
RCEA moves ahead with 3rd Street office remodel planning
The board’s Sept. 24 agenda pairs a fifth lease amendment for 718 3rd Street with a design-build procurement plan for a remodel covering 718 and 720 3rd Street.


The board’s Sept. 24 agenda pairs a fifth lease amendment for 718 3rd Street with a design-build procurement plan for a remodel covering 718 and 720 3rd Street.
The Sept. 17 Zoning Administrator agenda recommends a two-year extension for Caltrans’ Savage Creek water diversion improvements, including infrastructure replacement and a backwash system.

Council is scheduled to consider awarding the next phase of the city’s Operations Complex project to Adams Commercial General Contracting Inc., along with related contingency and budget authority.

City staff told council the permit-driven feasibility study could lead to a costly outfall project with major rate implications and environmental constraints.

Council approved Resolution 1683-2026 and authorized city staff to finish the kennel project before winter, citing donations already in hand and more cost savings ahead.

The Sept. 21 council agenda calls for final action on a massage-establishment ordinance and additional amendments to Jacobs’ wastewater compliance agreement.

The Sept. 17 agenda would let indoor cannabis cultivation move into newly built non-residential structures in several inland zones, if the Board of Supervisors later approves the amendment.

The State Personnel Board heard a union appeal alleging California Correctional Health Care Services kept relying on contractors for prison pharmacy and allied health work despite an earlier board order.

The board heard arguments over whether a positive marijuana test during the CDL process justified firing Jackson Lund before he obtained a Class A license or entered safety-sensitive work.

A Sept. 9 commission packet shows the agency poised to trim funding for a Mendocino Substation long-duration storage demo and reduce the project’s planned size.

City Council selected the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce and authorized staff to negotiate a lease and operating agreement for the city facility, subject to final approval.

At its Sept. 9 business meeting, staff asked commissioners to approve residential state certification tied to the 2025 Energy Code and a Dec. 30, 2026 federal filing deadline.

The California Energy Commission is moving to update its conflict-of-interest code to reflect agency reorganizations and add a new disclosure category for petroleum and transportation fuels work.

The city is pausing new data center proposals for 45 days as staff and the city attorney draft more specific local standards for the use.

Business meeting materials say the code would meet federal residential standards and deliver large statewide energy and emissions savings over 30 years.

CPA says its new Electric Fleet Transition Program can help member agencies cover vehicles, charging equipment, interconnection and technical assistance as local governments work toward fleet electrification.

The commission adopted its annual AB 209 report on Sept. 9 and directed staff to finalize it, send it to the Legislature and post it publicly.

The first-reading vote would add Chapter 5.30 to the Fortuna Municipal Code, with Councilmember Stevens opposing.

The county board voted Aug. 12 to name its president as an interim board member for Maple Creek Union School District under Education Code 5094.

A proposed resolution would authorize staff to finish the city kennel project and assign coordination to the police chief and streets superintendent.

The agenda item pairs intergovernmental agreements with the state health department and supplemental budgets for behavioral health and substance-use programs.

The Sept. 15 agenda would award the Sheriff’s Main Station Office Remodel Project to Adams Commercial General Contracting, Inc. and add two related budget transfers totaling $812,445.

The commission approved the 2025 report at its Sept. 9 business meeting and directed staff to send it to the Legislature and post it publicly.

Council reviewed a draft agreement that would create a regional climate committee and shared program manager, while deferring the city’s first payment until FY 2027/28.