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Resident urges supervisors to secure funding for Old Long Valley bridge amid dam and wildfire worries
Summary
A resident identified as Sterling asked Lake County supervisors to pursue grant funding and meet with the community to address a decade-long need for a bridge in Old Long Valley, citing wildfire risk and concerns about a compromised dam.
Sterling, speaking during public comment, urged Lake County supervisors to act on a longstanding request for a bridge serving Old Long Valley and to pursue grant funding and meetings with the community to address safety risks.
"We are in the middle of wildfire season. We have a dam that has been compromised not once but twice," Sterling said, warning that the Indian Valley Reservoir Dam failed to use its spillway last winter and that the community faces safety risks. Sterling said they have made repeated requests to county staff and supervisors and that public-works records show no active search for grant funding for the bridge.
Sterling asked the board to meet with the community or start looking for grants, saying the community feels put on the back burner and urging supervisors to ensure staff carry out their duties to protect residents' safety. The speaker framed the issue as one of public safety and infrastructure funding; no formal staff response or vote is recorded in the transcript segment.
The comment referenced the Indian Valley Reservoir Dam and named Spring Valley and Old Long Valley as areas of concern. Sterling requested that supervisors pursue grants and meet with the community; the transcript does not record any immediate commitments or next steps from the board in the recorded segment.
