Rio Linda Wastewater Plant RLWWTP

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Subject: [RL] Fwd: Rio Linda Wastewater Treatment Plant
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:41:29 -0800
From: "Erwin Hayer" <eeh625@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: riolinda@vrx.net
To: riolinda@vrx.net

RL Net and Historical Society,

The following is forwarded FYI.

Anyone with a home near the intersection of Elkhorn Boulevard and Sixth Street should be very concerned about this information.

The letter from SRCSD Mary K. Snyder, Collection System Manager [is below in this web page]

I also want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Erwin Hayer

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Subject: Rio Linda Wastewater Treatment Plant
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:34:04 -0800
From: "Erwin Hayer" <eeh625@hotmail.com>
To: dickinsonr@saccounty.net

CC: ziebronk, rsuter, jritzman, kate@foothill, kidow, snyderm, ocenosakd, yeastd, BarryA, shanksr, haradaw, klong, HMorris,DByrne, jayobrien

Honorable Roger Dickinson

This e-mail is the result of a letter I received from SRCSD Mary K. Snyder, Collection System Manager, Subject: NOP DEIR DC Master Plan (00-PRE-0593) RL Wastewater Plant (RLWWTP), dated 6 December 2002. It included the statement: "...At the present time, the District does not anticipate that the property will become part of the Dry Creek Parkway in the near future." [see below]

It has been my understanding that RLWWTP would be returned to its original pre - 1955 floodway state and become part of the Dry Creek Parkway. I have been requesting the removal of the RLWWTP and the levees since 1993.

I ask for your assurance that all of the appropriate agencies will ensure that the levees are removed and the property returned to its natural and historical state as floodway. This will assist in the flood protection of the Rio Linda area.

Details are included below.

Sincerely

Erwin Hayer
950 G Street
Rio Linda, CA 95673-4315

JULY 1998
A letter from Wendell H. Kido July 28, 1998 states "After the demolition has been completed, including the restoration of the site, staff would coordinate with the Real Estate Department for disposition of the property at fair market value."
My Comment: I was under the impression that the restoration of the site would include the removal of the levees to restore the site to its natural and historical use of floodway. Also, I did not understand why the property would be put up for sale at fair market value when all the property between the two channels of Dry Creek was wanted for a Parkway.

AUGUST 2001
The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD), Final Completion of Contract 3527, is August 3, 2001. This was for the demolition and restoration of the site.
My Comment: I was surprised that the levees were not removed and the south basin/pond was filled to the top of the levee with something.

MARCH 2002
The FEIR for the Upper Northwest Interceptor, dated March 2002 indicates the project proposes the use of emergency storage basins to provide temporary overflow storage during wet weather. Since the storage basins will be open to the air, there is a potential for production of odors. The basins are located within 400 feet of a single-family residential subdivision to the west.
My Comment: Roger Dickinson stated to me after a meeting in Rio Linda, about 6 months ago, that the Ponds at the RLWWTP would not be used for the Upper Northwest Interceptor System. Also, have the occupants of the single-family residential subdivision to the west been notified of the possibility of raw sewage being placed in the basins within 500 feet of their homes?

APRIL 2002
The Dry Creek Parkway Master Plan Draft, Dated April 2002 states the ponds are surrounded by a levee system that could be utilized as a scenic trail loop. Unfortunately, the associated infrastructure (buildings, storage tanks, maintenance pits, etc.) contains attractive nuisances that would need to be eliminated before such a loop trail could be implemented.
My Comment: Another surprise was the Dry Creek Parkway Master Plan Draft, Dated April 2002 planning on using the levees for a scenic trail.The associated infrastructure was removed by contract No. 3527 before August 3, 2001.

SUMMARY
It looks as if the SRCSD, CSD-1, UNWI Project, Dry Creek Parkway and the Sacramento County Recreation and Park District are not communicating with each other on the RLWWTP.

The RLWWTP lies between the 2 channels of Dry Creek and ever since the inception of the Dry Creek Parkway, I and others within the community have believed the RLWWTP to be part of the Dry Creek Parkway.

I was surprised at the comment by Mr. Kido, "After the demolition has been completed, including the restoration of the site, staff would coordinate with the Real Estate Department for disposition of the property at fair market value." on 28 July 1998. Robert F. Shanks, Director, Department of District Engineering, and Warren H. Harada, Administrator, Public Works Agency, signed the letter.

I have been requesting for the removal of the RLWWTP and the levees so as to return the property to floodway as it was prior to 1955 since 1993.

CONCLUSION
I again am asking for all of the agencies listed above to insure that the levees are removed and the property returned to its natural and historical state as floodway. This will assist in the flood protection of the Rio Linda area.

Thank you,

Erwin Hayer