ status to change to standard tenancy which would change ability to evict a tenant through the court process on the 31st day. Reducing the stay to 28 days gives adequate warning to staff management that guests will not overstay their reservation. • Taylor also asked for the park policy to change its refund policy, allowing refunds upon five day notice, less a $15 cancellation fee. Policy changes effectuate April 3. Councilors approved the RV park policies on a unanimous vote. The council received encouraging revenue news. Director of Please see GRANT, Page A2

Ryan Cooley, director of the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority (BCRAA) addressed the Board of Supervisors last week and updated supervisors on the proposed Phase 2 rehabilitation of runway 18-36. Phase 1 for $333,000 for pre-design has already been authorized. Because of COVID, the authority‘s five percent matching fund allocation was waived. Cooley seeks Federal Aviation Approval (FAA) approval of a 95 percent grant of an $8 million award to repair numerous cracks along the runway. The grant could rise to as high as $9.2 million if repairs are deemed more extensive. The BCRAA share of the grant is approximately $400,000. The Border Coast member partners are the City of Crescent City, Del Norte County, City of Brookings, Curry County, the Elk Valley Rancheria and the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Tribe. Divided equally each partner is asked to contribute approximately $77,000 for the project. Cooley indicated, “It’s my hope

all the partners will embrace this safety project. Jack McNamara Field is the multi-partner airport serving Del Norte and Curry counties.” The board approved the grant application and requests for equal support for the Rehabilitation project on a 4-1 vote, Supervisor Dean Wilson dissenting. Wilson expressed his concern with language in the motion including a caveat open to increasing the funding if the other partner(s) did not contribute their equal share. There was no discussion on the airport’s other runway, 12-30, also in need of rehabilitation, according to Cooley. In other airport news, the extension of the Alternate Emergency Air Service FAA support continues through September 30, 2024. The support for Contour Air is just under $3.6 million annually, according to BCRAA fiscal director Patty Stanley. Cooley reports a second Contour flight will commence during the summer schedule. A supplemental flight will be added on Fridays and Sundays, effective in late Spring. Contour Air flies into Oakland.

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Ryan Cooley, Del Norte County Airport Director, updated the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors on efforts to repair cracks on the runways.

Spay-neuter clinic returning March 25-26 BY ROGER GITLIN Country Media, Inc.

The Del Norte Humane Society will host a grant-funded spay-neuter clinic at the Yurok Tribe’s Community Room in Klamath March 25-26 at the Yurok Tribe’s Community Room in Klamath. According to the California for All Animals grant program, lawful and effective spay and neuter programs are needed to stabilize the massive overpopulation of dogs and cats destined to end up in overwhelmed and beleaguered animal shelters. The UC Davis Veterinary School through its California for All Animals Koret Shelter Medicine Program has distributed $45 million to organizations such as the Humane Society of Del Norte (HSDN) to assist and provide spay and neuter services to shelters in need. HSDN received a three-year grant for $385,000 with the first installment

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of $128,000 disbursed in January. The Humane Society of Del Norte (HSDN) has contracted with PUB VET, a mobile spay and neuter service called Neuter Scooter to conduct spay and neuter services on Tribal land. Four Paws performs limited spay and neuter service from the Humane Society. The Yurok Tribe issued a statement, Jan. 27 declaring the following: “Individuals and groups may rent out the Tribe’s Community Room. The Humane Society of Del Norte rents the space for it spay and neuter clinic. The organization (HSDN) is responsible for all aspects of the clinic.” According to the PUB VET website, Dr. Aria Armendariz Peavy, DVM will be the assigned veterinarian who will conduct all spaying and neutering procedures for both dogs and cats at the Klamath event. Photo courtesy from the Del Norte Humane Society According to the California State The Del Norte County Humane Society will host a spay and neuter clinic March 25 and 26 in Please see CLINIC, Page A2 Klamath.

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