In April, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies learned that an elderly man had made a series of large cash investments and loans to an auto restoration business on the west side of Santa Cruz, and feared he would not recover the money.
The Board of Directors of the San Lorenzo Water District voted last week to declare its original home – and the home of its predecessors – as “surplus property,” with the intent to sell the small frame administration building on Highway 9 in Boulder Creek.
In a terse, two-sentence email to Scotts Valley City Manager Jenny Haruyama on Monday, the latest proposal to build a Town Center at the old Skypark Airport skidded to a halt.
Scotts Valley homes and businesses connected to city sewer lines face bigger waste treatment fees for three years beginning Sept.1, totaling 52 percent over three years.
The 7,900 customers of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District face bigger water bills, totaling 61.5 percent over five years for a typical family — 29 percent in the first year, beginning Nov. 1.
The two-decade-old Town Center project has ground to a halt, as developer Foothill Partners and City of Scotts Valley are unable to agree to terms with the City of Santa Cruz.
The new district counsel for the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, Gina Nicholls, this week advised the district’s Board of Directors that “it is well within the board’s discretion to establish and enforce” its new procedures for controlling public comment at board meetings.
Four years ago, when the San Lorenzo Valley Water District voted to raise water rates 65 percent over five years, it said the money would be used for infrastructure repairs and to build a new “campus” consolidating offices in a single location in Boulder Creek. The district had already spent $2.2 million three years earlier to buy the campus site.
NEW! Santa Cruz County and the City of Santa Cruz collect a 7 percent tax on marijuana sales. which could generate millions in tax revenue once recreational pot becomes legal Jan.1. The City of Scotts Valley does not allow marijuana dispensaries in its city limits. Do you think Scotts Valley should allow marijuana dispensaries, to help pay for city services? Participate it in our brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6DXWDTP
Choir concerts to celebrate Christmas season
The Spring Lakes Park Choir will be performing three identical concerts to celebrate the Christmas season.
They will be performing...